However, when Zhou Shixiang happily told Duke Xiang of Song, his plan to stabilize prices and accumulate wealth, he was fiercely opposed by the other party.n∈n∈,

"This military ticket is just a piece of thin paper. If you use it as money, who can the people recognize it? The general is good at thinking, but when the Ming Dynasty was founded, we also used this thin paper as money and called it a treasure banknote. However, after the treasure banknote was used, the military and civilians did not recognize it. It depreciated every year. In Hongwu, Bao Banknotes could always be bought with rice and one stone. In Xuande, five cents were not worth even. Therefore, Zhengde simply abolished the method of banknotes. I know that there are too many silver coins now. The general needs to prepare for the Western Expedition. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is flowing. However, even if you lack money, the general cannot come up with this method to use paper as money. Although the soldiers and people are illiterate, how can this piece of paper be collected? If the general really wants to force this method, the military and people will be shaken!"

Duke Xiang of Song said that Zhou Shibuya was poured with cold water on his head. After careful consideration, it was indeed a bit of a matter of taking the initiative to promote military tickets, but if military tickets were not issued, how to solve the problem of shortage of money?

Song Xianggong said: "In ancient times, the method of gathering money was to mint money in addition to levying taxes and exploiting the people."

Zhou Shixiang asked: "How to mint money?"

Song Xianggong said: "Of course, it is to cast silver coins and copper coins. The silver circulated by the people has different colors and weights. The general may wish to recycle these silver and copper coins, open a new coin factory, and convert the collected silver and copper coins into new coins with a unified standard. There is money interest, silver seven tin three, and even silver six tin four. As long as the new coins we cast are of sufficient color and new style, the people will definitely accept it. Once the new coins are circulated, it means that nothing is done, and you can earn 30% of the interest from each new coin."

After hearing this, Zhou Shixiang immediately flashed his mind with "Yuan Datou" and the one-yuan coins and five cents used in his previous life. He thought carefully and immediately accepted the method of minting, but why did this method of minting become difficult again. Yongli is about to end. Could it be that he still wants to cast "Yongli Tongbao"?

"Casting the Great Ming Tongbao!"

Duke Xiang of Song saw that Zhou Shixiang was worried and said something loudly. He also told Zhou Shixiang that when the Shaowu regime was established in Guangzhou, Grand Secretary Su Guansheng wanted to cast new money and pay military salaries. So he asked several officials who escaped from Nanjing's Ministry of Works to organize a criticism of craftsmen to prepare to cast new money. Unexpectedly, the Shaowu regime was too short-lived and the Qing army was destroyed in more than 40 days, so the new money was not even made. The officials and craftsmen of the Ministry of Works were also called Shang Kexi to capture them. After the Taiping Army broke into Guangzhou, these people fell into the hands of the Taiping Army. They had never used these people before. Now that they had to decide to cast new money, these ready-made manpowers would naturally come in handy.

Zhou Shixiang was overjoyed. With ready-made coins makers, it is naturally not difficult to cast new coins. As long as you ensure that the portion is sufficient and the style is new, there is another question, that is, how can you recycle the silver and copper in the hands of the people.

Duke Xiang of Song had no good idea for the moment. Zhou Shixiang thought about it and told Duke Xiang of Song that he still had to issue paper invoices, but the paper invoice was called a grain coupon, which did not indicate how much it was worth, but stipulated how much grain could be bought. In the past, the credit of Baochao was too poor, and using paper as money seemed too whimsical to the people, but if the food coupon could actually buy grain, it would become a convertible currency in disguise.

The Taiping Army is now implementing a series of systems of building villages and building villages, collective farming, and ensuring grain output. Therefore, in addition to the land tax that the people should pay to the government, the remaining grain should also be sold to the Taiping Army first. Therefore, in addition to the stolen goods seized by the Taiping Army, the public treasury in various places also have the responsibility to store grain. In other words, the public treasury is actually a combination of the grain warehouse and the silver warehouse. In this world, grain is the real hard currency. No matter how much silver you have, you can't buy grain and spend it, it is a useless pile of metal.

Zhou Shixiang wanted to issue food coupons to avoid directly issuing paper money that could be used as money and not recognized by the people, thus causing the Taiping Military Government to suffer the credit. To make the people recognize and accept food coupons, the first thing is to ensure that those who hold food coupons can buy food at any time and anywhere in the nearest public treasury, with enough weight and no deductions. This is related to whether food coupons can become disguised currency, so Zhou Shixiang must strictly control it. At the same time, large and small grain warehouses are built in various places to facilitate the people to pay for food, buy grain, and reduce consumption. At the same time, buying food coupons with grain coupons is 10% cheaper than buying grain with silver. People are greedy for cheaper. As long as you can buy more grain coupons, most people can choose food coupons and trust food coupons.

As long as the Taiping Army can have enough grain reserves for officers and soldiers to exchange with the people, the people will not keep the grain at home. Food will be damaged if stored for a long time. It is of course good to sell it to the Taiping Army's public treasury for money or to exchange it for food coupons that can be exchanged at any time. For Zhou Shixiang, issuing food coupons is for profit, but in the eyes of the people, the food coupons issued by Zhou Dashang is a great virtue, which can not only make them profitable, but also reduce the risk of garrisoning food. After all, no one of the people's risks can be higher than that of Zhou Dashang, who has tens of thousands of soldiers.

