"These two ingots of silver have words on them." Qin Feng turned the silver over. Wei Xi and Lian Gouyi could see clearly that there were words printed on the bottom of the silver. "This is the official silver of Ju State."
"Just words? That's pretty easy to fake!" Lian Gouyi looked at it.
Wei Xi was speechless. The first reaction of any good person was to pretend to be Guan Yin.
"These words are mainly for convenience of use," Qin Feng put two ingots of silver on the table. "The official silver will mark the specifications under the silver, such as one tael, five taels, and ten taels."
"But these are only for the convenience of casting. Except for copper coins in circulation, ordinary people cannot use this kind of silver in taels. Therefore, in the early days of the Ju Kingdom, it became a common practice for the people to divide official silver."
"In addition to convenience, there are also divisions and recasts, so you can take advantage of gaps where the balance is insufficient."
"Ju State initially occupied the northern territory and expanded to Dongyi. There was more trade with Nanjiang, and a large amount of silver from Nanjiang flowed into Ju State. The tribes of Ju State and Nanjiang tried to reach an agreement on official silver transactions, but the Nanjiang tribe was leaderless, and Nanjiang There are many silver mines, and there is always a large amount of silver flowing into the country of Ju without the control of Jucheng."
"Although there are a large number of silver mines in Northern Xinjiang and Nanjiang, the silver produced in Nanjiang is relatively inferior. Folks exchanged the inferior Nanjiang silver for the official silver of Ju State in Northern Xinjiang, and the bad coins drove out the good coins."
"Finally, sixty years ago, the late emperor spent great efforts to conquer the two largest tribes in Nanjiang, forced them to become vassals of Ju State, and controlled the largest silver-producing area in southern Xinjiang."
"Then, with the help of Wanjian Sect, Ju State cooperated with the old head of Tiandi Sect, Xia Xia of Ghost Ax Sect, and Hua Hua Elder of Qingcheng Sect to develop official silver anti-counterfeiting technology."
Wei Xi took the two ingots of silver from the table and even Gou Ni came over to look at them.
The two ingots of silver Qin Feng took out were five taels per ingot and twelve taels per ingot, which fully demonstrated her wealth.
The official silver of Ju State is very beautiful. The shape is a regular strip, with Jin Liang printed on the back, and two vertical characters engraved on the front: the year number on the left, and Tianxia Taiping on the right.
Wei Xi hadn't seen much silver, so he couldn't tell clearly, so he just waited for Qin Feng to explain.
"Basically, silver and spiritual stones are put into the furnace made by several immortal masters in proportion. The official silver is not easy to separate and has a dazzling luster. When the official silver is placed under the sun, a layer of halo will be formed around it. You can tell the truth by looking at it.”
"When this thing was first implemented, there were officials in the imperial court who were both overt and covert. When recycling private silver, they and some immortal cultivators lied about the amount and consumption of private silver."
"The late emperor was determined to rectify all the chaos in the silver circulation process and uprooted five or six immortal clans. Not to mention the court, the ground in the vegetable market has been red for two years."
"What does this have to do with the Immortal Cultivation Family?" Wei Xi asked.
"It matters a lot," Qin Feng replied, "There are two ways for people to rise, either to be an official butcher, or to step into the immortal sect."
"Just talking about the two things of entering the path of immortality and the leakage of yin and yang, the emperor must maintain a good relationship with the world of immortality, and the clan of immortality who has grasped the channels of advancement are naturally powerful."
"You don't know because the Qingcheng Sect does not have such a thing. Huaixin Sect, Wanfa Sect, Zhengxin Sect, including Wanjian Sect, all have immortal cultivating families, but their power is different."
Lian Gouyi smiled, "Good guy, after you became an official, you still can't compare to the second generation of cultivators in the Huaixin sect. It seems that the choice of track is very important!"
Wei Xi quickly asked before Qin Feng and Lian Goulu started to fight, "The emperor eradicates the immortal cultivating family, but will the cultivators just sit back and wait for death?"
Qin Feng sneered, "They don't need to agree. It's not like you don't know that those who cultivate immortals always have to eat, drink, and have sex. Most of these resources are controlled by the imperial court."
"Just like Lingshi, the mine with the highest yield is the private property of the Ju Kingdom's royal family."
"There is also food. Most of the monks are not engaged in production. Except for the Qingcheng sect who planted a terraced field on the mountainside, most sects still rely on food from the people."
"I don't know about other places. The two immortal cultivating families in Jucheng, the Wu family and the Cui family, have all bought their land in various ways."
"Also, immortal cultivators are suppressed by heaven and cannot attack innocent people. Immortal cultivators also have to live under the emperor's hand."
"Fuck you," Lian Gouyi said in shock, "I thought cultivating immortals could be carefree."
"You can really have no worries if you continue to be like this." Qin Feng saw Lian Gouyi coming back to life and started to quarrel with him again.
"I thought Wanjian Sect was at the head of the current sects." Wei Xi's tone was very soft, but Qin Feng understood.
"The Wanjian Sect looks at the problem from the perspective of the common people in the world. Although these sword cultivators know that the emperor may not be a good thing to the people, they also know that stability is a good thing for the common people in the world."
"So the Wanjian Sect still stands on the same side as the Ju Kingdom's court on major matters. Moreover, those who are cultivating immortals should be less involved in these matters. The leakage of yin and yang, sect disputes, and the development plan of the immortal cultivating world are the things that the Wanjian Sect should take care of. "
"Besides, most of the people in the Immortal Cultivation Clan are not monks. There may only be one or two in each generation? The emperor has clearly investigated the matter of official silver, and the Wanjian Sect must also follow the rules."
"The impact of this incident is too great. Now the officials in Jucheng are still privately using this incident as an example to educate their children."
Thinking of the serious faces of the elders of Wanjian Sect, Wei Xi had no doubt that they would do such a thing.
Lian Gouyi clicked his tongue in surprise. Now that he had recovered a little strength, his mind started to spin, "Then what does this have to do with the gold in Tangkou Town?"
Qin Feng took a sip of cold tea and said, "Now we have to talk about spiritual gold exchange."
"Spiritual stone is actually the solidification of spiritual energy. Immortal cultivators use it as currency, and it has a wide range of uses, such as refining and activating magic weapons, refining medicine, and feeding spiritual beasts."
"For example, Wei Xi's cowhide scroll is powered by spiritual stones. Once the spiritual stones are used up, they will disappear."
"You can think of the spirit stone mine as the earth's energy house. These spirit stones can grow."
"About half of the currently known spiritual stone veins are controlled by the Ju Kingdom. The Wanfa Sect is so rich, and they also relied on one of their spiritual stone veins to make their fortune."
"But spiritual stones are mainly used by immortal cultivators. If you trade with immortal cultivators, spiritual stones will flow into the world."
"The exchange of spiritual gold is also managed by the Mint Department. Compared with the official silver of Ju State, gold does not have a complicated management mechanism. At the same time, gold is also suitable for bulk trade between the imperial court and the world of immortality."
"So there is a fixed ratio between spiritual stones and gold. Officially, Ju State exchanges 500 low-grade spiritual stones for one tael of gold. In this way, Ju State can control most of the spiritual stones in the territory, and the gold will be converted into silver and flow into the market."
"In other words, gold is an area that can make a fuss in the entire monetary system of Ju State?" Wei Xi looked at Qin Feng.
