Another Monday, I'll be fine if I'm asking for a vote, but I'm not going to do anything else anyway...
His Highness Prince Strang's reception room is a relatively ordinary model. After all, as the second child, even the prince will not receive any preferential treatment beyond the specifications, but the most ordinary building in the palace is also luxurious.
The wide reception room is divided into two or three independent spaces, which is almost the most common architectural form.
The room close to it is not very big, it only accommodates two or three benches and a row of bookshelfs. Prince Strang is sitting leisurely on a bench and savoring a cup of fragrant rose tea.
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His Royal Highness was wearing an ordinary aristocratic outfit, a snow-white shirt with a black velvet vest, and a pair of light gray pants on his lower body, which was loose and comfortable, but it was a bit inconsistent with his identity... This kind of clothing had no lines or clothes at all.
Although the fine linen produced in the south is of high quality, the soft texture cannot reflect the demeanor of a noble. However, since this is his palace, no one will pick on his outfit, and
In fact, the only three or four guests were not interested in caring about his clothes.
"Don't worry, Jasper Qing, I think it's easy to be simpler. As long as we follow the steps, we can replace the more expensive platinum coins first, then gold coins, silver coins, and finally I'm going to replace the copper coins with Tumi.
Nice's unique form, as long as it is circulated in China, no other currency can be used, and all need to be exchanged..."
His Highness the prince spoke softly, but the three listeners could not face this with the same attitude.
"This is indeed very good. But the exchange process will definitely last for a long time..." When the prince finally stopped talking to stir up the tea in his hand, a middle-aged man finally seized this rare space.
Unfortunately, before he finished speaking, the young prince raised his hand to interrupt him.
"I thought it wasn't a problem. I set up an exchange and stipulate that all gold coins used in Romanti City were all in New coins, and the rest of the coins were completely exchanged. Isn't that OK, then.
We gradually expand the scope of the use of this new currency to aristocratic leaders. In this way, for transactions, taxes and various incomes in the city, the currency of the kingdom can be used uniformly, which will inevitably make us economically
The control is stronger. And Jasper, in terms of financial calculations such as taxation, should it become very easy for you, the Chancellor of the Exchequer?
"Hehe... This, Your Highness, please slow down a little bit. Old minister, old minister's idea is a little too late to keep up with you." The Finance Minister shook his head: "And I think this is the biggest difficulty of this plan, how to do it
Only then can you get so many new coins?”
"Why not? Isn't it enough to just mint the old coins into new ones?" asked the prince.
"Your Highness, this is... this is already a huge project. Your idea is really reckless. Do you know how many old gold coins you need to replace and how many new coins you need to reminisce? If you issue a large amount of money, do you know how many old gold coins you need to replace and how many new coins you need to reminisce?
, a large number of molds need to be recast to meet the casting needs, and then it needs to be replaced. This requires a large number of manpower and will waste a lot of money..."
The imperial minister coughed dryly and glanced at the two deputys next to him, but sadly found that they couldn't help him - involving all the calculations of gold and platinum, he was the only one in the whole kingdom.
Only those who have this qualification: "My Your Highness, there is no more gold in our treasury. You know, every Midsummer Festival celebration will cost a portion of the cost, and this time His Majesty's wedding will still be consumed.
Very little, the gold reserves in the national treasury are now insufficient. Even if the replaced gold coins are remolded into gold, at least the first batch of casting materials are needed…”
"This question is very simple. When casting, adding a certain amount of copper and tin can not only make the shape of the gold coins beautiful and the patterns clearer. At the same time, it can also omit a large part of the value." The prince said easily.
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But this answer made the room quiet for a moment.
"What...what? My Highness, what do you mean, are you going to let me fake it? This...this is ridiculous!"
After a moment of angrily eyes, the Marquis realized that he had heard nothing wrong... So his fat face, which was properly maintained, was as red as blood.
If it weren't for the noble status of the young man in front of him, he might have scolded him for being stupid! This is simply... this is simply nonsense of a child! The first thing he thought of was to find a pastor to see this
Did Your Highness, the prince, go crazy because of the sudden good news?
As a person who is used to dealing with gold coins every day, the Marquis believes that he does not need to guess at all to understand the young man’s thoughts.
Making counterfeit money on the scale of the country... The gods are above this idea is crazy, and it is undeniable that it can bring great benefits, but it is simply equivalent to robbery, and the object of being robbed is all the nobles of this country
, especially the capital aristocrats’ wallets!
