Chapter 31: Contradiction (Asking for Collections and Votes)
"Click, click......"
In train room 603, heroes from the ancient magical era are knocking melon seeds around the table. The melon seeds with the caramel flavor are full and crispy, and the crispy texture makes Da Liang appetite, but the shell of the melon seeds is for his small body...... It's too hard, and Sophia and Julian need to break it open and peel it out for him to eat.
At this time, they didn't know who the previous owner of this chamber was, and they didn't know that they had just left the Great Tomb when the intelligence chief of the Frominck Empire analyzed their origins through ten ancient gold coins.
Blame Sophia for not listening to Brown's persuasion and no longer revealing the ancient gold coins. In her eyes, the master's reputation is above all else, and as the executive of the world order, the master can expropriate everything in the world, which represents the supreme right; But the necessary compensation needs to be paid, which represents fairness, justice and the benevolence of the owner.
Fortunately, Mike, the elven butler, was more cautious, and after entering the train, he went out to look around and stole a little money. Then they bought some food, drinks and newspapers and brought them back, and if they want to integrate into the world, they need to start learning about it from now on.
Da Liang sat next to Juliet, picking up melon seeds from the plate and putting them in his mouth, while reading the newspaper in his hand. Although he can't use magic, any hero under him can give him the ability to understand languages, so reading newspapers from 2000 onwards is not difficult for him.
Juliet was rarely lying quietly on the table, she looked at Da Liang with her arms on her pillow, her lilac eyes motionless, just quietly listening to the "click" sound when Da Liang bit the melon seeds......
Looking at Da Liang creepy...... In the end, he couldn't help but ask, "Why do you look at me like this, it always gives me the feeling that you are going to do something." ”
Juliet still lay on her stomach and didn't move, muttering in her mouth, "Then what do you want me to do?" And you won't let me kill the whole train...... That's all I can imagine about the killing. Did you know that the sound of you eating melon seeds is very similar to the sound of chopping up a skeleton? If you eat a melon seed, I feel that if I kill a skeleton, the murderous intent will drop a little.
Don't you stop...... That sounds wonderful......"
At this time, Da Liang's face darkened, and when he ate melon seeds again, he felt like he was putting a skeleton in his mouth.
You really shouldn't have asked this neurotic angel of hell.
At this time, Black Pearl, who was sitting opposite Da Liang, was attracted by Juliet's words, and there was also a plate in front of her, which was full of melon seeds that Princess Ziling had peeled for her. Originally, the black pearls were eaten one by one by learning Daliang, but after hearing Juliet's words, she grabbed a handful of melon seeds and stuffed them into her mouth, munched on "click" and "click", and puffed out her cheeks and asked Juliet: "Sister Juliet, I eat like this...... Isn't it...... Chopping a horde of skeletons? ”
Juliet's eyes couldn't help but light up: "Yes...... Let me imagine chopping a bunch of skeletons and then chopping a bunch of skeletons...... Fantastic......"
All right...... Let Black Pearl accompany Juliet to chop down the skeleton.
Da Liang put down the newspaper and asked Brown, "I read in this newspaper that the Marcellus Provincial Council is trying to implement currency reform, and wants to issue paper money to replace the metal currency currently in circulation. The Empire, on the other hand, did not seem interested in currency reform and insisted on using metal money.
I think paper money has a very big advantage over metal money and can save a lot of resources. The excessive currency system is an unstoppable trend, and the empire should not be so visionless, especially when other countries have already begun to use paper money, and it is a major damage to national power to insist on using metal money.
What was the reason for the difficulty of monetary reform in the Flominck Empire? ”
The quarrel between Floinck and Marcellus over currency reform took up a very large space in the newspapers, and naturally aroused great interest. He wanted to understand the economic state of the world and see what the world's economic system looked like.
The narrow compartment has been expanded to be very spacious, and the table that could only seat six people has been lengthened to allow everyone to sit down.
Brown sat diagonally across from Da Liang, ready to answer Da Liang's question.
Currency reform was also a major topic of discussion among the residents of Saroyan after they met, and Brown naturally knew something about it.
Speaking of currency reform, Brown first introduced the currency currently in circulation in the Flominck Empire.
Gold coins, also known as gold pounds, are the largest amount of money used in circulation. Only because of the large value of the gold pound, the city residents generally do not use the gold pound in their daily purchases, and they will exchange the gold coins in their hands for silver dollars through the bank, or exchange the silver dollars for gold coins and deposit them in the bank.
The silver dollar, also known as the silver coin, is one of the main currencies in circulation, and the exchange rate of the gold pound to the silver dollar is 1:24.
Then there is the copper cord, and the exchange rate of the silver dollar to the copper cord is 1:80.
The smallest unit of currency is the penny as a secondary currency, and the exchange rate of copper cords to pennies is 1:10.
It can be seen from the exchange rate that it is very inconvenient to exchange gold pounds for silver dollars and silver dollars for copper cables, and the exchange rate sometimes changes due to the price of precious metals. If the currency system can be reformed, the use of uniform decimal paper money will greatly improve the settlement time of the imperial currency, and paper money will be easier to carry than metal money.
As for the financial and economic boost, paper money also has a big advantage over metal money.
This is something that everyone in the world knows, and every country is pushing for its own currency reform, but the mighty Flamenck Empire is blocking this trend.
"I learned from my father, Baron Jennings, that the Empire was also very keen to complete the currency reform as soon as possible, replacing the heavy metal currency with light paper money...... But ......" Brown continued, after introducing the current currency system of the Empire, "There are no precious metal mines in the province of Marcellus, so the coinage of metal currency is in the hands of the Empire, and the Empire can manipulate the exchange rate of metal currency and many other methods to affect the economy of Marcellus Province.
If the currency reform is carried out, the right to issue paper money is in the hands of the Empire, and the Empire is naturally willing to use paper money. But...... The province of Marcellus has a high degree of autonomy, and the Marcellus Council has become more influential in recent years. The Empire feared that once the currency reform was carried out, the province of Marcellus would likely use this reform to get rid of the Empire's economic control over them.
Through public opinion, we can know how fierce the differences and debates between the two sides are on the currency reform, and the contradictions between Frominck and Marcellus are even deeper. When you arrive in the city of Saroyan, don't say you're Frominque, and certainly not ...... In conclusion, some Marcellians were very unfriendly to the Flomincks. ”