I stole divine power in Daxia

Chapter 558 The importance of society
The storytellers were put in shackles, loaded into prison vans, and lined up in a long queue, heading from the bustling Suzaku City to the Xuanwu City God Execution Division. Gao Wencan rode a tall horse and looked at Hu Wenlang beside him, feeling very proud.

Hu Wenlang was an official and could not be put in the shackles and prison cart before he was convicted, but since he had fallen into his hands, he could not escape.

The reason why Gao Wencan conducted the interrogation so publicly instead of in secret was because the main purpose of his move was to suppress Zhou Tieyi's prestige, so he not only had to conduct the interrogation in public, but also had to conduct the interrogation in the headquarters of the Zhushen Division, learning from the way Zhou Tieyi interrogated the merchants of Tianjing in the past, to let the people of Tianjing see who they can and cannot mess with.

At the beginning, Zhou Tieyi had the support of the emperor, so he was able to achieve this. Now Gao Wencan also has the support of the emperor, and he feels that he can also achieve this.

When the prison van arrived outside the God-Executing Division, another thing happened quietly.

In the newly built and magnificent headquarters of Southeast Bank, there is a constant stream of people, all handling various businesses.

Suddenly, a cry of surprise came from a top-level window, "Why has the price of gold increased so much!"

The new banks naturally also undertake currency exchange business. In the previous few months, the banks' gold and silver exchange rate hovered between 1:11 and 1:12, and ordinary people did not have a high demand for gold.

In addition, there is interest earned by depositing gold and silver in a bank account, so the gold and silver in people's homes gradually gathered in banks.

In the first two months, no one felt anything was wrong, because one tael of silver note was a fixed amount of one tael of silver and could be redeemed immediately in any bank in Daxia. Only the redemption ratio between gold and silver was increasing, but it was also within a reasonable fluctuation.

It was the big families, because of their contact with the illusory world of Taixu, who realized that something was wrong and secretly collected large amounts of gold. However, the amount of gold collected by the big families was too huge, and they had no way to compete with the banks backed by the court, so the ratio of large transactions between them even reached 1 to 13.

Even at this point, for their own benefit, the big families tried their best to hide it from the people below, because gold can be directly exchanged for cultivation resources in the Taixu Illusion Realm, and the sooner the people know this, the better, so as to ensure the advantage of the big families.

But things can never be hidden. Today, not only Southeast Bank, but all banks have changed the gold exchange price.

One tael of gold can be exchanged for fifteen taels of silver!

In this way, even a fool can understand that something must be wrong.

Although gold is not in great demand among the people, it is widely used as a stabilizer in various spiritual practices. Whether it is Confucianism, Buddhism, or Taoism, they all like to use gold to represent eternity, which shows the importance of gold in spiritual practice.

The one who exclaimed was none other than a retainer of a general's mansion in Yujing Mountain. This retainer practiced Mohist mechanical arts, but like Qin Yu at that time, he did not belong to the Mohist school in order to escape the universal love tax. In the past two months, the new type of steam mechanical arts had spread throughout the world through newspapers. At the request of his master, this retainer also began to try to switch to the new way of mechanical arts. The engraving of the formation inscriptions inevitably involved the use of gold.

When he exchanged the money a few days ago, the ratio of 1 to 12 was already painful, and today it has even reached 1 to 15. There is no way to get it reimbursed!
The mechanical wizard could not help but say, "Gold and silver are the foundation of the country. Aren't you afraid of being blamed by the Queen Mother of Heaven for raising the prices so much?"

As a retainer, he naturally knew the current situation in Tianjing better than the common people. He knew that the person behind the Central Bank of Daxia was no longer Zhou Tieyi, but the Queen Mother.

Today, the staff of Southeast Bank seemed to have lost their patience all of a sudden. They said impatiently, "You are such a strange person. It is always reasonable that the price of goods rises when they are scarce. Now that people in the world need more gold, the price increase is reasonable. We are just working for the government. We can't benefit from the increase in gold prices. Instead of blaming us, you should blame yourself for not making enough money. You only regret it when you need it!"

The sorcerer wanted to open his mouth to argue, but the Tianzi counter next to him opened two new businesses, which were unveiled by the bank president himself.

"Hello, guests, look here!"

The bank president was a deputy manager of the Southeast Chamber of Commerce. After Qian Guangyun left the Southeast Chamber of Commerce, he had the greatest say in the Southeast Chamber of Commerce.

There were three pieces of red cloth in front of him, and he untied one of them first.

Inside is a dark block of ink with lines on it that look like blood vessels.

"When Zhou Hou was preaching at Taiyi Temple, he felt that it was not easy for sentient beings to practice. Even if ordinary people had the method of practice, they had no channels to exchange for practice materials. When Mo Sheng ascended to the sky, he and Zhou Hou decided on a new type of ink stone. This ink stone is not contaminated by madness and is helpful for practicing the current steam road."

