Yao Chong and the others left with a lot of questions.
They went back to the Political Affairs Hall and made tea.
What were His Majesty and Li Yi thinking about all day long? Why didn't they know about the official resting place?
"I'm feeling uneasy again," Yao Chong suddenly said.
"Me too," Zhang chimed in.
"Is there anything wrong?" Lu Huaishen frowned. He was a little worried on the way back from Li Longji's place.
He started to believe in his sixth sense. As long as it was related to Li Yi, his sixth sense was very accurate.
While they were at a loss, nothing happened for a few days.
There were more advertisements in the newspaper, including advertisements for restaurants.
Most of the advertisements were for merchants who transported goods to Chang 'an from other places. They advertised when they sold their goods.
After they sold their goods, they would also advertise when they transported the goods back.
The advertisements took up all the other content, which made the newspaper less interesting.
The people in the capital government were working hard to learn Hanyu pinyin. Surprisingly, there were people who had the time to learn it themselves and teach it to the people in the teahouse.
On July 10th, Lin Wenwu went to the official school during the holidays again.
"Lin Wenwu, come and take the things away." The teacher was reading the newspaper that just arrived today. He looked up at the child and continued reading.
Lin Wenwu was still nervous. He came over and took an envelope and left.
He went outside and opened the envelope. There was an evaluation inside. It said that he had excellent results in the early part of the exam.
There were also a few pieces of paper. They were very beautiful. There were mountains, rivers, water wheels, and paddy fields on them.
He could tell the difference at a glance. He didn't need to look at the words. He could tell the difference.
There was also a note that said, "Take the exchange voucher to the carousel. One cent is one coin."
"This is the exchange voucher. One coin, two coins, five coins, ten coins. He gave me eighteen coins? Not ten coins. "Lin Wenwu said to himself.
Then he ran and jumped up, "Brother, wait for me. I made money for you again."
"What's this?" At noon, Yao Chong and the others, who were also resting, decided to go to the Heavenly World for lunch.
When they arrived at the East Market, they went to take a look.
At the carousel, a group of children were holding paper in their hands and changing back and forth.
The other party gave him two two-dollar bills for each round of play.
Then, he went to the other side to buy snacks for a dollar, and the other party gave him a change.
Zhang Shuo gave the servant a look, and the servant went over.
After a while, he returned with a set of four coupons.
"I gave the child 20 coins before he agreed to exchange with me," the manservant reported.
Yao Chong and the other three ignored him and took one each.
Looking at the pattern on it, he found that there was a bulge. Looking at it against the light, it was the black shadow of a copper coin.
He touched the paper again. It felt like a newspaper, but it was different. Not only was it thick, but it also felt different.
Looking at the painting, there were many colors.
There was also a picture on the back, with the words "redemption coupon" written in front of it.
"Have you asked?" Yao Chong asked Zhang Shuo's servant.
"Yes, I did. He said that he did well in the exams, so the teacher didn't give him any marks. The marks are easy to fake. He gave the Li Family Zhuangzi a coupon. "The servant answered.
"Last time, Yuanzhi said that Li Yi had the ability to come up with a way to prevent counterfeiting. Sure enough, he did." Lu Huaishen said with a smile.
"Redemption coupon? How is this a redemption coupon? This is money. Go, exchange more. "Yao Chong's expression was serious.
The servant went to find the child again and came back with a stack of redemption coupons.
Yao Chong didn't plan to go to Earthly Paradise for dinner. He took everyone to the East Market.
Seeing a person selling cold jelly, he stood there and asked the other party, "I don't have money. Take this two-coin redemption coupon and buy a serving of cold jelly. Are you selling it?"
Cold jelly was two coins per serving. Yao Chong exchanged one for one.
"Yes, Li Family Zhuangzi's redemption coupon, right? I bought this cold jelly from Zhuangzi. They make a lot of it, so it's cheaper than making it myself. "
The other party agreed and scraped more cold jelly and poured sauce on it.
"Here, I'll give you more. The redemption coupon is light and the picture looks good.
When I go to buy the cold jelly, I can give it to Zhuangzi directly as money.
Zhuangzi's people said that the redemption coupon can be used as money. There is still a discount now, but there won't be any in the future. "
The stall owner said with a smile. He took the money, looked at it, and put it away.
"What's the discount?" Wei Zhigu was curious.
"One coin can be converted into one coin and two coins. Ten coins is twelve coins." The stall owner made two fingers.
"Go to Earthly Paradise." Yao Chong left a sentence and turned back. The servant ran over and ate the cold jelly in two mouthfuls.
In a private room on the third floor of Earthly Paradise, the table was covered with redemption coupons.
Some were facing up, some were facing up.
"Everyone, money has nothing to do with redemption coupons. It's just called redemption coupons." Yao Chong stared at a redemption coupon.
"One coin is not enough to print, is it?" Lu Huaishen picked up a coin and touched it.
"Two coins is not enough. Five coins and ten coins are enough. You can also have fifty coins and one hundred coins. The bigger the number, the more money you can save."
Zhang Shuo looked at the ten coins coupon.
Wei Zhigu saw that the three people had spoken, so he followed: "It's better than silk. Copper coins are few in Tang dynasty, so we can use this redemption coupon."
Yao Chong let out a long breath: "Coin production is the work of the Imperial Treasury. The Li Family Zhuangzi wants to use private money on behalf of the imperial court.
Think about it, if they print so much money, will the people who get the money have to go to Zhuangzi to buy things?
They can trade with each other using money. There's no need to carry heavy copper coins and silk that are difficult to carry.
Li Yi and Zhuangzi can print more than three hundred thousand copies of newspapers a day. Even if printing money is slow, they can at least print ten thousand pieces, right?
Four types of money, two thousand five hundred pieces of each, they can print forty-five thousand coins a day and use it to buy things … "
Yao Chong said a lot and finally stopped.
The other three people kept nodding as he spoke. Yes, you're right. Even ten thousand pieces is a small amount.
"Can other people make fake coupons?" Lu Huaishen continued to fiddle with the money.
"There are too many colors. We have to make special paper, trace it, make a mold, and mix the ink. It's difficult!"
Zhang Shuo saw the anti-counterfeiting technology of the redemption coupons.
Just the color printing alone was enough to make others confused.
"We have to tell His Majesty that we can't print anymore. Even if he writes redemption coupons, he's still making money." Yao Chong was going all out this time.
Just as they said, there were people who were using redemption coupons as money.
The teachers, teachers, and teachers in the government's schools.
Li Family Zhuangzi sent the redemption coupons over and told them that they could save a hundred coins to exchange for things in Zhuangzi.
They said that they could exchange for things in Zhuangzi, but the teachers knew that the redemption coupons were a 'bonus'.
As long as they said that they could exchange for things in Li Family Zhuangzi, other people would be willing to accept them.
After distributing the coupons to the students, they did indeed each take a hundred coins worth of redemption coupons to buy things.
They didn't take too much and kept the rest for the next ten days to give to the students who did well in the exams.
They had accounts and remembered clearly how much they gave to each student.
They would get an extra hundred coins for themselves every ten days as a reward for the students' hard work in the exams.
Even in the county, when they went to the place and talked to the seller, the seller agreed.
Selling, this was money. Li Family Zhuangzi trusted them.
Li Family Zhuangzi had a lot of good things, so they wouldn't take them to Zhuangzi.
After buying things, the teachers, teachers, and teachers went home happily. They didn't care who issued the currency.
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