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The reception room of His Royal Highness Prince Strand, is a relatively common model, after all, as the second child, even the prince will not get much preferential treatment beyond the specifications, but the most ordinary building in the palace is also luxurious and spacious, and the reception room is divided into two or three poisonous spaces, which is almost the most common architectural form. ：

The room near the inside was not very large, only accommodating only two or three benches and a row of bookshelves, and Prince Strand was now sitting leisurely on a bench and sipping a cup of fragrant rose tea.

His Royal Highness the Prince was dressed in an ordinary aristocratic attire, a snow-white shirt with a black velvet vest, and a pair of light gray pants underneath, which were loose and comfortable, but a little inconsistent with his identity...... There were no lines or folds in this garment, and although the fine linen from the south was of high quality, the soft texture did not reflect the demeanor of a nobleman. However, since this is his palace, no one will be picky about his attire, and in fact, the only three or four guests have little interest in caring about his clothes.

"Don't worry, Jasbeth, I think it's easy to keep it simple, as long as we follow the rules, first replace the more expensive platinum coins, then the gold coins, the silver coins, and finally even the copper coins I am ready to change to the unique form of the Tumenes, as long as they circulate in the country, no other currencies can be used, all need to be exchanged......"

His Royal Highness spoke softly, but the three people in the audience could not have faced it with the same attitude.

"It's really good. But the process of redeeming huàn will definitely take a long time......" When the prince finally stopped talking and stirred the tea leaves in his hand, a middle-aged man finally seized this rare space.

Pity. Before he could finish speaking, the young prince raised his hand to interrupt him.

"I don't think it's a problem, set up an exchange, and stipulate that all the gold coins used in Romanti City are all in new coins, and the rest of the coins are completely exchanged, so that it will be okay, and then. We are gradually expanding the use of this new currency to individual noble realms, so that the currency of the kingdom can be used uniformly for transactions in the city, taxes, and various incomes, which will inevitably give us more control over the economy. And Jasber, in financial calculations like taxes. It should be very easy for you, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, right?

"Huh...... This, Your Royal Highness the Prince, please slow down a little, old minister, old minister's thoughts. It's a little hard to keep up with you. The Chancellor of the Exchequer shook his head: "And I think this is the biggest difficulty of this plan, how can we get so many new dollars?"

"Why not? Isn't it just a matter of struck old coins into new ones?" asked the prince.

"Your Highness, this is ...... That's a lot of work, you think. It's so reckless, you know how many old gold coins are going to be replaced. If it is issued in large quantities, it will be necessary to recast a large number of molds to meet the demand for minting, and then it will have to be replaced, which will require a lot of manpower, and it will waste a lot of money......"

The Imperial Chancellor of Finance coughed dryly and glanced at the two deputies next to him, but sadly found that they didn't seem to be able to help him - when it came to all the calculations of gold and platinum, he was the only one in the entire kingdom who had such qualifications:" My Highness, we don't have that much gold in our treasury anymore, and as you know, part of the cost is spent on the annual Midsummer celebrations, and this time His Majesty's wedding also cost a lot, and now the gold reserves in the treasury are insufficient, and even if the gold coins are re-smelted into gold, at least the first batch of minting materials will be needed......"

"The problem is simple, when minting, adding a certain amount of copper and tin can not only make the shape of the gold coin more beautiful, but also make the pattern clearer, and at the same time, it can omit a large part of the value. The prince spoke lightly.

But this answer made the room quiet for a moment.

"What...... What, my Highness, you mean, are you going to make me fake? This ...... This is ridiculous!"

After a moment of dumbfounding, the Marquis realized that he had really heard correctly...... So his well-maintained fat face was already as red as blood in an instant.

If it weren't for the noble status of the young man in front of him, he might have scolded the other party for his stupid......ity! This is simply child's nonsense! The first thing that came to his mind for a moment was to find a priest to see if His Royal Highness had gone mad by the sudden good news.

As a man who was accustomed to dealing with gold coins on a daily basis, the Marquis thought that he could understand the young man's mind without any guesswork at all.

Counterfeit money is made on the scale of the state...... The gods are above, this idea is really crazy, it is undeniable that it can bring great benefits, but it is basically equivalent to robbery, and the object of robbery is the money bags of all the nobles of this country, especially the nobles of the capital!

