The territory is unusually lively today because the lord has changed the rules for eating at the Peace Hotel after the fight a few days ago.
Someone who can read is explaining the Lord's methods for changing the Peace Hotel to the statue in the center of Peach Blossom Village.
Actually, Butler Marcus had already read it aloud, but some people still didn't understand.
"The Peace Hotel will no longer provide free lunches." The first sentence almost made the people who came later faint.
"Instead, it will be changed to use copper coins to buy food. Everyone who works for the territory will receive a different amount of copper coins every day. They can then use the copper coins to eat at the Peace Hotel. They can choose how much to eat based on their own situation, and the Peace Hotel will provide three meals a day."
Below is the amount of copper coins required for food at the Peace Hotel:
One medium-quality black bread: two copper coins
One medium-sized plain black bread: one copper coin
One small piece of wheat bread: three copper coins
Large portion of various roasted meats: four copper coins
Small portion of various grilled meats: two copper coins
Various kinds of porridge: two copper coins
Various meat broths: three copper coins
Various vegetable soups: one copper coin
Various desserts: eight copper coins
Various fruits: five copper coins
While the villagers were hotly debating the price of food and how many copper coins they would receive each day, Ed was in Red Iron Village beginning to mint copper coins.
He planned to mint copper coins based on a population of 500 in the territory, with each person trading 30 coins per day, totaling 15,000 coins. That would amount to 450,000 coins per month. Now, including children, the territory likely has more than 500 people, so Ed planned to mint 3 million coins, keeping 500,000 as reserves. He could choose based on actual usage.
Because minting coins is a significant undertaking, Ed made the reverse side of the original copper coin design a bit more complex. All the sample coins used for minting the copper coins are with Ed.
He plans to build a mint specifically next to the castle after this project is completed.
"My lord, this copper coin is really difficult to carve, the design is so complicated!" Roderick spent several days carving the design of the copper coin that Ed had sent him.
Roderick's carving skills were quite good, and Ed was very satisfied.
"Yes, this is a bit more complicated. You must keep what I give you safe and not reveal it."
"My lord, I know." Roderick did know the importance of these things.
"You should work with Smith to mint copper coins as soon as possible. Don't mint too many or too few. You must keep a record of how many you mint each day. Forget it, I'll have Adelaide come over."
This is a rather important matter. Although he trusts Roderick, he is quite busy and will be running around, so his mind won't be fully on this.
"Yes, my lord." Roderick was secretly pleased; he hadn't wanted to come in the first place.
Because what the lord gave him last time was really too novel, he was at a crucial moment in studying it.
Yes, the cement is now at a critical stage. He has already experimented and it is very similar to what the lord said. With just a few changes, it can be mass-produced.
Imagining what the cement would look like after it dried, he suddenly understood why the lord was so determined to seize that gypsum mine.
"Roderick, can you estimate how long it would take to build 3 million of them?"
"My lord, this is far too long. It could take several months, or even longer." Roderick didn't know how long that would be.
"Oh? That does take quite a while!"