Become a feudal king from today

"By the way, the four major banks have opened, and the new money of Dasong should also be put on the agenda. We will use silver as the basis to create a new currency, called Songyuan. Read" Looking at the Royal Bank, Zhao Xu pondered for a while said.

"Song Yuan?" Liu Fu and Yang He were both startled.

For thousands of years, people have only used copper coins and silver ingots, but they have never had 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 vision."

With the arrival of external forces, the time when Dasong solved its own problems behind closed doors is gone forever.

And as Dasong 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 Songyuan is a financial weapon like the contemporary pound, franc, and US dollar, not just the currency circulating in the Songyuan.

Thinking of this, he briefly talked to them about the meaning of chanting, and Liu Fu and Yang He's eyes suddenly shone.

Liu Fudao: "According to Your Highness, if the whole world uses Songyuan, we Dasong only need to print some paper at home and we can buy all goods from all over the world?"

"Yes, you can say that." Zhao Xu said, "In this way, the crisis caused by Dasong itself can be passed on to others by printing money, making Dasong's business more resilient. But this is a double-edged sword. At critical moments You can use it, but you can’t use it indiscriminately.”

After a pause, he emphasized his tone, "However, the taste of financial harvest is wonderful, but you must remember that industry is the foundation of a country. From now on, you must keep this in mind. During this period, When you have free time, I will teach you this knowledge.”

"Yes, Your Highness." Liu Fu and Yang He said happily.

After saying this, the three of them stayed for a while before leaving.

Returning to the palace, Zhao Xu went to the study to draw the main currencies of Songyuan.

In the 19th century, all countries adopted the silver standard, which is why he also adopted the silver standard.

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

The first type has a face value of five hundred, which is equivalent to five hundred 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 minted from two coins of silver, which is about the same size as a contemporary one dollar.

The third type has a face value of fifty and is made from one penny of silver, half as big as a fingernail.

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

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

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

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

Of course, this money is mainly used for people's daily life.

For large-scale transactions between merchants, these metal currencies still appear bulky.

Therefore, Royal Bank will also launch special money orders, which are equivalent to checks.

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

Firstly, the printing technology is not good enough and it is easy to make fakes.

Secondly, in this era, most currencies were made of metal, and people had low trust in paper money.

If the medicine is given too hard, it will be bad.

But in the future, as people's trust in the Royal Bank increases, he will slowly issue banknotes to replace metal currencies.

After drawing all nine currencies, Zhao Xu asked people to send them to the Royal Bank and gave them another half a year. After half a year, Songyuan was officially launched.

When the time comes for people to withdraw money, what the bank will give them is Song Yuan.

Of course, in the past six months, he would let the newspapers spread the word and popularize the concept of "Song Yuan" to businessmen and ordinary people.

"Newspaper?" Thinking of the newspaper, Zhao Xu suddenly remembered what he promised Liu Fu.

Stretching, he went to the research and development institute.

Liu Fu once complained that the delay in reaching Ningzhou for newspapers issued by Yanzhou News Agency was too long.

Are you still joking that he can create shunfeng ears?

The promise is yes, He will build it.

Before steam engine workshops took root everywhere, he could not achieve Shunfeng Er.

But now, he feels that he has the conditions.

And this is the wired telegraph.

Cable telegraphy was born in 1837 and was used for short distances thereafter.

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

At the time of the advent of wired telegraphy, there were no power plants in the world to provide power.

This means that this wired telegraph technology can be implemented without electrical engineering.

But wired telegraphy ultimately requires electricity, so where is the source of this electricity?

This is the battery.

Before power plants became common, humans relied on batteries to power wired telegraphs.

The purpose of his going to the R\u0026D Institute was to create this primitive battery, which was born around 1800 in modern times. The name of this battery was the voltaic battery.

"Your Highness." When they arrived at the research and development institute, Wang Chong greeted him.

Zhao Xu did not mention the battery, but first inspected the research and development institute guarded by royal soldiers.

There are residential areas and office areas inside the R\u0026D Institute.

The most important part left 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 chemistry laboratory.

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

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

According to Wang Chong, laboratory manufacturing is no longer a problem. As long as the workshop is built, mass manufacturing can be achieved.

In addition, Zhao Xu also saw one-eighth of the completed triple-expansion steam engine in a huge experiment.

Obviously, Wang Chong has never been slacking off.

"Good job." Zhao Xu patted Wang Chong on the shoulder.

Officially thanks to the efforts of Wang Chong and his students, in 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 goes to him because he directly provided mature technical drawings to Wang Chong, eliminating detours.

This is also the basis for Yanzhou’s industry to catch up.

However, he wants to do more than just catch up.

From now on, it is time to directly surpass the technological level of the Western Land.

The cable telegraph was the first step toward transcendence.

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

Although they could tinker with it a few years later, in any case, he was ahead.

So he said, "From now on, I have a more important task for you, which is to carry out all experiments related to electricity."

"Electricity!" Wang Chong's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this.

The only task left to him by King Yan was the triple-expansion steam engine.

Other machines and parts belonging to the steam engine era were basically finished after being conquered by various teams.

We just need to wait for workshops to be built before mass production can begin.

Now we can free up manpower to conduct research on electricity.

What's more, back then in the Science and Technology School, they were most obsessed with the mysterious electricity.

Now, they are finally able to try electrical experiments.