Chapter 33 [Steam Experiment]

Anno 380.

The natural disasters and man-made disasters that lasted for several years almost caused the finances of the Xinggu Dynasty to collapse.

Prices are soaring everywhere.

But there was no unrest anywhere.

With the court's efforts to save it.

The big ship of Xinggu Dynasty was sailing with difficulty in the wind and rain.

Many merchants who relied on price hikes to make illegal profits during the Xinggu Dynasty survived this crisis, but they also faced the most ferocious blows from the court.

Before, they were so happy to receive the money, but now they are crying so sadly.

Just because the supporting policy is no longer in place.

Moreover, the complete taxation system for merchants has gradually been improved.

All illegal gains will be confiscated and the whole family will be sent to jail.

It is because of the system of collective responsibility that it has not been abolished to this day.

The people of the Xinggu Dynasty who survived this crisis became more united and helped each other.

No matter how contradictory it is, it will all turn into nothingness in the face of natural disasters and man-made disasters.

same year.

The Xinggu Dynasty discovered a large amount of gold mines, and the court immediately announced the news.

All the gold mines in the world belong to the imperial court.

If anyone is found secretly mining gold, silver or copper, the entire family will be killed.

Autumn, Year 381.

After a year of mining.

The gold mine reserves of the Xinggu Dynasty have already reached thousands of tons.

The court announced.

Abolish all private family businesses.

The imperial court itself founded Xinggu Bank, Agricultural Bank of China, and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.

Xinggu Bank is responsible for issuing currency.

The Agricultural Bank provides savings and withdrawal services for counties, towns and villages, and also establishes a logistics company to be responsible for the collection and delivery of letters from all places.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, for savings and withdrawals by county and prefecture workers.

……

Anno 400.

After nearly twenty years of development.

The banks of the Xinggu Dynasty have already covered the entire world.

Especially Agricultural Bank of China.

in this year.

Xinggu Bank issues a new type of currency, paper money.

After ten years of research, the research institute developed a special paper with extremely strong flexibility, which is used in currency.

It is printed with patterns of mountains, rivers and lakes, including the king’s portrait, and anti-counterfeiting marks.

When paper money came out, no one dared to use it.

Just because the use of gold, silver and copper is deeply rooted.

Who knows if paper money will become unusable someday?

However, as the four major families in the court deposited all their money in banks, exchanged them for paper money, and traded with other merchants, they had to use paper money, so paper money began to circulate gradually.

The Xinggu Dynasty issued nine currencies, namely 100 yuan, 50 yuan, 20 yuan, 10 yuan, 5 yuan, 1 yuan, 5 cents, 2 cents and 1 cents.

The currency notes with a value of more than five yuan have the king’s head printed on them; the currency notes with a value of less than five yuan have a pattern of a family of three looking up at the setting sun from the side in primitive times.

This is the new currency of the Xinggu Dynasty, and it was quickly accepted by the people!
In these long years.

The Research Institute is also not idle, but is working hard to develop and make the Xinggu Dynasty even more powerful.

same year.

The Xinggu Dynasty underwent population census.

The number of registered people has reached more than 1500 million.

Only after the food problem is solved.

The people of the Xinggu Dynasty no longer have to worry about food or not being able to feed their children.

Simultaneously.

The Xinggu Dynasty also promotes equality between men and women.

If the family has only daughters, you can marry a son-in-law. If there are two children, it is not impossible for the man to have one child take his surname, but it requires negotiation between both parties.

The Xinggu Dynasty also issued a law that if some families were dissatisfied with their children being daughters and strangled or abandoned them, they would be charged with murder.

As long as a baby is born and comes into this world, he or she is a citizen of the Xinggu Dynasty. Even if he or she is not registered, he or she is a citizen of the Xinggu Dynasty. If you cause his or her death, it is a capital crime and no one will waste time talking to you.

In particular, the imperial security has a very high degree of protection for children from birth to the age of 18. However, if a minor bullies or kills other minors, the imperial security will punish them terribly.

Bullies, whether you are an adult or a minor, have violated the court laws and may be sentenced to six months in prison at the least or three to ten years at the most.

Those who bully others to death will be sentenced to death directly. Their guardians must compensate the deceased for his losses and be sentenced to three to five years in prison. If the guardian has children, they will be handed over to other relatives to take care of them. If there are no other relatives, the court will raise them.

This is how the Xinggu Dynasty protects children.

So what if you invite a big lawyer?

Maybe the big lawyer you hired might send you to jail.

Don't challenge the authority of the Xinggu Dynasty.

The 410th year of the Star Ancient Era.

In just ten years, the population of the Xinggu Dynasty increased by nearly three million, reaching 1800 million.

And as the environment changes, life expectancy has increased to 58 years.

Some people live long enough to live to be seventy or eighty years old.

Those who have short lives come and go in a hurry due to untreatable illnesses.

Therefore, based on the huge population base, the population growth of the Xinggu Dynasty was also quite large.

in this year.

The Xinggu Dynasty, which had been silent for many years, had grown its military strength to more than 600,000.

Moreover, they are all elite troops.

Following the order from the royal capital.

The three major military war zones of East, South and West continued to expand outward.

The army marched eastward and this time they only stopped when they reached the seaside.

The Southern Dynasty also fought to the seaside.

The army on the Western Expedition was blocked by an endless mountain range and could not move forward, so they stopped the attack.

……

King's capital.

Research Institute.

Yang Yu came to the research institute to inspect the work today, followed by Hu Long and accompanied by the Minister of Research.

The Minister of Research is different from other Cabinet Ministers.

Other cabinet ministers are replaced every four years, but the king will not allow the Minister of Science and Technology to step down unless he wants to retire and enjoy his old age.

The Minister of Science and Technology explained to the King the Institute of Science and Technology and what he saw along the way.

Sudden.

Yang Yu paused and his eyes fell on the laboratory in the distance.

It's more like a classroom than a laboratory.

Several young people were standing together, studying something.

"Your Majesty, these people are my students. Since the research institute is not busy, they are studying steam."

Seeing the king stop and pay attention to his student's small experiment, the Minister of Scientific Research hurriedly spoke.

"steam?"

Yang Yu looked at the Minister of Scientific Research, Lin Guodong.

He was the first to discover the existence of gravity.

Proposed the concept of universal gravitation.

The most awesome Minister of Science and Technology this time.

……

Inside a simple laboratory.

Zhang Peng, Liu Yang, Wang Fei and Li Yun watched the hot water gradually boiling.

Zhang Peng said excitedly: "A Fei, quickly plug the spout of this kettle, the time to witness a miracle is coming."

"It's plugged in. It's already plugged in." Wang Fei took a wooden plug and plugged the spout of the kettle, saying, "Apeng, what's next?"

Zhang Peng closed the lid of the kettle and took a stone to press down the lid.

Suddenly, because the water in the kettle had boiled to the limit, and the spout and lid were closed, the entire kettle began to shake on the stove.

"Apeng, will this explode?" Seeing this, Liu Yang asked worriedly.

If it exploded, the consequences would be disastrous.

"boom!"

Suddenly, there was a dull sound.

The wooden cork that was originally blocked in the spout of the kettle suddenly flew out of the spout under a strong air pressure, hit the wall, and bounced to the ground.

"This……"

(End of this chapter)