Chapter 1480
Gold-dollar alloy armament, a set of 60 pounds. If it is changed to making coins, millions of coins can be made, but this armament is only priced at a few thousand or a few hundred dollars. The gold-dollar alloy made into coins is money, and made into armaments is just armaments, distinguish them, that's all.
Anyway, apart from Ying Yi, no one has the means to smelt the armaments made of gold-dollar alloys into coins.
What's more, this is only the first generation of coins. In the future, with higher alloy materials, the second and third sets of coins will be released.
As for why not to use paper money, Ying Yi also has his own considerations. Early banknotes were available in the Song Dynasty. However, banknotes are too easy to be imitated, and there will be troubles later. Even in the era before Ying Yi crossed over, counterfeit coins were not uncommon.
At that time, the state's ability to monitor the people was not comparable to what it is now. Great Ming also issued treasure notes, but it also collapsed.
Using non-imitation real objects as coins is easier to be accepted by this era, and it can also reduce hidden dangers.
Liu Yiqian and the others agreed with Ying Yi's coin reform plan after seeing the coin sample.
Liu Yiqian said: "It is feasible to change the coinage of the lord. However, the subordinates think that they can add a few small coins to facilitate the use of ordinary commoners."
Ying Yi waved his hand: "What I took out was just a sample. How to implement it is up to your business department. Just take out the charter and show it to me as soon as possible."
"Yes, my lord." Liu Yiqian suddenly felt in his heart. There are numbers.
Ying Yi said: "The change of coins does not only involve the replacement of gold, silver and copper. How many new coins should be issued, and how to replace them, also requires detailed planning. The volume is coordinated, and how much is issued by the private sector..."
Liu Yiqian said with a smile: "Please rest assured, lord. There have always been rules for the issuance of coins. There are more issuances, and folk objects The price will rise, so that the commoners can't bear it. If there is less issuance, it will be inconvenient to trade and circulate."
Ying Yi saw that he understood the reason, and was immediately satisfied, said with a smile: "So It's good."
then said: "At the beginning of the issuance, it is necessary to exchange the original private currency. How to compare, you must know."
"The processing workshop will meet in half a month. After the armament manufacturing is completed, your commercial affairs department will make preparations first, and then start the matter when the armament manufacturing is finished."
In the following days, Ying Yi specially manufactured ten more specially designed for the production of the armaments. Coin processing table. In addition to the Jinyuan alloy processing workshop, a special coin-making department has been set up, which is directly under the Commerce Department.
In this way, the preparations for the coin change should be done properly.
But Ying Yi still has no free time.
In the half a month when the processing workshop is stepping up the forging of armaments, Ying Yi is busy with Er Niu improving crop seeds. In addition to the large amount of wheat and rice seeds shipped from Kaifeng every day, Ying Yi also improved some daily vegetables and fruits.
The two major aspects of yield and resistance to pests and diseases are improved. A little bit in other respects.
Including home-cooked peaches and plums, woks and so on. They even set up a botanical garden in the mountains to grow various improved fruits and vegetables.
In addition, there are also some cash crops, such as cotton and linen, such as mulberry.
It is planned to gradually introduce these improved fruits, vegetables and cash crops to the people after the improved staple food is popularized.
Although these have to be done step by step, they also need to be prepared in advance.
Wait until the armament task of the workshop is completed, just after half a month. The prepared armament was immediately allocated by the Logistics Department and ordered to be transported by the Auxiliary Department to the various armies for replacement.
After completing the armament task, the gold-dollar alloy is no longer so nervous, and the coin minting workshop under the Commerce Department begins to mint coins.
In the detailed statement handed over by the Commerce Department, three more coins were added on the basis of the five coins that Ying Yi had previously proposed. Half-wen coins under one cent are the coins with the smallest denomination, and then between one cent and ten cents, five cents are added, and between ten and one hundred cents, a fifty cents coin is added.
As a result, the coin is divided into Level 8. From half a text, one text, five texts, ten texts, fifty texts, one hundred texts, then one thousand, ten thousand.
And because of the different currency values, the color is also different. Half coins are bronze, one coins are bronze, ten coins are silver, fifty coins are silver, hundred coins are pale-gold, thousand coins are pure golden, and ten thousand coins are purple-golden.
Coloring and processing are the same process. Coloring is done during processing, so that the color is immersed in the gold alloy and will not be worn.
The matter of making money does not have to be handled by Ying Yi himself. He also has more important things to do.
That is the Bafang Pagoda and the Jiji.
Previously manufactured Bafang Pagoda and Ground Mills were defective and made of Hundred Refinements steel. After meeting the needs of armament, the gold-dollar alloy loosened up, and Ying Yi planned to manufacture several genuine products.
One of the defective products is slightly less functional, and the other is that only one is insufficient.
So in the next half month, Ying Yi completed the manufacture of three octagonal pagodas and two geodesic instruments. On the eve of September, there are a total of three authentic Bafang Pagodas, one inferior Bafang Pagoda, as well as one inferior Jiji and two genuine Jiji. In this way, in a short period of time, whether it is the demand for Origin Qi energy , or the need for improved crops, are no longer tense.
The entire Crescent Valley is on the right track.
Led by Moshi Division, it has two branches: Jinyuan alloy body smelting and manufacturing and processing system, common metal smelting and manufacturing and processing system. Under these two systems, there are also related industries such as raw material mining, preliminary processing, and transportation. A total of 3,000 craftsmen are involved, and 20,000 slaves are on hand.
There are other side branches such as salt making, life and work tool manufacturing, and weaving workshops.
In addition, due to some opinions raised by Ying Yi, it is also planned to build a related industry of glass and ceramic firing and processing near Xiaowangzhuang outside the mountain.
The reason for this is probably a subsidy. The biggest function of the entire Fangcheng Mountain and the two valleys is to meet the official needs of the Ying Yi regime. For the time being, there are only three items that can generate profits externally: salt mines and a small amount of profits from living and working utensils manufacturing and weaving workshops.
It is necessary to develop new profit points, at least to satisfy the self-sufficiency of Fangchengshan and the two valleys. After all, in addition to slave labor, all the craftsmen and workers in Fangchengshan’s industries involved must be paid salaries. This salary cannot always be drawn from Ying Yi.
In addition to the above-mentioned items, Ying Yi gathered up the ammunition manufacturing system for cannons and cannons, and set up an ammunition workshop in a mountain pass outside the Crescent Valley several li.
And issued related tasks of improving gunpowder and fixed ammunition.
By this time, Ying Yi's purpose of leaving Kaifeng to Fangcheng Mountain has almost been achieved. Starting from paying homage to the folks in Xiaowangzhuang, to the jade writing of Yuanfu, the manufacture of gold-dollar alloys, the manufacture of armaments, the reform of coins, the development of new profit points and the establishment of ammunition workshops, one by one, it was completed one by one. After that, Ying Yi left the Crescent Moon Valley with satisfaction and returned to Kaifeng.