I really don't want to be a rebel [infrastructure]

It has been nearly a month since Luo Shixing began to tinker with mulberry paper. It took half a month to soak the bark and bamboo, and then boil it with lime or plant ash. This will take at least one day, plus beating and diluting , Forming and drying these processes, one month is not too slow.

Alezhen walked over curiously, and found that Luo Shixing was indeed holding a piece of paper that looked completely different from rice paper.

He stretched out his hand to take it and found that the paper was slightly yellowed, with a smooth surface, and it felt tough to the touch, and felt stronger than rice paper.

He was a little surprised and asked: "What kind of paper is this? Why is it different from rice paper?"

Luo Shixing said: "This is Chu paper. It is newly made and has a special function. Of course it is different from Xuan paper."

Al was really curious and asked, "What is the special function?"

Luo Shixing said, "Print money."

"Money?" Alzhen's ears twitched, he was quite sensitive to this.

In fact, he also thought about promoting coins in the Ouluo tribe like Datang before, but the problem is that the coins are not easy to customize first, and it is inconvenient to use Datang Tongbao, after all, they have little communication with the outside world.

However, if you use your own coins, it is difficult to prevent counterfeiting.

If Al really made it himself, he could only think of shell coins or stone coins. The difficulty of making this is almost zero.

He tried it before, but everyone was against it, and it was indeed inconvenient. In addition, there were people imitating it at the time, so it was not implemented in the end.

At this time, Luo Shixing suddenly said that he wanted to print money, presumably he wanted to do it himself, but he hadn't heard the news before, and he was skeptical about Luo Shixing's idea.

I believe it because Luo Shixing has succeeded in most of the things he wanted to do, no matter how many difficulties he encountered in the middle, he will always have a way to solve them.

The suspicion is also because this matter is not something that he can handle by himself, and it needs the cooperation of the people below. At the beginning, he failed to get it done with the power of the patriarch, and Luo Shixing, the high priest... It's hard to say.

Thinking of this, he asked: "Is it the money I thought? It was used to buy things?"

Luo Shixing nodded: "Yes."

Ale really asked: "Why did you suddenly think of doing this?"

Luo Shixing smiled: "Well, it's mainly because there are more and more people inside the manor, and many people here are either slaves or civilians living here. After they gradually settle down, they naturally need to exchange needs with each other. We Han people are used to In order to buy things with money, I am not used to bartering, so I want to create an internal circulation currency, so that everyone can exchange various materials.”

Cheng Jingwei smiled beside him.

The little lynx is really cunning, and both Cheng Jingwei and the other bosses know that he is not just trying to circulate it in the manor with all his troubles, but he said that he wants to use it inside the manor because he doesn't want to make Al very dissatisfied.

In fact, Ale really didn't suspect anything, after all, he didn't know what the money was about.

He looked at the paper in his hand and asked, "Just... this paper can be used as money?"

Luo Shixing waved his hand and said, "Of course not. This one needs to be processed in the next step. I just want everyone to appreciate it first."

As Luo Shixing talked, he watched happily that the bosses couldn't put it down, and even wanted to ask him for some to take back and enjoy.

In fact, Luo Shixing didn't quite understand it, and felt that these ancient literati seemed to be able to appreciate everything, even paper.

However, he still rejected the request of the big bosses. This kind of paper will not be circulated to the outside as special paper for coins.

At the same time, he also promised: "In the future, we will make paper similar to this, and we will use that kind of paper for our internal documents."

Chu paper itself has always been a special paper for official documents, but it may not have appeared these days, so even the big bosses who have been prime ministers have never seen this kind of paper.

Al was really curious about the banknotes, so he asked, "When will they come out?"

Luo Shixing turned his head to look at Cheng Jingwei. He had been busy working on Chu paper before, and Cheng Jingwei had been managing the printing part.

Cheng Jingwei made an estimate and said, "If you just want a sample coin, you can do it in three days."

In fact, if you only print it, it will be fine this afternoon, but the mulch paper is paper after all, and it is relatively fragile. It needs to be printed and dried before applying a layer of cooked tung oil on the outside.

The paper brushed with cooked tung oil will become tougher, and the time for the cooked tung oil to dry is two to three days.

Ale really made a decision after hearing this: "I will stay here for two days."

He was very interested in this so-called coin. In the past, Tong Bao was made of copper, but now Luo Shixing directly used paper, so he was very interested. He wanted to see the so-called sample coin for the first time after it was released.

Luo Shixing didn't care, he knocked on the desk and said, "This paper is not allowed to be taken out of my study, you can play here if you want to play."

Although it wasn't much fun, Li Youdao soon became a little puzzled and said, "Why does this paper feel shiny? It's just...the same as the gloss on the wall."

