Gou is a dark elf in Warhammer

Garroth may not be an excellent warrior, but he is definitely an excellent slave master.

He divided the labor dispatch for mining operations into two groups. The first group was the "barretras," or miners, who were responsible for the hardest work, using heavy steel drills and iron rods to break rocks in the veins and expose the hidden silver mines. Every strike would raise a cloud of dust, and the difficult breathing environment made them exhausted.

The second group is the "Apili", or porters, who are responsible for carrying the mined ore. They carry heavy sacks and walk with difficulty in the rugged mining area. Every step is like stepping on sharp gravel, and the twisting mountain roads and steep slopes increase the difficulty of carrying.

In order to avoid wasting time, they filled the sacks very full every time, their shoulders were almost deformed by the pressure, and people fell down from time to time. Falling down was okay, they just got up, but they were afraid that the ore would roll out or the sacks would break while they were walking, which would be really bad.

The ore was eventually transported to the foot of the mountain, where a team of women and children was responsible for the initial screening of the ore. They poured the ore on a square or flat ground and carefully picked out stones with a higher silver content.

The finest ore is repacked and carried by llamas to the mills for further crushing and refining. These mills use stone rocker crushers to crush the ore into a fine powder for subsequent silver refining.

Dacus stood in front of the Mint Square, observing all this with a telescope indifferently. In his opinion, mining is extremely hard work, with complicated processes and poor working conditions. However, he did not show sympathy or mercy for these. This was just part of his rule. The acquisition of resources was a high-risk, high-return process.

What he needed was the blood, sweat and lives of these miners to support the glorious edifice of the Elven Empire. As long as the mines of Potosí continued to provide a steady stream of wealth, the fate of the miners was nothing more than an inevitable "price" for him.

There is a reason why these labor dispatches did not riot. Here, chewing has become a necessity. Although it is harmful, chewing does not interfere with motor function, but can enhance physical function and suppress hunger. When they are engaged in a new day's work, Garros will thoughtfully arrange for the soldiers to distribute it to ensure that they can get a small piece.

Next up was chicha, which Garros would thoughtfully arrange for soldiers to distribute after a tiring day, ensuring that the labor dispatched workers could get a glass. As for taking it home to taste slowly, they were afraid that it would be snatched away, and if they drank it in one gulp, it would not be Duruchi's business.

As for tobacco leaves... Sorry, no, really no, not enough even for the Druchi soldiers.

Of course, Drucci would provide medical drugs such as senna and cinchona bark. Since it has not been extracted on a large scale, cinchona bark can only be used as a fever reducer. There is no sarsaparilla, which is used to relieve what Ma Ya called French chicken disease, that is, syphilis. Later, a flu was blamed on it...

Usually, the dispatched workers would bring down the dead, those with broken skulls and broken legs, and in addition to the mines, dispatched workers were injured every day in the mills. In such a cold country, working at night and tending the ore mills were the most difficult jobs, because the dust fell into their eyes and mouths, all of which was enough to cause great harm to them. Potosí was like a ferocious beast that devoured them alive.

The demand for clothing is huge. The thicker and more windproof the better. Miners' clothes are also easily torn. Fortunately, the textile factory in the province of Asheril has been established and can provide clothing. After the twill technology is developed, there will be work clothes such as jeans. Of course, this needs to be exchanged with special coins.

Hydraulic pulverizers play a vital role in Potosi, with a 7-meter pulverizer wheel and 8 or 12 ramming hammers processing the ore day and night.

This hydraulic pulverizer is good because it is powerful and can crush the ore thoroughly, but mercury emissions also increase dramatically, and the rainfall and river flow in Potosi are not good enough to allow it to operate all year round.

Dacus dissuaded Garros from building a reservoir, because the water generator and purifier would be put into use soon, and by then the hydraulic crusher would be more powerful.

He had no intention of going to the mill, because if he went there, he would have to wear a "Krien", which was a noun, a mask, usually silver or gold, worn by the nobles of Hag Graves to protect their faces from the fog that swept through the city. But in Potosi, the Krien was no longer exclusive to the nobles, but was assigned to the soldiers to prevent them from being exposed to too much dust and harmful gases.

