The first day of sales of the magic-powered mobile phones was exceptionally hot.
The initial stock was 5,000 units, and an additional 5,000 units were produced. A total of 10,000 "Libra" magic-powered mobile phones were sold out in a short day. The Datang Chamber of Commerce was crazily sucking in 20 million gold coins, once again drawing out the gold coins that had never been circulated in the treasury of the nobles.
"How's the situation today?"
In the evening, Tang En came to the study. Fiona was there sorting out the information gathered from the various cities.
Of course, Tang En was not concerned about the sales income. Although 20 million gold coins was a sizeable amount, in this world where money and production were seriously mismatched, and the economy was in chaos, no amount of gold coins could prove anything.
What he was really concerned about was the registration of the users who bought the magic-powered mobile phones.
These users' information would be the highlight of the future.
"Very good. It's going exactly as we expected."
Fiona's face was full of smiles. Although sorting out the information made her very tired, seeing the plan go smoothly gave her a sense of accomplishment.
"Currently, the 10,000 mobile phone users in the various cities have all been registered. Their information has also been compiled and sorted according to the city. It's very convenient to look at it at any time."
In other words, these 10,000 wealthy people had unknowingly been included in Ellington's household registration system.
Their phone cards and crystal identity cards were proof.
Tang En smiled. "Not bad. Looks like everything is going smoothly."
The people of Prandal didn't have a very clear concept of privacy at the moment, so they didn't attach much importance to personal information. In their opinion, name, age, gender, address, whether one was a Heaven's Revelation or one's strength didn't matter, so they were very straightforward when registering.
This information would also become an important basis for Tang En to manage the Irus Empire in the future.
"The crystal identity cards and phone cards in the hands of these people will become proof that our Ellington's influence has spread further. The addition of the storage and spending functions has also begun to allow money to flow from the Star Diamond Bank to the Datang Chamber of Commerce. Your Majesty, I think we should use this opportunity to set up a bank and directly provide the personal storage function for the crystal identity cards."
Fiona suddenly said, "This is a good opportunity. With our own bank, we can better control the flow of money."
Setting up her own bank was something that Fiona would not have dared to think about before, but now she felt that it was not something that was out of her reach. The Datang Chamber of Commerce's ability to make money was too strong. Every month, it was close to 100 million gold coins. Unfortunately, this amount of gold coins passed through the hands and returned to the Star Diamond Bank. This made her feel very uncomfortable..
Twain shook his head. "I've thought about it, but now is not the time."
Of course, he knew how important it was to set up a national bank, but it required a strong guarantee of strength to make the depositors feel at ease to deposit their money.
The Star Diamond Bank had the backing of the dragons, but what did the Ilrus Empire have?
Originally, the Irus Empire's bank was not strong enough to provide a strong guarantee. Even the citizens did not have confidence in their own country. Who would be willing to give their money to a bank?
But now, the Datang Chamber of Commerce had gradually merged with the Irus Empire. The powerful ability to make money and spend brought great vitality to the country. The Chamber of Commerce continued to make money and returned the gold coins to the workers through a large number of construction projects. In this way, the average income per person had greatly increased.
The social infrastructure was gradually improved and various kinds of security facilities were gradually put in place. The new products also stimulated the enthusiasm of the citizens, further increasing the social and economic vitality.
The Datang Chamber of Commerce had brought new life to the country.
Therefore, the Datang Chamber of Commerce was a golden signboard.
Using the credit of the Datang Chamber of Commerce to set up a bank was indeed very feasible.
In fact, Tang En had indeed thought of this problem. The identity crystal cards issued by the Datang Chamber of Commerce would be related to his further plans, not only for the consumption of stored value, but also for the currency reform that he was brewing.
Prandal's economic system was too chaotic. The gold standard currency system did not match the current GDP at all. The expected reserves of gold coins were too large, but the circulation of gold coins in the market was very small. It was clearly a situation of inflation (the total amount of money was far greater than the GDP of society, the value of money fell, and the price of goods rose), but it forcibly created the illusion of deflation (the total amount of money was less than the GDP of society, the value of money rose, and the price of goods fell). The hidden danger had not completely erupted yet. If there was an economic crisis, perhaps everyone would be affected.
Therefore, Tang En wanted to carry out a currency reform.
However, he did not know much about financial currencies. It was impossible for him to come up with a perfect financial system to replace the current gold standard currency system. The monetary system was a strict and complicated system. So many financial experts on Earth had tried for so many years, but they had not been able to find a perfect monetary system that could avoid all kinds of risks. It was even more impossible for him.
