Chapter 248： Screw press

After leaving Milan's Royal Palace, Marin first went to live in a reception villa arranged for him by Ludovico Sforza. As for Marinna's 300 men, they were placed outside the city's barracks. After all, the external army, the Duke of Milan is certainly not assured. Therefore, he only let Marin bring a few bodyguards into the city, and the others arranged to live in the barracks outside the city.

After he settled in, Marin sent one of the bodyguards to look for the man who had sent Milan to dig up the clockwork and craftsman with high pay. The method of recruiting people is very simple. The bodyguard first hired a translator who knew German, and then went to find some of Milan's most famous watchmakers who are good at clockwork. Then, through these people, I know the whereabouts of the people sent before.

On the night, several men sent before were taken to the villa where Marin lived. Marin asked:

"What's the result of the solicitation?"

不太 "Not so good, Lord Earl, these artisans seem to be very attached to the bustling of Milan, and are not willing to go to the relatively remote East Frisian. Even if they pay 1 shilling a day, they are not happy.

The daily treatment of 1 shilling issued by Ma Lin is definitely a high salary in this era. You know, these years, because gold and silver in the Americas have not yet been discovered, the "price revolution" has not yet begun, and prices in Europe are still low. Of course, this is compared with the price revolution in Europe, and compared with the same period of Daming and India, European prices are still high. But even so, 1 shilling is definitely well paid every day. You know, in this era, the average person's daily income was generally one or two pennies or Finney. The average craftsman's salary is only 3 Finneys per day. More powerful artisans may have five or six Finneys a day. The daily treatment of 1 shilling (12 Finneys) is definitely the treatment of a master craftsman.

Marin thought about it. He urgently needs to form a certain number of black shirt knights, and there is a great demand for clockwork rifles. If the craftsmen who make the clockwork are not enough, it may affect the supply of muskets and affect combat effectiveness. So, he decided to order some blood:

"So, you can promise 1 shilling 6 Finnies every day, faster. In addition, if they refuse to leave, you tell them that the French army is coming. They are about to launch an attack on the Duchy of Milan. The city will be shattered and their property will be taken away by French soldiers. Let them think about what happened to the Neapolitans a few years ago ... "

Twenty years ago, when the French army occupied Naples, they burned and looted in the local area, causing great damage to the local area. This is very clear throughout Italy. Marin said this, although there is a frightening element, but it is not a nonsense.

多维 Ludovico Sforza is not like Milanese now, Milan citizens think he is overwhelming. However, when the French occupied Milan, they did not know what it meant to be a real rampage. Therefore, when Ludovico Sforza returned with his army, they took the initiative to occupy the gate and greeted Ludovico Sforza into the city. It can be seen that what the French army did after entering the city was so unpopular that it made the Milan citizen who originally hated Ludovico Sforza changed his position and welcomed him back.

After arranging all this, Marin took a rest ...

The next day, Marin was accompanied by a translator sent by Ludovico Sforza, and went to "pay for talent" with high pay. Someone looked at the Duke of Milan, and Marin didn't want to reveal his true purpose. So, he really went to the workshop of making plate armor in Milan and digging his head with a **** ...

Just, Marin used to dig people, he sent people to do it, he did not understand the specific digging process. Generally speaking, digging is carried out at the craftsman's house after work at night.

But Comrade Marin did n’t understand. He ran out of people ’s workshops during the day ...

If it was not for the presence of the accompanying Duke of Milan, Marin would have been beaten by the workshop owner ...

Even in a plate armor manufacturing workshop, Marin's face-digging behavior angered the workshop owner, and he directly hit Marin with a pick-up stick. If it wasn't for Kahn to see the machine quickly and he blocked it with a simple mace, Marin's arms might have been broken ...

Then, Marin finally understood that the surgery industry has a specialization, and he is using his brain to direct other officers. Really do it himself, he is not as good as those below. After all, people are professional.

The following night, Ludovico Sforza listened to the report following Marin's translation, and burst into tears:

"This Marin is really young, and it's so funny. Yesterday I saw him so resourceful and devised a plan. But today, the naive side is exposed, and it really is young ..." However, Ludovico Sfor Zhatang didn't underestimate Marin. After all, just a few years, Marin, who has changed from a homeless knight to an earl, has no patience, can he mix so well?

The next day, Marin stopped going to those plate armor workshops. In Europe now, because of frequent wars, the well-known Milan plate armor is also very popular. Therefore, the owners of those plate armor workshops look closely at skilled craftsmen. It was not easy for Marin to dig people. And like the men at home, digging at night, Marin was too lazy to do it. Anyway, there are already men working on the work of digging clockwork and craftsmen. As a result, Marin simply called the digging banner and began to visit its workshops in all walks of life in Milan ...

Milan deserves to be the largest city in the empire, with a complete range of handicrafts. Not only is there a well-developed plate armor manufacturing industry, but also silk and wool textiles are also well developed. In addition, workshops such as tanning, printing and dyeing, wine making, oil pressing, flour milling, and toasting can be found everywhere. On the street, there are many masons and masons waiting to be hired by employers ...

