Kai Fu Han

Chapter 487 Jia Shangren

With the development of Xinghan League, the generals and officials under them have gradually become more thoughtful. After the success of the last westward expansion strategy, Liu Xinqi was not given the yellow robe because of system restrictions.

If there was no system, those arrogant and powerful generals would have made Liu Xinqi king long ago.

Press the thought.

Liu Xinqi looked at the other silver coins. Apart from the different face values, they all had Liu Xinqi's portrait on the back.Even the back of the last gold coin has Liu Xinqi's face.

"This won't work. The difference is too small, which can easily lead to misidentification during use." Liu Xinqi shook his head.

"I didn't think about this..." Liu Zhimu was a little embarrassed.

"Not to mention banknotes, they are different in size and color, and the pattern on the back is eye-catching. The coins are too small, and there are not many balls that can be printed on them, so except for the one-yuan gold coin with my face printed on it, all other coins were replaced. Now." Liu Xinqi was worried that something would happen later, so he arranged directly: "On the back of the one-yuan coin is printed Dalang's head (tiger head), on the back of the two-yuan coin is the head of "gold coin" (carved head), and on the back of the five-yuan coin is the head of "gold coin" (carved head). Print Dabai’s head (fish head), pick up a circle and print a dragon head.” Liu Xinqi suggested.

Birds, beasts, sea monsters and dragons, those that run on the ground, those that fly in the sky, those that swim in the water, and those from legends, all come alive.

"Okay, just change it as you said." Liu Zhimu replied.

"Make it as soon as possible. This year I plan to give a set of banknotes and coins to each of the middle-level officials and military officers as a year-end bonus. If you can't do it by then, I will ask them to settle the score with you."

This time Liu Xinqi minted gold coins according to the value of one gold coin equal to fifty silver coins.

In later generations, the price of gold was more than 300 yuan per gram, and the price of silver was six or seven yuan per gram. The value gap was about sixty times.Therefore, a gold coin of the same weight should be worth sixty times as much as a silver coin.

The gold coins and silver coins produced this time are both alloys. The silver coins contain [-]% silver, while the gold coins only contain [-]% silver.This was done not only to earn more seigniorage, but also to make the gold and silver coins more durable.

Pure silver is easily oxidized and turns black, and pure gold is too soft to be used for direct casting of coins.After many tests, the Ministry of Industry produced a 100-year-old silver coin with an oxidation rate that is more than [-] times slower than that of pure silver, and a gold coin with a hardness close to that of pure iron.

"No problem, they are all ready-made and can definitely be made." Liu Zhimu responded.

There are too many soldiers in the Ministry of Works now, and this kind of small work can be completed quickly.

"I'll keep this set." Liu Xinqi put away the banknotes and gold, silver and copper coins on the table, got up and planned to leave.

"I have one last question." Liu Zhimu said again.

"Say." Liu Xinqi had no choice but to sit down again.

"You said before that you will print and mint third-generation coins worth 2000 million taels of silver this time. I am a little worried that so many banknotes flowing into the market will affect the stability of this society?" Liu Zhimu worried.

"Have you found the bank president I asked you to find?" Liu Xinqi did not answer directly, but asked another question. "I found three candidates. After consultation with other ministers of the Government Affairs Council, I feel that one of them is the most suitable. However, he has only joined the Xinghan League for a short time, so you still need to make a decision, the leader of the League." Liu Zhimu replied.

"Who? Do I know him?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"Jia Shangren took the Jimo County official recruitment exam early last year and entered the Xinghan League. His family has been doing business for generations, but no one has ever been an official. This time the Xinghan League recruited officials. Jia Shangren's father saw the opportunity and supported and encouraged Jia Shangren to take the exam. "Unexpectedly, although Jia Shangren was not good at academics, he was very talented in numbers and passed the exam smoothly." Liu Zhimu introduced in detail: "After entering Xinghan League, he successively worked in the Ministry of Household Affairs, Finance and Taxation. In the end, Jiang Xue from the tax department kept him."

"Have you had any significant work results?"

"After entering the tax department, because my family has been in business for generations, I have a very good understanding of business and can grasp the way of thinking of businessmen. I have repeatedly made outstanding achievements in formulating commercial tax standards and commercial tax payment methods. Now I have done seven Title."

"I have become an official." Liu Xinqi nodded: "It takes two years to go from being a trainee to a seventh-level official. It is indeed outstanding. As for the short time you just mentioned to enter the Xinghan League, it doesn't matter. I also have a fourth-level immortal talisman here. , reward him, and you don’t have to worry about loyalty."

"In this case, that kid is really lucky." Liu Zhimu sighed.

The central bank is very important, so Liu Xinqi was willing to take out a four-star general card.

"I will answer your question now." Liu Xinqi turned the conversation back to the main topic.

"Ah."

"The central bank must be established before the issuance of the third generation currency. It must draw experienced personnel from the Ministry of Taxation and the Ministry of Finance. It must ensure that every county has a central bank branch. Some more important towns and ports can also set up some A small branch." Liu Xin said.

"That's no problem. The construction of the branch is already in progress. The construction of the bank is currently slowing down the progress. However, it can definitely be built and put into use before the new currency is issued." Liu Zhimu interjected.

The bank treasury of each branch and the head office are all constructed using reinforced concrete in accordance with Liu Xin Qi'e's requirements, so the progress is slow.

"After the central bank is established, I will arrange for the Ministry of Finance to deposit all the gold and silver in stock into the bank, and use these gold and silver as the principal. We will satisfy all customers who want to use the new currency to exchange for gold and silver. In this way, the new currency The initial credit has been established." Liu Xinqi continued to explain his plan to Liu Zhimu.

"In addition, some other measures will be taken. For example, all officials and soldiers will be paid their monthly salary in the new currency; all alliance factories, shops, and grain stores will support the use of the new currency; ordinary people and businessmen will be able to use the new currency to pay taxes; etc."

"If we take multiple measures, there will be no problem. As long as we don't print indiscriminately, there will be no problem with the circulation of new coins." Liu Xinqi finally concluded.

Seeing that Liu Zhimu was still a little worried, Liu Xinqi asked:
"The value of one copper coin, one yuan silver coin and one yuan gold coin is almost the same as the value of the casting materials. And haven't I already told you to mint more of these three coins? What else do you have to worry about?"

"Yes, there is indeed no problem with these three types of coins, but even if more are minted and a large number of banknotes are included, the total face value of these three types of coins is only 200 million taels, which is only one-tenth of the total amount of new coins we are planning to issue this time. ." Liu Zhimu expressed his worries: "Besides, you also said before that you will print more new coins in the future and exchange all the gold and silver on the market into the central bank's treasury..."

(End of this chapter)