I want to ruin the country

The bank also launched a reward service. Those who exchanged Chinese currency in the previous month would receive two steamed buns for ten cents.

Fifty coins are rewarded with a big pancake.

One hundred coins rewarded with three big pancakes!

Five hundred coins for thirty kilograms of rice or wheat!

One tael of silver for one hundred kilograms of rice or wheat!

Don’t say that the common people are greedy. Why wouldn’t they want something that the emperor gives them for free?

For a time, there were long queues at various banks. People not only wanted to exchange copper coins, but also brought in anything they had at home, such as copper pots, copper bowls, copper basins, and copper mirrors!

In a short period of time, a large amount of copper was purchased across the country, and making motors was no longer a problem!

But a new situation arose: there were not enough Chinese coins!

There is no other way, I have to open passbooks for everyone first!

Fortunately, the people have great trust in the Royal Bank, and they will accept the amount of money written on it.

This is equivalent to Yining exchanging paper for countless gold, silver and copper. Not only did the copper needed to make motors solve the problem, but the financial problem was no longer a problem.

Ever since Yining decided to reform the currency and asked him to build a printing press, Zhang Xiang grinned.

"Your Majesty, we won't do that. Every country that exchanges old currency for new currency starts preparing four or five years in advance!

Let's not even talk about how many steps it takes from design to printing. Take the printing press for example. You think it's a diesel engine? It's just tinkered with!

Yining knew that no matter what Zhang Xiang complained, printing money was not that simple.

Take the RMB for example, it represents the highest printing and anti-counterfeiting technology in our country.

Not only must it be beautiful, but its anti-counterfeiting performance must also be first-class to ensure that it cannot be imitated and is easy to distinguish.

These include important processes such as offset printing, gravure printing, optically variable printing, double-sided gravure printing, watermark, window line, colorless fluorescent pattern printing, front and back coating, etc.

The most important thing is the design of banknotes and the printing press.

If any of these or any of the processes are missing, it will not work.

But now there is no need to make it so complicated, Yining said,

"Consultant Zhang, it seems there are no color printing machines anywhere in the world right now. You can find a relatively simple washing machine from your computer and produce it.

The banknotes should be made in the style of the third series of RMB. It doesn’t matter if they don’t have anti-counterfeiting features, as no one can imitate them now!”

Zhang Xiang said half-jokingly,

"Everything you said is important, it's the most important thing. We are all exhausted from thinking about it one by one.

A printing press is something that can only be produced by a fully industrialized system, and current production technology is not capable of that!"

Yining was happy.

"What we're developing is a complete industrial system. We can create whatever we don't have. Eventually, everything will be created, and when we put it all together, it becomes a finished product!"

Zhang Xiangdao,

"That's the logic. Whether it's blowing a sugar figure or molding a clay figure, just get Sun Wukong over here. He can just pluck a hair and blow on it, and that'll solve the problem!"

Yining smiled and said,

"No matter what stuff is in Qiemo County, once it's made, apply for patent protection. Then you can live comfortably just by living off the profits!"

Zhang Xiang disagreed and poured cold water on Yining.

"Your Majesty, why are you so proud? Isn't your goal to unify the world? From now on, everyone in the world will be your subjects, so who can you slaughter?"

Yining smiled awkwardly, he had forgotten about this!

"Alright, forget about that, let's get started. We're short of copper, so let's solve the immediate problem first!"

Zhang Xiangdao,

"It's not enough to just rely on the little money we earn domestically. We have to go global!"

Yining Road,

“Chile, Peru, and Australia have a lot of copper mines, can I reach them now?

Now North Korea’s four copper mines in South Pyongan Province, North Hwanghae Province, Gangwon Province, and South Hamgyong Province have started production, and the situation will be alleviated after the output increases!

Zhang Xiang smiled and said,

"Aren't you going to attack Myanmar? They also have copper mines!"

Yining nodded.

"According to the report of Zeng Zhenfan and Luo Shixin, fighting is likely to break out soon."

Zhang Xiangdao,

"Whether you want to fight or not is none of my business!"

Yining said hurriedly,

"Why isn't it your business? The printing press is done, hurry up and get the telephone and the radio, they're going to be used!"

Zhang Xiang muttered,

"I'm so tired I'll die!"

On the sea, a huge fleet is gradually approaching the shore.

The fleet included six third-level steam warships, fourteen fourth-, fifth- and sixth-level steam warships, and 30 sailing auxiliary transport ships.

The largest third-class battleship, the Conqueror, was the flagship of this battle.

The Conqueror is 54 meters long, 14.2 meters wide, has a draft of 6.4 meters and a displacement of 1768 tons.

三级战舰是两层甲板战舰，上甲板有18磅炮28门、12磅炮4门、32磅炮10门。

下甲板有28门32磅炮，艏楼甲板有2门12磅炮、2门32磅炮，船尾甲板有6门18磅炮。

On the deck, General Edward, the admiral of the British Empire, was patrolling the shore with a monocular telescope.

Captain Andrew of the Conqueror was also looking at the shore with a telescope and said,

"Respected General Edward, I didn't see anything special. It seems that the Burmese have not made any preparations!"

Edward Road,

"Dear Captain, you are too optimistic. I'm afraid they will know about our huge fleet as soon as it leaves the port!"

On the shore, the Myanmar army is really on high alert!

Just as Edward said, the Burmese army knew as soon as the British warships left the port.

Not only did they know, but they also panicked.

They had already fought a war with the British, but they couldn't win, they really couldn't win.

Moreover, Britain didn’t seem to be as powerful as it is now.

The King of Pagan did not want to fight, but some of his courtiers were outraged and unwilling to accept the harsh negotiation conditions proposed by the British.

Those conditions are almost the same as surrender. It’s a slap in the face. Such a slap in the face!

The King of Pagan was caught in a dilemma and had to argue with the British while secretly preparing for war.

The British were not stupid and knew exactly what Myanmar was thinking. After a long period of fruitless negotiations, they finally decided to resolve the issue by force.

These ignorant and backward Orientals will not shed tears until they see the coffin.

The commander of the guarding artillery position was Upana, who was also looking nervously into the sea with a monocular telescope.

He hated himself for being so unlucky that the British chose to land here.

Closer, closer, and closer!

The British warships are approaching quickly!

The black smoke from the ship's chimneys indicated that the fleet was moving in at full speed.

Uvana knew that they could not withstand the cannons on these warships.

Although their own coastal defense guns were large in size, their number was no match for those on British warships. They were also very bulky and had an extremely slow firing rate.

The most crucial thing is that at close range, the British army fired explosive shrapnel, while their artillery fired solid bullets.

Not to mention that it wouldn't hit the target, even if it did, it would be no different from a tickle to the current ironclad ships.