With the increase of the temperature of the boiler of the water and fire engine, after pressing the speed and speed reduction valve, the flywheel of the water and fire engine slowly rotates, the flywheel of the rotating water and fire engine drives the elbow press coin with a gear to drive the huge metal turntable with many spokes like the rudder of a ship, with the rotation of the huge disc on the mint, the connecting rod connected to the spokes also moves, the connecting rod and the toggle fixed on the machine are connected together with a movable joint, the upper end of the toggle is fixed on the body, and the slider below is the slider that places the coin die, as the connecting rod pushes the toggle, the slider moves all of a sudden, presses downward, and the automatic feeding pliers also begin to feed automatically......

Blink of an eye, la-la-la-la......

A pleasant sound sounded, and silver coins flowed out of the spout of the elbow-action press mint and fell into the frame below.

This voice, listening to the ears of the people around it, suddenly caused a commotion like listening to the sounds of heaven.

"It's out, it's out, it's really out......," cried out the craftsmen next to him, causing a cheer.

The steam engine was turning, and so was the elbow press mint, for the mint was already ready, and every second or two the silver coins flowed down from the mint's outlet.

"It's really made, it's that simple!" Qian Su also watched from the side, his eyes widened, even if the minting machine and the water and fire machine were made in the manufacturing bureau, but seeing the process of turning silver into silver coins after the two machines made by the craftsmen he was familiar with were connected together, Qian Su still felt magical, there was a dreamy feeling, the two rotating machines, in Qian Su's eyes, seemed to have a magical rhythm in it, which made people intoxicated, this coinage was originally extremely difficult, but under Yan Liqiang's hands, it suddenly became extremely simple。

It was just a moment of effort, in the frame under the outlet of the mint, there were already hundreds of silver coins with white flowers, Qian Su bent down and picked up a silver coin from the frame, just a handful of the silver coin in his hand, the glittering silver coin, so that Qian Su had a feeling of love and couldn't put it down, and exclaimed again and again, "It's so beautiful, it's so beautiful, how can this coin be so delicate and beautiful, it's more delicate than a woman's jewelry, it's more beautiful than a painting......

The silver coin in Qian Su's hand is about the same size as the cup mouth of the bull's-eye cup for drinking, compared to the various large and small colors of silver circulating on the market, this silver coin is simply beautiful, the main material of the silver coin is, of course, silver, but a small amount of copper is added to the silver, the strength, hardness, and wear resistance, gloss and texture of the hand, compared with ordinary silver, have a huge improvement.

"Ah......" Qian Su was suddenly stunned, and the thoughts in his mind couldn't keep up with Yan Liqiang's rhythm at all, "Minting copper coins for the imperial court?"

"Well, this is just an idea of mine, and I have to look at it slowly, once this thing is made, even if the profit is only five percent, it will ......be amazing," Yan Liqiang said vaguely,

On the obverse of the silver coin, the pattern on it is the mountain range of Qiyun Mountain, around the mountain range, there is a line of neat and beautiful Chinese characters - the Han Empire Qiyun Governor and Protector Mansion supervised, under the Qiyun Mountain pattern, there are two words "one money", which is the equivalent face value of the silver coin, and below the two words "one money", it is the time of this year - the sixteenth year of Yuanping!

On the back of the silver coin, there is a sheep with a wool body, and under the sheep, there are also the words "one coin......

At the turn of the silver coin, there is a circle of fine and delicate side teeth, and the pattern of the whole silver coin is concave and convex, like a work of art made by fine carving......

It is no exaggeration to say that the entire Silver Continent has never had such a delicate coin since ancient times.

Looking at the silver coin in his hand, Qian Su couldn't help but take out a copper coin issued by the Han Empire from his body to compare it - the rough font on the copper coin and the smoothed edges, compared with each other, it was simply the gap between the aunt in the village and the stunning beauty......

"This silver coin is too exquisite, it's just such a beautiful silver coin, according to custom, even if we send it to everyone, I'm afraid no one is willing to spend it, this thing, I think ordinary people get it, it's all hidden, and it won't be spent easily......" Qian Su looked at Yan Liqiang and said.

Yan Liqiang also held a silver coin in his hand, and at this time Yan Liqiang had a strange sense of pride in his heart, because the teacher who taught him to paint in his previous life once said that they were the most proud and awesome painters with special skills, and they were all able to print the things they drew on the money, and the patterns on the silver coins were used to make Yan Liqiang's paintings and characters.

