Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 744

[Chapter 744 The Beginning of Transcendence]

“By the way, the four major banks have opened their doors, and the big new money should be put on the agenda. We will use silver as the standard to create new coins, called Yuanyuan.” Looking at the Royal Bank, Zhao Xu pondered for a while and said.

“Song Yuan?” Liu Fu and Yang Heju were startled.

For thousands of years, the folks have only used copper coins and silver ingots, and there has never been a unified name.

King Yan’s statement made them feel very fresh.

Zhao Xu looked at the two people who looked confused, and said helplessly: “Like Chang Wei, it is necessary to expand your knowledge, so that you have a broader perspective.”

With the arrival of external forces, Da Song closed the door to deal with himself Gone are the days of questions.

And as Da Song expands outward, generals like Chang Wei need to think about military strategy from a global perspective.

Ministers like Liu Fu need to think about business and financial rules from a global perspective.

This dollar is a financial weapon like the contemporary pound, franc, and dollar, not just the currency circulating in the country.

Thinking of this, he briefly explained the meaning of eulogy to the two of them, and Liu Fu and Yang He’s eyes lit up immediately.

Liu Fudao: “According to Your Highness, if the whole world uses Yuan Yuan, we Da Song only need to print some paper at home, and then we can buy all the goods from all over the world?”

“That’s right, you can say that.” Zhao Xu said , “In this way, the crisis in Dasong itself can be passed on to others by printing money, making Dasong’s business more resilient, but this is a double-edged sword that can be used at critical moments, but it cannot be used indiscriminately.

” Next, he emphasized his tone, “However, the taste of financial harvest is wonderful, but you have to remember that industry is the foundation of a country. From now on, you must keep this in mind, and take advantage of this time to spare , I will teach you this knowledge.”

“Yes, Your Highness.” Liu Fu and Yang He were overjoyed.

Having said this, the three of them stayed for a while before leaving.

Back at the palace, Zhao Xu went to the study to draw the main currency of Song Yuan.

In the nineteenth century, all countries adopted the silver standard, which is why he also adopted the silver standard.

This time, he is going to have the Royal Bank issue nine currencies.

The first type has a denomination of 500 yuan, which is equivalent to 500 yuan in contemporary times. It is cast from one tael of silver into an oblate shape, about the size of a silver dollar.

The second type has a face value of one hundred and is cast from two coins of silver, which is about the same size as the contemporary one yuan coin.

The third type has a denomination of fifty and is cast from a coin of silver, half the size of a fingernail.

The fourth type has a denomination of twenty and is made of copper-silver alloy, with silver and copper accounting for half.

The fifth face value is ten, which is still a silver-copper alloy, with silver accounting for one-third.

The sixth type has a face value of five yuan and only contains one-sixth of silver. The seventh type is one yuan, cast in pure copper, the size of a fingernail.

There are five cents under one yuan, and one cent is made of copper-lead alloy.

Of course, the money is mainly used for people’s daily life.

For large transactions between merchants, these metal coins are still bulky.

Therefore, the Royal Bank will also issue a special money order, which is equivalent to a check.

As for banknotes, he has no plans to roll them out yet.

First, the printing technology is not good enough, and it is easy to fake.

Secondly, most of the money in this era is metal, and people have low trust in banknotes.

It’s not good to take too much medicine.

However, in the future, as the people’s trust in the Royal Bank increases, he will gradually issue banknotes to replace metal currencies.

After drawing all nine kinds of currency, Zhao Xu asked people to send them to the Royal Bank, and gave them half a year to officially launch Songyuan after half a year.

When the time comes for the people to withdraw money, what the bank will give them will be Yuanyuan.

Of course, in the past six months, he will let the newspapers blow the air and popularize the concept of Songyuan to merchants and common people.

“Newspaper?” Thinking of the newspaper, Zhao Xu suddenly remembered the matter of promising Liu Fu.

After stretching himself, he went to the research institute.

Liu Fu once complained that it took too long for the newspapers issued by the Yanzhou newspaper to reach Ningzhou.

Are you still joking that he can make ears?

The promise is yes, he will make it.

Before the steam engine workshop took root everywhere, he couldn’t realize the wind ear.

But now, he felt that he had the conditions.

And this windy ear is the cable telegraph.

The wired telegraph was born in modern times in 1837 and was used for short distances thereafter.

In 1851, the first transatlantic cable was successfully laid, making transoceanic communication possible.

And when the wired telegraph appeared, there were no power plants in the world to provide power.

That said, this wire telegraph technology could be implemented without electrical engineering.

But the wire telegraph needs electricity after all, so where is the source of this electricity?

This is the battery.

Before power plants became popular, humans relied on batteries to power wired telegraphy.

And the purpose of his going to the Research Institute is to create this kind of primitive battery that was born around 1800 in the contemporary era. The name of this battery is the voltaic battery.

“Your Highness.” Upon arriving at the Research Institute, Wang Chong greeted him.

Zhao Xu didn’t mention the battery, and first inspected the research institute guarded by the soldiers of the palace.

There are residential areas and office areas inside the research institute.

The most important part that remains is the testing area.

The test area is divided into three parts, the first part is the physics laboratory, and the second part is the chemical laboratory.

At this moment, the students are busy in the laboratory, either synthesizing chemical reagents, or debugging machinery, and polishing parts.

Among them, Zhao Xu saw the semi-finished products of steam forklifts and samples of steam tractors, harvesters, threshing machines, etc.

According to Wang Chong, laboratory manufacturing is no longer a problem, as long as the workshop is completed, mass production can be performed.

In addition, Zhao Xu also saw a triple-expansion steam engine that was one-eighth complete in a huge experiment.

Obviously, Wang Chong has not slacked off.

“Good job.” Zhao Xu patted Wang Chong’s shoulder.

Formally, thanks to the efforts of Wang Chong and his students, within a short period of time, Yanzhou realized the steam engine from scratch, and then directly transitioned to the level of the late steam revolution.

Of course, the biggest credit for this is him, who directly provided Wang Chong with mature technical drawings, saving detours.

It is also the foundation for Yanzhou industry to catch up.

However, he wants more than just catching up.

From now on, it’s time to directly surpass the technological level of Xitu.

This wire telegraph is the first step beyond.

According to Fei Wen, there is no such thing in Xitu.

Although a few years later, they can also tinker with it, but no matter what, he is ahead.

So he said, “From now on, I have a more important task for you, which is to conduct all experiments related to electricity.”

“Electricity!” Wang Chong’s eyes lit up when he heard this.

The task entrusted to him by King Yan is now only the three-expansion steam engine.

Other machinery and parts belonging to the era of steam engines have basically ended under the capture of various teams.

Just wait for workshops to stand up, and mass production can begin.

Now it is possible to spare manpower to conduct research on electricity.

What’s more, when they were in the science and technology school, what they were most obsessed with was the mysterious electricity.

Now, they’re finally able to try the electrical experiment.

(end of this chapter)