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Xu Yingjie picked up a sample banknote and showed it to Qin Mu in the light thrown in from the window.

Qin Mu was surprised to find that there was a dragon-shaped watermark on the paper, and there was a thin silver wire between the ticket layers.

It is not surprising that there is a watermark, it is said that the Jiaozi of the Song Dynasty had a watermark.

The production of watermarks is not difficult to say, and it is divided into two types: light and dark:

The first kind of printing flower method, similar to woodcut watermark, is to use the paper curtain for papermaking to weave into patterns such as flowers, birds, insects, fish, landscapes, etc., slightly convex on the curtain surface, when making paper, the pulp at the protrusion is thin, so the pattern is translucent and presented on the paper;

The second method of printing dark flowers is to press the wet paper in the middle of two models with a positive and convex pattern carved on the front and back, and print them one by one with strong pressure paper to make the paper faint pattern.

When the paper is laid flat, the transparent graphics are not visible, and the pattern is clearly visible when the paper is held to welcome the light, which is now known as the watermark. Generally, banknotes are printed with dark flowers.

Qin Mu was surprised that the banknotes Xu Yingjie took not only had a slight plastic texture, but also he even sandwiched silver threads, which was definitely a great innovation.

Xu Yingjie explained to him in detail: "King Qin, in fact, this paper is two layers, after filtering the first layer of paper film with a curtain, pressing a silver thread, and then filtering a layer of paper film on it, this silver wire is not all silver, it is platinum paper with silver. ”

Qin Mu laughed dumbly when he heard this, he thought that he really used silver to make a thin wire and press it in, if that was the case, he didn't know how many man-hours it would take to make such a thin silver wire.

Xu Yingjie continued: "King Qin, having a silver line for the watermark is actually secondary, and the key point is. This paper is completely different from the folk way of making it. ”

"Xu Qing said, what's the difference."

As far as Qin Mu knows, the method of papermaking in these years is to first take out the raw materials that have been boiled. Put it in a stone mortar and make it into a mud shape;

Then mix with an appropriate amount of water to completely separate the fiber and soak it in water to become a suspension of paper fiber;

Then pour it into the paper trough, and then use a thin bamboo curtain to filter it in the pulp, the paper fiber will remain on the bamboo curtain to form a layer of paper film, and then dry it to become paper.

The main difficulty of this method of production is that the paper will be too thin if it is copied too lightly. If the paper is too heavy and too thick, it depends on the experience of the craftsman, and the paper copied by ordinary people is either too thin or too thick. Or the same sheet of paper is of different thicknesses.

Xu Yingjie said with a bit of self-satisfaction: "King Qin, according to the old drying method, you can't get such a texture, and the ministers don't need to dry this kind of paper to make it." Instead, some hollow iron cylinders were made. Vapor is introduced to form a high temperature on the surface of the iron cylinder;

After picking up the wet paper film, it is rolled directly onto these iron cylinders, and the resin in them is fully dissolved and penetrated by using high temperatures to form the existing texture. Moreover, the proportion of this resin is also very particular, the effect is not obvious if it is less, and the paper is too hard and easy to break. ”

"Heating and drying with steam?"

"Yes. King Qin. ”

Qin Mu felt that he had to reassess the wisdom of the ancients.

He even believed that it was true that Lu Ban could make a flying wooden bird;

As for Zhuge Liang, he made wooden oxen and flowing horses to transport grain for an army of 100,000. It is estimated that it is even more true.

"The cost of this paper is not low, right?"

"Back to the King of Qin, the minister made an estimate, and the banknotes below fifty wen are all loss-making."

Qin Mu picked up a banknote again, two inches wide and four inches long, which cost fifty yuan?

It's really "money"!

If you just print banknotes of less than 50 yuan, wouldn't you print one and lose one?

"King Qin, this kind of paper is more difficult to make, time-consuming, and raw materials are more difficult to find, so it is much more expensive than ordinary paper."

"Very well, this king is very satisfied, so let's print it in this way. When the three divisions formulated the banknote law, the king issued another decree to promulgate it, and the household department should also be prepared, this time printing two million banknotes, and at least four million taels of silver should be deposited as a reserve to cope with the run of the people. ”

"Yes, King Qin."

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Coincidentally, in the city of Beijing, Dolgon and his advisers were also discussing the issuance of treasure money.

Among these confidants and advisers, there is Fan Wencheng, a scholar of the Inner Secretariat Academy;

Uchihong Bunin University Shining Wan I;

Feng Quan, a scholar of the Inner Hongwen Academy and a scholar of the Ministry of Rites;

Chen Mingxia, the left waiter of the Ministry of Officials and a bachelor of Hanlin;

National Academy of History, University of Science and Technology. Ganglin;

Uchihiro Bunin University Schsheri. Xi Fu, University Scholar Feng Guozhu, etc.

