Lord of Industrialization

It was drizzling and a little chilly, and the air conditioner on the wall was whirring warm air.

Frederick was lying on the sofa in the study, frowning.

"Meow~"

Someone was lying on his chest, making a cute cry.

Frederick reached out his hand, gently stroked the charcoal-like black hair, and asked softly: "Where did the kitten come from?"

Maria reached out her hand, gently rubbed Frederick's brows, and asked: "Did you encounter any problems?"

Frederick hugged her waist, sighed and said: "Yes, a very troublesome problem. If something goes wrong, we can only live on Elizabeth potatoes."

Maria exclaimed: "So serious?!"

Frederick nodded.

After he came back, he went to Wessen Bank to find out how much cash he had left. He learned that the working capital was very tight, and there was something he didn't expect to come so soon.

The industry and commerce of the Principality of Wessen have been making great strides, and trade is booming, but recently with a large amount of loans used for foreign investment, precious metal currency has begun to be insufficient.

It stands to reason that paper money should have come on the scene by now. At present, there are already bills of exchange and checks on the market that serve the function of paper money. Even the meal tickets of large factories and schools such as heavy machinery factories, textile factories, shipyards, Weissenburg University and Oak City Seminary can be used as paper money in the surrounding areas.

However, there are no large-scale mineral resources in the Principality of Weissen, especially gold and silver mines, and food and energy are extremely dependent on imports. In this case, rashly issuing paper money without reliable reserves and resources is likely to cause financial turmoil.

Frederick explained these principles to Maria carefully so that she could have a concept.

Maria nodded and understood, and then said: "That means, what we have to do next is to occupy places with gold mines?"

Frederick was silent for a while, then nodded.

"Wait a minute!" Maria jumped up and ran to the bookcase next to her to look for something. While looking, she said: "The latest mineral map was issued internally at the end of last year. I remember putting it here."

She spent two minutes taking out a map from the cabinet, went over and sat on Frederick's lap and opened the map.

The Land Resources Department of the Principality of Wessen is led by the famous mineralogist Georg Bauer. The department not only conducts exploration within the principality, but also explores for allies and neighbors for free.

Frederick held Maria's waist and rested his chin on her shoulder, and the two looked at the map together.

Various minerals on the map are marked with different colors. Maria searched for a long time and said depressedly: "The gold mine closest to us and not occupied by big countries and allies is in Bohemia."

There are many large and small gold mines on the map, but basically they have been developed and occupied. Only the Bohemia region has been severely damaged due to years of war and is currently out of production.

The Bohemia region borders the eastern part of the Principality of Wessen and has been the focus of contention between the Osmaga Empire and the Piast Kingdom in recent decades.

At present, the Osmaga Empire has abandoned this area due to internal chaos and the change of strategic direction to the east, and acquiesced to Frederick's action.

After being defeated by Frederick on the Elbe River, the Kingdom of Piast carried out internal reforms on the one hand, and on the other hand, directed its spearhead to the more prosperous places such as the Principality of Yelgarod in the east to recover, temporarily abandoning the Bohemian region that had been destroyed by decades of war.

Now there is no unified regime there, and the nobles in various places are ruling independently. Because of the coming and going of the two forces, whoever has the greater power will listen to whoever has the greater power.

Because of years of war, the local economy has either collapsed or is on the way to collapse. Now there are almost 10,000 people working in various parts of the Principality of Wessen. Father Arms, the Minister of Education of the Principality of Wessen, comes from there.

Maria looked at the map and continued, "The place here is very large, and we can't occupy it all now."

The Principality of Wessen covers an area of ​​34,000 square kilometers, and the entire Bohemian region covers an area of ​​about 50,000 square kilometers.

Now the war in the north continues, many people have fled their hometowns, some have gone to Lugang, and more have come to the Principality of Wessen with the help of the church. It is expected that the population will reach 2 million this year.

Bohemia has been in war for many years, and its population has dwindled. Its area is about 1.5 times that of the Duchy of Wessen, and its population is estimated to be less than 700,000.

Now the Duchy of Wessen is also short of labor, and its interior has not yet been fully developed, so there is no need to think about swallowing up the Bohemia region.

Frederick thought for a while and said, "The situation there is very complicated, not just military and political."

"Their language, culture, art and lifestyle are unique, so the Osmaga Empire and the Piast Kingdom have never been able to form an effective rule."

Maria said thoughtfully, "Then we will influence them culturally in various ways, so that the people there will have a sense of identity with us, and use this as a handle to win over the locals, so that it will be convenient to rule in the future."

Frederick nodded with relief.

Maria is now the Minister of Culture of the Duchy of Wessen. She can consider things within her scope of responsibility, which means she is qualified.

Frederick said, "This matter cannot be rushed, it needs to be done slowly, it may take 10 to 20 years, and it cannot be too deliberate."

Maria nodded, her black eyes looked at the several gold mines on the map, and her eyes became sharp.

The issue of currency shortage still needs to be dealt with, and paper money will eventually be put on the agenda.

For such an important matter, it is natural to consult the domestic Dinghaishenzhen.

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"You want to print gold coupons?!" Psyche was shocked when she heard this, "By the way, I promised Xiao Li's daughter before that I would give her a pair of penguins. This matter has been delayed for so many years, and we can't delay it any longer. "

As she spoke, she began to pack up the valuable things around her, completely ignoring that this was Frederick's living room, and she looked like she was about to run away with the bucket.

Maria was used to the two of them often saying things that others didn't understand, but without delay, she smiled and helped carry the ivory clock over.

Frederick smiled and said, "Do you see any hair on the top of my head?"

After taking the clock, Psyche said seriously: "Who knows if your hair is glued on."

Maria pulled Frederick's hair and said, "It's real hair."

Frederick smiled, stopped joking, and said: "Now that precious metal currencies are beginning to be in short supply, it is imperative to issue banknotes."

Psyche sat down and asked him, "What are you going to use as an anchor, a tractor?"

Frederick replied: "I am ready to formulate a series of policies to reduce the outflow of gold and increase gold reserves."

Psyche sighed, shook her head and said, "You are still short-sighted."

“Don’t just look at your neighbors, look at the world!”

Frederick could not refute.

But with the current traffic conditions and communication methods, for ordinary people, their neighbors are the entire world they live in, and the farther distance is the same as Mars.

Frederick held his chin and said, "You mean to let me go to the New World?"

Psyche said helplessly: "Have you forgotten that there is a continent to the south?"

"I told you last time that places with bauxite also have a lot of gold."

"Just use your skills and go there to marry Uncle Hei's daughter to one hundred and eighty. You can probably defraud hundreds of tons of gold."

When Maria heard that there were hundreds of tons of gold, her eyes shone. She pushed Frederick's arm and asked, "When are you going?"