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Chapter 50
(The picture shows the treasure banknotes of the Ming Dynasty)
Wang Chengen didn't let Yang Reform's infinite fantasies last long, so Wang Chengen recruited a bunch of people for Yang Reform.According to Wang Chengen, there are "master printing masters" from the Sili Supervisory Economics Factory, and "masters" who make banknotes from the Ministry of Household Affairs. , With one order, these people all came.

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"... Cao Min kowtows to His Majesty, long live my emperor, long live..." It may be the first time I saw the emperor, so I was very excited, so my voice was uneven, high and low, but fortunately I kowtowed well Very "fierce", one by one fell to their knees on the ground neatly, and then hit the floor with their heads.

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"Get up. I am looking for you today. There is one thing that needs you to complete. If you complete it, you will be rewarded. Needless to say, it is possible to become an official. I will definitely use it. Your life , and will definitely be rewritten, one person will be rewarded for completing it alone, and several people will be rewarded for completing it together, and all partners will be rewarded..."

As soon as Yang Reform came up, he put down a little "capital". Yang Reform has no shortage of money for the time being. Tens of thousands of taels, tens of thousands of taels are still available for the time being, officials!It's even simpler, just fiddle with it casually, and you're an official.Also very easy.It couldn't be easier to use to lure these people.

"Ah!", "Shoot...", a group of people exclaimed, and each of them suddenly raised their heads, their eyes widened, and they looked at His Majesty the Emperor fiercely.I was really shocked by the emperor's words!Will such a good thing happen to us?Looking at the emperor's eyes became more intense.

Yang Reform suddenly felt as if there were dozens of lasers sweeping around his body!Looking at the eyes of these people, you will understand that enthusiasm, blazing, excitement... etc. are mixed together to form a "human body laser beam".

Yang Reform was speechless, this person's desire is really too big!

Wang Chengen couldn't bear to watch it from the sidelines. You grassroots dare to stare at His Majesty with your eyes. If you don't want to die, you immediately shouted: "Quiet!"

A group of talents realized that this is the imperial palace, and what they were meeting was the emperor, not relatives from their own family, so they hurriedly lowered their heads.

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"This matter is actually very simple. I am going to issue something called a lottery ticket. I need to print tickets for others. It is a timely and fast printing ticket, and it needs to be anti-counterfeiting and anti-cheating, but the price must be very low. Not more than a penny..."

Yang Reform thought for a while, said everything that came to his mind, and then said, "Big companion, show them those white jade balls first, and then tell them the rules..." Yang Reform suddenly thought, he still put Show them things, see if they have any good ideas, and see if their two-color ball can handle it.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen agreed.

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After a while, 33 white jade balls and [-] emerald balls arrived in front of the group of people. After they watched for a while, Wang Chengen explained how to play the two-color ball and the emperor's problem.

These people are also in a fog.Fortunately, there are finally a few smart people.After reading it, I thought about it for a while.Finally got some ideas.

"Report to Your Majesty, Caomin Awu has something to report." The person who wanted to report in his early days was about twenty years old.He still looks very capable, with bright eyes.It must be a person who has some ideas and is unwilling to be inferior to others for the rest of his life. He is a young man who wants to stand out.

Yang Reform took a look, but it wasn't very real. Between the emperor and the group of people, Wang Chengen separated with a curtain to block his sight.For such an operation, Yang Reform agrees. Yang Reform is planning to leave the palace in the future, and he does not want more people to know him and cause trouble.

"Your name is Ah Wu? Well, tell me what you think. It's a good idea. You can solve my problems. I'm not stingy with money. You can be an official." Yang reformed his "big capital".In fact, it is just a haircut to benefit these people.

"Report to Your Majesty, Caomin has already roughly understood what His Majesty means. Caomin is a banknote maker in the Ministry of Household Banknote Lifting Department. He has done some research on printing bills and making secret marks, and is willing to work for His Majesty."

