Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 936 Over there, it is used to store nostalgia
Today's Ming Dynasty is a country with a silver standard system, but Liu Hongjian and even the silver standard are not reliable at all, so he decided to implement a bistandard system that uses gold and silver as the standard currency.

The reason is simple. The output of gold is small and the cost of production is high, which is not enough to support the demand for money generated by the rapid development of the commodity economy. On the contrary, silver has high reserves, high output, and low production cost.

I learned from the book Fundamentals of Economics that the silver standard prevailed from the 300th century to its collapse at the end of the 100th century, and persisted for a total of [-] years. Then the gold standard rose, but the gold standard only lasted for [-] years before it collapsed.

Although the gold standard only persisted for 100 years, it was due to the global economic boom and frequent wars after the two technological revolutions. According to the current level of technology, the gold and silver bistandard system can be maintained for 300 years casually.

As for 300 years later, let’s talk about it at that time. Anyway, his coffin boards will probably be rotten by then, so it’s none of his business.

"The issuance of new currency should not be issued indiscriminately. It should be based on the country's gold and silver reserves. If it is issued too much, it will lead to inflation. Simply put, an egg originally costs two cents. Excessive currency issuance will lead to currency depreciation. An egg costs four Wen or more.

Sending less will lead to deflation, and more or less will not work. "Liu Hongjian said again.

But seeing that Zhu Cihong was in a daze and probably didn't know what he was talking about, Liu Hongjian didn't bother to elaborate further. The Institute of Engineering has now offered basic economics subjects, and similar attempts will gradually become popular.

"Look, this is a sample of currency produced by our Xishan Merchants Cooperative." Liu Hongjian said as he took out a few banknotes and coins from his body.

The banknotes are dark red rectangles, with a blank space on the left and the sun and moon dragon flag of Ming Dynasty on the right. The currency value is displayed under the dragon flag, and the four corners are represented by Arabic numerals as the currency value.

Zhu Cilang picked up the largest 100 tael banknote, shook it, and found that this banknote was completely different from the rice paper in the Daming market. The rice paper was soft but not tough. The sound of the banknote was crisp and thick, so he pulled it The banknote was not disconnected, and he looked at Liu Hongjian suspiciously.

"This is new paper made by Xishan merchants using special materials. It is durable and waterproof." After speaking, Liu Hongjian poured a cup of tea on the 100 tael banknotes.

Seeing that the banknotes were slowly being soaked, Liu Hongjian immediately picked up the banknotes and pulled them lightly, but the banknotes were intact.

"My god! Brother Liu, what kind of material is this banknote made of? Why have I never seen it before?"

The development of papermaking technology has been very mature. There are as many as seven or eight kinds in the market in Daming according to the quality, and the materials are complex. Roughly, the materials are divided into bark and straw.

Straw is a relatively low-end paper, and the price is much cheaper, but even grass paper is not affordable for ordinary people, and this kind of paper is generally used for practicing calligraphy by poor families.

There are several types of bark as the material, among which aspen is the best, and the rice paper used in the palace is made of aspen.

"This kind of paper is made of cotton, and the cost is slightly higher, but the cellulose content of cotton is much higher than that of bark and straw, so the paper made has excellent toughness and will not break when exposed to water. In addition, each banknote has seven Anti-counterfeiting marks to prevent illegal people from counterfeiting counterfeit money.”

While talking, Liu Hongjian explained to Zhu Cihong one by one the anti-counterfeiting marks on the banknotes, from the color to the pattern, to the security thread, complementary printed patterns, etc. The anti-counterfeiting marks are much more complicated than the previous Daming banknotes.

Zhu Cihong was already amazed at how tough the water-splashed paper was, and he was even more interested when he saw that the banknotes had so many anti-counterfeiting marks.

In fact, the biggest anti-counterfeiting mark of this banknote is the material. At this time, there is no technology to make paper from cotton, so Liu Hongjian is not worried even if it is figured out.

The production process of this banknote is not only about the material. It took the senior craftsmen of Xishan Shanghe a full year to produce the machine for printing banknotes.

From paper-making dyeing to various anti-counterfeiting marks and special patterns, the process is complicated. It took Xishan Shanghe and the Ordnance Institute another half a year to manufacture a special banknote printing machine for printing banknotes and coins made of fine steel.

Only with this gadget can the material, size, and pattern of banknotes be guaranteed to be uniform. Unless Liu Hongjian fully announces a complete set of craftsmanship, otherwise, with the current technological level of various countries, it would be tantamount to imitation.

"Brother Liu, why is the left side of this banknote blank?" Zhu Cihong pointed to the left side of the banknote.

"There, it's used to store memories." Liu Hongjian said meaningfully.

He planned to find the most experienced engraver in Ming Dynasty to reversely engrave the pattern on the banknote printing machine. Yes, the emperor of Ming Dynasty will be printed on the left side of the banknote, which is the last anti-counterfeiting mark of this set of banknotes.

"The maximum coin value is 100 taels for the portrait of Emperor Gao, the Indian ancestor, 50 taels for the portrait of the finished ancestor, and [-] taels... I plan to print the portrait of your father, how about it?"

Of course, there is nothing to say about the first two. It was Liu Hongjian's idea to print the uncle's portrait. The uncle has worked hard for Daming for [-] years, and he deserves this honor to be remembered by all people.

"Of course it's fine, it's just what I want, what about the five taels and one tael?" Zhu Cihong asked.

"The last two are up to you, and you can print them as your own." Liu Hongjian said casually.

Zhu Cihong took the two smallest banknotes and looked them over and over again, as if he had already made up his mind.

"Brother Liu, can two portraits be engraved on one banknote?" Zhu Cihong pointed to the small blank space.

"It shouldn't be a big problem, but if the area is too small, the portrait will appear blurry." Liu Hongjian thought for a while.

Zhu Cilang nodded when he heard the words, and then picked up another one-two coin to observe.

This coin is bright silver in color and has a texture. It is slightly different from the silver coins of the European countries that Zhu Cihong has seen. The obverse is blank, and the reverse is cast with the sun, moon, dragon flag and currency value of Ming Dynasty.

"Pinch the two sides of the coin, blow it hard, and put it next to your ear, like this..." Liu Hongjian picked up a coin and showed it to Zhu Cihong while talking.

Zhu Cihong showed doubts on his face, and when he saw this, he blew hard on the side of the coin, and then imitated the coin and put it to his ear.

Just hearing the buzzing sound like a dragon's chant came from the ear, the sound continued one after another, and Zhu Cihong's mouth was opened in shock.

"Brother Liu, this coin actually makes a dragon roar!"

"Yes, this is the highest anti-counterfeit mark of the mint." Liu Hongjian stroked the smooth mint and said in relief.

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(End of this chapter)