Daqin started with offering immortal medicine

In addition, during the production process of the paper, copper wire, silver wire, and gold wire are inlaid to make the paper look very stylish.

Finally, with the printing of ink and the use of fluorescent powder, the entire banknote is printed, which is not only beautiful and stylish, but also shows a good anti-counterfeiting effect.

In Li Yang's words, this thing simply represented the advanced technological level of Qin State at that time, and even the whole world.

After all, this combination of printing, papermaking, chemistry, art, crafts, etc., is destined to make Daqin banknotes in the present world, and they will be exquisite.

Chapter 361 Monetary Policy of the New Deal

Although a small banknote seems extremely simple, it is not so easy to actually make it.

Because Li Yang waited for nearly a month, and he didn't even see a hair, let alone a banknote.

However, there is no way to do this, because the process from material to finished product of a banknote is really complicated.Taking paper as an example, Li Yang put forward extremely high requirements on the material, thickness and texture of paper.

As a result, the papermaking process has greatly increased the difficulty.

Papermaking is not easy, so printing is even more difficult.

The first to bear the brunt is the carving process.

The engraving masters selected from Jiangzuo Shaofu, although their engraving skills already represent the top craftsmanship of Daqin, they almost cried when they saw Li Yang's watermark requirements for banknotes.

This... is too fucking difficult...

A dozen or so board engraving masters have very little sleep time, rushing to work day and night.

In addition to the difficulty of the engraving master, the ink worker is also difficult, because in the past, ink was used for printing.Now, it is necessary to choose a variety of mineral pigments to match colors.Such as azurite, stone green, cinnabar, realgar, muscovite and other minerals, and shell powder, smectite.It is even accompanied by animals and plants such as rouge, carmine, gamboge, Sufang, Qingdai, blue flower, grass juice, and artificial pigments such as yellow vermilion, red vermilion, black vermilion, verdigris, lead red, lead white and so on.In short, the richness of pigments does not vary from dozens of kinds.

In the end, the light ink color and cyan blue color that Li Yang was satisfied with were finally prepared.

Moreover, because of the large number of pigments selected, and the preparation of mineral pigments and plant pigments, the color is rich and full, which is by no means comparable to that of later generations of chemical pigments.

In Li Yang's words, compared with the pigments used to print banknotes in the Great Qin Dynasty, the chemical pigments of later generations are rubbish!

However, what he said was not bragging, because the Daqin banknotes discovered by archeology in later generations really made people of later generations feel ashamed.

The Daqin banknotes are bright in color and will not fade for thousands of years. Coupled with the fineness of the Daqin carvings, the printed Daqin banknotes are not inferior to the banknotes printed by later printing machines.

Of course, this kind of Daqin banknote once became a national treasure of later generations, because it not only represented the craftsmanship of the Daqin Empire at that time, but also represented a certain artistry, as precious and rare as a painter's painting.

Of course, this is all for later, and it is impossible for Li Yang to know about future generations.

In other words, the combination of light ink color and blue-blue color prepared by the pigments this time will be the main color of the future Daqin banknotes. ".

Of course, because there is a gold thread in the middle of the 100 Qin Dao banknotes, the world also called this [-] Qin Dao banknotes "Qin Jin".

In short, green coins, Qin gold, and Qin knives all refer to Qin paper money.

Time passed day by day, until the end of autumn, the samples of Daqin banknotes were finally delivered to Li Yang of the State Council.

"Mr. Zhen, do these new banknotes meet the effect you want?"

1秦刀、2秦刀、5秦刀、10秦刀、20秦刀、50秦刀、100秦刀，共七张纸币样品，何翳一一呈列在国政院李阳的案台上。

Looking at the seven banknotes on the desk, the bigger the denomination, the bigger the paper, Li Yang couldn't hide his excitement.

Reaching out to pick up a 100-dollar Qin coin, the feeling in the hand is very different from ordinary paper.

Because the material of this banknote is mainly cotton, hemp and other fibers, the quality is very tough, and both sides of the paper are watermarked, which is very tactile.

On the front of the banknotes are the top painters of the Qin State. Except for the portrait of Qin Shihuang painted, the portrait is very realistic, and because of the uneven texture of the copper plate, it looks as if the portrait is carved on this paper.

Of course, this is all because of the portraits carved on the copper wire mesh during papermaking. When the pulp is passed through the copper wire mesh to make paper, the paper will appear in different thicknesses or depressions according to the depth of the copper wire, that is, watermarks of various portraits will be formed.This kind of technical craftsmanship is obviously destined to make this banknote unique.

In addition, on the back of the banknotes, there is a picture of the totem of the state of Qin, the black bird, which is lifelike, and the black bird has a simple atmosphere. In addition, the picture of the totem of the state of Qin, the black bird, was also carved on the copper wire net during the papermaking process, so it makes the The black bird picture also has a concave-convex watermark texture, which is very compelling.

However, the most striking thing is the fluorescent line and the gold line on the back.

The fluorescent thread looks like a reflective multicolored blue ribbon during the day. Li Yang believes that ordinary people will be curious about its material and why it has such a luster.

After all, fluorescence is not a pigment, so this fluorescent line, in the eyes of the world, is not printed, it is very special.

And that gold thread is even more awesome.The golden threads are inlaid in the paper, directly making the paper look golden, special, or extraordinary.

All in all, when Li Yang saw these banknotes, he was both pleasantly surprised and amazed.

Because these banknotes are more perfect than imagined, even better-looking than the US dollars and RMB in later generations, and the texture is not too bad.

The only thing that makes Li Yang a little awkward is the head portrait of Qin Shihuang. Maybe Li Yang will see Ming coins all over the street every July and a half in later generations. coin feel.

The main reason, of course, is Qin Shihuang's head portrait, which is somewhat similar to the king of Hades in the later Ming coins.

Of course, Li Yang also knew that this was mainly caused by his own inner thoughts, and that the people who printed Ming coins in later generations all painted the head of the king of Hades, which was caused by Qin Shihuang's first emperor's attire.

However, fortunately, the ghost coins of later generations are all oversized, and the paper quality is too poor, and they are colorful.These cannot be compared with Daqin banknotes at all.

How to describe it, Ming coins give people the feeling of cheap printing paper, while the Qin coins in front of them will give people the feeling of real currency at first glance.This kind of temperament is unstoppable.

It can be said that the Daqin banknotes were very successful.

"Okay, very good! Just print and distribute in large quantities according to this effect!"

Li Yang nodded in satisfaction, approving the effect of Daqin's new banknotes.

"Here!"

He Yi was very happy and immediately took the order to leave.

At the same time, the State Council issued a decree that the whole country will issue new currency, and all financial taxes and taxes will be paid in Daqin new currency.

That is to say, in the future, Daqin's fiscal taxation will no longer use gold, silver, and grain as currency, and only Daqin banknotes and copper coins (coins) will be collected.

Gold and silver, on the other hand, are reduced to the nature of precious metals and are still valuable, but they are not suitable for trading items.

This important policy is naturally destined to be written into history.

Historical records: In the 11th year of AD, at the end of autumn, Daqin implemented a new currency policy, abolished precious metal currency, changed paper currency, and called credit currency, which laid the foundation for Daqin currency to dominate the world for thousands of years.

Chapter 362 Business Society

The issuance of Daqin banknotes went smoother than expected.

It did not appear that the common people were unwilling to accept it as Li Si was worried about. On the contrary, these banknotes were loved and welcomed by the common people.

Especially those Daqin merchants who contracted the canal unexpectedly accepted these banknotes.

This surprised Li Si and even the court officials.