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- Section 53 National Updates
"Iona, why are you back from Shenmu City? Are you not satisfied with the position of Shenmu City militia training officer and deputy commander stationed in the city that I arranged for you?" Lin Fenghan turned around in surprise and stepped out of the carriage and asked.
"I hate it! I don't want to train with that group of rural recruits. It's too boring. I have decided to come back to you and be the guard officer in command of the guard." Iona said with a frown.
Lin Fenghan shook his head gently and said seriously: "It's already July, and the surrounding situation is not very calm. The spring food has been harvested. The northern king's territory is enough to support a large-scale war. To the west, Duke Brant and Count La Mille is stupid + stupid + eager + to act, there are dangers all around us, if you want to stay with me, then soon we will be on the battlefield and face a war, are you sure you want to make this choice?"
"Sure!"
Iona confidently raised her plump breasts and said proudly: "I want to prove to all of you that I am much stronger than my sister Aixina."
Poof!
Emina curled her lips and smiled softly.
"Why are you laughing? What's so funny? I, Iona, am a born ranger and a great warrior. Only on the battlefield can I make achievements and spread my reputation to the world." Iona puffed up her chest and had high aspirations. 's complaint said.
"Okay! Come with me to the conference room. I guess something big is going to happen, and our army may be about to take action." Lin Fenghan grabbed Iona's slender white arm and walked towards the castle.
"The Baron is here!"
"Yi Liuyun is here!"
"The head of state is here!"
¡¡
Lin Fenghan smiled and nodded to everyone who was greeting him. Ke Lande, who was sitting at the table, looked at Lin Fenghan arriving and smiled slightly, nodded and said, "The main members of our meeting have arrived, so now the meeting begins."
Corande paused, picked up a piece of information in his hand and said: "Since our Elantes dreamed of the founding of the Kingdom of Heaven on May 1st, the King of Dambreth, Lethamon, has labeled us as heretics and spread the word to all parts of the country and surrounding areas. An announcement was issued, classifying us as treason, and at the same time issued a real mobilization order to the lords of all sizes in the kingdom. It also clearly stipulated that all the territories that captured our Elantes would be allocated to lords, armies, knights, and soldiers who have made meritorious deeds. .Since the national war mobilization order was issued, the entire kingdom has gone crazy. Whether it is the big or small lords, the knights and knights' attendants, the noble guards, including the farmers in their territories, they are all gearing up to move stupidly + stupidly + lustfully. Determined to defeat us and achieve their feats.¡±
Poof!
Today, Ishina. Iona, Kelande and others all sneered. Berati, who was specially allowed to attend the meeting as the financial officer, also sneered: "A bunch of fools who overestimate their abilities."
Platt glanced at the smiling people, stood up seriously and looked at Lin Fenghan and said: "Yi Liuyun, I hope you can be alert to this mobilization order. The Kingdom of Dambreth has a population of three to four million, and the northern region is Close to three million people. From these people, one-tenth of the army will be 300,000, those nobles who are for glory and land. Knights, warriors, and militiamen will definitely be passionate about this and attack us with all their strength."
"300,000 people!"
Lanska, Mayoden, Berati and others took a breath of cold air. Lumengton sighed in surprise: "There are so many soldiers. Even if two-thirds of them are recruits and militiamen, if they swarm us, our Elantra army will have to fight." Defeated. What's more, among them, the equipment of the private armed forces of the nobles is very advanced, and the horses of the northern knights are much better than ours. The king can also recruit warriors from the nomadic tribes in the border areas. In short, we are in great danger this time! "
"Why!"
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Hearing such a serious situation, Berati was at a loss as to what to do and looked at it in reserved silence.
Lin Fenghan smiled softly, took a sip of tea and said calmly: "Together, they have an army of three to four hundred thousand. But what about spreading out? As long as we defeat their troops one by one, we can defeat King Lighthamon of Dambreth." , captured the northern region of the kingdom, and successfully unified the Kingdom of Dambreth."
"good!"
"The Baron said it well." Corand patted his thigh and said: "Since the war began, our Elantes troops have won every battle. No matter how great the difficulties and dangers they faced, they were defeated with the efforts of the Baron and brothers. The enemy succeeded and achieved unparalleled prestige. Although our main army now only has more than 30,000 people, we can still sweep across the southern region and defend our territory. I believe that as long as we all work hard for our dreams, Then you can win even in the face of great difficulties.???
"well said!"
Lana clapped his hands and said: "Our Elantes army has defeated the strong with the weak, and has experienced so many battles. The soldiers of the entire army are confident and courageous. The only shortcoming of our previous army is The soldiers' martial arts skills are not elite enough, disciplined formations and tactics need to be improved, and iron weapons and advanced equipment also need to be increased. As long as these levels are improved, our army will definitely be the most powerful army in the Kingdom of Dambreth and even the surrounding areas."
"Um!"
