It can perfectly replace the coins on the market. After these coins are collected back, they will be smelted again to mint new coins.
In this way, it is established that good money drives out bad money. In fact, only Yang Qian knows this.
Compared with the old coins, the bronze content of the new coins is only about 60% to 70% of the original.
So no matter how you calculate it, Yang Qian will definitely make a profit. As long as the people can accept it, everything will be fine.
Therefore, the new coins must strive for excellence and surpass the old coins in terms of artistic and workmanship value. In this way, no one will feel that they are losing money.
Zhang Yumeng said helplessly after playing with various tools on the roller for a while.
"Now I will give you three options. First: Develop new steel, if it is a special steel with high heat resistance and high strength."
"Second: Either you have to endure the frequent need to replace the rolls, which of course costs more."
"As for the third..."
Zhang Yumeng licked the corner of his mouth and said with a wicked smile, "Take out your precious meteorite and make it into a roller like this.".br>
Before Yang Gan could speak, Ou Yexia jumped out directly, his beard spread out, and said loudly.
"This is absolutely not possible. Meteoric iron is a rare metal in the world. Use it less and less. Zhang Xiaoniang, I'm not talking about you. I won't talk about making copper wires out of pure copper. If you waste meteorite, I will be the first to I can’t spare you.”
Yang Gan immediately advised Ou Yexia that the old man was not young and if he was not careful, he would be in trouble if he had a stroke.
Zhang Yumeng pouted and said, "What's the use of keeping it? Not everyone can handle weapons made of meteorite."
"Besides, things only have value when they are used. If you leave a good thing like you and don't use it, how can you grow flowers if you throw it in the ground?"
Ou Yexia opened her eyes wide and pointed at Zhang Yumeng. The corners of her mouth were trembling and she almost couldn't take a breath.
Yang Qian immediately put soothing words on Ou Yexia's back and mouthed comforting words.
"Lao Xia, don't get excited."
Yang Gan glanced at Zhang Yumeng reproachfully, who curled his lips disdainfully.
Just when the three of them had different opinions, Li Wang said weakly, "Actually, we have a lot of meteorite iron in stock now, and it can be coated. We can use heat-resistant steel, and with three coatings, it should be fine."
The three of them instantly turned into dog heads. After a long silence, Yang Gan patted Ou Yexia on the shoulder and said happily.
"Apprentice received well."
Ou Yexia's eyes were a little red, and she nodded slowly, "This guy has been with me since he was ten years old, and he has learned a lot about his craft, but he is too rigid in his temperament. Now that I see it, I have ignored him."
Zhang Yumeng smiled and said, "Awang, you are so smart, then just do it, this will be the next best thing."
After saying that, he glared at Ou Yexia angrily, and Ou Yexia said with a grin.
"Okay, plating is economical. Even if you only need ten layers of plating, it won't cost much material."
Ou Yexia just went ahead and disassembled the two heavy rollers and sent them to the workshop for coating.
The use of meteorite iron is very strict. Even if you are familiar with meteorite toothpicks, you need an approval document signed by Yang Qian. Fortunately, Yang Qian was already on site today and signed the approval document directly.
It didn't take long for the two heavy rollers to be taken out and reinstalled.
The next step is not the testing phase. The red-hot alloy bars are continuously stuffed into the rolling mill. After being pressed a dozen times, an alloy plate is formed.
Although there are some irregularities, it is not harmful. Although the thickness is very thin, it is very strong.
Now if you want to fold the plate in half, it is not a simple matter, let alone the hardness after being made into coins.
With a small amount of force, it will naturally not be easily changed in shape, and it will not show much wear even if it is used for decades.
After placing the alloy plate under the stamping machine, Zhang Yumeng sat on the stool, took a deep breath, and suddenly stepped on the pedal.
"Chew miso".
a 15mm
The round alloy piece fell into the plastic box below.
It's as easy as cutting tofu with a hot knife.
A piece of plate was quickly sieved under Zhang Yumeng's operation, and the plastic basket at the outlet was filled with hundreds of alloy pieces.
She didn't take it out immediately, but was observing the punch of the punching machine. It had to be said that there were no scratches at all.
The cuts around the alloy sheet in the plastic basket are also very smooth, with just a few burrs.
After putting the alloy piece into another stamping machine, press the pedal and make a "squeaky" sound.
Patterns and words appeared on the metal sheet, which looked very exquisite, but the surface color was relatively dull.
Suddenly, Zhang Yumeng was stunned, wiped his eyes as if in disbelief, and then laughed crazily.
Yang Gan was also dumbfounded and grabbed the coins and looked at them carefully.
The burrs on the edges have been flattened, the square hole in the middle is no problem, and the font is clearly visible. Except for the dull bronze color on the surface, there is nothing funny about it.