"Waste...... Well, I mean, my Excellency the Chancellor of the Exchequer, I didn't invite you to make counterfeit money, do you think I'm a madman?" the prince shook his head, but there was not much disappointment in his eyes—he obviously already knew what the other man was thinking: "It seems that I really have to explain to you, well, you know more about coins than I do, tell me, coins, what is it?"

The Marquis of Jasbeth was stunned for a moment.

What is a coin?

Money is money, he has been named money since ancient times, it has been money for tens of thousands of years, so what else can it be?

Round and without holes, about one-eighth of an inch thick and an inch and a quarter of a quarter in diameter, the heads of all kinds were usually cast, the one of the goddess of wealth, Wokin, and the emperors of all dynasties, usually fifty of them were a pound......

Oh, and this is the impression of the most common numismatic coins of Tumenes, although there may be exceptions. In fact, this world has gone through countless dynasties over tens of thousands of years. They all mint their own coins...... Copper coins are called nebu, steel coins, thumbs, and bits, and the original coherent ideas seem to be messed up all of a sudden.

To be honest, this question is clearly not something that the Chancellor has thought about. Or rather, he didn't think of something that would answer the question...... Even though he was the supreme judge of all trade in the country, he had never thought about what these knick-knacks that laid the foundation for his position were.

But in any case, a coin is a coin, and there is no other substitute for it...... Even though many merchants were happy to use trading bars, the precious gold bars, as well as alloy blocks, seemed acceptable to anyone. In some countries. There are also parchment bills and bills of exchange, but these things can only be circulated in the country, or in a large chamber of commerce, and leave that country. Or the fall of the Chamber of Commerce will not be usable.

But those are all off-topic, the real core is. I'm afraid that the coin is not at all except itself, and it can't be anything else, right?

However, this long-winded answer, of course, could not be said like this, so the middle-aged man scratched the hair on the back of his head that was gradually thinning, and carefully spoke in a tentative tone, trying to find the purpose of the other party's question: "Gold, silver, copper, and copper...... Coins are value, a tool to measure the value of things, right?"

"Error...... Well, I mean, that's not the case, Jasber, actually, if a coin could really represent the value of something, I think there would probably be a lot less strife in the world...... And my Lord Marquis, you say that these are the functions of coins, but in fact, they are not the essence. ”

Prince Strain shook his hand, but the subject seemed to make him a little excited, and he narrowed his eyes, and began to gush: "What is a coin? a round piece of metal, neither edible nor wearable, what do you say is its value? Why can money be exchanged for other things?"

"But...... That's because the metals used to mint gold and silver coins are rare and expensive, and they can be used as materials for magic. The Chancellor of the Exchequer frowned and muttered a retort.

Well, that's kind of a standard answer...... But even the Marquis himself knew that this reason was far-fetched.

"But do the magicians use so many materials? If all the spells were cast in gold, then the gold would have been used up long ago, and I know a thing or two about magic, and only a few pounds of gold are needed to draw high-level magic scrolls, but a pound of gold can only mint fifty or sixty gold coins, do you think it is possible that all of this thing will be used to cast spells?"

Prince Strain nodded, as if he had already guessed the Chancellor's statement......

"And we know that in circulation, gold coins are inevitably subject to some wear and tear, but even if gold coins are worn, they can still buy things of the same value, and no one will care about that little bit of weight, so can the amount of metal really represent the value of gold coins?"

"But...... That's just a tiny loss, usually no more than tenths, no, twentieths of ......."

The Chancellor of the Exchequer licked the corners of his mouth, but before he could finish his rebuttal, a new voice joined the conversation.

"So, what if there is a master counterfeiter who makes a gold coin out of a block of lead, and the coin is used to buy something, but no one can tell that it is fake?"

The Chancellor's voice suddenly became mute.

If you can't see a fake, then he's real. Nature can be used to buy things...... In fact, there are so many such examples in the market, and legend has it that more than 30 years ago, a famous master of numismatics, a guy named Noel Exes, once made a batch of extremely delicate counterfeit coins, and this Tumines was the most expensive to cost

Uh, I didn't finish it, I'll change it later, about half an hour, sorry

"Your Excellency the Trainer is right, this gold coin. He is nothing more than a medium, an intermediate object. We may call it a general equivalent, just something made for the convenience of trading, and I have heard that in those savage tribes, only sheep are hard currency, and if it were not for meat, they would not care about those gold coins and gold nuggets at all, so what value do coins have in them?"

