Chapter 536 Western teachings help Xiqi, King Wen of Zhou casts money without success(1/2)
Xiqi.
Xibo Hou Jichang looked at the copper shell in front of him, and while his heart was silently plotting, his expression became more and more strange.
Although he is a mortal, he is proficient in Taoism of calculation and can even foresee the future.
He is very confident in this regard, but now he is increasingly unable to understand destiny.
"I'm going to Chaoge City next year, which should be a great blessing, but why did it suddenly turn into a sign of great danger?"
Ji Chang was not too worried about not being able to see the future as before, because the future was not static.
But the calculation of good and bad luck made him feel unprecedented pressure.
During the Shang Dynasty, the time for all the princes to go to Chaoge City to hold a conference was fixed. After all, the transportation was very inconvenient and they were all from all over the world, so it took a lot of time to travel.
Even though Ji Chang had his trip to Chaoge City last year, it turned out to be a great success, and even involved signs of the demise of the Shang Dynasty and the signs of Tianxing Xiqi.
He actually calculated it very well, because in the original destiny, when the princes gathered in Chaoge City next year, when King Zhou forced Su Hu to celebrate his daughter, it triggered the nine-tailed demon fox to possess Su Daji and began to cause trouble to the palace and even the Shang Dynasty.
But Wu Yan has replaced King Zhou, so he naturally won’t force Su Daji to rob him. Although it is very rare, for Wu Yan, at worst, he would go back to the previous world to upgrade the Jade-faced Princess.
The six tails turned into nine tails, which was even harder for the fox tribe among the demon clan than climbing to the sky, but for Wu Yan now, it was really too simple.
If it really doesn't work, you can also hand-made three tails and add them.
The fate of heaven changed as a result. If Ji Chang went to Chaoge City again, the possibility of Wu Yan killing him directly was as high as 90%, which was naturally a sign of great danger for him.
"So should I go?"
Ji Chang was also afraid of death, otherwise, in his original destiny, he would not have known that King Zhou would have stuttered his eldest son Bo Yikao and then made it into a meat pie.
However, this kind of behavior can also be called "to keep a useful body".
After eating his son, Ji Chang fled back to Xiqi and rebelled directly, proclaiming himself King Wen of Zhou.
"kindness?"
The future King Wen of Zhou suddenly felt an inexplicable attraction.
It was like a person who had been hungry for many days, suddenly smelled the fragrance of meat, and it was like a very thirsty person who heard the sound of water.
A few clangs.
Ji Chang put the copper shell back into the tortoise shell, shook it a little and threw it out.
After taking a look at the shape of the copper shell falling to the ground, Ji Chang decided to follow the attraction generated by instinct and walk slowly outside the palace.
He calculated it and found that this time was a sign of good luck.
After all, he was just a prince, so when Ji Chang left the palace, the card was completely incomparable to King Zhou, and no one followed him.
In Xiqi, Ji Chang loves people and his reputation is quite high, so there is no need to worry about any assassins or anything like that.
After leaving the palace and leaving Xiqi City, Ji Chang saw two Taoists standing on a high slope, both looking at him with a smile.
"I don't know two..."
Ji Chang took the lead in asking.
"I'm going to guide you."
"I'm Zhunti."
"I am the leaders of the Western religion."
Ji Chang was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly bowed to the ground and shouted: "Human Ji Chang greeted the two saints."
Ordinary people don’t know who the saint is. Even if they have experienced someone’s saint’s success, they will not know the name of the saint when they see the strange phenomena of heaven and earth.
But for Ji Chang, one of the four great princes of the Shang Dynasty, it is normal to know that the two leaders of the Western religion are saints. As for the mortal body that cannot see through other people's true strength, it doesn't matter.
Not to mention that no one dares to pretend to be a saint to deceive others, but to just say that the existence that can make him happy is bound to be a saint.
"Please get up."
The Taoist Zhiyin personally helped Ji Chang up with his hands, not because of his divine thoughts. This also shows their importance to Ji Chang.
At this time, the destiny was still on Ji Chang's body, because Ji Chang had a hundred sons, and no one was sure who would pass the throne to when Ji Chang died.
Ji Fa is very good, and Bo Yikao is also very good. After all, Bo Yikao is not dead yet, and he is the eldest son.
"I wonder what Xibohou thinks of coins?"
After the Taoist politely asked, he asked a question directly.
"Coins?" Ji Chang was a little surprised. He didn't know why these two saints asked this question. Could it be that the saints also lack money to spend?
After pondering for a moment, Ji Chang felt that the saints could not be short of money.
