Du Zhongxiao stood by the river and watched the craftsmen making iron tools. On the other hand, Tao Shiqi took a wooden stick as a long knife and competed with Shisanlang for martial arts. After the iron coins were made on the right track, Du Zhongxiao asked the craftsman to forge a set of iron armor for Shisanlang.

When I watched a movie in my previous life, the European Knight's plate armor was shiny and shiny, which made people envious. But Du Zhongxiao didn't know how to make plate armor, especially the details in it. Armor looked simple, but actually involved a lot of knowledge. In the fashionable term of the previous life, it was ergonomics. It must be protected well and comfortable to wear without affecting movement. The design was not easy. Of course, the most important thing is that the armor forged with ready-made steel plates is very heavy, and only a strong man like Shisanlang wears it freely.

At this time, the armor in the army was also very heavy, dozens of kilograms, which was not lighter than the armor forged by Du Zhongxiao. The imperial guards with full armor were the elite among the elites, and the soldiers were carefully selected. After being selected by the imperial guards layer by layer, even ordinary imperial guards could not meet the requirements. Du Zhongxiao, a silly official, made that armor, and he didn't know where to use it.

Du Zhongxiao looked at the craftsman and made it with a gun barrel.

With the quality of cooked iron and even steel plates, you can try to roll the musket barrel. Of course, the iron can be melted from the stir-frying steel furnace, and the steel pipe can be directly cast and then processed. Now everything is trial production, and there is no need to take that effort.

Three craftsmen burned the steel plate red, then slowly rolled it up and forged it. If one layer didn't work, then two layers were just there. After working for a long time, a long steel pipe would be formed. Put the rolled steel pipe on the ground, and a craftsman went to the river to pick up water and poured it on the steel pipe. This was cooked iron and could not be quenched. Watering it on top was just to cool it down.

At this moment, Tang Kongmu came over from the Datong Supervisory Office and sang a promise in front of Du Zhongxiao: "Sign up the verdict, the official documents of the state!"

Du Zhongxiao stood up, took the official document from Tang Kongmu and read it, and couldn't help but frown. In the article, Xia Xu asked, since the new iron coins are difficult to imitate among the people, can they be made as the top ten coins, that is, the same price as copper coins? If they are made, they will actually completely replace copper coins.

Shaking his head, Du Zhongxiao sighed in his heart. He had long thought that such a day would happen, but he didn't expect Xia Shu to be so anxious.

Even if it is an iron coin or a metal coin, once the value of the currency is much greater than the cost, it will be different from the original precious metal currency. When the top ten coins are used, the profit of minting is too high, and the people will face a tide of fake money among the people. New iron coins are difficult to prevent, but there is not no way. The simplest thing is to forge small coins, then press them together and make fake big coins. Don’t think it’s difficult to do it. As long as the profit is enough, the people can always come up with a solution.

If you want to make money methods not broken, you must make money as simple as possible, and do not put a bunch of beds and build houses to leave opportunities for the people. Don’t talk about iron coins, using large copper coins on Shaanxi roads has caused countless troubles.

After packing the official documents, Du Zhongxiao said to Tang Kongmu: "Kongmu, can iron coins be made in the prison these days, but are they still going well?"

Tang Kongmu said happily: "Return the verdict, everything goes well! Since the provincial government has revealed the list of the list, Bingzhou has used new iron coins, and the prison has no shortage of money and food. If you have money in your hands, whether it is a yamen official or a craftsman in various places, it seems like you have changed your personalities."

Du Zhongxiao nodded. The Datong Prison was ruined a few days ago, which had a lot to do with insufficient finance. Now he made money by himself, and everyone's money and grain can be distributed in full, and even the discount was exempted, and all the money was all cash. Because the new money was beautifully manufactured and well received, it was not only Datong Prison, but people from several counties around him came here to exchange for money.

Xia Shu wants to make the top ten money, because things have developed more than expected and must be implemented in advance to other states.

Du Zhongxiao thought for a while and said, "Since everything goes well, you can add some more people and increase the daily money by a few%. In the past few years, there were too many old iron coins among the people. If you want to replace the new iron coins as soon as possible, you have to work harder. Also, making money is a major event in the court. Anyone who participates should try to focus on the wing army as much as possible. Those who do not use folk craftsmen should properly register and do not let the law be leaked."

Tang Kongmu said yes and bowed to leave.

Du Zhongxiao stood by the river and looked at the greener land in the distance, feeling a little irritated. As soon as things improved, Xia Feng couldn't wait to make big money, which was not a good sign. Now he could make ten coins and exchange copper coins from the people. Will he make larger face value money in the future? If he is not greedy, no matter how good things are, they will gradually become corrupted.

The collapse of the money method, and the materials, methods and issuance of money minting are problems. Once there is profit, the government will become insatiable. Money is used to facilitate economic operation and promote economic development, not a means of making money. Official income should still be based on normal income, and we cannot find a way from the money method. It is best to make money with the official profit, but the profit is not too high, so it will not cause greed among officials. After all, currency is a symbol of value, a means of trading, a special commodity, and cannot be used as an ordinary commodity. Not to mention this era, even in the previous life, once the regime cannot withstand pressure, print money on a large scale, and plunder a large amount of wealth from the public in a short period of time, it will inevitably affect the economic operation.

In this era, the number of currencies required for economic operation and the issuance of currencies cannot be accurately calculated, but prices will not cheat people. Prices soar, and no matter how much money comes out in the government system, it will simply slowly compress the profits of coin and return to a reasonable profit range. In the end, the money method collapsed, like the copper coins used today, and the minting of coins eventually turned into losses.

After thinking about it, Du Zhongxiao decided to explain this principle clearly to Xia Shuo, not to make big money. Now it is profitable to make small money. In the early days, the lack of money among the people was nothing more than actual use. The people would not follow the official ratio. Now, two new iron coins are exchanged for one copper coin, and five old iron coins are officially compared. However, on the market, since no one wants old iron coins, one new iron coins may be exchanged for ten old ones. As the number of new iron coins increases, the price comparison will gradually decrease, and this price comparison will increase. In the end, no one uses old iron coins, and the old iron coins are circulated. That's all.

Shisanlang was wearing iron armor and clumsy in his movements. From time to time, Tao Shiqi was still very excited. He laughed and screamed when he hit the point. There were too many points behind him, and he felt boring. Finally, he threw the wooden stick and said, "I hit you dozens of times, but you didn't fall yet. What's the point? I won't play anymore, I won't play anymore!"

Shisanlang said: "I'm wearing iron armor and I can't get enough swords and guns. It's natural that you can't use it. Why don't you change to a real steel knife? How about we go and go there? Don't worry, this iron armor is extremely hard and you can't hurt me!"

How could Tao Shiqi be willing? He ran away and went to see the craftsmen work.

Seeing Du Zhongxiao turn around, Tao Shiqi asked, "Officialist, the steel pipes here are already ready, what else do you want?"

Du Zhongxiao walked over, looked at the cold steel pipe on the ground, and said to Tao Shiqi: "Didn't I ask you to make a few steel rods? Go over and take them, burn the iron pipe red, put them on the steel rod, and then forge them. You must be evenly beaten without any residue to be considered qualified."
Chapter completed!