People live in the Ming Dynasty, evil spirits are soaring into the sky

Chapter 405: Silver notes are issued, bait is spread, and waiting for the hook!

Of course Mr. Liang did not finish his words.

But this old man is also a smart man.

Because this old man has worked with this group of people.

Know how hot these rich people are.

It is said that the soldiers on the battlefield are extremely cruel when they kill people without shedding blood.

But they don’t know that these so-called rich men who are truly ruthless and cannibalistic are the real ruthless people.

They will not be polite to you at all and can kill people without any trace.

Now that they can find me, there must be a way to deal with me.

If I don't agree, since they already know my whereabouts, they will definitely be able to report my crimes to them.

He once printed fake banknotes, and this is a crime he cannot escape.

So once you are caught by them, there is no way to get rid of them.

Especially this old man is very smart, no matter how attracted he is by the so-called huge reward.

Or maybe he was threatened by these people, but he still agreed.

“Since you all think so highly of me, I have no choice but to come out.

But now we don't know what the silver notes look like, nor do we know what materials they are made of. It may take some time to figure it out. Can you give me that time?"

After hearing what he said, Mr. Liang was of course very happy, "Don't worry, everything will be bought as it was bought for you before, you just need to help us print money peacefully.

By the way, if your two grandsons go to the private school we run, there will be good teachers to teach them, which is better than the private school in this rural inn now. They will have a bright future. You won't object to this, right?"

What Mr. Liang said, of course, meant that he wanted to take the old man's grandson as a hostage.

Of course the old man wanted to say no.

But when I saw these people coming with such a fierce momentum, I knew that it was impossible.

As long as I shake my head, I will definitely die without a burial place.

So he could only nod helplessly. He now regretted showing off his skills in front of these people just for that little bit of money.

I didn't expect that I would leave so many troubles for myself.

I never expected that more than ten years later, this group of people would still find me and ask me to help them print the so-called new silver bills.

In fact, the old man had heard about it. It was a rumor in the city that Princess Ning'an was going to open the Ming Empire Bank in Ningbo.

At that time, new silver notes will be printed to replace the old treasure notes.

At that time, he had the idea of ​​printing new silver bills to make a fortune.

Before this idea was put into practice, my former employer approached me.

I can only blame myself for being greedy.

Helplessly, he left a note for his two sons and daughter-in-law, and took his two grandsons to Ningbo with Mr. Liang and others.

After arriving in Ningbo, the old man found out that Mr. Liang and his people had no idea what the silver notes looked like now, and everything was still in the planning stage.

So they were first placed under house arrest.

Back to Princess Ning'an, they had already designed the style of the silver notes long ago.

In fact, it is very similar to the previous Baochao, except that the Baochao was changed into silver notes of one tael, ten taels, twenty taels, fifty taels, and one hundred taels.

There were even small bills of ten, fifty, or one hundred cents.

This completely takes into account the food, clothing and daily necessities of ordinary people.

After two months of arduous exploration, more than 200 craftsmen from the Treasure Notes Bureau finally printed the silver notes according to Princess Ning'an's requirements.

The Baochao Duzhisi Yamen.

Princess Ning'an put the silver note in her hand under the sun, and when she shone it on the sun, she found that after the two silver notes were put together, there was indeed a small watermark in the middle, as thin as a cicada's wing, and a string of capital letter numbers could be seen.

This is the code, and it is also a way to prevent counterfeiting.

This method was finally developed by more than 200 craftsmen from the Baochao Duzhusi after spending more than two months.

Of course, this is also based on Chen Han’s instructions in the letter to Princess Ning’an. They are conducting targeted research and development.

Although Chen Han put forward constructive suggestions, it is still very difficult to implement them.

But these craftsmen still made it according to Chen Han's requirements.

The craftsman kept praising him: "The Duke is indeed a genius. He was able to think of placing a nearly transparent code in such a small area for anti-counterfeiting.

