socalfunplaces Chapter 327
Chapter 327
Su Chen had expected Li Tai to react so violently.
"If your majesty signs his name on this piece of paper and stamps it with his seal, do you think it is worth 50,000 strings of cash?
Let alone this piece of paper, if your majesty issues an imperial decree to tell the people that glass beads can be used as copper coins in the future, that's fine!"
Li Tai was stunned when he heard this, and after thinking about it carefully, it was really like what Su Chen said.
"Let's not discuss this issue now, let's talk about how to solve the problem of paper being easily damaged."
Su Chen understood that printing banknotes itself is not difficult.
But the tricks involved in banknotes are extremely complicated, and if you are not careful, the national economy will collapse.
"What are you going to do?"
Su Chen pointed at the cotton on the desk and said, "The key lies in this cotton. You should find a way to mix a certain proportion of cotton into the pulp when making paper. See if you can make another special paper that is not easy to crease and has stronger ink absorption after printing."
Li Tai nodded gently, "Okay, I'll try it these few days."
"Well, you have to save cotton!" Su Chen smiled slightly.
Then, Su Chen thought about how to plan the bank. There was no network in the Tang Dynasty, so how could he solve the problem of synchronization of deposits and withdrawals in different places.
How can paper money be anti-counterfeiting?
Li Tai saw that Su Chen was no longer talking, "How is the progress of your newly built toilet?"
"It will be ready in a few days! It's so vulgar! How many times have I told you that it's a shower room!" Su Chen said angrily.
"My Lord, His Majesty sent someone to deliver beef tendons and is waiting in the living room." The servant reported at the door of the study.
"So soon? Let's go and have a look. It's time for dinner." Su Chen looked at the time, stood up and looked at Li Taidao.
When he came to the living room, a guard was holding a coil of beef tendons in his hand. It seemed to be a whole piece of beef tendons.
The guard untied the beef tendon coil and showed it to Su Chen.
"My Lord, is this beef tendon suitable for use?" the guard asked respectfully.
"Yes, this beef tendon is long enough." Su Chen nodded.
Beef tendons are long, short, thick and thin, and not all of them are beef tendons. Su Chen can see that some are ligaments.
"My Lord, the beef tendons have been delivered. I will return to the palace immediately to report!" The guard bowed.
"Put the beef tendons in the warehouse." Su Chen ordered the servant, and then smiled and said:
"Thank you for your hard work. Do you want to stay for dinner before returning to the palace?"
"Thank you for your kindness, my Lord. I dare not!" After saying that, the guard bowed again and turned to leave.
Li Tai didn't know what Su Chen wanted the tendon for, and thought he wanted to make something new, so he was about to ask.
"To make a bow for cotton fluffing. You'll know when it's made tomorrow.
Let's go eat!"
...
Early the next morning.
The supervisor sent copper pipes and related accessories for heating.
However, Su Chen didn't plan to install them today to avoid damaging the newly laid floor tiles.
In the study, Su Chen quietly thought about the banknote patterns and denominations.
'Add a 500-wen denomination and a guan, and the rest will be based on the previous life. '
After determining the denomination, Su Chen nodded silently.
'What should I use for the pattern? '
"Hehe!"
Su Chen took out a handful of special cards and displayed the RMB from his previous life on the cards one by one. With the real objects as reference, he could slowly modify and replace them.
For a moment, Su Chen wanted to use this special card as banknotes directly.
But after careful consideration, he gave up the idea.
Since he was the only one who had the special card, Su Chen could arbitrarily create a large amount of money, which was very bad for the court.
It was equivalent to the entire country's economy being controlled by Su Chen.
Su Chen was more worried about his life in the future.
'The name of the bank should be: Tang Royal Bank, so that the people can be more convinced. '
After determining the name of the bank, it was time to consider the main pattern of each denomination.
'There are no 24 heroes in Lingyan Pavilion yet, whose portrait should be used on the one-cent banknote? '
"Got it, a primary school student!"
Su Chen captured a part of the picture of the national flag raising yesterday and re-created a one-cent card.
On the back of the banknote, the portraits of denominations below one guan are all Li Shimin's.
For more than one guan, the portraits of Li Yuan are used, and the founding emperor is not small.
After more than an hour, Su Chen determined the patterns of all denominations.
There are farmers working in the fields, glass factory workers, teachers in class, and portraits of the eight dukes.
All cards of different denominations are placed on the desk.
Su Chen nodded with satisfaction, and was very impressed with his masterpiece!
Immediately, Su Chen began to consider the establishment of a bank.
"Hiss, we still have to solve the problem of remote deposits and withdrawals, and synchronization of account balances first."
Su Chen frowned and thought, muttering.
Suddenly, Su Chen's mind opened up, "Use passbooks, no matter whether it is deposit or withdrawal, every transaction is recorded, and the balance of the passbook can be seen in any bank. "
"Make a special little seal, and no one can forge it."
Immediately, Su Chen began to make the passbook table style.
The passbook style is simple, with the passbook number and ID number, account name and bank account opening bank at the top of the table.
The table has six columns, date, remarks, withdrawal, deposit, balance, bank number.
"It's done!
The rest will have to wait for Li Tai to make the cotton paper and print the banknotes before discussing with the emperor and others. "
Su Chen stood up and stretched.
"Oh, what a hard life!"
Leaning back on the chair to rest for a while.
"There is another question, how to make the people accept this banknote? ”
Paper money is different from gold, silver and copper coins. Those things have gone through countless years and have their own value.
Who would be willing to exchange the real gold and silver in their hands for a few pieces of paper if paper money is suddenly issued?
"Well, we have to take it slowly. This matter requires an adaptation process, and it may still be a very long process.
Let's start with paying wages!"
After some consideration, Su Chen first thought of starting with himself and letting some people use paper money first.
Road workers and all the people who receive wages in the manor will use paper money to pay wages in the future.
As long as someone takes the lead in using paper money to trade in the market, the people will gradually accept and believe in the value of paper money.
There are also salaries for court officials, which can be directly issued in paper money.
It is best to deposit the wages directly into their bank accounts and let them withdraw them themselves.
...
Another day passed.
On Wednesday afternoon, Li Tai came to Su Chen's study with a dozen pieces of paper with cotton added.
"Su Chen, look at this paper, it will not leave creases even after being folded several times.
This is the printing effect, see if it can meet your expectations. "
Li Tai followed suit and printed 10,000 guan and 50,000 guan on those papers.
Su Chen picked up a piece of cotton paper, folded it in half and observed it, and found that the paper was indeed tough.
Then tear the paper in half, and the tear was not as neat as ordinary white paper, and some fine fluff could be seen.
"Okay, that's it."
"Take a look at these things." Su Chen took out a handful of banknote cards with determined denominations and patterns from under the desk.
"What a novel pattern, what are you doing?"
Li Tai asked curiously, he still didn't dare to believe that Su Chen wanted to use paper to replace copper coins.
"This is money!"
"You can call it: paper money."
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