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

Chapter 408 Those who refuse to repent deserve death!

When the old man said this, Mr. Liang immediately became alert, "What? According to you, these banknotes you printed may be discovered by others?
Your craftsmanship was witnessed by everyone in the whole country, so it shouldn’t be that bad. "

After listening to what Mr. Liang said, the old man was actually quite confident in his craftsmanship, but he didn't know why he always felt uneasy.

Of course he didn't know that the people who were coming to arrest them were already on the way.

His uneasiness was purely a sixth sense.

Someone once said that some people may have a much stronger sense of danger than ordinary people, especially those in his line of work.

The old man's original intention in making this fake banknote was not to make money, but to show off his skills to others.

At first, he made rubbings of other people's paintings and then sold them as real ones. At that time, he made a name for himself in the market with this unique skill and supported his family, but of course he was also on the edge of the gray area.

Although there were not so many people with strong copyright concerns who would cause trouble for him at that time, he still had to worry most of the time when doing such things. It was precisely because of the fear that he developed a habit.

That is, they will never expand or become strong, and will always stop when they have enough to spend.

It is precisely because he is easily satisfied that he has gained such high prestige in this industry.

At the same time, it also made him very famous. Many people originally wanted to learn this skill from him, but he knew very well that such things are rare, so they can be refined, and only refined ones can be valuable.

Once everyone learns his skills, it will be out of control and will flood the market.

Not only did it ruin his craft, it also ruined his reputation.

So he didn't teach others, and even when his own son wanted to learn he didn't teach him.

As the saying goes, no one knows a son better than his father. He knew very well what kind of person his son was. He knew that he was not the kind of person who could keep the craft without being greedy.

Therefore, his son did not learn it either, and he even wanted to take his skill with him into his coffin.

Because he knew very well that what he had figured out was harmful to people and must never be spread out. Once it was spread out, it would harm both others and himself.

For example, now, he has retired from the world for more than ten years, but he can still be found.

He was still forced to do things he didn't like to do, but he had to do them because those people had arrested his family members.

Even though his son begged him so much, he did not teach him this craft, so his son went sailing with others and eventually drowned in the river.

His family members have complained many times, but they understand that if they drown in the river now, their body will be intact, but if he continues to learn this craft, he may die without a burial place.

Although the old man was confident in his craftsmanship, the string of numbers he couldn't figure out always made him nervous. People in this industry knew that every detail could not be done casually.

Not to mention that he got several real silver bills that came out of the Ming Bank. After comparing them, he found that even if they were two identical silver bills, the string of numbers would be different. Such differences made him realize that this must be some kind of secret code, but he didn't know what it meant, and he couldn't guess the pattern behind it.

When he got the banknotes, he told Liang Yuanwai and the others that there were some codes that he couldn't understand. Could this be a dangerous signal? If we don't know what it means, there is no way. If we make banknotes that can really pass off as genuine, it is possible that they will be discovered.

However, when the old man made a silver note and compared it with the real thing, Liang Yuanwai and his people were already overwhelmed.

Perhaps because Chen Han had caused them heavy losses in the previous purge, they were already impatient to see the news of Chen Han's failure.

Or maybe he couldn't wait to see the news of Chen Han's defeat at the hands of him and others.

Therefore, even though they knew what the secret codes of the numbers meant, they still demanded that the old man make a copy of the banknote immediately.

Seeing that people like Mr. Liang were already dazzled by the short-lived victory, the old man still gave them a reminder.

"We haven't figured out what that string of things represents yet. If we print so many banknotes rashly, they might be easily identified by others, and then it will be difficult for the middle position to deal with it."

The old man's worries were completely ignored by people like Liang Yuanwai.

Liang said, "Although you don't speak well, you are still very good at work. You are right. If they can find us, we will be in danger. But what if they can't find us?"

The old man was a little shocked when he heard what Mr. Liang said, "Have you taken the banknotes to the Daming Bank to exchange them for silver?"

The reason why the old man was so shocked was that he had just printed the banknotes not long ago.

Originally, I wanted to wait until many people at the Ming Bank started exchanging silver bills before I could sell them out. With so many counterfeit silver bills mixed in, no one would care about these counterfeit silver bills.

But once it is taken out too early, you never know what might happen.

Liang Yuanwai and his people did not take it seriously at all, "Of course, we have finally produced so many banknotes. If we don't use them, then why did we work so hard to print them?

But your craftsmanship is really good, old man. After we took them out, no one recognized that these banknotes were fake, and we successfully exchanged them for silver from the Ming Bank.

That's pure silver. How can we exchange it for silver with just a few pieces of paper? Is this still the rule of our Ming Dynasty?"

Anyone who has lived in the Ming Dynasty knows that the Ming treasure note was once a piece of light paper, but the Hongwu Emperor at that time did not allow the people to exchange the treasure note for silver or copper coins.

Therefore, everyone who held the Baochao could only watch it depreciate and eventually become a piece of waste paper because of it. Countless people were ruined because of the Baochao.

And now, during the Wanli period, there are still people who dare to issue silver notes.

The Ming Bank launched a slogan that anyone who exchanged silver for silver notes before could get more interest when they exchanged them for notes later, so that everyone could make money.

But it was just an empty slogan before, but unexpectedly, Daming Bank actually did what it said.

They actually dared to allow the people to exchange their money without any hindrance.

It was this spirit of spending a huge sum of gold to buy horse bones that made the people once again believe that the court had the ability to pay and repay.

Especially Princess Ning'an is such a powerful woman.

When large amounts of silver and gold were transported from Japan to the dock, she actually dared to let the people watch and see the boxes of silver and gold piled up on the dock.