Few people know that Grandpa Yue, who is widely promoted now, was reincarnated. Xingping Bo Zhou Dashui actually started his career by robbery. If the risk on his head was too high, Zhou Dashui would immediately pass on the risk. The Qing court called Zhou Dashui a thief scholar.

As long as it can be exchanged in real terms, the credit of the grain stamps will be established, and goods with the same price as grain can naturally be used. Over time, the people will give up the silver and copper coins in their hands and use the grain stamps to buy various daily necessities. In this link, a large amount of silver and copper coins will flow into the hands of the Taiping Army. The Taiping Army then makes profits by minting new coins. The new coins can also go to the Qing occupied areas to buy materials, and even bribe the Qing officials, so as to achieve the goal of economic erosion. In addition, the Taiping Army can also use new money to buy guns and cannons in Macau, hire Western technicians, and conduct overseas trade to make huge profits. In this way, the silver can play a greater value than in the hands of the people, and also make the Taiping Army's finances rich. With a broad finance, it means a sustainable war mobilization ability.

After fighting with the Qing army for several battles, the Taiping Army did not win because its combat effectiveness was much greater than that of the Qing army, but because of its organization and mobilization ability that was many times higher than that of the Qing army. If it was bad, the Taiping Army would definitely not be bad as the Qing army.

Of course, it is definitely not possible to directly send food coupons to the people. Any new thing will be suspected. Zhou Shixiang decided to use the food coupons to pay the military pay of the officers and soldiers first, and then the soldiers and their families took the food coupons to exchange for food in public treasuries in various places. In the early stage, when military pay was paid, they could not all of them, but let the officers and soldiers choose whether to ask for food coupons or money. After they actually bought the food coupons and tasted the benefits of the food coupons, they would naturally choose to directly take food coupons instead of asking for money.

As for possible fluctuations in grain prices in the future, there is no need to consider it for the time being. Most officers, soldiers and people are illiterate, so how can they consider such a long-term situation? If the grain prices really fall sharply, it means peace in the world. Only when the grain output is high in the peaceful season will the grain prices be low, and vice versa, the price will be high.

The low grain hurts the farmers, but Zhou Shixiang is willing to see the low grain hurts the farmers, which means he succeeds. Although the low grain hurts the farmers, it is better than being starved to death or being enslaved.

After repeatedly discussing the specific details with Duke Xiang of Song, Zhou Shixiang decided to divide the public treasurys in each place into two and establish two institutions: grain office and silver merchants. The former specifically issues grain coupons marked with a number of kilograms, while the latter is responsible for minting money while taking on the role of private money merchants.

Like grain warehouses, Yinzhuang can be deposited and withdrawn at any time, and can be paid for deposit tickets or grain coupons. When the people taste the benefits of grain coupons, the deposit tickets will naturally be reduced. In this way, a large amount of gold and silver can be recycled, so that the minting factory has enough raw materials to convert new coins into minting. As long as the grain coupons can be exchanged for grain at the grain office, the credit of the grain coupons will always be strong.

The biggest enemy of issuing grain coupons and new money is the private casting and forgers. Therefore, Zhou Shixiang issued strict orders at the same time as establishing grain warehouses and silver houses. Anyone who has private casting silver coins and forging grain coupons is a spy from the Qing gang. He was scattered and all adult men in his family were executed. The rest were exiled to Qiongzhou and were pardoned and refused to return. He also encouraged the public to expose the report. If it was verified that it was true, the exposer could receive half of the property of the reporter as a reward.

Under the joint investigation and joint investigation mechanism of villages, townships, counties, prefectures and provincial governments, those who dared to forge Taiping military food coupons and private minting could only be the Qing court. How to effectively avoid forging is the affairs of officials and craftsmen in the minting factory with decades of experience in minting. Zhou Shixiang tried his best to instill some anti-counterfeiting knowledge known in his previous life combined with the reality of this era, and asked the yamen of the governor and the yamen to organize round-robin training for officials in various counties. The content of the training was how to identify real and fake food coupons.

Zhou Shixiang hoped to carve his avatar on the newly issued Ming Tongbao silver coins, but Duke Xiang of Song rolled his eyes and said that you would not rebel!

Zhou Shixiang laughed awkwardly. It was indeed a bit too much to carve his avatar of Zhou on the Tongbao of the Ming Dynasty. Secondly, he asked to print his avatar on the newly issued food coupons. This requirement was not too much. The food coupons were just certificates issued by the Taiping Army for soldiers and the people to buy grain. Therefore, it was not a taboo to print his avatar of Zhou on the food coupons. However, Duke Xiang of Song kindly advised Zhou Shixiang not to do this, because the avatar of a living person was printed on paper. He persuaded him with great sincerity, but Zhou Shixiang insisted on printing. Duke Xiang of Song had no choice but to ask the painter to come and draw the avatar for Zhou Daseng, and then asked the craftsmen who cast money to paint it well, so as to try to print the best results.

The blind Li also yelled that the handsome man could not be printed blindly, which was to reduce his life, but it was Zhou Shixiang's turn to glance at him, and then snorted coldly: "How can the sparrow know the ambition of a swan!" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!