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Chapter 406: Using Arabic Numerals and the Gregorian Calendar to Prevent Counterfeiting
Anyway, this old guy actually has some talent.

In an industry that requires high-end technology, being able to gain a foothold and be recognized by many people is itself an impressive resume.

But he actually added his own talent to this awesomeness, which makes him even more rare.

To put it bluntly, those more than 200 craftsmen are indeed amazing.

However, their strength lies in the fact that they can design perfect works under a perfect system, but they cannot master all the technologies alone.

This means that these more than 200 craftsmen were divided into different types of work.

They can be the best in their own jobs.

But they can't complete a task on their own.

Some craftsmen specialize in designing the complex and obscure patterns on silver bills.

Some craftsmen are good at finding the most suitable material from a variety of materials.

The patterns printed on it are printed beautifully and will not fade.

Some people are suitable for color adjustment.

Make sure every printed color reaches the highest standard.

And when mixing, it can be done accurately and without error.

Even his hand is a scale.

He can control very well how much paint and water to add.

Such is the talent of these individuals alone.

But if they were asked to complete all the processes alone, it would be difficult for them to do it.

This can only mean that the training system of the Baochao Printing Bureau was very, very reasonable.

The people they train for each job are able to work together seamlessly.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to print out another set of things in a short time.

But this old man is different.

He was born in a wild family, but he is extremely talented.

After a month of research, he found the most suitable and closest alternative material from the extremely complex material.

At the same time, after seeing those complex and obscure patterns, he could completely copy them by himself.

When it comes to choosing pigments, he can also calculate how much powder and water to add based on the changes in color brightness and the thickness of the material printed on it.

All this is because this person is extremely talented in printing.

Even if the more than 200 craftsmen were taken together, they would not be as good as him alone.

After more than a month of research, he finally made up his mind to make a fake silver note.

This was not just about saving the lives of his family.

It is also a challenge for him.

Because the more he looked at the banknote, the more beautifully it was printed.

As a person with skills, and also someone who pursues this skill.

He has always had a feeling of being the only one seeking to defeat the enemy.

Now I have finally met my match.

He must show his skills well.

If my skills could be comparable to the silver notes printed by more than 200 craftsmen, it would not only be an achievement for me in this skill.

It is also an explanation to himself.

When the officials headed by Liang heard that he was going to start printing banknotes, they immediately prepared the materials he needed.

The materials this old man wanted were very tricky.

They were also informed why these materials were used.

He listed a long list of materials.

Many of the things above are things that these knowledgeable landlords have never heard of, let alone seen.

The old man also gave orders without hesitation: "All the materials you have seen are inferred by me based on the style and materials on the banknotes and my experience. I can only say that the printing of the banknotes this time took all the power of the court.

So the printed things are quite perfect. If you want me to make such perfect things, you must find the materials above one by one.

You may even need to prepare at least ten more copies of the materials to meet the requirements of this printing.

If you can't do that, you can just kill me."

After hearing this, Mr. Liang went to prepare helplessly.

A lot of the materials here come from all over the country, and many may even come from the Western Regions.

But it must be said that these businessmen had great power during the Wanli period.

Even if they go bankrupt, their network resources still exist.

After more than half a month of preparation, they finally got a large amount of materials.

At this time, Princess Ning'an and others were also anxiously waiting for the appearance of fake silver notes.

The two-month deadline was given to encourage those who wanted to make counterfeit silver bills to come out of the water themselves.

At the same time, this is also a test for myself.

If the fake banknotes could not be identified, it would be a huge loss for the Imperial Bank.

These people made fake banknotes, but they didn't make a big fuss about it, which would have brought shame to the imperial court.

However, once these fake silver notes become rampant, no matter how much reserves the Ming Empire Bank has, it will not be enough for them to print fake silver notes and take them away.

Although the more than 200 craftsmen swore that even many geniuses could make fake silver notes based on the materials and pigments.

However, the anti-counterfeiting signs and the comparison with the secret codes are not something that ordinary people can make.

Even if we poach all the craftsmen now, they still can’t make it.

Because according to Baochao's training system, everyone can only do their own job, and some people specialize in anti-counterfeiting marks.

He didn't know how to print it on the material.

There are special ones that print these anti-counterfeiting marks on the face of the ticket.

It is precisely because of these clearly divided jobs that the Baochao is guaranteed to be anti-counterfeiting to a certain extent.

But this level of anti-counterfeiting is not enough.

However, it laid a solid foundation for Chen Han to upgrade his anti-counterfeiting logo.

Only these two hundred craftsmen would say this with such confidence.

Even if someone can forge the face of the ticket, anti-counterfeiting marks and the like are difficult to obtain.

So they still have confidence in this regard.

Especially after the anti-counterfeiting marks proposed by Chen Han came out, they became more confident.

But Princess Ning'an was still a little worried.

When the Imperial Bank spread the news that one could deposit ten taels of silver and exchange it for eleven taels within a specified period of time,

Five thousand places were given out within one day, and a total of more than 500,000 vehicles of pure silver were received.

From this we can see that even though the Jiangnan area had been massacred by Chen Han, the big landlords were defeated, but the small landlords still had a lot of wealth.

Otherwise it would be impossible to collect so much in one day.

And during this anxious wait, there was finally a result.

It was just as Li Hai said. You have to be patient and wait for those people to take the bait.

Let these individuals think they have hidden themselves very well, and let them jump out on their own, and now they jump out on their own.

