System, help me be an empress

Chapter 94 Talking to Yang Zhuiyue
"Your Majesty, this is the 'Golden House' given to the Empress Dowager by the Supreme Emperor." Zhou Huixue hurriedly said.

It turned out that this palace was built to satisfy Xie Xixi's wish of "Golden House Cangjiao".

I have heard its name for a long time.

Back then, Emperor Chongjiu waved his hand, yes!

At the gate of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, a crowd of civil officials cried out, no one could change Emperor Chongjiu's determination, and even all the gold in the treasury in those years was embezzled to build this expensive palace.

Due to the difficulty of building the 'Golden House', it has been built for several years.However, the golden house has not yet been built, and Xie Xixi has already become the queen.

At this time, how could Xie Xixi care about the Golden House?
Happily packed up her jewelry belongings and moved into the Kunning Palace, which symbolizes her status as a queen.

Xie Xixi couldn't look down on the 'Golden House' anymore. The palace, which originally cost a lot of manpower and material resources, was completed hastily and innocently.

"I'll go in and have a look."

Zhou Huixue hurried forward to dissuade him: "Your Majesty, the Golden House has been abandoned for many years, it's not safe for you to go in so rashly."

"I see that there are more than a dozen pillars supporting the beams on all sides of the palace, so it is not so easy to fall."

With that said, Xu Youxi stepped into the 'Golden House' that had been empty for many years.

The beams and main frames in the palace have been set up, there are beautifully carved gold brick stairs, the window decorations are white jade, glass, and the tables, chairs and benches inlaid with gold and jade are full of luxury and luxury.

Xu Youxi didn't understand the principles of design, but he could feel that this palace was built with great effort. While all kinds of rare treasures were piled up, it also ensured the lighting and ventilation in the palace.

"Zhou Yuxue, arrange for someone to clean this place well. All the tables, chairs, benches, and cabinets in the house will be melted into gold bars by the master, and the jade hanging on the window will be taken off and put in the treasury." Xu Youxi said with bright eyes.

"Your Majesty, do you mean to empty the Golden House?"

Xu Youxi continued to point Jiangshan: "Yes, empty it. By the way, find someone to bring a batch of cotton and linen over."

Although Zhou Huixue couldn't understand the new emperor's actions, he still followed the rules.

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After the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Xu Youxi summoned Yang Zhuiyue to Shangjing.

The two made an appointment to meet in the private room of the teahouse. There was a storyteller on the first floor of the teahouse who was reading Ganbao, and he happened to read it vividly.

Xu Youxi also stood and listened for a while. By the way, he remembered that Lin Hong had left for Shu before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it would take a few days before he arrived. He didn't know when he would be able to send a message back.

When she arrived at the private room on the second floor, Yang Zhuiyue had been waiting for a long time. When she saw Xu Youxi, she immediately knelt down to salute, but she was stopped: "There is no need to be too polite. When I was outside, President Yang called my pseudonym Li Si. , or call the adults directly."

Yang Zhuiyue established a new Shanxi Merchants Group in Jinyang, so he also has a new title 'Guild Leader Yang'.

"Yes." Yang Zhuiyue followed Xu Youxi and sat on the side chair cautiously.

"President Yang, I have asked you to come here this time because I have a task to be entrusted to you."

"Yes, my lord, just tell the villain."

"I know that you Shanxi merchants are running around the world, and you can see the shadows of your Jindi merchants everywhere in the world, which is very remarkable." Xu Youxi boasted, "I also hope that you can use the reputation of Shanxi merchants to establish a big business. Do the first 'bank'!"

"My lord, what is a 'bank'? Is it a place to mortgage silver?" Yang Zhuiyue asked.

"In layman's terms, a 'bank' can be regarded as a shop with semicolons all over the world. Whether it is a dignitary or an ordinary person, they can deposit their savings in the bank regularly and share the profits."

"The assets that people deposit in the bank can be used by the bank to make loans or make investments to obtain a lot of profits."

"Like you Shanxi merchants, if you want to do business in Guangdong, it is definitely inconvenient to carry a large amount of silver with you. Then he can first deposit the silver in a bank in Jindi, obtain a bill, and then withdraw the silver through the Guangdong local bank. , among which he only needs to pay a low handling fee, benefiting others and himself.”

Yang Zhuiyue's business talent made him realize the huge profits hidden in it almost instantly, and he couldn't help sitting up straight.

"The bank run by Shanxi merchants is in cooperation with the imperial court, so the people will feel trust. As long as they are willing to deposit their money here, the bank will be half successful."

"At the same time, starting next year, I will officially issue 'paper money' to replace silver as a transaction certificate."

"My lord, the banknotes are in the beginning..." Yang Zhuiyue added anxiously.

"President Yang, don't worry yet." Of course Xu Youxi knew what he was going to say, and asked Xu Ling who was by his side to take out a package and open it.

There are exactly 'six' palm-sized papers of different styles.

"President Yang, take a look?"

Yang Zhuiyue carefully picked up one of the banknotes. The paper was extremely heavy, and when his fingertips passed over it, he could even feel the unevenness of the paper.

Before Yang Zhuyue could react, Xu Youxi picked up the teapot and poured hot tea over the banknotes, leaving Yang Zhuyue dumbfounded.

Xu Youxi unhurriedly picked up the white cloth and wiped it vigorously on the banknotes: "The banknotes are waterproof, the handwriting is not blurred, and even if they are rubbed hard, they will not be easily damaged."

Yang Zhuiyue had never seen this kind of banknotes before, so she couldn't help but widen her eyes: "How did you make it! This is much easier to use than the mulberry bark and mulberry bark from the previous dynasty!"

"In addition to the special materials of the banknotes themselves, President Yang can hold the banknotes up to the light to have a look."

Yang Zhuiyue imitated Xu Youxi's movements, and only then discovered the mystery of it. The money was held up to the light, and the transparent small characters could still be seen.

"This is called 'watermarking' technology, not rumored." Xu Youxi talked eloquently, "You can see that the surface of banknotes is uneven, which also involves a new printing method. Each banknote has a unique Numbering, the number and color on the surface of banknotes are made up of more than a dozen superimposed colors, and it is absolutely impossible to counterfeit with the current technology on the market."

"Your Excellency, you are considerate. However, the grassroots still have a doubt. The treasures issued by Dagan in the past all have the amount printed on them, such as one hundred cash, two hundred cash, etc. These coins are all in Arabic. Number marking, how can I exchange this with copper coins and silver?"

This is actually Xu Youxi's biggest headache: "I plan to completely replace 'copper coins' and 'silver' with banknotes, but I have to give the people a period of adaptation. In the early stage, people will be allowed to take banknotes to the bank to exchange for silver. I need you to do it." The most important thing is to use banknotes to price rice and grain, to price gold and silver, and to calculate how many banknotes the imperial court has to print every year. "

"These banknotes are one dime, one yuan, ten yuan, 20 yuan, 50 yuan, and one hundred yuan. I have written down the conversion ratio." Xu Youxi and Yang Zhuiyue explained, "Paper banknotes replace silver , is an inevitable trend.”

Just as Xu Youxi was talking about a key point, Jin Yiwei who was guarding the door suddenly knocked on the door.

(End of this chapter)