In this era, if money was issued, the preferred material for minting money was iron, because the production and use of iron were controlled by the state, and the strong and powerful means, coupled with the small amount of iron produced, made the probability of iron money being counterfeited very small.

In addition to iron money, another metal can also be used, that is, copper, copper is called gold at this time, that is, red gold, the output is less than iron, copper is also strictly controlled by the state.

As for the other two, gold and silver, which were widely used in later generations, are not many of them now, and they are unusually valuable, and they can be used as large amounts of money, but they certainly cannot be used for small amounts.

Since An Zhongzhi proposed a plan, he naturally had a draft, after all, he was in charge of these, and said at the moment: "My lord, let's use iron money, I look at the iron ore around Haicheng now, which is enough to meet the need to mint money." ”

Lin Bei shook his head: "Iron money can't work." ”

"Why?" An Zhongzhi said strangely, and Bian Ji also felt strange.

"When the time comes, in addition to the Central Plains, I also need to trade with other countries, these places can mint iron money, once mixed with our currency, it will be greatly disadvantageous to my Wanghai City."

"What's the downside?" An Zhongzhi is still very strange, it is a good thing to be able to use the same money, it is easy to circulate, how can it be disadvantageous?

After thinking about it, Lin Bei gave an example: "I want Haicheng to be rich, if a liter of rice grain is 100 yuan, but a liter of rice grain in the Central Plains is 10,000 yuan, and then for example, in the country of poison, a liter of rice grain is 100,000 yuan, if they come to my Wanghai City to buy rice grain for only 100 yuan, and then sell it to the Central Plains or the poison country, not to mention that these people have a million profits, just say that I look at Haicheng, or it won't be long before the price of rice and grain will skyrocket." This is true for rice and grain, and the same is true for other things, and the reason is that my Wanghai City is not big yet. ”

This involves a trade deficit, so in later generations, the currency rate of each country is different, just to control this trade deficit. Especially small countries, if they can't control the trade deficit, they will destroy the country.

If Wanghai City controls more territory and more population in the future, then the impact of the trade deficit will become another regime, but not yet, in order to prevent this situation, Wanghai City must come up with a unique currency, preferably imitation is not easy, other merchants want to come to Wanghai City to do business. It has to be exchanged for the exclusive currency of Wanghai City, not something that can be faked.

Lin Bei's example is very simple, An Zhongzhi and Bian Ji are not stupid people, so they immediately understood: "My lord's concern is that the prices of goods in many states in the Central Plains are soaring now, and if a merchant brings money to my Wanghai City to buy things, it is indeed easy to cause this situation." ”

"Then you can't really use iron money, can you use steel to mint coins?"

"I remember the blind man Li Yan. The master craftsmen enshrined in the imperial court will also fill the method of steel, right? ”

"Well, but not much."

"That's right, Master. How is the paper made? Lin Bei suddenly changed the topic, from the bottom of his heart, Lin Bei still prefers to use paper money.

Compared with iron money, the advantage of paper money is that it is easy to carry, whether it is in this period or in later dynasties, some large merchants shop hundreds of thousands of taels. It is quite difficult to move and lose, and paper money does not have the disadvantage of zài, so if Wanghai City makes good paper, then it is not a way to use paper money, of course. There is also a need to worry about being copied, but this problem is something that all regimes encounter, and Wanghai City is not the first, nor will it be the last.

Speaking of the paper, Bian Ji laughed: "My lord, now the paper is getting better and better, and the color has become much whiter, and it is getting closer and closer to the goal of the adult, I believe that it will not take long to be as thin as the wings of a cicada and as soft as cotton as the adult said." ”

"Can you make money out of paper? Specially make a kind of paper, to be thicker, textured, at a glance you know that it is very high-grade. ”

Upper grade, it is a new word for Bian Ji and An Zhongzhi, the two thought about it, and roughly understood what Lin Bei meant, Bian Ji groaned and said: "You can try to make some." ”

"If it can be made, it needs to make some special patterns and marks on this kind of banknote, and it needs to make it easier for ordinary people to distinguish its authenticity, can this be done?"

"My lord, this requires a problem craftsman, and the student can't guarantee it."

"In short, no matter what is used as currency, this currency must be imitated and easy to carry, you can also think about it, paper money can be, and other things can also be."

"My lord, what should I call this currency?" An Zhongzhi asked.

"Zhongzhi, you should have an idea, right?"

An Zhong smiled and said: "The adult really knows the villain's mind, how about calling it the Dragon God Coins?" Or the Great Dragon King money. ”

Lin Bei sighed, everything has to do with the Dragon God and the Great Dragon King, but this is indeed certain, if you don't call these two, can you still call it Bian Ji coin? And Lin Bei is sure that as soon as this currency is issued, his avatar will definitely be on it, and everyone will fall in love with Lin Bei

"Okay, then let's do it, do your best to finish this coin, don't wait for next year to distribute the land to the common people, and the common people will have to barter, which is not very convenient."

An Zhong nodded in agreement, promising that he would do his best to get the matter done.

This night, Lin Bei accepted the greetings of the common people again, compared with last night, there are more common people who came today, but Rao is Lin Bei deliberately sped up the speed, and has been worshipping from eight o'clock to twelve o'clock in the evening, but still only accepted the New Year's greetings of less than 2,000 people, which made Lin Bei tired enough, and at the same time, he felt that even his vocal cords were a little dumb.

