"I didn't expect the Senate to be really useful."

"Is the issuance of food stamps a solution?"

"You see the proposal says that food stamps are allowed to buy restricted goods. Including farm implements, seeds, agricultural services. You can also buy hay and fertilizer. This one...... Buy agricultural services, what does it mean. ”

"It's about making these food stamps spent. Or buy something from the imperial court! ”

The things at the aristocrats' gatherings have lost their market, and the sound of dogs and horses is no longer the content of everyone's attention. Almost all the nobles were talking about the proposal made by the Senator of Sheila on behalf of the agricultural group. Sheila doesn't see any visitors these days, and most of the elders of the agricultural group don't come out to socialize. There was no explanation from the main owner, and the discussion became more intense.

The aristocrats felt that the report gave them a new glimpse into a new world, with gold and silver coins being the traditional currency of Europa. They also occasionally heard of a paper money that was popular in the Mongol Golden Horde-controlled territories, which could be used to buy any commodity on the market. Later generations said that 'gold and silver are naturally money', and this view is in line with the history of the Europa region. In far-flung China, money was the currency that was in circulation since more than 2,000 years ago or even earlier.

In Sheila's study, Sheila was telling six or seven people about the monetary history of the distant Great Song Dynasty. Once we can think out of the traditional gold and silver and look at money from the perspective of a centralized and unified state, the advantages of money, especially paper money, will completely overwhelm gold and silver.

Paper money isn't cheap, and Sheila learned from the office. In order to avoid counterfeiting, the manufacture of banknotes requires a large amount of high-tech equipment and technology. It also requires the state to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to maintain the normal circulation of paper money. The cost is not much less than that of gold and silver mining. However, paper money broke through the limitations of gold and silver mining, and because of the lack of its own use value and the lack of long-term private storage value, paper money had to be used or deposited in the bank.

"A box of gold and silver can be stored for hundreds of thousands of years, and a box of banknotes can be stored for ten years. Do you think that's the truth? Sheila preached to the crowd.

In front of everyone were a few of the Quartet banknotes issued by the province of Europa, and these well-informed people had been playing with them for a long time, and they knew that what Sheila said was right. Indeed, as Sheila said, paper money is a currency that is simply used for transaction and payment, which is completely different from gold and silver coins with extremely high storage value.

"Food stamps must be available for the purchase of goods, and they must be convenient for the purchase of goods. That's why I suggest that food stamps must be able to buy all kinds of things that people need to farm the land. Food stamps are useful because they allow farmers to buy what they need before they accept them. ”

Sheila took a sip of her glass of water after she finished speaking, and she only felt her heart pounding and felt very uneasy. This knowledge is what Sheila has to admit when she accepts the Quartet's money, if she doesn't believe in the Quartet at all, or if the Quartet can't buy anything. Sheila won't accept the Quartet's money. Thinking back to her inner struggle, Sheila was very worried about the acceptance of food stamps.

The Chancellor's deputy, like the rest of the table at the table, frowned, and after much thought, the deputy asked, "Miss Sheila, uh...... Your Excellency Sheila, the Chancellor of the Exchequer agrees with your proposal. The minister had an idea, and he didn't know if the food stamps could be exchanged with the Quartet. ”

Sheila's father's face changed when he heard this, and he stared at the Chancellor's deputy, trying to see what he was thinking in the face of the man. From what he said, it is clear that the Chancellor of the Exchequer also has the idea of issuing similar food stamps. It is even possible that there was contact with the province of Europa, which did not agree to the offer of the Eastern Roman grain stamps to be exchanged with the Quartet.

The eyes of the others fell on Sheila, wanting to see how the little girl would answer this tricky question. All kinds of thoughts swirled in Sheila's mind, and the most intense thing was that once the food stamps could be exchanged with the Quartet, it meant that the food stamps had a larger range of purchases, and they directly changed from food stamps to the Great Song version of the Eastern Roman Empire. What a great achievement if it succeeds.

As the impulse in her chest grew higher and higher with her heartbeat, Sheila couldn't help but glance at her father. Suddenly, the thought came to her, and the impulse in Sheila's heart dissipated in an instant. She smiled as much as she could, "I'm just a patriarch, and the matter of liaison with Europa Province is naturally presided over by the imperial court. I just put forward a proposal from within the Senate, and I can't do anything else. ”

The big guys watched Sheila, a young girl, show the excitement of being young, and when they had their own ideas, they suddenly heard such an old and cunning answer, and everyone couldn't help but show surprise on their faces. Sheila's father's face was uncontrollable with joy, and he had spoken to Sheila several times about Tiberius. His contribution to this crisis was enormous, and it can be said that it completely changed the upper echelons of Eastern Rome. However, it was because he did it that he was ruthlessly abandoned. It is not because the upper echelons are ungrateful, but because Tiberius's value ends here, and he strives for what is not his.

