Back to the Three Kingdoms and become a python

Huang Yueying came back the day after Lin Bei returned to Wanghai City, but she didn't ask about the aborigines, as if she had never heard of it. Although it was almost Chinese New Year, Huang Yueying was still working hard. The drilling machine was done years ago.

For Huang Yueying, the drilling machine is really not difficult, isn't it just adding a steel drill to the steam engine?The blacksmiths quickly forged a steel braze and installed it on the modified steam engine, just the day before the Chinese New Year.

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Chapter 278 Currency and Prices

Seeing that the new year is coming, the festive atmosphere in Wanghai City is getting stronger and stronger.

The entire Wanghai City was thoroughly cleaned, and any dead corners were made particularly clean, not to mention the common people's residences. After cleaning it twice, they carefully pasted red cloth or red paper around it. The paper was thick red paper. , now it is not considered precious in Wanghai City. After the whole city has posted it, it will be very festive to see it wherever you go.

On the doors of each house, the portrait of Lord Dragon God is pasted on the eaves of the door. Fish tails are pasted on both sides of the door. More than a year.

In addition, as long as there is a family with a strong labor force, a few baskets will be placed at the door during the day, filled with dried fish, fish floss and vegetable rice wine that can be eaten casually, and children are eagerly watching at the door Keep watch, take a sip from time to time, and if someone passes by, they will greet them warmly and let passers-by come and taste them. Whoever's food can get the most praise, the owner's face will feel radiant.

As for those common people who were just brought to Wanghai City by the Zhen family, An Zhongzhi has also been busy these few days. It is Guan Zu. Compared with the chaos of war in the Central Plains and the stupidity of officials, here they can feel the greatest warmth. I don’t know how many people kowtowed to Lin Bei secretly, hoping that Lord Dragon God can live a long life For a long time.

In the morning, Lin Bei strolled around Wanghai City, and when he came back he was full. The common people were so enthusiastic.

"Although there are few people, now is the best time." Lin Bei sighed contentedly. Now Wanghai people are almost all simple and seldom have wrong thoughts. Wanghaicheng did it, but Lin Bei knows.With more and more people, this most beautiful era will slowly pass, which Lin Bei cannot stop, because human desires are endless.

Just as he was feeling emotional, Bian Ji trotted into the city lord's mansion, and shouted from a long distance: "My lord. My lord, come and see how this paper is."

Running in front of Lin Bei, Bian Ji put a piece of thick paper in front of Lin Bei's eyes and said, "My lord, what do you think of using this kind of paper to make Dragon God coins?"

This piece of thick paper is thicker than the coins of later generations, and it is also very textured. The color is a little yellowish, because pure white paper cannot be made in Wanghai City now, so after rubbing it with the tail a few times, Lin Bei is quite satisfied. .It looked a bit like paper money from later generations, and was about to nod, when he suddenly groaned, lowered his head, and tried to look at the thick paper, "What is that? It seems to be shining."

Bian Ji laughed happily: "Did you see it?"

Bian Ji covered the thick paper with his hands, and sure enough, it dimmed with the light.The edges of this heavy paper do glow, and it's fluorescent.

"How did you do it?" Lin Bei was overjoyed after being curious.The craftsmen actually came up with anti-counterfeiting marks without a teacher?

"It was made by a craftsman by scraping the surface of a kind of fish. It's called crystal powder. It's very rare, and that kind of fish is also very small. The crystal powder scraped off by one fish can only make more than ten sheets of this thick paper."

"What fish?" Lin Bei asked in surprise.

Bian Ji described it and compared it to the tip of his little finger: "Small like this. There are many beard-like ones, which can open up in the water, and shrink back once they are picked up."

Lin Bei really couldn't figure it out, and finally asked the sergeant to fetch a fish and bring it back for a look.Lin Beixin said that it was this, this is a jellyfish, a kind of plankton in the ocean.

"This is a jellyfish, not a fish. Is this glow coming from the powder on their whiskers?"

"Oh, so this thing is a jellyfish? Yes, that's right."

"Rarely, isn't it?"

"Very few." Bian Ji said affirmatively, "And it's not easy to catch."

Lin Bei and Bian Ji went out of the room, and asked Bian Ji to hold the thick paper in front of his eyes and look up at the sky. The more Lin Bei looked at it, the happier he was. The fluorescent light was in the thick paper, and he could see it if he didn't look at the sun. , if you look at it against the sun, the color of the fluorescent light is like seven colors, very gorgeous.