He didn't like the feeling of wearing Klein, which was more uncomfortable than wearing a mask. He just stood in the square of the mint and chatted. He asked Garros to build an alpaca breeding factory and a leather factory. The dung of the alpaca is a good fuel that can be provided to the labor dispatch. The leather factory is used to collect grease, wool, alpaca skin, etc.

After waiting for a long time, the team that went to the mill came back. Talos once again said that he knew why the Silver Mountain was blown up at that time. It was too damaging to the environment. This was something that Anil, who had a close connection with nature, would never allow. If Dacus did not blow it up, when humans were ready to mine, Anil would have only one choice.

"This 'machine' is an amazing automatic device. It may need fuel, lubricants or maintenance, but as long as it can find 'dispatched labor' to work for it, it will continue to deliver wealth to the elves. This huge machine is a miracle. I would like to call it 'Dacius's Great Machine', but it is also a noisy, destructive, 24-hour polluting killer, a terrible monster that devours men and poisons women and children." - Unlike Talos, the rhetorical Tolandil made a speech.

Tolandil's rhetoric successfully made Daquus laugh, and that was it. No matter how you evaluate this machine, it cannot be stopped. This point was not only recognized by the Duruchi, but also by the red dragons with glowing eyes.

The outer buildings of the mint are very majestic, and the thick walls are built according to the specifications of a fortress, giving people an indestructible feeling. These walls are not only made of solid materials, but also fully consider the defensive function in design. Every wall of the building is covered with observation ports and shooting holes to ensure that the soldiers can monitor any movement outside from all directions. There are also patrolling soldiers walking back and forth, their steps are orderly, and their vigilant eyes scan every corner.

The gate of the mint is particularly solid. The heavy iron gate is closed when there is no transportation task. The gate is engraved with complex runes and patterns to increase the defense of the gate. Anyone who wants to enter the mint must undergo strict inspection. The soldiers stationed at the gate are sharp-eyed and never relax. Even if the door is closed, the soldiers will guard closely on both sides and be on guard at all times.

There might be riots or something like that, but...

As long as the mint and the barracks are controlled by Druki, the labor dispatch will be helpless. Attacking the city with an iron rod? Unless Tzeentch is completely alive, let one or more beings become Chaos Eggs to attack the gate, and then attack from both inside and outside.

If these things don't happen, then there will be good consequences. As long as the fireworks are lit, ride the flying mount down the mountain to call for reinforcements. It only takes half a day for the Duruchi mobile forces stationed in Salta Province and Cuyo Province to arrive, and even Okoos will send its air force when it sees the fireworks.

The few years since Dacus left are the best window of opportunity. There is still a small chance of success. After that... there will be no chance. The warlocks will be stationed at the Time Sentinel in Cuyo Province. When they detect energy fluctuations, they will immediately ride their flying mounts to come. Maybe by then, not only Duruchi will come, but even Master Xia will come.

After entering the mint, the security was even stricter. The deployment of a guard every three steps and a sentry every five steps made the entire factory area like a military fortress. Soldiers patrolled constantly between different points to ensure that no corner was overlooked. The patrolling soldiers walked in a uniform pace, fully demonstrating the discipline and strength of Druki.

The so-called coinage is to heat the metal into liquid, pour it into a coin mold, and wait for it to cool down and then grind off the edge thorns to make the currency. This is how ancient coins in the East were made.

Ancient Western coins originated in Lydia in western Anatolia. Amber gold was heated and melted, then poured into small particles. Then, while hot and cooled, they were hit hard with a hammer to imprint the pattern on the coin mold onto the coin embryo, hence the name of struck coins.

This process is time-consuming and labor-intensive, with low efficiency and inconsistent quality of the coins. Sometimes the pattern is offset due to the irregularity of the coin embryo. Sometimes the coin maker does not use enough force, which will cause the pattern of the silver coin to be blurred. Sometimes the coin maker hammers too hard, which will cause cracks around the silver coin. If you look closely, the ancient coins that have survived all have these defects.

