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In the slting workshop, the first set of knife coins were produced.
"Clang clang clang..."
Jiang Xuan picked up a large knife coin and a small knife coin, clinking them together, producing a crisp tallic sound.
The large knife coin was about two fingers wide and thirty centiters long, with the Vine Tribe’s totem pattern on the handle and a circular ring at the end.
The small knife coin was about one finger wide and fifteen centiters long, similar in shape to the large knife coin, just smaller.
Jiang Xuan carefully examined the two types of knife coins and said with satisfaction, "The casting is quite good, even better than I expected."
A nearby warrior whispered, "Chief, does this thing really have that much use?"
"Of course, this is the future money of our Vine Tribe, and money is a good thing. You’ll see its benefits soon."
Jiang Xuan picked up a small knife coin and said, "This one knife coin can exchange for ten jin of grain."
There was a steelyard in the slting workshop, so these warriors knew roughly how much ten jin of grain was.
Jiang Xuan then picked up a large knife coin and said, "This one large knife coin can exchange for one hundred jin of grain!"
Upon hearing this, the warriors’ eyes widened.
Tribe mbers, having experienced hunger, were very sensitive and greedy for grain. Hearing that one large knife coin could exchange for one hundred jin of grain, their view of these knife coins changed imdiately.
If they indeed could be exchanged for grain, this would be a great thing!
"Not just grain. Once we fully promote the knife coins, they will be able to buy almost all goods. Now do you understand how important they are?"
The warriors all nodded, staring intently at the knife coins.
Jiang Xuan glanced at their reactions and beca vigilant, knowing that people are greedy. What if the power to mint coins was given to the slting workshop and they secretly minted so knife coins themselves?
So things cannot be redied after they happen. Preventing them before they occur is the best choice.
At this mont, a warrior, after staring at the knife coins for a long ti, cautiously said to Jiang Xuan, "Chief, a large knife coin can be exchanged for ten small knife coins, right?"
"That’s right." Jiang Xuan looked at him, puzzled, not knowing what he was going to say.
The warrior hesitated for a mont, then said, "What if soone lts down the small knife coins and casts them into more large knife coins?"
"What?" Jiang Xuan’s expression finally turned serious. This was an issue he had not considered.
The warrior pointed to the knife coins in Jiang Xuan’s hand: "Chief, you see, the large knife coin is sowhat bigger than the small one, but not by much. We can lt down at most three small knife coins to forge one large knife coin."
"If soone secretly learns how to mint knife coins in the future and collects small knife coins in large quantities, just three small knife coins could be lted down to forge one large knife coin. But as the chief said earlier, one large knife coin can actually exchange for ten small knife coins."
The warrior looked at Jiang Xuan cautiously, his voice getting smaller: "Then... wouldn’t they make a big profit?"
After hearing this, Jiang Xuan felt a tightness in his heart. If soone truly did this, the Vine Tribe would suffer a great loss.
He never dared to underestimate the intelligence of tribe mbers, because they simply had less experience, not that they were stupid. There were many clever people.
No one can guarantee that the bronze slting and casting techniques of the Vine Tribe will never be learned by external tribes.
Even if it’s never learned by external tribes, who can guarantee that under imnse profit temptation, no one within the Vine Tribe would take the risk to mint coins privately?
Jiang Xuan looked at this warrior and said, "If I rember correctly, your na is Bai Ya, right?"
"Yes, Chief." Bai Ya was sowhat excited because the chief rembered his na.
"Bai Ya, how do you think this problem should be solved?"
Bai Ya thought for a mont and said, "I can only think of a foolish solution right now, which is to make each large knife coin ten tis the weight of a small knife coin; that way, even if soone lts down the small knife coins, it won’t work."
Jiang Xuan nodded and said, "Bai Ya, co with ."
After speaking, Jiang Xuan walked out, and Bai Ya, stunned for a mont, hurriedly followed him under the envious gazes of the other warriors.
The two of them walked into the forest near the slting workshop and stopped when no one was around. Jiang Xuan finally spoke.
"Bai Ya, have you studied arithtic?"
"Yes, I have."
"Good."
Jiang Xuan turned around, pondered for a mont, and said, "I plan to establish a coinage workshop specifically for manufacturing currency. Do you dare to go there as the Workshop Master?"
A currency system is a very important and complex system.
The Vine Tribe’s currency system is just beginning to be established and will encounter countless problems and challenges in the future.
Therefore, Jiang Xuan must support a capable person to manage the coinage workshop and solve those problems and challenges.
In Jiang Xuan’s view, Bai Ya is soone with potential. Whether he can unleash that potential and manage the coinage workshop well depends on his ability.
If he cannot unleash his potential, Jiang Xuan can replace him at any ti in the future.
Bai Ya was very excited inside. He was a smart person and imdiately realized that this was a huge opportunity for him.
"Since the chief trusts , why wouldn’t I dare?"
"Good, starting tomorrow, I’ll have the engineering team build a coinage workshop. Once it’s built, you’ll be the Workshop Master!"
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