In short, Milan is too bustling. Of course, this is compared to other German cities of this era. If it is left to the modern age of Marin, Milan's prosperity will be equivalent to a county ...

马 Anyway, Marin knew that he had no talent for digging, so he simply started to visit various workshops. And because of the banner of the Duke of Milan, those workshop owners did not dare to slap people. As long as Marin doesn't dig, he will anger the workshop owner ...

马 When Marin, accompanied by a translator, visited an oil press workshop, when he saw the oil press, his eyes widened ...

啥 What did he see? Screw press!

Although it is manual, it is also a very advanced machine ...

The reason why Bian Marin was excited was that he had read European history and knew that the first mechanism of gold coins in human history was the screw press used, also called the spiral coin minter.

螺旋 This spiral coin minter first appeared in Rome around 1530. It was designed by an Italian craftsman to suppress the pattern and complete text of gold coins for the pope.

Since then, Italy has begun to popularize this spiral coin minter. The Dutch also introduced this coinage machine around 1580.

Then, throughout Europe, the use of spiral coin minters to suppress beautifully patterned gold, silver and copper coins. It was not until the beginning of the 19th century that it was replaced by a more advanced elbow-operated coin machine.

之前 Before the appearance of the spiral coin machine, coins in Europe were first minted into a billet of equal weight, and then the craftsman used manpower to punch and punch coins with a mold. However, this method of coinage is very backward, and it is impossible to produce clear and exquisite patterns and words, and there are still large errors. The coins produced in this way are sometimes irregular and labor-intensive.

Often, in a mint, hundreds or thousands of artisans are needed. Some are responsible for casting and cutting the billet, while more people are responsible for making the billet into patterned and written coins. In this way, not only is very labor-intensive, but also requires a lot of man-hours.

If it wasn't for the European royal family to mint coins, they often adulterated gold and silver coins to make huge profits, and the mint might lose money. However, the situation of coinage has changed dramatically since the appearance of the spiral coin machine.

后 After the emergence of this kind of machine, the mint only needs to arrange skilled craftsmen to make money molds and put them into the spiral mint machine. After ordinary craftsmen make the bills of equal weight, the relevant craftsmen only need to put the bills into a screw press with the mold carved on the top and bottom. Then, start turning the lever and press the screw down. The pressure of the screw press is very large, and the direction of the force is very stable. The money bill is desperately squeezed into the money mold clamped up and down, becoming convex and concave. Then, a beautifully patterned and clearly written machine coin appeared ...

Since gold and silver are relatively soft, the suppression of gold and silver coins is very simple and more efficient than hand-made. Not only that, the appearance of the mechanism gold and silver coins is also very beautiful, and it can suppress the lace.

As for copper coins, they can also be suppressed, but copper is much harder than gold and silver and it is more difficult to suppress. However, copper has a characteristic that it will become softer at high temperatures. Therefore, when pressing copper coins, you can also first place the copper billet in a furnace and heat it to a certain temperature, then soften, put it into a spiral coin machine, and then press into exquisite copper coins.

Marin remembered this history when he saw the screw press in front of him. He suddenly saw a bright future ...

What's the future? Marin thought wickedly-if he first made a spiral coin machine, he would not only be able to mint exquisite coins that were difficult to imitate. Moreover, he can also use a more efficient and low-cost spiral coin minting machine to imitate coins from other countries and make huge profits.

For example, France does not deal well with Marin. Marin can use a coin minting machine to mint French currency and compete with the French royal family for coin money.

If a spiral coin machine is used, Marin can use fewer artisans ~ www.novelhall.com ~ to produce exquisite coins in batches. After all, making money bills is very simple and ordinary artisans can do it. Craftsmen who make coins need craftsmen with good skills to be competent, and their salary is not low.

But if Marin uses a spiral coin machine, he can replace the craftsman with a machine. Generally speaking, it takes a while for an artisan to create a gold coin, and it needs to be checked and repaired repeatedly. With the spiral coin machine, as long as you put the coin into the mold and let the two strong men turn the lever of the spiral rod, you can suppress a beautiful coin in a while. Not only is the quality better, but it also saves artisan labor and saves a lot of salary expenses. At the same time, the speed of producing coins is accelerating.

马 If Marin wants to, he can even use the spiral coin machine to fight economic wars ...

The specific method is to create bad currency of another country, use it to impact good currency, and disrupt the economic order of that country.

For example, French silver coins now contain less than 25% silver. However, Marin can be more lacking in morality, reduce the silver content to 20%, and then suppress it in batches, and then put inferior French silver coins into the French market. This will cause the French economy to fall into chaos and cause the value of French coins to fall in international trade. The credibility of coins ...

This method is only pediatric in later generations, and governments of various countries also have various anti-counterfeiting measures to deal with it. But in this era, this kind of unethical trick can be used to kill others ...

When I thought of it, Marin smiled warily, and the people on the side looked inexplicable ...

After Xu awoke, Marin immediately caught the owner of the oil press workshop and asked him who made the screw press-type oil press. Because he was going to dig this person to East Frisian, make a spiral coin machine for him, and start a profitable minting mode ...