February 2, the 34th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, 1908, the Third Printing Factory, Baima Industrial Zone.
Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year.
Except for the staff on duty, all employees of the entire Xingke Group are already celebrating the Spring Festival.
However, Wen Desi and other senior officials did not have the time.
After spending New Year's Eve with Gu Xiaolu and other close associates yesterday, he came to the Third Printing Factory early this morning.
Xingke Group has two printing plants.
The first printing plant mainly prints various books, newspapers, magazines, pictorials, calendars, stickers, advertising albums, etc., which are relatively exquisite and high-end printed matter.
The Second Printing Factory mainly prints various consumable printed matter, various notebooks, homework books, letterheads, account books, statements, leaflets and other daily things used by agencies and schools.
The business of these two printing houses is open to the outside world, mainly for making money.
But the Third Printing Plant is different.
It is not even located in the same factory as the other two printing plants.
It is never open to the outside world.
Even only a few people within Xingke Company know of its existence.
It does not aim to make money.
But the money earned is beyond the reach of the other two companies.
Because its main job is to print money, it is Wen Desi's money printing factory.
The Third Printing Factory is not in the production area of the headquarters, but in a very remote hilly area to the west, about 5 kilometers away from the headquarters militia.
This place has been idle since it was bought by Xingke.
Except for a training camp built by the vigilante group here, there are no factories.
The Third Printing House cannot be seen on the surface; it is in the heart of the mountain.
In order to build this factory, Wen Desi asked people to hollow out a hill.
The security here is quite strict.
To the west is a militia training camp, where two companies are permanently stationed.
There is also a military dog training base to the east.
Hidden advanced monitoring equipment is installed at intersections and nearby commanding heights.
There are many checkpoints and roadblocks on the only road leading to the outside world.
Even President Wen's motorcade is no exception.
He passed through 4 checkpoints and 3 hidden sentries before arriving at the gate of the printing factory.
After going through identification at the door, they entered the production area of the printing factory.
It has the most advanced printing equipment on the planet at this time.
Huaxia Bank’s silver dollar coupons, Xingke Company’s vouchers, restaurant coupons and other valuable bills are all produced here.
Of course, it is not just about printing these banknote products.
Other securities, identity cards of company employees, party cards of members of the Science and Society Party, military cards of the revolutionary army, etc.
All printed matter with anti-counterfeiting technology are also produced here.
However, these are not the things Wen Desi came here to see today.
"Mr.
Wen, now we have successfully trial-produced 166 types of banknotes from sixteen countries including Britain, the United States, France, Germany, and Japan.
As long as there is no problem with the supply of special paper, we can enter the mass production stage at any time."
The factory of the Third Printing Factory Chang Qin Jiubin introduced.
Shen Xiaolei, director of the Third Paper Mill, said quickly: "There is no problem with the supply of paper for these banknotes.
Our Third Paper Mill has fully mastered the production technology and process of these papers.
Some special raw materials such as the three-year-old tree needed for the Japanese yen, We also have a stable source of materials and purchase channels for wild goose bark trees, red and blue fibers needed for U.S. dollars, etc.
As long as the company gives orders, we can mass-produce them at any time."
He came here with Wen Desi today, and he is indispensable for this matter. .
In the small conference room, Qin Jiubin took out a pile of banknote samples and real banknotes, as well as several specialized banknote verification equipment, and showed them to Wen Desi and others.
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Wen Desi took out a 100-pound note and looked at it under a mercury lamp.
He saw that the complex watermark unique to the pound was very clear, and there was no difference between it and the real banknote for comparison, at least he didn't see the difference.
Then he rubbed it for a while, but there was no difference in feel.
He asked: "How is the production going?"
Qin Jiubin said very confidently: "For example, these pounds, whether their paper, printing process or ink formula are exactly the same as those of the Royal Banknote Printing Factory in London.
Moreover, our printing engravings are 3D printed with high-strength alloy powder.
It’s much better than their steel engravings.
Our printing equipment is also much more advanced than theirs, so our yield rate is over 99.
At this time, the yield rate of the Royal Banknote Printing Plant in London is only about 80.”
"How realistic are they?"
"If we look at the technology at this time, these are completely genuine banknotes.
Not to mention that the British people today do not have this kind of identification technology.
Even our own experts, if they do not use some advanced analysis equipment, they only use the equipment of this era.
Can’t tell the difference either.”
Qin Jiubin smiled, turned on a UV lamp, and said, "So, in order to make it easier for us to distinguish ourselves, we printed an extra dot with invisible fluorescent ink on the four corners of our product.