As time went by, the technology of making coins gradually improved, and the invention and application of various machines greatly increased its efficiency. The patterns on the coins also became clearer, and the production cost was reduced, so it gradually became the mainstream way of making coins in the West.

However, this method of making currency also has problems. It is difficult to ensure that the value of the currency is fixed because there is a very popular operation - coin clipping.

To put it bluntly, the technology was not up to standard. The patterns would not be crooked, but the edges of the coins were still uneven, and the size and shape were not particularly fixed. They were not round like modern coins, and were not strong either.

People would cut off the uneven edges of the currency, or file it with a file. The silver or gold scraps would accumulate, and when they accumulated enough, they would be melted into gold or silver, a typical example of plucking feathers from a passing goose.

There is no doubt that this is illegal, because this behavior is equivalent to reducing the value of the currency itself and destroying the stability of the currency value. If you are caught, you will be severely punished, ranging from cutting off a hand to the death penalty, but...

So much so that the royal family had to issue a decree stipulating that: for the sake of the stability of the kingdom's currency value and the credit of the crown, it was prohibited to cut and damage the king's currency and to ensure that good currency was circulated within the kingdom.

But it was still useless. It was worn out and lightened. Everyone cut coins. You scraped it, I scraped it. As a result, the gold and silver content of the currency was not equal to the currency value, which affected normal business and trade. So much so that people had to lift the scales to weigh the currency and recalculate the value when trading. This was equivalent to using gold and silver coins, which were originally quantity currencies, as weighing currencies.

Then...

There was an explosion in the sky, and Lord Niu made a grand appearance!
Before he started stock trading, he served as the Supervisor of the Royal Mint and Director of the Mint and invented the side teeth. The application of this design makes it easier for people to detect coin clipping, because once someone tries to cut off the outer ring of the currency, the side teeth will be destroyed, making it easy to detect.

But there is still room for manipulation. For example, there is the phenomenon of silver theft on silver dollars. People would cut a circle on the silver dollar and then carve side teeth on it, causing the actual weight of the silver dollar to be smaller.

This is the benefit of knowing history! It goes straight to the heart!
When Daxus was in Naggarond, he visited Druch quite often. He knew Druch's character too well. He stayed at home in the winter with nothing to do, so he must find something to do.

In order to prevent silver theft, he designed side teeth. Not only that, he also referred to the one-yuan coin that makes a rattling sound in the pocket and designed a circle of raised smooth edges on the inner contour of the side teeth.

Cut it. He wanted to see how to cut it. After cutting the side teeth, should he also cut the smooth edge? Then create a set of smooth edges and side teeth? Maybe he could do it. Find a hammer and a corresponding contour fixing tool. There is plenty of time. Just knock it slowly, just like the man who grinds a hammer into a needle.

But it's still not right. After shrinking a circle, the smooth edge and the densely packed convex dots on the smooth edge don't match up. You can see the problem at a glance. Unless you make a new circle of convex dots, the problem is that these are convex dots, not concave dots that can be hammered out, and the shrunk convex dots don't match up with the pattern on the coin.

So you...right?

If you have this skill, why do you stay at home cutting coins? Why not come to the mint and work directly? If you don't have this skill, why do you stay at home doing this thankless job that will get you killed if you are caught?

There are all kinds of policies out there. Sell some small commodities and open a snack bar. No sovereign? No problem. He is kind and generous. He will introduce policies, give subsidies, and slowly pay taxes and repay them. He needs Duruchi to consume, so that the economy can circulate, and so that the soldiers and workers with sovereigns can have a place to consume, eat some snacks, buy some small commodities, etc.

If you are afraid of losing money or not getting a quota, you can do something else. Factories, shops, sailors and so on are all actively recruiting workers. There is no need to stay at home and think about cutting coins. Isn't it better to work than this?

The mafia? Being controlled by the mafia, must I cut the coins? Do he, Aegileth, the bureaucrats, and the Black Knight of the Imperial Order just eat for nothing? Aren't they just rushing to deliver results?

The technology of the Potosí Mint is very advanced. After being optimized by spellcasters such as Malekith, Drusala, Colonia and Whitney, traditional coin minting and striking have been eliminated.

