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"I think it's better to go to the bank and exchange it for copper coins to be safer. What is paper worth?"

"But that is paper money issued by His Royal Highness King Wu. His Royal Highness said that paper money and copper coins are of the same value."

"Now it depends on whether the shops accept paper money. If they accept it, the paper money is indeed valuable. If they don't accept it, the paper money can only be a piece of paper."

Everyone is discussing this matter and expressing their opinions.

There are many smart people among them, who can see the key points of the problem at a glance.

The key point of the problem is whether each store accepts paper money. If they accept it, ordinary people can use paper money to buy things of the same value as copper coins.

Then everyone will naturally use this valuable and light paper money.

But if shops don’t accept paper money, and ordinary people can’t buy anything with paper money, then the paper money is worthless no matter how hype it is.

At this time, everyone noticed that there were many carriages on the street, and they were driving rapidly in one direction at the same time.

"Huh? It seems to be the carriage of shopkeeper Chen, I have the impression."

"That seems to be shopkeeper Liu's carriage."

"This seems to be shopkeeper Xue's carriage."

Soon everyone recognized the owners of some of the carriages.

After all, when these people bought the carriage, they ran several times in Yangzhou City to celebrate that they could finally ride in the carriage.

So everyone was very impressed with these people and remembered who the owners of these carriages were.

"The direction they are going seems to be the direction of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion."

At this time, someone suddenly thought of one thing, that is, the direction these shopkeepers are heading to is the direction of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

Thinking of this, everyone immediately realized that it must be His Royal Highness King Wu who summoned these shopkeepers.

As for the reason for summoning them, everyone basically guessed in their hearts.

It must be related to paper money!

Facts have proved that everyone really guessed right.

Li Ke sent someone early in the morning to notify all shopkeepers who joined the chamber of commerce in Yangzhou and Suzhou to come to the Governor's Mansion.

Soon, shopkeepers came to the Governor's Mansion.

This time, there were hundreds of people, Wuyang Wuyang, and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion suddenly became lively.

Thanks to the large area of ​​the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, it seems relatively spacious.

If you change to a place with a smaller space, I'm afraid it will be crowded here.

After everyone found their seats, they waited quietly for Li Ke's arrival.

Soon, Li Ke came here with the head of the Commercial Bureau and the bank, and met these hundreds of shopkeepers.

"See Your Highness!"

Everyone first saluted Li Ke respectfully.

"Everyone should have heard of paper money, right?"

Li Ke didn't talk too much nonsense, and went straight to the point.

"Your Highness, I have heard something."

Everyone nodded. They had heard just now that Li Ke personally handed out paper money to the winners in the bicycle race.

"Look, how about this kind of paper money?"

The head of Li Ke Bank took out some paper money and distributed it to the shopkeepers to let them understand first.

The shopkeepers have heard about the magic of paper money just now, but they have never seen it with their own eyes, so they don't know what paper money is like.

Now that the paper money was in their hands, they naturally began to observe carefully.

Just like the news I heard, the paper money is indeed picked up under the sun, and a transparent "Tang" character will appear.

And as the angle changes, the color of the pattern on the paper money will also change.

What amazed them was that the patterns and patterns on the paper money seemed to be uncannily crafted.

Even the most powerful painters they have ever seen cannot draw such exquisite patterns and lines.

However, the patterns and lines on the paper money are exactly the same on each sheet, and there is no difference at all.

If Li Ke hadn't told them that it was paper money, they might have thought it was a painting by some top painter.

Perhaps, the paintings on the paper money are worth much more than the paper money itself.

Just like the paper money with a denomination of 1 penny in front of you, this painting alone is worth far more than 1 penny.

"Your Highness, this paper money is indeed miraculous."

A shopkeeper couldn't help exclaiming.

"Your Highness, are the patterns and lines printed on it?"

Some people couldn't restrain their curiosity and asked Li Ke.

They knew it must have been printed. After all, a painter can spend one or two sheets of paper, but they can't say dozens of sheets, hundreds of sheets, or thousands of sheets, right?

But everyone couldn't believe that it was really printed, because it was so exquisite.

If this was printed, how finely the engraving would look like!

The technical requirements have probably reached an outrageous level.

"Of course it was printed."

Li Ke smiled, these people just made a fuss.

And haven't seen it yet.

Is printing the difficulty of paper money?

The difficulty is obviously in the color-changing ink and watermark. These people's focus is on the pattern, which is really ignorant.

"Amazing!"

After hearing Li Ke's confirmation, everyone couldn't help sighing.

"Have you noticed the transparent character 'Tang'?"

