Chapter 380: First-Class City Construction Drawings
Chapter 380
When Fan Lihua and Cheng Dalei woke up, they were faced with a mess in the house.
The table collapsed, cups and plates were broken into pieces, and their clothes, including the bedding on the bed, were scattered on the floor, some of which were even torn to pieces. The floor was wet and smelled of wine.
Thinking of what happened just now, Fan Lihua felt ashamed. At the same time, she raised her head and looked at Cheng Dalei quietly. She expected Cheng Dalei to say a few words, but he was sitting on the ground in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Hey..." Fan Lihua called softly.
Cheng Dalei suddenly came back to his senses. Just now he was checking the city construction drawings in his mind, and he was a little lost. Now he raised his head and saw Fan Li's exposed shoulders, with a shy and timid expression. He couldn't help but feel a little emotional. He was cautious.
She leaned forward and took Fan Lihua's hand. Fan Lihua lowered her head in shame but did not resist.
Flustered, Cheng Dalei suddenly remembered something and said solemnly: "Don't hurt me again this time."
"Well, I'll be very careful."
Hey, something is wrong again.
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The next day it was bright and sunny.
Everyone saw that Cheng Dalei had a bandage on his hand, but they didn't know what happened. When asked, Cheng Dalei remained silent and never answered.
Cheng Dalei was nestled in his study, studying the city construction drawings awarded by the system.
The current Qinchuan Pass has reached the fourth level, and it will be transformed into a city if it develops further. In other words, a fifth-level mountain village is equivalent to a first-level city.
There are differences between a city and a village.
Generally speaking, the mountain stronghold is a military fortress, and everything is for war. The city not only has the army, but also has many living facilities.
Cheng Dalei looked at the drawings to understand the specific requirements for going from a fourth-level cottage to a first-level city.
First of all, the population is required to reach 100,000. As refugees continue to join, plus the original population of the village, the current total population of the village is about 50,000, which is not far from the goal.
There is a military policy office, where strategy, formations, and diplomacy are studied.
There is an inner government building, research and production, planting, city security, etc.
Then, the market, barracks, general station, medical center, craftsman's workshop, school and other facilities were originally existing in Qinchuan Pass. With slight modifications, they can meet the requirements.
What caught Cheng Dalei's attention was one of the buildings: the bank.
The function of a bank is similar to that of a bank, but it is also very different from a bank. The main function of a bank is to exchange gold and silver. It converts gold into silver and silver into copper plates. The bank charges a certain percentage of fees. In the past, large banks
Some banknotes were also issued, but with the current chaos of war, no consortium could afford such credit, and now the banknotes are almost like blank pieces of paper.
Therefore, it never happened that Cheng Dalei walked around the world with a one million tael banknote. There are banknotes with a denomination of one million taels, but no bank will cash them to you.
Cheng Dalei thought for a while, then sent someone to call He Shen to the study and briefly explained his purpose.
"Master, are you ready to mint coins?" He Shen asked.
Cheng Dalei nodded. Now there is a large population in Qinchuan Pass. The gathering of the population has promoted the development of business. Occasionally, people buy and sell daily necessities such as cloth and pork. But the business model is still very rudimentary, and most of them are barter.
The empire's gold and silver are already scarce resources. Not to mention the Qinchuan Pass, there are not many in the entire empire. And items such as copper plates are too heavy and are inconvenient to use.
The currency of the empire is not unified. Naturally, gold and silver are exchangeable, but copper coins are minted privately by princes in various places. Therefore, He Shen is not surprised by Cheng Dalei's idea. Now that Qinchuan Pass has become everyone's home base, it is not yet
Knowing how long we will be here, minting coins is a natural thing.
"What kind of style do you plan to make? Do you want to make a pattern yourself?" He Shen asked. Based on his understanding of Cheng Dalei, he estimated that Cheng Dalei would print a toad on the copper coins.
"It's not casting, it's printing. I want to print banknotes."
"Uh..." He Shen was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding Cheng Dalei's words. The key was the word "paper money", which was the first time he heard it.
Cheng Dalei had already had this idea. The current currency system of the empire is actually extremely backward. The purchasing power of gold and silver is there, but it needs to be cut and weighed when used. The quality of the copper plates is too heavy, and there is even no silk to use it.
After hearing this, He Shen thought for a long time until he completely digested Cheng Dalei's words.
"Master, your idea is good, but it may be difficult to implement."
"If there are any difficulties, we can build a banknote printing factory to determine the denomination, serial number, and prevent counterfeiting. We can slowly roll it out. It shouldn't be too difficult."
"But everyone is used to using gold and silver. In everyone's mind, only something that can be seen and touched has value. If you tell them that you can buy something with a piece of paper, you are afraid that they will not recognize it for a while."
Cheng Dalei nodded, knowing in his heart that He Shen was right. Inherent ideas cannot be changed in a moment. But this does not mean that Cheng Dalei's method is not feasible, it is just a little difficult.
"It's better to build the banknote printing plant first and then figure out how to push it down later."
At Qinchuan Pass, Cheng Dalei still had absolute power. Although he felt that Cheng Dalei was a bit fanciful, He Shen had no reason not to agree. He secretly thought to himself that he could just print some copper coins, so why bother.
In addition, Cheng Dalei also arranged a few things. Taking advantage of the current slack period, he recruited refugees from all over the country. Only when more people move in can the village develop.
In addition, Xu Shenji and Liu Bei were asked to select talents and prepare for the construction of the Military Policy Office and the Internal Government. These two buildings are different from the city walls. They cannot be used just because they are placed there. Without people to do things, they are just empty shells.
Cheng Dalei is responsible for printing banknotes himself. The pattern is easy to make, just draw a toad on it, and the denomination can be easily determined, one cent, two cents, five cents, ten cents, one hundred cents. The most difficult thing is to prevent counterfeiting...
If the banknotes issued by Toad Village can be promoted and eventually used by the entire Qinchuan Pass, it will naturally attract people to imitate and forge them. If just an individual can print them, wouldn't all Cheng Dalei's achievements be ruined?
.Moreover, the cost of anti-counterfeiting should not be too high. If the cost of printing money is too high, it will also be a huge drain on today's copycats.
It needs to be cheap and easy to use... The original people in Toad Village have no idea about this matter.
Cheng Dalei paid attention to Audrina. She brought a group of people, including adventurers, alchemists, pharmacists... There was no telling whether these people would have any ideas.
Cheng Dalei sent people to invite these people to the general's mansion and explain his purpose to them.