When a senior craftsman of the Imperial Bank received the silver note in exchange for silver, he discovered something strange.

At first they carefully examined every banknote.

Because after the banknotes are given out, not everyone may remember the secret code on them.

However, any experienced worker can tell whether it is fake by comparing the codes.

Because there is no need for them to know what the code means.

All you need to know is that this is a string of codes.

This is the simplest and most convenient method.

But when they received several banknotes that did not match the code, or when the code was imitated quite beautifully but was not what they wanted to see, they made a record.

At first, no one believed that you could fool your own banknotes at a glance.

However, when they received seven or eight consecutive ten-liang silver notes, they became alert.

Because these silver bills are exactly the same as real silver bills in terms of feel, material, and paint on the face of the bills.

But there is one thing that those who make fake silver notes cannot imitate.

That is, every batch of silver bills issued actually has a string of numbers.

However, even these experienced craftsmen themselves find it difficult to tell what these numbers are.

But as said before, if it doesn’t look right, it’s wrong.

This string of numbers is the Arabic numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 to 10.

It seems simple.

However, the combination of these two, three, four, five and six is ​​not arranged according to the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches calendar used by the Ming Dynasty, but according to the Gregorian calendar.

This is not because Chen Han is a Westernized person and wants to abandon the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches.

This is because only this kind of new knowledge can make it impossible for those who don't understand to imitate.

This is equivalent to a secret code in many cases. It is very simple, maybe just a dialect, but you just can’t understand what it means.

Maybe the content is very simple and you can't decipher it, then it is a good code.

The Arabic numeral system itself marks the emergence of two new things.

Arabic numerals appeared before the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, there were many people coming from the Western Regions, that is, from the Middle East and West Asia, who came to the Central Plains to do business.

They once introduced Arabic numerals to the Central Plains dynasty, but they were not taken seriously.

So no one knows.

Especially the current AD calendar, which has not yet become popular even in West Asia and Europe.

So how could they possibly know what the secret code means?
So this is why even the craftsmen don’t know what this string of numbers represents?
Chen Han didn't tell them.

Just tell them to carve these things in as required.

Only Princess Ning'an and a few other people knew about it through the letters sent by Chen Han.

It turns out that the string of Arabic numerals were all dating methods.

When the fake banknotes appeared, the three managers of the Imperial Bank became cautious and alert, and reported the matter to Princess Ning'an.

When Princess Ning'an and the others found out that they had received fake silver notes, they were actually very happy for some reason.

Because they are waiting for such a master to appear.

We are also waiting for this kind of person to appear and kill him as a warning to the rest.

Because this kind of silver note is difficult to counterfeit.

Therefore, the person who made this kind of fake silver bill must be very famous in a certain circle.

After catching this kind of person, kill him, and then tell others who want to get this set of silver notes.

You see, even such capable people in this circle can’t imitate the silver notes, so do you dare to imitate it?
This is a bit like spending a fortune on horse bones.

What made Princess Ning'an and the others even happier was that the craftsmen of the Imperial Bank had now fully mastered this craft.

Can tell at a glance which are fake banknotes.

When Princess Ning An and her companions arrived at the Imperial Bank.

The third shopkeeper quickly took out the several fake silver bills he had received.

"Your Highness, and the Lord Adviser, please take a look.

These fake silver bills are so exquisitely made that it is difficult for ordinary people to tell the real from the fake just by looking at the face value.

We have not yet begun to popularize the knowledge of distinguishing true and false banknotes.

So if these banknotes were to flow out, the common people would definitely be deceived.

But for experienced craftsmen like us, we can tell it at a glance."

Princess Ning'an and Li Hai received these fake silver bills and first squeezed them in their hands. They found that the material was the same as the real ones.

Then he looked at the patterns on it.

I took a real silver note to compare and found that the patterns and colors were the same.

Princess Ning'an and the others were terrified by this. If these fake banknotes were to be leaked out, they could make a lot of profit.

But it can also be seen that if there is not a large amount of imitation, it is actually difficult to make a real profit.

Because the cost of producing these fake silver notes is very high.

At least at this stage, it is very troublesome for them to make these fake silver notes.

Only by imitating in large quantities in the later period can it be profitable.

The reason why they made fake silver notes now was not to rush them into the market, but to exchange them for silver at the Imperial Bank.

I just think that the fake silver bills will impact the Imperial Bank, and then the Imperial Bank will definitely go bankrupt.

So they simply used fake silver notes to exchange more real gold and silver for their own hands. They felt that this was safer.

It is precisely because of this mentality that they would take shortcuts.

Then Princess Ning'an and Li Hai raised the banknotes together towards the sunlight.

When the light comes out, you can see numbers appearing under the pattern.

Just as the third shopkeeper said, that's why he recognized it at once.

This is because when this set of numbers appeared, it was discovered that the people who made the fake silver notes did not know what this string of numbers represented, nor did they know what these combinations meant.

So he had no choice but to follow suit and actually imitated the numbers on more than a dozen silver bills.

The numbers on these dozen or so silver notes are all 15740809.

In fact, this number represents August 9th in the second year of Wanli.

There is a silver note with this number, but the subsequent silver notes will usually increase or move forward according to the month and day.

But the repetition of this number means that the banknote is fake.

Because the people who made the fake banknotes didn't understand what these numbers meant.

How could they know that August 9th of the second year of Wanli, converted into the Gregorian calendar, is 15740809.

This is something that the ancients did not know, and this is also the original intention and cunning part of Chen Han's design of this code...

(End of this chapter)