In the smelting workshop, the first set of knife coins was produced.
"Dangdangdang..."
Jiang Xuan picked up a large knife coin and a small knife coin, and they collided with each other several times, making a crisp metal collision sound.
The large sword coin is about two fingers wide and thirty centimeters long. The handle has the totem pattern of the rattan tribe and there is a ring at the end.
The small knife coin is about one finger wide and fifteen centimeters long. It is similar in shape to the big knife coin, but smaller.
Jiang Xuan looked at the two sword coins carefully and said with satisfaction: "The casting is pretty good, better than I expected."
The soldier on the side asked in a low voice: "Chief, is this thing really that useful?"
"Of course, this is the future money of our Vine Tribe. Money is a good thing. You will know its benefits in the future."
Jiang Xuan picked up a small knife coin and said, "This small knife coin can be exchanged for ten kilograms of grain."
There is a steelyard in the smelting workshop, so these soldiers know how much ten pounds of grain is.
Jiang Xuan picked up another big knife coin and said, "This big knife coin can be exchanged for a hundred kilograms of grain!"
When those soldiers heard this, their eyes widened.
The tribesmen were frightened of hunger, very sensitive to food, and greedy. When they heard that a large knife coin could be exchanged for a hundred kilograms of grain, they suddenly had a different view of this kind of knife coin.
If it can be exchanged for food, this would be a great thing!
"It's not just food. When we fully promote knife coins, it can buy almost all goods. Now you know how important it is, right?"
The soldiers nodded one after another and stared at the coins.
Jiang Xuan glanced at their performance and became more vigilant, because people are greedy. What if the power of minting coins is given to the people in the smelting workshop, and they secretly mint some knife coins themselves in the future?
Some things cannot be saved until they happen. Taking precautions before they happen is the best option.
At this moment, a soldier stared at the knife coin for a long time and cautiously said to Jiang Xuan: "Chief, one big knife coin can be exchanged for ten small knife coins, right?"
"That's right." Jiang Xuan looked at him doubtfully, not knowing what he wanted to say.
The soldier hesitated for a moment and then said, "What if someone melted the small knife coins and minted them into more large knife coins?"
"What?" Jiang Xuan's face finally turned serious. This was a question he didn't expect.
The soldier pointed at the knife coin in Jiang Xuan's hand: "Chief, look, this big knife coin is a little bigger than the small knife coin, but not much bigger. We can use at most three small knife coins to melt it into a big knife.
currency."
"If someone secretly learns the technology of casting knife coins in the future, and then collects a large number of small knife coins, three small knife coins can be melted and cast into one large knife coin. But according to what the leader just said, one large knife coin can actually be exchanged for ten
A small knife coin."
The soldier looked at Jiang Xuan cautiously, and his voice became smaller and smaller: "Then...has he made a lot of money?"
After Jiang Xuan heard this, he felt his heart tightening. If someone really did this, the Vine Tribe would suffer a big loss.
He never dared to underestimate the wisdom of the tribesmen, because the tribesmen just had little knowledge, not stupidity. There were many smart people.
No one can guarantee that the bronze smelting and casting techniques of the Teng tribe will never be learned by people from other tribes.
Even if it is never learned by people from other tribes, who can guarantee that no one within the Vine tribe will take the risk and cast it privately under the temptation of huge benefits?
Jiang Xuan looked at the warrior and said, "If I remember correctly, your name is White Fang, right?"
"Yes, Chief." White Fang was a little excited because the Chief remembered his name.
"White Fang, how do you think we should solve this problem?"
White Fang thought for a while and said, "I can only think of a stupid way now, that is, each large knife coin weighs ten times as much as a small knife coin. In this way, even if someone melts the small knife coins, it will be useless."
Jiang Xuan nodded and said: "Bai Ya, come with me."
After Jiang Xuan finished speaking, he walked out. Bai Ya was stunned for a moment, and then quickly followed him under the envious eyes of other soldiers.
The two of them walked until they reached the woods near the smelting workshop. When there was no one around, Jiang Xuan finally stopped and spoke.
"White Fang, have you ever learned arithmetic?"
"Learned."
"good."
Jiang Xuan turned his head, pondered for a moment, and said: "I plan to set up a coinage workshop specifically responsible for making coins. Do you dare to go and be the owner of the workshop?"
The monetary system is a very important and complex system.
At present, the currency system of the Vine Tribe has just begun to be laid out, and it will encounter countless problems and challenges in the future.
