Wolf King

Chapter 104 Grassland Copper Coin

Half a month after the Nightmare Knight incident, the Forest Elf trade team arrived at the Flame Tribe as scheduled.

Xiao Yun personally received these important guests, and invited this group of elf warriors to eat and drink in the activity room. When he turned his back, the smile on his face was a bit cold.

Ms. Evelyn who was in charge of signing the contract with the Snow Wolf Clan did not come.

Not to mention the question of whether it conforms to aesthetics or not, Ms. Evelyn, who is slightly immature and always tense and pretends to be mature, seems a little cute to Xiao Yun, um... For an old-fashioned career stick like him, There is also a kind of spiritual relaxation in playing with this fresh and "young" person.

In last year's transaction, Ms. Evelyn made it clear that she would still be in charge this year, but during this year's transaction period, Ms. Evelyn did not show up, only a group of elf warriors came.

Temporary replacement seems to be nothing, but combined with the previous attack on Snow Wolf warriors, there is a lot of information in it - Ms. Evelyn's teacher is an elder of Anas City, and she herself is also a member of the Council of Elders. Candidates, in terms of the right to speak and the credibility of "testimonies", Ms. Evelyn is undoubtedly N times higher than ordinary elf warriors.

She was temporarily replaced, and the explanation brought by the elf warrior was "there is a sudden mission". Does this mean that some people don't want Ms. Evelyn to understand the current situation of the Huoyan Tribe, or even... don't want to be like Ms. Evelyn? So people with a certain right to speak know about the changes on the grassland?

So here comes the question, who has this status and power...can openly send Ms. Evelyn away?

Xiao Yun came out and arranged for the people in the cafeteria to prepare a feast for the guests, thinking frantically.

There is no doubt that there is a person in the city of Ananas who is no lower than Ms. Evelyn's backstage—her teacher, a member of the Council of Elders—who intends to dismiss Ms. Evelyn and only let a group of fighters handle the transaction , that is to make it clear that they do not want the forest elves to "believe" the "testimonies" of the Snow Wolf Clan.

This person is likely to have a higher status than Elven General Kleist—because part of this year's deal is about military rations, if he is in the position of General Kleist, he will naturally hope for someone with a higher status Or his own soldiers are in charge, however... the team sent to the Snow Wolf Tribe is composed entirely of elf warriors in the city, and Xiao Yun did not see any warriors belonging to Kleist who were on duty at the port. .

"Drip does not leak." Xiao Yun sneered.Until now, he still doesn't know who the enemy is, but judging from the methods used by the other party, it is undoubtedly a deep, sophisticated, arrogant and cold opponent. Put the snow wolves in your eyes.

Well, Xiao Yun doesn't really care much about this matter... Whether it's "complaint" or questioning, if you want the question you raised to be taken seriously, you need a certain amount of stamina, otherwise, not only the problem cannot be solved, but you will also have to pay attention to it. Will be the person who asks the question to be solved.

So he sent Yu and Hongye away before the transaction date approached. From the very beginning, Xiao Yun didn't intend to make a fuss about this kind of innocuous place—"Who is kneeling in the hall, why are you suing this official?" "Xiao Yun has no interest in participating in this kind of funny drama.

The friendly, lively and harmonious transaction ended, the elf warriors were sent away, and the suncloth exchanged for porcelain and the precious metals exchanged for sauce vermicelli were put into storage. Xiao Yun very calmly opened the "Draft Basic Law of Grassland Currency" bound with bark paper , and start to calculate the currency value coefficient of the currency system in internal circulation.

Credit banknotes are obviously more operable than precious metal currencies, but Xiao Yun is a force, he is not arrogant enough to think that a small tribe with only more than 700 people has such a big face to make credit banknotes...

Therefore, the hard-earned precious metals cannot be placed in the warehouse for viewing, but must be used.

