Manganese can be added to steel to smelt an alloy that is stronger and more resistant to high temperatures.
Jian Xia patted her head and said, "Why didn't I think of that? After the Tang Dynasty, the Western Regions were rich in hard swords. Maybe the residents at that time discovered manganese ores and mixed them into iron to create hard ferromanganese alloy weapons!"
Jian Xia looked at the ore as if possessed, and murmured to herself: "I wonder if the abundance of this mine is high? How much is left in stock?"
Cui Ruoyun saw her obsessed look and couldn't help but said: "No wonder you are single too, you should marry an ore for the rest of your life!"
Cui Ruoyun turned around and asked the stall owner where the manganese ore was found, then decisively paid and took Jian Xia away.
"Come back to your senses. You can analyze it when you get back to my laboratory." Cui Ruoyun interrupted Jian Xia's obsession and pulled her to continue shopping in the market.
At this time, they saw many people gathered in front of them. Cui Ruoyun, who was very curious, immediately pulled Jian Xia and squeezed in.
"It stinks!" Jian Xia said, pinching her nose.
"Didn't you say that Dongshi doesn't let livestock in?" All I saw was that it was a stall against the corner, with a few camels and sheep tied to the corner.
There are mosquitoes flying on the camel's tail, and its tail is driving away these mosquitoes.
The sheep's tail is long and big, but it hangs weakly on its buttocks. The wool on this sheep's body is very thick, and it can only extend its tongue to dissipate heat in this hot July.
A player on the side reminded: "He sells sheep and camels. It is said that dromedary camels and big-tailed sheep are the specialties of Kucha."
Cui Ruoyun took a look and found that this camel was different from the common camels. It only had one hump.
But the dromedary camel is taller than the bactrian camel. It just eats grass quietly and is quite obedient.
Big-tailed sheep are also sheep as the name suggests, with a very large tail and very dense wool, which is better than the wool of ordinary goats and sheep.
I only saw one player walking up to negotiate with the seller:
“Friend, how do you sell a dromedary camel?”
Seeing the same player, the player merchant said directly: "I have a male and a female camel for sale in pairs, two for a total of 5,000 yuan."
Upon hearing this price, the onlookers took a breath.
Five thousand dollars, this is not a small number!
Nowadays, in the horse market in Beiting, a high-quality Uighur horse only costs 5,000 yuan.
Two camels cost five thousand yuan.
"What about Altay sheep? They are big-tailed sheep."
He seemed to be a knowledgeable person. When he saw the player naming the sheep, he said, "Make a friend. These sheep are also for sale, one male and one female. Two of them cost a thousand dollars."
The crowd started talking again. The spoils of the Uighur War were pouring into Longyou, and the prices of cattle and sheep also dropped rapidly.
The Jianning Palace also issued a government order that injured, sick and old cattle, as long as they were slaughtered by government butchers, could be sold in the market.
In ancient times, farming cattle were always very protected, and ordinary cattle were not allowed to be slaughtered casually.
Although there are people who slaughter disabled or old cattle, people eat beef in secret.
After King Jianning issued the order to slaughter cattle, people could finally eat meat freely, and beef could also be sold in restaurants.
Nowadays, a strong ram only costs 300 yuan.
This player merchant asked to bind the male and female for sale, and also asked for a thousand yuan. The price was indeed too high.
But it was obvious that the inquiring player was knowledgeable. He carefully inspected the teeth of the camels and big-tailed sheep and their hooves, and then decisively took out a stack of delicate paper notes.
"Just transfer the money directly."
Jian Xia hadn't been to Shazhou for a long time. She asked doubtfully: "Why don't they use cash for transactions?"
Cui Ruoyun was not surprised. She took out a beautifully printed banknote from her purse, handed it to Jian Xia and said:
"This is a banknote issued by Wangfu Bank. It is also something Jiang Lun just made in Shazhou City. Didn't he tell you?"
Jian Xia's ears were slightly red, and she said angrily: "Why did he tell me!?"
Cui Ruoyun said with a half-smile: "Don't you have a good relationship? Why didn't we contact you when he was transferred back to Shazhou? No way?"
When Jiang Lun took charge of the Salt and Iron Institute, the Salt and Iron Institute was located near the Dashuixia Iron Works. There were not many players in Dashuixia at that time, so he chatted with Jian Xia every three days.
Recently, King Jianning established a financial department and transferred Jiang Lun back to Shazhou City.
After Jiang Lun arrived in Shazhou City, in addition to establishing salt and iron tax bureaus at various levels, another major move was the establishment of banks.
In the early days of the game, transactions between players also used copper coins.
