February 2, 19o8 (34th year of Guangxu), Baima Industrial Zone, the third printing house.

Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and all the staff of the entire Xingke Group are already celebrating the Spring Festival except for the staff on duty. But Wen Deji and other high-level officials did not have this effort, and after spending Chinese New Year's Eve with Gu Xiaolu and other cronies yesterday, he came to the Third Printing House early this morning.

Xingke Group has two printing plants, the first printing plant is mainly to print all kinds of books, newspapers, magazines, pictorials, calendars, stickers, advertising albums, etc., relatively exquisite and high-end prints. The No. 2 Printing House mainly printed all kinds of consumable printed matter, all kinds of notebooks, workbooks, letterheads, account books, statements, leaflets, and other daily things used in institutions and schools.

The business of these two printing houses is to be external, mainly for profit. But the third printing plant is different, it doesn't even have a factory with the other two printing houses, it never goes to the outside world, and even a very few people within Xingke know about its storage, it doesn't aim to make money, but the money it makes is beyond the reach of the other two.

Because its main job is to print money, it is the banknote printing factory of Wendesi!

The third printing plant is not located in the production area of the headquarters, but in a very remote hilly area to the west, about 5 kilometers from the headquarters militia. It has been idle since it was bought by Xingke, and there is no factory except for a training camp built here by the militia group. The Third Printing House is not visible on the surface, it is in the belly of the mountain.

In order to build this factory, Wen Desi asked someone to hollow out a hill. The security here is quite strict, it is the militia training camp to the west, there are two companies stationed for a long time, and there is a military dog training base in the east, which is equipped with concealed advanced monitoring instruments at the intersection and the commanding heights nearby.

The only road leading to the outside world has a number of checkpoints and roadblocks, even Mr. Wen's motorcade is no exception, he went all the way through 4 checkpoints and 3 secret posts before reaching the gate of the printing house, and after being identified at the gate, he entered the production area of the printing house.

There is the most advanced printing equipment on the earth at this time, Huaxia Bank's silver dollar coupons, Xingke company's vouchers, catering coupons and other negotiable bills are produced from the production, of course, it is not only printed these banknote products, other valuable securities, company staff ID cards, party cards of science and social party members, military cards of the revolutionary army, etc., all printed matter with anti-counterfeiting technology are also produced here.

However, it is not these things that Wendeji came here to see today.

"Mr. Wen, now we have successfully trial-produced 166 kinds of banknotes from 16 countries such as Britain, the United States, France, Germany, and Japan, as long as there is no problem with the supply of special paper, it can enter the mass production stage at any time. Qin Jiubin, director of the third printing plant, said.

Shen Xiaolei, the director of the No. 3 Paper Mill, hurriedly said: "There is no problem with the paper supply of these banknotes, and our No. 3 Paper Mill has completely mastered the production technology and process of these papers. For some special raw materials, such as the three-bark tree and goose bark tree required by the yen, and the red and blue fibers required by the US dollar, we also have a stable source of materials and purchase channels. As long as the company gives an order, it can be mass-produced at any time...... "He came with Wen Desi today, and this matter is indispensable to him."

In the small conference room, Qin Jiubin took out a bunch of banknote samples and genuine banknotes, as well as a few special banknote inspection equipment, for Wen Desi and others to see.

Wen Deji took out a 1oo pound note and looked at the mercury lamp, only to see that the complex watermark peculiar to the pound was very clear, and there was no difference between it and the real banknote in comparison, at least he didn't see the difference. Then he rubbed it for a while, and there was no difference in the feel. He asked, "How's the production going?"

Qin Jiubin said very confidently: "For example, these pounds, whether it is their paper, printing process or ink formula, are exactly the same as those of the Royal Banknote Printing Factory in London. Moreover, our printing engraving is 3D printed with high-strength alloy powder, which is much better than their steel engraving. Our printing equipment is also much more advanced than theirs, so our yield has reached 99. More than 99%, and at this time, the finished product rate of the Royal Banknote Printing Factory in London was only about 8o%. ”

"How realistic are they?"

"If you look at the technology at this time, these are completely real money...... Not to mention that the British today do not have such distinguishing technology at all, and even our own experts, if they do not use some advanced analytical equipment, they cannot distinguish it with the equipment of this era. ”

Qin Jiubin smiled, turned on an ultraviolet lamp, and said, "...... Therefore, in order to make it easier for us to distinguish ourselves, we have printed an extra dot on the four corners of our product with invisible fluorescent ink, which is usually not visible and will only be displayed under ultraviolet light, and the current powers have not been able to make ultraviolet lamps......"

