Chapter 190 Silver Coins Begin to Circulate

At the beginning of March, today is a good day for the soldiers and officers in the army, because the military will be issued today. Each ordinary soldier is three taels of silver a month, two taels of new recruits, five taels a month for each soldier of the Guards, and ten taels of a soldier of Yingyang Camp. Of course, if there is more money, the responsibility will naturally be greater. At present, the conditions of Yingyang Camp are the best, but it is also very difficult to enter, and the number of people in Yingyang Camp is also very small.

The first to get the military rate was the soldiers of the Guard Brigade. Because the soldiers of the Guard Brigade are closer to Luoyang, the military rate is also relatively fast.

"Zhang San!" A lieutenant shouted on the table and then handed the five silver coins in his hand to the man named Zhang San.

The three questions asked, "Shir, what is this? Why is it flat?"

The lieutenant smiled and said, "This is the silver coin issued by our general. Each silver coin weighs about one or two. We call it one dollar. Didn't you see that the silver coin is engraved with our general's avatar! And try it. This silver coin can make a buzzing sound as soon as it is blown, and it will be convenient to identify whether it is true or false in the future.

The three picked up a silver coin and blew it with his mouth, and then put it in his ear. There was really a buzzing sound. I saw the three mouths lined up and said, "What a good thing. There is also the general's head on it. Isn't this saying that the general will always protect us! Hey hey. OK, OK." With that, Zhang San walked down with silver coins.

"Wang Er!"

"This is yours. Five silver coins, take it."

"Li Si!"

"This is yours. Five silver coins have been taken."

The soldiers lined up to lead the military pay. This time, the military pay was different from usual. Naturally, some people explained to them that after taking the silver coins, some soldiers returned to their camp. At this time, their battalion commanders were waiting for them, and now they are issuing orders as a battalion.

The battalion commanders gathered the soldiers who arrived at the silver coins and shouted, "I think the brothers have already got the silver coins now!" This silver coin will be our legal currency in the future. As long as we reach the place of Pingbei Army, silver coins will be implemented. Of course, at present, broken silver can also be spent, but it may be cancelled in a short time, so if there is broken silver at home, you can go to any Luoyang Bank in Luoyang City to exchange the same silver coins. As soldiers of the general, we should support the general's policy, so brothers have broken silver at home. Go and exchange it. It's also a small contribution to the general.

"Bracks commander, how do you think this silver coin is spent? Is it cut when you use it?"

Hearing this, the battalion commander quickly waved his hand and said, "You can't cut it, you can't cut it." This silver coin can only be used for the whole flower. If it is cut, it can't be used. At present, the Financial Secretary has issued a total of two kinds of silver coins. One is the one-dollar silver coin we are issuing now, and the other is the "five-cent" silver coin that is half a small. A one-dollar silver coin is equivalent to one or two silver coins. It should be spent as one or two. It must not be cut and used.

"The pattern on the battalion commander's silver coin is so beautiful that I don't want to spend it!" After the soldier said that, it immediately attracted the laughter of many people. The battalion commander also laughed and said, "This silver coin is carved with the head of our general, which symbolizes that our general is with us, and the general will always protect us!" Of course, if we do something bad, the general will know that the general is omnipotent!" Obviously, the battalion commander is an officer who is passionate about worshipping Liu Xia.

On the same day, the Luoyang Bank, located not far from the Duke of Zheng, also opened at this time. Many merchants, squire, generals and officials walked into the bank one after another, deposited their scattered silver into Luoyang Bank, and then when they left, they held a cloth bag in their hands. Zi, it was full of silver coins, and some even carried several servants into boxes. Of course, in order to protect their safety, the soldiers of the guard brigade sent a brigade to protect them. At the same time, more than 20 agents of the Luoyang Investigation Bureau also came, and the commander of the Luoyang Investigation Bureau came in person.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way. I have 5,000 taels of silver. It's more. If you have less, give me way first."