It is worth mentioning that Xie Sheng, a scholar of Jianji Temple, is over seventy years old, and last time he suggested that Dolgon suspend his shaving order, he was scolded by Dolgon, who was angry, and he was shocked and frightened, and he was so frightened that he sweated profusely, and when he went back, he couldn't afford to be sick, and the oil lamp was about to wither, and it was difficult to give advice to Dolgon.

Now Fan Wencheng and these Han ministers are having an extremely difficult time, and Dolgon's life is even more difficult, after the defeat of Aji, followed by the annihilation of Hong Chengchou in Jiangnan. This was an almost fatal blow to the Qing State.

100,000 banner soldiers went to 40,000, with nearly half of the casualties;

Moreover, among the 40,000 flag soldiers lost, two white flags accounted for a large proportion, which can be described as a great loss of vitality;

The three brothers, Dorgon, Dordor and Azig, have the greatest dependence on the two white flags. It almost cost the lives of the three Dolgon brothers.

Now there are more and more people in the court clamoring to retreat outside the Guanwai, and even Prince Zheng Zierharang has expressed his support for the retreat outside the Guanwai, which has caused heavy pressure on Dolgon.

Anyone can retreat, but Dorgon knows that he has no way out.

Once he really retreats outside the border, it is tantamount to admitting that he has completely failed, his prestige will be discredited, everyone will settle the blame for the defeat of the army, and his political career can basically be declared over.

Now there is only a strong support, and only in this way do you still have a glimmer of life. But fatally, it was at this time that Dordor fell ill, which made Dolgon even more worried.

At the same time, what made him almost sad was the problem of lack of money and food.

Yanjing City was taken first by Li Zicheng and robbed of the light.

The provinces of Henan, Shanxi, and Shaanxi have been devastated by natural disasters and wars for many years, and famine is everywhere.

If it weren't for the fact that Duoduo grabbed a batch of money and grain when he conquered Jiangnan, the Qing army would have been unsustainable.

But now, Jiangnan, who can be counted on to give blood transfusions to the seven northern provinces, is also lost.

Dolgon now has to deal with tens of millions of hungry people, and even if they don't care whether they live or die, the army's food must be raised.

Now, including the Green Battalion, the Qing State still has more than 100,000 troops, all of which are hampered by the lack of food and grass, and it is difficult to launch a large-scale offensive against the Qin army.

Looking at the occupied provinces, only Beizhili, Shandong, Shanxi and other places still have grain in their hands, so Dolgon wanted to learn from Ming Taizu to print treasure money to buy grain.

As soon as this plan was proposed, it was immediately opposed by Ning Wanme, Fan Wencheng and others.

Ning Wan straightened my sore back and said, "Your Majesty, printing treasure money to buy grain now is tantamount to robbing it openly, and you can't do it." Our army has just suffered a heavy setback, and the hearts of the people in the provinces under its rule are already fluctuating, and the undercurrent is turbulent, if you print treasure money to buy grain by force, I am afraid that many people will take risks, and now the provinces are full of hungry people, and those big households have grain in their hands, as long as they climb the heights and shout, they can gather countless troops. Your Majesty, if you really get to that time, I'm afraid you won't be able to quit the customs without quitting. ”

Dorgon had been in high spirits a few months ago, but now he looked like he was ten years older, with a furrowed brow and gloomy eyes.

He was silent for a while and said: "In May, Prince Yu led his army to attack Jiangnan, and most of our banner soldiers were infected with diseases due to the hot weather and unaccustomed water and soil. Now that the weather is getting colder, it is just right for my army to fight.

Qin Mu just laid down the south of the Yangtze River, the foothold is not stable, and Zheng Zhilong in Fujian is in the heat and water, if our army can quickly counterattack, then Zheng Zhilong can still help, if Qin Mu stands firm, pacifies Fujian, and collects all the southwestern provinces, he will have no worries, and it will be even more unfavorable to our Qing Dynasty. ”

Fan Wencheng replied: "What the king said is extremely true, no matter what, Qin Mu cannot be allowed to occupy Fujian smoothly, the king, the servant suggested sending people to Fujian by sea to consolidate the offensive and defensive alliance with Zheng Zhilong;

In addition, you can also send people to contact Sun Kewang and Liu Wenxiu in southern Sichuan, with these few forces to contain Qin Mu, Qin Mu will always be under the enemy's back, and when I am relieved in the Qing Dynasty, it is not difficult to destroy Qin Mu in one fell swoop;

As for the current problem of lack of money and grain, the slave believes that he can learn from the Ming Dynasty's law of opening up China and exchange salt for money and grain.

Cangxian Changlu Salt Farm has a huge output, as long as the private salt is strictly investigated, with the salt introduction of Changlu Salt Field, it can be exchanged for considerable money and grain in the short term;

Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu, Liang Jiabin, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, and Huang Yongfa started from selling salt, and they had a close relationship with the Qing Dynasty. ”

"Fan Aiqing is really a pillar of the country." Dolgon's brows furrowed, and he immediately said to Fan Wencheng, "Fan Aiqing, draft a will to summon the eight families on the right side of the mountain to Beijing." ”

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(To be continued......)