Teacher, didn't you arrive first, one day the things I drew also appeared on the coins, Yan Liqiang said secretly in his heart.

To tell the truth, at first, he originally wanted to make the pattern on the back of the silver coin his own portrait, but then he thought about it carefully and felt that it seemed too exaggerated, so he decided to make the pattern of a beloved sheep on the back of the silver coin.

After returning to Pingxi City from Baishiguan, Yan Liqiang soaked in the manufacturing bureau for many days, under the personal supervision and guidance of Yan Liqiang, the manufacturing bureau finally made the prototype of this elbow press coinage, to be honest, this elbow press coinage from the structure and manufacturing difficulty, not as complex as the steam engine at all, the structure and parts are relatively simple, before because there was no physical object, the craftsmen of the manufacturing bureau could not grasp several places on the drawings drawn by Yan Liqiang, especially the operation of the elbow and die of the coinage machine, this did not come out, this time Yan Liqiang personally guided on the side, and made this machine, completely logical.

Although the mint in front of me looks a little rough, especially the steel frame parts poured on the machine are a bit bulky, but there is no doubt that it can be used.

Hearing Qian Su's words, Yan Liqiang threw the silver coin in his hand into the frame and smiled at Qian Su, " If the number of silver coins issued is small, everyone will indeed hide it and will not use it easily, but if it has a large circulation, then, slowly, everyone will be surprised, and it will naturally be taken out and used, I think in a few months, the officials at all levels in Qiyun County will be sent to the soldiers, as well as the military salaries and rewards of the soldiers in the army, they can be issued with silver coins, but the current mint is not enough, the manufacturing bureau wants to get a mint here, and the mint will get hundreds of mints in the mint, and the efficiency will naturally be high......"

"By the way, what is the use of the thin tooth marks on the side of this silver coin?" Qian Su touched the side teeth of the silver coin in his hand and asked suspiciously.

"If someone wants to cheat and play tricks, and wants to use their hands and feet on this silver coin, even if it is just a small amount of silver dust from a silver coin, this side of the tooth can be found as soon as it is smoothed out!"

"Ah, I see!" Qian Su looked at the copper coin in his hand that had been smoothed out a lot, and suddenly realized, and patted his head, "Subtle, subtle, Li Qiang, you can really think of anything in your head, cough...... Cough...... With this prototype, it is not difficult to produce other mints, but as soon as this mint is built, someone must know, if someone wants to buy it at that time, will we sell it?"

"Of course I don't sell it, the secrecy level of this minting machine, in the manufacturing bureau, is the same level as the spring, this is Uncle Lao Qian, you pay more attention!"

Yan Liqiang said, he walked outside, handed over this place to those craftsmen, Qian Su watched Yan Liqiang leave, he put away the silver coin in his hand, and walked up, "This coinage machine is a profitable thing, if you want to sell it, the sales must be very good, it is definitely more popular than the water and fire machine, why don't you want to sell it?"

Seeing that there were no outsiders around him, Yan Liqiang winked at Qian Su, "The imperial court now casts copper coins with great fire consumption, I heard that a pound of tung is sent down, and the copper coins that the imperial court can finally make out are only six or seven taels, Uncle Qian, if I take over the business of minting copper coins from the hands of the imperial court, the fire consumption for the imperial court is less than half, is the imperial court willing?"

"Ah......" Qian Su was completely stunned by the wild thoughts in Yan Liqiang's head, and couldn't keep up with Yan Liqiang's rhythm at all, "Mint copper coins for the imperial court?"

"This is just an idea of mine, look at it slowly, if this thing is done, the benefits will be great, and it will be a thousand times stronger than doing a wool business...... "Yan Liqiang said vaguely.

"Speaking of this wool business, there is news from Baishiguan that it has been three consecutive days, and those Shatu people are still unwilling to submit, and now outside Baishi Pass, seventy or eighty Shatu caravans have gathered, and those Shatu caravans are outside Baishi Pass and we are consuming, unwilling to sell the wool to us, Yingwei County Border Market, the wool has been sold out in the past two days, and those merchants from all sides cannot buy wool, making a little mess......"

Yan Liqiang smiled slightly, "Those Shatu people are still a little lucky now, they are still waiting for the news of the master behind them, Uncle Qian, you wait and see, as long as we do our own things well, it won't take a few days, those Shatu people will be soft, and they won't be able to survive ......for a few days."