Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 200 If you can’t make it, don’t do it.
"Go on!" Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand to signal to Li Wei.

Li Wei nodded slightly and continued: "In addition to the higher quality of the paper, this new banknote also uses embossing technology. You can touch it with your hands to see that the patterns on the surface of the banknote are concave and convex."

The ministers followed the instructions and rubbed the new banknotes with their fingers, and found that it was exactly as Li Wei said. The patterns were three-dimensional, making the banknotes look thicker and rough to the touch.

Everyone couldn't help but marveled. Although this Master Li was very annoying, the things he made were indeed rare and strange things.

"There is also watermark technology. You can pick up the banknote, point it in the direction of light and look at the blank space on the left."

Li Wei said, raised the treasure banknote and faced the door, giving them a demonstration.

Everyone imitated his look and saw that the originally blank space showed a pattern of a flower under the light source, and there were words indicating the denomination of the banknote below. They were all surprised.

"How was this done?" Xu Hui asked in shock.

Li Wei glanced at him and ignored him, joke, can I tell you this?
"Master Li is indeed a skilled craftsman. I admire the work of this precious note!"

The always low-key official Ruan Zhen put down the treasure note and praised it.

However, his words were overtly complimentary and covertly derogatory. In fact, he was mocking Li Wei for being just a craftsman.

Li Wei was not sensitive to class status and did not hear the connotation of the words, but Xue Xiang understood it and immediately continued: "Master Li is not only a skilled craftsman, but the things he said about banks before are also of vital importance to the court. important!"

Ruan Quan smiled and said: "Haha, Xue Shangshu is right."

After Li Wei and others finished reading the watermark, he continued to introduce: "In addition to these, the text and pattern on it are also printed with ink. It will not fade easily. Even if it is soaked in water, it will still be clear and visible after it dries. Distinguish.”

As he spoke, Li Wei glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang, who immediately understood and ordered: "Xu Shou, go get a basin of water."

"According to the order, I will go now."

Xu Shou bowed in response and hurried away. After a while, he brought a basin of water.

Li Wei signaled him to put it on the ground, and after he put it on the ground, Li Wei took out a piece of banknote from the water and rinsed it in the water. When it was soaked, he took it out, balled it up, and pinched the water.

When everyone saw the water dripping from his palm, they couldn't help but gathered around him curiously.

Li Wei unfolded the soaked banknotes again: "Everyone, take a look."

Xu Hui eagerly grabbed it. When he saw clearly that the words and patterns on it were still very clear and unblurred, his face suddenly became even more ugly. Li Wei's new banknotes were so well made that even if they were not Banknotes are also worth collecting.

Xue Xiang, who was next to him, didn't care about his lost look. He happily snatched the wet treasure note from his hand, held it in his hand and unfolded it. He saw that except for some wrinkles on the note, the words on it were not there. The pattern is not affected and the paper is not damaged or mushy.

"Your Majesty, what Mr. Li said is true. The characters and patterns on this banknote are really not afraid of water!"

Xue Xiang opened his mouth to claim credit for Li Wei.

"Bring it to me to see!"

Zhu Yuanzhang urged in a deep voice.He listened to Li Wei's talk for so long, and he was actually very surprised. If what Li Wei said were all true, then this treasure note would be a treasure!
Xu Shou stepped forward and took the wet banknotes from Xue Xiang's hand and presented them to Zhu Yuanzhang. Seeing this, the ministers surrounding Li Wei couldn't help but cast dissatisfied glances at Xue Xiang. They hadn't looked at this yet. The old man hurriedly handed it over to His Majesty, which is really unreasonable!

Zhu Yuanzhang took the wet banknote and took a look. Sure enough, as Li Wei said, the text on it was still clear. He was overjoyed: "Okay, okay! Such a treasure banknote is worthy of our Ming Dynasty!"

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, receiving this treasure will surely make the Ming Dynasty prosperous and powerful, and the people of the Ming Dynasty will be rich and happy!"

Xue Xiang congratulated loudly.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty..."

Although others were reluctant to acknowledge Li Wei's contribution, seeing His Majesty Long Yan's joy, they could only congratulate him.

"Your Majesty, with this kind of treasure banknote, not only can it solve the problem of old banknotes being easily damaged, but it also has multiple anti-counterfeiting features such as paper, stamping, watermark and ink, which basically eliminates the possibility of being counterfeited. As long as the issuance method is appropriate, your Majesty, I believe that this treasure banknote will definitely replace gold and silver and become the main currency circulating in the world. By then, the Ming Dynasty will be so powerful that all nations will come to court!"

Seeing that he was happy, Li Wei quickly drew a cake for him and reminded him not to forget to promote the treasure banknotes to the outside world.

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and nodded repeatedly.

Seeing this situation, Xu Hui knew that the situation was over, and he felt quite unhappy. He said with some sourness: "Humph, Mr. Li is too conceited. Others can naturally make what you can make. It would be too arrogant to say that this will eliminate counterfeiting." some!"

"Oh, how about Xu Shangshu try to forge it?" Li Wei said disdainfully.

The corner of Xu Hui's mouth twitched. Although he knew that he would definitely not be able to succeed in the banknote game of the Ministry of Finance, he still wanted to win if he lost. He said firmly: "Just give it a try."

Li Wei chuckled and shook his head gently, not taking him seriously at all.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes narrowed slightly and he said softly: "Well, let's let the Account Department try it. In this way, Xu Huiqian can try to imitate it. If we can make it ninety percent similar, we will classify Minghuang Bank as It’s managed by your household department.”

When Xu Hui heard this, he was immediately overjoyed. He was just saying something harsh, but he didn't expect that he would get such a rare opportunity. Although he thought that the Banknote Bureau should not be able to do it, but what if it happened? Those craftsmen are also good at papermaking and printing. Even worse than Li Wei!
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will do my best to make a treasure banknote exactly like it!" Xu Hui quickly expressed his determination.

"Yes." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded lightly, and then said: "But if it can't be made, you don't need to be a minister!"

"Ah?" Xu Hui was dumbfounded: "Your Majesty, minister, minister..."

"What? Is there a problem?"

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him coldly.

Xu Hui's heart trembled, and he could only respectfully agree: "No, no problem, I obey the order!"

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang withdrew his gaze and left him alone.

Xu Hui wanted to give himself a big mouth at this time, blaming him for being too talkative. What could he do?What was once a good minister is now over.

Others also cast sympathetic glances at him. It was the first time they had heard of Li Wei's precious banknotes, not to mention those printed with ink and ink, just the most basic acid-free paper. It has the tenacity that it will not break even after being kneaded with water, and what Li Wei said is not easy to turn yellow. This paper is not something that ordinary people can make.

(End of this chapter)