Chapter 2917: Magic Coins, Composite Materials

Of course, Xia Duo also knew that once a matter is known by more than two people, it is no longer a secret, and he did not intend to keep it confidential for long; after all, the Grey Peak Mountains side had already begun bidding, and fresh gold and silver ore would soon be mined.

And he certainly had to fully implement credit currency in the Territory before the gold and silver produced in the Grey Peak Mountains began to circulate, and he also had to promote physical currency imbued with the Order Force identifier to relevant partners and allies to cope with the currency devaluation shock caused by the increase in gold and silver.

It is not that currency made of precious metals like gold and silver will not devalue; essentially, it is an exchange voucher for other resources. Once there is more gold and silver, in reality, gold and silver become less valuable, and the relevant exchange ratios will certainly fall.

However, some currencies are not purely precious metals, such as the currency of Cormanthor, which actually carries Magic, making it difficult to forge; this is also the main reason why Cormanthor currency has always accounted for the bulk of the currency in circulation in the Northland.

Although Evereska also has its own legal tender, the one most commonly used is still Cormanthor's. The situation of using Cormanthor currency within Netheril is not yet common, but most foreign trade is still settled in Mithril or Cormanthor currency.

Nowadays, the ratio of Cormanthor Gold Coin to the gold coins of other countries is always above 1.2, sometimes rising as high as 1.5, and at its lowest, it has never been below 1.1!

It is conceivable that once the gold and silver from the Giant Mithril Mine in the Grey Peak Mountains are mined, the actual value of other countries' gold coins relative to Cormanthor Gold Coin will certainly fall again, specifically manifesting as a continuous increase in the purchasing power of Cormanthor Gold Coin.

Xia Duo suspected that other countries would also try to find ways to deal with this, but apart from attaching Magic, there were actually no better choices; issuing widely circulated credit currency in the current era was simply too advanced.

The exchange vouchers within Netheril could be considered a type of credit currency, but the gold coins that could actually be exchanged for the exchange vouchers of various territories were different; that is the difference in credit.

Even Xia Duo himself would only implement credit currency in the true sense within his own territory; externally, he still needed physical currency as a carrier for the Credit Currency Identifier, and of course, this would also serve as a high-end physical version of the credit currency within the Territory.

Even if the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce researched a gold-silver alloy with a suitable ratio, the essence of gold and silver is right there; even if some kind of alloy could surpass Adamantine, the actual limit is just there, and the reality is that even that level cannot be reached.

But even if Adamantine equipment can resist radiation environments, unless it is made entirely of Adamantine, the alloy will still suffer from erosion; being between pure Adamantine equipment and Iron equipment, the repair and recasting of such equipment will also cause Adamantine loss.

It is equivalent to a Constant Magic Item with a relatively strong effect.

This is the only excellent Energy-Conducting Material discovered so far that achieves a balance in cost, performance, production, and other aspects.

The prices of gold and silver have fallen, what does that have to do with my Adamantine? Although this Giant Mithril Mine also produces Adamantine, and even the actual production of Adamantine in the Northland far exceeds Mithril, the consumption is also very large.

This type of high-end physical currency is essentially no different from Cormanthor currency with attached Magic; it just artificially increases the value of the currency entity to counter the devaluation of precious metals.

The demand for Adamantine in the Underdark is endless, and unlike Mithril, which can be recycled and reused, Adamantine is a true consumable and is very difficult to refine.

In Xia Duo's own view, this can actually be called credit currency, but in the eyes of outsiders, the value of Adamantine itself is actually still very high, equivalent to using Mithril to manufacture currency.

Now, it is basically only used in some permanent Magic Facilities, using gold as an Energy-Conducting Material, exchanging a one-time high investment for long-term low maintenance.

This needs to wait until the new physical currency imbued with the Order Force identifier is put into use before it can be determined, because currency will also generate Order Force during the circulation process, but exactly how much it can generate and what the specific mechanism is, is currently uncertain.

The reason lies in the special radiation environment of the Underdark, which causes extreme erosion to equipment; even Magic Equipment has its service life greatly reduced in such an environment, while for ordinary equipment, only the three metals of Adamantine, Mithril, and gold can resist it, and other Iron or steel products are very difficult to exist for a long time.

It is not realistic to equip everyone with Magic Equipment, and gold is too soft to be suitable for making equipment (including weapons), Mithril still has Magic uses, and the only thing left that is most suitable is Adamantine.

Compared to the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce, he has a huge advantage, which is that he has mastered the technology of artificial Adamantine, and Adamantine is actually far superior to gold and silver in terms of wear resistance.

Unless a large amount of Adamantine appears all at once to give the entire Underdark a major re-equipment at once, pure Adamantine equipment will still only be eligible for use by a small number of high-level individuals, and a large number of middle and low-level individuals can only use ordinary equipment mixed with Adamantine.

The most important thing about credit currency is credit; Xia Duo would rather launch new functions later than hope for various problems after the new functions are launched.

Therefore, after comprehensive consideration, Xia Duo decided to use Adamantine as the main material to make the new currency, and he even thought of the name, calling it Blue Gold Coin, and it would not be distinguished by colors like gold, silver, and copper, but by face value.

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Regarding all the above, Xia Duo is not worried that the appearance of the giant mine in the Grey Peak Mountains will lead to the devaluation of Adamantine; instead, his second Floating City is made of Adamantine, and if it is opened in the future, it might attract the attention of the Underdark.

After staying in the Order Force Laboratory for a while, Xia Duo returned to his private Laboratory in the Tower of Time; he prepared to manufacture a batch of gold coins for subsequent experiments and future issuance.

And the Order Force identifier made by Xia Duo only has a marking function for the time being; it is not that it cannot be imbued with a Spell, it is just that it is currently uncertain how much the circulation of this physical currency will reach; if the quantity is too large, the Order Force may not be able to balance income and expenditure.

Another reason why the demand for Adamantine in the Underdark is almost infinite is—frequent conflicts, not only conflicts between countries, tribes, and races, but also conflicts between Wisdom beings and the environment.

Compared to Cormanthor currency, the physical currency identifier Xia Duo has made now actually still has a long way to go; the Magic attached to Cormanthor currency can be used in Reality, and it can be used once every period of time.

Gold is also an Energy-Conducting Material, and its properties are to a certain extent not inferior to Mithril, but the price of this property is dozens or even hundreds of times the amount of Mithril, which is obviously impractical.

Even if there were Dwarves or Drow with great talent and bold vision who unified the Underdark, the environment of poor mountains and treacherous waters itself is constantly breeding various risks, requiring a high state of armament to deal with all of this.

The same is true for Mithril; the Magic civilization has an endless demand for Mithril.