Chapter 40: The Steam Engine
Originally, someone was going to design a steel coin, the kind with a denomination of one cent. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The material is made of several kinds of steel, spliced in a specific way, burned and then flattened, and the texture of Damascus pattern steel is imitated. Use the unique texture of patterned steel to prevent counterfeiting, and the effect is almost impossible to imitate! If you do some anti-corrosion technology on it, how can it be ten times the price of copper coins?
Let's just tentatively convert one into a penny!
Who made this world, steel even more expensive than copper!
It's a pity that the open-hearth furnace is currently being fully developed, and it can't be tossed for a while, so it can only be slowed down first.
Because these coins are stamped, the patterns are quite exquisite, and there are several thin decorative circles on the periphery, and there are patterns on them to prevent someone from scraping the powder with a knife.
Everyone actually wants to use their portraits to make coin patterns, but unfortunately, the craftsmen found locally have too poor craftsmanship, and they all seem to be disfigured.
Soon, after the product came out, everyone was quite satisfied.
Next, the iron mold is cast with crucible steel, heat treated to strengthen the toughness and rigidity, and then a piece of gold, silver and copper cakes are put into it, and then they are forged into coins with a forging hammer with a pressure of hundreds of kilograms.
After the issuance of this batch of coins, it went smoothly and unexpectedly. Not only among the old Agadir people, it soon became popular, but the Portuguese were even quite interested, planning to get some ore and livestock, and bring them over to exchange for a batch.
The economic theories that prevail in Europe today are not the same as those of later generations. Everyone doesn't care about currency depreciation, inflation and other issues in the country, as long as the gold and silver are transferred into their own treasury, it is the best business!
Therefore, the 'Demon Coin' is also money, and if you don't make it, you won't earn it in vain!
It only took a few weeks for the inhabitants of Agadir to fully use the new currency, and to exchange all kinds of coins at hand for new coins according to the precious metal content.
In fact, two inconspicuous factors have accelerated everyone's trust in the new currency: the traverser is lazy to play tricks with the natives, and directly marks the ratio of various metals on the currency, and the first users of the new currency are their own kobolds.
In this era, there is a profession called money changers, and they deal with each other by exchanging a variety of currencies. They are the 'third-party evaluation agency', and the precious metal content of 'Douge Yuan' is still assured. And the kobolds use this, so everyone is more sure.
Although the monetary reform has been smooth, the impact has been relatively slow and will not be as effective for a while. There is still a lot of work waiting in front of us, and each one is more difficult than the other.
Recently, we have been discussing a question: should schools be opened, where can teachers be found, and what should be taught?
Everyone has a headache: there is a permanent shortage of talents, and even the grassroots management of the indigenous people is left to themselves, and there is absolutely not enough manpower. Even if they can count, it would be good! But the language is not comprehensible, and there are all kinds of nationalities, how can they be taught!
At present, except for a few guys who pretend to be ghosts, and a few herbal medicine prescriptions have been passed down from ancestors, the rest are either veterinarians or cross-cruciferous people who can only do bloodletting therapy.
The kobold has always lacked medical inheritance, and Liu Jingtian is also very concerned, but no doctor is no doctor, and someone can't help but think: "Do you want to import it from China all the way?"
However, it is said that there were many excellent doctors in the distant Ottoman Empire, and perhaps, a few could be found at a great price......
However, compared to the following questions, the above troubles are all not a problem:
Religious issues.
In this era, don't try to find unbelievers, those organized and routine religions, and many believers are scared to death. And in the low-end goods, there is also a group of wizards and gods who just brag and eat, at present, except for the clergy of the Cross Sect who have been redeemed by Portugal, the remaining several people together have been arrested by hundreds.
Of course, they are all impostors with no mana, otherwise it is impossible to be caught by kobolds, but Tesfil repeatedly emphasized: "This world is the world of demons, and it is likely that there will be magicians, so you should be cautious when dealing with people who are related!"
So, although it is not a pity for these scammers to die, everyone is not sure whether to do it or not. No one knows if there will be a real power and some secret organization that is secretly observing Liu Jingtian.
If you accidentally strangle one of their disciples and grandchildren, your head will be big.
Because the religious issue has not been resolved, the relationship with the indigenous people is more tense. Although these guys don't have the courage to rebel, kobolds don't fantasize about being able to take a vacation and rest.
There are 40,000 people in Agadir, and the origin is very complex. But except for those who are ambitious and want to get ahead of the kobolds, there are almost no obedient people.
To put it simply, most of the people were not landowners in Agadir City, but were suddenly kidnapped by kobolds from their families that had been passed down from generation to generation, and became slaves of kobolds after they were given a broken field and a shabby thatched house...... What a bolt from the blue!
Moreover, in order to support each other, the large families were all broken up into small families, and then the captives were separated from a group of strangers with similar experiences, working together, and cursing at the kobolds' backs......
Although the standard of living of many people has improved, personal freedom has also been completely lost...... To have bread or to be free, that's really a question......
Looking at these high-nosed and deep-eyed natives, throwing cold glances from time to time, everyone is still quite bottomless in their hearts.
As a last resort, the kobold began to vigorously strengthen the 'explosion-proof police' and 'film police', and they had to build a bunch of arrow towers to supervise them at all times. To maintain a stable population, more than 5,000 all year round, and the rest of the people still have to produce various materials, and human resources are really stretched.
So, the kobolds all hibernated at home, watching Liu Jingtian silently extract his teeth day by day, expanding the kobolds' team at a rate of about forty a day.
During this time, Tesfil also used a lot of brains.
"If you want to establish a protected area overseas, you have to build a ship, and it's a big ship......
Pushed by her, the kobold began to tinker with the steam engine in silence......
It sounds incredible, but the Master has his own way.
The biggest difficulty is to process cylinders and pistons, because to turn on high-performance steel, boring machines are inseparable, but this thing has too high requirements for lathes and cutter heads.
Pushed by her, the kobold began to tinker silently with the steam engine......
It sounds incredible, but the Master has his own way.
The biggest difficulty is to process cylinders and pistons, because to turn on high-performance steel, boring machines are inseparable, but this thing has too high requirements for lathes and cutter heads.