It is not good for the economy on the grassland to directly use the currency that flows in from the outside. Xiao Yun must consider minting coins. There is no problem with technical support in this regard. When the tribe began to squeeze soybean oil with water, the gray dwarves used the water conservancy forging equipment for minting coins. It came out.Now some of the farm tools and small parts in the tribe are made by hydraulic forging, otherwise it is all handmade by those dozens of dwarves, how could it be possible to keep up with the consumption.

This is also the growth driven by demand. An adult of the Snow Wolf clan can be ten strong laborers in farming, but it is also very expensive to use farm tools. The hoes, shovels and other tools in the tribe can no longer hold up with wooden handles, so they must be installed. The detachable metal handle, that's it, and the one that pinched or folded the metal handle, I'm very convinced...

In order for the self-made coins to be recognized by the tribe, it is necessary to make the self-made coins have the value of internal trading and circulation, that is, to ensure the purchasing power of the coins.

In the current situation where all the means of production are shared, you still need to ask the clansmen to earn coins through labor, and then use the coins to buy just-needed daily necessities and materials. The insurance fund provides canteens and staff dormitories, so in terms of the most basic food, clothing and housing, the current stage must be a distribution system, and it is impossible to use it to "stimulate domestic demand."

So in terms of promoting internal currency circulation and ensuring the purchasing power of currency, all Xiao Yun can do is to work hard on non-rigid needs of people's livelihood, such as snacks~

Take out the copper coins reserved by the tribe, melt them and fuse them with zinc (sphalerite is mostly associated with iron ore, a sulfide mineral) to form brass (the alloy brass of zinc and copper is the earliest alloy used by the ancients), and use water power to Stamping and forging brass coins with a face value of one gram, five grams, and ten grams, with an inner square and an outer circle, and the currency value varies with the weight of the gram.

A copper coin with a net weight of two grams can be smelted into three brass coins with a weight of one gram. Anyway, minting coins is a huge profit, and this kind of currency is only circulated within his own house. Pointing his nose and scolding profiteers...

Besides, pure copper coins will rust in a mess if they are left alone. How can brass have such good mechanical properties and corrosion resistance, and brass is more beautiful...

As for why Brother Kong Fang was cast, it was not purely because Xiao Yun wanted to play with his feelings, but Brother Kong Fang was easier to carry and store, and he would not be afraid of losing it if he strung it with a stronger rope.

Picking up a brass coin from the basket and spreading it in the palm of his hand, Xiao Yun did not pursue how beautiful the copper coins that circulated inside were, so the style of the first batch of coins was quite simple... Take the one-gram brass coin as an example , there are four square Chinese characters "Prairie Copper Coin" on the front, a "1" with a vertical bar on the left side of the back, representing the currency value, a simple vine-like pattern on the right, and a row of repeated small characters on the side of the coin: "Great Unity of the Grassland People".

Hmm... It's vulgar, unsightly, ugly, it's an insult to the high-value brass... But Xiao Yun feels that the most frequently circulated coins are not used as the first line of propaganda work. Already, so just casually, don't pay so much attention...

"Balu, what do you think of this coin?" Xiao Yun turned it over and checked it a few times, and looked at Baru who was in charge of minting the coin with great interest.

"It's ugly." The honest man Baloo said without hesitation, "I really don't understand why there is a big square hole in the middle. Is it to make the coin look bigger? Then why do you have to mint a one-gram coin? , You are too stingy Ah Yun, there are no copper coins with such a small denomination on the mainland..."

Xiao Yun bent down and grabbed a handful of coins, pulled out a tendon to string the coins, tied them to his belt, and raised his eyebrows at Balu.

Baloo: "...Oh!" Clenched his right fist and slapped the palm of his left hand, "This way you won't be afraid that the coins will fall out when you move around in your pocket!"

"Hmm." Xiao Yun smiled and untied the string of money and threw it back into the basket. "Of course, it's also to make the coin look bigger. After all, one gram of brass is really too light."

Baloo: "..."

