The Rise of Primitive Tribes Farming

Chapter 316 Tin Coin
At the end of the second month of spring, the trading area of ​​the Mang tribe became lively again.

After a winter of suffering, the supplies of the various tribes in the Southern Wilderness have long been exhausted. Fortunately, there are relatively few tribes in the Southern Wilderness. When spring comes, food sources are still relatively abundant.

These tribes spent more than a month hunting and gathering wild vegetables, supplementing their food, and then brought the newly acquired animal skins, animal bones, animal teeth, etc., except for their own use, to the Mang tribe for trading. Necessities like some salt.

With the increase in trading volume in the trading area, a very obvious problem has also emerged.

For example, a tribesman brought a bunch of animal bones and exchanged all of them for salt, but later saw other things in the trading area, so he had to exchange salt for other things.

In this process, salt acts as a general equivalent, that is, the function of money.

However, what if he traded for something other than salt?What he exchanged was pottery, stoneware, or other things, so when he traded them, it would become very troublesome.

Because the value of these things is not equal, the transaction process is quite cumbersome.

This is the consequence of frequent transactions, and it is also a problem that will inevitably arise with the development of the trading area.

After frequent transactions like this, people who buy things feel that they have suffered a disadvantage, and people who sell things often get a lot of miscellaneous things, and they also feel that they have suffered a disadvantage.

In this case, Chenbei believes that the currency must be obtained.

As a necessity, although salt can also serve as a general equivalent, it is inconvenient after all. Only things that are stable in value, easy to carry, and recognized by everyone can better support frequent transactions.

Chenbei found the pottery workshop, the artisans responsible for casting tinware, and asked them to make some molds of the same size and pattern, and pour some tin coins out.

"For this thing, it must be ensured that each one has almost the same size and the same weight, so the mold should be made as fine as possible."

Chen Bei described the appearance of tin coins. In order to prevent freezing in winter, like other tin wares, tin coins also need to be branded with the totem pattern of the Mang tribe as a whole.

On this basis, Chenbei asked them to print a flaming rhinoceros on the front of the tin coin, and the word "Mang" of the Mang tribe on the back.

Things are not complicated. These experienced craftsmen knew what was going on as soon as they heard it, and then started to make molds for pouring.

Two days later, the first fifty tin coins were minted.

The best tin coin was delivered to Chen Bei.

Chen Bei looked over and over carefully, and said with satisfaction: "That's right, this is what I want."

On the front of the tin coin, a small flaming rhinoceros roared up to the sky, while on the back, there was an extremely ancient "Mang" character. The entire tin coin was branded with the totem pattern of the Mang tribe, and there was a trace of untraceable divine power flowing .

This is equivalent to an anti-counterfeit coin, not to mention that other tribes don't know how to melt tin coins, even if they make them in the future, even if they are made exactly like the Mang tribe, they still cannot make counterfeit coins.

The reason is that there is such a sliver of totem divine power belonging to the Mang tribe. Other tribes, no matter how imitated, do not have this trace of divine power, and they will be frozen to slag in winter.

Chen Bei said to the craftsman: "Very good, just do it like this, first make a few hundred, try it in the trading area, and if it works, make more."

"Yes, chief, I'll go back and do it."

With Chen Bei's approval, the craftsman felt confident. He returned to the workshop and continued to mint this kind of tin coins with other craftsmen at a very fast speed.

Of course, as a relatively primitive currency, the Mang tribe cannot mint it without limit, unless it is intended to be used to deceive people at that time.

Mint tin coins, and then stipulate how much goods a tin coin is equivalent to, and mark the price of salt, pottery, stone, wood, jewelry, etc., as many tin coins as one piece.

At this time, tin coins actually represent the amount of goods, and the minted tin coins cannot exceed the goods owned by the Mang tribe.

If it exceeds, when someone else trades a lot of tin coins and asks the Mang tribe to exchange the goods, but the Mang tribe can't get out so much goods, then the credit of the tin coins will be destroyed, and the tin coins will naturally depreciate. Will not believe this thing again.

Five days later, the first batch of tin coins from the Mang tribe appeared in the trading area.

At the entrance of the trading area, Chen Bei personally explained the function of tin coins to those who came here to do business.

"This thing, called tin coins, is something unique to our Mang tribe. You can also regard it as a token of the Mang tribe."

"In the future, anyone who enters the trading area can exchange the goods in their hands for this tin coin, and then hold it to buy all the goods in the trading area!"

"With tin coins, you don't have to run around with heavy goods anymore. You can exchange all the goods for tin coins in the trading area first, and then buy what you want."

A person from the outer tribe asked: "What if we exchange the goods for this thing, but others don't want it?"

This is a problem that is often encountered in the process of trading, because everyone has different preferences and needs.

Sometimes, for example, you have an animal skin in your hand, and another person has an animal bone in your hand. You want to exchange the animal skin for the animal bone, but the person who actually owns the animal bone wants to exchange it for animal meat.

In this way, the transaction cannot be carried out.

Chen Beidao: "I know your concerns, so this thing can only be used in the Mang Tribe trading area for the time being. Don't worry, this is our Mang Tribe token. As long as you hold it, all shops in the trading area will accept it. Absolutely Will not refuse."

"When you leave the trading area, you can exchange all the remaining tin coins for goods at the entrance, whether it is the goods you brought or the goods of the Mang tribe."

"Of course, if you believe in our Mang tribe, you can also take back the unspent tin coins. When you come next time, you can also use them in the trading area!"

Chen Bei's explanation was very straightforward. He answered the doubts of these outsiders and tourists one by one, and repeatedly guaranteed the value of the tin coins of the Mang tribe.

But even so, there are still more than half of the people who do not agree with this small tin coin. They think that it is more secure to carry the real goods on their backs.

For this group of people, Chen Bei did not insist.

The circulation of currency is a long-term process. You can't expect everyone to agree with you once it comes up.

"Now, those who are willing to trust our Mang tribe, and those who want to exchange tin coins, come here. Those who don't want to, can directly bring the goods into the trading area."

After Chen Bei yelled, many people entered the trading area with their goods on their backs. Only a small number of people came to Chen Bei and exchanged their goods for tin coins.

And most of these people are allied tribes of the Mang tribe, as well as affiliated tribes.

"Chief Chen, our Bamboo Rat Tribe trusts you."

People from the Bamboo Rat tribe came. They traded coal with the Mang tribe and earned a lot of salt and other goods. They had a strong favor and trust in the Mang tribe.

After all, without the Mang tribe, they wouldn't be able to earn so much.

Chen Bei smiled and said: "Thank you for your trust, Xibi will not let you down."

The Bamboo Rat Tribe brought some high-quality stone materials. After Chen Bei estimated the value for them, they all exchanged them into tin coins.

People from the Bamboo Rat tribe, holding tin coins, entered the trading area of ​​the Mang tribe under the eyes of many people from other tribes looking at them like fools.

(End of this chapter)