At most, Tang En could only introduce a monetary system that was parallel to the current economy, such as the credit currency system based on the Datang Chamber of Commerce or the Irus Empire. It was impossible for it to be perfect.
Moreover, although there were huge problems with the current gold trading system, there was one good thing. Due to historical reasons, the Irus Empire retained the right to issue currency. Irus gold coins, as the hard currency of Prandal, could be used as currency in various countries without cumbersome exchanges.
There was a huge amount of the previous dynasty's currency accumulated in the market. Although there was a lot of gold in it, its value had depreciated to a certain extent.
The current method was to recycle it through the Star Diamond Bank and return it to the Irus Empire's Mint. After it was melted and recast, it would become brand new Irus gold coins and be circulated again.
Unfortunately, after the currency was circulated, it would quickly be earned by various large Chambers of Commerce, aristocrats, and various countries through various channels. Then, it would be stored in the treasury to collect dust. The situation would continue to worsen.
Now, if he wanted to get rid of this heavy burden, establishing his own bank could only alleviate the situation, but it could not cure it completely. The only way was to carry out a currency reform.
However, the problem was that if Tang En wanted to carry out a currency reform, he could not avoid the Star Diamond Bank and Dragons. After all, the Star Diamond Bank was currently the only bank chain in Prandal. It controlled almost all the currency circulating in the Prandal market. The currency circulating in the market was actually circulating in the Star Diamond Bank.
This was a vicious circle that he could not get out of. If he wanted to completely solve this problem, there were too many things to consider. It was really too complicated.
The credit system that was parallel to the gold system was probably the most feasible solution. As long as it did not affect the interests of the Goblins and Dragons, it would not be resisted. When the influence of the crystal identity card expanded to a certain extent, the credit system could also be used to realize macro-control of the existing currency, and gradually put the financial system on the right track.
Therefore, the problem returned to the original point — the registration of personal information of the crystal identity card.
Therefore, Tang En could only take one step at a time. First, he would establish a personal information management system, and popularize the crystal identity card in the Irus Empire as soon as possible.
However …
Looking at the stacks of documents next to Fiona, which were categorized by city, he had a headache. The registration of information was really too cumbersome, and the amount of data in the later stages was also quite terrifying. He also had to set up a special archives department to deal with the citizens' records.
Tang En had already discussed this problem with Klotto before. Although the crystal card storage technology that the Dragons and Goblins had jointly restored could already store information, there was still no operating system similar to OS X or Windows. If you were given a pure DOS system computer, an ordinary person like you would not be able to write a table as clear as Excel …
Now, he could only hope that the research institute could further develop a more convenient human-computer interaction scheme. At the very least, they could come up with an operation interface that was convenient for ordinary people to use.
"You've worked hard. You just have to hold on for a while. Once this information is sorted out, it will be archived. While you're at it, recruit some people to train them in this area. They will be specifically responsible for the management of the files."
Tang En comforted Fiona. "When the research institute finalizes the human-computer interaction interface, it will be easier."
In fact, it was already a pleasant surprise to be able to use the crystal card storage technology. It must be known that Tang En was worried at first about completely using words and paper to record and register information. That kind of workload would be terrifying.
Now that there was a breakthrough in the magic cell phone technology and the product had been tested, the next step was to rely on the theory of magic waves to carry out theoretical research on network data transmission and create a wireless data network that covered Prandal.
With the current technical foundation and Tang En's theoretical guidance, it could be expected that the network technology would not be too difficult. The basic principle was the encoding and transmission of data. For those experts who were obsessed with technology, it was not a strange field.
It was worth mentioning that the bottleneck of computer development was the problem of hardware, but it did not exist in this incredible world. This was because the foundation of this technology was the magic crystal. The magic crystal that carried information was equivalent to the hardware system of the computer.
Tang En had always felt that this was very unscientific, but when he thought about how this world could not be explained by science, he simply accepted the reality.
While Tang En was secretly collecting user information, he was also gradually expanding the influence of Errington's crystal identity card. On the other hand, as expected, the hot sales of the magic-powered mobile phone had brought about a huge social trend. For a moment, it even changed the lifestyle of the nobles in the Ilrus Empire.
When the nobles met at the banquet, they no longer acted according to the usual routine. Instead, they began to take out their magic cell phones to save each other's contact information.
What? You said you don't have a magic cell phone? The other party promised to turn around and leave. Or show off the magic cell phone in his hand. That kind of noble superiority would make you feel like a country bumpkin who came out of the slums.
Actually, he only wanted to express one sentence. Sorry, you're already outdated.
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