That night, Xiao Yun convened a working meeting with representatives of the patriarchs and warriors in the clan. At the meeting, he showed the three types of brass coins to everyone, and proposed a new plan for the welfare of members of the tribe: " In the past, we gave out snacks for what they were assigned. After a hard day’s work, everyone’s snacks depended on their luck. I feel sorry for everyone’s sweat. So I came up with a solution to the problem. That is, we don’t distribute snacks directly after working every day, but coins.”

"The cafeteria was handed over to Niujiao. Dahe broke away and led a new department. This department is called the Welfare Department, which specializes in producing all kinds of snacks for the tribe. The coins you receive can be exchanged for your favorite types in Dahe's Welfare Department according to your own taste. .”

"Hey, this is very good!" Before the patriarchs could say anything, the soldiers became happy, especially Uncle Ah Shan, whose voice was very loud... Ah Shan likes to eat fried and spicy snacks, sweet candies and so on. Most of the food is fed to the cubs of the mantle. If he can choose the taste, he will naturally agree with both hands.

"I think it's good too." The grassroots patriarch who passed the gas in advance voted for it. The grassroots patriarch also likes heavy flavors, and sweets are not very good... The main reason is that her sense of taste has deteriorated as she gets older, and the sweets that ordinary people eat are not suitable for her. Comes bland.

"Just do it like this." The Huoyan patriarch was as serious and deep as ever, and his words were concise.

Although Xia is the patriarch, he doesn't have much right to speak. He looks at Yugu and Rosemary who are getting more and more right to speak, discussing whether pork floss is better or beef floss is better.

Patriarch Li silently raised his hand in agreement with Xiaohua's sharp eyes staring at his back.

There is nothing wrong with Baloo, the gray dwarves love the main meals in the cafeteria more than snacks.

The goblin old Samana never raised objections.

More than [-]% of the people agreed, and this matter naturally passed smoothly...

Xiao Yun took the dustpan full of coins to the crowd, and let everyone take a closer look: "Then, let's discuss the purchasing power of coins, that is, what face value of coins is appropriate for the Welfare Department to buy how many snacks, and how each job How many denominations of coins are appropriate for the daily workload of the team..."

Forcing others to do what you want is fine in the short term, but after a long time, children will have a rebellious mentality; skillfully guide and let others make choices within the scope of their own delineation, and create "I am also a decision maker" for others If it is a psychological hint, then the difficulty of carrying out the work will be relatively low... Xiao Yun has calculated the standard range by himself, and then let everyone discuss how to choose within the range he designated. Listen to me all" is much more high-end, and it's not easy to waste time and saliva.

In short, you can play with the details as you like. This is the right of all the participants in our work meeting. I will draw the framework. This is not very important. Come and let us continue to discuss the details...

It's not that Xiao Yun is so hypocritical that in this kind of place, he always fools people and finds trouble for everyone. He pays attention to "story immersion" when playing games. "How much responsibility do you expect a father who doesn't help take care of the child to have?People only invest their emotions in things that they put their energy and effort into. Even if they have a dog at home, the parents who are responsible for feeding them must have a deeper relationship with the dog than the little master who only plays with them.

After a heated discussion, the copper coin distribution standard and the snack redemption standard for each work team after completing the daily workload were set. My friend... made it!After a day of work, you can get coins to exchange for your favorite snacks!Much more than before!

Really?There is such a good thing?

Of course spicy!This is something I personally participated in the discussion!The longer you work in the same team, there are additional bonuses!

Awesome~!

Hmm... Including the cat clan, no one of the simple grassland people thinks about caring about the countless "white jobs" they have done before - and they can't talk about it. Although they didn't pay them before, the cafeteria is full. !They also distribute clothes and blankets to live in separate rooms!

Forcibly issued "government orders" will never have a good policy adaptability based on the voice of the masses. After a few days, the Ministry of Welfare is ready. People with more collars and fewer are all happy...