As he spoke, he placed the two 1ooo pound bills under the ultraviolet light, and suddenly, a small fluorescent dot appeared on each of the four corners of the left banknote.

For Xingke, printing technology is not a problem at all, although it is not possible to reproduce the printing technology of the 23rd century under the current conditions, but it is no problem to make the printing technology of the beginning of the 21st century. The banknote anti-counterfeiting technology of this era is still very primitive, and with the technical level of 1oo years later, it is too easy to get them. The banknote serial number is not a problem, the main control optical brain of the base, "Xiao Fei", is a large quantum computer, and it is not too simple to calculate the serial number of banknotes in this era.

The only difficulty is only the mass production of the special paper used to print these banknotes, and for more than a year, the main task of the Third Paper Mill was to complete the mass production process of the special paper for the banknotes of various powers, so it has been delayed until now.

"Great, we can help the world's great powers print money in the future, hahaha......" Wen Deji smiled happily. Paralyzed, I told you to come to China to rob, Lao Tzu will make you even vomit out the profits!

"So Mr. Wen, which one should we print first? How many are there?" Qin Jiubin asked with his hands in high spirits.

Without even thinking about it, he said: "The British pound, of course, the British pound! Britain is now the richest and most powerful, and the British pound is the most common currency in the world." Well, the amount of pounds in circulation in the world is about 2.2 billion pounds now, let's start with 2. 200 million...... And then there's the dollar, and now the U.S. is the world's second largest economy, and the dollar circulation is about $500 million, so it's 500 million......"

Although the problem of mass production of banknotes has now been solved, it cannot be opened to the press. The great powers of this era were still disciplined, at least when it came to printing money, and their money was determined by their own gold and silver reserves. Generally speaking, the ratio of money to gold and silver reserves is 5:1 to 2o:1, and the most undisciplined will not exceed 5o:1. Because the banknotes of the great powers of this era can really be exchanged directly for huàn gold and silver, which is not like the later government, which can be printed however it wants.

Niu Niu is now the most bullish, they occupy a quarter of the earth's six land area, and the gold and silver reserves are also the highest in the world, but the circulation of the pound is only about 2.2 billion pounds. The second is France, although the rooster's territory is not as good as that of the cow, but this country is a unique usury imperialism, especially like to play loans or something, so the circulation of francs is also very high, about 3.5oo billion francs (about 1.4o billion pounds).

Then there are the two newly industrialized countries, the United States and Germany, with about $5oo dollars (about 1 billion pounds) in circulation. The circulation of the Deutsche Mark is about 1.8oo billion marks (about 900 million pounds).

Although Russia's territory is large, its economy is not very good, about 5oo billion rubles (about 55. £500 million) in circulation. The Italian lira has about 1ooo billion (about 4 billion pounds) in circulation, and the Austro-Hungarian krona has about 7.2 billion (about 3 billion pounds) in circulation. Japan, a **-silk power, is even less ranked, and the yen has a circulation of about 6o billion (about 600 million pounds).

(PS: I haven't found this currency circulation, this number jù is what I speculated based on some economic numbers at the time, don't blame me if it's wrong.) ）

According to Liu Yang, a financial expert of Xingke Group, an appropriate amount of "Xingke currency" can stimulate economic development, which is a good thing of positive significance to the world economy. Well, everyone will ignore the problem of discipline in this view.

However, Comrade Liu Yang also proposed at the same time that the volume of the "Xingke version of the currency" should also be controlled, and it is best not to exceed 1 percent of the circulation of the original version, otherwise it will have the opposite effect. If it's more than three percent, it's too easy to expose. Although the technology of the great powers is not yet recognizable, if they check the serial number of the record one by one, it can still be found that it is not right.

Another point is that these powers are now the main markets for Xingke Group's products, and if there are too many and the market is messed up, it will be a pit for others and for themselves.

Therefore, the amount of money given by Wen Desi to these "Xingke version of currency" is temporarily set at one percent of the original circulation, and if there is a war with them, then you don't have to be polite, just open the print.

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Xingke Institute of Biology.

After leaving the Third Printing House, he came to the Institute of Biology.

By this time, all the buildings of the Biological Research Institute had been repaired, and the largest building here was the Modulation Center. It is a green circular building with eight floors above ground and four floors underground. From a top-down view, it is a building consisting of two concentric circles, connected by a sky corridor between the inner and outer rings, which looks like a carriage wheel.

