Warlord: King of All Clans

It was at this time that Leo returned to the River Bay Peninsula and landed on the open space of the lord's house.

Freya got the news first. She came out with a head full of mud and jumped around Leo, "Leo, Leo, what delicious food did you bring back?"

Leo skillfully took out a bunch of snacks and distributed them to his friends while asking Freya, "Why are you covered in mud? Where did you go to play again?"

"I'm digging a tunnel for Valery, ten tarts a day!"

"He's really heartless. There are only ten of them. The cake shop in town is owned by his family."

Freya was dumbfounded and said angrily: "Then I will raise the price tomorrow, I want eleven!"

Then he took out a small notebook and wrote down, "Valeri is a bad guy, bullying me again, a total of 108 times."

Leo rubbed her head helplessly, gave her the usual care for Hewan Dasha, and said: "Find the important work and finish it quickly, then I will take you to the north to play."

Freya happily circled around Leo, "Leo, good friend, woof woof woof!"

Upon hearing this, Feisha came over and immediately asked, "Are there any dog-headed men in the north?"

Leo nodded, "Of course there are. Fierce Kobolds, Strong Kobolds, Green Kobolds, Blue Kobolds, you name it. It's a pity that Riverbend is very poor, so they don't want to come."

Fisa immediately objected, "Riverbend is rich! Riverbend has money! Riverbend can support even more kobolds!"

Leo held out his hand, "Where's the money?"

Feisha hesitated for a long time, and finally made up her mind, "I will give you all the profits from the gold mine, and use them to recruit new kobolds!"

The gold mine in Gravel Castle has been developed for three years and has expanded significantly since the beginning.

Five extraordinary ogres who have learned how to smelt gold live here permanently, refining gold instead of the furnace.

At the same time, Hewan also built a small steam crushing plant to help the extraordinary dogs crush the ore and improve their production efficiency.

The biggest cost of a gold mine is mining and refining. These five extraordinary ogres and a dozen crushers can cut the cost in half.

Nearly a thousand kobold miners and human craftsmen work here, and the gold production has increased to three times the initial level. Now it can provide Riverbend with a profit of two thousand gold coins every month.

In addition to gold, the output of the associated silver mines is also not low, with silver ingots worth hundreds of gold produced every month.

If it weren’t located deep in the mountains and extremely difficult to develop, the investment in the gold mine would be even greater.

This is the most lucrative secret industry in Hewan. The news has been strictly kept secret by the Lord's Mansion, and not many outsiders know about it until now.

Hearing what Fisa said, Leo knew that she had really invested a lot of money, and immediately thought of what he had told him before, "How is the coinage that I asked you to research going?"

When this was mentioned, Feisha suddenly became excited. She waved her hand and the followers behind her immediately brought out her treasure chest.

This small box contains various gadgets from Fraser's recent research, covering a wide variety of subjects.

Fisa found a few gold and silver coins among a pile of springs and gears, "Look! The Kobold's gold coins!"

When Leo saw it, he was speechless. The gold coin made by Fraser had a dog's head on the front and crossed muskets on the back.

It is a complete imitation of the Imperial Gold Coin, with a mirror-smooth coin body and a gear-type anti-theft structure, but it is only one-tenth the weight of the Imperial Gold Sole.

The Imperial Gold Sole weighs nearly 50 grams and looks similar to the silver coin of the Republic of China. It is also called a gold cake. Its value fluctuates around 100 silver coins and is usually difficult to change.

It is not actually a regular currency in circulation and generally only appears in large transactions.

For ordinary people, imperial silver coins are large-denomination currencies, and copper coins are the currency used in daily life.

The only regular circulating currencies in the empire were silver and copper coins. People in rural areas basically used barter, and many people had never even used currency.

As the trade volume in Hewan grew, the empire's gold, silver, copper and soles began to become insufficient, and the circulation volume could not keep up with the development of Hewan.

Now the villagers in Hewan have started to save money, the population base using currency has increased hundreds of times, and they also hide gold and silver coins as reserves.

Many large cross-border caravans do not have that much gold and silver coin reserves and can only rely on weighing gold for settlement.

So Leo planned to mint his own coins, designing a small gold coin worth ten silver coins and a small silver coin worth ten copper coins, and to refine the original centacial currency system into a decimal currency system.

In fact, such operations have occurred in all three realms.

Leo had seen many things like five copper coins, ten silver coins, and ten-ounce gold coins.

Unfortunately, there are only a few gold and silver mines in the empire, all of which are occupied by the major forces in the Three Realms. Due to workmanship problems and the minters cutting corners, many currencies often lose their credibility after circulating for dozens or even hundreds of years, and gradually become history.

Coin minting also requires technology and scale to reduce costs. Without financial support, coin minting will be a loss.

Only the Royal Mint controlled by the imperial family could produce gold, silver and copper soles, with guaranteed quality and quantity for thousands of years, and thus barely maintain the operation of the monetary system.

Playing with the dog-head coin in his hand, Leo didn't care much about Fraser's design. It could be revised at any time anyway. His focus was on the coin-making technology. The texture of the gold coin in his hand was comparable to that of the Imperial Gold Sol.

“What is the cost of minting coins?”

Fisa wagged her tail, "It's free!"

"Um?"

"There is a complete coin minting production line in the atrium. Please open it to me for free, Al!"

Leo was shocked. As the acting lord, he needed to recharge if he wanted to use the equipment in the alchemy area.

No wonder the craftsmanship of Fraser’s first currency was so perfect.

“Why are you free?”

"Only if I don't steal her bear cub!"

Leo learned it and rubbed his chin. So stealing things is so easy?

"Al, Al, can you open the Midgard Mint Workshop to me for free?"

"cannot."

"Your bear cub is gone."

"Well... I'll give you a 50% discount! And a free design plan as well!"

Leo pressed the issue further, "Design me a banknote, too. Make it super anti-counterfeit!"

"Okay."

Now that Al was there, Fraser became useless, so Leo immediately abandoned Fraser and began to arrange the next itinerary.

"Send a letter to Frowald to inform Count Hermann that I am going to the north for investigation."

"Also arrange a caravan to send some local specialties to express their condolences. Is there a guide from the beast tribe? Prepare a team to negotiate with the beast tribe. Their dialect is a bit difficult to pronounce."

Feisa chased after him, "You must bring back a lot of kobolds!"

Of course Leo agreed, "I will."

Soon, Olivia also returned home. Today she went to Swamp Town to monitor the construction of the cement wheat field there.

The spring wheat in Yuehewanling has gradually matured, and she has become busy and started making preparations before the busy farming season.

This year, Olivia was no longer limited to mobilizing the supplies and manpower of the lord's mansion to ensure the autumn harvest.

She summoned all the ancestor shamans to control the weather and grasp the time!