With a long sigh, Coin said: "I just said, I hate your way of persuading people." The halfling goddess did not forget to look at Freya and Hefquin who were also present.
There is no pure muscle stick that can be taken by Lin. Although someone's warning words seem to have nothing to do with them, when applied to their respective situations, they seem to illustrate the problems encountered by their respective ethnic groups.
Although the Silverbeard dwarves pursue technology, they are self-proclaimed and do not have sufficient resource supply. Even if the conspirator named Guardian, who actually intends to destroy the entire tribe, does not take action, in the long run, the Silverbeard clan will eventually
It will disappear from the lost land.
This is especially true for elemental creatures. The long life makes most elemental creatures lose the motivation to move forward. Whenever something new comes into the circle, it will be like igniting dynamite in a pond and blowing up a whole pond of fish.
Only a few can adapt and survive by chance, and they will repopulate a pool of fish that adapt to the new evolution. Then they will wait for the next firecracker. This is a strange endless loop, and the pattern remains unchanged. Every time the elemental creatures make progress, they sacrifice.
Countless lives were sacrificed at the cost. But to them, it was just a re-creation, which was nothing.
Although he didn't know what the two little guys next to him, who were only as tall as his waist, had in mind. Facing the halfling goddess's complaint, Lin could only say helplessly: "I don't want to either, Your Majesty. But my hometown
There is a saying, good advice is hard on the ears. What you say now may not go well with you, but when you hear it, you will feel depressed at most. But if things break out in the future, it may kill you. Although I may not know where I will die then.
But instead of being cursed by you then, I think it’s acceptable to be complained about now.”
But Ke Yin is not someone who just complains and doesn't think. He remembered the key point of the magician's words in front of him and asked: "You just said that the future will change, so you don't suggest that I fix the rules of money. Don't you think so?"
You’ve even thought about how it will change in the future.”
"Well, these are not things that need to be discussed now. But since you asked sincerely, and also considering that I may not be there at that time, I will talk about it now. Your Majesty, just listen to it. The future will still be
Adjustments must be made based on actual conditions.”
"Tell me, my chosen ones. What will the future look like in your prediction?"
"Your Majesty, it's too much to make predictions. Those are all problems that society will encounter sooner or later as the society continues to develop. As the economy continues to develop and business transactions are booming, there may be a dilemma of not enough money. After all, we don't have enough money now.
The three precious metals used to mint coins all have uses other than coins. Even if all the gold, silver, and copper in the entire Midi Land were cast into coins, the money would not be able to buy the resources in the entire Midi Land. This is not poverty, but
It is the lack of currency in circulation that has restricted economic development. Do you understand this premise?"
For people who have no macro concept, someone's explanation only made the goddess of gold coins more confused. Lin had no choice but to explain: "Let's take an extreme example. Suppose we mandate that only new coins can be used in transactions across the land, but new coins
The only coins you have just created are in this box. So if there is insufficient coins, will transactions in other places be stagnant and unable to proceed?"
"Ah, I understand. Isn't it just that others won't use other methods to trade?" Ke Yin thought he had made a very smart idea and was feeling very proud.
"Of course, people are alive. If one road doesn't work, just take another road. But if you do this, your believers will run away."
"Ah!" The halfling goddess' face froze. She held a certain magician tightly with her tiger paws, showing a tearful expression.
"At this time, there are two ways to solve it."
"There are two of them. Tell me quickly." Ke Yin asked hurriedly as he wiped away his tears, which he didn't know were real or fake.
"One is to continue to maintain the value of the currency itself, but we can just find things with higher value and mint them into money to increase the total amount of value corresponding to the currency in circulation."
"By more expensive than gold coins, do you mean gem coins and the like?" Ke Yin asked by drawing inferences.
"Similar to this direction, but not gems."
"Why."
Faced with the goddess's doubts, Lin explained: "The material selection of coins must have several characteristics. The first and most important one is the consistency of the material value. The value of gold, silver, and copper depends on the purity. As long as the purity is
Similarly, we will consider it to be an item of the same value. However, gemstones will have different prices depending on the type; even if they are the same type of gemstone, the value will fluctuate depending on its appearance. Such characteristics cannot be ignored.
Coins are suitable as a medium of trade. Not to mention that cutting gems into money is not like gold, silver, copper and other metals that can be recycled. Even cutting them into money will reduce the value of the gems."
"If gems are not suitable, what else is suitable?" Ke Yin thought.
"In fact, there is something that has long been regarded as hard currency and is circulating in the world, but no one treats it as money."