"Jellyfish are very small, and there must be fewer jellyfish with this unique crystal powder. Adding this crystal powder to coins is an excellent anti-counterfeiting mark. As far as current technology is concerned, this kind of anti-counterfeiting mark can already be regarded as Pretty good."

The material and thickness of thick paper can also be combined, Lin Bei immediately decided to use this paper to make coins, which are Dragon God coins.

Lin Bei and An Zhongzhi have already mentioned the currency of the Dragon God coin, just like the modern RMB, from one point to one hundred, the pattern of the Dragon God coin is also similar to the RMB, but of course there are other differences, That is the avatar and the manufacturer. Now there is no bank in Wanghai City, so the issuer is Dawei Dragon King Sect. The front is Lin Bei's body, the back is Lin Bei's profile, and there are numbers and other things, but they are all unified. , only one number.

In addition, the method of making Longshen coins is very cumbersome. First, a carpenter must carve the size and shape of the coins on a wooden board to make a wooden mold, then let the blacksmith use molten steel to restore the mold, and finally print on the steel. The advantage of this method is that the Longshen coins will be very clear. As long as the paper is qualified, the Dragonshen coins are also qualified. Reduced to the minimum, after all, there are not many people along the coast now, it is not an easy task to catch jellyfish and scrape off the powder.

The production of Dragon God coins is absolutely the most important thing. Lin Bei called Mu Mu and ordered Mu Mu to choose a few craftsmen with exquisite craftsmanship, and asked that the carvers of such craftsmen could at least completely carve a lifelike coin on the rice grains. Wood and stone craftsmen are the most numerous types of craftsmen, but there are quite few such carvers. Finally, after a long time of selection, only two people were selected. Huang Yueying said that she also has this kind of craft, and finally got together three. people.

The blacksmith made special carving needles for Huang Yueying and the three of them, and then rushed to work. When the three of them were carving, Lin Bei remembered something: "The ones worth more than ten yuan can only carve the appearance of my lord, and the ones worth less than ten yuan If you carve out a city, it will look like Wanghai City."

Although Huang Yueying and the others are superb carvers, it will take at least ten days to complete all the coin molds for Dragon God coins. If everything goes well, the first batch of Dragon God coins in Wanghai City should be produced after the Lantern Festival.

This matter must be announced to the common people. After asking Lin Bei, An Zhongzhi drew the appearance of the dragon god coin, and accompanied it with explanations and how to distinguish and preserve it, etc., and posted it in Wanghai City in the afternoon. Send another person to Linjiang City to do a good job of propaganda first.

It is not surprising that Master Longshen wants to issue a new currency, because it is quite normal. What is a little surprising is that this new currency is actually paper money, not iron money.

From the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period to the present, although the appearance of currency has changed, iron coins are always the mainstream. People have become accustomed to this kind of currency. Coins made in China are much easier to preserve, but now Lord Dragon God wants to introduce a paper currency. Although the people will not rebel, they still have some doubts. Can this paper currency really replace iron money?

Lin Bei's prestige at this time showed its effect. No matter how suspicious the common people were, no one dared to question Lin Bei. Just a point of view, besides, the issuance of a currency is a major event, how can one or two ordinary people doubt it?

No matter what the common people think, that afternoon, Lin Bei summoned some of the principals of Wanghai City. Of course Bian Ji, An Zhongzhi and Cui Lan were all there, and there were other principals of Wanghai City. In addition, Lin Bei Bei also selected ten elderly people to come to the city lord's mansion together to discuss the price issues after the issuance of Dragon God coins.

That's right, it is negotiating prices, that is, Dawei Longwangjiao specifies the prices instead of letting the market decide the prices.

Modern people certainly cannot understand this method. Lin Bei also wants to let the market economy determine the price, but at least at the beginning, Lin Bei could not do this. These people must set the price, but everyone except Lin Bei I take it for granted, because in this day and age, there is usually a secretary in the market, who is in charge of the prices of items in the market.

After everyone sat down, Lin Bei said, "When the Dragon God coin is released, there will be a market in the three cities of Wanghai, Linjiang, and along the river, so I called everyone here today to discuss the prices in the market. What price should be set for the matter, everyone can speak freely, and come up with a charter."