Lin Fenghan nodded in agreement and said softly: "What Rana said is absolutely true. It is precisely because of our many shortcomings that we must learn to move forward and work hard to correct ourselves. During this period of time to recuperate, go to our The refugees in the country are basically well settled. Except for the lack of some tools, furniture and livestock to cultivate the land, these farmers live happier and freer lives than in other kingdom territories. Our government and military weapons factories are operating at full capacity to help our army Polishing new wrought iron long swords and precision armor, but due to time and number of people, our army's equipment has not reached the ideal level. In addition to the elite buckler swordsmen and guerrilla infantry with advanced weapons and armor, our super long guns The weapons and armor of the soldier phalanx are still not sophisticated enough. It is not enough for each unit to have its own role. The characteristics of our super spearman phalanx are simple training, simple equipment, and simple armor. If they are allowed to hold refined iron weapons, their bodies will be If they wear wrought iron warships, they will lose their original intention, and they will not be able to exert the true power of the weapons in their hands. Therefore, overall, our weapons and equipment are still in the leading position against our enemies, and we can still fight one-on-one Defeat any troops in the surrounding area from the front."
"Um!"
"Yes!"
"Our army is definitely elite and advanced. There is no doubt about it." Lanska clapped her hands and said loudly.
Colander looked at the confident expressions of everyone at the scene and smiled slightly. Looking at everyone, he continued: "In the past few months, according to the information sent by our secret report, the king of the north is working hard to build more warships and build more warships." Bronze cannons. However, it is not easy to make mixed gunpowder, and many lords covet bronze cannons. The royal family does not produce as many cannons as we do in this regard."
Ali smiled softly. He stood up and looked at everyone and said: "In the past two months, the Academy of Sciences has improved the original ships and rebuilt five more ships. We now have 10 conventional ships and warships. These ships can reach a tailwind speed of 30 knots. It can easily cruise the surrounding sea areas, detect numerous intelligences in advance, and prevent the king's naval forces from cross-sea operations. Currently, our army is in an invincible position in naval defense. At the same time, scientists from the Academy of Sciences have re-created the mold and improved the ore. Boilers, as long as there are enough raw materials, we can now produce 100 bronze cannons every month without any problem. Haisha City, Haiwangjiao City, Hailan City, and many border defense islands. Our army has established forts in important towns. With a strong fort, if the northerners want to invade the city's harbor, the fort's cannons will blast the northern warships to pieces."
"very good!"
Lin Fenghan narrowed his eyes and said happily: "Uncle Ali, our country's naval defense and industrial infrastructure are all handed over to you. At the same time, I hereby grant you the positions of deputy general manager of the Government Affairs Council and director of the military equipment department. "
"Ha ha!"
Ali laughed loudly and said: "My dear nephew, you should be increasing my salary. I want to find more chicks to be my wives."
"good!"
Lin Fenghan said unceremoniously to Jin Siya, Berati, and Motel: "From today on, Uncle Ali's salary will be 5,000 silver coins per month."
"Wow!"
"There are so many!"
Berati opened her mouth in shock, nodded dissatisfied, and said to Lin Fenghan: "Yi Liuyun, I have already done part of what you asked me to do. At present, I have found more than 100 people who are professional in fund accounting. Asset accounting, bill trading, and professionals engaged in bank business. We also have unique orders at the paper mill. At present, what are your plans for currency reform? Let¡¯s talk about it at the conference and discuss it together!¡±
"Okay! You did a good job."
Lin Fenghan clapped his hands. He smiled excitedly and said to some of the confused people present: "Friends, I have decided to reform the currency and re-establish our currency system in Elantes. This set of currency will have paper and banknotes as the theme, and silver coins and copper coins as auxiliary coins. Conduct various market transactions.¡±
"What?"
Ma Youden's eyes popped out and he said in shock: "Baron, you decided to use paper to make money, are you kidding me! Who would regard these papers as money? Who would believe that they have the value of money?"
? "yes!"
Lu Mengton also touched his head and said: "Master Head of State, you have to know that the reason why money is valuable and can be used as a trading tool is because gold, silver, and bronze are very rare and have high value, so people recognize them as trading materials. . And now, Baron, if you take out a piece of blank paper out of thin air and force people to use it as gold or silver, people will not accept it."
"Yeah!"
"yes!"
¡¡
Most of the people present nodded in agreement, only a few people looked at Lin Fenghan thoughtfully.
