As a result of the vote, the seven counselors unanimously agreed to mint gold and silver coins, Guo Song did not participate in the voting, he did not have the right to vote in the Counsellors' Hall, his power is to finally approve the resolution of the Counsellors' Hall, in fact, the Counsellors' plan was communicated with him before the vote, and the vote was held after obtaining his consent.

The principles for the issuance of gold and silver coins have been decided, and everyone has begun to discuss the details.

"Let's start with the first question!"

Pan Liao smiled: "How are we going to price the gold and silver money?" Is it based on the official price or according to the market price? ”

After a pause, Pan Liao added: "If according to the official price, one of our silver coins is worth 100 wen, and the value of one piece of money is consistent, if it is according to the market price, we will increase the price by 20%, what is everyone's opinion?" ”

Zhang Beiyi said: "When we minted gold and silver coins in Hexi, there was an incident, some merchants got the gold and silver coins and then re-melted and pretended to be official silver, they exchanged old money in the Chang'an black market, and a change of hands was a profit of 20%, which is also one of the reasons why there are very few gold and silver coins in Hexi, I suggest that we issue them according to the market price, and do not give those merchants any more loopholes." ”

Du You pondered and said: "I have also learned about the specific situation of the issuance of gold and silver coins in Hexi, at that time, it was directly sold by the government, and anyone could buy it, and some profiteers took advantage of the loopholes, so it is better for us to find a few large counters with a good reputation to sell them for me, and we will sell them at the official price, and then they will sell them at the market price, and the difference in the middle is the profit they sell for us." ”

Du You's plan was unanimously supported by everyone, and even Zhang Qianyi admitted that this plan was more effective than his idea, and the key was to prevent the local government from profiting from it.

The issuance plan is solved, and then there is the problem of preventing counterfeiting, this problem has also appeared before, mainly to reduce the content of silver, the official silver coin is silver nine bronze one, counterfeiters use silver seven copper three, or even silver six copper four, some black-hearted people even directly use white copper to counterfeit.

Pan Liao knocked on the table and said: "Everyone, counterfeiting is inevitable, as long as it is profitable, there will definitely be people who take risks, and even fake money is done, not to mention gold and silver money?" We will use strict laws to punish those who make counterfeits, all sentenced to death, with their heads in public, and confiscate all their family property, I believe that under the strict punishment of the law, ordinary counterfeiters will definitely think twice, now the key is Zhu Zhu or Tian Yue fake what to do? ”

Wen Ji said: "Can you limit the use of gold and silver money to the Jin Kingdom, so that merchants will generally not accept gold and silver money in the Central Plains." ”

Zhang Qianyi said: "Gong Wen's idea has a certain amount of truth, but I am afraid that Zhu Jun will send people to Chang'an to buy goods with a large number of fake gold and silver money, and we will not check it in all places now, it is easy to bring it in, how to prevent it?" I think the key is to make a fuss about anti-counterfeiting. ”

Du You shook his head, "It's difficult, ordinary businessmen imitate rough and easy to identify, but if it's an official imitation, they can do exactly the same, and it's difficult for ordinary people to identify." ”

There was a sudden silence in the lobby, this question was indeed tricky.

At this time, Guo Song smiled slightly: "I have a trick to distinguish real and fake gold and silver coins to a certain extent. ”

Everyone was in high spirits, and hurriedly said, "Your Highness, please say, what way?" ”

Guo Song said unhurriedly: "Fake is always fake, as long as it is fake, no matter how similar it is, there will be flaws, Zhu Zhu's counterfeiting is nothing more than reducing the content of gold and silver, in this way, the weight of real silver money and fake silver money is different, have you ever thought of this flaw?" ”

Pan Liao hesitated for a moment and said, "There is indeed a difference, but the difference in silver is too small to be felt." ”

Guo Song said lightly: "You can't feel a silver coin, but what if it's ten or a hundred silver coins?" ”

Everyone suddenly realized, Du You said excitedly: "Your Highness is right, Zhu Zhuyun is fake, it is impossible to pay one by one, it must be paid in large quantities, or go to the black market to exchange, at that time, as long as a hundred silver coins are compared, the flaws can be found immediately." ”

Guo Song said: "Actually, we can use copper to make a batch of fans, what does it mean?" The weight of this copper fan is exactly the weight of ten silver coins or twenty silver coins, basically every merchant will be equipped with one, carry it with him, and find a shop to weigh it with a weighing scale, and you will know whether it is true or false. ”

This method is indeed more practical, the density of silver is greater than the density of copper, if more copper is added, the weight will be different, a silver coin may not be much different, but ten silver coins are more obvious, experienced people can even feel it by hand.

The atmosphere in the lobby is warm, and basically all kinds of details are gradually perfected.

