On the seventh day after the reward, Hua Xi came to the Elders House to convene a meeting with the elders. This time, he mainly asked about the development of the tribe during the expedition, such as Sunset Castle, Iron Wall, etc.
The great elder Hua An said respectfully: "Chief, since you are not here during this period, I will report to you the latest situation of the tribe."
"Yeah! Say it!" Hua Xi nodded.
Hua An hesitated for a moment and reported truthfully: "Chief, the tribe currently mints about 30,000 Chinese coins, and the ones circulating on the market fluctuate between 16,000 and 17,000. The rest are used to maintain the daily operations of the tribe.
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When Hua Xi heard this, he immediately said displeased: "Why is there so little currency in circulation? The population of our tribe has almost exceeded 9,000, and 4 copper coins per capita are not enough. How can trade be active? No, we must increase the issuance of currency!
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Hua An replied repeatedly, and after looking at the clan leader on the steps, he continued: "Clan Leader, regarding the denomination and unit of currency, I have some opinions on how the clan members use it."
"Oh? What do you think? Let me hear it!" Hua Xi said unexpectedly
"Yes! Although the denominations of our Chinese coins are divided into 1, 2, 5, 10, 50, and 100! But there are some items that are less valuable than one Chinese coin. During the transaction, you can only buy something worth 1 Chinese coin.
, the tribesmen have some opinions on this!"
After hearing this, Hua Xi cursed herself secretly. It was a shame that she had traveled through time. When making currency, she only remembered to divide different denominations but did not set up units. She was so confused!
Hua Xi pondered for a moment and replied in a deep voice: "In this case, you will order the craftsmen to make a new batch of bronze coins. They will still be made according to the original denominations. The back of the copper coins will still be engraved with the names of our Chinese tribes."
The word "Zhonghua" must be engraved on the right side of the face value number with the two unit symbols "jiao" and "yuan". All the original Chinese coins are recycled, and new Chinese coins are used to replace 10 jiao equal to 1 yuan, and so on!
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After listening to Hua Xi’s newly announced monetary policy, everyone below thought about it for a moment, and they all shouted that the newly divided unit currency has greater freedom and convenience than the previous unchanging unit policy.
"For now, let's recycle the original currency, and uniformly mint and issue different denominations and unit currencies worth 100,000 yuan! Later, we will modify the issuance volume and some monetary policies as appropriate according to the situation!" Hua Xi thought for a moment and added
"Yes!" Hua An replied, then turned around and took a sheepskin manuscript from a waiter, glanced at it briefly, and continued: "In addition to this matter, there is also a report on the construction work of the city to the clan leader. This manuscript
It contains detailed records of the current work of the three cities, please take a look!" After saying that, Hua An leaned forward and held the sheepskin notebook in his hand flat against his chest.
"Well, it's good to bring it up!" Hua Xi said, and a waiter standing in front of him went over and brought up the parchment roll in Hua An's hand.
The situation recorded in the sheepskin notebook is very detailed, and the general situation is as follows:
With the increase in population, the division of labor in society has become more detailed, resulting in the birth of more industries and groups of people with different occupations. People need to build more buildings with different functions to meet production needs. Therefore, as the main town of the Chinese people, it is also a city with a radius of hundreds of miles.
The most prosperous goods and cultural gathering center city on the ground, the upgrading of Chinatown is also at the top of the work
There are 70 new residences, which can accommodate about 400 people. Most of the residences were built by soldiers who went on this expedition, and a few were built by businessmen (to build private residences within the tribe, you need to use currency to purchase land and building materials, and pay
Most of the people of the Ping ethnic group such as artificial intelligence live in public houses, and the environment and sanitation conditions are naturally poor, but it is much better than those tribes who still live in caves and thatched houses, because the buildings in China City are made of lime, sandstone concrete
(built with wood and wood), the tribe also had some surplus food, some of which were rice, fruits and other food. The wine-making industry was also slightly stimulated, and the first winery and tavern appeared in the city. However,
These two buildings with different functions currently only serve the powerful tribes and a small number of businessmen who have some means of production.
Mining, currently the number of exploration and mining personnel has reached 1,000. Iron Wall has become a mining and storage distribution base for lime, volcanic ash, clay, copper, tin ore, and lead ore. Iron Wall is the center, with Sunset Fort and Chinatown as the fulcrum.
, radiate the Southern Alliance tribes, and initially form a distribution center for material mining, calcining, processing, trading, and storage. Currently, it is mainly responsible for supplying the daily needs of the tribes. The metallurgy, ore processing and other workshops of the tribes are all set up here.
