Xing Jiejie sat on the grain pile, patted the iron bowl in his hand, and said loudly: "The money has been distributed, the money has been distributed!" After receiving the money, go to dinner again! ”

A group of laborers who carried grain rushed over together, and shouted at the bottom: "Festival level, there is a lot of grain moved today, and the wages should be increased!" ”

Xing Jie said, "The salary is the amount set by the yamen, which one dares to rise!" Eat better today, in addition to rice dishes, a piece of meat per person! ”

The people below were clamoring, some were willing, some were not. Whatever meat you eat, you can send money, and you can eat whatever you want.

Xing Jiejie couldn't stop clapping the iron bowl in his hand, and the crowd gradually quieted down, before he said: "What is the noise, the salary is a fixed number, no matter how much you carry in a day, it is a hundred Wen! If you move too much, there will be wine and meat for you, and what is not satisfied! ”

After speaking, Xing Jiejie sighed: "You guys, I don't know the hard work of the Shuai Mansion. It's not that I can't hire you here, there are so many people in the camp, just send some people to move. I hired you to work, do you understand the meaning of cash-for-work? Now that everything is created, the yamen does not hire you, where are you going to do things? Where do you go to make money? If you don't have money in your hands, how can you live! If you move more, you will give more, do you still need so many of you here? Naturally, I have enough strength to earn all the money. ”

Xing Jiejie said this every few days, and everyone knew this truth. But when it comes to the days when there are many lives, they still clamore for a salary increase, as if they don't quarrel a few words, and these Lifu feel sorry for themselves.

In fact, there are almost no people in the camp and the Tianxiang army, and they are all arranged to build roads and bridges everywhere, except for women and children, there are no idlers. The battalion field army has organizational discipline, all kinds of projects, and priority is given to the use of them. It is not enough, so he will hire the people of the city. Using the battalion field and the army, they only send 50 wen a day, but they pay money on a daily basis, whether they are busy or idle, whether they have work or not, they have to pay this money.

The salary is set to death, Du Zhongxiao is indeed intentional, so that Ding Zhuang in the city can work as much as possible, make money, and not be idle. The wages of the government and the hired people are slightly higher than those hired by the people, 100 wen a day, and one dinner. Hequ Road is on the border, and the conditions are more favorable than those in the mainland, so there is more of a meal at night. If it is a private hired laborer, it will not be able to reach 100 wen a day, and the price prevailing in Shengzhou City is 70 or 80 wen.

Seeing that everyone was quiet, Xing Jiejie took a small box from behind him, opened it, took out a large stack of papers, and said: "From today onwards, Hequ Road will be used for money." The government has paid money, and it is like this, even our money. In the future, unless the amount is more than 10 times, it will not be able to exchange copper coins. You are all small households, and the denomination is too large to use, so I specially took twenty wen sheets, five per person. ”

Hearing this, the people below began to clamour. Someone said loudly: "If the copper coin is heavy in your hand, you naturally know that it is money." How can these printed pieces of paper be used for money? What if you take it to buy something, but the owner's house doesn't sell it?! ”

Xing Jie said: "What is heavy is money? Then why don't you go and pick up stones to flowers! The Shuai Mansion has an example, who dares not to collect money, you can report to the official at any time, and the government will punish people heavily! I told you a long time ago that we are also making money, and it is difficult to drink if we can't buy things! ”

Another human: "But we don't know how to read, how do we know how much money is written on it!" It's clear that there are twenty texts, but what should I do if others say one hundred texts? ”

Xing Jie said: "If you don't know words, you can always count." Can't count how many copper coins are printed on it! You can't even count, so don't spend money! Don't make a noise, come up and get the money obediently! If you don't want it, stand aside and don't delay others! ”

Seeing that Xing Jie's voice was violent, everyone didn't dare to make any more noise, and came up one by one to receive the money.