"Wasted... Well, I mean, my Minister of Finance, I didn't invite you to make counterfeit coins. Do you think I'm a lunatic?" The prince shook his head, but there was not much disappointment in his eyes-he obviously knew it already
The other party’s idea: “It seems that I really have to explain the problem here to you. Okay, you know coins better than me. Let me tell you, what is coins?”
Marquis Jasper was stunned for a moment.
What is a coin?
Money is money. Since ancient times, it has been named money. It has been money for tens of thousands of years. What else can it be?
Round without holes, about one-eighth of an inch thick and one-quarter of the diameter of metal cakes, usually cast various avatars, the goddess of wealth, and the emperors of all dynasties, usually five
Ten are a pound...
Oh, this is the impression of the most common coins in Tuminis, and of course there may be exceptions. In fact, this world has experienced countless dynasties over tens of thousands of years. They will mint their own coins... The copper coins are called Nibu and the steel coins
, thumb, bit &... silver coins are called Xiade, Lei Wen, silver eagle... gold coins are Zhuogen, Nubao, golden lion... platinum coins are called Xun. Three crowns. And they may not be the same shape, for example
, Iron coins are square, silver coins are triangular, and gold coins are pentagonal. Square mid-hole, brass-like Taur, crescent-shaped Platinum Port Monthly Coin...
The originally organized thoughts seemed to be messed up all of a sudden.
To be honest, this question is obviously not something that the Finance Minister has thought about. Or, he has not thought about the corresponding answer... Even though he is the highest judge of all trade in this country, he has never thought that these things have laid the groundwork for him.
What exactly is a gadget with a basic status?
But no matter what, coins are coins, and there is no other alternative vocabulary... Even if many merchants are happy to use transaction bars, precious gold bars and alloy ingots seem to be acceptable to anyone. In some countries, there is also parchment painting.
Gold round coupons and general bills of exchange, but these things can only be circulated in China, or a large chamber of commerce will be circulated in that country. If the chamber of commerce falls, it will not be used.
But those are all off-topics, and the real core is that the currency is not at all except itself, and it cannot be anything else, right?
However, of course, this long-lasting answer cannot be said just like this. Therefore, the middle-aged man scratched his hair that gradually began to sparse on the back of his head, and carefully spoke in a tentative tone, trying to find the purpose of the other party's question: "Gold coins, silver coins, copper coins...coins
It is value, a tool to measure the value of an item, right?”
"Wrong... Well, I mean, it's not like that, Jasper, in fact, if coins can really represent the value of something, I think there might be a lot of disputes in this world...
And my Marquis, all you said are the functions of coins, but in fact, they are not essential."
Prince Stran shook his hand, but the topic seemed to make him excited. He squinted his eyes and began to whisper: "What is a coin? It's just a round metal block, which cannot be eaten or worn,
Where do you think it is worth? Why can money be exchanged for something else?"
"But...that's because the metal used to mint gold and silver coins is rare and expensive, and they can be used as materials for magic." The Chancellor of the Exchequer frowned and murmured.
Well, this is also a standard answer...but even the Marquis himself knows that this reason is far-fetched.
"But do magicians use so much material? If all of them were cast, then the gold would have been exhausted. And I also know a little about magic. Only when drawing advanced magic scrolls,
You only need a few pounds of gold, but a pound of gold can only cast fifty or sixty gold coins. Do you think it is possible that all of this thing will be cast?"
Prince Stran nodded, as if he had guessed the remarks of the Chancellor of the Constitution long ago...
"And we know that in circulation, gold coins are inevitably worn out, but even if gold coins are worn out, they can still buy things of the same value. No one cares about the little weight issue. So, the amount of metal is really
Can it represent the value of gold coins?”
"But... that's just a slight loss, usually not more than ten, no, one-twentieth..."
The Finance Minister licked the corner of his mouth, but before he could finish his rebuttal, a new voice joined the conversation.
"So, if there is a fake master who made a gold coin with lead blocks, then the gold coin was used to buy something, but no one could tell that it was fake, so what?"
The voice of the Finance Minister suddenly became hoarse.
If you can't see fake, then he is real. Naturally, you can use it to buy things... In fact, there are too many such examples in the market. It is said that more than 30 years ago, there was a famous master of coin counterfeiting.