"Did you notice that the color of the pattern changes with different angles?"

Li Ke asked them a question.

"Return to Your Highness, I have noticed, how is this done?"

These shopkeepers are finally not blind, and they can still notice these high-tech things.

"This is made with exclusive technology. Only the workshops affiliated to the bank have this technology in the entire Tang Dynasty."

"So, there is no need to worry about fake paper money at all, because these are the most obvious anti-counterfeiting features."

"You have to pay attention, if you can't see the transparent 'Tang' character, and if the pattern doesn't change color, it's all fake money!"

Li Ke told them how to distinguish real paper money from fake paper money.

"Your Highness, I will remember!"

These shopkeepers all nodded. These two characteristics are indeed obvious and can be seen at a glance.

"From tomorrow, Yangzhou and Suzhou will issue paper money. As members of the chamber of commerce, as the big shopkeepers of the two places, you will naturally take the lead."

"Starting tomorrow, all your stores are not allowed to refuse paper money for any reason, and you have to go to the bank to exchange paper money in advance for change."

"Whoever this king finds out that the store under his name refuses to accept paper money for any reason, he will be kicked out of the chamber of commerce and his business license will be revoked!"

Li Ke directly stated his purpose for calling these people.

What he wanted to express was actually one.

Paper money cannot be rejected for any reason, as long as you refuse to accept it, I'm sorry, I won't take you to play!

You will be kicked out of the chamber of commerce directly, and your business license will be revoked for you!

PS: Second more! .

Chapter 235 Unfair!Use the original price of copper coins, and use paper money to have a discount!

In the current Yangzhou and Suzhou business circles, those who have not joined the chamber of commerce can only be called small businessmen.

Because he didn't join the chamber of commerce, he couldn't purchase goods from various workshops under the name of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, which meant he lost the most profitable business.

And without a business license, you don't even have to do business!

Anyone who does not have a business license and still opens the door to do business, once discovered, will be seized by the Bureau of Commerce.

Without a business license, you can't open your door to do business, and you can't pay business taxes.

The status they just had and the qualifications of their children to participate in the imperial examination were instantly revoked, and then they returned to the previous situation.

This is unacceptable to them who are used to a higher status now.

Therefore, as soon as Li Ke said these two words, all the shopkeepers at the scene were slightly startled, and their expressions suddenly became solemn.

Originally, I still had a dispensable and indifferent attitude towards paper money, but now my thoughts have changed instantly.

They know very well that once they receive this kind of punishment, they can consider changing their careers.

At least in Yangzhou and Suzhou, it is impossible to get along.

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, we will strictly follow His Highness's instructions!"

All the shopkeepers assured Li Ke in unison, with an extremely firm tone.

They have decided that even if the paper money is really just worthless paper, they have to accept it as money.

There is no way, Li Ke has already spoken, and if they accept it, they may lose a little money at most.

If you don't accept it, you will lose too much.

Besides, they also read the paper money, it was very precious.

And depending on how much Li Ke attaches importance to paper money, this paper money may really have a great possibility of success.

After all, Li Ke gave them the impression that no matter what they did, they would succeed.

If this is the case, then paper money is actually very convenient for everyone, and receiving paper money is also a good thing.

"I hope you will do what you say, and you will follow the banker to exchange money later."

Li Ke nodded. Since these people agreed, there must be no more problems.

After all, the punishment he mentioned is indeed very fatal to these people.

Moreover, as long as these top businessmen are dealt with, the rest will basically be fine.

Because these people have great commercial influence in Yangzhou and Suzhou, and the number of shops under their names has accounted for a very large share.

As long as the shops under the names of these people can use paper money, the value of the paper money will be guaranteed, and it will not become a piece of useless and worthless waste paper.

As for other shops, they will naturally follow up quickly.

Because paper money is very portable, people will definitely be more inclined to use paper money on the premise that paper money can be used.

And other people's shops accept paper money, but yours doesn't accept it, so why don't they go to other people's shops to buy things?

Naturally, all shops will close it.

It's the same as in modern times. Everyone has become popular to pay by scanning the code, but you still put it here to collect cash.

Then people will definitely not come to your house for consumption again, it's all the same reason.

Afterwards, all these shopkeepers came to the bank led by the head of the bank.

They took out their passbooks one after another, and began to exchange paper money.

"Exchange more coins of 1, 5, and 10. It's easier to get change."

The head of the bank also fully considered these shopkeepers and suggested to them.

"What you said is, let me exchange it for 1 penny"‖."

Shopkeeper Chen nodded in agreement. The change is for small denominations, and 1 and 5 coins are the most suitable.