After reaching a compromise and tacit understanding with Fabro, Zhou Qingfeng brought a burst of economic prosperity to Hanfeng City.
At a corner of the street, Powell wore a faded old robe and dressed himself up as an ordinary citizen. He walked quietly through the streets and followed a carriage to the construction site of the Harmony Warehouse.
Powell is very familiar with this kind of prosperity. He worked at the forge in Harmony Village for more than two months and made great efforts for this kind of prosperity. But he cannot bear to look back on those days.
Because they rashly stole the 'Forging Secrets', Coldwind City's secret agent Powell and the Blacksmith King's Priest Martin were caught red-handed. The two of them had no sense of moral integrity and would say whatever they asked. As a result, Yi, who should have stayed in the Black Forest,
Nisha suddenly leads the team on a long trip.
Her Royal Highness the Princess did not give too much trouble to the two 'thieves'. After confirming the accuracy of the news in Cold Wind City, she continued to go south to fight for the great cause of restoring the country, and conveniently released Powell and Martin.
Not long after Inisha left the Cold Wind City, Uncle Zhou defeated the acid-loving ants in the Elven Ruins, captured the Silver Leaf City, and returned victorious. Then he was forced by several goddesses to come to the Cold Wind City. The situation in the city was far worse.
Much more complicated than the Black Forest.
The first time I entered the city to explore failed.
The carriage was loaded with lumber with a diameter of about thirty centimeters. They were transported from the lumberyard outside the city and became the main building materials of the warehouse. The coolies sharpened a four-meter-long piece of lumber, burned it black, and drove it into the foundation to form a wall.
Timber merchants always buy goods on hand. If you bring a cart of lumber, you can get the corresponding payment immediately. After the merchants get the money, they immediately go to the hastily arranged temporary market of the "Harmony Warehouse" and spend the gold and silver coins they just received.
For Fabbro's sake, the city's dignitaries maintained a basically friendly attitude towards the 'Harmony Warehouse' from the Black Forest. The trouble Zhou Qingfeng was originally worried about did not appear for the time being.
In addition to selling various highly effective potions to the wizards in the city, Zhou Qingfeng can also provide in-demand goods to the civilians of Cold Wind City. Powell followed the carriage into the market, and the dazzling array of iron tools was the focus of sales.
"The forging machine in Harmony Village is really usable." Powell grabbed a hammer in front of the stall and waved it casually. The stall owner greeted enthusiastically: "Sir, this is a refined forging hammer. As long as
Two silver coins. Absolutely high-end goods.”
"The hammers they sell are more expensive than those in the city." Powell complained in a low voice. He was an expert. After weighing the hammer and looking at the luster, he knew that the hammers sold in Harmony Village were better than those made by the blacksmiths in the city.
The liquid iron was poured into the casting mold, finalized, and then fed into the forging machine. After repeated forging, it was quenched, annealed, and surface hardened. Arcee applied the knowledge she gained in the real world to improve the quality of the products at the Harmony Village Forging Ground.
Even a small hammer reflects the advancement of technology. As a result, the iron products sold by Zhou Qingfeng are not low-priced, but more expensive.
Hammers, axes, saws, hoes, shovels, knives, iron pots, iron hooks, iron tools sold on the market triggered a buying craze.
After all, having a good metal tool can greatly improve work efficiency. For example, a hacksaw can make felling wood easier, transport more wood to sell, and make more money.
Powell stood in front of the stall. He wanted to ask the people in Harmony Village how the forging machine in the forging yard solved the reliability problem. This was a puzzle that he struggled to solve. The answer seemed to be right in front of him. However,
I can't see through it.
After buying a few hammers and axes, Powell took out his wallet to pay the bill. The vendor smiled and asked, "Sir, if you pay in gold coins, you can get a 10% discount."
Why?
Powell stopped, looking confused.
"Our master stipulated it. He said he prefers gold coins." The vendor explained.
The currency system in the alien world is relatively chaotic. People generally use gold and silver coins with the image of Wojin, the goddess of wealth. As long as the gold and silver content is ensured, anyone can mint similar currencies.