This technology was definitely the best when it was used to print banknotes, and it is impossible for ordinary craftsmen to imitate it. "

They are very confident.

Because now they are able to print it, it is entirely due to the unlimited resources allocated by the government that they have the opportunity to print it.

If it were a private enterprise, even finding this kind of mimeographing material would be a difficult task.

So they didn't believe that anyone in the private sector could print it.

However, Li Hai, the local treasure banknote supervisor, expressed a different opinion.

"Although I can't say much about boosting the enemy's prestige and destroying my own prestige, I have been in Ningbo for many years. More than ten years ago, there was a man whose craftsmanship was quite good."

As soon as Li Hai said this, the craftsmen immediately asked, "Is the printing technology of that folk craftsman as good as ours?"

They are very unconvinced.

There is no first and no second in martial arts.

Those of them who work in technical fields just don't believe that other people's technology can be better than their own.

Especially these people stay in the palace all year round. Although they are not eunuchs, they are actually no different from eunuchs.

They have been honing their skills for more than a decade and never believe that there is anyone out there with better skills than them.

As soon as he heard Li Hai say this, he immediately asked unconvincedly.

Li Hai held the banknote and smiled at Princess Ning'an.

Princess Ning'an was also very worried at this time, fearing that someone in the local area would be able to imitate and counterattack.

Although you can arrest people directly, it is also very troublesome.

So I asked, "Can anyone really copy it?"

Li Hai smiled bitterly and said, "I'm not saying that it can be copied, but I think someone has the technology.

He had conquered many people with this technique more than a decade ago.

I think Your Highness knows better than I do how many wealthy people there were here.

Back then, with this skill, this man was able to print banknotes that looked so real that they could be easily mistaken for the real thing, and he was able to pass them around freely among this group of wealthy people.

Although he did not spend the treasure notes directly, he became famous thanks to this skill.

For a while, many people called him the king of counterfeiting. I was worried that if the genuine banknotes we made were known to such people and used by some people, it would be disastrous. "

Even Princess Ning An frowned at this. Although they were not worried about someone making fake banknotes.

But once someone figures it out, it will be a huge blow to the credibility of the banknotes.

After all, if the opening shot was not a success, no one would believe that the bank could prevent the appearance of fake banknotes.

Once fake silver notes appear, the loss will not be just one or two taels of silver, but what may be lost is reputation.

"So what do you think we should do?" asked Princess Ning An.

She was a little undecided.

Because she couldn't say for sure about this matter.

If there really is such a person in the world, it would be extremely dangerous.

Once such people intervene, the damage to the economy will be enormous.

It not only directly destroyed the circulation link, but also created a crisis, making the people dare not use silver notes at all.

I was afraid of receiving a fake silver note and losing ten or twenty taels of silver.

If ordinary people lose more than ten or twenty taels of silver, it could be the loss of their lives and property.

Li Hai finally came up with a solution: "We should do a test before circulation. This test should be covert. We should directly take out a batch of silver bills for experiment.

Your Highness, you have introduced the so-called 10% tax reduction for paying taxes with silver bills. Let’s launch a new activity.

It simply means that the first group of people who deposited silver into the bank could get an extra 10% of silver by redeeming the silver notes within three months.

For example, if he deposited ten taels of silver, he could exchange the silver note for silver within three months and get eleven taels.

However, only the first 5,000 people have this opportunity.

On the one hand, we can use this opportunity to promote our bank, and on the other hand, if there are people behind the scenes who really want to plot something, they will seize the opportunity because of this benefit.

We can catch the person who printed counterfeit money in this small area and use it as a typical punishment to warn those who want to cheat and play tricks."

Princess Ning'an clapped her hands and said, "Great, this is a good idea. Yes, we can implement it immediately."

Princess Ning An did not make the decision on a whim, because after listening to Li Hai's suggestion, she thought it was really good.

