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The remaining craftsmen of the kiln

This involves firing materials such as bricks, tiles, and ceramics.

It will undoubtedly take them some time to learn how to make glass.

That's why Wang Jing wanted to assign some of the master craftsmen who made lenses to him.

It can be produced directly.

And the craftsmanship is even better.

It can make larger silver mirrors.

Wang Jing hurriedly said, "I am ashamed."

"Blinded by money,"

"It almost ruined important military and national affairs."

Zhao Yuan laughed and said, "I'm envious when I hear that he made more than 30,000 strings of cash in half a day."

"I'm afraid Jingxing will become the biggest customer of the money exchange in the future."

Ren Jinnu also smiled sweetly and said, "Thank you, Lord Wang, for your support of the bank."

Although Wang Jing was the manager of the mirror shop.

However, he still held an official position.

Wang Jing hurriedly replied, "I dare not accept such praise, I dare not accept such praise."

"Deposit it into the bank account; when it's time to settle accounts, just submit the deposit slip to the Ministry of Revenue."

"Otherwise, we'd have to find someone to guard all these copper coins."

"When the Ministry of Revenue wanted cash,"

"I'll come back for it."

Ren Jinnu looked at Zhao Yuan and said, "Could we let Jingxing and the Ministry of Revenue try out our new business first?"

Seeing an opportunity to prove himself, Wang Jing quickly said, "If there's anything I can do to help, just let me know."

Zhao Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Okay."

"Moreover, banks and mirror shops can engage in deeper cooperation."

"For example, the Mirror Bank only accepts bank drafts from draft banks,"

"It can help the bank promote its silver notes,"

"It can also reduce the workload of mirroring."

Ren Jinnu only wanted Jingxing to buy silver notes.

I never imagined that silver notes could be promoted in this way.

Her eyes lit up, and she said in a sweet voice,

"King Liang is wise; in this way,"

"Those who want to buy a silver mirror must first exchange their money for silver notes,"

"And now almost everyone wants to buy silver mirrors,"

"That means everyone has to buy silver notes."

"If all government-run businesses were to accept only banknotes,"

"Silver notes became an indispensable form of currency for everyone."

Wang Jing also sensed something amiss.

"Are silver notes the same kind of paper money as the Jiaozi of the Song Dynasty?"

Zhao Yuan nodded and said, "Yes."

"Banknotes will eventually evolve into paper money."

"However, the initial banknotes were simply bearer deposit slips,"

"As long as you have the banknotes, you can come to the bank to redeem the full amount of money."

Wang Jing praised, "King Liang is truly brilliant."

"The fact that the banknotes can be fully redeemed guarantees their stability."

"As soon as the silver notes were issued,"

"It will definitely be highly sought after by wealthy individuals and businessmen."

"In the past, they were accustomed to using paper money to pay for large sums of money,"

"After the fall of the Song Dynasty,"

"Jiaozi (paper money) became completely worthless."

Merchants could only trade using cartloads of copper and iron coins.

“Silver notes are exactly what they crave,”

"No coercive measures are needed,"

"As long as the banknotes can be cashed,"

"They will use it on their own."

"Of course, the Mirror Shop only accepts banknotes,"

"It does indeed reduce our workload,"

"Today's income is over 30,000 strings of cash,"

"The shop assistants don't even have time to count the money one by one,"

"We can only verify it by weighing it,"

"But there will definitely be mistakes in the process."

"If we had banknotes,"

"Then this problem won't occur."

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Zhao Yuan smiled and said, "Since that's the case,"

"The money exchange then hurriedly produced the bank drafts,"

"Make more anti-counterfeiting labels."

"I will also ask the imperial court to enact legislation,"

"Anyone who forges banknotes shall be executed."

Ren Jinnu nodded and said, "I'll send someone to invite Jin Dajian and Xiao Rang right away."

"Discuss the production of banknotes."

Zhao Yuan quite admired Ren Jinnu's personality and nodded in agreement.

“Alright, then tell them I'll treat them to drinks,”

"I haven't seen them in a long time either."

The jade-armed craftsman Jin Dajian and the master calligrapher Xiao Rang are both now serving as officials in the imperial court.

However, Kim Dae-geon was in the Ministry of Works.

Xiao Rang was in the Hanlin Academy.

He was specifically tasked with drafting the imperial edict for Zhao Yuan.

The deposit slips from the money exchange were designed by the two of them together with the craftsmen from the Ministry of Works.

Under Zhao Yuan's urging,

The craftsmen made the silver note template in just two days.

After Zhao Yuan checked and confirmed that there were no errors,

They then began printing banknotes.

Zhao Yuan stopped having the official gazette publicize the silver notes.

The mirror shop simply posted a notice.

The whole city then knew about the existence of the silver notes.

These few days,

The Mirror Company was enjoying unparalleled popularity for a time.

Thousands of people were queuing outside the mirror shop.

The silver mirrors delivered from the glass bureau every day are snapped up immediately.

Some wealthy families, eager to acquire silver mirrors as soon as possible,

They directly bribed the people at the front of the line.

Ask them to buy the silver mirror on your behalf.

These past two days, the shop has been open for less than half an hour each time.

The newly arrived silver mirrors in the store were quickly sold out.

Once the notice from the Mirror Shop that it would only accept bank drafts was issued,

So the people in line went to the ticket counter to queue up instead.

Fortunately, Royal Bank had already opened several branches in Tokyo.

This diverted a lot of people from the queue.

Merchants in the city heard that there were silver notes that could be cashed at will.

They immediately exchanged a lot of silver notes.

This led to a significant increase in the deposits of the money exchange.

As the Ministry of Revenue began large-scale auctions of farmland and real estate across the country,

The demand for loans is also very strong.

The proceeds from the sale of the banknotes were quickly loaned out.

This brought the Royal Bank's revenue to a new level.

A few days later,

August has passed.

September 1st

Zhao Yuan led 100,000 cavalry and infantry, and 10,000 naval troops on a swearing-in ceremony before setting out on the expedition.

Shi Wengong, Huyan Zhuo, Luan Tingyu, Hua Rong, and Qin Ming led 50,000 veteran soldiers.

Sun Li, Zhang Qing, Huang Xin, Han Tao, and Peng Qi led 50,000 new recruits.

Zhao Yuan's four generals were Li Kui, Sun An, Shi Bao, and Fang Jie, along with his strategist Xu Guanzhong.

General Han Tao and General Peng Qi followed Huyan Zhuo.

Before attacking Liangshan, he was a prefectural militia commander.

After joining Liangshan, Zhao Yuan intentionally placed the two men on equal footing with Huyan Zhuo, allowing them to lead troops independently.

However, the two of them volunteered to serve as Huyan Zhuo's deputy generals.

Zhao Yuan didn't want people to misunderstand that he distrusted Huyan Zhuo and the other two.

He then appointed Han Tao and Peng Qi as Huyan Zhuo's deputies.

The founding of the Great Liang Kingdom