Lin Fenghan pinched his ears with a headache when he saw the objections below, and said slowly: "Friends, the reason why I use white paper as the main currency is not because our Elantes treasury has no money, nor is it because I plan to cheat. Devouring your and many people¡¯s funds. I do this mainly for the market, for the people, and for everyone¡¯s benefit.¡±
"In the past, because gold and silver mines were difficult to find and mine, the output of these minerals, including gold coins, had limits. Once in a certain year, there was too much food harvest in a certain area and there was a shortage of gold and silver coins, then the food supply would The price dropped on a large scale. Farmers worked hard to cultivate grain, and although they got a bumper harvest, they could not sell it at a good price. Because the price of grain was too low, a lot of grain was stored in warehouses but became hairy and spoiled, resulting in a waste of resources. . The income of farmers and citizens was uneven. During the disaster period, food prices rose wildly, but the people did not have enough money for transactions. It was precisely because of the uniqueness of gold and silver coins that the king and lords increased the production of materials in the territory to a prosperous dynasty. At that time, we had to make more copper coins to replace the functions of gold coins and silver coins, complete the measurement of material prices, and better preserve wealth. However, the price of copper coins and the exchange of gold coins and silver coins are often accompanied by different regions and different times. The quality of currencies is different. The amount of exchange is also different. Basically, farmers and small citizens suffer losses from these scattered transactions. Therefore, the fixed number of gold coins, silver coins, and copper coins cannot keep up with the development of the times. It is impossible to calculate the correct total amount of wealth and cannot save it. Our wealth stimulates farmers and citizens to better create wealth, so I thought of re-establishing a currency system and improving our market economy."
Lin Fenghan raised his hand and said thoughtfully: "For example, let's say I was in the town of Yuriwan before. There used to be 7 copper coins per pound of wheat and 4 copper coins per pound of corn. But now our country of Elantes has a large population and There is an extreme shortage of money. In some areas, the price of corn has become one copper coin per pound. This situation has made many farmers who have harvested a good harvest very dissatisfied. They would rather let their corn in the warehouse be eaten by livestock. We are not willing to sell it to others so cheaply. Although other citizens have money, they do not have enough warehouses and demand to consume these grains. Therefore, we must reform the market as soon as possible and strive to issue more copper coins to allow more People will benefit from it and it will be easier for them to accumulate wealth."
"Um?"
"oh?"
"not understand!"
"a little confused."
¡¡
Most of the people in the meeting shook their heads, and Berati spoke eagerly: "Yi Liuyun's professional words said too much. What he meant was that the original territory had money such as 100,000 gold coins and corresponding food and furniture. Wealth. But now our total money is still 100,000 gold coins, while our total food and other wealth is three times that of the original, 300,000 gold coins. In this case, the food and equipment property that lacks money will naturally fall in price. Although the people's actual wealth has increased, but the amount of money available has decreased. In this case, no one is willing to work. They will only be willing to take action when 7 copper coins can buy 1 catty of corn. Our current method is to mint gold coins, silver coins, and copper coins. Put it on the market and bring it back into balance.¡±
"Oh! That's it!"
Ma Youden rubbed his head and looked at Lin Fenghan and said: "Baron, then you just go to the mint to mint coins and put in more silver coins and copper coins. Why waste your energy on getting paper money? It's so troublesome! "
"yes!"
"How can those white papers make people believe that they are the same as gold and silver?"
Lu Mengton and several officers around him nodded in agreement.
Lin Fenghan raised his head and looked at the ceiling uncomfortably. He lowered his head for a moment, looked at everyone seriously and stood up and explained: "Friends, our Elantes territory used to be sparse, so the silver coins and copper coins made by the king were enough. But now we have established Since we have established a new country, naturally we cannot use coins with the king's head as our trading currency. We must build a new house and re-establish the authority of our Elantes. However, the land of our country has been occupied by the large and small nobles of Dambreth. Surrounded by lords,The gold and silver used to make currency are valuable materials. Even if we have the mines in Shenmu City, it is still not enough for the current more than 600,000 residents to use it normally. Instead, we need to build coins that can be used normally by the 600,000 residents. Our government has to spend a lot of manpower, a lot of force, a lot of funds, and a lot of copper coins to build mints and turn our own scarce copper ore and iron ore into copper coins that the people need. "
"Think about it, if each of the 600,000 residents needs 1,000 copper coins for normal expenses, and 1,000 copper coins are equal to one kilogram, then the 600,000 residents will need 600,000 kilograms of condensed copper ore to make copper coins. Our government simply does not have the ability to do so. A lot of manpower and material resources have been spent digging copper mines and building mints. Even if we have so many copper mines, our army, our navy, our agriculture, and our industry still need a lot of ore to develop. Therefore, using gold coins, silver coins, and copper coins to build a trading market is currently not feasible because our enemies will not give us so much time, so we must create new strategies to use our resources rationally to protect the country. Economic development will not reduce the monopoly demand for minerals by the military and national defense, so we can only manufacture banknotes at the moment to complete the upgrade of the national currency market."
"Um!"
Pulet nodded and said seriously: "I agree with this. We don't have so much excess copper mines for the people to consume. In this case, our army's equipment will be reduced a lot. This is absolutely not allowed."
"Yes!"
Bonos also nodded and said: "The weapons of our soldiers are related to the safety of the country. If the country cannot be protected, then what is the point of issuing copper coins, so I support Yiliuyun's approach."
"I support!"
"I support it too!"
¡°This matter can bring many benefits to Elantras, and we also support it.¡±
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Everyone nodded in agreement. Many unconvinced people looked at the support from more and more people and had to suppress their thoughts and raised their hands in agreement against their will.
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