Chapter 84 Minting and Scattering Coins
The vault under the castle that had been empty for a long time finally had gold stored in it. It was freed from the fate of being used to grow mushrooms. Frederick was so happy that he made it at night. It’s a dream about counting money. It’s really counting money until you wake up naturally.
It’s just that money has to be used, and it will not produce value if placed in a vault.
Frederick thought for two days and finally figured out how to spend the money.
The first step is to open a bank.
"A banker." Katie began to think while eating breakfast. "I have a very good relationship with a lady from the Averardo family. I painted her wedding portrait. I'll write to her and ask her to recommend a suitable person. "
"The Averardo family?" Frederick asked after putting down the milk glass, "How professional are they?"
As soon as he finished asking, he felt like he was asking. Wrong question. Katie, Richard Nall and Psyche all looked at themselves as if they were fools, as if they were asking Bill Gates if he knew how to use a computer.
Frederick responded to them with a "I'm so sorry I'm a country bumpkin" look.
Katie explained: "The Averardo family's bank is the largest bank in the southern part of the Kingdom of Sardinia. In addition to the head of the family who is engaged in politics, all the branches of the family are engaged in banking work and travel to various places through the branches. The bank has created a banking network around the inland sea.”
"Although their family is powerful, they have always put the interests of their employer first, even at the expense of making enemies of other relatives.
After hearing this, Frederick thought about it and found that he had no better choice. Choosing an agent is just like a restaurant, you enter whichever restaurant has the most families on the street, and finally say: "Then look for them. "
Katie asked him: "What are you looking for someone who is good at? "
Frederick replied: "You must be good at borrowing money to make money. ”
Katie said she understood and would go to the papermaking workshop after writing a letter to her friend.
Next it's time to design the coin's pattern.
Among the currencies currently in circulation on the market, the florin has only one denomination, the Kreuz has two denominations of 1 and 10, and the copper plate has three denominations of 1, 5, 10, and 50.
Frederick decided to add some new denominations, and the florin will continue to remain unchanged. The gold coin denomination is too large to change. Kreuz can be set to four denominations: 1, 2, 5, and 10. Copper plates come in six denominations: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, and 50.
Because the front of the Rhine League currency is the portrait of the king, the personalized patterns of each territory can only be on the back.
Frederick finally decided not to make those fancy patterns, so that people can see the face value of the coins at a glance, so he used mahjong tiles as a reference.
Florin's pattern uses a "yaoji", and he chose the white stork, which is very common in Weisenland and other places and is known as an auspicious bird among the people.
For Kreuz and copper plates with denominations of 1, 2, and 5, use the corresponding number of "" to display the number of bars. For denominations of 10, 20, and 50, use the number of "" that is a multiple of 10 to display the number of barrels. .
There is no exact explanation of what kind of flower this "" is. With the current resolution of minting, it is impossible to print it very finely. Let everyone say it is what it is.
At the same time, "Wesson" is marked above the pattern and the year of production is marked below.
There is no need to look for a place for production, just the blacksmith shop in the castle. It is the arsenal of the Wesson family, and the craftsmen there are all trustworthy.
But Frederick still wanted to do some new tricks.
Today’s coins are made by weighing a metal sheet of a certain weight and then using a mold to make it. The edges are irregular, so some people will cut off the edges. In serious cases, they will cut off a small piece of the coin. This caused many conflicts.
Frederick came to Omet to discuss the minting machine with him.
“I plan to make a circle of fine teeth around the coin,” Frederick said, pointing to the picture he drew. “You can see it if someone shaves the edge of the coin.”
< br>Ogilvy understood what he meant and said seriously: "It's okay to do it, but first, don't cut it out like a gear."
Frederick said with a smile: "Of course not, it would be too time-consuming."
"I plan to use a stamping mold with fine teeth reserved on the edge of the mold."
Ogilvy & Mather After thinking for a while, Te said: "No problem, now our punch is powerful enough to press out these fine teeth, and the mold can use reinforced metal."
Frederick nodded and let him use it first Try modifying a few existing punch presses.
Ogilvy put away the pattern on the back, and then showed a doggy smile on his face.
"Principal," he said, "now that you have money, it's time to buy more machines, right?"
Frederick laughed and joked: "You are going to be a father, so start saving money for your children." Right?"
Omet said with a smile: "You will know what I think when you become a father."
Frederick smiled, with a smile on his face. His expression immediately became serious and he said: "I have made a lot of windfall recently, but I will not keep this money, but I am going to spread it out." "Our industry in Wesenland needs to develop."