This dot is usually invisible. , can only be displayed under ultraviolet light, and the current powers cannot make ultraviolet lamps."
As he spoke, he placed two 100-pound banknotes under a UV light.
Suddenly, a small fluorescent dot appeared on each of the four corners of the left banknote.
For Xingke, printing technology is not a problem at all.
Although it is still impossible to replicate the printing technology of the 23rd century under the current conditions, it is still no problem to create the printing technology of the early 21st century.
The banknote anti-counterfeiting technology of this era was still very primitive.
With the technological level 100 years later, it would be too easy to defeat them.
The serial number of banknotes is not a problem.
The base's main control optical brain "Xiao Feifei" is a large quantum computer.
Calculating the serial numbers of banknotes in this era should not be too simple for it.
The only difficulty is the mass production of the special paper used to print these banknotes.
For more than a year, the main task of the Third Paper Factory has been to master the mass production process of the special banknote paper of various major powers, so it has been delayed until now.
"Great, in the future we can help the world's major powers print money, hahaha" Wen Desi smiled happily.
You idiots, I asked you to come to China to rob, I will make you spit out your capital and profits now.
"So Mr.
Wen, which quantity should we print first?"
Qin Jiubin asked eagerly.
Without thinking, Wen Desi said: "The British pound is of course the richest and most powerful in the UK.
The pound is the most common currency in the world.
In terms of quantity, the current circulation of pounds in the world is about 22 billion.
Pounds, let’s start with 220 million, and then the U.S. dollars.
Now the United States is the world’s second largest economy, and the U.S. dollar circulation is about 50 billion U.S. dollars, so just 500 million.”
Although the problem of mass production of banknotes has now been solved, stamping cannot be opened.
The governments of the great powers in this era still had some integrity, at least when it came to printing money.
Their currency issuance was determined based on their own gold and silver reserves.
Generally speaking, the ratio of currency issuance to gold and silver reserves is 5:1 to 20:1, and even the most unscrupulous ones will not exceed 50:1.
Because the banknotes of the great powers in this era can really be directly exchanged for gold and silver, unlike future governments that can print whatever they want.
Niu Niu is now the most powerful.
They occupy a quarter of the earth's land area and have the highest gold and silver reserves in the world.
However, the circulation of pounds is only about 22 billion pounds.
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Next is France.
Although the rooster's territory is not as good as that of the ox, this country is unique in usury imperialism and especially likes to play loans.
Therefore, the circulation of francs is also very high, about 350 billion francs, which is equivalent to 14 billion pounds.
Then there are the two emerging industrial countries, the United States and Germany, with US dollars in circulation of approximately US$50 billion, equivalent to approximately 10 billion pounds.
The circulation of Deutsche Mark is about 180 billion marks, which is equivalent to about 9 billion pounds.
Although Russia has a large territory, its economy is not very good.
There are about 50 billion rubles (about 5.55 billion pounds) circulating in the market.
There are approximately 100 billion Italian lira in circulation, equivalent to 4 billion pounds, and approximately 72 billion Austro-Hungarian krona, approximately 3 billion pounds.
A big power like Japan is even less ranked, with a circulation of about 6 billion yen, equivalent to about 600 million pounds. s: This currency circulation has not been found.
This data was speculated by me based on some economic data at the time.
Don't blame me if I am wrong.
According to Liu Yang, chief financial expert of Xingke Group, an appropriate amount of "Xingke version currency" can stimulate economic development and is a positive thing for the world economy.
Well, let’s just ignore the ethics of this point of view.
However, Comrade Liu Yang also proposed that the circulation of "Xingke version currency" should also be controlled, and it is best not to exceed 1% of the original circulation, otherwise it will have the opposite effect.
If it exceeds three percent, it will be too easily exposed.
Although it is still difficult to identify it with the technology of the great powers, if they check it one by one according to the serial number of the record, they can still find something wrong.
Another point is that these major powers are now the main markets for Xingke Group's products.
If they distribute too much and mess up the market, it will be a trap for both others and themselves.
Therefore, Wen Desi temporarily set the circulation amount of these "Xingke version currencies" at one percent of the original circulation.
If you wait to go to war with them, then there is no need to be polite, just open the seal.
Xingke Biological Research Institute.
After leaving the Third Printing Factory, Wen Desi came to the Institute of Biology.
At this time, all the buildings in the Biological Research Institute have been repaired, and the largest building here is the Modulation Center.
This is a green ring-shaped building with eight floors above ground and four floors underground.
From a top view, this is a building composed of two concentric circles.
There is an air corridor connecting the inner and outer rings, which looks like a carriage wheel.
"Mr.
