The Mongols are about to face a catastrophic war, but the capital of the Ming Dynasty is becoming more and more stable and peaceful.

Li Xiao was walking in the Tianqiao market, and from time to time he picked out some dough figures, candy figures and the like and threw them to Shunzi. Shunzi had become a human-shaped storage box, with all kinds of gadgets hanging on his body, and he was holding a

A grass stick filled with doughnuts and candy figures.

Tokugawa Chiki rarely went out to visit the market, and the little maid Xing'er beside her also had an out-of-the-box temper. The boring life in the Li Mansion had long given them a desire to fly.

It is said that the fighting power of women when shopping is amazing. Now Li Xiao knows that he has two female fighters in his family.

There is no other way. Since I promised Tokugawa Chiki to go shopping for a day, I have to spend a day shopping. A man must keep his word!

Finally, when the two women were tired, the group found a tea stall and sat down. There was actually tofu puffs here, which was rare. Li Xiao ordered a bowl of tofu puffs, and Tokugawa Chiki also ordered a bowl because they looked fresh.

In the end, everyone had a bowl of tofu to drink, and Xing'er held the two big bowls and dug like a marmot.

The fried pastry that had just been taken out of the pan was also served. Taking a bite of the hot candy was a bit hot for the mouth. Tokugawa Chiki opened her small mouth into an O shape and spit out the hot air. Her white teeth and red tongue looked like

Like fried tomatoes with eggs.

Women are fickle. When Tokugawa Chiki and Myolie saw the vermicelli, they immediately threw down the tofu and had another bowl of sesame sauce vermicelli!

The wisdom of the working people is infinite. After potatoes and sweet potatoes were invented, they soon encountered a new problem, that is, no one likes to eat these two things for a long time.

If you eat potatoes and sweet potatoes for a long time, you will naturally get stomach acid. In the past, there was nothing to eat, but now corn is planted everywhere, and potatoes and sweet potatoes have naturally become non-staple foods from staple foods. Now, except for places where there is nothing to eat after a disaster, everyone takes potatoes and sweet potatoes.

Sweet potatoes are eaten as vegetables.

There are roasted sweet potatoes for sale at the stall over there. Farther away, there are people setting up oil pans to sell fried sweet potatoes. Sprinkle a layer of sugar on top, which is called Snow Falling on Qianshan. Shunzi likes to eat that stuff.

Children cannot eat sweets. Every time they see them, they will get stomach acid. It may be related to the lack of sweets when they were young.

Vermicelli was developed very quickly. There is no way of proving who was the first to tinker with it. There is no such thing as a patent these days. Anyway, vermicelli are now sold everywhere in the capital, and they are carefully sorted out.

Sweet potato vermicelli and potato vermicelli.

In winter, it is stewed in cabbage and topped with some pork belly. It tastes smooth and refreshing and goes very well with rice.

Some people also eat this as noodles, mix it with sesame sauce and add some cucumber shreds. For those with a heavy taste, add some chive sauce. Anyway, there are many kinds of side dishes that can be added at will. People show their own creativity and strive to satisfy the gluttonous tastes.

Taste buds.

"Man! Check the account!" Li Xiao casually took out a one-tael silver coin from his pocket and threw it on the table.

"Hey...! The Great Wall." The clerk took the silver coin in his hand, played with it, and threw it directly into the money box. On the silver coin cast by Ai Husheng, there is a peony pattern on the front and a pattern of the Great Wall on the back. So, one or two

The silver coin is also called the Great Wall.

Li Xiao was watching the juggling over there, and suddenly there were a few pieces of paper in front of his eyes.

"What is this?" Li Xiao looked at the pieces of paper in his hand, feeling like he had been deceived.

"Hey...! You don't even know this, you don't buy things often. Now this is used in the capital. If you want money, you can go directly to the bank to exchange it. You can't go wrong with things that can be redeemed with a check!" The clerk looked at it.

Li Xiao was wearing a Liao army uniform and explained patiently.

Li Xiao picked up the paper in his hand. This was the banknote issued by the bank. It ranged from one cent to ten cents and a hundred cents!