, a guy named Noel Axes once made a batch of extremely exquisite counterfeit coins, and this one of the most bulky Tuminis costs
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"The teacher is right, this gold coin. It is just a medium, an intermediate item. We can call it a general equivalent, just something made for the convenience of trading. I heard that it is in those wild
In the tribe, only sheep are hard currency. If it weren't for meat, they wouldn't pay attention to all the gold coins and nuggets. Then, what value do you think coins have in them?"
"This...well. Your Highness, please go back and think about it carefully to understand your plan..."
“Why don’t you deepen your understanding while doing it?”
"Your Excellency Viscount, you are joking."
When several old Hushou finally disappeared into the palace corridor, Edward turned his head and looked at the young prince. He didn't speak. He just looked up and down with his eyes strangely until the other person's face.
A little hypocritical smile gradually dissipated until some shiny water droplets oozed out on the prince's forehead.
"I didn't confirm it at first...but, the word is generally equivalent, not something you can say casually."
"This, what are you... talking about?"
"James, Rospal von James Junior, what do you think?"
"Ah... no, this. What are you talking about?"
"Damn. You bastard are almost scared to death... I thought you would die!" The young man touched his head, rubbed his chest, and punched Edward on the shoulder, but then he hit the knee on the vital point.
He bent down and shouted: "Damn it, you bastard is still so despicable. If I fail, I will use yours to beat you!"
"Nonsense, that damn mage said that I had a barrier on my body and would just reveal my identity casually, and it would be a life-threatening person..."
"It would be great if it was that convenient, but it was probably some magic props on you,"
"You are much luckier than me. I didn't expect you to really have the talent of magic. I can't believe that you have become such a great wizard apprentice? It's so terrible, you are simply attracted by God.
Well…”
"Well, it's just a trivial matter, but why did you come here? Well, there seems to be no need to ask, then, how is the situation in Baiyang Town?" After a pause, Edward rubbed his shoulders that were beaten up, and casually said
Asked,
However, he immediately noticed the haze suddenly spread on the face of the companion who had been young and grown up.
"It's gone."
Facing the doubts of his companions, James simply replied.
"No need to ask, it's gone, it's burned, everyone was either burned to death or eaten by the beasts of the Whispering Forest. I didn't pay attention to how your father is, anyway, my father was burned to death.
"Nosing Edward's expression, he added dullly, his voice rippled, then closed his hands and wiped hard on his face, as if he was trying to rub something he didn't want from there.
The silence lasted for a moment.
"It's really... ruthless." After a little stagnation, Edward sneered: "Who did it? That Thomas?"
This result does not seem to be surprising. After all, this plan is indeed very broad.
"Don't ask, wait a moment. Your current strength is not enough to go against them. Study hard with your teacher. At least, you have to wait for you to become a formal, no, the high-level mage is almost the same...
Although I think it should be fast with your strength. And, this result is normal, isn’t it? If it were me, I would have done this too.”
He seemed to have been completely used to this change of identity, and even turned it into a part of himself. When his smile calmed down, this person was almost the gentle and noble Strancisel Lane, who was born in a noble family.
?Fernandis. As for Rospal von James Junior... it shouldn't have existed here, so it naturally disappeared without a trace.
"What do they want you to do?" Edward frowned. Although he had roughly understood the whole story of this matter, all this still made his thoughts a little messed up.
"I don't know what to do, but probably, I will become the emperor. But it is definitely not now, it may take a long time, but in fact I am already the emperor, as long as that old guy can't wake up...
Now that I wake up, I can't have anything, right? I think the curse of those guys will most likely devour his remaining lifespan, or it will reduce his intelligence. In this way, the country is actually me
That's it."
That familiar smile made Edward silent.
"I know you want to ask me what's going on, but I'm not very clear. If they don't tell me, I barely know, it seems that he seems to be with me. Otherwise, my identity will be
It's easy to be exposed. I only know that when Strand and I were born, the emperor's wife died. Then, the emperor pardoned my father's sins and expelled him.
I don’t know the specific things, but I have to say that they are still a bit human, huh? At least I didn’t strangle me to death at that time, right?”
Smiling desolately.
"It's ridiculous. Just because I was born a little late, the result became so different."
"This... is indeed a bit unimaginable." Edward frowned, but his eyes turned on a thin chain between his neck: "How did you know?"
Well, there is actually no need to listen to the answer to the question. For a psychic warlock, if there is no obstacle from that layer of magic,