Chapter 50 Exploding Gold Coins
After suppressing the rebellion, Horn got up early the next day.
I don’t know if it’s because I got rid of something that was on my mind, but I feel a lot more refreshed.
Last night, after taking Townley into prison, Horn quickly sent people to place Chilvis and Grampwin under house arrest.
These two people are Tang Li's generals, but they are still needed to contact the secret party, so they are only under house arrest.
As for Townley himself, Horn was not a devil. He just hit him with ten sticks and broke his legs to prevent him from escaping.
How to pay for the remaining thirty sticks in installments and whether there will be interest depends on whether Chilvis and Grampwin cooperate.
After sending people to take control of all aspects of the monastery, Horn immediately went to the monastery's warehouse and began to inspect the trophies.
You must know that places such as the warehouse were previously controlled by Townley and others. What Horn wanted, he actually had to inform Grampwin in advance.
There is a possibility that it will not be given! Asked, but no!
Is there any royal law? Are there any laws?
Does the treasury of the Papal State belong to his Tangley family or to my Gallar family?
"Your Majesty, go this way."
Under the guidance of a treasurer monk, Horn, escorted by several pontifical guards, followed the monk slowly towards forward.
The corridor in front of you is about the width of two people's shoulders. The floor is paved with marble, and the roots are entwined with carvings of vines and acanthus leaves.
The faint fragrance of triphinia drifted into the long and narrow corridor along the rose round window. The smell of books, ink and the rotten smell of wood almost turned into brown-black smoke, drifting in front of Horn.
"Your Majesty, this is our indulgence scroll warehouse." The treasurer monk opened the wooden door, "We just received a beautiful relief printing of indulgences from Norn earlier."
Huo En was noncommittal and stepped into this room, which was almost the size of a study.
On the box and on the ground, seven or eight bundles of indulgences were tied up with hemp ropes, while under the window lattice, there were messy letterpress plates placed haphazardly.
"Your Majesty, please see, if someone kills his blood relatives, such as parents, brothers, sisters, he must buy this kind of indulgence coupons." Picking up a bundle of indulgence coupons from the box, the treasurer monk introduced , "One piece is 20 dinars, so I buy about 10 to 20 pieces depending on the situation."
After saying that, the treasurer monk picked up a bundle of indulgence notes from the other side: "If someone kills his wife and wants to marry another, buy this one for 10 dinars, or buy this big one for 50 dinars each. Dinar, it’s more convenient.”
“Or this one, this is the latest one, the crime of blood-related crime, 4 dinars.”
“If someone commits the crime of animal tip. Or a chicken tip sin, for example, someone had sex with a monitor lizard last month, so he bought this kind for 2 gold pounds."
The treasurer monk introduced the bundles of indulgences carefully, Huo. En turned his attention to the letterpress not far away.
“Do you all use this kind of wooden letterpress for printing?”
"Yes, Your Majesty, we usually use relief printing."
"Have you ever tried to take apart the letters and put them together for printing?"
"Oh, you just Just talk about movable type printing. I have little knowledge, but I have heard of movable type printing.”
Horn felt nervous and a little disappointed. He thought he had finally found a way to make a fortune.
The treasurer monk picked up a relief printing plate: "There is movable type printing, but it is more expensive than relief printing. We cannot afford it at all."
"Why?"
A set of movable type is made of metal and may indeed be more expensive than letterpress, but it can be reused many times to print different books. Isn't this better than letterpress?
"Because ordinary metal movable type cannot hold ink. Only special ink can hold it, but that is too expensive." The treasurer monk smiled and opened the door, "This is the warehouse of indulgences. You can Is there anything else you want to ask?"
"Go to the next room"
"Your Majesty."
Following the treasurer priest, Horne walked around the warehouse until the last two rooms.
“Your Highness, this room is called the north room of the icehouse, which is connected to the cellar. We get ice from here in the summer. As for this room, it is the money storehouse where land deeds, gold and silver, and IOUs are stored. "
Horn knew the show was coming: "Take me in and take a look." The two iron doors were opened with locks, and three large boxes were placed respectively, each containing gold and silver currency, land deeds and money. IOU.
The treasurer monk opened the largest box, and golden light instantly filled Horn's eyes.
Stepping forward, Horn picked up a gold pound and observed it carefully.
When he was an accounting apprentice at the Grocers Guild, Horn was not worthy of touching such high-end currency.
Now that I can touch it with my own hands, of course I have to take a good look at it.
According to the accountant Fu in Gaobao City, this gold pound is about one flange inch (3 centimeters) in diameter according to the royal family’s minting regulations, and is made of 90% pure gold. , weighing around 1 ounce (30 grams).
The front of the gold pound is printed with the heads of the successive Holy El Emperors, and the back is printed with the sacred tree that holds up the world.
The Empire's Coinage Law stipulated that one gold pound was forcibly exchanged for one pound of silver.
One pound of silver is minted into 120 dinars. One dinar is about 10 French cents (2.2 centimeters) and weighs about one-eighth of an ounce (3.8 grams).
Most of the dinar coinage rights were devolved to the hands of various dukes, so there were various patterns printed on them, including ones with their own faces and family crests.
The Duke of Marainon of France even printed his little hound on the dinar, which was nicknamed Dogecoin.
As for the price of one dinar in exchange for copper, it fluctuates between 30 and 60, which can buy half a gallon to two gallons of grain.
According to estimates in previous years, the Horn family's 25 acres of land can produce almost 2,200 pounds of rice crackers.
Deduct 220 pounds of tithe to the church, 220 pounds of land rent in kind to the knight, leaving 250 pounds of grain for next year, 500 pounds of rations and reserve grain, and the remaining 1010 pounds of rice crackers can be sold 112 dinars.
From this 112 dinars, we continue to deduct 50 dinars as monetary land rent for the knights and the church, 5 dinars for the head tax, and 24 dinars for the horse rental fees and fodder loss for the armed farmers. .
Including the repair and loss of farm tools and houses, the dry food and bribes brought by Bai when working for the church and knights, and some miscellaneous supplies, the total is 13 dinars.
The Horn family’s annual real estate income is 244 dinars, and the balance is only 20 dinars.
What is the purchasing power of these 20 dinars?
Equivalent to five linen blouses, equivalent to a horse yoke, equivalent to a butter tongue at a noble banquet, a simple appetizer.
This 20 dinars was based on the fact that when old Galal was here, the family had three young and strong laborers, and the grain could be sold for one dinar per gallon.
Since Horn went to the High Castle to work, he had to hire homeless day laborers because the knight’s land was not allowed to be abandoned.
According to the unspoken rules of the "Fugitive Slave Law", the knight must pay what he deserves in order to avoid being captured and having his "illegal gains" confiscated.
Otherwise, once the public farmer made a small fortune in the city, the knights would immediately find slave hunters or capture him personally, confiscate his property, and even kidnap his family members to coerce him.
The Knight's Castle is the real underworld's nest.
Horn gnawed on the black bread persistently and sent his salary home. As a result, he was either divided among the villagers or robbed by the knight.
This small box currently contains a total of 125 gold pounds, 344 dinars and countless copper coins.
Equivalent to the total income of the Horn family estate in 63 years or the annual balance in 767 years.
Dust was flying in the light, and the warm sunlight fell on the box, reflecting little bits of golden light.
When Horn put his hand into the pile of gold coins, the touch was smooth and cold.
It's like stirring a pot of thick blood.
PS I checked the information, it was a bit late, there will be another chapter later.
(End of this chapter)