Let everyone see that the court has the ability to repay in the future, so that the people will immediately gain their trust.

This time, the people were allowed to exchange silver bills for silver and pay more interest, which further strengthened the people's trust. So when Liang Yuanwai saw that the silver was really exchanged, he laughed and said, "You old man are very capable. Now Daming Bank has made a promise that no matter who brings silver to exchange for silver bills, they can use silver bills to exchange for silver.

And there will be interest to be earned in the future, which is really unprecedented.

In the past, even if there was a money house or a banknote exchange to store copper coins or silver, one had to pay the money house or banknote exchange a storage fee.

I have never seen anyone deposit money in a bank and get interest. This is really a bargain for us."

As Mr. Liang spoke, he glanced at the other men, and they all looked as if they were going to get rich in the future.

If it were really possible to do as Mr. Liang thought, it would be possible to get rich.

After all, they didn't take out real silver to exchange for silver notes, but just used a few fake silver notes to exchange for real silver.

And as long as they deposit the silver in the bank, they can get the silver bills.

The most important thing is that after getting the silver note, you can exchange it for more silver in a few days.

Doesn't that mean that the longer you keep this silver note, the more silver you can exchange it for in the future?
However, Mr. Liang soon thought of a question and asked the other staff members beside him, "If we use this banknote as money, doesn't it mean that it is uncertain who will get the interest in the end?"

That is true.

Because the interest payment date is written on the silver bill, it is calculated based on the time from when the silver bill is initially issued to when it is returned to the cabinet.

If A gets the silver note, he does not exchange it for silver immediately, but instead uses the silver note as money and trades it to B.

After receiving this bank note, B can go to the bank counter to withdraw the corresponding amount of silver and get the interest.

Of course, there is a sign at the entrance of Daming Bank showing the method of calculating interest, and everyone can calculate it.

In other words, as long as you remember the interest calculation method, you can ask the other party to give you the extra money when you trade with others.

Although this method is a bit troublesome as you have to remember the interest and the interest may fluctuate, it at least facilitates large transactions.

This was explained to him by another person.

After hearing this, Liang Yuanwai chuckled and said, "This bastard Chen Han is really a talent. He came up with this set of ideas, which is convenient indeed.

But he is our enemy, so since his things belong to our enemy, we must first plunder them and then kill him.

Didn't he plunder so much gold and silver in Japan? Then let us spend it for him."

After hearing what Mr. Liang and the others said, the old man broke out in a sweat.

He knew the ambitions of these people, but he never expected them to be so anxious.

Although the silver bills have been produced, they still need to be put into practice to truly test whether they are feasible.

In fact, he always had a worry, since Chen Han was such a capable and far-sighted person.

When he set up the Ming Bank, he was able to think about interest, and at the same time, he also thought about how to prevent others from counterfeiting silver bills, and he also had to win the trust of the people. So he must have taken many measures to prevent the appearance of counterfeit silver bills, and it was impossible for him to break through it so easily.

After all, I am just one person, while Chen Han has a bunch of people trying to find a solution.

No matter how good his skills were, he felt that there would definitely be omissions, so he had always been reluctant to let these people use it so quickly, but now it was too late.

In fact, this old man is a bit self-deprecating. His skills can be said to have surpassed most people.

Even the two hundred craftsmen who were brought to the Ming Bank had worked in the Baochao Bureau before, but their skills were not as sophisticated as this old man.

Firstly, the Baochao Bureau had been closed at that time. In fact, most of the Baochao produced were only used to ensure the etiquette and customs of the Ming Dynasty and were no longer a circulating currency.

But after all, it had once circulated on the market, and the emperors did this to commemorate their ancestors, so they would occasionally take out some treasure notes.

Under such circumstances, these 200 craftsmen cut corners to a certain extent, so their skills not only failed to innovate, but actually regressed.

They were somewhat dissatisfied with the old man's skills, which was shameless.

The old man is different. He has been immersed in this for decades. In order to please others and to make his rubbings of other people's paintings so realistic, he keeps researching and digging deeper.

One is to remain unchanged for a long time, and the other is to keep digging deeper. Then the technological updates and iterations will definitely be much better than the stagnant Baochao Bureau and its technical workers.

Even though they have more than 200 people, they are still using old technology, so it is still difficult to surpass that old man.

The reason why Princess Ning'an said that the old man must be captured alive was because she saw this point.

When she saw that the old man was able to forge such sophisticated silver notes by himself, she decided that he was a great talent who must not be buried in the world.

If he could get a high-paying job at Ming Bank and continue to study anti-counterfeiting technology, it would be of great help to Ming Bank in issuing silver bills.

Princess Ning'an also hopes that the old man can carry forward the skills and teach them to the craftsmen of the Ming Bank.

Especially Princess Ning'an, it is said that the reason why he was willing to forge silver notes for those officials was because the old man's family was captured by those officials. Since he was threatened, it was understandable. It was precisely because of this consideration that Princess Ning'an wanted to recruit this old man as a general under her command. It would be a huge danger for such a person to be outside.

Just as Liang Yuanwai and others were looking forward to being able to exchange such technology for a lot of gold, silver and jewelry in the future, they suddenly heard a loud bang coming from the door.

The few guards they sent to the side didn't make any sound, but this still made Liang Yuanwai and the others alert.

The reason why they were able to escape the disaster when Chen Han was clearing out the big families was because their sense of smell was sensitive enough.

But now that they were attacked, the guards didn't even issue a warning. This was very abnormal.

So they shouted "Oh no!" and prepared to rush out through the back door.

However, when they arrived at the back door and opened it, they saw that there were already more than a dozen Tax Inspection Bureau runners holding embroidered spring swords waiting for them outside...

(End of this chapter)