Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 210 Li Weimeng turns around

After making arrangements for the purchase of gold and silver, Li Wei went to the bank again.

There are still three long queues of people depositing and withdrawing money in front of the bank. This phenomenon may not disappear in a short time.

He had already checked the accounts when he received the treasure banknotes. Since the eighth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang has printed nearly 5000 million banknotes, which is much more than he expected.

After merging the printing plants of the Banknote Bureau and the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Household Affairs into one banknote printing plant, the current printing speed has increased a lot, but even so, it will take two years to print enough 5000 banknotes. Wan Guanquan was replaced again.

Of course, there is no need to replace everything in one go. First, replace the ones in Jingshi with similar ones, and then follow the expansion of Minghuang Chamber of Commerce to open banks. Take your time.

In fact, if the banknotes are not closed and the banknotes are slowly replaced, sooner or later they will be able to replace them all. The reason why people were willing to spend old banknotes at a discount was mainly because the front row seats were controlled by the powerful. It was difficult for them to exchange new banknotes, so they had to They sold them at a discount, and the powerful took this opportunity to buy old banknotes at low prices, and then exchanged them for new banknotes to make a profit on the difference.

Now Li Wei's bank is different, everyone has to queue up, and ordinary people also have opportunities. As long as they see hope, they are naturally unwilling to spend old money at a discount.

When Li Wei came to the door of the bank, he saw these people waiting in line while listening to the small officials sent by Zhu Yuanzhang explaining the imperial edict.

In fact, they all knew about this. Since the "consort being beaten" incident, Li Wei's deeds have been widely spread, and it didn't take long for it to spread throughout the streets.

The people of the Ming Dynasty were no less enthusiastic about eating melons than the netizens of later generations. Naturally, they would not let go of such interesting royal stories. With the people's vivid word-of-mouth, the things Li Wei promoted were also spread, and the effect was , works better than any edict.

In addition to the clerks preaching edicts at the bank gate, there are also clerks assigned by the bank to explain how to identify the authenticity of treasure banknotes.

In fact, it is very simple. Don't talk about the ink printing. Even if you just look at the paper, you can easily tell the authenticity. Current papermaking technology cannot imitate his kind of paper.

When Li Wei passed by the crowd, someone in the crowd immediately noticed him, the consort who lost money three times and was eventually beaten.

"Hey, isn't this the consort who got beaten?"

"Yes, yes, that's him!"

"What happened at that time? I came later and didn't see it. Please tell me!"

"At that time..."

The people in the crowd were whispering. After hearing this, Li Wei paused, frowned and looked in the direction of the source of the sound.

The whispers stopped immediately, the whole place was silent, and the people looked at him innocently.

Li Wei glanced suspiciously and found no one, then turned around and continued walking.

"The Prince Consort had just finished his performance, and the people sent by His Majesty arrived..."

"Ok?"

Li Wei turned around fiercely, and the voices in the crowd disappeared again, leaving only the innocent eyes of the people looking at him.

After watching for a while, he still couldn't find who was gossiping about him behind his back, so he could only continue walking.

"Then……"

"Ok?"

Li Weisan turned around, his voice disappeared, and the people's eyes were innocent.

Li Wei: "..." After a moment of silence, Li Wei turned around and entered the bank without looking back.

"It's unreasonable. I worked so hard to perform a Dharma promotion for them, but they still laughed at me!"

Li Wei complained to Shen Jing and others in the back hall, and Shen Jing and others suppressed their laughter.

After he finished complaining, Shen Jing spoke out to persuade:
"Master Li, the people don't have any ill intentions, they just like to spread gossip. In fact, they are not laughing at you, and they all praise you as a good prince-in-law!"

Shen Jing was telling the truth. There were many smart people among these common people. Although Li Wei's performance was exaggerated, many people understood his intentions and did not forget to praise him while eating the melon.

When Li Wei heard this, his expression improved slightly, he took a deep breath, sat down and asked about the bank's situation.

"How is the bank lately? Is there anything going on?"

"Oh, nothing else. It's just that there are more people switching to new banknotes now, and some people deposit and withdraw larger amounts. Our new banknotes are used up very quickly, and some of them are not enough."

Shen Jing said softly.

Li Wei frowned slightly after hearing this. This situation is inevitable. There are many dignitaries in the capital, and the balance of old banknotes is certain and large, at least 1000 million. Even if he has set the rule that new banknotes can only be withdrawn the next day, he will not be able to withdraw new banknotes. Not as fast as the switching speed.

"In this way, from now on, it will take seven days for those with an amount of more than ten guan to withdraw new banknotes, and one month for those with an amount of more than [-] guan. This just allows them to experience the benefits of deposit interest."

Li Wei pondered for a moment and then said that his request was not excessive. Even in later generations, large withdrawals must be made in advance, let alone in ancient times.

Moreover, people nowadays are not used to deposits. They only feel safe when they have money in their own hands. Even after so many days, not many people actually save money.

In addition, this can also prevent wealthy businessmen from dumping large amounts of banknotes, allowing more ordinary people to get new banknotes first.

Hearing this, Shen Jing thought it was a good idea and nodded in agreement.

"In addition, I will transfer a batch of new banknotes from the banknote printing factory. You can have the old banknotes counted, and then I will directly have them taken away and destroyed."

Bao banknotes are not printed casually. Now the old banknotes are exchanged for new ones one by one. New money is not printed out of thin air. When the court runs out of money in the future, it will print money for itself in the form of bonds. Of course, it must be controlled. .

Shen Jing wrote down his instructions one by one, and Li Wei thought about it for a while and felt that there was nothing else to do before he stood up and left.

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With the issuance of new banknotes, the price of treasure banknotes has increased significantly. The people who got the new banknotes are naturally overjoyed, but the wealthy businessmen and powerful people who hoarded gold and silver, as well as the merchants who refused to accept the treasure banknotes, suffered.

The treasure banknotes have risen from the position of more than 100 cash back to the original value of about a thousand cash. The new banknotes are even comparable to gold. In contrast, their gold and silver have depreciated significantly, which makes these people anxious.

At the Shen family's house, Shen Bin was waiting anxiously.

Ever since he was cheated by Li Wei, he has become more honest and doesn't dare to think about revenge, and he doesn't care about the little money now.

When the Shen family was most prosperous, their wealth exceeded tens of millions. Although they later sponsored 600 million yuan to Zhu Yuanzhang, their wealth was reduced by half, but after so many years of recuperation, they have recovered a lot.

After his father Shen Rong and his eldest brother Shen Sen passed away one after another, he bullied the younger ones and took away most of the family property. Now he has a net worth of at least 500 million yuan. Although the money cheated by Li Wei is painful, it is compared to his huge family wealth. It’s nothing.

(End of this chapter)