"This ...... All right. Your Highness, please let Lao Chen go back and think about it carefully, to understand this plan of yours......"

"Why don't you deepen your understanding as you do it?"

"Your Excellency, you are laughing. ”

When the puppets of the old family finally staggered into the corridors of the palace, Edward turned his head and looked at the young prince, who did not speak. Just looked up and down with some strange eyes, until the little false smile on the other party's face gradually dissipated, until some shiny droplets of water oozed out of the prince's forehead.

"I wasn't sure...... However, the general equivalent, ah, the word. It's not something you can just say. ”

"This, you...... What are you talking about?"

"James, Lord Rothpar, von James Junior Nier, what do you think?"

"Ah...... No, this. You, what the hell are you talking about?"

"Hell. You're going to scare the hell out of me, bastard...... I thought I was going to die!" The young man touched his head, rubbed his chest again, and punched Edward on the shoulder, only to make him bend down and shout at the end of the knee on the vital point: "Damn, you bastard is still so despicable, if Lao Tzu is dead, I will take yours!"

"Nonsense, that damn mage said that I had an enchantment on me, and if I revealed my identity casually, it would be my life......"

"It would be nice if it was that convenient, but maybe it's some kind of magic item on you,"

"You're much luckier than me, I didn't expect you to really have a talent for magic, I can't believe it, you actually became like this, an apprentice of a ** master......?

"Well, it's just a small thing, but how did you get here?well, I don't think I need to ask, so what's going on over there in Poplar Town?" After a pause, Edward rubbed his shoulders and asked casually,

But then he noticed the haze that suddenly spread on the face of the companion who had grown up.

"It's gone. ”

After a moment of silence in the face of his companion's doubts, James replied simply.

"No need to ask, it's gone, it's burned, everyone is either burned to death, or eaten by the beasts of the Whispering Forest, I didn't pay attention to how your dad is, my dad was burned to death anyway. Noticing Edward's expression, he added sullenly, hoarsely, and then clasped his hands together and rubbed his face vigorously, as if to rub something unwanted from there.

The silence lasted for a moment.

"Really...... Ruthless enough. After a momentary pause, Edward sneered, "Who did that? Thomas?"

This result does not seem to be very unexpected, after all, this plan is indeed very broad.

"Don't ask, just wait a minute, your current strength is not enough to fight against them, study hard with your teacher, at least, until you become a formal, no, high-level mage is about the same...... Although I think that with your strength it should be soon. And it's normal, isn't it? If it were me, I'd do it too."

He seemed to have become completely accustomed to this change of identity, and even made it a part of himself, and when his smile calmed down, this person was almost the suave, noble-born Stellan Sivor Lane Fernandis. As for Rothpar, von James Junior...... Zài shouldn't have been here, and naturally disappeared without a trace.

"What do they want you to do?" Edward frowned, although he already had a general understanding of the ins and outs of this matter, but this qiē still made his thoughts a little messy.

"I don't know exactly what I'm going to do, but probably, I'll become an emperor. But certainly not now, it may be a long time later, but in fact I am already the emperor, as long as that old guy can't wake up...... However, now that he has woken up, there can't be anything, and I think that the curse of those guys will eat up the rest of his lifespan, or it will detract from his intelligence, so that the country is actually mine. ”

That familiar smile made Edward silent.

"I know you want to ask me what's going on, but in fact I'm not very clear, they don't tell me, I barely know, it seems that he seems to be related to me, otherwise, my identity will be easily revealed, the rest I only know, when Stran and I were born, the emperor's wife died, and then, the emperor forgave my father's sins, and then expelled him, the rest of the specific things, I don't know, but I have to say, it's a bit human, eh? At least you didn't strangle me to death at that time, did you?"

Laughing desolantly.

"It's ridiculous, just because I was born a little late, it turned out to be so different,"

"This ...... It's a bit hard to imagine indeed. Edward frowned, but his gaze turned around his neck, on a thin chain, "How do you know?"

Well, the answer to the question, in fact, does not need to be heard, for a psychic warlock, if there is no barrier of that layer of magic,