Chapter 825 Ao Fei's New Discovery
After Che Quan's introduction, Luo Chong learned that the entire mint has basically achieved the standard of full mechanization. The only part that has not been transformed is the rolling and embossing steps of the first-level yuan coins. The silver coins for these two items are still powered by windmills.
However, the Wen-level coins and Jiao-level coins, which account for the largest proportion and are the most used in the entire monetary system, have all been mechanized. The output of copper coins in the Han tribe has now reached a speed of 18,000 per hour. This refers to the number of coins, not the face value. In terms of production speed alone, it has increased by more than ten times compared with the previous windmill-powered machinery. If it continues to produce at this speed, it will definitely meet the market emptiness brought by the increase in population. In this way, Luo Chong has a bottom line in his heart.
It doesn't matter if there are fewer large denominations for the time being. Anyway, ordinary people don't have many opportunities to use such large denominations. The most commonly used is small change. As for raw materials, because there are a large number of copperware exchanged from Zhudao as a guarantee, it can meet the needs for the time being.
In fact, with the current population size and economic volume of the Han tribe, Luo Chong felt that if all the copperware exchanged from Zhudao were cast into coins, the Han tribe would not be able to use them all, so after completing the mechanization transformation, the startup time may have to be limited in the future.
In general, Luo Chong was very satisfied with this inspection. Obviously, the heads of the mint and the power research institute also understood the priorities of the matter and put the transformation of small-denomination copper coins in the front, which enabled the mint to have the ability to cast a large amount of currency in a short time.
Finally, Che Quan led Luo Chong to the warehouse of the mint. The wooden boxes used to hold coins had filled half of the warehouse. Seeing such a large amount of currency reserves, Luo Chong was very happy and immediately said to the guard commander beside him.
"Let's start arranging transportation tomorrow. The sooner these currencies are sent to the south, the better. It will take a month or two on the way. By the time they arrive, the battle in Takeshima will be almost over."
"Yes, chief, but should these currencies be transported directly to the envoys in Takeshima, or should they be sent to Takumi County first?"
"Of course it's Takumi County. Anyway, it's not far from Takumi County to Takeshima. It's only a week's voyage at most. If Takeshima needs it, we can mobilize it from Takumi County. Besides, the Tang tribe now has a lot of cooperation with Takumi County, including the promotion of currency, so the amount needed by the Tang tribe is also very large. Let's send it to Takumi County for them to allocate it uniformly." Luo Chong explained.
"Okay, I'll arrange the ship in a while. Then, chief, should we go back now or go to the comprehensive research institute to have a look?" The guard leader accepted the task and asked about the next itinerary.
Luo Chong went to the warehouse door and looked at the sky. They had left early today, and it was not time for lunch after inspecting the mint. Luo Chong had not been to the comprehensive research institute for a year, so he just thought about it for a while and decided.
"Let's go to the institute. We'll have lunch there at noon."
"Okay, then I'll go arrange the boat now." The guard leader agreed and turned to find the captain of the boat that sent them here.
"Chief, aren't you going to have lunch at the mint?" Che Quan hadn't seen the chief for a long time, or rather, Luo Chong had never been there since the mint moved to the island in the middle of the lake. Now that he finally came, he certainly didn't want Luo Chong to leave so soon. Unfortunately,
Luo Chong still had a lot of things to do, so he directly rejected Che Quan's request to stay.
"No, you are too busy with work, I won't bother you here. There are still a lot of currencies needed in the south. Hurry up and make good production, especially now that it has been changed to steam power. We must educate the workers on safety awareness. Our medical and health conditions are poor. It is better not to get hurt. Let everyone be careful when working." Luo Chong shook his head and walked out without forgetting to give a few words of advice.
"Yes, thank you for your concern, leader. We will definitely pay attention to safety and hurry up to produce. Please rest assured, leader." Che Quan followed Luo Chong to the open space on the dock, and then bowed and said goodbye to Luo Chong.
Luo Chong and his party soon got on the boat again and transferred to the Comprehensive Research Institute without stopping.
The Comprehensive Research Institute is also located on an island in the middle of the lake. The environment is similar to that of the mint. It is backed by the swamp and faces the lake. It has convenient water conservancy and transportation, and it is convenient for the discharge of various heavy metal chemicals, so as to avoid letting these toxic substances be discharged outside the swamp and pollute the environment in other places.
After all, with the current technological level of the Han tribe, only the swamp has the natural heavy metal degradation function, which is the only way for the Han tribe to deal with pollution now.
The research institute and the mint are not far away from each other, and water transportation is also relatively convenient, so it only took Luo Chong and his team more than half an hour to reach the dock of the comprehensive research institute.
As soon as the group stepped onto the dock, they heard a melodious bell sound from the island, which made Luo Chong laugh and say, "We are in the right time, just in time to have a meal."
While Luo Chong was talking, the researchers who had just come out of the laboratories after lunch also saw the group of people on the dock. Luo Chong, who was in the lead, was wearing a black brocade robe and a hollow filigree gold crown on his head, which made the researchers recognize him at a glance.
"Chief, why are you here?!" The sharp-eyed Ao Fei saw Luo Chong at a glance, and Qu Bing who was following Luo Chong, and immediately ran over.
When the other researchers around heard it, oh, the leader was here, they also hurried over to greet him.
"Hello, leader."
"Greetings, leader." "Greetings, leader"
Wen
Nong, the head of the chemistry group, also hurried over with a group of researchers to pay homage.
Luo Chong smiled and waved at them, "Okay, how are you all?"
Ao Fei had already taken the lead and came to Luo Chong. After bowing, he couldn't wait to ask, "Chief, why did you come here in person all of a sudden? Do you have another major project to assign to us?"
Everyone pricked up their ears when they heard this. Yes, generally only when a particularly major project is to be assigned, the leader feels that they may not be sure of it, so he will come to personally guide them.
However, Luo Chong really came to inspect this time. Although there was a rubber gas pipe project to be assigned to them, it was not a particularly major project. With the current ability level of the rubber research team, it was just to make a gas hose with no technical content, and at most it would be a few more experiments.
"There is a small project about rubber, which has nothing to do with your optical group. You don't have to be nervous. I just came to see you this time and inspect your work in recent times." Luo Chong explained to them with a smile.
"So that's how it is. That's great, Chief. We just have a lot of questions to ask you."
When Ao Fei heard that it was not his business, he was not discouraged, but became more excited, because he had made new discoveries in his recent optical research, and he just had many questions to ask Luo Chong.
I don't know if it's because the entry threshold of optics is too low, or if Ao Fei is just lucky. After studying various basic optical theories and successfully developing a camera with Qu Bing, this kid has made another major discovery and invention. However, due to his limited vision, he has no idea what the new things he has made are useful for and in which direction to develop.
But now that Luo Chong is here, everything is not a problem.
"It's easy to ask questions, but I just heard the bell ringing in your dining hall. I haven't eaten yet. How about you treat me to a meal before asking?" Luo Chong asked with a smile as he looked at the top talents of the Han tribe in front of him.
Ao Fei suddenly grinned, slapped himself lightly with his hand, and apologized, "Look at me, Chief. I was so excited to see you that I forgot about the meal. Let's go, even though we are paying for the meal with the tribe's money, we have to treat you to this meal. This is a thank-you meal for our mentor. Please don't refuse, Chief."
(End of this chapter)
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