Chapter 630： Military ticket three

"Yes, it is also necessary to consider the difficulty of deploying various materials and whether it is fair."

Catherine also added: "I think the soldiers who were given apples felt that they were being unfairly treated compared to the soldiers who were given salt, because salt is more likely to store value."

"Look." Paul said with a smile: "Directly using materials as a means of paying military salaries will cause many problems in specific operations."

"In the ancient savage age, people's trade method was to barter. However, with the expansion of trade scale and complexity, direct exchange of goods was too inconvenient. So-called coins appeared, and coins were used as the medium of transaction valuation. Only by connecting all the trade goods in series can real commerce be born and the prosperous world we have today."

"So..." Paul finally said the immature thought he mentioned at the beginning.

"We can create a new medium of exchange that does not rely on scarce metals such as gold, silver, and copper, but still has the property of coins. This medium of exchange is only used within the army, and it can be called a military ticket]."

"You know, the shops under the control of the royal family are all over the country of Aldo. As long as the king issues a decree, when holders of military tickets buy goods in the shops of the royal family, their effectiveness is equivalent to metal coins of the same face value. Then use military tickets To pay the salaries of the soldiers, isn’t that the same as paying them metal currency? In this way, it will get rid of the current lack of money of the Kingdom government.”

Catherine thought for a while, "This is indeed a good idea. But what should this kind of military ticket be made of? According to what you said, since it still has the property of coins, its raw materials need to be scarce but not too Scarce attribute. Do you use diamonds? This is very expensive!"

Paul shook his head and replied: "Use paper! Use a uniform printing method to print complex patterns on the paper, just like the gold and silver coins that are currently circulating in the kingdom, such as the portrait of His Majesty the King, and the corresponding According to the face value of the coin, a military ticket with the same effect as the coin is made."

Catherine was surprised by Paul's words, and then frowned, "This seems to be easy to be imitated, and I can immediately think of the scene of fake military tickets flying all over the sky."

Paul nodded, "Well, I'm almost sure that fake military tickets will definitely appear, but we can reduce the risk of being counterfeited by increasing the difficulty of making them. The pattern on the military ticket might as well be complicated to make it unsuitable for drawing , invite a master seal engraver with superb skills to engrave the master plate for printing military tickets, and some master seal engravers often have unique skills to prevent counterfeiting. I think there will be no shortage of such talents in the royal family."

Catherine nodded. The royal family indeed supported such engraving talents. When the king issued edicts, he would affix a seal representing the royal power. Naturally, the patterns on the stamps could be used to identify the authenticity, otherwise the king's edicts would be flying all over the sky.

Paul continued to suggest: "The carved master should be kept strictly confidential. In addition, severe punishments can be imposed on those who forge military tickets, such as the direct death penalty, to deter potential lawbreakers. In addition, we can also pass The texture of the material is used for anti-counterfeiting."

"Using parchment? Parchment is not easy to make."

"No, although parchment paper is not easy to make, people all over the world know the production technology, so we use the kind of paper made of plant fibers produced in the Northwest Gulf."

"Are you kidding me?" Catherine couldn't help it. "The kind of paper you invented is everywhere, and it's not scarce at all. And I heard that some underground workshops that don't want to pay patent fees have copied it."

Paul said confidently: "But the paper in the Northwest Gulf is still the best quality, and we can change the formula, add something else, such as cotton wool, and develop a special paper for making military tickets." Paper, so that its texture is different from ordinary paper, it is more wear-resistant and more resistant to folding, unlike other papers that can be torn as soon as it is torn. Because it is dedicated to military tickets, we artificially control its output and artificially make it It is scarce, and it is forbidden for civilians to buy this kind of paper."

"There is another advantage of using paper to make military tickets. After all, paper is still paper. It is not as easy to store as gold and silver. Paper will decay, so it will not be stored for several generations, so it will be stored in a certain period of time. time frame is spent in a timely manner.”

Catherine thought of a new question, "Will members of the army accept it?"

Paul replied, "Of course it is impossible to accept it all at once. In order to gradually promote military tickets in the army, we must first target the lowest-level soldiers. The lowest-level soldiers and their families have very little material life needs. As long as they can Buying enough daily necessities—grain, salt, cloth, wine—basically satisfies their lives, and these can be easily bought in shops opened by the royal family with military tickets. UU Reading "

"It's not easy to face military officers. Officers need a high-quality life and social interaction. Some of the luxuries they need cannot be exchanged with military tickets anytime and anywhere—after all, at the beginning, we can only let the royal family's shops Accept the military ticket."

"Even for soldiers, I don't recommend using coercive means to get them to accept military tickets. We can reach an agreement with them. Those who are willing to accept military tickets can receive one and a half times or even two times their salary, or half of their salary." Metal coins are used to pay half of the military tickets to soldiers. To target those soldiers from poor families, many soldiers have never even touched coins since they were young. For them, as long as they can buy the materials they need, money is the It makes no difference whether it's made of paper or metal."

"As long as the supply capacity of the royal family's shops can meet the needs of purchasing various living materials with military tickets, military tickets can establish a strong reputation among soldiers at the bottom."

"Once the reputation is established, the acceptance of military tickets will increase, and gradually spread to the officer class."

When Paul talked eloquently, Catherine kept nodding. She even felt that Paul's thoughts were quite mature.

"In addition, military tickets cannot completely replace coins at the initial stage, so I suggest that the royal government prepare a fund. When soldiers and their families have special needs and have to use coins, they can use military tickets to exchange for money. Coins of equivalent value."

"Please note that all the above-mentioned content is based on sufficient material supplies. If soldiers cannot exchange for the materials they need with their military tickets, all promises are meaningless."

Irene suddenly became happy, and eagerly suggested: "Since that's the case, why use military tickets only in the army? Can't it be promoted to the whole society?"