"Although there are copper shells now, they cannot be circulated throughout the world. Some princes still use shell coins under the rule of the country. Moreover, copper shells are not in standard, and the value is difficult to be constant when different sizes and values are different. There are many disputes when our human race trades..."
Ji Chang began to analyze the matter.
There was no copper coins in the Shang Dynasty.
At the beginning, the monetary policy of the Xia Dynasty was also continued. In addition to bartering, it used shell coins, namely sea shells, bone shells, stone shells, jade shells, etc.
By the late Shang Dynasty, the development of bronze smelting industry led to the emergence of copper shells.
It is about the same size as a copper coin, with a narrow gap in the middle, and the overall shape of a shell coin, but there is really no standard at all.
In the later Warring States Period, only copper shells with inscriptions were cast, and the volume was relatively regular, but it was still not a mature standard currency.
The two Taoist Taoist in the Yin and Zhunti Taoist, after hearing Ji Chang finish speaking, they both smiled and nodded in praise.
Then, Taoist Zhunti spread his hands towards Ji Chang, and there was a copper coin in the palm of his hand.
Ji Chang was stunned when he saw it because this copper coin looked very beautiful, with a color like gold, the whole was round, with square holes in the middle, and the whole was the pattern structure of the sky and the earth.
The bronze ware at this time was all bronze, so naturally it was not as good as this pure copper.
"This is……"
"This is a copper coin." Taoist Zhunti introduced: "We know two fellow Taoists. They have an innate magic weapon called Luobao Money, and this copper coin is the style of Luobao Money."
Luobao Money is a very famous magic weapon in the world of the Gods. Even Zhao Gongming's Dinghai Pearl can be collected, and even any magic weapon can be collected, which is unsolvable.
However, Luobao Money can only collect magic weapons, not weapons, so the two scattered immortals, Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao, the owners of Luobao Money, were one of them whipped to death by Zhao Gongming on the spot, and the other died in the Red Water Formation in the Ten Absolute Formation.
The copper coin in the hand of Taoist Zhunti was indeed made in the style of Luobao money, but it had no wings on it.
Amid the introduction, Taoist Zhunti also handed the Luobao money to Ji Chang.
When he took it, Ji Chang was stunned because there were four big words on the Luobao money - Shang destroyed Zhou Xing.
this……
Ji Chang looked at Taoist Zhunti and Taoist Jie Yin with wide eyes. After feeling the affirmation in the eyes of these two saints, his heart began to beat like a war drum.
Xiqi has nothing to do with the word "Zhou", but Ji Chang had already calculated that Xiqi's fate was indeed in line with the four big words "Shang destroyed Zhou Xing".
The original change in destiny made Ji Chang feel that what he had calculated before was wrong, and there was nothing at all.
But now with two saints as endorses, what does the change of destiny count?
This is a saint.
"Please hold this coin." The Taoist in Zhiying said, "The time has not come, but you can also make more preparations. Issuing currency in this copper coin standard should be known, and this matter has great merit."
Merit?
Ji Chang's breathing became more and more rapid. He was proficient in fortune-telling, so he naturally knew how great the merit was.
But there are still problems.
"But, I can't refine this metal for mortals."
"It's okay, I said you can, you can."
When the saint's words followed the Dharma and followed the Taoist's words, Ji Chang's mind had more knowledge of refining bronze ware.
This made him overjoyed.
"You take this merit first, and talk about other things later."
Zhunti Taoist reminded him again and said, "When it's time for us to come, we will come to find you."
Ji Chang knew that the two saints were leaving, so he hurriedly asked, "The saint is above, Ji Chang has another question to ask."
"You want to know whether you will be killed by King Zhou when you go to Chaoge City next year?" Taoist Jieying smiled and said, "No need to worry, we say you have nothing to do, you have nothing to do."
After saying this, the figures of the two saints disappeared in front of Ji Chang. Ji Chang knelt on the ground and bowed a few more times before getting up and running back to Xiqi City, summoning blacksmiths and relevant personnel to start making copper coins.
Xiqi is also a well-known figure, and copper ore is easily found.
Ji Chang also fully knew the method of smelting. In order to occupy this merit, he also participated in smelting himself.
The whole process went very smoothly. The furnace, which was originally not possible, didn't know why it could suddenly increase the temperature, which made Ji Chang feel that the destiny of the Shang Dynasty destroyed Zhou Xing.
What he didn't know was that the two saints did not leave, but kept following him and watching.
When the copper juice enters the mold and then forms one copper coins after another.
The sky suddenly became brighter, and golden light shone in from the edge of the shanty town, making the copper coins more and more dazzling.
To be continued...