"The Duke of Zhou dare not monopolize this art, so he is willing to share it with the people of the world. Therefore, he supplies new inkstones to our bank all year round and accepts gold in exchange. The exchange rate is one tael of new inkstone for one tael and two coins of gold!"

The original exchange rate between inkstone and gold was one ounce of gold to one ounce of inkstone.

However, the ink stone converted by Tao Du Weng had some loss, about one tael of new ink stone and one tael and one qian of old ink stone. Zhou Tieyi certainly couldn't sell it at a loss. At the same time, in order to push up the price of gold, he priced it at one tael of new ink stone and one tael and two qian of gold!
The common people of Steam Avenue naturally heard about it, and even many poor families secretly selected their smartest children to learn from them.

Not only does Steam Avenue combine the advantages of Mohism and Gongshu School, but it does not require Mohism to love everyone and distribute wealth, making it difficult to feedback the shortcomings of the family. It also does not require Gongshu School to transform the human body and face the dilemma of being attacked by Mohist Stone Disease.

In addition, when the new Steam City was built, a vow was made that anyone in the world who was interested in this path could practice it, which meant that the method of practice was easier to obtain than that of other schools.

Such a clear road is still under construction. People with intelligence will naturally allocate family resources to it, because it is a matter of great benefits with no harm.

If the first piece of red cloth that was unveiled only ignited the enthusiasm of some people, then the things inside the second piece of red cloth would ignite the enthusiasm of the vast majority of people who wanted to practice.

Before anyone could ask questions about the ink stone, the president of Southeast Bank unveiled the second piece of red cloth, revealing a red fruit that looked like a longevity peach.

"This second item is also about the way of cultivation. Marquis Zhou's own path is becoming more and more perfect. The so-called way of heaven is to reduce the surplus and make up for the deficiency, and the way of man is to reduce the deficiency and serve the surplus. Marquis Zhou made a vow at the beginning, hoping that everyone in the world could become a scholar. Feeling that the human body is weak and it is not easy to cultivate, he produced two ginseng fruits. This white fruit can nourish the human body and enhance the physical qualifications. It is divided into grades nine to seven. The grade nine is worth ten gold, and the grade six is ​​worth a thousand gold! Exchange one hundred per day, otherwise it will not be accepted!"

As soon as these words fell, it was like a storm among the crowd. First there was silence, and then there were exclamations like a tsunami.

Although most methods of cultivation are not welcomed by warriors, physical cultivation is considered to be the foundation of the foundations, and those that can enhance physical talents are generally true treasures from heaven and earth. Even if aristocratic families obtain them, they will only give them to their most core descendants. Moreover, even if such treasures are mass-produced, they are extremely precious. For example, the Luo Han Guo in the Fahua Temple and the jade rice in Xuandu Mountain are so precious that ordinary people, not to mention ordinary people, even aristocratic families rarely have the opportunity to see them.

Although the ginseng fruit is expensive and less effective nowadays, it can be supplied for a long time, and ordinary practitioners can still afford one or two if they grit their teeth.

But these one or two coins may change a person's future!
Twenty taels of gold to buy a possibility for the future!
This is certainly a good deal.

And it’s not over yet!

The third piece of red cloth was unveiled, revealing another fruit, but this one was pure white and had a refreshing fragrance.

As soon as the fruit appeared, the noisy hall immediately quieted down. Everyone wanted to know what effect this last wonder had. The president of Southeast Bank did not keep the secret. He could not help swallowing his saliva when he looked at the fruit. "This fruit is also produced by Zhouhou Avenue, also known as ginseng fruit, but it is slightly different from the fruit that enhances physical talent just now. This fruit is the most essential part, containing one or two dragon seals. Eating it can change the dragon seal. As for what the dragon seal is, hey, those who understand it will understand it. Those who don't understand it should practice well first. That is something you can't touch for the time being. As for the price, ten pieces per day, auctioned in gold!"

Gold, gold again!
Everyone instantly understood why the Southeast Chamber of Commerce suddenly set the price of gold so high.

It’s not the people of the world who want gold, it’s the old man Zhou Hou who wants gold!
"Can't we buy it with silver notes? Didn't Lord Zhou say that silver notes are accepted throughout Daxia?"

People naturally want to secure their own interests.

But the president of Southeast Bank had already prepared his argument, "Of course you can, just exchange the silver notes for gold. One ounce of silver note equals one ounce of silver, there is no change. As for why Zhou Hou wants gold, the Taoists talk about the golden elixir, and the Buddhists talk about the golden nature. Do you know why gold is used to represent the Tao?"

This is something that really stumps most people.

The president of Southeast Bank continued to explain, his voice full of emotion, because he had only heard this truth not long ago, "The universe is infinite, and the stars are countless, but gold only appears in the sun, so gold is the light of the holy way! It is naturally rare!"

