"The Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes are different from the Jiaozi and Qianyi of the previous dynasty. The minimum denomination is fifty guan, which will not be used by ordinary people. It is only to facilitate trade by merchants from Bashu and Han."

"There was no war last year, and there will be no war this year. The national treasury is already full of money and food, and there will be no indiscriminate issuance of banknotes to exploit the people's power. It will not happen now, and it will not happen in the future. Even if it is defaced and damaged, as long as the key words can still be recognized, as long as the banknotes are

There are still 70% to 80% of the money left, and you can cash it out at Baoquan Bureau at any time."

"Of course, in addition to trade, you can also use treasure money to pay taxes. If any yamen dares to refuse to accept it, come to me and file a complaint. I guarantee that he will be dismissed from office immediately!"

"There is no requirement today. You can subscribe on the spot, or you can consider it again."

A wealthy businessman asked: "I am transporting goods to Shaanxi. Can I use my treasure banknotes to pay taxes in Shaanxi?"

Li Rui said: "Yes, it is accepted throughout the country. No matter where the government office is, they are not allowed to refuse to accept Bao banknotes. Although Bao banknotes are not used for transactions in other provinces, when government offices across the country receive Bao banknotes, they can turn them over to the court as taxes."

Seeing that many wealthy businessmen still had doubts, Li Rui added: "As you know, the imperial court collects taxes in Sichuan and Hanzhong, and some iron money is melted every year. It is planned to spend decades to slowly replace the iron money with

Copper coins?”

"I've heard about it." The merchants nodded.

Li Rui said with a smile: "How much iron money there is in Sichuan and Hanzhong, I think you can't count it. The court is determined to exchange the iron money, which means losing hundreds of millions of money in vain. With so much money, the court can throw it away like dirt.

How could they use the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes to exploit money from merchants like you at the expense of damaging the reputation of the imperial court?"

This statement makes sense and is very convincing.

Sichuan was the land of Longxing, and Hanzhong was the core. Merchants still trusted the Ming Dynasty.

The first batch of war bonds issued by Zhu Guoxiang were fully cashed last year, and there was no default.

Some gentry whose families had plenty of money and food, but who were not well-versed in business matters, took the initiative to inquire when new bonds would be issued. They actually wanted to lend money to the court and earn the modest interest safely.

"My Lu family subscribes for 50,000 guan of treasure notes!"

An old man in his sixties stood up. It was Lu Yuanwai, the richest man in Xixiang County. He laughed and said: "The official family and the prince, before they became officials in the former Song Dynasty, I had business dealings with Daming Village. You two

I can trust the saints. Thanks to the two saints in the past few years, the Lu family's business has expanded from Xixiang to Hanzhong, and from Hanzhong to Jinghu and Huainan. Now, it's time to repay the favor of the two saints!"

Lu Heng, the twelfth son of the Lu family, had quietly come to follow Zhu Guoxiang before he captured Hanzhong, and he was properly classified as a hero of Conglong.

"The Min family subscribes for 10,000 yuan!"

The Yuandang Paper Mill founded by Zhu Guoxiang was sold to the Min family and used as military expenses to resist the encirclement and suppression by officers and soldiers.

The Min family has made a lot of money selling paper over the years, and now they are also very powerful in book printing.

"My Sun family subscribes for 20,000 yuan!"

At this moment, an old man stood up: "I am a relative of the emperor, and the Zheng family subscribes for 100,000 yuan!"

Li Rui looked stupidly at the group of merchants in front of him. He thought it would be difficult to sell the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes, but the situation seemed a bit unexpected.

One million banknotes is obviously not enough for the merchants to share!

National and personal credibility come into play at this time.

Before Zhu Guoxiang rebelled, he had an excellent reputation in Hanzhong. He never reneged on his various policies after the rebellion. The issuance and cashing of bonds made the people trust the imperial court.

In less than twenty minutes, Hanzhong's Baobao quota was fully subscribed.

The wealthy Hanzhong businessmen who really don't have enough points want this thing, mainly to pay taxes when doing business abroad. Whether they use silk to pay taxes, or directly extract goods to deduct taxes, it will increase transportation costs for them.

If Ming Dynasty treasure money can pay taxes across the country, wealthy businessmen will make a profit!

"Can Li Juzheng apply to the imperial court to print another 200,000 guan of treasure notes to Hanzhong? There are still more than ten of us who have not bought them." Suddenly a merchant asked.

"ah?"

Li Rui was immediately dumbfounded.

Even Huang Shuao was dumbfounded. When he was a local official in the Song Dynasty, he witnessed merchants collaborating in a collective strike to oppose Cai Jing's issuance of money.

How did the same thing become so popular in the Ming Dynasty?

It's very simple. The government itself does not recognize the banknotes issued by Cai Jing and cannot be used to pay taxes at all.

Watching the merchants leave, Huang Shuao said with emotion: "The new dynasty has a new atmosphere. Merchants are as cunning as they are, but they trust the imperial court so much. With the people's hearts like this, how can it not lead to a prosperous age?"
Chapter completed!