Take Niujiao’s cafeteria as an example. There are three “veteran employees” including Niujiao who have served for more than two years. According to the standard of adding two copper coins per day every year, Niujiao’s daily “snack subsidy” is a five-gram coin Add four one-gram coins, plus two one-gram coins as an additional subsidy from the person in charge.

Holding the coins by the horns, he ran excitedly to the Welfare Department, which was rebuilt from the first batch of relatively small warehouses, and was pleasantly surprised to find...

Palm-sized refried bean cakes for two!

The most popular cut sugar, which is pressed and cut into pieces with preserved fruit, fried beans and other contents, costs three yuan a piece!

White and tender spicy tofu nao, two yuan a bowl!

Bulk weighed meat floss, 200 grams for five yuan!

The white candy is also weighed, ten yuan for a catty, a big bag!

As well as cream, yogurt, canned fruit, fried food... and more.

Niujiao's mouth was cracked with laughter, and he quickly replaced all of today's snack subsidies with his favorite snacks, and went to find Qiuqiu to share with him...

Of course, the Ministry of Welfare does not only provide snacks, but also products produced in the tribe that are not included in the distribution system, such as three grams of brass coins for a pair of fingerless wool gloves, ten copper coins for a white and soft scarf, A pair of super wear-resistant underwear made of suncloth is five copper coins, socks are three copper coins, as well as soap, portable water bottles, bottled chili oil, clothes of more particular styles, and so on.

It is difficult to attract people who only focus on snacks for the "big items" that can only be purchased after saving a few days of money, but when the products are placed there, there will always be people who will look at them, see more, and have the idea of ​​wanting to own them , The generation of savings consciousness is nothing but a matter of course.

The "subsidy" received by the grassroots patriarch is the same as that of an ox horn, [-] grams of brass money per day.With her hands in her pockets, she wandered around in front of the product display cabinets of the Welfare Department for a long time, bought a bottle of chili oil worth five copper coins, and went back to the house contentedly... She has decided to save up subsidies for a while, and go to put the piece in order The clothes bought back.

He was able to get up and move around, but Ah Shu, who was unable to become a soldier because of serious internal damage, did not participate in the work, but because he was injured during the patrol period, before he recovered from the injury, he also received "work injury compensation" according to the discussion at the work meeting , the basic "subsidy" is five copper coins per day, plus two years of work experience (determined from the tribal production model, with foreign trade awareness, which is counted when Prince Carlisle first visited), his subsidy is only two less than the horn dollars.Due to internal organ injuries, you should avoid mouth, and you can't eat snacks, so save them for later use.

After all, the disability caused by serious injuries to the tribe means that you can get nine yuan a day if you don’t work... It’s a bit miserable, but there is currently no way to provide better additional benefits. At least the food, clothing and housing are covered by the tribe, which is barely enough ...

Newcomers who work normally, have no seniority and are not in charge, only five yuan a day.

The issued currency is recycled through products that are not just needed for people's livelihood, and then distributed, which plays a good role in the circulation and stimulates everyone's enthusiasm for labor. Initially, the effect is not bad; it is to toss the big river that has to deal with such a heavy workload. It's so bad, I almost didn't make a fuss about this guy... For this, Xiao Yun said that you deserve it!I should give you a lazy bastard to practice more!

Internal currency circulation is a major event. Xiao Yun stared at it for a few days. After the initial enthusiasm passed, everyone gradually shifted their attention from snacks to sun cloth clothes. After a group of clan members mainly females started saving money, they put Mind you... the purpose of the copper coins currently in circulation is to cultivate everyone's economic awareness. After everyone gets used to consciously distributing and consuming the coins they own, the subsidy distribution can be changed from the troublesome daily system to the weekly salary system. , Monthly salary system, increasing stability.

In the future, with more people and a larger base, the cafeteria can also implement an order system, and you can pay for what you want to eat... It can also improve satisfaction and recycle currency, killing two birds with one stone.

On the western coast, Elf Port.