Wen, the first floor here is the power workshop, equipped with a backup power station.
The nutrient solution manufacturing workshop and central air conditioning are also here.
The second to sixth floors are ordinary biological preparation centers, which are food crops, cash crops, and fish. and invertebrates, higher vertebrates, and biochemical humans The seventh and eighth floors are the research center and laboratory.
As for the underground part, the first floor below is the material warehouse and garage, the second floor below is the special animal preparation workshop, the third floor below is the special plant preparation workshop, and the fourth floor below is the workshop.
"Dangerous Biological Preparation Workshop" introduced Ji Huiye, the head of the research institute.
"Dangerous creatures are" Wen Desi's heart moved.
"Germs and viruses, including those that are harmful to humans and other living things," Ji Huiye said calmly: "So they are on the bottom layer.
The bottom layer is all wrapped in high-temperature resistant alloy and isolated from other layers.
If something goes wrong , can be sealed immediately and release high-temperature incendiary agents to completely destroy it, you can rest assured."
"Okay" Wen Desi wiped his cold sweat.
He knew very well that for a big country, it was one thing whether or not such a thing was used, but it must be available.
"So, what are special animals and special plants?"
Ji Huiye replied: "Beyond microorganisms, fully artificial organisms that have not evolved naturally, and some alien organisms."
"Wait, I know about synthetic creatures, but do we also have alien creatures?
Why didn't I know that Xingke is just a mining and metallurgical company?"
Wen Desi suddenly felt embarrassed.
"You forgot that they are in the garden and zoo in the ecological area of your base office building, such as Nine-Colored Flower and Pikachu."
Ji Huiye stared at him strangely.
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"Ah, those things are actually ornamental plants and pets that I always thought were synthesized by alien creatures."
Wen Desi really didn't know.
After all, he didn't study this field.
"Of course they are alien creatures.
Their origins are other terrestrial planets, but they have been introduced for a long time.
For example, those Pikachus, their scientific name is Aldebaran thunder-like rats, and they are native to the Aldebaran galaxy.
Planet 88 is called this name just because its appearance is very similar to the protagonist of a famous cartoon in the 21st century."
Ji Huiye continued: "Of course, because we are just a mining and metallurgical company, the information on alien creatures is incomplete.
There are only some common types, that is, the more popular economic and ornamental creatures.
There are very few functional creatures, and Due to technical limitations, we can only replicate some carbon-based organisms."
Wen Desi just took a quick look at the other levels.
They came to the biochemical preparation workshop on the sixth floor, which was the focus of today.
The most eye-catching thing on this floor is the glass mixing tanks arranged around the floor.
Each mixing tank is 1.8 meters in diameter and 3.8 meters high.
It has a royal blue appearance and you can faintly see the wriggling embryos inside.
Dozens of cables and pipes are connected to each modulation tank, and there is a control terminal next to it.
"There are a total of 255 modulation tanks here.
After more than a year of testing, Weiyuan Glass Factory was finally able to produce a barely usable modulation tank, but it only reached Level A-3, and the modulation success rate could only barely reach 98.
And they The success rate is quite low.
The 255 modulation slots are now selected from more than 8,000 products, and the others can only be used for modulation of non-human creatures," Ji Huiye said.
"That is to say, 255 biochemical humans can be brewed here at a time."
Wen Desi was overjoyed.
Ji Huiye corrected: "No, it only has a success rate of 98.
To be precise, there are only about 250 finished products each time."
"That's not bad, then if we want to continue to increase production, can we increase the modulation tank?"
Wen Desi asked.
He is a bit over the top.
If he builds an army of cyborgs, he will be able to crush the world without any pressure in a few years.
However, Ji Huiye immediately broke his dream.
"Mr.
Wen, the preparation of biochemical humans is different from other organisms.
This is not only a problem of the preparation tank.
It is also limited by the production of high-grade high-purity nutrient solutions.
Currently, the number of high-grade high-purity nutrient solutions produced by our equipment is limited.
Every month The output can provide up to 6,000 people.
The most important thing is embryo production.
Our embryo generation system can only produce about 5,250 human embryos per month.
These two devices are products of the 23rd century and are not manufactured at all now.
Maybe, the most optimistic estimate is 50 years from now.”
Wen Desi could only say: "Hey, forget it.
But it can be increased by more than 6 times, which is quite good.
The 40 original brewing tanks in the office building base are all used to brew high-level biochemicals, and the ones here are used to brew ordinary cyborgs.
The biochemical man is ready.
I'll go back and let Wei Bo work harder to get dozens more qualified products.
Let's fill up the 350 quota first.
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