"Man! Why do you just use silver notes instead of newly minted copper?" Li Xiao was a little confused. The Ming Dynasty often issued banknotes called Baochao. Since there was no reserve for Baochao, the government issued them indiscriminately. Eventually, it became common among the people.

If you don’t trust this thing, why do people just use banknotes to trade now?

"Sir! It seems that you don't often go out on the streets. Although the amount of silver coins nowadays is fixed, one tael is one tael, and a big man is a big man. But you can go out on the street with so much money.

Not even Shen!

So, everyone gradually began to use the bank's silver notes. Anyway, the bank notes are in the bank, and they can be redeemed with the notes! If you want a copper brother, you can go to the bank on the corner to exchange it. If the bank does not exchange it, old man

Twist off my head and use it as a ball for you to kick." Seeing Li Xiao stopping the waiter to ask questions, the fat shopkeeper walked out of the shop and explained to Li Xiao.

Damn it! The banknote actually turned into banknotes, eight blocks further than Li Xiao expected.

A chill went straight up Li Xiao's back. The banknotes were made of paper. There was no watermark laser anti-counterfeiting these days, so it would not be too easy to forge them. At least Li Xiao had these in his hand.

Xiao thinks it is very easy to fake it.

Once a large number of counterfeit banknotes appear, it will definitely be a disaster. How many of them are printed? Who knows which one is real and which one is fake?

Leaving his wife who was going on a shopping spree, Li Xiao took two guards and ran to the Hubu Yamen on flying horses.

Ai Husheng was shocked when he heard that Li Xiao had arrived. Although they were considered equals and both were ministers, everyone knew that Li Xiao, the minister of the Ministry of War, was actually the head of the Ming Dynasty.

"Commander, why did you suddenly come to the Yamen? If you have any instructions, just go to the mansion." Ai Husheng poured a cup of tea for Li Xiao personally and put it on the coffee table. He stood next to Li Xiao with his hands upright.

"Bank notes have now begun to be used in circulation in the capital. Are there any fake bank notes now?" Li Xiao asked very urgently.

"Not yet, because the banknotes all have security deposits. These security deposits are printed when the bills are issued, and the security deposits are different in different banks. The most important thing is that there is a very thin strip in the middle of the banknote.

A rubber strip with the banknote number printed on it.

As you know, there are not many rubber things. There are only two machines and processes that can fix rubber to paper. There are only two machines in the Ministry of Finance. Both machines are on death row, and the people involved in printing are all death row prisoners.

.

Also, the banknote paper was specially made by Yu Lao on Changxing Island. It is not only shiny, but also strong. Once the ink falls, it immediately soaks into the back of the paper and cannot be changed. Therefore, even if someone wants to forge it, they cannot get the raw materials.

and craftsmanship. You look at the sun and you can see the thin rubber strip with the number on it. It’s right here!”

Ai Husheng pointed to one side of the banknote in Li Xiao's hand. Li Xiao touched it with his hand and found that it was slightly convex. Looking at it towards the sun, there was not only a shadow, but also a numerical code on the shadow.

Li Xiao felt relieved a little. It seemed that Ai Husheng was still on guard.

"It's best to find a way to prevent bank notes from circulating like coins. Although your method is theoretically safe, it can't really prevent people from forging it. If there is someone who forges bank notes and succeeds, the consequences will be for you.

It should be clear that that would be a disaster for the new currency."

"At the beginning, no one expected that the common people would actually use banknotes. After all, the imperial court issued too many treasure banknotes in the past, and the common people instinctively distrusted the banknotes. But now...the common people dislike the heavy weight of new coins.

.These new coins are made according to the currency value. One tael of silver coins is one or two weights, ten taels is ten taels...!" Ai Husheng had no better way. After people realized the convenience of silver coins, no one could

I don't want to carry a money bag that weighs one pound.

"You must come up with a solution for this matter." Li Xiao knew that there would be problems with the bank, and the little financial knowledge in his head was not enough to solve the current problem. Professional matters should still be left to professionals.

Let's let these pioneers in the banking industry settle this matter.
Chapter completed!