If Sheila does her best, she may not have the slightest chance of achieving the results the Chancellor expects. If Sheila did, she would be in the same position as Tiberius. Her path came to an end. With such a huge benefit, as long as Sheila is eliminated, you can share the luscious fruits to your heart's content. Fools wouldn't do that.

Feeling that he had an expression that he shouldn't have shown, Sheila's father just took two or three breaths to let his expression and mentality return to the coldness of a normal scholar, as if he didn't care about this time at all.

The Chancellor's deputy, who wanted to encourage Sheila to participate in the exchange of food stamps with the Quartet, was greatly disappointed when she saw Sheila's sudden composure. However, he still thought in his heart that Sheila might just have scruples now, and the attendees were either people from the court or nobles loyal to the Eastern Roman Emperor, and the deputy simply revealed a little inside information. The Eastern Roman court had previously sent many people to Greece to learn how the province of Europa ran central and southern Greece. Particular attention was paid to the use of the Quartet in all localities under Europa's rule. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had long planned to establish a currency like the Four Parties, but there were too many implications for this system, and there were always various loopholes, and there was no opportunity to promote it. Sheila's proposal made ministers and officials feel that their opportunity had come. Limiting paper money, which previously had a full monetary function, to a subset of commodities could solve the problems that had plagued officials before. However, the Chancellor of the Exchequer still hoped that the food stamps could be exchanged with the Quartet, so that not only the provinces of Europa could be traded with paper money, but also the Eastern Roman Empire could use paper money to pay for various trades.

Everyone could hear the eagerness of the Chancellor's deputy, and their eyes fell on Sheila's face again. I heard Sheila say cheerfully: "You all know my background, and I can not be where I am today because I am rich, nor because I am so capable." It's just that no one is going to do this, I go, and no one else has a choice, so they chose me. Therefore, whether it is the imperial court or the province of Europa, if you give me face, I will have face, and if you don't give me face, I will have nothing. What Your Excellency wants to do belongs to the negotiation of the strong, and it is really the wrong person for me to do this job as a weak person. ”

The minister's deputy was stunned, and this answer was once again completely beyond his imagination. Admitting that you are incapable is unspeakable for ordinary people, and there is a strong sense of shame when you barely say it. The words that came out of the mouth of the Greeks were not reluctant or self-pitying, but full of persuasiveness. The Chancellor's deputy, even though he understood that Sheila herself was not as unfathomable as she had been blown up during this time, did not take Sheila lightly. Such a novel feeling made the deputy not know what to do for a while.

Sheila's father spoke, "Your Excellency, the minister's idea was much earlier than Sheila, Sheila was only forced by the current situation to think of this solution, and Your Excellency the minister has been distressed for more time than Sheila. So he must have understood the difficulty. Sheila really wanted to serve her country, but she really couldn't afford such a heavy job. Moreover, she had worked as a comprador, and when the province of Europa saw Sheila coming, she was afraid that the lion would open her mouth, but she sabotaged the matter. After all, Sheila is only a senator of the Senate, and the minister really represents the court. ”

The deputy was very unhappy with this, the province of Europa was too powerful, and the reason why he wanted Sheila to come forward was to use her experience as a comprador to get a relationship and find out. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and his officials are the ones who are really afraid of the possibility of encountering the lion of Europa in the course of implementation.

But when it comes to this, Sheila and her father make their attitude clear. The deputy could only walk away in a huff, watching the deputy's car go away, and several participants who were about to leave sat on the sofa at Sheila's house and did not leave.

"Your Excellency Maximime, this matter cannot be delayed any longer." Senator Obiris, head of the Senate Finance Group, said.

The Emperor's brother-in-law, Duke Hus, immediately agreed, "Yes, it will take a long time just to formulate the pattern of food stamps. It also takes a lot of time to make a template and print it out. It's already April, and the grain will be purchased in four months at most. If there was no way to meet the food supply at that time, it would not be the same as last year. ”

Maximi, no matter what they said, always insisted on protecting his daughter, "Ladies and gentlemen, Sheila is not capable of solving this matter, instead of looking for her, you should immediately go to the people of Europa Province." ”

These people knew that this was the right thing to do, but in the Eastern Roman Empire, where personal relationships had always taken precedence over the state, they still believed that personal relationships were more reliable.