Chapter 44 Circulating Notes
??There are long queues outside the account room at Duke of Zhu. Today is a happy "payday". All the servants in the mansion can receive wages, either saving or spending them.
Just as people of different categories live in different places, eat in different rooms, servants of different categories also receive wages in different rooms, but the same thing is that everyone has a smile on their faces.
The accountant looked at a person who came to the counter and asked, "Name"
"Zhang Lu!"
After looking at the fame book, the accountant read: "Zhang Gulu... The salary this month is 625 yuan. Do you want copper coins or circulation coupons?"
"Circulation coupon!"
"Get it, six red bulls, one blue sheep, and five copper coins, a total of six hundred and twenty-five cents."
"Can you change them all to Blue Sheep? It's easy to use."
"Yes, thirty-one blue sheep, five copper plates."
"Wait, I'll count...well...well..."
"Listen carefully, one Red Bull is equal to five blue sheep, six Red Bulls are thirty blue sheep, a total of thirty blue sheep, plus five copper coins, click it clearly, and you will not be responsible after leaving the counter!"
"Next..."
Red, green and green circulation vouchers were distributed to everyone. In the next month, a small part of these circulation vouchers were locked in a small private cabinet and stored, and most of them were taken to the "concierge" of the mansion by the holder to purchase various items.
The Duke of Zhu Guofu is different from other places. The wages issued are called "circulation coupons", including "one hundred documents", "wu Shiwen", "2 Shiwen" and "shiwen" in total.
The four types of circulating coupons are rectangular strips, and their sizes are reduced in sequence, but they are all exquisitely printed. The circulating coupons with a denomination of 100 texts have red backgrounds, the circulating coupons of 5 texts are yellow, the 2 texts are blue, and the 2 texts are black.
Each type of circulation voucher is divided into front and back, with a face value printed in the middle of the front, and the right side is a word "典" with a floral border, and the left side is a word "典" with a floral border.
The patterns on the back are different, depending on the face value, and cattle, pig, sheep and fish are drawn separately, which also provides convenience for people with poor eyesight or illiteracy: Red Bull refers to the circulation coupons with a denomination of one hundred yuan, yellow pig, blue sheep, and black fish refer to Wu Shiwen, Er Shiwen and Shiwen circulation coupons.
The circulation coupons are only available in the residence area. servants can buy everything from the residence industry with the circulation coupons, ranging from cloth to pig skin products, soap, needlework, and thread.
When buying with circulation coupons, the price is cheaper than buying with copper coins. The only official way to get circulation coupons is to pay wages, of course, it is different to exchange them privately.
Of course, the mansion of Duke Zhu is not forced to use circulation coupons to pay wages. It is no problem for those who are willing to receive copper coins, and there will be no difficulty. If you want to exchange copper coins after receiving circulation coupons, it will be no problem. You can exchange them in the account room of the mansion at any time.
When this measure was first launched, almost few people were willing to receive circulation coupons. It was not that they did not believe in the credit of the man, but that the light paper money was too unreliable, and there was no heavy copper coins.
After years of "promotion", the circulation vouchers finally became "circulated" in the residence of Duke of Zhu, which also brought convenience to everyone.
In the backyard, Yuwen Wen and his wife Yuchi Chi were busy. Just like the vulgar young couple counting money, they were naturally counting circulating coupons. Since this thing came into being, the copper coins circulating in the mansion have been significantly reduced, saving a lot of trouble.
Today, the wages were paid. After all the attendances, the servants got all the hard money. Of course, based on the intention of inspiring everyone to "work hard", the mistress Yu Chi Chifan would give extra rewards to the servants who performed well.
There are punishments and rewards. Only when rewards and punishments are clearly distinguished can people convince. Those servants who performed well have already listed the list, and the specific rewards have been determined according to the reward and punishment regulations.
In addition, there are "rewards" from each institution, which are paid to each institution and reward the servants themselves. After all, if the favor is appropriate, the servants of each institution will do their best.
The fee is waiting for the husband and wife to make the final decision. Of course, each copy has been divided in advance, and now it is just a random check for the husband and mother.
Yuwen Wen and Yuchi Chifan conducted random inspections and found no problems. Then they signaled that the account office would be distributed as usual. As soon as the person left, several more people came in. The head was the housekeeper Li Sanjiu.
"How is the wages paid?"
"The wages of the Lord Hui Lang, the Miss Mother, and more than 300 people in the city mansion have been paid." Li Sanjiu replied, "A total of 186,518 sen is distributed, which is 186,518 sen."
"How is the issuance of this circulation voucher?"
"The Lord Hui Lang has 158 guan 935 guan and 935 guan dynasties, accounting for about 85% of them."
Yuchi Chifan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this: "It's a blessing that there are circulation coupons, otherwise it would be very troublesome to just move these copper coins."
Yuwen Wen’s focus was not this. He asked: “How much does the circulation coupons collected last month account for?”
"Ninety percent have been recycled, and it has been like this in the past few months."
"Ninety percent, that is, 10% of the circulation coupons are deposited every month." Yuwen Wen nodded, "Since that's the case, the copper coins reserved at the exchange office will be prepared according to the unrecovered face value."
"Also, the issuance and recycling of circulation vouchers shall be continued to be counted and must not be slacked off.
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"yes."
Yuwen Wen launched circulation coupons in his mansion, not to search for fuel but mainly to save trouble. When paying wages, it was laborious to move a bunch of copper coins, and it took time to count them in person, which was trouble for everyone.
The management system of the mansion is strict, and it is not easy for people to go out, so they opened a convenience store to sell all kinds of items, which is convenient for the other party and Yuwen Wen to recycle copper coins. After the copper coins were transferred in circles and returned to his warehouse, how to make short-distance circulation more convenient is a problem.
He had experienced modern society, so he decided to "innovate". Anyway, most of this wages are spent in the convenience store in the mansion. It is better to use paper money to carry out circulation functions, which saves trouble.
It is easier said than done. The circulation coupons launched at the beginning are basically ignored. This behavior that exceeds "common sense" will not work even if he has a golden sign.
The money mixed with a lot of lead and tin is called inferior money. This kind of "circulation coupon" that does not even have metal and is light and fluttering in a piece of paper. Do you think it is valuable?
All the currencies with false face value in these days are not willing to use. The "Yongtong Wanguo" money launched by Zhou State was claimed to be worth 100,000 yuan. However, the people did not buy it, and the court could only obey the "market laws" in shame.
Copper coins are not good, let alone "paper currency". To put it bluntly, it is a credit issue. Yuwen Wen did not forcefully promote it, but "Xu Tuzhi".
Credit is not expressed, it is made. Yuwen Wen wants to prove his credit with facts, so unlimited exchange is inevitable. There is no shortage of copper coins in his mansion, so there is no pressure to exchange it.
Even so, it took a lot of time for the people to generally accept circulation coupons. Those who received circulation coupons finally used them with confidence, and those who wanted to save money also accepted obviously more convenient banknotes.
The successful promotion on a small scale is now the next step.
Li Sanjiu opened a wooden box and then displayed the items in front of the Langzhu and the mistress. Yuchi Chifan picked up one of the notes and looked carefully for a moment and exclaimed:
"This is the new circulation coupon, the workmanship is so exquisite."
"It is a new circulation voucher, which is also limited to a small range of use, but not in the mansion, but elsewhere."
Chapter completed!