This would both promote the Imperial Bank and prove that it had large amounts of silver reserves.

The second one also uses this policy of concessions to encourage more people to put their silver into banks.

During these three months, there will definitely be many people who will come to exchange the silver bills immediately after receiving them to see whether the bank will fulfill its promise.

During this process, if someone really makes fake silver notes and wants to get something for nothing.

On the one hand, there is a record of how much money is deposited, and on the other hand, it is much more convenient to arrest people directly within this small area.

So Princess Ning'an immediately agreed to this idea.

Their execution capabilities are also quite strong.

In the next ten days, through the publicity of the Baochao Duzhisi and the Tax Inspection Bureau, even newspapers began to help the Imperial Bank promote its products.

Promote both activities.

The first item, of course, is that paying taxes with silver notes can get a 10% reduction.

Another item is that if you grab the first 5,000 spots, you can deposit the money into the bank after joining and get a silver note.

If you redeem the silver note for silver within three months, you can get an extra 10%.

The temptation is huge.

If a businessman satisfies both of these activities, he is getting double benefits.

So after the news was publicized in Ningbo, tens of thousands of people immediately began to inquire about this event.

Even though the Imperial Bank had not yet started its deposit business, there were already countless people queuing up day and night to inquire about the news.

The activity started very quickly. There were people from Mr. Liang’s group who immediately grabbed a spot and deposited 12,000 taels of silver.

This amount of money is quite large. If the bank can really fulfill its promise, they can bring the silver notes to exchange within three months and get 11,200 pieces of silver directly, which is equivalent to earning 1,000 taels.

One thousand taels of silver is something that many people dream of but find difficult to obtain.

But banks do have this strength.

At the same time, we must also tell all the people that banks not only have the strength, but also the ability to fully cope with everyone's redemption.

After Mr. Liang got the silver note, he immediately handed it to the old man.

The old man took a silver note of one hundred taels and looked at it again and again, praising it in admiration, “As expected of a printing craftsman from the imperial court, his skills are really exquisite, exquisite to the extreme.

I am very happy to have lived a life that has been worthwhile for me to see such exquisite skills in my lifetime."

Mr. Liang was getting impatient and said, "Don't worry about him. Just tell me how to make a fake banknote.

If this can really be done, the profits will be huge.

Since their bank has promised to refund all the silver, we can get him a few hundred thousand or a hundred thousand taels."

The old man was shocked when he entered. “Will so many prints arouse alarm?”

Mr. Liang laughed loudly. “You really underestimate us. Even though we have been treated so badly by that bastard Chen Han, we still have quite a few of our people in Ningbo.”

After hearing what Mr. Liang said, the old man had no choice but to concentrate on studying the banknotes.

It has to be said that the layman watches the excitement while the expert sees the details.

The more the old man studied it, the more surprises he found.

He looked at the banknote, which was so exquisitely printed.

There are all kinds of complicated patterns on it, mixed with some details that are difficult for ordinary people to see.

He knew that this thing was difficult to imitate.

And even if it can be imitated, the speed will be very slow.

You have to know that it was created by the painstaking efforts of more than 200 skilled craftsmen, who are definitely among the top in the world.

Although he got the finished product to look at right away, and although he also claimed to be a genius, he did not dare to say directly that he could make the silver note perfect in a short time.

So he said to Mr. Liang, "I understand your feelings, but you should know that printing new banknotes is not a trivial matter.

If I can deal with it casually, I can tell you that it can be printed casually.

I don't think you will believe it either, so you have to give me at least a month to study it carefully, and then tell me whether it can be printed.

If you think it's not possible, just kill my whole family.

I don’t want to be caught and have my entire clan executed.”

When Mr. Liang heard how cautious the old man was, he could only discuss with others and decided to give the old man a month.

And this old man really did what he said.

During this month, I ate and lived in that small workshop, studying the banknotes by myself...

(End of this chapter)