Great Tang princess

Chapter 755 Factory
The emergence of banknotes has aroused a lot of attention among the people.

For people above the middle class, although there is always a lot of money, it is not impossible to take it out.

So they all wanted to exchange at least one banknote, after all, it was a banknote with the emperor's face on it.

It is not impossible to treat it as spending a lot of money to buy a portrait of the emperor and keep it at home.

What disappoints many people is that the copper coins exchanged must be complete and consistent.

In fact, among the people, although it is said that Yiguan money is a thousand copper coins, it is basically impossible to be right.

Therefore, the so-called consistent money is actually only more than 800 coins at most, but the folks admit that it has consistent purchasing power.

The problem is that the bank doesn't admit that the consistent money is a thousand copper coins, and one cannot be missing!
As a result, many people at the gate of the bank were collecting money back and forth, so that they could collect enough money to exchange for a banknote.

And in this era, there is no banknote detector, let alone copper coins. The ten staff members of the bank have been busy counting money since the morning, until the end of the application time, the bank will be off work, but the number of people at the door does not seem to have decreased at all. of.

In desperation, he could only come to the door and shout: "The door is closed today, but it will open tomorrow at a good time. Please be early then."

Those who have already exchanged are filled with joy, while those who have not exchanged can only sigh helplessly.

And those staff sighed helplessly.

Although the bank was closed, they hadn't finished get off work yet, so they still had to lighten today's turnover, and then wait for half an hour later for the Jin Wuwei to come and escort the money back.

In order to prevent vicious cases such as bank robbery from happening, of course no money will be put in the bank at night.

And the task of escorting the money was handed over to Jin Wuwei.

These bank staff were not casually recruited from outside, they were all grassroots officials of the household department.

That is the so-called regular editor, and the treatment is not bad at all.

Back at the Princess Mansion at night, Princess Xuancheng was still joking: "Those people are complaining to each other when they come back today, saying they are too tired..."

"Hey, it's only been a few days. When the novelty among the people passes, they will naturally relax." Li Yuechen waved his hand.

In fact, these people had a relatively comfortable life before, and they were a little uncomfortable facing such a high-intensity job all of a sudden.

In fact, the pace of life in this era is indeed very slow, and the imperial court may be relatively fast.

And these low-level officials usually don't have many things to do, and they only have to do those things every day.

Li Yuechen had already strictly followed the labor laws and regulations and asked them to work five days off and two days off, four hours a day.

If you feel tired and can't stand it, then resign in the morning.

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Li Yuechen didn't pay too much attention to the affairs here, as long as the bank started to operate, it was the business of the household department.

The banknotes put in were also calculated based on the gold and silver prices in Dongdu and Chang'an.

Of course, considering that some people may take this banknote as a collectible, in order to prevent the sudden appreciation of the banknote, a lot of extra printing was made to ensure that the currency would not fluctuate at will.

Compared with the things here, Li Yuechen's focus is still on the Academy of Engineering.

Now that the first steam locomotives proved to be feasible, the research on large transport vehicles and steam ships followed.

But Dongdu is inland after all, so the steamship must be placed on Qingdao.

There is also an engineering institute over there, and there are also a group of skilled craftsmen, and the problem of the ship is left to them.

Anyway, the technology of the steam engine is fine now, they just need to study how to put it on the boat and make the boat move.

Li Yuechen will also tell them everything he can think of, which can be regarded as providing a little inspiration.

As for what the final effect will be, it's really hard to say.

As for Dongdu, it will be even busier.

In addition to the steam engine transport vehicle, the nitric acid proposed some time ago has also been officially included in the follow-up plan of the Academy of Engineering.

According to the princess, this is a product that can change the future, so it is natural to shift resources to it.

But for this thing, everyone knows nothing, and Li Yuechen can only be regarded as half-knowledgeable.

So during this period of time, I stayed in the Engineering Academy almost every day, chatting with a group of craftsmen about this aspect.

You have to pay attention, nitric acid is a dangerous chemical after all, and Li Yuechen doesn't want the accident in Qingdao to happen again.

"You have to know that once this nitric acid is mixed with glycerin, it will become extremely unstable. A slight shake or impact may cause a violent explosion! If you want to conduct experiments in this area, you must take strict protective measures... "

That's all the knowledge that Li Yuechen can remember clearly.

Tell them in advance now, it's a vaccination, don't really accidentally cause any accidents at that time.

It is not easy for these craftsmen to train one, and Li Yuechen does not want any accidents for them.

After the craftsmen heard it, they all agreed, promising that they would be more careful when doing experiments.

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After the Institute of Engineering's steam engine transport vehicle and steamship research started, it was almost April.

At this time, news also came from Chang'an that the fabric factory was officially completed.

So Li Yuechen immediately arranged to send all the wool collected some time ago, and at the same time asked the Ministry of War to send the family members of the disabled soldiers who were willing to work.

Then he wrote a letter to Li Chongrun, asking him to collect wool from foreigners there, and keep the price down as much as possible, and charge as much as he can!
As soon as the fabric factory opened, the efficiency was many times higher than that of manual labor. I am afraid that the current wool will not last long.

For the time being, Li Yuechen does not plan to intervene in other fabrics such as linen and silk.

This is in order not to cause damage to the market and bring down other aristocratic families that cannot be managed, which is of no benefit to the national economy.

When the machine is turned on, the price of wool cloth will inevitably usher in a jump.

At that time, merchants who mainly produce other materials such as hemp and silk will inevitably come to inquire about the situation.

At that time, Li Yuechen can sell them the spinning machines and looms, and let them build factories in different parts of the country, so as to maximize the benefits and create more jobs.

The next day, when he was telling his mother about his plan in Jixian Temple, Li Xian propped his chin with one hand: "I still don't understand, since our army is so strong now, just let them pay the tribute, why? Do you still need to spend money to buy it?”

"Brother, how much can you earn from robbery? It will never be as much as trading!"

Whether it is directly robbing or asking them to pay tribute, the essence is the same.

From Li Yuechen's point of view, there is no way to maximize the benefits. If you want to earn more, you have to trade!

After all, if you give them some benefits, they will find ways to expand their production.As for the troubles caused by the forced expansion, it has nothing to do with myself.

　Count me as asking for leave today, I haven’t finished get off work yet, this half chapter is still written by fishing in the company
　　
　
(End of this chapter)