Therefore, Jiang Xuan must support a capable person to manage the coinage workshop and solve those problems and challenges.
In Jiang Xuan's view, Bai Ya is a person with relatively high potential. Whether he can stimulate his potential and manage the coinage workshop well depends on his ability.
If his potential cannot be unleashed, Jiang Xuan can be replaced at any time in the future.
White Fang was very excited. He was a smart man and immediately realized that this matter was a huge opportunity for him.
"Since the leader trusts me, what can I not dare to do?"
"Okay, starting tomorrow, I will let the engineering team build a mint workshop. After the construction is completed, you will be the owner of the workshop!"
"Thank you, chief. I will definitely not betray your trust!"
Jiang Xuan smiled and patted Bai Ya on the shoulder and said: "Do a good job and get the coin issue settled. The tribe will never treat you badly."
"Um!"
White Fang nodded heavily. Because he was so excited, his whole body was in a very excited state.
"Come on, let me tell you about the coins again."
Jiang Xuan and White Ya walked slowly in the woods. Jiang Xuan briefly told White Ya about the monetary system he planned to establish, the future evolution of the monetary system, and what challenges the monetary system would encounter.
After listening to Jiang Xuan's words, Bai Ya felt that the door to a new world had opened, and his whole body felt like he was in a state of ecstasy.
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On February 15th, the Teng Tribe Coin Minting Workshop was officially established.
The coinage workshop is currently the only one built by the Teng tribe on the east bank. It is built in a bamboo forest with high walls and is patrolled day and night by soldiers from the Teng tribe's guard team.
In the coinage workshop, there are not only clansmen who specialize in smelting, but also talents transferred from the stoneware workshop.
The coins of the Vine tribe, from small to large, are small knife coins, large knife coins, and gem knife coins made of high-quality stone.
Ten small knife coins can be exchanged for one large knife coin, and ten large knife coins can be exchanged for one gem knife coin.
It is worth noting that all knife coins can be used as tools.
Large knife coins and small knife coins can be used to cut vegetables, meat, or scrape things that are not particularly hard. Gem knife coins have similar functions to the stone knives commonly used by tribesmen, except that they look better and the material is harder.
On February 28th, Jiang Xuan officially promoted knife coins in the trading area, and the Vine Tribe currency system officially began to be laid.
Jiang Xuan stood on a temporary high platform and promoted the sword coins to the Teng tribe members, outside tribesmen and tourists below.
"Starting from today, the Vine Tribe trading area will use a new thing, and that is these knife coins in my hand, also called money!"
Jiang Xuan raised a small knife coin. Under the sunlight, the small knife coin reflected golden light, which was very beautiful.
"Have you seen it? This is a knife coin. It can be used to cut meat or peel animal skins. It is very sharp and easy to carry."
"But the function of knife coins is not just that. As long as you are in the trading area of our Vine Tribe, you can buy anything with knife coins!"
"We can use the knife coins to buy salt, buy food, weapons, and tools..."
"In addition to small knife coins, there are also large knife coins and gem knife coins. They all have the same function!"
"Ten small knife coins can be exchanged for one large knife coin, and ten large knife coins can be exchanged for one gem knife coin. Everyone must remember it."
"In addition, I want to announce one thing, that is, everyone who enters the trading area in the future can exchange the goods they bring into knife coins at the entrance, and then take the knife coins and go to any shop.
You can buy something!”
"Think about it, everyone, is it very heavy and inconvenient for you to carry goods on your back into the trading area? It's different when you change it to knife coins. It is much lighter than goods, easy to carry, and you can buy things with it.
, no more effort to estimate the value.”
…
Jiang Xuan's mouth was dry as he spoke on the stage, and everyone below was also talking about it.
Everyone is obviously very curious about new things like "knife coins" and "money", but they also lack understanding and trust, and are skeptical.
Of course Jiang Xuan knew this, so he was not in a hurry.
After the crowd calmed down a bit, Jiang Xuan shouted again: "Those who want sword coins can now exchange them at the entrance of the trading area. If you don't want them, the Vine Tribe will never force them."
After shouting, Jiang Xuan jumped from the high platform and jumped to the ground easily.
Then, he walked through the crowd holding the knife coin and came to a house at the entrance of the trading area.
Most people followed him one after another. They may not have much interest in "money" for the time being, but many people showed a strong interest in the knife coins themselves.
Because compared to stone knives, golden bronze knives and gem knives made of high-quality stone are obviously much more beautiful to look at and much easier to use.