Luo Shixing smiled, and turned to look at Alzhen: "You came here to ask me why I collect so many mussels, right? It's just for paper."

It was only then that Al really remembered the purpose of his visit, but after hearing this, he was a little surprised: "You put the mussels in the paper? Grinding them?"

While talking, he carefully turned the paper in his hand. From different angles, the paper did have a slight pearlescent luster.

This kind of pearl is relatively weak, and you can't see it unless you look carefully.

It is precisely because this pearl light neutralizes the yellow color of the mulberry paper, otherwise the bamboo fiber after drying and soaking will be yellow, and the mulberry tree will be white and yellow after soaking, and the color may be darker than it is now without shell powder.

Luo Shixing responded: "This is also one of the anti-counterfeiting methods."

In order to prevent banknotes from being counterfeited, he also made a lot of anti-counterfeiting preparations.

First of all, the production process of mulberry paper, which must not be passed on, and then there is no bamboo fiber in the original mulberry paper. He added bamboo fiber and shell powder, which is completely different from the mulberry paper without adding anything. It is different from the color, and finally the printing process.

These three layers of anti-counterfeiting measures are not something that needs to be kept secret, or it can be said that all the people here know it, and he did not hide it.

Everyone was stunned when they heard it, and after thinking about it seriously, they felt that it was indeed not easy to crack these three layers of anti-counterfeiting.

Even if everything is cracked, no one should have the financial resources to do this.

Papermaking requires manpower and material resources, even if shell powder is not precious, it also requires manpower and material resources, and bamboo fiber.

The most important thing is the paint.

Generally, it is profitable to mint counterfeit coins. Now their purchasing power of coins has not been reflected. Although it is said to be equivalent to Tongbao, it is their internal recognition.

If insiders want to imitate it, they will probably be discovered on the first day. As for the future... let's talk about the future.

Ale really felt that the little lynx was losing money to do this. Of course, it was easy for him not to lose money, as long as he printed more money when printing, and then gave himself some more.

Luo Shixing widened his eyes when he heard his thoughts and said, "Are you crazy? Printing money casually, not afraid of inflation?"

Al was really at a loss: "What does inflation mean?"

Luo Shixing explained: "Inflation means that the rise in overall prices causes the currency to depreciate, which will then lower everyone's income level. It is equivalent to your original 100 yuan, which can be exchanged for two taels of gold, but after inflation, it may be even worse. One tael of gold cannot be exchanged, which is equivalent to shrinking wealth in your hands, which is a very dangerous thing.”

Inflation has many influences, but many things are not available now, and they can't understand it, so I can only use the most simple examples to illustrate.

But even so, Ale really didn't understand, but Li Youdao affirmed Luo Shixing's statement: "The lynx cat is right, money can't be cast casually."

While talking about it, he felt a pity that he has studied extensively at such a young age, and has a deep understanding of economics and economics. If he was born in a family, his future achievements will be immeasurable.

It is said that becoming a prime minister is an extremely human minister.

But the prime minister is also different from the prime minister. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the official system has been constantly changing. Now there are at least three prime ministers, one of which is the prime minister.

That is the real extremely human minister, like the few of them who were exiled, none of them became prime ministers.

But think about it, the lynx scorpion was not good when it was born, even if you have the ability to reach the heavens, in today's court it is not all about your ability to be superior.

Being born into an aristocratic family is a thorn in Wu Zhao's side, and it's not as easy to be reused as being born into a poor family.

After Li You said his thoughts to Cui Shenji and Pei Xingben when he left the study room, Pei Xingben also sighed: "My son was able to recite poems and books when he was three years old. At that time, the whole family thought he was a child prodigy. When I saw the lynx cat here, I realized that there are not many prodigies in the world who can't forget, but there are very few people who are born with a pair of eyes and are proficient in engineering and economics."

Pei Xingben left the child at home because he thought that his son's qualifications were very good and he could not come to the south to undergo training. It happened that he was smart and his family valued him, so he was not afraid of being treated badly by others.

However, now Pei Xingben knows that a truly talented child prodigy can make a career of his own even if he is exiled to the barren mountains.

In comparison, his son can only be regarded as an ordinary smart person.

Cui Shenji who was on the side suddenly said: "This son has the ability to revitalize the family, and the Neihuangluo family is afraid of rejuvenation."

Oh, yes, Luo Shixing himself came from a family, but they had high vision, and they didn't pay much attention to small and medium families, and they didn't think that the other party was a family.

But an existence like Luo Shixing was able to lead his family into the top aristocratic family by himself.

If Cui Shenji at this moment is just speculating, but when the banknotes are released three days later, he feels that this speculation may come true.