Chapter 65: Paper Money in Circulation

We talked about our reunion at the Daliang wine shop, and looked at the sky with the moon in Linqiong.

How much love I have to tell you, how many towers are in the mist and rain.

If we talk about the best wine in Shenzhou, it is undoubtedly the fine wine used as tribute to the royal family. But if we talk about the most popular wine in Shenzhou, it is definitely Daliang wine.

In the misty rain, drinking and chatting in the wine shop is the favorite thing of the people of Daliang, and it is impossible to count.

After Shenzhou took control of Qushui County, naturally, Daliang wine began to spread throughout this land.

"Hooha ...

Leone slammed the bowl in his hand heavily on the table, closed his eyes, his face flushed, and let out a joyful cry.

"This wine tastes really good! It's much better than what I drank in the capital before!"

Najeshitan looked at Leone helplessly. In fact, it was not just her. Even the two men, Labock and Brand, who usually did not drink alcohol, were now holding jars of wine and starting to drink.

On the opposite side, Chi Tong grabbed a roasted leg of lamb in one hand, taking a bite left and right, finishing the food in his hand at an astonishing speed.

The girl's cheeks puffed up cutely, and her pretty face was full of happiness and satisfaction.

The only normal ones were probably Main and Hill.

"You guys..."

It was rare to see her subordinates in such a comfortable and relaxed posture, which made Najeshitan smile unconsciously.

She was sitting next to the window, and she could see the bustling street outside by just turning her head slightly.

Compared with the imperial capital, this place is a completely different world.

This is true for both the style of urban architecture and the way people dress on the street.

But more importantly, Najeshitan felt the vitality and energy here that she had never felt in the capital.

The people here, even the most ordinary peddlers, live passionately and hard.

But in the imperial capital, there are lifeless people with numb eyes everywhere.

She couldn't help but wonder, if the revolution succeeded, would it make people live so happily?

It's not like she hasn't been to the Revolutionary Army Headquarters before. It's undeniable that compared to the Imperial Capital and even other areas of the Empire, ordinary people in the headquarters live a good life.

But compared with Qushui County, it is incomparable.

Even in the headquarters of the Revolutionary Army, there were destitute people struggling to survive.

The Revolutionary Army didn't seem to have any good solution.

Although they distributed food relief, they did not have enough food of their own.

In order to trade with the alien races in exchange for their support, they had to allocate part of their already limited food to the other party at almost no price.

This makes the amount of relief received by the disaster victims in this department almost negligible.

At this time, the waiter came up to the second floor with a tray full of meat and walked quickly towards them.

Najeshitan handed the waiter a gold coin, but unexpectedly the waiter said, "You gentlemen, have you just arrived in Qushui County?"

"Oh? How did you know?"

"Here."

The waiter pointed at the gold coins. "In Qushui County, almost no one uses the Empire's gold coins anymore.

Now everyone uses Shenzhou's paper money for transactions.

If you want to live a normal life, please go to the city's money house to exchange your gold coins for some Shenzhou paper money.

Merchants from other places also need to do the same when purchasing here."

Najeshitan was full of curiosity and asked the waiter to show her a banknote.

Playing with the banknotes issued by Shenzhou, Jie Xitan was thoughtful.

Although she did not understand finance, she at least knew common sense - a piece of paper could replace gold coins. To achieve this, the ruler must make the ruled treat him absolutely.

Otherwise, why would others exchange real money for your paper?

Just from this point, Najeshitan realized that Shenzhou's rule here has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Even if the revolutionary army really came, it would probably be difficult for the people here to accept them, right?

Thinking of this, Jie Xi felt a little discouraged.

The waitress was a very enthusiastic person. She accepted Najeshitan's request, exchanged some of her own banknotes for Najeshitan's gold coins, and showed her the way to the money house.

After the waiter left, Leone and the others took the banknotes and examined them carefully.

"If you use paper as money, aren't you afraid that others will counterfeit it?" Leone said dazedly, with drunken eyes, holding up the banknote to the light.

Brand flicked the banknotes in his hand and shook his head. "It's not that simple. I've never seen this kind of paper before, and it's printed very beautifully. I think the production cost of this thing must be very high. Ordinary people can't even think of imitating it."

"Do you think this is a conspiracy?" Marin suddenly asked, "Think about it, if everyone uses their own money to exchange for this thing, can't they use this kind of paper to push everyone's money in?"

"If you think this way, it only shows that Miss Mayin does not understand our financial system.

A gentle voice sounded behind her, which startled Marin.

Najeshitan and the others were startled and turned around to see Ning Qingxuan walking towards them with a smile.

Seeing this prince again, Maine and Hill couldn't help blushing, especially Maine, who seemed to have been saying bad things about him behind his back just now.

Ning Qingxuan walked to Ma Yin's side, casually took out a hundred-dollar bill, and placed it in front of everyone: "This kind of money has a full set of anti-counterfeiting marks, such as here and here, as long as you change the angle, you can see different patterns, and here, there is an embedded anti-counterfeiting chain, this place can also be seen when you look at it against the light..."

"Why not just use the original gold coins instead of making it so complicated?"

Najeshitan quickly calmed down and raised new questions following Ning Qingxuan's words.

The leader of the night attack was not surprised as to why he appeared here.

I have already entered the enemy's base camp. It would be strange if they still don't know about it.

"This is of course to better control the economic order, maintain the stability of prices in the market and enable us to have a series of effective fiscal measures...

Ning Qingxuan found a random place to sit down and began to briefly explain some modern financial knowledge to the people who came to attack at night.

These theories, which sounded like fairy tales, left the crowd puzzled.

Najeshitan could understand a little bit, but the others couldn't understand at all.

But precisely because she could barely understand, Najeshitan became more and more aware that this Shenzhou seemed not only to be strong in military power, but also possessed abilities and means in governing the country that the revolutionary army could not even catch up with.

Is it just a matter of money, and there are so many ways to do it?

Najeshitan's eyes gradually became blurred.