The overall process is to melt and cast first, weigh and mix the ingredients according to the specified composition, and then melt and cast them into long strip ingots. And there will be no problems such as too high casting temperature causing increased losses, and too low temperature causing easy cracking during sheet rolling.

For sheet rolling, the ingot must be made into sheet through rough grinding and fine grinding processes, cut once in the middle to shorten the length of the strip, and then rolled to the predetermined thickness.

Punching cakes: the strips are processed into blank cakes by a punching machine.

After the blanks are screened and defective ones are removed, they are sent to the polishing machine. The function of the polishing machine is to remove the burrs on the edges of the blanks and roll them thick so that the coin patterns are not easy to wear and can be stacked, and at the same time make the outer diameter consistent for printing processing.

Baking and washing: After the blank is punched, the hardness becomes higher and needs to be annealed and softened, then pickled, rolled and dried, so that the blank can remain smooth. In addition, the softened blank is not only convenient for stamping, but also can extend the life of the mold.

The last step is printing. The blanks are stacked and loaded into the cake storage cylinder of the printing machine. The clamps inside the machine automatically feed them into the mold for printing and then push them out.

A silver coin is made up of the upper die, the lower die and the die ring. The front and back sides, the side teeth and the smooth edge are formed at one time. The only annoying thing is that the printing machine is not powerful enough. It is currently driven by water. It takes 150 to 160 tons of pressure to print one coin. The speed is a bit slow, and it feels like a blunt knife cutting meat. But it doesn't matter. The steam engine will be put into use soon.

After the coins are made, workers conduct a visual inspection, remove defective ones, count them, and finally package them for storage.

Unlike Potossi in another world, the mint here is not mixed with national and private interests. It is Malekith's industry. The treasurer, precious metal appraiser, smelter, and weigher were all transferred from the Naggarond Mint.

The silver coin in Dacus's hand is still warm. It was just printed, with a diameter of 39 mm, a thickness of 2.5 mm, a weight of about 26 grams, and a silver content of about 90%.

对标的话就是：1摩根银元=1美元、1克朗银币=5先令、5法郎银币=5法郎、1银元。

当然，他现在所在的世界有自己的货币体系，在旧世界，1金币（1GC）=20银币（20/-）=240铜币（240d），1银币（1/-）=12铜币（12d）。

The elves are pretty much the same.

也就是说，他手里的银币=5先令、1克朗、5法郎银币、5银币、60铜币，如果他拿上个4枚=1英镑、1金币、240铜币。

The obverse of the silver coin has been cancelled, with the designs of the emblems of Cain, Ers-Hai, Asati and Anes-Lema, which correspond to the seasons of blood, despair, corruption and wildness, respectively, which are the four seasons of the year in Duruki. Only the portrait of Malekith is retained, and the reverse has been cancelled, with the picture of Aenarion slaying demons replaced by a picture of the scenery of Nagarond.

In a sense, it is a Naggaroth coin. The front of this coin has a picture of Malekith wearing midnight armor, which is very oppressive. The back of this coin has a picture of Naggaroth's scenery. Even if it is robbed by Asur, it will not be circulated. It's crazy. How can this kind of silver coin be circulated in Ulthuan? It can only go through the process again.

Apart from this unimportant point, this coin will no longer be issued after the King's Reign in Ulthuan. Is it a limited edition? Does it have a certain collection value? But it is not worth much. The year and the number of issues are there, and it is not a limited edition or commemorative edition.

With the help of the new technology, there are no small sand holes on the surface of the silver coin, the image is three-dimensional, and the tooth edges and polished edges are regular and smooth. He wiped it with his sleeve, and the silver coin became slightly brighter and softer. Then he gently pinched the center of the silver dollar with the tip of his left thumb and middle finger, and knocked on the edge of another silver coin with his right hand. He put it to his ear and listened. The sound was soft and pleasant, without long, sharp or low sounds.

He threw the silver coin to Splinterwin, whose eyes were shining, and continued shopping.

The mint in Potosi had two production lines, one for the 5-denier coins and the other for the 1-denier coins.

The diameter of the silver coin is 1 mm, the thickness is 23 mm, the weight is 1.4 grams, and the silver content is 5%.

