Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 399

Gu Yuanchen was still very effective in his work. Five days later, stacks of bills exuding the fragrance of ink...uh, food stamps were placed in front of His Highness the King of Chu.

Li Heng and the two magistrates were also invited to watch the ceremony together, and saw that the food stamps were divided into two colors.

The denomination of the blue food stamp is one stone, and it is made of porcelain blue paper.The white denomination is a bucket, and it is made of Chupi Sichuan paper provided by an iron window faction... Of course, that person also got bonus points.

The three officials each twisted a blue food stamp, and saw that it was about three inches long and one inch wide. One stone' words.

Below the food stamps are printed the words 'Printed by the Suzhou Bureau of Weaving and Dyeing, and can be redeemed in the reserve warehouses of Suzhou prefectures and counties'.

On the back is a set of phrases such as "One ticket per ticket, forgery is strictly prohibited, counterfeiting must be investigated, and damages can be exchanged without compensation", and there is also a miniature pattern of the scene outside the Changmen.Looks like a work of art...

"It's so beautiful." Li Heng sighed in admiration, then pointed to the large blank space at the top of the banknote and said, "Is there a bit too much space here?"

"It's better to add something." Xuedinger and Fei Mi also echoed.

"Bingo!" His Royal Highness King Chu snapped his fingers and said, "Then please ask the three of you to sign on it. Coupled with serial numbers and seam stamps, the anti-counterfeiting effect will definitely be excellent!"

"Obey." The three officials felt very honored at first, until they heard His Highness worry:

"Oh, but if it's reprinted, I'm afraid it will be too late. I can only write it by hand."

"No, do you write every one?" The three of them were startled and sweated.There are so many food stamps, but each person only signs one-third of them, so they can't finish signing today, right?

"Of course." Zhu Zhen said solemnly: "Not to mention that it is difficult to forge, if the three of you encounter fake food stamps, you will be able to tell at a glance that your signature is forged."

He said with an apologetic smile and said, "In this way, the three of you should work harder and sign your name on each food stamp. It will save a lot of trouble in the future."

"..." The corners of the mouths of the three of Li Heng twitched, well, they couldn't finish signing in three days.

But who dares to defy His Highness's will?

Instead of moaning and sighing here, it is better to take advantage of the dawn and start working quickly!

Resigned to their fate, the three of them took off their official hats, rolled up their sleeves, picked up a small pen, and began to scribble their signatures on the small food stamps...

Fortunately, the three officials and lords usually don't know how to do anything, so they can sign.The signature of that name is flowing and unique, and no one else can imitate it.

Just like that, sign and sign and sign until the time when the lanterns were held, His Royal Highness Chu Wang let them go.

"Thank you for your hard work, go back and rest." Zhu Zhen said with a smile.

"Thank you, Your Highness..." The three officials wanted to bow their hands in a salute, but they couldn't even raise their right arms, so they could only do a one-handed salute in a funny way.

"Come early tomorrow." Zhu Zhen's next sentence almost knocked the three of them to the ground.

At this time, Luo Guanzhong finished counting, and the three of them signed a total of [-] food coupons today.

"No, it's too slow." His Royal Highness Chu Wang finally showed mercy: "The food stamps with the denomination of one bucket should be stamped with your private seal instead."

"Thank you, Your Highness..." The three officials were moved and knelt down directly.

If they seal it, they don't need to do it themselves.Find a group of young and strong guys, use their unicorn arms to take turns to Kaka, and you can build [-] to [-] sheets a day...

However, Li Heng and the three of them couldn't be lazy, because the food stamps with a denomination of one stone required their signatures... and this blue ticket can exchange a whole 120 catties of japonica rice from the reserve warehouse, so it's true to be cautious .

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On the first day of May in the tenth year of Hongwu, the Bureau of Weaving and Dyeing began to pay food stamps as a deposit to the factories that accepted the order.

Those factories belonging to the iron window faction would naturally hand over the food stamps immediately after receiving them, and they still paid the workers' wages with copper coins.

But those returning home factions, and factories that are not factions, naturally don't keep food stamps... Although these little pieces of paper are pretty nice, they are not as reassuring as real money!
Therefore, when workers receive their money at the end of the day, the weavers in these factories have another choice...either to choose a hundred-wen treasure banknote, or to choose two white food stamps.

Calculated according to the price of food, a food stamp with a denomination of one bucket is exactly worth [-] Wen.

At this time, the weavers had been working for more than ten days, and basically survived the most difficult famine, so many people chose the latter...

Because they are curious - the hottest topic in Suzhou City recently, apart from the sudden high salaries of big households robbing people, is what the hell is 'food stamps'.

Everyone is curious, I don’t know that this thing will make so many shops flock to it, and even promises to use food stamps to get a discount!
Who doesn't want to see, what does this 'food stamp' that the old men are obsessed with look like?Can you really buy something from the store?Can you really go to the storage warehouse to exchange for food?
Driven by curiosity, many workers received two white food stamps, and then called their friends to go to the streets.

The main reason is that I am afraid that I will be beaten out alone...

Liu Erdan is one of them.He followed his workers to Xuanmiaoguan Street, tightly clutching the two food stamps in his arms, fearing that pickpockets would steal them.

A worker at the side laughed at him: "I don't see you being so careful when paying wages in the past."

"I'm not curious." Liu Erdan opened his mouth, speaking with an old northern accent.

The worker laughed and said, "I don't know if I can buy things?"

"You'll know if you don't see it." As Liu Erdan spoke, he raised his legs and walked into a delicatessen with a sign of 'Use food stamps [-]% off'.

Workers followed suit.They dare not enter high-end places such as ready-made clothing stores and gold and silver stores, so they dare to enter such stores that they can still patronize during the New Year and holidays.

"Would you like to order some marinated goods and drink?" The shopkeeper knew that they were all weavers, so he naturally smiled.A hundred coins a day is definitely a high income!

Liu Erdan was not quite used to the shopkeeper's sudden enthusiasm, so he was too embarrassed to meet his eyes.

"Yes. Half a catty of water, half a tongue." Er Dan nodded and said in a crappy Wu voice.

The clerk quickly cut up the two items he ordered and wrapped them in lotus leaves.Crisply said: "Twenty Wen, thanks for your patronage!"

"Accept, do you accept this?" Er Dan nervously took out two crumpled food stamps from his pocket.The workers also held their breath.

"Food stamps? Of course I'll take it." The shopkeeper became more enthusiastic and said with a smile, "And there's a [-]% discount."

"Eighteen Wen, thanks for your patronage!" The man changed his words.

"Okay, that's great." Er Dan hurriedly handed over a food stamp, and the shopkeeper gave him another 32 copper coins.

Er Dan held the copper coins in one hand and the lotus leaf bag in the other, grinning and said, "I'm really not lying!"

When the workers saw it, they also took out their food stamps one after another, and happily bought [-]% off braised goods...

(End of this chapter)