Chapter 1563： National preparations

It is foreseeable that with the support of two super large silver mines, the Tyrol Silver Mine and the Saxony Freiberg Silver Mine, Marin will no longer lack silver. Even, because of the outbreak of the production of the two major silver mines, the money shortage in Europe can be alleviated to a great extent.

In addition, Marin really intends to expand the output of the Rammelsberg silver mine in Goslar. When the output of the Rammelsberg silver mine also goes up, the European silver gap can basically cope.

As for the question of whether the price of silver and gold will fall after the outbreak of silver production, Marin has no worries. Because, Spain is about to open the way to the Great Zimbabwe Empire. On the Portuguese side, although the progress is far inferior to that of Spain, Kotinbuktu's road also has hope. Once Spain and Portugal win the Timbuktu of the Great Zimbabwe Empire and the Songhai Empire respectively, a large amount of African gold will also pour into Europe. When the output of gold and silver has increased substantially, the price ratio of gold and silver will also maintain a certain balance.

Speaking of which, with the gold and silver output of the three major silver mines and the two major African gold empires, the European money shortage problem will be resolved. Moreover, it can also maintain certain economic stability.

However, if Ishigami Silver Mountain and the gold and silver of the Americas Mexico and Peru also join in, then there is a problem. European productivity is here, and goods will not increase. Before, there was a lack of gold and silver, but with the gold of the two major gold empires and the silver of the three major silver mines, the gap could be filled. But if we add gold and silver from the Americas and gold and silver from Japan, then the total amount of money will seriously exceed the standard.

Therefore, in the original history, after large-scale gold and silver mines such as the Potosi Silver Mine in the Americas were developed, European productivity could not keep up, leading to a serious inflation in Europe, also known as the "price revolution."

Among them, due to the influx of gold and silver from the Americas, the price of Spain in the 16th century actually increased fourfold. In particular, the price of food has experienced a sharp rise in house prices comparable to later generations. Marin remembers that in the 17th century, the price of a quart of wheat (12.7 kg) in England actually increased to more than 20 shillings, which is one pound, and the highest was 40 shillings. This is still England, resting in Spain, with higher prices.

After thinking about it, Marin still intends to suspend the development of gold and silver in the Americas. Especially at the Potosi Silver Mine, Marin will hide it in a notebook and wait until Caesar needs it, and then take it out for development.

Of course, there is another way to suppress the rise in prices, that is-to increase productivity, so that the increase in goods exceeds the output of gold and silver. In this way, prices will not rise.

This is not difficult. As long as the sites of old and beautiful generations are developed well, there will be extensive land reclamation and industrial development. As a result, the increase in gold and silver is unremarkable.

Why would the later Blington Forest System collapse? Not after the 1970s, with the rise of automation technology, productivity has further increased. At that time, the increase in gold production was far behind the increase in productivity. In desperation, the gold standard system can only collapse.

That is to say, as long as Marin makes good use of the rich resources of later generations and old regions, vigorously develops productivity, so that the total amount of commodities increases dramatically, then even if the gold and silver mines in the Americas are developed, it will not cause inflation.

As for paper money or something, Marin dare not engage in it. Before the establishment of a modern financial system, unprofessional monarchs are prone to issue paper money. Just like the Ming dynasty, the excessive devaluation of Bao banknotes led to the rapid depreciation of Bao banknotes, and even private trade refused to collect them.

In the 19th century, which was in charge of the rapid development of the world economy and productivity, until 1880, there was only one country in the world that pursued the gold standard. Other countries, such as the United States and France, have implemented the gold and silver standard system, with very few banknotes. The United States only issued a large amount of greenback dollars during the Civil War, but after the war it was fully recovered and exchanged, and gold and silver coins continued to circulate in the market. It was not until the world ’s silver production skyrocketed in the 1870s that silver coins depreciated significantly, forcing many countries to abandon the gold-silver standard and start using the gold standard.

That is to say, only when the technological productivity has developed to a certain extent, is it suitable for issuing banknotes. Like the British Empire, there are not many countries that can make paper money very early. For example, in the United States, after the US $ 450 million greenback bills were issued during the Civil War, a large number of counterfeit notes appeared on the market, which severely impacted the market. The famous American Secret Service was established in 1865. The original intention of its establishment was not to collect intelligence, but to investigate and deal with counterfeit banknotes and maintain US financial security.

Therefore, Marin's plan is that before the completion of the Industrial Revolution, the gold and silver standard system can only be adopted, and paper money is not issued. Of course, it is still possible for the bank to get a checkbook or something. However, it requires complicated security measures and must be registered to avoid being falsified.

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Of course, those complicated financial problems must not be encountered by Marin now. After all, his life span is limited, and it is estimated that the day when technology is highly developed will not be seen. Even Caesar may not necessarily see that day.

Although Marin had already built a steam engine, that was the limit. Who asked Marin to be a liberal arts student in his previous life, but had never studied mechanics. To know the principle of the steam engine, all thanks to the middle school physics textbooks. Moreover, he does not understand machinery himself, and even relies on Da Vinci for the development of steam engines. Therefore, he is expected to have little hope of completing the industrial revolution while he is alive. At most, it can bring out the industrial level in the middle and early 19th century. As for the internal combustion engine and electric equipment in the middle and late 19th century, he certainly couldn't do it.

After leaving the Principality of Saxony ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Marin followed the previously established hotel post system and changed horses along the way. After a few days, he returned to Beihai.

After returning to the North Sea, Marin first issued an order instructing Wagner to lead the Second Army and 5000 Cossack cavalry south to support King Vladislas II of Bohemia.

At the same time, he ordered 8,000 policemen across the country and deployed 5,000 people to support Aurich ’s city defense and avoid being taken advantage of.

However, the First Army had already divided 5,000 people to go south to support Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg. Even with the 5,000 police force, the local force is still a little small.

Therefore, Marin also ordered that 20,000 people from the tens of thousands of people who usually follow the army be selected, drilled, and issued with weapon armor to help them defend the city and avoid attacks on the mainland.

At the same time, Marin ordered the third legion of Steindorff stationed in the eastern region to let them closely monitor the old nobles sent to the Bremen region, including the former captive princes, lest they take advantage of the emptiness of their domestic troops. , Fled abroad. Once they flee and get another regime in exile, it will be in trouble. Therefore, Marin secretly ordered Steindorff-if anyone really dared to take the opportunity to escape, just kill it ...

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Not only that, Marin also issued orders for combat readiness to the Ruhr area to the south. In order to prevent the rebellion of the eight princely states that newly joined the rule, Marin sent civilians to appease the locality, while sending a group of old military officers to Bochum, the capital of the Ruhr district of Beihai, to recruit 10,000 people and expand the locals Military training deterred southern regions and avoided unrest.

Even the 1,000 guards sent to the mining center of Goslar have temporarily expanded to 5,000 people to prevent chaos. For a time, the entire Beihai Kingdom entered a state of combat readiness ...

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