Chapter 839: Dragon Coin

"Emperor, please have a look."
Pang Yukun presented the printed set of currencies in front of Xiao Ming in the imperial library.
After deciding to issue currency, Xiao Ming asked the government to make all-out preparations and allocate resources. Together with his personal supervision, the first minting workshop in the country was successfully established and a set of currencies in the country was successfully established within a month. Made it out.
This includes the banknotes he requested, as well as three metal currencies, the materials of which are gold, silver and copper.
Both paper currency and gold, silver and copper currency are collectively referred to as the Great Yu Guolong Coin. The gold coins in the dragon coins are called Golden Dragons, weighing 1.5 grams, and are cast from pure gold. Silver coins are called Silver Dragons. It is also 1.5 grams, and its value is one-tenth of a gold coin, and a copper coin is one-tenth of a silver coin.
As a result, the three metal currencies of gold, silver and copper are the main currencies in circulation on the market, while paper currency denominations are relatively large and are mainly used for large-scale commercial trade.
The issuance of currency Xiao Ming is not willful. In this era, the people's recognition of metal currency is far greater than that of paper money. If they use paper money rashly, they will not be willing to exchange gold and silver in the bank for paper money because of lack of trust. .
Therefore, Xiao Ming currently produces large-value banknotes, which are mainly circulated for trade. At the same time, the reason he did this is to prevent counterfeit banknotes from impacting the private economy.
If banknotes are used in large-scale trade, merchants will go to the bank to ask the bank to identify the authenticity of the banknotes before using it, cutting off the circulation of counterfeit money.
After all, although he used many anti-counterfeiting technologies in the process of making banknotes, it is hard to guarantee that Western countries will not print counterfeit banknotes to harm the financial affairs of Great Chongqing.
Historically, Napoleon copied a large number of Tsarist banknotes. During the attack on Russia, a large number of counterfeit money was used to purchase Russian goods, which caused economic chaos in Tsarist Russia, which caused citizens to buy gold for refuge.
At the same time, Napoleon also printed pound sterling, Austrian coins, and Prussian coins, and for a while, Europe was flooded with counterfeit money.
Thinking of this history, Xiao Ming believes that we still need to be cautious. Now the Western colonists are full of malice towards the Great Chongqing and have always wanted to reverse the trade deficit. He cannot give them this opportunity.
"This is one hundred golden dragon coins, right?" Xiao Ming looked at the banknote. The banknote was golden yellow as a whole, and it was ground and mimeographed by a mineral pigment like ocher.
In the center of the banknote is an emperor's head with a crown, which looks three points similar to Xiao Ming.
To the north of the banknote is a steam locomotive running on the rails, with the word 100 in the middle. These patterns are carefully carved by craftsmen. Among them, there is a small square in the lower left corner of Xiao Ming's head, with the banknote printed on it. The production date and serial number, the most important thing is that this small box uses micro-engraving technology, once again increasing the difficulty of imitation.
"Yes, the emperor, this is the currency with the largest denomination in the country at present." Pang Yukun said with a smile. In fact, a golden dragon is enough for the people of the country to live for a month.
After all, according to the previous conversion of silver, the salary of a female worker in the textile workshop is now a golden dragon, which is twelve golden dragons a year, and the salary of a female worker in Qingzhou is considered high.
"After the paper currency is issued, it is necessary to set up a currency detector at each bank, and the issued currency needs to be stamped with the seal of Qingzhou Bank to prevent the appearance of counterfeit currency." Xiao Ming looked serious.
Any policy is a step-by-step approach, and one bite can't be a fat man. This time he discovered that currency is also a preliminary attempt for financial reform.
Putting down the paper money, Xiao Ming picked up the golden dragon, silver dragon and copper coins. In the current United Kingdom, the weight of a gold coin is about seven grams of gold. The reason why he uses 1.5 grams is because the current gold reserves are too small.
This time the issuance of new currency, I only hope that the private gold and silver can be collected, so that there is no shortage of materials.
Like banknotes, the head on gold coins is also Xiao Ming, while silver coins are different from copper coins. The silver coin is printed with a naval battleship, while the copper coin is printed with mature wheat ears.
According to modern rules, this coin should be printed with the head of the founding emperor, but for Xiao Ming since the Chang'an Rebellion, he has been re-establishing a different country, so he doesn't blush when using his head.
The most important thing is to print your avatar on the money, which will also make the user more friendly to him. Who will have trouble with money?
After checking all the currencies, Xiao Ming said: "Let Qingzhou Bank issue it to the outside world. You can go to the newspaper to find Fan Zeng and ask him to cooperate with you in publishing this new currency."
After a pause, he continued: "In addition, the construction of Qingzhou Bank must be accelerated, at least to ensure that there is a bank in every state."
"The veteran is already taking over the Cao family bank. It is estimated that within two months, all the Cao family banks in all counties and counties will be able to change their faces and become the Qingzhou Bank." Pang Yukun said about his current achievements.
Xiao Ming has always trusted Pang Yukun, and he said, "In this way, I feel relieved."
The two monarchs and officials discussed currency matters, and Pang Yukun continued;
The emperor, according to the old minister, the three Ge Yiren and Kong Huairen, the head of the Qufu Confucian family, have returned to Qingzhou. In this way, the emperor will be the leader of Confucianism and can lead Confucian reform."
Xiao Ming nodded, and he also got the news. It is said that Ge Yiren touched Kong Huairen, the Patriarch of the Confucian family, as soon as he arrived in Qufu. After staying in Qufu for a while, Kong Huairen brought more than 300 disciples and three of them together. When he arrived in Qingzhou, he was now waiting for his interview.
Xiao Ming was enthusiastic about this incident and was happy to see it. The Kong family recognized the situation at this time and saved him a lot of effort.
"At this time, wait until I see Kong Huairen~EbookFREE.me~ I have a lot to explain to him." Xiao Ming said in deep thought, in order to reform Confucianism, he personally wrote a set of key points that need reform, and waited for Kong Huairen to do it. Promote yourself.
"Yes, the emperor."
Pang Yukun responded and turned around and left after confirming that Xiao Ming had nothing else.
With only Xiao Ming left in the Yushufang, he once again picked up the new currency of the country. In a blink of an eye, the reforms of the country have been going on for two years. With the deliberate support of the government, various places in the country have been established. All kinds of workshops, both government-run and private-run, jointly support the current industry in the country.
And because of the prosperity of industry, merchants have more reselling of goods, allowing a steady stream of silver to flow into the country, and it is precisely against this background that currency is issued.
It's just that the current industrial capacity is not enough for him. He needs more workshops, but in this way he needs more markets to support the industry and sell more types of goods.
Thinking of this, he couldn't wait to get more areas like Goryeo.
Just as he was thinking, Li San arrived outside the Imperial Study Room at this time.