At this time, Guo Song said: "I propose to set up a department to investigate the counterfeiting of money and goods, and to closely monitor the black market. ”

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At night, Guo Song sat in the study and got the twenty Hexi silver coins in his hand, the silver money is completely used in the money mold of Kaiyuan Tongbao, the front is the four words of Kaiyuan Tongbao, and the back is the four words of 'Hexi silver coin', this is Yan Zhenqing's handwriting, the penmanship is vigorous, the flesh is full, the workmanship is excellent, Guo Song weighed carefully, the weight of each silver coin is almost the same, and the gap is extremely subtle.

This is still a batch of gold and silver coins minted in Hexi, when 500,000 silver coins were minted, and 20,000 coins were minted, but they disappeared from the market that year.

Although they have enough gold and silver in stock, Guo Song is still somewhat cautious in the issuance of gold and silver money, the root is still the source of gold and silver, there is not enough gold and silver source, and it is undoubtedly a bit risky to rashly launch gold and silver currency, so Guo Song only agreed to gradually introduce gold and silver as currency, and only launched gold and silver currency worth about 3 million yuan every year. In this way, he will be given at least twenty years to build a stable source of gold and silver.

At this time, Xue Tao walked into the study with a cup of tea, she put the tea on the table, and saw that the table was full of gold and silver coins, so she smiled and said, "Are you ready to mint gold and silver coins again?" ”

Guo Song nodded, "The amount of gold and silver in the library is huge, Pan Changshi thinks it should be used, I discussed it for a long time this afternoon, and I almost reached a consensus, but some details still need to be improved, does the lady have any good suggestions?" ”

Xue Tao pursed his lips and smiled: "I live in the palace, how can I have any good advice, my husband should ask the eldest sister, so that she has the right to speak." ”

One sentence immediately reminded Guo Song that he should indeed go to the market to find out, businessmen have the most right to speak, and it is okay to ask the eldest sister, he couldn't help but give a thumbs up and smiled: "This is the best advice of the lady!" ”

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Early the next morning, Guo Song came to Xi'anmen Street with a few entourages, Xi'anmen Street was still bustling, the flow of people was like a tide, walking, riding, riding carriages, the stream was endless, many shops had just opened, and the guys were shouting hard at the door.

Guo Song's carriage stopped in front of the Meishou wine shop, but he saw the eldest sister Guo Ping sitting in the shop chatting with a very fat middle-aged woman.

Guo Ping's identity is very well protected, Guo Song issued a strict order, no one is allowed to reveal Guo Ping's identity, even Minqiu does not dare to tell her brother and sister-in-law, until now, there are very few people who know Guo Ping's identity, plus Guo Ping is kind, enthusiastic, and likes to help others, so that she is very famous in Xi'anmen Street, and her popularity is also very good.

At this time, Guo Ping also saw her brother's carriage, and she smiled and said: "Okay, it's time to start work, we'll talk again tomorrow, and if there is any difficulty next time, just say it, I can help, and if I can't help, I'll come up with ideas." ”

The middle-aged woman got up to say goodbye, Guo Song got out of the carriage and walked into the store, Guo Ping greeted him with a smile and said, "Why is the little brother here?" ”

"It's a little thing, it's disturbing the eldest sister to chat."

"It's not a chat, she's a little difficult and wants to ask me for help, in fact, it's just borrowing money, I have a lot of friends like me, they are all female heads of the shops around, and they are usually very familiar."

"The eldest sister beware of borrowing money, people run away!"

"Your eldest sister is not so stupid, I will lend them money without guarantees? Just now the woman's husband's surname is Liu, is the wife of Liu Hongtao, the proprietor of Liuji Tea Shop, belongs to the top three in Chang'an Tea Shop, they want to go to Bashu to buy, but the money in their hands is not enough, so they asked me to borrow 50,000 yuan, six months, two cents of interest, with his ancestral two celebrity calligraphy and paintings as collateral, the money is not paid, the thing belongs to me. ”

"What kind of celebrity calligraphy and painting?" Guo Song asked with interest.

"It seems to be Yu Shinan's calligraphy and Yan Liben's paintings, you know that the eldest sister is illiterate, I specially found someone to identify it, it is genuine, very precious."

Yu Shinan's calligraphy and Yan Liben's paintings are not something that ordinary businessmen can have, Guo Song couldn't help frowning and asked, "Who did the eldest sister ask for identification?" ”

"Your father-in-law, Senior Minister Xue, appraised it, and he suggested that it was best for me to buy it directly, and he said that this kind of large-scale hall calligraphy and painting can't be bought even if you have money."

Hearing that it was identified by his father-in-law Xue Xun, Guo Song became even more interested, and hurriedly asked, "What about the things?" ”

"What about your father-in-law? He was so hooked that I just left him there. ”