As for whether it is a "coin", most people currently don't care. They value practicality more.
Therefore, a crowd gathered outside the house at the entrance to the trading area. Most people wanted to watch the excitement, but some people really wanted to exchange a few sword coins to see if the blade was sharp and useful.
"Everyone, don't crowd around the door. Those who want to exchange knife coins should line up. Those who don't want to exchange for the time being can stand aside and take a look."
Jiang Xuan waved to the soldiers of the Vine Tribe Guards, and dozens of Vine Tribe soldiers immediately pushed the crowd away and cleared an open space.
Afterwards, those who wanted to trade stood in the open space one by one and lined up in a row under the guidance of the Vine Tribe warriors.
The first person to exchange knife coins is the leader of the frog tribe, Huo Meng.
As the leader of the affiliated tribe of the Vine Tribe, since the Vine Tribe has launched the knife coin, he must strongly support it, not to mention that the knife coin is indeed very beautiful, and Huo Meng is very interested.
"Boom!"
Huo Meng placed an animal skin bag on the table, then opened the mouth of the bag, revealing the animal teeth inside, and said to Jiang Xuan: "Chief Teng, how many coins can these animal teeth be exchanged for?"
Jiang Xuan said to the soldiers on the side: "Pour it out and count it."
"yes!"
The soldier immediately poured out all the tusks and sorted them one by one. Some tusks were larger, some were smaller, some were of good quality, and some were of poor quality. They had to be sorted out.
After sorting, Jiang Xuan estimated the value of the animal teeth based on their size and appearance.
In fact, although Huo Meng brought many animal teeth, due to the limited strength of the Frog tribe, most of the animals they hunted were ordinary beasts. These animal teeth were just ordinary animal teeth. Although they were large in number, their value was not high.
After the estimation was completed, Jiang Xuan said to Huo Meng: "Chief Huo Meng, these beast teeth can be exchanged for eight small knife coins."
Huo Meng was stunned, because the small knife coin in Jiang Xuan's hand was too small. With so many beast teeth, couldn't he even exchange for a big knife coin?
Jiang Xuan guessed what he was thinking, so he smiled and said: "Chief Huo Meng, don't underestimate these eight small knife coins. They can be exchanged for two large bags of food, or you can also exchange them for salt, pottery and other things."
Huo Meng's eyes lit up and he said, "Then change it for me right away."
Jiang Xuan smiled, then counted out eight small knife coins and handed them to Huo Meng.
“Ding dong dong dong…”
Huo Meng tossed the coins a few times, listened to their crisp sound, and then walked towards the trading area with the coins.
Next, many outsiders and tourists who trusted the Teng tribe came to Jiang Xuan with various things to exchange for small knife coins.
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Because they were poor, they did not dare to gamble with the goods they had finally obtained. They all wanted to see if others could really buy goods in the trading area after taking the knife coins.
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In the trading area, Huo Meng held eight small knife coins and looked at them over and over while walking towards the shop.
He looked at the various shops, hesitated for a moment, and then walked into the grain and salt shop.
"Welcome, leader Huo Meng, what do you want to buy?"
Dong Kui followed Jiang Xuanjiao's words and enthusiastically welcomed today's first guest.
Huo Meng looked at the knife coin in his hand, then at the salt jar in the shop, and asked: "How to trade salt?"
"Chief Huo Meng, three small knife coins can be exchanged for a pound of salt."
"How much is a pound of salt?"
Huo Meng had never heard of the unit of weight "jin", so he was a little confused.
Magnolia picked up a steelyard, then filled a small animal skin bag with half a bag of salt and put it on the scale pan. When she moved the weight rope to the "one catty" position, the scale steel rose rapidly.
Magnolia used a small shovel to scoop out some salt from the animal skin bag, and weighed it twice more until the scale beam remained balanced.
Huo Meng watched her operation with a blank expression, not knowing what she was doing.
Fortunately, after Magnolia finished weighing, she immediately explained to him with a steel scale.
"Chief Huo Meng, this thing is called a steelyard. It was made by our leader and can be used to weigh goods."
"Look, if we put the salt on the scale and slide the weight, we can know the weight of the salt. For example, if the weight slides to this position, it means one catty, and this position means two catties..."
After Dong Kui finished explaining, she handed the salt in the small animal skin bag to Huo Meng and said, "Here is a pound of salt. You can buy it with three small knives."
After hearing this, Huo Meng still didn't quite understand, but he knew that three small knife coins could be exchanged for the bag of salt.