"It is estimated that the worship will not be finished a year ago" Lin Bei understood why some modern leaders have so many things to do during the festival, that is, there are too many people to worship the New Year, fortunately it is not popular to eat and drink now, otherwise Lin Bei will not have to do anything else in a year, just the common people invite him to eat from this year to next year, and then repeat

When he was tired, he slept soundly, Lin Bei slept until dawn, and only got up after ten o'clock, and then went to the backyard to take a bath.

The red Jiao and the little green snake are still hibernating, but the three turtles are not hibernating, and the weather here in Ninan County is still very warm, which has not affected the development of the turtles.

"Three turtles must weigh forty or fifty pounds." Lin Bei hadn't seen what kind of turtles they were, but as they grew older, their intelligence seemed to be getting higher. For Lin Bei, the owner who has been feeding them, the three turtles no longer have the slightest fear, even if Lin Bei crawls up to them, they are at most just lazy probes to take a look, obviously accustomed to Lin Bei's storage.

After feeding the three turtles again, Lin Bei suddenly remembered the reticulated python. Since the last time the reticulated python escaped, Lin Bei has not seen it again, and at the same time, the reticulated python has not sent prey to Lin Bei anymore, and now it is estimated that the reticulated python is still hibernating.

Slowly killing time at noon, Lin Bei asked about Huang Yueying's situation during dinner: "Why hasn't Yueying looked back at Haicheng yet?" ”

"Huang Sikong is building a bridge." An Zhong said straight while eating.

"I know, but it's almost a big year, and it's time to come back and rest."

"Why don't you go and see it, except for adults. It was not convenient for me and my master. "In addition to the position, Huang Yueying is a woman, and Huang Yueying is not like Cui Lan, everyone is familiar with it, talking about things with Cui Lan, Bian Ji and An Zhongzhi are very casual, but not Huang Yueying.

"Okay, I'll be fine anyway. Let's take a look, it would be better if I could help build the bridge. ”

Wait for lunch. Lin Bei told An Zhongzhi about the currency again, and then rushed to Linjiang City.

"My lord, I must come back before the year." An Zhongzhi shouted from behind, and Lin Bei raised his tail to indicate that he understood.

Lin Bei naturally didn't take the steam car, he relied on his body to hurry. This is the first time Lin Bei has run long distances after this molt, and then Lin Bei found that his speed has actually slowed down, he used to be able to run nearly 100 miles in the forest in an hour, but now it is estimated that it is only about 80 miles, and his speed has not increased after his huge body. Instead, it was lowered.

"If it's bigger, isn't it slower?"

He did not walk along the Nanshan Road, but crossed the forest, jumped directly into the Mekong River, and then went upstream, as soon as he entered the river, Lin Bei found that his speed in the water was faster, and the speed in the water was nearly 100 miles per hour, but now, the speed has increased by nearly half, and it should be able to reach about 150 miles, and compared with before, Lin Bei found that he was more flexible in the water.

"Slow down on the shore and accelerate in the water, is it really like a legend, the water is the final destination of the dragon"

Lin Bei does not have associations, the legend of the dragon has to enter the sea, I have never heard that the dragon will only stay on land, so it can be inferred from this that the dragon's combat effectiveness in the water must be stronger, and it is more adaptable, just in line with Lin Bei's current situation, if the next time, Lin Bei's land speed after molting decreases again, and the speed in the water increases, then Lin Bei can determine that the evolution direction of the snake is to evolve towards the process of more adaptation to water,

Thinking all the way, Lin Bei soon arrived at Linjiang City, he stood up and passed through Linjiang City, the city defenders on the side of the pier hurriedly paid respects, Lin Bei shouted: "No need to be polite, you have worked hard." ”

After saying this, the sergeants of Linjiang City were just about to reply, when they found that Lord Ryujin was already far away, and this speed was beyond the reach of even steam ships, and the sergeants were in awe.

Linjiang City is only more than 400 miles from Yanjiang City, Lin Bei did not take three hours to arrive, this time Lin Bei did not leave immediately, but found a sergeant to ask where Huang Yueying is now, and by the way, he also looked at this new city along the river that is being built.

The storage of cement has really improved the speed of building the city, on the side of the city along the river next to the Mekong River, the city wall is as high as five zhang, the whole body is made of cement, nearly one zhang thick, it looks indestructible, it is mainly used to prevent major floods, the wharf is also built with cement dozens of cement bridges, there are some boats docked next to the bridge, from time to time there are boats approaching, back and forth, very lively, and behind the city, Wanjiang East Road passes through there, and the steam cars continue to transport goods into the city, or transport to the front of the road, Now the city along the river is still just a transit city that is more inclined to supply, and now the city has not been repaired, and when the city is completely repaired, then Wanghai City will divide some common people here, and there is a lot of land around it that can be reclaimed, and both here and Linjiang City have the potential to become a granary.

"My lord, Huang Sikong should be in a tributary of a river more than 400 miles upstream, and you can follow the river upstream, and there are sergeants along the way." A sergeant replied.

"Well, you've worked hard, and Lord Ben will come to pay you New Year's greetings after the year." After Lin Bei finished speaking, he dived into the river again and headed upstream.

"Your Excellency is more powerful and majestic again." Many sergeants muttered.

"I don't know how huge it will be when adults turn into dragons." The sergeants thought expectantly.

Lin Bei swam until it was almost dark, and under the guidance of some sergeants along the river, he turned into a tributary of the Mekong River, and finally saw a bunch of people on the bank, and Lin Bei saw Huang Yueying at a glance. (To be continued......)

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