Suddenly, Yang Gan's eyes widened in disbelief, the corners of his mouth twitched unconsciously, and he shook his head with a wry smile.
"how so?"
Zhang Yumeng laughed so hard that she was out of breath, "Here, who made this template? The characters are all backwards."
In Yuntong County, the common fonts are engraved inside the handle.
What place, what group, and who did it? If something happens, you can also trace the responsibility.
Of course, if the performance of this weapon exceeds the original template, the manufacturer will also be rewarded.
According to the rules specified by Yang Qian, rewards and punishments must be fair. Rewards alone are not dignified enough, and punishments alone are too strict and unpopular.
Again, everything depends on a balance, the way of yin and yang.
They had no choice but to forge the punches again, and also checked other punches. Without exception, the fonts were all reversed.
If the font of the mold is upright, it will be reversed when printed. If the font of the mold is reversed, it will be upright when printed. This problem has occurred before when printing books.
I didn't expect it to happen here. It's not because the blacksmiths didn't pay attention, but it's just a matter of habit.
It is not possible for ordinary people to perfectly reproduce Xun Sheng's calligraphy.
After all, Yang Qian is here. Once the elites of the entire foundry enter the state, the efficiency is very fast. As soon as the water drain is turned on, the temperature of the furnace jumps up directly, and the flame gradually turns white.
When the stamping machine pressed down again, a brand new one-cent coin appeared in front of everyone.
On the front is written the denomination of one dollar, with a circle of patterns made of wheat ears, symbolizing that the foundation of a farming nation is crops.
On the reverse side, it says the 42nd year of King Xia Huiwen, and on the outside is a circle of patterns made of swords, symbolizing royal power.
The whole coin is beautiful. If I had to say it had any shortcomings, it would probably be that it is dull in color.
Yang Qian also raised this issue, but Zhang Yumeng thought it was nothing.
After a certain amount is made, throw the coins into the tumbler, add a certain amount of steel scraps, and tumble them overnight.
When it was taken out the next day, the coin was polished and its surface was as shiny as a work of art.
Next is Ou Yexia's business. Not only are punches of each specification required, but also alloy plates of different thicknesses need to be rolled.
Yang Qian then began to deploy troops and generals, and established several independent workshops, which required strict control.
Just kidding, this will be a money printing factory from now on. If anyone can come in, wouldn't something happen?
There are also blacksmiths here. The people who operate may not be blacksmiths, but may be some disabled soldiers who have made meritorious services.
The monthly salary in the future will definitely be high, but you must also be wary of whether anyone will take the money.
If you just grab a handful and put it in your pocket, it will be a huge sum of money this year.
After several days of working day and night, the complete system was finally built.
a workshop
It specializes in smelting coin alloys and rolling alloy bars with uniform specifications into plates of required specifications.
It is then taken to another workshop for stamping, and the stamped alloy discs are sent to another place to be printed with patterns and text and then polished.
Discarded plates will be recycled and smelted into new alloy bars.
Not only did coins begin to be made in the factory, but rolling mills and stamping machines also began to be produced. There are also various types of motors.
After these motors are produced, they will be transported to different places to assist local work.
For example, when building a canal, a dam needs to be built. It can be used as a small crane to transport stone and soil without any problems.
Especially some 160K motors, these need to be carefully transported to Wanghai County and loaded on warships.
Only in this way can the warship maintain ultra-high speed in headwinds.
It is also necessary to store a batch of motors of various types in case of emergency.
This is equivalent to saying that these workshops have been taken over by the army and are directly controlled by Yang Gan.
Every time a batch of carriages is accumulated, they will be escorted by the Xuanjia Army to the bank in the county.
Next, we need to see how the market responds.
The market is the battlefield for testing products.
Yes, in ancient times you could indeed force others and make your own rules of the game.
But if something like this is not in line with the people's sentiments and national conditions, and everyone resists it, and even so it is forced to be promoted, then it will cause big trouble.
Yang Qian is just testing the waters. If it doesn't work, then he will continue to use the original currency, which is nothing more than re-casting.
Yang Qian had just returned home with Zhang Yumeng when he saw the little girl coming over, bowed and said.
"Sir, those people have been here for three or four days. Do you want to summon them?"
Yang Qian was stunned, patted his head, and almost forgot about it.
"Is there anyone dead?"
The little girl shook her head, but then showed a rather surprised expression.
"No one died, but they got into a fight?"
"Oh? Are you still fighting? What's that for?"
"Sir, you only gave them a bottle of water. If they don't have food to eat, they will grab water to drink."
Yang Gan said to Zhang Yumeng, "You go and rest first, I'll be there in a moment."
Zhang Yumeng shrugged and said, "Okay."
After saying that, he walked upstairs. From the looks of it, he was obviously very tired during this period.