The goddess Vol'jin can gain faith from commodity transactions. She will bless every currency that meets the standards and curse those who mint counterfeit coins. However, there are so many counterfeit coins, and various evil forces do not care whether Vol'jin is happy or not.
Therefore, identifying the currency on the market is an essential skill for every businessman and even resident. Powell was dubious, but still paid the bill with gold coins. The vendor found silver and copper coins, which were indeed a little cheaper.
Because you like gold coins? This explanation is too far-fetched. But the 10% discount is enough to make people crazy. Some people specialize in the business of exchanging gold coins for silver coins, and they can also make money.
In fact, it was Zhou Qingfeng who discovered that gold is cheap and silver is expensive in the other world, and the price ratio of gold and silver is 'ten to one'. But in the real world, the price ratio of gold and silver can reach 'hundred to one'. Such a price difference is simply giving away money, so he naturally wants to
Collect gold.
Even if the purity of gold in the other world is not high, Arcee is fully capable of refining it. In the real world, gold is a hard currency stronger than foreign exchange. After the bank got the gold, it wanted to kiss Zhou Qingfeng.
Zhou Qingfeng has a daily transportation quota of twenty kilograms, and he can bring a large supply of silver coins to Hanfeng City with just a small amount of money. 'Holy Light Machinery' has no other abilities, and stamping out a batch of fertile gold and silver coins is just like playing.
Powell took the silver coins recovered by the vendors and found that compared to the ordinary Wojin silver coins circulating in the market, the silver coins made by Zhou Qingfeng were more exquisite. The silver coins were very standardized and had a tooth pattern on the outer edge, making them highly recognizable.
"What the hell is Victor Hugo doing again?" Powell held the silver coins and walked to another stall. Groceries produced in the Black Forest were sold here, mainly common mushrooms. He also bought some and threw them away.
A few copper coins.
The mushroom vendor was quick and agile. After collecting the money, he found a handful of more fragmentary coins. He saw a coin he had never seen before, which also had Wo Jin's image printed on it. It was silver-white but not a silver coin.
"What coin is this?"
"Iron coin."
What......?
Don't lie to me, iron is black, how can it be silver-white?
Powell felt that his IQ was insulted, but what he was holding was indeed not a silver coin. The vendor couldn't explain clearly. He only said that this was what Mr. Hugo had decided. Ten iron coins were exchanged for one copper coin.
In fact, the currency value of copper coins in other world currencies is too high. If a gold coin is equivalent to a thousand yuan and a copper coin is equivalent to ten yuan, what about the goods that cost less than ten yuan? There is no way.
A chicken in Cold Wind City costs two copper coins. It is difficult to use currency to trade things that are cheaper than chickens. This is very detrimental to commercial development.
Businessmen from other worlds also tried to introduce 'iron coins', but they did not have wear-resistant and corrosion-resistant stainless steel. Ordinary pig iron had too many impurities and would rust within a few days, making it impossible to promote it to the outside world.
Zhou Qingfeng felt that having made his own silver coins, it was logical to get some stainless steel 'iron coins' as well. Having enough auxiliary coins would also stimulate economic circulation. He even planned to launch 'platinum coins'.
Don’t get me wrong, Uncle Zhou’s ‘platinum’ will not use precious metals like platinum. He plans to use ‘aluminum-magnesium alloy’ directly, which is similar to game coins.
When there is a technology gap, just charging some seigniorage is not excessive, right?
After all, it is difficult to refine aluminum and magnesium in other worlds. These two are equivalent to low-grade magic metals and have their own special value. The previous 'silver shield' that can resist negative energy is made of aluminum-magnesium alloy, which is light and strong.
If this can be recognized by the society in another world, and the wizards risk their lives to exchange it, wouldn't it be possible to make a lot of money by exchanging one platinum coin for ten gold coins?
But......
The circulation of currency in other worlds was too small. After careful calculation, Zhou Qingfeng felt frustrated. It seemed that he could not make much money by launching platinum coins.
But in Powell's view, Victor Hugo actually started to carry out currency reforms. Although the only iron coins circulating on the market were iron coins that were one level lower than copper coins, this seemed to be a power only possessed by the monarch of a place.