"After the smelter was put into operation, our steel production increased significantly, but we can't make much money just selling raw materials."
"According to my preliminary plan, we want to develop the metal manufacturing industry."
“You can make more money by making steel into nails, wires, screws, nuts, locks, hinges, latches, springs, screwdrivers, pliers, hammers, saws and other things than simply selling raw materials.”
< br>"I can't do that much by myself, and I can't take care of the two of you."
"So I plan for the two of us to seize the raw materials and the machines to produce those things, and trivial things. Let other people make money.”
Ogilvy immediately understood what he meant and confirmed to him: "It's like BASF, they only seize the raw materials and don't care what others buy them for?"
"Yes. "Frederick nodded, "I plan to use the money to lend it to those who want to make money but don't have enough capital."
"You can focus on production driven by steam engines and magic reciprocators. We will hold an exhibition and sales meeting on the machines for growing goods.”
“I will provide special loans to people who are interested in purchasing but do not have enough capital. The money can only be used to buy these machines, which is equivalent to money. From the left pocket to the right pocket, interest and taxes are also generated.”
“I also plan to build an industrial park outside the city and build some brick and wood factory buildings to rent to those who have no money to build factories. .”
After hearing this, Ogilvy asked thoughtfully: "In other words, if a person wants to open a workshop by himself, he does not need to prepare too much capital. The factory can be rented and the machines can be bought with loans. As long as there is money to buy raw materials and rent, Just find workers."
Frederick nodded.
Omet frowned and asked: "What if that person can't make money and can't repay the loan for the machine?"
Frederick replied: "That's simple. As long as the machines purchased with loans cannot be shipped out of Wesenland, it will be fine.” Just hit two nails or something so that the people at the customs and customs can recognize it at a glance.”
Ogilvy thinks this is not bad, as long as the machine is still there, it can be taken back without paying the money.
“This is a good method.” He said, “If necessary, you don’t even need to pay. You just need to open a note to deliver the goods, and then settle the bill at the end of the year.”
Frederick He also said: "I think so too."
"I am going to open a bank now. Then everyone can open an account in the bank. There is no custody fee for deposits. For large transactions, professional bills can be used directly in the account." Go online and charge a small fee, so you don’t have to carry money around.”
Omet said with a smile: “This is really convenient. It would be great if the workers were paid in the same way. If there are too many people, the wages will have to be transported by truck.”
Frederick held his chin and said: "It's not impossible."
"I can give you a voucher with the same denomination as currency. When the time comes, you will give it to the workers, and the workers will bring it to the bank to exchange The currency can be deposited into your own account."
Omet smiled and shook his head and said: "Forget it, someone has done this before, but too many vouchers were issued and the money could not be exchanged. , in the end it became useless parchment."
Frederick just smiled and said nothing more about it. Paper money was still too early for this era.
The two chatted for a while about taking out a loan to buy machines, and All Might sighed again: "I thought the principal's estate was occupied by the university, and he would build a new mansion when he got rich."< br>
Everyone knows that living in a castle is uncomfortable. Rich nobles usually live in luxurious mansions, and only go back to the castle for major ceremonies and wars.
The Wesson family has two estates close to the castle. The one by the lake was given to Wesson University, and the other one is now a seed breeding base and chicken and duck seedling wholesale center. It is too noisy.
The corners of Frederick's mouth curved slightly and he said: "A new mansion is going to be built, but I want to build a mahogany-style mansion."
"Oh?" Ogilvy & Mather Te was shocked, "Really!?"
Now everyone knows that Frederick brought back many crops from the distant Peach Blossom Stone in the East through a pagan merchant, and even wheat that can be planted in the spring. , for a while everyone was full of curiosity about this country that only existed on parchment before.
So it's not surprising that Omet is going to build a mahogany-style mansion now, and he's still looking forward to it.
Frederick took an elective course in Chinese gardening when he was studying in his previous life, and he had a fair understanding of garden architecture. Later, he worked and participated in a garden-style resort project. Although the climate and plants in the two places were different, they were designed according to local conditions. It is still possible to produce a high imitation product that is similar in quality.
But this guy held his chin and said: "The peach blossom stone rich man's mansion won't be built for a while, it's too exquisite, but the residential buildings can be used in the industrial park to house workers."
Omet said with a little envy: "Those workers are lucky."
Many years later, a young navigator from the East chased a young navigator from the East in the brick-concrete Tongzilou community next to the industrial park. Some guy cut it.
(End of this chapter)