However, as the copper coin transactions between players became more frequent, Jiang Lun wrote a letter and established a "Prince's Bank" in Shazhou City.
This Wangfu Bank only serves players.
Players can store all their copper coins in the bank. When trading with players, they no longer need to carry inconvenient copper coins. They can directly transfer money through the backend bank and make electronic payments.
Soon, Li Yan discovered the beauty of this Wangfu Bank.
There are still a lot of transactions between players, and these transactions between players are all turned into numbers and left in the bank account.
In the bank's warehouse, copper coins, gold and silver are actually stored.
Jiang Lun originally just wanted to establish a system to facilitate players' transactions, but he did not expect to bring a lot of accumulated money to Li Yan.
It would be a pity not to use so much money in the warehouse of Wangfu Bank!
Li Yan immediately found Jiang Lun and asked him how to use the remaining money.
Jiang Lun never thought that he would build the first bank in the Tang Dynasty just to facilitate players' transactions.
And this bank’s deposit reserves are still very sufficient!
Only then did Jiang Lun realize that he had actually issued digital currency in Datang!
Now that everyone can issue digital currency, Jiang Lun came up with a bold idea to issue banknotes!
Thinking of this, Jiang Lun's whole body trembled.
As a student majoring in finance and economics, it is such a great temptation to build a credit and currency system with your own hands!
Credit money is the cornerstone of modern finance.
What is the biggest difficulty for banks to issue currency? Credit!
If a merchant does not believe that a piece of paper can be exchanged for money, then the merchant will not accept banknotes.
Merchants do not accept paper money, and people cannot exchange goods with paper money.
Credit currency, the most important thing is credit.
Players have a large amount of deposited funds in the bank, which provides Jiang Lun with the reserves to issue banknotes.
Player merchants are also the easiest to accept banknotes. The next step is to let the people accept banknotes!
Jiang Lun made a suggestion to King Jianning. In the future, electronic transfers between players should also use banknotes issued by Wangfu Bank.
In the eyes of players, this is an act of taking off your pants and farting, simplifying it into something complex.
But in the eyes of the common people, goods worth thousands of gold can be traded with thin banknotes?
Players traded through banknotes, and people saw that banknotes could really be exchanged for goods, and they became interested in this easy-to-carry thing.
Especially those merchants who do business with players must prepare a large cart of copper coins for each transaction, which is very inconvenient.
When doing large transactions, you have to bring several guys with you to count the money.
These merchants were the first to realize the benefits of banknotes. It was convenient and fast to use banknotes to pay and deliver goods.
After the transaction is completed, the merchants need copper coins and take the banknotes to Wangfu Bank to exchange them for copper coins of the corresponding denomination.
Gradually, non-player merchants in Shazhou City also began to use banknotes for transactions, and now there were more copper coins deposited in the Wangfu Bank.
However, the implementation of banknotes also encountered problems. Counterfeit banknotes soon appeared in Shazhou City.
This batch of counterfeit coins turned out to be printed by players!
After discovering the counterfeit currency den, Li Yan dealt with it decisively. He first warned the "talents" who printed counterfeit currency and deducted their contribution points.
Then a notice was issued to the players, and if any players found to have printed counterfeit coins, they would be kicked out of the game!
The Prince of Jianning also issued a notice to the people, saying that printing counterfeit money without permission was the same crime as coining counterfeit money without permission.
After the first counterfeit currency incident, counterfeit currency printed by indigenous people appeared on the market.
This time Li Yan struck hard and caught the two main culprits in printing counterfeit currency, and sent them directly to the judicial department for beheading.
This time, the imminent counterfeit banknote printer was finally suppressed, and then Jiang Lun came up with another strategy.
Jiang Lun's method was very simple. He asked King Jianning to print QR codes on large-denomination banknotes.
All players can check the authenticity of these banknotes through QR codes, and NPCs can also identify the authenticity of these banknotes by asking players to inquire.
This method was immediately praised by Li Yan. After the launch of a new anti-counterfeiting QR code, the counterfeit currency crisis finally subsided.
Merchants began to use paper money for settlement, and gradually people also discovered the benefits of this kind of paper money.
Paper money can be stored close to your body and is not easily stolen by thieves.
Paper money is easy to carry around, and making change is easy.
When you need copper coins, just go to Wangfu Bank to exchange them.
Gradually, more and more people use paper money in Shazhou City.
Jiang Lun devoted himself wholeheartedly to the work of promoting banknotes and preparing to build a bank, and even his chat with Jian Xia was perfunctory.
Jian Xia was so angry that she said with itching teeth: "Okay, it turns out that I went to Shazhou to do big things. No wonder it's so slow to reply to my message!"
