socalfunplaces Chapter 229
Chapter 229
And now, the most abundant thing in the Golden City is money.
In the country of Demacia, gold coins are very valuable currency.
Gold itself is an extremely rare precious metal, and its value is immeasurable.
Just one gold coin is enough to support the living expenses of an ordinary family for a year.
The law of Demacia has clear provisions for this:
One gold coin is equivalent to thirty silver coins, and one silver coin is equivalent to thirty copper coins.
In other words, one gold coin is approximately equal to one thousand copper coins.
However, the actual situation is not so simple.
Almost the entire Rune Land adopts the "gold and silver dual standard system".
But this system has caused the strange phenomenon of "bad money driving out good money".
Specifically, in market transactions, one gold coin can be exchanged for forty or even fifty silver coins!
Because many nobles of Demacia are reluctant to spend the gold coins after receiving them, but choose to melt them into gold bars for better preservation.
As a result, the only high-denomination currency used for large-scale circulation in the market is silver coins.
The actual value of gold coins is higher than the legal value, so good coins are driven out of circulation and are scarce and precious.
Silver and copper coins with actual values lower than the legal value are flooding the circulation market.
Demacia is naturally no exception in this situation.
But Jincheng, this guy, took a different approach.
Because he can take out a lot of spices and condiments through his ability.
He set his sights on those spices and condiments that are extremely scarce in this backward era.
And he used the characteristic of "scarcity makes things valuable" to the extreme!
With his unique resource advantage, Jincheng set his sights directly on the purses of the noble ladies in the Demacia capital.
He cleverly created a concept:
The value of spices is equivalent to the same weight of gold! In this way, these rare spices instantly doubled in value.
Because of this, Jincheng easily harvested nearly 3,000 gold coins.
You know, just organizing such a serf training only costs three or four gold coins.
You can easily solve the problem of incentive costs by exchanging them for a large number of copper coins from local knights or merchants.
As for food... To be honest, although Demacia is rich, not everyone can afford fine white flour.
What Jincheng promised to provide to the serfs was just black bread with many ingredients and salty soup with a little oil, and he also guaranteed that everyone would be full and satisfied.
For these serfs, this was already a special favor from the noble lord.
After all, soaking the black bread in the soup for a while first can make even the hardest and most chewy bread swallowed smoothly.
Look, there are still people shouting long live Master Jincheng, everyone should be grateful to us!
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"Didn't you eat? You all look listless! Stand up straight for me! Be alert!" Jincheng roared.
"What's the point of asking you to sweat a little more now? When you follow me and enjoy the good life in the future, you will know that today's hard work is worth it! I am very generous and will never treat you unfairly!"
Jincheng continued to shout.
PUA and big cakes were slammed hard on the serfs of the Demacia nobles who had never seen the world.
There were even serfs who shouted excitedly once or twice, and Jincheng smiled and praised them for their ambition.
In fact, Jincheng had always longed to have a strong army in his heart.
After all, in this world where the weak are the prey of the strong, having a strong force is the way to survive.
So, Jincheng began to rack his brains to recall the various training knowledge he had learned in his previous life.
You know, in this era of relatively closed information, military knowledge is a secret that only the aristocracy can access and master.
However, Jincheng himself did not expect all of his serfs to become peerless warriors who could fight ten people at once and be invincible.
For him, these serfs only need to have high morale and know how to obey orders.
He is very satisfied if they dare to bravely stab the bamboo spear in their hands, and know how to dodge and use shields for defense when encountering enemy attacks.
Jincheng has always been a decisive and resolute person. Since he has decided to reward copper coins to serfs with outstanding performance, he will fulfill his promise without hesitation.
When seeing the heavy copper coins being distributed to the serfs, the whole audience was in an uproar.
For a time, all the serfs were excited and their blood boiled.
As they looked at the coins, all the serfs felt the weight of Jincheng's "sincerity and trust".
This kind of motivationThe mechanism made everyone full of fighting spirit, and they were all ready to meet the next more difficult training challenge.
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Incentives and high pressure really work!
Not long after, on the wide and open training ground, hundreds of serfs ran around the newly reclaimed farmland in an orderly manner.
These male serfs were carefully selected by Jincheng in all ages.
They were strong and hardworking, but lacked organizational discipline.
For this reason, Jincheng specially sent 20 skilled swordsmen from the Laurent family to assist in management.
These 20 swordsmen shouldered heavy responsibilities, and they followed the team closely with long whips in their hands.
Jincheng had strict requirements for this team:
First, the formation must be kept uniform; second, the running speed of each serf must be moderate and consistent - neither too fast nor too slow.
If anyone dares to run fast or slow, they will be severely punished - the person in charge of supervision will immediately come forward and whip the violator.
If the whole queue is disorganized, it will also be punished.
To be honest, it is not that Jincheng is unwilling to reason with these people, but that there is no way to talk about it.
Because they are simply "education idiots".
No matter how hard you try to persuade them, they are still confused.
Only simple and rough methods such as waving whips can make them understand the purpose.
Although this move seems a bit cruel and harsh, even inhumane, it has been proven to be quite effective!
At this moment, Jincheng sat on a high platform on one side with a cold and majestic look. After observing for a long time, he did not see any abnormal situation, let alone any people who dared to challenge the authority. He couldn't help but think in his heart:
"No troublemakers jumped out?"
Is this because of the lure of money, or because these serfs gradually lost their resistance consciousness under the long-term enslavement of the previous officials?
In essence, Jincheng did not want to delve into the reasons.
However, he was very satisfied with the obedience of his militia, thanks to the management style of the previous officials.
Because of this, Jincheng did not encounter too many difficulties in commanding and training them, which could be said to be much easier.
However, when it comes to physical fitness, Jincheng couldn't help but sigh:
"They are all farmers who grow crops, and their physical fitness is not bad!"
As for the selection of leaders for each team, Jincheng is ready to make a choice based on their efforts in training and whether they perform well.
At this time, Shivana and Fiona also came to watch Jincheng train these serfs.
Fiona looked at Jincheng's training methods with disdain, and claimed that she had the unique swordsman training secrets of the Laurent family and was willing to share them with Jincheng.
Mr. Jincheng agreed very happily, but when he carefully read the training manual handed to him by Fiona, the expression on his face became a little subtle.
Although he expressed his appreciation verbally, Jincheng actually did not take this kind of training seriously at all-a swordsman also needs to cultivate his character? Laurent's Heart Eye Sword?
I'm not training a duel master!
To Jincheng, what he trained was just a group of militiamen who dared to stab with spears and raise shields!
How could there be so many fancy things?
At the same time, Shyvana was concentrating on observing how Jincheng trained the militia, and memorizing every detail and technique.
She not only humbly asked Jincheng various questions, but also actively participated in the training in order to better master these skills.
After all, these militias will also be under her jurisdiction and command in the future, so she must go all out to ensure that they can become a reliable army.