The blacksmith shop is an extension of the ore forging workshop. It turns out that most of the farm tools and some copper daily necessities in the tribe are made by the tribe's workshops. As the metallurgical industry continues to grow, the workshop masters and elders who have the first-hand means of production have
They have jointly established private blacksmith shops one after another. Although they are not as good as tribal workshops in terms of scale and quality, they have advantages that workshops do not have, that is, the breakdown and price of tools. They purchase some poor-quality ore from workshops and society.
and broken copper utensils, and then remelted them to make new copper utensils
In terms of small appliances for daily use, both in terms of variety and price, the profit margins are better than those of tribal workshops. To a certain extent, a new industrial chain and interest group have also been formed, and they are no longer tribal.
The dominance of one of its affiliated institutions has initially formed a competition between private and public enterprises.
There are not many new blacksmith shops. Currently there are only three in the city. They were jointly established by tribal elders, priests and some tribesmen who have mastered technology. The number of people in these three shops is between 150-200. They have a basic division of labor and have blacksmiths.
The three blacksmith shops opened with the support of masters, apprentices, purchasers, daily managers and other staff with different backgrounds are also opened in the three towns in a tacit agreement without interfering with each other. The prices are unified because of the wide variety and cheap prices, and the majority of the tribesmen.
Buy from the blacksmith shop. Only a few valuable items go to the tribal workshop to buy items with higher quality requirements such as plows.
In addition to the metallurgical industry, the handicraft industry also includes stone tools, bamboo, wood, grass and rattan processing industries. Not everyone can afford copper, and not all working tools can only be used for gathering, hunting, logging, and mining.
In terms of construction, stone axes, stone knives, stone chisels, stone spears, stone hammers, etc. are still playing a huge role. In addition, bamboo and rattan are also widely used, such as ropes, construction, weaving, roof repair, rattan mats, etc.
In addition, these are also good materials for making handicrafts. Carved exquisite jade, wood products and straw-knotted handicrafts are also quietly emerging. If there is demand, there will naturally be people to supply them. Currently, there are about 500 people working full-time in this area.
In terms of architecture, in addition to a few priests and dozens of full-time masons, most of the manpower to build cities, build roads, and build houses is to recruit tribesmen to complete the development and research of buildings. Basically, they think among the priests and the dozens of master masons.
Agriculture has always been a top priority since mankind entered the farming era. Most people in the tribe are engaged in agriculture, such as reclamation, sowing seeds, irrigation, planting, fertilizing, and harvesting. What is worth celebrating is that in the process of planting rice,
The tribesmen have gradually discovered corn, rapeseed, and potatoes. Currently, only a few people grow them. However, I believe that high-yielding crops such as potatoes and corn will soon be vigorously promoted and cultivated by Hua Xi.
Tiebei and Sunset Fort currently have a permanent population of 400 to 500, with an average monthly floating population of about 1,000. Sunset Fort is currently mainly responsible for extracting sea salt and sea salt distribution center.
China Town is currently overflowing with abundant manpower due to the busy farming season. Hua'an has also sent additional manpower to raise the city wall from the original five meters to the current eight meters. It is tall and majestic. Anyone who comes to China Town will be amazed by this towering building in front of them.
Shocked by the majestic city
After Hua Xi carefully read the thick stack of parchment reports, he praised them repeatedly, affirmed the work performance of the relevant people, and put forward some suggestions of his own for their reference.
Finally, Hua Xi also pointed out the poor quality of the army's establishment these days, and submitted a new reform plan for the army's establishment and the elders' body to the elders' body.
The clan leader remains unchanged and has absolute control over the army as before.
The Council of Elders is divided into two different positions: elders and generals according to the areas they are responsible for. The officials responsible for internal and external administrative affairs and diplomacy are called elders, and the officials responsible for the military area are called generals. The two are independent and have no jurisdiction over each other but are related to each other. The original Council of Elders was renamed
senate
The army is divided into two independent branches: cavalry and infantry.
The cavalry is equipped with long knives and bows and arrows. When charging, they use long knives for melee combat. When they are far away, they use bows and arrows to shoot from a distance.
Infantry is not subdivided. Swordsmen, archers, and pikemen are all three weapons that every soldier can use. The subdivision of the mixed-organization arms will be reformed after the needs of future wars, productivity, population and other conditions develop.
The current number of soldiers in the army is about 1,000. Hua Xi will divide these 1,000 soldiers into the army according to the establishment.
Adopt the decimal system as the unit. Ten people are 1 Shi, let 1 Shi be long; 10 Shi is 100, set Centurion; 10 hundred is 1000, let Centurion be awarded the official title seal and ribbon during war, and the seal and ribbon will be withdrawn immediately after the war. The official title will be abolished only.
Only those who hold the seal and ribbon are qualified to mobilize the army
The plan notes were circulated one by one by the elders below and returned to Hua Xi's hands. Hua Xi asked in a deep voice: "I don't know if you have any suggestions or doubts about this reform. You can provide us with details."
Nowadays, most of them are military blind. Even Hua Feng doesn't know much. As long as it doesn't harm his own interests, everyone nods and says they have no objection. Hua Xi naturally doesn't mind. These things are brought up.
I just show up and make my own decision in the end.
The plan was also passed with unanimous approval and implemented.