In this era, there were indeed many people who could not read and write, and the government unveiled the list everywhere to popularize the distinction between various denominations. The smallest denomination is Wuwen, with five copper coins printed on it, which is clear at a glance. Behind it are ten, twenty and fifty, ten bunches in one bunch, and one string of money is printed on the money lead, two strings, and five strings respectively. There are also 100 or 500 large amounts, and one and five large strings of money are printed on them. The largest denomination is a consistent foot, with a silver ingot printed on it.

The main color of the five texts is black, the main colors of the ten, twenty and fifty texts are cyan, the one hundred and five hundred texts are vermilion, and the consistent main color is golden yellow. The features are very obvious, and there is also a difference in size, which can be seen at a glance.

The pattern printed on the money is very exquisite, from a famous artist, and it is difficult to imitate. Machine printing, which is also clearly different from small workshops.

With the money, many people are worried in their hearts, for fear that they will not be able to buy things tomorrow and will become waste paper. They discussed that they would go out at night for a while and buy whatever they could. Replace it with rice, and your heart can be steady.

Xing Jiejie also distrusts Qian Yin in his heart, but there is no way, the officials are the first to accept it. Starting from the issuance of money, all official expenditures on Hequ Road were used to attract money, whether it was the purchase of materials or the income of officials.

At night, the city of Katsushu is particularly lively. As if there was a tacit understanding, the vendors closed their business early and closed their doors one after another. They don't want to collect the money, and the government forces them to collect it, so they simply don't do business. It's the same with a few shops, most of which are closed.

And the people who received the money came out of their homes one after another and wandered in the markets. As soon as they saw the shops open, they rushed over. As long as it is something that you can use, you can buy it first, and then talk about it, many things have increased in price.

Liang Dupeng looked at the full customers in the store, and then looked at the crowd surging on the street, and whispered to Wang Pu: "Outside the staff, the shops next to him are no longer doing business, for fear of receiving money." Should we learn from them? Not to mention whether the money can be used in the future, it depends on the price increase of many shops today, and the money is afraid that it cannot be used as copper money. Even if you can buy something, the price is higher than copper money. ”

Wang Pu said: "This is a matter set by the Shuai Mansion, how can it not be used as copper coins?" It's really like you said, the price of using money is higher than that of copper money, where is Du Jieshuai's face? Don't worry, the first few days of chaos will soon calm down. ”

Liang Dupeng was always a little uneasy, and said: "Or, we will also learn from other shops and increase the price?" ”

Wang Pu said: "Now the price increases, one is to make the old guests cold, and the other will come down in a few days, which makes people laugh at it." Supervisor, doing business is a long-term thing, and you can't covet small profits for a while. ”

While the two were discussing, a man walked over, stretched out his head to see that the store was full, and said, "Master, you have no vacancy here." I don't know if I can sell me some mutton, so I went home and made it myself. ”

Liang Dupeng pointed to the man who was squatting on the side of the road and eating noodles: "There is no seat, you can eat outside." Look at those customers, they just bought the noodles in our store, isn't it the same there? ”

The man shook his head again and again: "I'm a decent person, how can I squat on the side of the road to eat." Sell me some mutton and cook it myself at home. ”

Liang Dupeng wanted to persuade him again, but Wang Pu on the side stopped him and said to the visitor: "There is still some mutton in my store, but it is all cooked." If you want to buy it, you can give it to you at the price in the store. I didn't think it tasted good, so I used some wine and food in the store later. ”

After speaking, he asked the number and told the little servant to go in and cut the meat.

The man brought the meat and was about to pay for it, when he suddenly asked, "Master, I wonder if you can sell me some more wine?" Go home and have a few drinks. ”

Wang Puchao didn't care, and sold him a few more bottles of wine, all of which were sold at the normal price. The man thanked him for his kindness, took out the money, paid the bill, and walked quickly with the wine and meat. After a while, a few more people came, all to buy wine and meat, and to pay the bills.

Liang Dupeng said helplessly: "Outside the staff, it must be the news that spreads, and they all come to our store to buy it." They just have the intention to use money to lure them, and they want to come to other stores not to do their business, or other stores have already increased their prices. ”

Although Wang Pu also muttered a little in his heart, he still insisted on doing business normally, as long as there was something in the store and someone came to buy it, he would sell it normally.