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Chapter 424
Zhang Cheng took the velvet bag, which was heavy in his hand. He opened it and poured out the silver dollars inside. Dozens of white and round things fell on the big case, making a soft groaning sound.

I took one and held it in my hand to show it. On the whole, it is extremely exquisitely made. The pattern of Beizhaguan on the front is natural and clear, and the color is delicate and rich. On the top is "Xuanzhen North Road Salary Silver Yuan" and on the bottom is "Silver Yuan". The words "Dang Jin Hua Yin Yi Liang" are written by Qian Wenxiu with dignified strokes.

On the back of the silver circle, there is a pattern of military formations standing in an array. The military formations on the top are neat and uniform. Although the pattern is small, it is also magnificent. There are three big characters "worth one yuan" on the top, and "contains [-]% of silver" on the bottom. A few small characters are marked, the same strokes are dignified.

Zhang Cheng was playing with this silver round in his hand, stroking it lightly with his fingertips, feeling the patterns on it, as well as the subtle tooth patterns on the edge, he picked up a silver round of the same size, and bumped them lightly , making a clang-clang sound.

This kind of silver round with no hole in the middle, which came to the Ming Dynasty earlier, is different in size. Although its shape is all round with round teeth, there are five regulations from large to small, namely when silver is one tael (one round), when Silver five coins (five cents), dangyin one coin (one dime), dangqin fifty cents (five cents), dangzhi ten cents (one cent) five, etc., from large to small, the face value also gradually decreases.

Among them, the first three grades are silver rounds. According to the size, the proportion of silver content is [-]% and [-]%, but the size is different, and the amount of silver content is also different. The silver content is marked on the back.

The second class is made of copper copper rounds, the copper color is purple red, and it is also from large to small, and the pattern and text are almost the same as the silver rounds, except that on the bottom of the front, it is written "When making money fifty coins" and " When making money, there are several large characters of "ten coins", and on the back are the words "worth five cents" and "worth one cent", which are also beautifully cast and high-quality.

Although it is not possible to use machine stamping technology to manufacture silver and copper rounds at this time, there are still some very small differences between some silver rounds and copper rounds, but it is not easy to achieve such exquisiteness and standards.

In order to save some effort in conversion when promoting silver and copper coins, Zhang Cheng deliberately changed it to a decimal system instead of the hexadecimal system that was popular in Ming Dynasty. Instead of Daming's one tael equals sixteen coins.

In this way, one tael of gold is equal to about ten taels of silver, and one tael of silver can be exchanged for two thousand zhiqian. Exchange [-] to [-] coins.

Anyway, the face value of these silver and copper coins has been marked on them, and they can be distinguished by size. When people use them, they only need to settle with the marked currency value. Exchange it in the official stores of each castle.

Zhang Cheng's idea is still like a military ticket, and the civilians are not forced to use silver and copper coins, and they are still distributed to the battalions and garrison troops under his command in the form of military pay.

Today, military tickets are widely accepted in Beilu, and its biggest advantage is stability. At first, soldiers had to go to official stores to exchange them for rice, cloth, and silver before they could be used.

Now all the shops on the North Road have directly collected the military ticket for settlement and change, and even the nearby castles on the East Road have been affected by the military ticket, and they trust it.

It is precisely because of the foundation of the military ticket that he dared to use silver and copper coins to replace the salary. In the future, the combination of military tickets will gradually become popular on the North Road, and the acceptance and popularization among the people will definitely not be a big problem. .

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Zhang Cheng grabbed a few silver and copper coins, and said to Zhang Chengfang who was waiting on the side: "Take them and taste them with the gentlemen."

Zhang Chengfang stepped forward according to the order, put away the silver coins on the big case, held them in his hands, and presented them to all the people. Everyone got a few coins, and held them in their hands to play and watch.

"Deputy Marshal, this thing is really exquisite, but military households are used to making money, so I'm afraid they won't recognize it." Gao Jingong said with a puzzled face.

Zhang Cheng just smiled and didn't say anything.

Yan Qingrong also smiled, and he said, "The deputy commander intends to use this instead of salary to pay the soldiers?"

Zhang Cheng said with a smile: "Military tickets have been issued before, but the military tickets are divided into three types: grain, cloth, and silver. They are complicated and easy to damage, and there are indeed many inconveniences. Therefore, the commander wants to use this to replace part of the military tickets." .

In the future, military tickets will only be one type of food stamps, and cloth tickets and silver tickets will no longer be issued to soldiers, but will be replaced by the silver and copper coins in your hands. "

"Wow!"

"Wow..."

Chen Zheng held more than ten silver coins and slipped them from his left hand, then caught them with his right hand, and then dropped his right hand into his left hand. He was intoxicated listening to the pleasant sound of the silver coins colliding with each other.

At this time, Zhang Cheng said again: "Chen Zheng, although you are in Chicheng and you are strictly training the two new troops in the camp, you should pay more attention to the Yunzhou side, especially the two places of the ticket office and the mint."

"Here!" Chen Zheng hurriedly put down the silver coins in his hand, and responded loudly.

Zhang Cheng looked at Shi Tiegen again, and said, "According to the preliminary statistics of Mr. Jin at Dushikou, nearly two-thirds of the military tickets issued earlier have been taken back by the official stores in each castle, and less than one-third of the tickets are still returned." In the hands of the sergeants, there is not much pressure on financial payment.

Some time ago, this commander went to Yongning to suppress the bandits, and when he was promoted to the deputy general, the congratulatory gifts from the adults and merchants in the city were nearly ten thousand taels of silver, and the income from the bandits was even more than forty thousand taels.

You can arrange the Mint to mint 10 taels of silver and copper coins in advance. These are not urgent for the time being, and there is no need to rush the work. The quality must be guaranteed. Only excellent, unscrupulous folks are not easy to imitate. "

"Here!"

"Li Chengmao, Artillery Bureau, in addition to manufacturing the No. [-] and No. [-] guns, flying guns, tiger squatting guns, and mortar guns, you will also start to trial-produce the No. [-] and No. [-] Frang machine guns to ensure their power. It is important not to explode the chamber, and it can be prepared in large quantities only after the trial production is successful.

Such artillery weighs hundreds or even thousands of kilograms, and the artillery carriage must be designed and manufactured at the same time, so that it is convenient for the army to drag and carry it when going to war, and it also saves the trouble of digging the artillery positions during wartime. function, you should remember it. "

"Here!" Li Chengmao and Shi Tiegen, the directors of the Artillery Bureau, responded in unison.

Afterwards, everyone chatted about other military affairs. They also knew that Zhang Cheng was short on time to return to Chicheng, so they picked some important matters to report, discuss, and after all matters were agreed upon, they immediately resigned.

After everyone retreated, Zhang Cheng felt a little tired. He ordered Zhang Chengfang, Zhang Jintai and others to rest on their own, and then walked slowly to the inner courtyard under the guidance of several healthy women.

His wife, Ji Xuanzhu, was pregnant for more than five months. Although it seems that the danger of going to Henan this time is not great, it is a fierce battle after all, who can guarantee that it will be safe!

The first important reason why Zhang Cheng rushed back to Chicheng this time was to take a look at Ji Xuanzhu, not only as a companion, but also to make himself feel at ease, and by the way, bid farewell to the two old ladies.

(End of this chapter)