Lin reminded.
Ke Yin suddenly realized and said: "Ah, the seven-color magic stone."
"Yes, it is the magic stone. The value of the magic stone is the power contained in it, so no matter how it is cut, its value is calculated based on its size. The appearance is divided into seven types, although each level
There are shades of color, but generally speaking, as long as they are of the same color level, they will be recognized as having the same value. And this color grading cannot be forged. As for the reshaping of magic stone, although it is not like metal
So convenient, but at least it can be solved with magic; unlike gems, once cut, you can't go back. Maybe the red stone is cut into coins, and its value is about the same as gold coins, but the value of orange stone and above is even higher.
On top of the same volume of gold. When it reaches the level of purple stone coins, perhaps it is an exaggeration to say that one coin can buy a city, but if it is used to buy other rare and precious items, no one will refuse it."
The reason why Midland retains the form of barter transactions is mainly due to two aspects. One is large-scale transactions at the national or city level; the other is the transaction of extremely rare items.
The amount involved in the former is too large, and at this level, any transaction has strategic significance, rather than just for profit. At this time, there is no use in converting it into coins. It is better to trade other materials of the same strategic level. For example, food
Exchange for iron, salt for magic stone, etc.
The latter involves some extremely rare items that are difficult to price. Instead of selling these items for money, it is better to exchange them for some special items that are equally rare and have not circulated in the market. Any pricing calculated in money will be a big deal in the mind of the holder.
It's like selling it for cheap.
But if it is really possible to mint coins with magic stones, then it is really possible to buy these items that were difficult to price in the past. Because high-grade magic stones, especially the purple transformation grade, in addition to the value they represent, they can be used for magic.
The strategic significance is also difficult to ignore.
Ke Yin also understood why the magician in front of him didn't tell him about this method immediately. It was really not useful at this stage. Even the gold, silver, and copper coins in the current Mystery Land are still quite confusing.
I want to kill someone. It is neither necessary nor necessary.
But this also made the halfling goddess curious about what the other method mentioned by the magician was.
Seeing that the person in front of him had understood what he had said before, Lin continued, but he raised a seemingly unrelated question: "Money, that is, the three functions of currency, is as a medium of transaction, to facilitate accounting, and to store
Value. Question! Which of these three functions is a non-essential function of money?”
Coming from a group that eats from a big pot and works together, the old girl Freya, a silver-bearded dwarf, thought about it, but couldn't figure it out for the time being. The other one came from a world where people robbed whatever they needed, and those with higher skills were all kinds of theft and deception.
Same thing with the Queen of the Beehive regarding the concept of money.
But as the goddess of gold coins, Ke Yin has divine understanding and calculation. If someone farts, He can tell what he ate yesterday. Naturally, if Lin raises his head, Ke Yin can figure it out.
A whole set of possibilities. So again He was shocked by someone's vision of the world and asked aloud, "What on earth are you thinking!"
"It seems you understand. Hehe, she is indeed the goddess of gold coins. She is so keen on money-related matters. Of the three functions of currency I just mentioned, the first two are really important; the third stores value.
, in fact, it is just to protect the purchasing power of currency. This is actually a constraint on the economy, but from another perspective, it is also a protection. I will not talk about the theory behind it, but first talk about the prerequisites for this to be possible.
.To be able to separate the value of currency from the currency itself, users must first trust the issuer of the currency and believe that the number given by the other party can trade the items they need and can indeed buy them. And everyone must believe in this matter.
, then this number can be called money, which is what I call currency. If this most basic trust does not exist, and in fact you cannot buy anything, then it is just a bunch of meaningless numbers."
"Is it possible to do something like this?"
"So I said, trust is the prerequisite. If you can't do this, all these assumptions will be unreliable. In addition to trust, you also need to have a certain degree of strength and not be afraid of anyone's challenge.
That kind of strength. More importantly, you must have the wisdom to control money. Because at that time, the flow of money will be like a torrential flood. If you cannot control it, it will be like the flood bursting its banks and the people will suffer."
At this point, someone sighed inexplicably. Then he stood up straight, straightened his appearance, dusted his sleeves, bowed respectfully, and said: "If one day, Your Majesty, you choose such a path, please
Remember what I said today. The source of your Majesty’s power comes from the normal operation of the entire money system, not the numbers gathered in your hands. Greed should not be your attitude. When you start to pursue what mortals call profit, that is
This is the moment when you fall into evil ways. The power of money can be used for good or evil. But its true position should be absolute neutrality. Money is just a tool, and tools should not have personalities. That is what people have.