Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 173 Introducing Currency
After the head of the forging department left, Zhou Xu himself fell into deep thought.

To reduce the length of the sword and make the sword more durable in a disguised form, this method is still a temporary solution, not a permanent cure.

But to solve this problem more thoroughly, Zhou Xu thought of two solutions during the simple pondering process.

The first way is to find a better material. The first thing Zhou Xu thought of was iron ore. Iron is more tough than copper, and its overall performance is beyond doubt. This is why iron can run through the entire cold weapon era. reason!
But the problem is that he doesn't have much research on ore. To put it bluntly, he has to fight his luck to find such things as ore veins.

He doesn't know where there are iron mines at all now, which also makes the implementation of this method infinitely magnified.

As for the second method, that is to make alloys!
Alloys sound awesome at first glance, but in fact, they mean smelting two or more metals together.

Their copper veins do not only produce copper ore, but also have many associated mines.

But Zhou Xu, who has no research on ores, really doesn't know other ores except some common metals.

The only thing he can be sure of right now is that there is no iron ore in those associated mines.

Under this premise, the reason why he didn't let the forging department directly smelt the alloy, but asked them to reduce the length of the sword and forge a new sword, naturally had his thinking in it.

Although he doesn't understand ores, he also knows that smelting metals is not just a matter of just mixing them up.

A lot of trial and test comparisons were bound to take place during this period.

There is no doubt that this is definitely a time-consuming and labor-intensive thing.

But now he needs the forging department to quickly forge a batch of usable swords for him, because his soldiers need weapons for training!
If the forging department researches a usable alloy and then starts to forge and polish weapons, how much training time do they have left when the finished product comes out?
And at this stage, even if he uses a shortened saber, their tribe's advantage in equipment can also be guaranteed.

It is the safest way to forge and use the shortened sword first, and then let the forging department slowly research better alloys.

Zhou Xu's presence in person made the various departments of Heiyue Village feel a little more nervous after a long absence, especially the forging department.

The same is to make things for the tribe. Although the forging department and the equipment department are responsible for different contents, to a certain extent, they can be regarded as performing their own duties.

But some members of the two departments inevitably compete with each other in their hearts.

This time, the rattan armor and round shield made by the equipment department can be said to have perfectly completed the task assigned by their leader, but the sword forged by their forging department was a shame in front of the leader.

Now the members of the forging department, after learning about this matter from their ministers, are holding a sigh of relief in their hearts. They must earn back this face!

All of a sudden, each of them was full of energy.

Zhou Xu, who didn't know this, was now attracted by a few small round copper pieces in his palm.

Needless to say, this is the first batch of copper coins poured out after the mold was opened!
Because they are poured from the same mold, the size and thickness of each copper coin are exactly the same.

While this copper coin is very thin, according to his intention, the words engraved on both sides are also very clear.

He weighed it with his hand, and several copper coins collided with each other in his palm, making a crisp sound, which made Zhou Xu show a satisfied smile.

"Okay, let's start mass production."

There is no need for forging and polishing for this copper coin, basically it is to melt the copper ingot, then pour it into the mold and cool it down.

But to put it simply, it goes without saying how important the copper coins and casting molds are.

For this reason, Zhou Xu also specially selected two reliable tribe members and established a 'mint' to be responsible for casting copper coins.

In the follow-up plan, he also arranged to mint copper coins with denominations of "five papers" and "ten papers".

However, due to the fact that this currency system has never been used in the previous tribe, Zhou Xu did not want to make things too complicated at the beginning, so that the tribe members would resist it. Therefore, at this stage, he minted a penny first. That's it.

The simple pouring method is doomed to have low manufacturing efficiency.

At the same time that copper coins began to be produced in large quantities, Zhou Xu himself was of course not idle. Apart from the currency rules and regulations he had been pondering before, he was now busy setting salaries and prices for various positions and products.

In this tribe, all the resources can be said to be in his hands, and in the past they were all allocated reasonably by him, the leader.

The resources he allocated, including food, were, to put it bluntly, the rewards for the work of each tribe member.

Now, he just added something called currency between the two.

He exchanged the reward for currency, and the tribe members could use the currency to buy whatever they wanted.

Doing this actually saved Zhou Xu a lot of trouble, because before, he had to worry about and arrange all the matters of food, drink, food, housing and transportation for the tribe members.

At first, when there were only a few dozen people in the tribe, it was okay, but as the population of the tribe grew, these trivial things would become very annoying.

The promotion of the currency system can completely liberate Zhou Xu from these trivial matters.

From now on, he will only be responsible for distributing money, and the tribal members will take care of their daily food, drink, food, housing and transportation, and they don't need to bother him anymore.

In order for the currency to be promoted smoothly, Zhou Xu still has a lot to do.

For example, if there is currency, there needs to be corresponding commodities and shops that sell them.

For this reason, Zhou Xu drew up a trade zone directly to the east of Heiyue Village, and named it 'East City'.

And in Dongshi, various simple stalls were arranged.

Some sell fish, some sell meat, some sell vegetables and fruits, and some sell various utensils and even agricultural tools.

Basically, more than 90.00% of the things in their tribe can be sold in this Dongshi.

Under this premise, he understands everything he knows, and all these things belong to him.

In other words, he paid the tribe members who worked for him, and the tribe members bought things from him with this salary.

Turning around in a circle, the money returned to his own hands...

In the case that there is no need to open a store, just set up a stall, things are simple, and then the time coincides with the end of the month.

Zhou Xu seized the opportunity, summoned everyone in Black Moon Village to announce the matter, paid everyone a salary, and officially launched the currency within the tribe!
Holding the allocated copper coins in their hands, although the tribe members did not understand why their leader did such troublesome things.

But since it was their leader's intention, they didn't have any objections.

(End of this chapter)