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Of course, Xia Duo also knew that if more than two people knew something, it would no longer be a secret. He didn't want to keep it secret for long. After all, bidding had begun in the Gray Peak Mountains, and fresh gold and silver mines were about to be mined.

And he will definitely implement credit currency in the territory before the gold and silver produced in the Gray Peak Mountains are circulated, and he will also work with relevant partners and allies to promote physical currencies with the Power of Order logo to deal with the currency crisis caused by the increase in gold and silver. depreciation shock.

This does not mean that currencies made of precious metals such as gold and silver will not depreciate. They are essentially exchange certificates for other resources. Once there is more gold and silver, gold and silver will actually become worthless, and the relevant exchange ratio will definitely fall.

However, some currencies are not pure precious metals. For example, Cormanthor's currency actually has magic attached to it and cannot be easily copied. This is the main reason why Cormanthor's currency has always accounted for the majority of the currency in circulation in the North.

Although Everesca also has its own legal currency, the most commonly used currency is Comanso's. There are not many internal uses of Cormanthor currency in Netheril, but most foreign trade is still settled in Mithril or Cormanthor currency.

Nowadays, the ratio of Cormanso gold coins to gold coins of other countries is above 1.2. When it is high, it can rise to 1.5, and the minimum has never been lower than 1.1!

It is conceivable that when the gold and silver from the giant mithril mines in the Gray Peak Mountains are mined, the actual value of gold coins from various countries relative to the Cormanzo gold coins will definitely fall again, which is specifically reflected in the continued increase in the purchasing power of the Cormanzo gold coins.

Xia Duo believes that all countries should also find ways to deal with this matter, but apart from adding magic, there is actually no good choice. The issuance of universally circulated credit currency in the current era is simply too advanced.

The exchange vouchers within Netheril are a kind of credit currency, but the actual gold coins that can be exchanged for the exchange vouchers in each territory are different. This is the difference in credit.

Even Xia Duo himself will try his best to promote real credit currency in his territory. Externally, physical currency is still needed as a carrier of credit currency identification. Of course, this also serves as a high-end physical version of the credit currency within the territory.

This high-end physical version of the currency is essentially no different from the magic-added Cormanzo currency. It just artificially increases the value of the currency entity to combat the depreciation of precious metals.

Compared with Cormanzo currency, the physical currency logos made by Shado are actually still some way off. The magic attached to Cormanzo currency can be actually used, and can be used every once in a while. .

It is equivalent to a constant magic weapon with a weak effect.

The Power of Order logo made by Xia Duo only has a marking function for the time being. It does not mean that it cannot be attached with spells. It is just that it is not yet certain how much the circulation of this physical currency will reach. If the quantity is too large, the Power of Order may not be able to make ends meet. balance.

This can only be determined after new physical currencies with the Power of Order logo are put into use, because currency will also generate the Power of Order during the circulation process, but how much it can generate and the specific mechanism are still uncertain.

The most important thing about credit currency is credit. Xia Duo would rather launch new features later than hope that there will be various problems after the new features are launched.

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After staying in the Force of Order Laboratory for a while, Shado returned to his private laboratory in the Tower of Time. He was preparing to create a batch of gold coins for subsequent experiments and future issuance.

Compared with Mingshui Chamber of Commerce, he has a huge advantage, that is, he has mastered the technology of artificial fine gold, and fine gold is actually far superior to gold and silver in terms of wear resistance.

Even if Mingshui Chamber of Commerce develops a gold-silver alloy with the right proportions, the essence of gold and silver lies there. Even if a certain alloy can surpass fine gold, the actual upper limit is there. The reality is that even this level can reach Less than.

So after comprehensive consideration, Xia Duo decided to use fine gold as the main material to make a new currency. He even thought of a name. It would be called a blue gold coin, and it would not be distinguished by colors such as gold, silver, and copper, but by face value. .

In Xia Duo's own opinion, this can actually be called a credit currency, but in the eyes of outsiders, the value of fine gold itself is actually very high, which is equivalent to using mithril to make currency.

The prices of gold and silver have fallen. What does fine gold have to do with me? Although this giant mithril mine also produces fine gold, and even the actual production of fine gold in the North far exceeds that of mithril, the consumption is also very large.

There is no end to the demand for fine gold in the Underdark, and unlike mithril, which can be recycled and reused, fine gold is a real consumable and is difficult to refining.

The reason is that the special radiation environment in the Underdark greatly corrodes equipment. Even magic equipment will have a greatly reduced service life in such an environment. However, ordinary equipment only has three types: adamantine, mithril, and gold. This kind of metal can withstand it, but it is difficult for other iron and steel materials to survive for a long time.

It is unrealistic to equip everyone with magic equipment, and the texture of gold is too soft to be used as equipment (including weapons). Mithril also has magical uses, so only fine gold is the most suitable.

But even if the adamantine equipment can resist the radiation environment, unless it is made entirely of adamantine, the alloy will still corrode, between pure adamantine equipment and steel equipment. The repair and recasting of these equipment will also cause adamantine loss. .

Unless a large amount of fine gold appears all of a sudden, and the entire Underdark Region undergoes a major equipment change at once, only a few high-level people who are pure fine gold equipment are still qualified to use it, and a large number of middle and low-level people can only use ordinary equipment mixed with fine gold. UU read a book www. uukanshu.net

Another reason why the demand for fine gold in the Underdark is almost unlimited is that there are frequent conflicts, not only conflicts between countries, tribes and tribes, races and races, but also conflicts between intelligent creatures and the environment.

Even if there are dwarves or drow heroes who roughly unify the Underdark region, the harsh environment itself is always pregnant with various risks, and it is necessary to maintain a high level of military readiness to deal with them all.

In summary, Xia Duo is not worried that the emergence of the huge mine in the Gray Peak Mountains will cause the devaluation of fine gold.

The same goes for mithril. Magical civilization's demand for mithril is endless.

This is the only excellent energy-conducting metal discovered so far that balances cost, performance, yield and other aspects.

Gold is also an energy-conducting metal, and its properties are not inferior to mithril to a certain extent. However, the price of this property is dozens or even hundreds of times higher than mithril, which is obviously not practical.

Nowadays, gold is basically only used as energy-conducting material in some permanent magic facilities. The one-time high investment is exchanged for long-term low maintenance.