With this explanation, everyone felt it made sense. Just two days ago, there were rumors that Zhou Hou was going to attain sainthood at Taiyi Temple, and it was said that he was still preaching. It seemed that he was going to gather all the gold in the world to achieve sainthood.

Some people were still thinking, but others were already eagerly waving the silver notes in their hands and saying, "I want to exchange it for gold!"

boom.

A crisp sound echoed in Pingzhang Palace.

The bright yellow five-dragon kingfisher-inlaid jade bowl fell to the ground and shattered, and the clear tea inside scattered everywhere.

The eunuch who was serving tea was so frightened that he immediately knelt on the ground and said, "This servant deserves death!"

He was really scared to death. Just now when he was serving tea, for some reason, the Queen Mother's hand slipped and the teacup fell to the ground.

Although it was the Queen Mother who did not catch the teacup, her radiance was intact, so it certainly could not be her fault. It could only be my own carelessness.

The Queen was stunned for a moment, looked at her hands, then looked at the broken teacup on the ground. With her cultivation level, she had already achieved a spiritual connection, so if she couldn't catch the tea, there must be a reason why she couldn't.

She did not blame the eunuch. She waved her hand to let him stand up. At the same time, she closed her eyes slightly, immersed in her own Taoism, blending with the entire Yujing Mountain, calculating the future, and wanting to investigate the cause of the disaster.

In the illusory river of Taoism, the people were recuperating and the national strength was growing, making the Queen of Heaven representing the bright moon above the river more and more perfect.

But the next moment the Queen of Heaven realized something was wrong, because in the illusory river of Taoism that represented the people, grains of gold were constantly being stripped away and gathered outside from Mount Yujing, making the moonlight itself seem dim for a moment.

The Queen of Heaven looked in the direction where the golden energy was gathering, and saw layers of sky built in the air. At the highest point of the sky, there were brilliant stars, gathering into the shape of a Taoist.

The other party also sensed the Queen's investigation. The Taoist turned around and smiled at the Queen, "My Queen, how are you?"

As the Taoist's voice fell, the picture of Taoism spread out like ripples on the water, interrupting the Queen Mother's deduction.

But the Queen Mother probably understood the reason for the matter, but because it involved Zhou Tieyi, the reincarnation of a god and the future of a saint, even she could not see the outcome.

The Queen opened her eyes again, and the light in them was brilliant and imposing. "Xuan Meiqingchen, Zhang Yuesong, and Gan Heng, the president of Southeast Bank, come to the palace!"

The eunuch serving nearby did not dare to delay and hurried to convey the order.

Half an hour later, the three of them, under the guidance of the eunuch, entered the Pingzhang Palace. After they knelt down and bowed, the Queen Mother said, "Give me a seat."

After the three of them sat down, they had actually guessed the reason why the Queen of Heaven summoned them, but they all had different feelings.

Zhang Yuesong is the right-hand man of the Queen Mother of Heaven. Although he cannot illuminate the Taoist tradition like the Queen Mother of Heaven, he naturally noticed that something was wrong when Zhou Tieyi collected the gold of Tianjing in such a high-profile manner. However, he did not understand the reason, so there was a bit of anxiety on his face.

Mei Qingchen still represents Confucianism. After Zhou Tieyi stepped down as the governor of the central bank, Mei Qingchen's position did not change, because the Queen Mother also needed Mei Qingchen to win over Confucianism while handling basic affairs. He heard that Zhou Tieyi collected gold. Because he had more contact with finance and Zhou Tieyi had taught him some basic knowledge before, he probably guessed some results, so he looked solemn.

As for Gan Heng, the initiator of this incident, he had a nonchalant look on his face, as if he didn't care about life or death.

After the three of them sat down, the Queen looked at Gan Heng and said, "I heard from someone that the gold-silver exchange rate at the Southeast Bank has reached 1:15?"

Gan Heng stood up and said, "Indeed."

The Queen Mother said, "Gold and silver are the foundation of the country, and they should not be touched lightly."

The Queen Mother's meaning is very clear. To adjust the prices of gold and silver back, under normal circumstances, Gan Heng would be the one to follow her orders.

However, Gan Heng suddenly knelt on the ground and said, "I dare not obey your order."

Gan Heng replied, "If we exchange at the original price, the bank will have no gold to exchange within a month, and will suffer huge losses, even losing silver. If it takes half a year, there will be no silver left. By then, there will only be silver notes that are as good as waste paper. If the people want to exchange for silver, they won't be able to pay an ounce of silver. I'm afraid that the people will lose their balance and the country will be in turmoil!"

The Queen Mother said nothing, Zhang Yuesong immediately shouted, "How dare you, the importance of the country is not something you businessmen dare to speak casually!"

Gan Heng bowed again, "I am guilty, please punish me, Queen of Heaven."

(End of this chapter)