Chapter 1470
The Origin Item equipment involved in the smelting production line of Jinyuan alloy is currently only manufactured by Ying Yi, and no one else.
Of course, the preparatory work for the premise does not have to be handled by Ying Yi himself.
The iron materials from Kaifeng, the iron materials purchased from merchants, and a newly discovered iron ore in Fangcheng Mountain are continuously transported in from outside the mountain, through the Huozihao, gold and gold in Bibo Valley and Crescent Valley. The name workshop, refining, forging, and finally becoming the Hundred Refinements steel.
Ying Yi plans to place the production line in Crescent Valley - Bibo Valley has a narrow space, and ten workshops, warehouses and accommodation for related personnel have occupied almost all the space. There is only Crescent Valley, which is not small in size.
The equipment for smelting gold alloys is not a toy, and the volume is very large. A ten-acre valley can only accommodate one production line and related facilities.
And the smelting of Jinyuan alloy is based on the Bafang Tower. The Bafang Pagoda is located in the Crescent Moon Valley. Although the power of the first inferior Bafang Pagoda can drive the equipment in the Bibo Valley ten miles away, it will cause a certain loss, which is not cost-effective.
To sum up, the smelting plant of Jinyuan alloy must be set up in Crescent Valley.
"Jinyuan alloy is an advanced material whose quality far exceeds that of all today's metal materials." Ying Yi and Jiang Xi walked slowly in the valley. Sundries, those who move stones move stones, those who dig trenches dig trenches.
“Once a production line is established, a large amount of gold-dollar alloys are smelted, the knives and guns made must be extremely sharp, the armors made must be strong and tough, the fire guns and cannons made must be durable, The formidable power has been greatly increased. The enemy's armor is just a piece of paper in front of the weapon made of gold alloy, no matter how thick it is. The enemy's swords, guns and guns are in front of the armor made of gold alloy, no matter how sharp it is. There is absolutely no possibility of armor piercing."
Jiang Xi listened with eyes full of brilliance.
Ying Yi said with a smile: "This first production line, made of Hundred Refinements steel, is exactly similar to the previous Bafang Tower and Jiji, all of which are inferior products. It is smelted and made, and then used to cast the authentic Bafang Tower, Jiji and production equipment. This forms a virtuous circle. It is just the smelting of Jinyuan alloy, which involves some troubles. Not to mention the Origin Item equipment of the production line, only the smelting required There is one kind of raw material, and you have to consider it as appropriate."
"Silver."
Ying Yi said: "For every 2,000 Ib of gold-dollar alloy smelted, one hundred catties of silver are needed. It is 1,600 silver tael."
Jiang Xi heard this and said in surprise: "My lord, is this cost too high?"
Ying Yi voted lightly: "Silver It is a currency in circulation and has a high value. For example, Great Ming, a family of three lived for two or three months in peacetime. I am afraid that only one silver tael is used to save money. 2,000 Ib gold dollar alloy, because of its light weight, according to me It is estimated that a set of full-body armor will cost about 20 catties of alloy. 2,000 Ib is one hundred sets. Not counting the value of other raw materials such as iron materials, excluding labor, the loss of silver as a raw material alone, each set is sixteen taels, That is a pound of silver."
Jiang Xi silently calculated: "In this way, if other raw materials and labor are included, it will cost at least thirty silver tael."
Ying Yi said: "That's right. Thirty-two is not a small number. In terms of armor alone, the entire army of 20,000 or 7,000 people requires eight to 100,000 silver tael. If you include all kinds of weapons, it has to be doubled, one hundred 500,000-600,000 silver tael is for sure."
He added: "The key is that these silver tael can't be returned after they are used up. Unlike commercial activities, where the silver is spent, it is actually still there. , it's just transferred from some people to others. But silver is used as a material to make objects, and when they are used, they are used up, and there is no way to circulate. This is the biggest problem."
"And the scale of gold-dollar alloy smelting will increase over time, and the demand for silver will become higher and higher. Although I have tens of millions of taels of silver in my hand, it is indeed not enough. Once the silver is exhausted, It will cause a huge chain reaction, the gold-yuan alloy cannot be smelted, and the lack of available currency among the people is the top priority."
Jiang Xi was speechless when he heard this, but felt it was troublesome. No matter what solution, he finally said: "Unless silver is no longer currency."
Ying Yi laughed: "That's right."
He paused: "We must ban silver. The currency status of the country can reduce production costs and avoid the serious consequences of lack of private currency.”
Just like in later generations, silver is no longer a currency, but exists as an industrial raw material, and its value is greatly reduced, which can also achieve the effect of reducing costs.
However, Jiang Xi is very clear that silver has been prevalent in this land for many years as a currency. It is not easy to ban silver's currency status in a while.
Actually, the starting cost of a set of full-body armor thirty silver tael is not high. With the productivity of the current society, it used to take a lot of manpower and a lot of time to craft a suit of armor. A good treasure armor, a set of casual hundreds of taels is not necessarily available.
The key here is that silver is no longer just a measure of value, but also a raw material for gold-dollar alloys.
It will be gone when it is used up, and there is no problem of wealth transfer.
Ying Yi had been thinking about this for a long time. The formula for the gold-dollar alloy is obtained when the Origin Item is opened. Ying Yi knew exactly what ingredients were needed. The reason why he didn't say it before and didn't seek solutions for his subordinates was mainly because the governing framework had not been established.
This involves a big problem in the economic system, which cannot be solved by one or two people. The problem must be solved only by the cooperation of the strict ruling machines.
The core is only one, that is to ban the currency status of silver.
Not only silver, copper, gold and other metals that exist as currency, I am afraid that their currency status will be banned one after another.
Because they all have the potential to become industrial raw materials in great demand.
And the specific solution, Ying Yi actually already has a case.
"The silver problem, let's not talk about it for now."
Ying Yi smiled and changed his voice: "Although this problem is not small, it is not impossible to solve. The biggest problem is how to quickly increase the output of gold-dollar alloy. Silver is very important, but in the proportion of gold-dollar alloy, iron is the first."
Jiang Xi pressed his doubts and said: "My lord is wise."
Ying Yi waved his hand: "Therefore, the source of iron materials must be resolved. Nanyang has been the iron smelting center of various Xia dynasties since ancient times. Nanyang will soon fall into my hands. The iron mines and iron workshops in various counties and various places must be seized as soon as possible. As the director of the Moshi Division, this is within your responsibility. The Moshi Division has been established, and the Crescent Valley and Bibo Valley must be managed well. But the iron ore in various places must not be ignored."
Jiang Xi made a bow: "Please rest assured, my lord."
Ying Yi helped him up: "As soon as possible, solve the problem of self-production of raw materials. ."