Fatty Shi looked inquiringly at Manager Speer, who was sitting on the sofa in the study with a serious face, wondering if there was something wrong again, and Lorist sent Schward to pull him over anxiously. During this period of time, not only Lorist, but also himself was extremely busy. There were a lot of things in the family territory waiting for him to deal with.
"It's like this. Manager Speer said that you told him to stop using the old man's head gold coins in the family territory, and only buy them instead of spending them. At present, more than 8 million coins have been accumulated. This time, Madras will be destroyed. In the Principality, we have seized nearly ten million gold coins of the old man's head from the empire. At the same time, we also discovered that the Grand Duke of Madras originally wanted to use these gold coins to privately mint gold fortunes. Unfortunately, he died before his ambition was fulfilled, and it is impossible to complete this counterfeit task. Find You came here just to ask, can we privately mint Jinford? After all, the exchange rate of 3:1 is too bad..." Lorist straight to the point explained the reason for inviting Fatty Shi.
"Your Highness, I have the document about the Duke of Madras' private minting of Kingford. During this period of time, I was also thinking about what to do with the gold coins of the old man's head in the empire, but I didn't have a good plan yet, so I didn't put this I submit the matter to you. My personal opinion is that it is not a good idea to privately forge Jinford." Fatty Shi thought for a while and said.
"Why? Goldford has become the currency with the largest circulation, the widest versatility, and the most reassuring currency in Galintia. Don't look at the countries that are surrounded by business alliances and now have the strictest vigilance and precautions against business alliances. , but their domestic circulation is still Jinfu. As long as we turn these imperial old man’s gold coins into Jinfu, we can spend them immediately.” Lorist said.
"My lord, do you know which chamber of commerce in the business alliance issued Jinford?" Seeing Lorist shaking his head, Fatty Shi went on to say, "Jinford is the largest chamber of commerce in the business alliance. However, the Two-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce only accounts for 60% of the profits, the other six giant chambers of commerce each account for 5%, and the remaining 10% is used for the daily administrative expenses of the alliance."
"Because the material formula ratio of all gold coins is the same, and they must pass the test of the gold exchange liquid before leaving the factory, the profit model of the Double-headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce's issuance of gold coins is the loss rate. That is to say, to cast one hundred gold coins requires one hundred Ten copies of materials. After the casting is completed, the remaining materials are profits. The Double-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce basically issues 10 million Gold Fords a year, and at most 30 million Gold Fords a year.
However, the 10% attrition rate refers to the internal circulation of the business alliance. In fact, the profit of the issuance of 10 million Goldfords a year is not that high, only about 8%, after deducting dividends, artificial site molds and other expenses In the end, the real net profit of issuing 10 million gold merits was only two to three hundred thousand gold merits. What really made the Double-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce rich is foreign processing, which is to cast gold for other countries.
The wastage rate of external processing and casting gold is 30%, and it can be reduced to 25% if the relationship is good. Your Highness, do you still remember the Kingdom of Chigda? The Marquis Raffi Fausta of the Kingdom of Chigda escorted a batch of gold and silver to Morente City to be cast into Jinford. The attrition rate given by the Double-headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce was 25%, but in fact it was only 20%, and 5% was included in the pocket of the Marquis, when the Qigeda Kingdom entrusted the business alliance to cast it. Fifteen million gold blessings..."
The Kingdom of Chigda... the Marquis of Luo Fei Fusta... the middle-aged nobleman holding a girl who looks like an elf under the moonlight, and a gold badge with a firebird pattern pinned to his chest... A long memory came to mind, Luo Rist's expression began to be in a trance...
Fatty Shi closed his mouth in a very considerate manner, and motioned to Schward, who was standing in the corner, to bring him a bottle of fruit wine.
It took a while for Lorist to come back to his senses, and Fatty Shi was already pouring himself a second glass of wine.
"How do you know so clearly?" Lorist's voice was a little hoarse.
"Back then, I had a silly brother who fell out of love, and his lover followed the Marquis Raffi. So I went to investigate, and found out that the Marquis is rich and powerful, and I have nothing to do with him, yes My brother is helpless. That is the one thing I regret the most. But at the same time, I found out about the double-headed dragon chamber of commerce's outsourcing of casting Jinford, and I became interested. The tricky thing about the exchange was that I originally wanted to resell it to make a fortune. Later, I found out that the people who bought and exchanged the imperial old man’s head gold coins were all from the Double-headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce, so I gave up this idea.”
Lorist laughed: "You are really a failure, you can't do both things well."
Fatty Shi said: "It's all nonsense. The Marquis is a golden knight, and I was only a two-star silver star. The trouble with him is to ask for trouble, and he is not his opponent at all. As for the fat that the Double-headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce is targeting, At that time, I was the deputy director of the small law enforcement department of Dawn Academy, and I was looking for death if I wanted to take a bite."
Lorist took the wine bottle, and didn't use the glass, just knocked the neck of the bottle against the wine glass held by Fatty Shi: "To the years and youth we spent in Dawn Academy..."