"Well, very good, I've made a note of it, then you can tell it, those who make merit will be rewarded." Yang Reformed.

"Report to Your Majesty, Caomin believes that it is feasible to print the 'lottery ticket' and print special numbers on the 'lottery ticket' according to the customer's request, and make a secret mark to prevent counterfeiting. It's the same as a 'lottery ticket', the only difference is that His Majesty requires a set of numbers to be imprinted according to the wishes of the guests. This can be done, but it is more troublesome. There are countless combinations of numbers, sorry for your audacity, even if His Majesty uses the entire household staff to carve these boards, you will never be able to complete the combinations of these numbers for a while..." The man named Ah Wu spoke clearly and loudly, expressing his meaning It is very clear, it seems that he is still a "talent".

Yang Reform was dumbfounded.After being told by this man named A Wu, Yang Reform felt that his lottery plan was full of loopholes!It is estimated that it is going to be soaked.There are countless combinations of these numbers, and one combination requires a stereotype?I am afraid that the rigidity should be released with the Bauhinia City.

Yang Reform thought for a while, and then said: "What if there is movable type printing? How about using movable type printing plates?" Yang Reform did not give up, and decided to try again.

The man named A Wu pondered for a long time before he said: "Your Majesty, the grassroots have also experienced movable type printing, so it is possible, but the handwriting of this movable type printing is relatively blurred, and the requirements for ink are higher, so a special one is required. Batch typefaces, special inks will do.”

Yang Reform was overjoyed when he heard that there was a connection, and said, "Can it work? Well, if you print specific numbers according to the customer's requirements, how many can you print in a day?" Modern lottery tickets are issued by computers, with a few ticks. , it came out.You can use any number you want. In ancient times, there was no such condition.Even if it is movable type printing, it needs to be rearranged.It takes time and manpower.

Ah Wu thought for a while, and returned: "Your Majesty, at the speed of the grassroots, it takes about a few breaths, or a dozen breaths, to rearrange these numbers. How long does it take for the grassroots to correct the correctness and error, and try to print it before you know it works. It's not available..." This person didn't dare to make a promise now.I became less confident in speaking.

How much interest?Dozens of interest?how much is thatHow many seconds?Ten seconds?Yang Reform was speechless, without a measure of time, it was so difficult to even talk!

"Then tell me how many times you can arrange continuously in four hours a day." Yang Reform directly asked how many times you could arrange in eight hours a day.This is relatively simple.

That man named A Wu was flustered and in great pain, arranging these movable type all day long?Isn't that killing people?Is it my life to keep arranging those numbers for the emperor?After thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, about a thousand times is already the limit of grassroots... No matter how many times, it will cause dizziness, easy proofreading mistakes, and misalignment." A Wu didn't want to do this all day long. , Even if you give it to an official, it doesn't make much sense.

a thousand times?Yang Reform silently calculated again. If one person buys one of the millions of tickets in the capital, one thousand people will be needed to "print" these tickets, that is, one thousand lottery stores, which are barely acceptable, but just "printing" The manpower is not enough, we still need a storefront, and other people need to raise money, and these costs will be added to the lottery.After careful calculation, the cost has increased a lot.

"Then the typesetting and printing are all right, what about anti-counterfeiting and anti-cheating? Is there any good way?" Yang Reform thought for a while and asked again.

That Ah Wu was obviously better at this, and replied: "Your Majesty, as long as the anti-counterfeiting is the same as the treasure banknote, there is almost no problem. Secret marks and code words are not a problem. The more difficult thing is how to prevent cheating. If you print a lottery ticket to claim the prize from the previous days, it will be more troublesome."

"Then how to solve it?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, you will need a double copy. Each lottery ticket will be printed in two copies, one for the guests, and the other for the government's archives. The printed receipts need to be collected every day and archived in a secret place. To prevent others from cheating..."

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(End of this chapter)