Everyone was a little silent, not knowing where to start.

Lin Bei smiled: "In that case, my lord, let's throw bricks to attract jade. Let's start with rice prices, good jade, brown rice, and rice. For the output of rice and grain in the city, set a rough range, and then negotiate, and finally, the prices of these items must be posted in the city to let everyone know."

Lin Bei proposed the direction, and everyone began to discuss. Lin Bei did not speak most of the time. Only when it was finally determined, Lin Bei would ask these people first and then ask people to write down the price. Although the price was calculated, this It's not the final decision, it has to be announced to the whole city, and the decision will be made after seeing how the common people react.

This matter is more cumbersome than making dragon god coins. Let alone a long time, it is quite fast if the price can be finalized in a month or two, because not only the price must be set, but also the price difference between the items must be considered. Relationships, and finally make the pricing of all items reasonable.

The discussion lasted until [-]:[-] pm, and the price of the set items was only more than ten kinds. Tomorrow is the New Year's Eve. Naturally, Lin Bei couldn't exploit these people's rest time.

All the attendees left, and even the sergeants went home to prepare for the New Year. There was no one in the Santo's Mansion. Lin Bei looked at the empty Santo's Mansion and smiled wryly in his heart. He has no home in this world.

"I'm going to be alone for the rest of my life."

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Chapter 279 Three Requirements

Lin Bei didn't feel sorry for himself for long, because as soon as twelve o'clock passed, countless people came to pay New Year's greetings to Lin Bei.

Bian Ji, An Zhongzhi, Cui Lan, Huang Yueying, and many people in Wanghai City, as if they had made an appointment, all paid New Year's greetings to Lin Bei at this time.

This night, the lights in Wanghai City were brightly lit, and one word was generally used to describe the atmosphere: just like Chinese New Year, this night in Wanghai City was indeed Chinese New Year.

There were no firecrackers, no fireworks, but the festive atmosphere was still extremely strong. Erlang and the girl danced and sang songs in Wanghai City, drank rice wine, ate delicious food, and the whole city carnivaled. Even the slaves of the natives I enjoyed it once, and they don’t have to get up early to work for the next three days. Although there are still sergeant supervision, but in these three days, as long as the aborigines don’t do too much, the sergeant will not scold them. The whole city celebrates together.

Lin Bei first accepted the New Year's greetings from Bian Ji and others in the city lord's mansion, and then walked out of the city lord's mansion, circled the city for a week, and received the common people's visit. He enjoyed the treatment of warm and fragrant nephrite in his bosom, but Lin Bei's snake scales were too thick to be felt.

At five o'clock in the morning, Lin Bei returned to the City Lord's Mansion and began to prepare for the first blessing of the new year. This time, Bian Ji and An Zhongzhi did not hang lanterns on Lin Bei's head, nor did they wear big red flowers, but they wore Filled with red cloth, and then after dawn, at the auspicious time, that is, at eight o'clock, set off from the city lord's mansion again, go to the sacrifice platform outside the city, pray to the heavens, and bless Wanghai city with good weather this year and the people's happiness.

Although the Wanghai people had a carnival last night, they were still full of energy. They followed Lin Bei to the rooftop and watched the whole process of praying. When Lin Bei kowtowed to the rooftop.The whole city kowtowed, and they also prayed sincerely in their hearts, hoping that Wanghai City would get better and better this year.

On this day, Lin Bei did not rest, and after praying, he still patrolled the city and accepted the worship of everyone.On the second day, which was the first day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Bei set off for Linjiang City to visit the soldiers, common people and craftsmen of Linjiang City. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Bei went to Yanhe City again, doing the same thing. In the third day of junior high school, Lin Bei returned to Wanghai City, this time.Lin Bei went to the wooden shed where the slaves of the aborigines lived, and received worship from the aborigines.

Most of the aborigines have adapted to the current life, and the arrival of Lin Bei has been warmly welcomed by the aborigines no less than the Wanghai people. Although they are slaves, they themselves don't think there is anything wrong with this. , They eat better and dress warmer than before.Had a great sleep.

For four consecutive days, Lin Bei had no time to rest.After the third day of junior high school, the festive atmosphere in Wanghai City gradually decreased, and Lin Bei took a good night's sleep on the fourth day of junior high school.