Chapter 0105 Real Gold and Fake Money

"Yes, Lord Duke!" Master Bouz was visibly nervous.

He rummaged through his pocket three times, and with the help of his little granddaughter Esther, he took out three golden dragons from his pocket, and with his fingers trembling slightly, he gently placed them in front of Duke Tywin.

Duke Tywin's gaze made both Buzz and Esther tense.

The room was silent, save for uncontrollable swallowing and heavy breathing.

This is an unofficial 'counterfeit'.

This is the first time this has been seen in the West.

This is what Gregor Clegane did.

Three golden dragons with different vintages and images.

The first golden dragon is new, with the face of King Robert Baratheon on the obverse. Duke Tywin glanced at the Bachelor, and Scholar Potter immediately took out the same golden dragon and placed it next to the 'counterfeit coin'.

No matter how you look at it, the brightness of the king and the golden dragon itself on the counterfeit coin is slightly more durable and of better quality than the genuine golden dragon.

Turning over the back of the two golden dragons, the back is a three-headed dragon of the same shape, and the carving is concave and convex and visually aesthetic, and the counterfeit exceeds the genuine.

In terms of color, the brightness of the counterfeit is also higher, with a very light red bright color in the golden yellow, which adds to the texture.

Duke Tywin was a good student of coins, but he couldn't see how the faint red color of a fake was made compared to the real thing.

"The model was made by Master Bouz?" said Duke Tywin, surprised by his master's workmanship.

"Yes, with the help and involvement of Master Tob. Master Bouz said. He felt like an invisible iron plate pressed against his chest.

That's why Master Tob is here, and he's also involved in making counterfeit coins. Booz's granddaughter was also involved, so she was here too. Jenny Westerling is their master, so Jenny Westerling is here too. Alec, who can cook noodles, has no knowledge of this secret, and she is left in the kitchen.

Privately minting coins is a capital offense for a commoner! For nobles, raiding homes and depriving them of their knighthood.

But the kind old man Buz was forced!

The youngest granddaughter has also been forced to marry the neurotic Bolliver Knight.

It is a great crime to smug a golden dragon, but the owner, Demon Mountain, sent them to report to Duke Tywin after the model was completed and the first 'counterfeit coin' was attempted.

Old Man Buzz's mind went blank the moment he received the 'order'.

This should have been a secret crime, but the magic mountain was not afraid of death, and even asked Old Man Buz to report to the Duke with his granddaughter Esther and Master Tobu. Although the old man was scared half to death, he still had the strength and courage to stand firm because of the presence of the hostess Jenny.

The tricks played by the high-ranking nobles, the old man was sure that he could not understand at all.

But man is a sword, and I am a fish.

The old man could only take a deep breath and adjust his 'fiery' heart and tumbling 'feelings'.

Looking at the 'fake golden dragon' that was more real than the real thing, Duke Tywin's nail gaze gradually softened.

"How did you make this bright silver?" Tywin asked. His gaze swept over everyone present.

"There's a little copper in it!" said the old man. He winced and glanced at Jenny Westerling, swallowing back the rest of the sentence. β€”β€”The technique of adding copper was completed under the guidance of Lord Moshan.

Adding a certain percentage of copper instead of gold reduces the real cost, and second, it is more beautiful and textured than ordinary technical real coins, and more real than real coins. If it is in circulation, people will be more willing to use this golden dragon. No one can tell with the naked eye that the counterfeit gold dragon is filled with copper, and the technology of this era cannot be tested, which is the secret of black technology.

"Lord Magic Mountain's idea. Tywin asked. His eyes looked at his adopted daughter, Jenny, beside him.

"Yes, Father. ”

It was not only the idea of Lord Moshan, but the technique of adding copper was also guided by Moshan.

Tywin was expressionless.

In the eyes of the simple old man Bouz, Tywin is a terrible old thief who is serious on the outside, but sinister on the inside. In contrast, the old man felt that the Duke was more terrifying, terrifying, and terrifying than the Magic Mountain.

Tywin picked up the second golden dragon, one that was completely indistinguishable from his impressions, with the face of his former friend, the Mad King Elise Targaryen, the last king of the Targaryen dynasty, who had sent his dynasty and royal family into a dark hell sixteen years earlier.

Bachelor Potter took out a golden dragon of the same age, and the two golden dragons were put together, and Duke Tywin, who was unmatched in his familiarity with gold, could not tell which one was real and which one was fake.

In fact, the two golden dragons are real, one is from the king's mint, and the other is from the magic mountain's private mint.

It's all real money! It's all the same casting technology! It's just that the people who cast it are different.

"There's no copper in there?"

β€œ...... Plus, my lord, ......" Master Buz's anxiety gradually calmed down.

"Oh!" Duke Tywin picked up the two golden dragons again, and it turned out that even if copper was added, the golden dragons would not show a slight bright red texture. The master is worthy of being a mint who has worked all his life in the mint on the outskirts of King's Landing.

The third golden dragon is engraved even older, the old golden dragon more than two hundred years ago, the gold coin from the time of the cruel Maeg I, the gold coin has been aged, worn, the luster has disappeared, and the part has turned black.

It's a technique that needs to be worn.

Duke Tywin was aware that this 'counterfeit' was minted, and although he remained silent, he was surprised again by the technique of aging.

But the technique of doing old is also what Magic Mountain taught to Old Buzz. Old Booz didn't say that to Tywin.

Daily use or environmental factors can cause gold to lose its lustre. This is because gold cannot be completely free of impurities, and this backward era of semi-animal husbandry and semi-agriculture cannot be refined into 100% pure gold.

When a large amount of fine dust contained in the dry air falls on the golden dragon, and when the sweat discharged from the human body comes into contact with the silver or copper contained in the gold itself, it produces silver chloride and copper sulfide, which appear dark black.

Only 100% pure gold will shine brighter the more you use it.

Two hundred years ago, the gold coins of the Targaryen royal family were minted and the gold was purified even worse than it is now.

Three golden dragons of different ages and appearances, taken out for use, no one would have thought that this was a 'counterfeit coin' produced in the village of Klegane. Tywin was sure of that.

"Bachelor, reward Master Buz with two golden dragons. Duke Tywin said.

"Yes, sir!"

Old Man Bouz's heart that had been hanging finally landed.

Now that the golden dragon model has been made and can be cast by himself, the duke can completely kill him.

Duke Tywin left three 'counterfeit coins' behind and waved Old Man Bouz, Esther, and Master Tob out.

Duke Tywin stared at Jenny like a tiger looking at a lamb grazing unaware of the danger.

"Janie, you shouldn't know this?"

Jenny sighed faintly, "...... Father's ...... I'm already married to Clegane......"

There was a lot of silence in the room.

"I don't know anything about the casting of the golden dragon in the Magic Mountain, do you understand? ”

"Yes, Father. ”

"Tell Gregor to leave the noodle business to Count Odd to take care of, and he will just divide the money. Mint the golden dragon, mainly in new coins. ”

"Yes, Father. ”