"Ladies and gentlemen...... I don't have to worry about eating, I have one last thing. In two days, it will be the first day, which is both the end of the year and the beginning of the year. So, I'm going to put this year's accounts in check, and I can't just fool everyone. Lian'er, bring the official's doctor's bag! When the laughter subsided, everyone picked up the chopsticks again, and was just about to pick up the meat, Hong Tao stood up again, and he still had something to say.

"See, these small pieces of paper are called silver tickets, which are the copper coins of the officials' families, and with this thing, you can go to the account room of the house at any time to exchange for silver money. This one is Lian'er's, I was the only one who didn't toast Lian'er when I toasted just now, why? Because my Lian'er doesn't like to drink, but she likes copper coins. Simply, I turned that glass of wine into a half-run money and gave it to her. ”

This time, it's not just about it, it's about the real thing. Lian'er quickly took the leather bag full of famous brand marks, and then Hong Tao stretched out his hand and took out a small note from the bag, which was more than three inches long and more than an inch wide, and there were dense strange characters on it.

“10…… Pass through! Official, it's 10 times! "None of the people present did not know these characters, such as Fu Ji and Lian'er, who knew the largest and most conspicuous Arabic numerals on the scraps of paper.

"That's right, if you don't recognize it, this money official will definitely not give it. Take it, you can spend it as much as you want, and you don't have to ask the eldest princess anymore, this is your salary. But I also want to remind you, don't buy all the food, you have to keep some as a dowry. In the future, the officials will pay you every month, so you can't eat them all, right? ”

Hong Tao patted Lian'er's head and pinched the chubby face again. In the past few months, the princess's body has improved a little, and her waist has a little meat, but compared with Lian'er, her recovery is too slow.

This little girl is bulging all over, not fat, but full of meat. The main reason for this is not exercise, but being able to eat.

As long as she goes out with her, she doesn't buy snacks once, she has something in her mouth every minute, and she doesn't delay eating when she gets home. If she continues to eat like this, she may have to break through 200 catties before she gets married.

"The officials are playing tricks on people again, so the slave family won't marry......" Holding a small note in her hand, Lian'er's little face turned red, not that Hong Tao was embarrassed, but excited. She had never had so much money, and thinking about all kinds of delicious food in the near future, it was necessary to be excited.

Not only Lian'er, but everyone else, including those children, has it, but the number is different. Fu Ji, Gao Cuifeng, Xu Donglai, Zhu Bajin, and Wasp each have 10 guan. The masters range from 5 to 10 per person, and others who did not come also have 1, which is regarded as a year-end bonus.

The children each came with ten cents, which was regarded as a red envelope for the festival. Even the two grandmothers who helped Xu Dong take care of these children each had the same money.

The New Year is just to be happy. Now Hong Tao is not too worried about money, and he naturally spends money quickly. In a blink of an eye, the small two hundred guan was sent out, and this money can buy a good courtyard in the outer city.

"Don't frown, don't lose it, I won't make up for it. These silver tickets are money in my house, if you don't believe it, follow Lian'er to the account office for a while, and you will understand. Nothing else but for convenience. Think about it, if you send copper coins, I will have trouble holding them, and you will not be easy to hold, right? If you encounter the same situation outside in the future, it is better to discuss with the other party and use the silver ticket on my house to settle, so that it is convenient for everyone! ”

These silver tickets are also Hong Tao's whims, every time he goes out, he has to put a leather bag on the saddle, which is full of copper coins, not to mention heavy and troublesome, and easy to be stolen, so he thought of the paper money of later generations.

The Northern Song Dynasty had paper money, called Jiaozi, but that thing was generally only used in official bulk trading, and there were restrictions on the use area, basically not out of Sichuan, and it was not popular in other states and counties.

Since there is no ready-made banknote to use, Hong Tao is ready to make his own. The scope of circulation is to pilot in these industries first, use it as a token, and slowly expand its influence.

As for whether it will become a currency in the end, it is useless to think so much, and at present, he does not have the energy and ability to play with the bank again. Even if there were, the emperor and the prime minister would not agree.

But isn't it too child's play to print a few pieces of torn paper and use them as tokens? Although the ancients said that they were more trustworthy, they were not all good people, especially after the circulation range was increased, and some people had bad intentions if they couldn't keep it. Once a large number of imitations are made, all the losses will be the Horse House.

In fact, this kind of worry is superfluous in a short period of time, and Hong Tao's slight tricks completely eliminate this possibility.

First, the printing of silver stamps is made of lead characters, and the font and ink of this thing are not easy to imitate.

Second, even with the lead characters and ink of Hoedo, it is still not exactly the same. The dense characters on the silver ticket are all algebraic and geometric problem-solving processes written in Arabic numerals, and even if Shen Kuo is found, he still can't solve them, because he hasn't learned them all.

Third, take 10,000 steps back, if you really have a genius, it doesn't matter if you even understand Arabic numerals and mathematical formulas, and there are handwritten English phrases by Hong Tao on it.

In this regard, Hong Tao can guarantee that in terms of his spider-like cursive handwriting, or English, no ancients can do it without a teacher. Even if you find a British traveler to come over, it is still not good to imitate, you can look like, but you can't reach the god-like.

As for the future circulation scale, the exchange is no longer an acquaintance who knows the roots, and the account office cannot fully identify each one, will there be counterfeits?

The answer is very likely, but this is not a problem that Hong Tao needs to worry about now, as long as it is enough to ensure that no one can imitate these silver tickets at present, and even if they are counterfeited, they can find the source.

Not to mention the circulation of silver tickets throughout the country, as long as they can be circulated in a small number of merchants in Kaifeng, Hong Tao has to ask the emperor. You can't hide it, it's going to cost your head.

How to prevent counterfeiting at that time, everyone can sit together and discuss. Hong Tao firmly believes that the ancients will not be much more stupid than themselves, as long as they understand the stakes, they will do better than themselves.

With a bottom in his heart, money in his pocket, and such a wonderful prospect, it indirectly radiates people's appetite, and the meal makes Hong Tao's heart twitch.

I ate more than 100 catties of mutton alone, and the children who didn't have all the teeth didn't agree to each of them. In the end, if the three cooks didn't really move, it was estimated that they would have to come another twenty catties.

There was no meat, and everyone began to eat shabu and tofu again, and the ancients drank too much and made a fuss about wine and frying, shouting five and drinking six very noisy. Hong Tao doesn't like this kind of occasion very much, and everyone here is a little bit unable to let go, so let's just stop having fun with the people and go back to the house to sleep.

Tomorrow I have to get up early to go to Jin Mingchi and Qionglin Yuan to have a look, since I said that I want to go to the inspection, I can't stay at home, once the emperor knows that he is talking nonsense, he will definitely be more careful.