Chapter 31 Contradictions
"Crack, click..."
In the room of the train No. 603, heroes from the ancient magic era were shaking melon seeds around the table. The caramel-flavored melon seeds were full, and the crispy taste made the bright appetite wide. However, the shell of the melon seeds was too hard for his small body. Sophia and Julian needed to break it apart and peel it out for him to eat.
At this time, they didn't know who the previous owner was in the wing, nor did they know that they had just left the big tomb, and the intelligence leader of the Florminke Empire analyzed their origins through ten ancient gold coins.
It’s a big deal that Sophia did not listen to Brown’s persuasion and no longer revealed ancient gold coins. In her eyes, the master’s reputation is higher than anything else. As the executive officer of the world’s order, the master can requisition all things in the world, which represents supreme rights; but the necessary compensation needs to be paid, which represents fairness, justice and the mercy of the master.
Fortunately, the elf butler Mike was more cautious. After entering the train, he went out to look around and stole a little money. Then he bought some food, drinks and newspapers and brought them back. If they wanted to integrate into the world, they would understand it from now on.
Daliang sat next to Juliet, pinching the melon seeds from the plate and putting them in his mouth while looking at the newspaper in his hand. Although he could not use magic, any hero under his subordinates could give him the ability to understand language, so it was not difficult for him to read newspapers after 2,000.
Juliet lay quietly on the table, she looked at Daliang with her arms and faced her face, her lavender eyes remained motionless, and she listened quietly to Daliang's "click" sound when he bites the melon seeds...
Looking at Daliang's creepy... Finally, he couldn't help asking: "Why do you look at me like this? I always feel like you are planning to do something."
Juliet still lay down and didn't move, murmured: "What do you want me to do? You don't let me kill the whole train... I can only imagine the feeling of killing like this. Do you know that the sound of eating melon seeds is very similar to the sound of chopping skeletons. If you eat a melon seed, I feel that if I kill a skeleton, the murderous intention that arises will drop a little.
Don't stop... the sound is so wonderful..."
At this time, Daliang's face turned dark. When he was eating melon seeds, he felt like he was putting a skeleton into his mouth.
I really shouldn't ask this neurotic angel of hell.
At this time, the Black Pearl sitting opposite Daliang was attracted by Juliet's words. There was also a plate in front of her, with the melon seeds that Princess Zi Ling helped her peel. Originally, Black Pearl was eating one by one like Daliang, but after hearing Juliet's words, she grabbed a handful of melon seeds and stuffed them into her mouth, "Cha" and "Cha" chewed heavily, and asked Juliet with her cheeks: "Sister Juliet, I'm eating like this...are you... chopping up a large group of skeletons?"
Juliet's eyes couldn't help but lit up: "Yes... let me imagine that I cut down a group of skeletons and another group of skeletons... It's great..."
OK... Let Black Pearl accompany Juliet to chop the skeleton.
Daliang put down the newspaper and asked Brown: "In this newspaper, I saw that the Marcellus Provincial Assembly is vigorously promoting currency reform and wanting to issue paper money to replace the current metal currency. However, the empire seems to be not interested in currency reform and insist on using metal currency.
I think paper currency has a very big advantage over metal currency and can save a lot of resources. The excessive currency system is an unstoppable trend, and the empire should not be so far-sighted, especially when other countries have begun to use paper currency, insisting on using metal currency is a major damage to national strength.
What exactly is the reason that makes currency reform difficult to implement in the Florminck Empire?”
Florminke and Marcellus's quarrel over currency reform has occupied a very large area in the newspaper, which naturally aroused Daliang's interest. He wanted to understand the economic state of the world and see what the world's economic system looked like.
The narrow room has become very spacious after being expanded by magic space. The table that could only sit for six people has been lengthened and everyone has sat down.
Brown sat diagonally opposite Daliang, ready to answer Daliang's questions at any time.
Currency reform is also the main topic that residents of Saroyang City talked about after meeting, so Brown naturally knew something about this.
Speaking of currency reform, Brown first introduced the currency currently circulating in the Florminck Empire.
Gold coins are also called gold pounds, which are the largest amount of currency used for circulation. Only because the gold pound coins are large, urban residents generally do not use gold pounds in their daily purchases. They will exchange the gold coins in their hands for silver dollars through the bank, or exchange silver dollars for gold coins to deposit them into the bank.
Silver dollar, also known as silver coins, is one of the main circulating currencies. The exchange rate between gold pound and silver dollars is 1:24.
Then there is the copper cable, and the exchange rate between silver dollars and copper cable is 1:80.
The smallest unit of currency is pennies as auxiliary coins, and the exchange rate of copper rope to pennies is 1:10.
From the exchange rate, we can see that it is very inconvenient to exchange gold pounds for silver dollars and silver dollars for copper ropes, and the exchange rate sometimes changes due to the price of precious metals. If the currency reform can be passed and the use of unified decimal banknotes will greatly increase the settlement time of imperial currency, and banknotes are also easier to carry than metal currency.
As for the promotion of finance and economy, paper money also has too much advantage over metal currencies.
This is also something that everyone in this world knows. All countries are also promoting their own monetary reforms, but the powerful Florminke Empire is blocking this major trend.
"I learned from my father, Baron Jennings, that the Empire actually hoped to complete the currency reform as soon as possible, and exchange the heavy metal currency for light paper money... But..." After introducing the current currency system of the Empire, Brown continued: "There is no precious metal mine in the province of Marcelles, so the right to mint metal currency is in the hands of the Empire. The Empire can manipulate the exchange rate of metal currency and other methods to affect the economy of the province of Marcelles.
If the currency reform is implemented, the issuance of paper money is in the hands of the empire, and the empire is of course willing to use paper money. However... the Marcelese Province has a high degree of autonomy, and in recent years the Marcelese Parliament has greater influence. The empire is afraid that once the currency reform is carried out, the Marcelese Province will likely escape the empire's economic control over them through this reform.
Chapter completed!