General Kleist was somewhat dissatisfied that the Council of Elders monopolized the military rations transaction and did not let the military intervene, but since the other general did not speak out, it was inconvenient for him to protest.However, when the dry rations delivered to the pier and distributed to the troops on duty were much less than the original amount, General Kleist couldn't bear it no matter how good-tempered he was.

"I ask the Council of Elders to give an explanation for this matter, which does not match the predetermined quantity." After checking the vermicelli loaded on the convoy, General Kleist shook off his cloak and walked to the escort officer with a frown.

"General Kleist, this is the share given by the Council of Elders after careful calculation of the daily consumption of the port personnel on duty. I think it should be reasonable." The escort in a robe said respectfully.

"What about the vassal races? Human races and orcs who maintain the operation of the port, what about their share? Do we need our soldiers to go hunting and fishing to ensure their needs?" General Kleist raised his voice a little.

"This... the bread loaded on the car behind is just for the vassal race." The escort officer turned pale, but he refused to back down.

General Kleist took a deep breath, veins appeared on his forehead...

The elves accept vassal races and don't treat them as harshly as slaves. Although they don't provide rich supplies, at least ordinary elves can eat whatever they eat. They will pay attention to the most basic livelihood supplies to a certain extent. To be fair, this is also the main reason why many human races and orcs will defect their hometowns and come to vassalize the elves.

Leaving the forest to work on the pier is hard work, so it is natural to give preferential treatment. The vassal races that are willing to come can enjoy half of the treatment of the elf warriors, so in the distribution of vermicelli that is better than bread (emphasis) , the elf warriors will have a meal If you eat three or two fans, the vassal races should also be divided into one or two halves.

The relatively small-scale Elven Wharf needs a hundred warriors on duty, and two hundred vassals of humans and orcs. After all... Elven warriors also need someone to serve them. Besides, this port will welcome in addition to the St. Bridge caravan this year. For the guests of the Sea Clan and the team of adventurers, there must be someone to do the chores in the prepared hotels and hotels, right?

Subordinate Hai Lin has made good friends with the Snow Wolf Clan. The Snow Wolf Clan promised that in addition to the first batch of 40 jin vermicelli this year, they will provide two transactions of no less than 50 jin each time. Kleis General Te felt that no matter what he did in this regard, he would not treat him badly. He never expected that the Council of Elders would be so rude, and only shipped less than [-] catties of vermicelli. Is this mocking him, or mocking him, or mocking him? ? !

He picked up the escort officer and took the guy to the corner under the horrified eyes of the vassals who were busy carrying supplies. General Kleist grabbed his collar with one hand and rested on his sword with the other, with a bad expression on his face. Di: "40 catties of noodles, even if more than 4000 people in the city open them up every day and eat them for several months, they still can't finish them. Tell me, where did the bought noodles go?"

Of the two elven generals in Anas, Kleist is the calmer and kinder one. The honest man lost his temper at the moment, but the ordinary civilian escort couldn't stand it any longer, and lowered his head in cold sweat. He said loudly, "This... really has nothing to do with our logistics department... Only one hundred thousand catties went into the warehouse... We are responsible for the supply in the city... and other troops...so..."

"What about the other 30 catties?" General Kleist's face turned dark.

"The Council of Elders decides...sent to... Stephens..." the escort officer said palely.

"Is the Council of Elders using Ananas' materials as favors?!" General Kleist yelled angrily, "Even if you want to be a favor, can't you wait for the next batch?! Anas is in the eyes of the Council of Elders. What the hell is that!"

"General, it's not up to us to decide." The escort officer raised the corners of his mouth and smiled wryly. Let alone him, the head of the logistics department is not qualified to influence the decision of the council of elders.

General Kleist shook off the escort officer, turned around with a dark face and strode away.

He could probably guess what was going on. Elder Gwendolyn was transferred to Anas from the Queen's mages decades ago. From the perspective of a tribal general like him, the status of an elder in a city is high enough, but presumably Gwen Elder Doreen was not reconciled.