Cui Ruoyun covered her mouth and laughed. She watched the transaction between the two parties complete, and the player who bought the sheep and camels turned around, and she turned out to be an acquaintance.
Tian Qun is a classmate of his younger brother Cui Tao, a senior majoring in animal husbandry, and an early player who followed Cui Tao into the game.
After Tian Qun saw Cui Ruoyun, he immediately came over to say hello enthusiastically: "Sister Cui!"
Cui Ruoyun greeted Tian Qun and asked, "Why did you buy these camels and sheep?"
Tian Qun smiled and said: "Sister Cui, I have been appointed as the herdsman of Guazhou Qun. These dromedary camels and big-tailed sheep are very good livestock species. I bought them for breeding."
Cui Ruoyun nodded. After Zheng He took office as the Superintendent of Suzhou Group Herding, the ranch model of Shandan Racecourse has been doing well.
Li Yan decided to extend it to the entire Longyou and set up group herding supervisors in each state to manage local pastures.
Tianqun was originally a herding professional. He originally served as the head of the village in Shazhou, leading the people to raise sheep.
With a professional counterpart and good abilities, Tian Qun was recommended by Cui Tao and served as the pastoral supervisor of Guazhou Qun.
In the northern part of Guazhou, there are also large tracts of pasture between the prison guards in Baowen Mountain.
It's just that these pastures are far less fertile than Shandan Pasture in Zhangye, and are not suitable for breeding animals such as horses and cattle that require careful breeding.
So Tianqun took aim at camels and sheep, two types of livestock that are not picky about forage and are less difficult to raise.
The merchants of Qiuci were able to travel all over the Western Regions, and the dromedary camel was their greatest weapon.
Although the dromedary has only one hump, it is taller than the ordinary bactrian camel.
This kind of camel is not as comfortable to ride as the Bactrian camel, but its load-bearing capacity is really strong.
The weight-bearing capacity of a dromedary camel is almost twice that of a bactrian camel!
For merchants who travel north and south to transport goods, the value of a single hump can be imagined.
Big-tailed sheep are also a famous specialty of Qiuci.
The wool of big-tailed sheep is thick and compact, making it a fine wool breed.
The fur coats made by big-tailed sheep are very cold-resistant, and sweaters woven from wool are also warmer than other woolen clothes.
The wool of this kind of sheep can also be woven into felt hats, which are also the standard equipment of Kucha merchants in winter.
Tian Qun said: "Sister Cui, I plan to return to Guazhou to breed these two varieties. The wool can be sold to the wool spinning workshop in Guazhou, and the camels can be sold to merchant players."
Cui Ruoyun didn't know much about animal husbandry, so she nodded and said, "Then you work hard, I hope to go to your ranch for vacation in the future!"
"Welcome! Sister Cui, when are you free, I will pick you up!"
Tian Qun is Cui Tao's classmate, and he knows very well how powerful Cui Ruoyun is. In reality, he has a lot of respect for this eldest sister.
In the game, Cui Ruoyun's title as "Queen of Gunpowder" is so famous that it is known all over the Internet, and her laboratory is also listed as a forbidden area by players, who dare not approach it casually.
After letting go of the field group who were eager to take the sheep and camels back, Cui Ruoyun and Jian Xia continued shopping.
However, Jian Xia was obviously much absent-minded. She lowered her head and grabbed the game communicator, and kept sending messages to Jiang Lun.
"Guess where I am?"
It took Jiang Lun a long time before he sent a message: "?"
Jian Xia was so angry that her teeth itched. She immediately sent a position and said:
"I heard Ruoyun say that you made a big move in Shazhou, why didn't you tell me?"
Sitting in the Salt and Iron Taxation Headquarters, Jiang Lun felt a chill coming from him. Jian Xia's tone showed that she was angry.
Jiang Lun immediately put down the report in his hand and explained: "I see that you have been busy recently, so I didn't talk to you about this matter. I will go to Dongshi right now and take you to Wangfu Bank to have a good look!"
After saying this, Jiang Lun didn't care about Jian Xia's reply and immediately rushed out of the Salt and Iron Taxation Headquarters and towards Dongshi.
Seeing Jiang Lun being so polite, Jian Xia put away the chat device.
Seeing her best friend's face clearing up, Cui Ruoyun knew that Jiang Lun had passed the test this time.
Deserve it!
Thinking of the last time Jiang Lun vetoed her report on increasing the laboratory budget, Cui Ruoyun also felt that it was too easy for this kid to get through!
Just when the Western Regions Commodity Fair was being held in Shazhou Chengdong City, the Tang Dynasty Commodity Fair was also being held in full swing at the trading station in Mobei Grassland.