Chapter 167: The Soap Business and the Minting of New Coins

After two days of preparation, a large amount of soap began to be distributed on the streets of Chijing. The grocery stores that belong to the secret state are covered with so-called 'royal soap'.

"Shopkeeper, what's this?" The purchasing staff of Meng Zhuoyan's family was very honored to come over as a trustee.

"This! This is the soap that His Majesty has just developed! It's better than soap! The laundry was very clean! Washing your face and hair, washing your clothes, it's very good! ”

"How much?"

"According to the new money, Wutongbao is a big piece!"

A new coin is a new coinage from the mint.

Complemented by a hydraulic hammer and a fine mould, 3.3 grams of gold and 0.2 grams of silver were mixed together and minted into a tael almost equivalent to a Ducat. The reason for the continuation of the name of the two is, of course, to follow the habits of the Han people.

This kind of gold coin is called the founding gold coin. On the front is an engraving of the Dnieper River of Qin Cangce, and on the back is the prosperous scene of Chijing.

Then there are the silver coins. During this period, the ratio of gold to silver was generally stable at 1:12. Later, under the impact of the era of navigation, the ratio of gold and silver fell all the way to 1:20. The silver-copper ratio is stable at around 1:20, and different regions also have different algorithms. However, this ratio has not been maintained since then. Under the impact of the large copper mines in Sweden and the copper in Japan, the ratio of silver-to-copper ratio fell all the way to four or five times that of this time.

Founding silver coin, 10 grams of silver + 3 grams of copper. A very heavy large silver coin, which is the main currency of the country. On the front is the national flag of the Han Chinese, and on the back is the picture of the Grand Fleet crisscrossing the sea and the queue to be shot.

Founding Treasure, copper coin, 6 grams of copper + 2 grams of tin. When tin is added, the copper coin is white and beautiful, and is called cupronickel. This tin ore was brought in from the Caucasus.

The normal ratio is 1 to 6 for gold and 20 for silver and 20 for silver and copper.

However, after the Founding Gold series put 5,000 gold coins, 50,000 silver coins and 200,000 copper coins in advance, all the new coins in the entire market were exchanged by others in an instant. It's still a high price exchange.

Bad money drives out good money, and sure enough, it happened. However, Qin Cang was very happy. There is even a special exchange window in the newly opened national bank. Trade old money for new money.

Although the composition of the Founding Gold Coin is 0.2 grams less than that of the pure Ducat, the exquisite production has made the Founding Gold and Ducat's exchange ratio in the market reach one to two, and the Hyperen has reached a high exchange ratio of one to seven. The same is true for silver coins, where the lira and Sodir were overwhelmed by the onslaught of the gold and silver coins of the Founding Series.

Obviously, it is about the same composition, and the exchange rate of the founding silver coin has also reached twice the high price.

Seeing such a situation, Qin Cang, who was originally going to exchange one-to-one, immediately changed the exchange window to one-to-one exchange.

In other words, for every gold coin exchanged, Qin Cang earned half a gold coin!

Such an exchange storm lasted for half a month. Until the market was filled with a large number of officially released gold and silver coins, the car still could not be stopped. Many merchants from other places came to the rescue to exchange their old currency for new fine coins.

Jinyinwei in Jianye Province and Jinshan County in Heijin Province, as well as the Second Jinshanwei in Anxi County (i.e., the Mysk Gold Mining Area in Odessa Oblast) are increasing their horsepower to excavate gold and silver. For every hundred grams they dug up, two grams could be divided equally. It's small, but it's a lot of money.

A rough calculation shows that more than 60,000 founding gold were exchanged in the entire July, and almost half of this alone was earned! It can be said that Qin Cang is taking the mint machine and plundering the private wealth again. Fortunately, Qin Cang didn't have the idea of doing this for a long time. Soon, the state will put a lot of money into the market, which can help cool the market and prevent inflation.

Coinage is indeed the most lucrative business in the world. You don't see that the United States prints dollar money every year, and it is almost using waste paper to plunder the world's wealth. Qin Cang also became a US imperialist who did things.

However, Qin Cang's founding gold coin does have a high degree of recognition in the Black Sea. Merchants and lords of the Kandal Sultanate, the Trabzon Empire, the Kingdom of Georgia, and other places were very fond of this fine coin.

The only thing they were unhappy about was why the front was the appearance of the Great Khan of Terror...... It's like when a European eats and finds that the bottom of a bowl is engraved with Attila or Genghis Khan......

However, in the long run, this can also improve Qin Cang's bad reputation.

On the first day, all the soap in the shops in Akakyo was out of stock.

The next day, the shops continued to display out-of-stock signs.

On the third day, the soap factory began to recruit employees on a large scale.

The soap factory is located further south in the southern district, where there is a river, and most importantly, the water of the river in front of the door is no longer clear....... After all, there are a huge number of people living there. Although there are inspectors from the inspection department and cleaners under the capital, as well as sewers, there are still people who do not pay attention to hygiene.

"Are you willing to sign a three-year contract with the company? Two gold and two silver a month, plus living allowances. ”

Those who came to apply nodded in agreement.

"Remember! Don't snoop around inside! Know something, don't say it! Otherwise, I will send you to the yamen of the inspection to suffer a lawsuit! This is His Majesty's property! ”

The housekeeper's name is Qin Wusheng, and he is one of the distant relatives of the Qin family. But it's already out of five suits.

Workers entered the production process one after another. The original nitrate factory built here was relocated to the eastern part of Baoxi County in the south.

Speaking of Baoxi County, we have to mention the newly relocated immigrants this month.

This month, 40,000 new immigrants moved in. Of these, 20,000 were allocated to the junction of Heijin Mansion and Jian Ye Mansion. Here, there is the original gathering place of Han Chinese. Therefore, in order to strengthen management, Huilin County was set up here, and the county governed Huilin Town. Immediately wait for the immigrants to join, and after the industrial expansion, the town will be upgraded to a county.

Another 10,000 people were intercepted by Xisai Port and Yanqingwei. The port of Cisse expanded their shipbuilding industry and supported the cement-lime industry in the West Crimean peninsula. Yanqingwei was promoted to Yanqing County with the support of this group of people. The county governs Yanqing Town. (The above map has been updated)

As a result, another group of supporting officials took up their posts.

At the beginning of August, the soap business had reached the point where the daily output of 10,000 yuan could not fill the dealers. These new agents took soap from Chikyo to open up a market in the Sea of Azov first. When the market in the Sea of Azov expanded rapidly, business went with ships to what is now the major sales area – the three countries whose names do not need to be named.

As for the Circassian emirate on the eastern side? Forget it, they will continue to leave it to Luo Shengzhi for smuggling. It's a very conservative bunch.

The boom of the soap business also made Qin Cang firm in his idea of opening the toothpaste line quickly. Sure enough, it is still the most profitable daily necessities.