He raised his head and gulped it down.
Director Speer, who was sitting on the single sofa, shook his head helplessly. His young duke didn't care about the dignity of being the Duke of the Northland at all, and he wasn't a farmer or mercenary in a village tavern. How can I drink like this
After downing half a bottle of fruit wine, Lorist wiped his mouth with his sleeve: "I have a question, what kind of casting method does the Double-headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce use to issue more than 10 million or even 30 million gold coins a year?" ?”
Lorist remembered that the countries in Galintia used the plaster casting method to issue gold coins, that is, to carve the pattern of gold coins on the metal first, and then print the thickness of the gold coins and the traces on both sides on the soft plaster board, and wait for the plaster board After hardening, the two sides are closed, and then gold liquid is poured in. After cooling, the gypsum board is broken and the gold coin is trimmed and inspected. Only in this way can a gold coin be cast. It’s just that the scrap rate of gold coins minted by this method is very high, which is very uneconomical in terms of labor, cost and loss.
"Your Highness, the Double-headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce uses the metal casting method. They have a secret alloy. They use this alloy to cast a three-piece mold, the bottom plate, the middle plate and the top plate. After the fit, pour the gold liquid directly, and then water to speed up the process. After cooling, remove the bottom plate and panel, and lightly tap the middle plate with a wooden hammer, and the casted jinfords will fall off, and then simple trimming is enough. A mold can cast 100 jinfords at a time. And a foundry , there are dozens of moulds, and if necessary, nearly one million gold Fords can be cast in one day.
I once accompanied Dean Levins to visit the foundry of the Two-headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce, and they didn't mind inviting people with status to visit. According to the director of a two-headed dragon chamber of commerce who accompanied the visit, their method of casting gold coins with metal molds is the most advanced on the continent of Galintia. The cost of casting a gold coin in other countries is 1.3 to 1.5 times, but they can control the cost below 1.1. This is the main reason why countries around the world have entrusted the business of minting gold coins to the business alliance, and the business alliance has also used this to expand the scope of use of Jinfu, making Jinfu gradually become a common gold coin in the mainland. "
Lorist raised his head: "You mean that we don't need to privately forge Jinford, but just entrust it to the Two-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce?"
Fatty Shi pondered for a while, then shook his head and said, "Your Highness, I don't recommend you to do this. The biggest reason why the Grand Duke of Madras wanted to privately mint Jinford is that he couldn't transport the gold coins of the old man's head of the empire to the business alliance, and the road was impassable." He couldn't exchange it even if he wanted to exchange it. In addition, because the exchange rate of 3 to 1 was too low, he thought of privately casting gold blessings. The manager in charge of this matter confessed that the few gold and silver craftsmen recruited by the Grand Duke spent a lot of time The mold for plate making is not done well.
It is easy to say, but it is actually very difficult to privately cast Jinford. Although the formula material of the gold coin is the same, but because of the characteristics of the gold coin minted by this formula, the pattern is clear and wear-resistant, so the privately minted gold ford must be exactly the same as the one issued by the business alliance, and there is no difference in the position of the pattern on the front and back . And this is the most difficult part of private casting. Because the foundry of the Double-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce uses the metal casting method, all the Jinfords that leave the factory are exactly the same, and if there is no identical alloy plate-making mold for private casting, the plaster casting method can only be used.
Perhaps the previous batch of gold coins cast by the plaster casting method are very similar to Jinford, but if they continue to cast, they are prone to problems such as blurred lines and misplaced patterns on the front and back, and it is easy for people to find that they are privately minted gold coins. . This requires frequent modification of the mold, and the labor and cost will be greatly increased. Once discovered, according to the common practice of countries on the mainland, even if privately minted gold coins pass the test of the gold exchange liquid, their value will be automatically reduced by half, which is even more harmful than the gain.
The Grand Duke of Madras had no choice but to privately cast Jinford. We Nortons don't need that. It is very convenient to send all the heads of these old men from the empire to Morente City by sea and entrust them to the Double-headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce, and through the introduction of the Peterson Chamber of Commerce, we can even reduce the loss rate to 20%, which is better than we take Private casting is more economical. "
"It's just..." Fatty Shi hesitated.
"Is there anything wrong?" Lorist was a little strange. Since it is better to entrust the Double-headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce of the Business Alliance to do the foundry than private casting, why didn't Fatty Shi suggest doing it himself
"Your Highness, I don't know how to define our Northland. The relationship between the Northland and the Petersen Chamber of Commerce is a friendly and cooperative business partner. But we are playing the flag of the Kingdom of Antinac, and the current Andi The Kingdom of Nak is governed by His Highness the Second Highness, and his relationship with the business alliance is hostile. So I am very worried about sending these imperial old man's head gold coins to the business alliance to be recast into Jinford. Even if the Peterson Chamber of Commerce endorses us, I'm afraid As soon as someone with a heart provokes it, the business alliance will easily come up with the idea of making this huge sum of money.