"How much are you five thousand taels? I have ten thousand taels!"

"Everyone is a business person. Why hurt the harmony? In order, in order."

"Good! Ten thousand taels of silver, enough for a scale! The person who came took out 10,000 yuan of silver coins. A staff member of Luoyang Bank said, and then several staff members carried out a small box with 20,000 silver coins in it.

"Li Yuanwai, this is 20,000 silver coins, and each silver coin is 'five yuan' for a total of 10,000 yuan. Come on, pour out the silver coins and scale it." After saying that, the shivering silver in the box suddenly fell on the big plate.

"Okay, I believe in your Luoyang Bank. People put all the silver coins into the box. Let's go!"

Silver coins are now first circulated among officials and merchants in the army. As for the lower-class people, they are not in circulation yet. After all, many people only use copper coins, one penny and two cents.

Because of this, this silver coin seems to have become a representative used by the upper class, and even been praised as an honor within a few days. This allows more merchants to come to Luoyang Bank to exchange silver coins. Of course, all this is due to Liu Xia's hype. As a person in the 21st century, I have seen a lot of hype Liu Xia, so I used it. As expected, the effect is good, which greatly increases the vanity of those who have money.

When the merchants ordered the servants to transport boxes of silver to Luoyang Bank to exchange silver coins, Liu Xia was laughing and said, "Sure enough, as the general expected, a total of four million taels of silver has been collected, plus a total of more than 5 million taels of white exchanged by hundreds of merchants before. Silver, let's mix this silver in a ninety-one ratio, and we have made a lot of money!"

Wang En also smiled and said, "General is smart!" Nowadays, the salaries of officials in Luoyang City are all silver coins, and even the chief of the financial secretary is no exception. Liu Xia said, "I will rush to work immediately, convert all that silver into silver coins, and then expand the scale of issuance. We first distribute it among soldiers, which can be better promoted.

At this time, a personal guard came in and bowed to Liu Xia and said, "General, Lord Rui, please see you." Lord Rui is naturally Rui Junai, so Liu Xia nodded and said, "Let him in." After Liu Xia said that, the guard quickly ran out.

After a while, Rui Junai came in and saw some paper in his hand with a smile on his face. Liu Xia smiled and said, "What's wrong with Junai?"

Rui Junai walked to Liu Xia and said, "General, this is the first monthly issue printed by our Imperial Newspaper. Please have a look." After saying that, he handed the printed newspaper to Liu Xia, who immediately picked it up and opened it and read it.

After reading it, Liu Xia nodded with satisfaction and said, "Well done, not bad. It's also well written. Especially for silver coins, writing in this way can certainly stimulate the vanity of those riches who have a lot of silver.

Rui Junai smiled and said, "Thanks to the general's idea, otherwise we wouldn't have come up with it."

Liu Xia laughed and said, "Okay, this issue of the monthly magazine can be issued. First, 5,000 copies will be printed. At the same time, you send someone to secretly ship the monthly magazine to the north and the south, and sell it on the territory of the Southern Ming Dynasty, the Qing army, Wu Sangui and others, so that those people know that our Henan is good, the prosperity of Luoyang, and at the same time let the people know that they are What's in the middle of the fire!"

Rui Jun said respectfully, "I understand, I understand."

At this time, Wang En's face was full of admiration for Liu Xia and said, "The general is awesome. I'm afraid that as soon as this newspaper comes out, those businessmen will definitely buy it home to satisfy their vanity and read it well."

Liu Xia smiled and said, "Well, both of you go down to prepare, especially Wang En. There must be no shortage of silver coins. All the silver coins will turn into silver coins as soon as possible."

"Yes!" The two answered and went out.

At this time, on the street, some soldiers took military pay and sent it to their families. Their families began to take the silver coin to the market to spend money. The exquisite silver coin made the people at the grassroots amazed one after another, and it is not to blame these people, because silver coins are only popular in the upper class, and many people in the lower society. I haven't seen it.