And then nothing happened. Based on the original 1 gold sovereign, he designed 5 gold sovereigns, and above that came gold bars and gold bricks. Bulk transactions were handled by the government and the church.

But the gold coins are not produced in Potosí, but in the Nagarond Mint, with the main focus on safety. The raw materials are mainly the original inventory and the gold shipped back from Spicazuma. Later... the gold ore mined in Gorond may also be added to the materials? Of course, this depends on whether Morathi is dead or not.

There are no copper mines in Potosí, and the nearest copper mine is in Cuyo Province. Dacus originally did not mine copper for fear of polluting the environment, because Cuyo Province is dedicated to growing grapes and producing wine. However, there is no problem now, as water purifiers have appeared, but he still does not plan to mine copper.

Because he doesn't need too much copper, he doesn't produce bronze, wires and cables. What is the place that needs copper now? Pipes? Bearings and gears, chemical equipment, etc. Naggaroth has no demand for copper art and decorations. Hag Graves's small production is enough for current and subsequent use.

Copper coins are necessary, and in large quantities. After all, to maintain the normal operation of private transactions, a day's worth of food to maintain the body's functions requires 1 days, a night's sleep in an inn also requires 10 days, and other alcohol, daily tools, etc. all require copper coins for transactions.

But it is not necessary to use copper. Drucci's monetary system is linked to gold and silver, not copper. He only needs to ensure the purity of gold and silver coins. He is conservative in this regard. He will not make a mess. For example, he will use Nordic gold, which is 89% copper, as gold coins, which will cause a credit collapse. That would be a real disaster.

Nordic gold is a copper alloy with a golden color. In addition to copper, it also contains 5% aluminum, 5% zinc and 1% tin. The production process is also very simple and can be produced in a family workshop. The finished product looks no different from real gold, and it can be mistaken for real gold, but it will be exposed when you weigh it in your hand. After all, the density of gold is there, just like some large gold chains that float in water.

Perhaps there will be gold that is even more extraordinary than Nordic gold. The density is the same, and it feels perfect when you weigh it. After all, this world has a pious spirit.

The famous Bayershazer Gelt of the Empire had done something bad. He was not from the Empire, but was born into a family of a pharmacist and doctor in the court of a border prince. After traveling around the southern city-states and learning some knowledge, he was not satisfied with it, so he boarded a ship to Marienburg and went to the Gold Academy in Altdorf. He paid the fare in gold, but soon after he left, the gold in the captain's hand turned into lead.

But there is a saying here. Daxus judged that Bayershazer should pay with gold bricks, gold nuggets and the like, instead of gold coins, because it is relatively simple to turn lead into gold bricks, as long as you enter the door of piety, but it takes a certain level of skill to make lead into gold coins that are so real that they require the help of the sorcerers around him and do it slowly.

This is also the reason why he keeps the currency linked to gold and silver. There may be counterfeit currency in circulation, but is it within control? The relevant laws, warlock registration and supervision systems are there, unless someone is possessed by the great demon Tzeentch and mass-produces it.

This……

But is it still within control? After all, the bulk transactions rely on the Phoenix Court and the Cult, unless these two points are also exposed.

As long as the gold and silver coins are fine, the raw materials for copper coins can be widely selected, such as nickel-plated steel core, which is the 1 yuan coin. He handed this matter over to Hillsis, and he didn't know how it went.

If all goes well, as planned before, he plans to create a batch of special coins for Asheril for use by the labor dispatch service to purchase goods and services provided by the patrol team. The Duruchi soldiers can steal them, but they are worthless after stealing. The copper coins themselves are made of steel, and the Duruchi market does not recognize this special coin.

Of course, the labor dispatch can also melt the special currency and use it to make weapons and armor, but the probability is not high. Apart from the report of the labor dispatch, the eyes of the Duruchi soldiers are blind.

As for wages and prices, he has almost decided on them on the Black Ark. He will hold a meeting in Asheril to study them in the next two years, and then he can announce them after meeting with Malekith after returning to Naggaroth.

When the time comes, fire it up! (End of this chapter)