The current business alliance is no longer the one we knew in Dawn Academy. I found that the business alliance that implemented the lord system has no lower limit than those noble feudal kingdoms and duchies. The last time you went to Morente City to play It says it all. In addition, I also have doubts about the Peterson Chamber of Commerce. They still owe our family nearly 500,000 Jinford in payment. Although they repay part of it every year, considering the credibility of a chamber of commerce, this is already very disappointing. thing.
I have ordered the family to not involve anything other than superficial transactions with the Peterson Chamber of Commerce every year. Unless they pay off all the money first. Although they emphasized the difficulty of being blocked by the surrounding countries, several years have passed since the Glass War, and the relationship between the business alliance and the surrounding countries has not improved, which makes people doubt their sincerity. Under the circumstances, I don't think it would be a good idea to give them the hoard of imperial old man's head gold coins to be minted into Kingfords. "
Lorist tapped the desk with his fingers. Fatty Shi made a lot of sense. Under the current circumstances, it is really not suitable to send these imperial old man's head gold coins to Morente City to entrust the Double-headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce to recast them into Jinford. Although I am not afraid of the business alliance's idea of playing with these gold coins, it is better to do less than one more thing. If something happens, I have to turn my face and fight with the business alliance. With the powerful Norton family armed, the business alliance will regret its greed, but on its own side it is an expedition of labor, even if it defeats the business alliance, it will still be hurt. Especially the happiest person will be the Second Highness, he will sit back and enjoy the rewards, and then swallow the results with a smile...
"Then should we continue to store up the heads of these old empire men and wait for a while..." Lorist stopped tapping his fingers on the table.
"Your Highness, I've been thinking about whether our family should issue its own gold coins?" Fatty Shi said.
"We issue gold coins ourselves?" Lorist, Manager Speer, who was sitting on the sofa, and Schward, who was standing in the corner, were stunned.
"Yes, Your Highness. Our family territory currently has a population of 1.3 million. When the replacement of the territory is completed, the entire Northland will belong to our family. If the southern and eastern regions of the Northland are developed, at least seven Fengleyuan can be settled. As long as there are enough immigrants, the Northland can easily reach a population of 3 million, which is more than the population of some kingdoms and duchies. We can issue a kind of gold coin of our Norton family, called the angry bear coin, It is circulated in the territory of the Northland and our three allies. As long as we stipulate that all transactions must use Raging Bear Coins, we will be able to drive Jinford out of our sphere of influence... "
"Okay, stop dreaming." Lorist looked at the foaming Fatty Shi and laughed: "It is not realistic to want to issue the family's own gold coins. First of all, the Second Highness will never allow Andina The emergence of gold coins issued by a family in the Kingdom of Ke is related to the face of a kingdom. Secondly, there are no gold mines in our family territory, and we cannot meet the gradually expanding market demand without a steady stream of output. This is a problem for the issuer. Achilles' heel, third, what method are you going to use to mint gold coins? Also plaster casting?"
"No, Your Highness." Fatty Shi replied seriously: "We're not going to issue gold coins right away. The Second Highness doesn't need to talk to him for the time being. What he has to worry about in the next few years is how to deal with the business alliance and the four central duchies. , perhaps he would also like to thank us for issuing gold coins in place of Imperial Old Man's Head coins and Goldfords.
As for the gold mine, I have also thought about it. After the family takes over the entire Northland, Master Sid will organize a team of professional prospectors to explore the entire Northland. In the eastern part of the Northland, the former Kenmes family There used to be a small gold mine in the territory. Although almost all of it has been mined, Master Sid believes that there must still be gold veins, and there is no reason for the existence of a separate small gold mine.
In addition, even if no gold mine is found, the gold coins of the old man's head of the empire accumulated by our family, as well as the horseshoe gold and the gold dust paid by the Earl of Kenmes are enough for us to issue more than 20 million gold coins whose weight value is 1 to 1 of Jinford. And so many gold coins are enough to deal with the transaction circulation in the family territory and sphere of influence. In the unlikely event that there is a shortage of quantity, we can also urgently purchase gold mines or use Jinford to directly recast them into family gold coins.
What kind of method is used to cast gold coins in the last one? I hope it is the same metal casting method as the Double-headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce. I specifically went to ask Master Julien from the Black Iron Refining Field. Master Julien was willing to experiment to see if he could make this kind of alloy. As long as we have this alloy, we can also manufacture metal templates, and then we can produce a large number of angry bear coins with the lowest loss like the gold coin foundry of the Two-headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce. "
Hearing that gold coins can be minted with the lowest loss, Manager Speer also stood up: "Your Highness, I agree with Lord Shredder Knight. Our family should issue its own gold coins."
Lorist pondered silently for a while, then nodded slowly: "Shreid, please write me a plan of your idea, I will understand the situation, and we will hold a meeting to discuss it after a while. Let's stop here today Bar."
"Yes, Your Highness."
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