“...... Mr. Wen, the first floor here is a power workshop, equipped with a backup power station. The nutrient solution manufacturing workshop and central air conditioning are also here. The second to sixth floors are the general biological modulation center, which are food crops, cash crops, fish and invertebrates, higher vertebrates, and biochemical human modulation workshops. The 7th and 8th floors are the research centers and laboratories. As for the underground part, the first floor is the material warehouse and garage, the second floor is the special animal preparation workshop, the third floor is the special plant preparation workshop, and the fourth floor is the dangerous biological preparation workshop......" Ji Huiye, the head of the research institute, introduced.

"What are dangerous creatures?" Wen Desi's heart moved.

"Germs and viruses, including ...... to people and other creatures," Ji Huiye said calmly, "So they are all wrapped in high-temperature resistant alloys at the bottom and isolated from other layers. If something goes wrong, it can be immediately closed and a high-temperature combustible agent can be released to completely destroy it. You can rest assured ......"

"Okay......" Wen Deji wiped a cold sweat. He knew very well that for a big country, it was one thing to use such a thing, but it had to be there.

"So, what do you mean by special animals and special plants?"

Ji Huiye replied: "In addition to microorganisms, fully artificial synthetic organisms that have not evolved naturally, as well as some extraterrestrial creatures......"

"Wait, I know about synthetic creatures, but do we also have extraterrestrial creatures? Why don't I know? Our Xingke is just a mining and metallurgical company......" Wen Desi was suddenly embarrassed.

"You forgot? It's in the garden and zoo in the ecological area of your base office building, such as the nine-colored flower and Pikachu......" Ji Kaguya stared at him strangely.

"Ah, those things are alien creatures? I always thought they were ornamental plants and pets...... "Wen Deji really didn't know, he didn't learn this after all.

"Of course, they are extraterrestrial creatures, and their origin is other terrestrial planets, but they have been introduced for a long time. For example, those Pikachus, whose scientific name is [Aldebaran Thunder and Micuse], are native to Planet 88 of the Aldebaran system, and they are only called because they are very similar to the protagonists of a famous cartoon in the 21st century......"

Ji Huiye continued: "Of course, because we are only a mining and metallurgical company, the information of alien creatures is not complete, there are only some common species, that is, the more popular economic and entertainment creatures, and there are very few functional creatures, and due to technical limitations, we can only copy some carbon-based creatures now." ”

At the other levels, Wen Desi just took a look at it, and they came to the cyborg concoction workshop on the sixth floor, which was the focus of today.

The most conspicuous thing on this floor is the glass modulation grooves arranged around the floor, each with a diameter of 1. 8 meters, height 3. 8 meters, royal blue in appearance, faintly visible squirming embryos inside. Dozens of cables and pipes are connected to each modulation tank, and there is also a control terminal next to it.

"There are a total of 255 modulation slots here. After more than a year of testing, Weiyuan Glass Factory was finally able to manufacture a barely usable modulation tank, but it only reached the first grade, and the modulation power could only barely reach 98%...... And their success rate is quite low, now these 255 modulation slots are selected from more than 8ooo products, and the others can only be used for non-human creatures...... "Ji Huiye introduced.

"In other words, 255 cyborgs can be concocted here at a time?" said Bundeji was overjoyed.

Ji Huiye corrected: "No, it only has a 98% success rate. To be exact, only about 25o finished products at a time......"

"That's not bad, but if you want to continue to increase production, can you increase the modulation tank?" asked Wen Desi. He has some inches, if he gets an army of cyborgs out, it won't take a few years to crush the world without pressure.

However, Ji Kabaya immediately shattered his dream. "Mr. Wen, cyborg modulation is different from other creatures, and it's not just a matter of modulation tanks. Due to the limited production of high-grade high-purity nutrient solution, the number of high-grade high-purity nutrient solution produced by our equipment is currently limited, and the monthly output can provide up to 6ooo servings. The most important thing is embryo production, our embryo generation system can only produce about 525o human embryos per month. These two devices are the products of the 23rd century, and we have no possibility of manufacturing them now, and the most optimistic estimates are 5o years from now. ”

Wen Deji had no choice but to say, "Hey, then forget it." However, it can increase by more than 6 times, which is also quite good. The 4o original modulation slots at the base of the office building are all used to modulate high-level cyborgs, and the ones here are used to modulate ordinary cyborgs...... Well, I'll go back and let Weibo do the best, and get dozens of qualified products out, let's fill up the 35o places first, there is a shortage of people everywhere......"

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