Steam Daming: Stop calling me to supervise the country

Chapter 32 Anti-Counterfeiting of Arabic Numerals

The ancients worked day and night, even the grandson. Zhu Zhanji took the job and started work immediately. Zhu Zhanchang was dragged and had no time to rest, so he worked with several households brought by Xia Yuanji. Ministry officials held a small meeting.

"Ma Xiang, the head of the Banknote Printing Bureau of the Ministry of Household Affairs, is in charge of the printing of treasured banknotes, and pays a visit to the grandson, the fifth highness."

"Under the Ministry of Government and Household Treasure Banknotes, the Secretary will lift Wang An, responsible for the distribution of treasured banknotes, and pay tribute to the grandson, Fifth Highness."

"The Office of the Office of the Ministry of Official Accounts (responsible for verifying official documents and supervising regulations) inspects Wang Botong, inspects official documents, and pays respects to the grandson and fifth highness."

The three officials sent by Xia Yuanji have all arrived, wearing official uniforms, except for their height and shortness, they are really similar in appearance. They all look like crepe and crepe. They are all officials between the ages of 25 and 30, and they are the main force in the officialdom.

These are also officials that Xia Yuanji is optimistic about. If the food stamps can be successfully sent to Zhu Zhanchang, they will be promoted and they will be responsible for the next food stamp issuance and become the backbone of the Ministry of Households.

"Ma Xiang, bring the original style of treasure notes and seals."

Ma Xiang put things on Zhu Zhanji's desk, because it was already night, Sun Ruowei brought two bowls of healthy soup to Zhu Zhanji, who was still fighting high, and Zhu Zhanchang, who was sleepy.

Chu Er saw that his son's eyes could hardly be opened, and he sighed helplessly. The son is smart but smart, but he is far from Zhu Zhanji in terms of diligence.

Zhu Zhanji was studying the style of food stamps and the form of stamping with them, and basically decided to stick to the original model.

"Old fifth."

"Old fifth."

Chu Er heard that the grandson called Zhu Zhanchang, and hurriedly pushed Zhu Zhanchang, who was drowsy, and Zhu Zhanchang stood up forcefully: "Brother, what's the matter."

"We made the style of the first edition of the food stamps, you see."

Zhu Zhanchang looked at the food stamp, which was about [-] cm long and wide, and was speechless. It was inconvenient to carry such a large size.

Careful observation shows that people in the Ministry of Household use seals, and the printed styles are very complicated. Such complicated seals are used to prevent counterfeiting.

But the seal is anti-counterfeiting, as long as it is a seal, it can always be imitated.

"Brother, this kind of food stamp is too big. If the food stamp is to be circulated, it must be made smaller and easier to carry, and the paper should be thickened to avoid wear and tear."

Zhu Zhanchang's two casual comments were that they didn't expect that they only thought about what should be written on the food stamp, how to use the stamp, and what the format should be, and Zhu Zhanchang was concerned about the convenience and practicality of its circulation in the market. .

This is the difference between officials and the people. These scholars who have studied hard in the cold window have been officials since the beginning of their studies. The starting point is good, but at the same time, it also makes many scholars ungrounded, not to mention the emperor's grandson.

When everyone thinks about things, the starting point is different.

Wang Botong, the inspector of the Zhaomo Institute, asked: "But Fifth Highness, the paper is too small to make a seal that is too complicated, and folk counterfeiting will become easier." Some experience, even if he is asked to forge the current treasure notes, he can do almost the same.

"Preventing the counterfeiting of treasure banknotes is not only about stamps, but you have thought about setting up serial numbers and multi-level printing for treasure banknotes."

"Treasure banknote serial number and multi-level printing?" Several people, including Zhu Zhanji, were all stunned. Several officials had no hope for His Royal Highness, who was sleeping soundly beside him. something they know.

But when he thinks of the serial number, Zhu Zhanchang has a headache again. If the current Chinese characters are more complicated, and the current printing process is not good, a paragraph of Chinese characters is compiled and the area of ​​the food stamp is reduced, which will make the food stamp on the food stamp. The font space is very crowded and the typographical success rate is reduced.

Simple must be simple. He thought of Arabic numerals. The Arabic numerals 123456 are also easy to print. Even the order of printing 0 and 1 is actually enough to meet the current anti-counterfeiting needs of food stamp printing.

But Zhu Zhanji and others did not know Arabic numerals, so they had to be taught first.

Zhu Zhanchang wrote 012345678910 on a piece of paper: "These numbers were met by an old man named Ala when he went to Lord Zheng He's mansion. After reading what he wrote on the ground, he found out that he invented zero-one-two. The abbreviation for three, four, five, six, seven, eight and ninety is very convenient, and it can be called an Arabic numeral."

Everyone saw that it was very simple, and Zhu Zhanzhi remembered it over and over again.

"His Royal Highness, how do you use it?"

"When we print the denomination, for example, the denomination of this grain stamp is one stone of rice, you can follow a number below, such as 10000, which divides the country into multiple regions, and the serial numbers of each region are different."

Seeing a few people bewildered, Zhu Zhanchang continued: "The serial number plus the multi-level stamp can make a simple classification of the food stamps issued in various places."

比如发在应天府的粮票这月编号为10001北平府为20001，开头的10便是应天府编号20为北平府，001为批次号，任何一张粮票开头为10便是从应天府发出去的。

There are three seals set below, Chapter 1 is the seal of the Ministry of Households printing money, Chapter 2 is the seal of Yingtianfu Grain Depot, and Chapter 3 is the seal of issuing food stamps to the people’s warehouses in the subordinate areas.

Wang An was the first to react when the treasure was raised, with a happy expression on his face: "In this case, if the serial number starts with 20 but the stamp of Yingtianfu is stamped, it will be clear at a glance that it is a fake food stamp. This method is very good."

Zhu Zhanji also reacted: "In this case, if someone wants to imitate food stamps, they need to imitate three seals, and they also need to understand our Arabic numerals. As long as we change the sequence printing many times, it can be difficult for them to imitate, only You need to prepare some standard food stamps in the distribution warehouse for comparison, and it is easy to distinguish the true from the false.”

"Brother is still smart." Zhu Zhanchang gave a little flattery, yawned and drowsiness came again.

Arabic numerals are well known in modern times, but they can also be used as ciphers in this era.

Just these serial numbers plus the third-level seal are enough for those who want to make fake food stamps to think about it for a year and a half, and then it will be good to improve it.

The current manufacturing process is poor, and the counterfeiting process is poor, but the torture is not bad. Once caught making fake food stamps, it is basically a severe torture and death penalty. When the difficulty and risk of production are far higher than the probability of success, you will cheat. It will definitely be less.

Zhu Zhanchang's few words and 10 numbers invented by the old man named Ala solved their very headache anti-counterfeiting problem, which made several people feel confident.

Zhu Zhanji made a decision on two final styles: "The two sides of the paper are thickened and distributed into one stone, five buckets, one bucket, three denominations, one stone is the largest, and one bucket is the smallest. When printing, the palace is divided into two styles. , one is the serial number starting with 10, and the other is starting with 20."

"How much does His Highness Taisun print at one time? What is the total amount? What are the three denominations?"

A problem arose. With Zhu Zhanji's vision, several people looked at Zhu Zhanchang in unison.

Zhu Zhanchang was helpless, it seemed that he didn't want to sleep tonight.

"Chu'er rub my temples."

"Is your son feeling unwell? I'll call an imperial doctor for you."

"Just press it, I'm not used to pressing it by men."

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