Chapter 269 Golden Knife Coin
Teng tribe, smelting workshop.
“Squeak, squeak, squeak…”
A piece of raw gold is melted in a clay pot in a blast furnace and then poured into a ceramic mold.
“It’s so beautiful.”
Inside the coin workshop, the owner Bai Ya exclaimed in admiration as he looked at the gold that was still liquid in the ceramic mold.
The melting point of gold is lower than that of copper.
Therefore, it was easy for people in the coin mint to melt it and then pour the molten gold into the ceramic mold.
Jiang Xuan was also standing aside. This was the first time that the Teng tribe had made golden knife coins, and he wanted to witness the process with his own eyes.
As the gold cools, its surface solidifies and reflects a very charming golden light.
When the golden knife coin had completely cooled down, White Fang picked up a bronze hammer and gently smashed the ceramic mold, revealing the golden knife coin inside in its entirety.
Bai Ya picked up the golden knife coin, looked through it, found nothing wrong with it, and then presented it directly to Jiang Xuan.
"Chief, take a look at this, is it okay?"
Jiang Xuan took the newly minted gold knife coin. It was much heavier than the bronze knife coin, and it felt more delicate and beautiful.
However, the bronze knife coin can be used as a knife after a little polishing, but the gold knife coin cannot be used as a knife.
Because it is too soft, it cannot cut anything slightly harder and the blade will curl.
It can be said that the gold knife coin has little practical value except for being used as a handicraft for appreciation and decoration.
However, it is an important part of the new monetary system that Jiang Xuan intends to build.
Gold, because of its rarity and resistance to corrosion, is naturally suitable for making currency.
However, currencies like the gold knife coin have lost their original practicality.
If it can be accepted by the tribes near the Teng tribe, it means that the monetary credit system of the Teng tribe has been initially established.
Bronze knife coins and gem knife coins are actually still a kind of commodity because of their practical value, but they are a kind of commodity that is more accepted by various tribes.
As for gold, since the tribesmen had basically never come into contact with it before and did not know how to use it, if it could be accepted by all the tribes, it must be because of the credit of the Teng tribe.
This kind of currency can only be circulated if everyone believes that gold can be exchanged for the required goods when it is brought to the Teng Tribe.
The transition from a highly practical currency to a coin backed by tribal credit is an extremely important transformation.
Once the golden knife coins are in circulation, it means that each tribe will truly change its trading habits of bartering. As the leader, the Teng tribe will also gain huge benefits from the future monetary system!
Jiang Xuan looked at the golden knife coin again and again, and said to Bai Ya, "It feels a little rough. It needs to be polished again to make it smoother and more shiny."
White Fang nodded and said, "I'll go and polish it right away."
White Fang took the golden knife coin, heated it on a shorter stove, then took it out with pliers, placed it on a bronze anvil, and hammered it.
This processing technique was discovered bit by bit during the bronze casting process. Of course, Jiang Xuan gave them a few pointers based on his experience in his previous life, which helped them avoid many detours.
Copperware is not just bronze. Depending on the needs of the utensil, there is also pure copper and other copper alloys.
For example, a copper pot is cast from pure copper. After casting, it is often rough and needs to be heated and polished multiple times to achieve the best effect.
“Ding, ding, ding…”
As White Fang continued to heat and hammer, the rough parts of the gold knife coin were gradually knocked flat and smooth, and the overall lines became smoother.
When he finished hammering, many fine hammer marks appeared on the gold knife coin, which made the gold knife coin look more textured and reflected more dazzling gold light! But how to polish it?
White Fang's method is the same as sharpening the bronze knife coin, just find a whetstone.
However, Jiang Xuan stopped him and gave him a suggestion.
"Try using the Gem Knife Coin."
Jiang Xuan clearly remembered that in a documentary he had watched in his previous life, after gold was forged, it was polished with an agate knife.
The coin mint has a lot of high-quality stones, which are used to make gem knife coins.
Jiang Xuan chose a gem knife that was made of agate and had no blade, and asked Bai Ya to use it to polish it.
White Fang looked at the blunt gemstone knife with a confused look in his eyes.
Could this thing really make the gold knife coin smoother? He was a little skeptical.
However, since the leader said so, he just needed to do it. He didn't need to question it, nor did he dare to question it.
White Fang then took the unsharpened gemstone coin and tried hard to scrape the surface of the gold coin.
As the gem knife coin and the gold knife coin continued to scrape, a magical scene appeared.
There is basically no change on the gem knife coin, but the surface of the gold knife coin becomes brighter and brighter. The golden color makes people unable to take their eyes off it.
The leader is so awesome!
At this moment, Bai Ya's admiration for Jiang Xuan increased again.
Who would have thought that using extremely hard gemstone coins could actually polish gold coins so smoothly and brightly.
"Chief, it's polished."
When Bai Ya handed the very smooth and dazzling golden knife coin to Jiang Xuan, he was in a very excited state and his hands were shaking slightly.
Jiang Xuan took the golden knife coin. The previous roughness was gone, replaced by a smooth touch, and the whole knife coin was shining with golden light.
It turns out that high-quality stones like agate can really be used to polish gold. Perhaps not just gold, but also softer metals like copper and silver should be able to be polished.
In fact, this method of polishing with gemstones does not grind the gold flat, but flattens it.
The reason is that gold has excellent ductility. As long as you keep scraping it with a smooth and hard object, the uneven parts of its surface will slowly stretch and finally become flat and smooth.
White Fang asked quietly, "Chief, are we going to put the gold knife coins into the trading area?"
Jiang Xuan thought for a moment and said, "Don't invest in the trading zone for now. We need to first let the people of each tribe know about gold and like it."
"After they all like gold, we will launch the gold knife coins, and they will be more receptive to it."
White Fang asked again: "Then how can we make people from other tribes like gold?"
Jiang Xuan smiled and said, "That depends on the ability of our Teng tribe members. From today on, we will select some people to specialize in the gold inlay process."
"In the future, we will inlay all kinds of precious ornaments, precious objects, and precious weapons with gold."
"We want to link the words gold and precious together, and let everyone know that only precious things can be inlaid with gold. Over time, everyone will naturally recognize the value of gold."
Jiang Xuan looked at the glittering gold knife coin again and said, "Such a beautiful thing, I believe the bigwigs of each tribe will like it."
After hearing Jiang Xuan's words, Bai Ya's admiration in his eyes became even more fanatical.
In his heart, Jiang Xuan was like an omniscient and omnipotent god.
Soon, Jiang Xuan selected six skilled people from the pottery workshop, stone workshop, and smelting workshop, and allocated a separate room to them near the coin workshop to specialize in the study of gold inlay craftsmanship.
They fully understood the properties of gold and found ways to inlay gold on various materials.
Jiang Xuan believed that it would not be long before various precious items inlaid with gold would appear in the trading area of the Teng tribe, and these items would become the unique mark of the Teng tribe's goods.
The coin workshops also continue to produce gold knife coins, but the quantity of these knife coins will not be large, and they will not be put into the trading area for the time being. Instead, they will be stored for future use.
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