Zhengxuzi pinched the two copper coins and looked at them repeatedly for a long time, but he couldn't see the slightest difference, and couldn't help frowning and said: "How did this thing come about?" ”

"This disciple can't listen to it, their workshop is too tight, and it is guarded day and night, and the appearance of this thing by the disciple is not accidental, it is likely that it is for that incident!" A middle-aged Taoist priest with the Taoist name "Qiankong" said cautiously.

"Well, you're right." Zhengxuzi's face was a little unsightly.

As early as half a month ago, he learned the news from the senior brother of the national teacher that the imperial court should first lower the price of copper, and then buy the old money and then mint new money, and when the new money came out, immediately raise the price of copper and restore the price to last year.

Taiping Dao has lost too much this year, although he got 100,000 yuan from Qin Qi some time ago, but it is not enough at all.

After the price of goods rose, the scholars gradually stopped helping the Taiping Dao, and it was impossible for Zhengxuzi to threaten people with the Xiaoyao Palace for a lifetime, he had already received many benefits from the scholars, and he had hundreds of new Taoist temples in vain.

Before, Zhengxuzi didn't think about it, he just thought of free labor and materials, but neglected to raise these people!

Because last year's disaster victims helped Taiping Road to build temples, it also led to no spring ploughing, which is also where the scholars were annoyed, they did not dare to rob the victims with Taiping Road, resulting in the fields destroyed by the flood have not been repaired until now, not only that, the lack of tenants, so that some good fields are also barren!

Therefore, this year's grain prices in Jiangnan will only rise but not fall, and with this factor, it will naturally be more difficult for the imperial court to lower prices.

And Taiping Dao has finally persevered until now, and it seems that he is ready to let the Shi clan take in the victims and cope with the autumn planting after that. They will be able to kick away these burdens in a fair and honest way, and at the same time, they will also have to store copper coins, and when the price returns, this money will naturally be doubled, and since the court wants to abolish the old money, they can also sell it to the court. Or melt it directly when the copper is re-sold.

However, after seeing this copper coin, Zhengxuzi knew that it was not good!

Such a finely carved copper coin, if there is no way, it is impossible to imitate, and what cannot be imitated is also used as currency, and a plum blossom is worth hundreds of copper coins. It's so easy to carry, even Zhengxuzi is tempted!

"This coin must not be allowed to reappear!" Zhengxuzi said coldly.

Qiankong thought for a while and said, "Do you want to inform the national teacher?" Let him prohibit the Zhou Da Gambling House from continuing to mint chips through the government? ”

"No!" Zhengxuzi shook his head and said: "Even I am tempted by this thing, not to mention the old ministers in the court, once they know about it, they will definitely support Zhou Dahai, and it is even very likely that he will be sealed as an official and mint new money for the court." In this way, how much copper will be saved for the country. And whoever is recommended first, who will definitely get the first credit, those old guys will definitely be recommended to the Queen Mother, and when the time comes, the copper money will be worthless! ”

"What then?" Qiankong worried.

Zhengxuzi thought for a long time, and suddenly slapped his thigh. Laughing: "There you have! Doesn't it mean that you can exchange copper coins for copper coins with copper coin chips, you just like this, go and change dozens of times a day, and in addition, all the ones on the market will be exchanged for me. Once we have accumulated enough amount, we go and exchange it back for money! ”

After hearing this, Qiankong was still puzzled: "But what if they use gold and silver? As far as the disciple knows, the Zhou family has thousands of family wealth, and in addition to the Zhou family, there is also the Lu family, which is also a wealthy businessman's family, not weaker than the Zhou family at all, besides, there is a chamber of commerce behind them! ”

When Zhengxuzi heard this, his old face was a little unbearable!

He thought that after exchanging tens of thousands of guan, he would be able to force the Zhou family to death, after all, copper coins are also minted in copper, you can't buy copper ore from the imperial court, you must secretly melt the copper coins, in this way, when he goes to exchange the copper coins, if the Zhou family can't take them out, it also means that they melted the copper coins and minted copper coins, which is a crime!

The Zhou family and the Lu family will inevitably all be imprisoned, and their foundry, as long as he prepares in advance, it is not difficult for him to obtain it, and whether or not to issue copper coins at that time is not up to him.

But he forgot the Chamber of Commerce behind the Zhou family and the Lu family!

How powerful this Ningzhou Chamber of Commerce is, he has really seen it, after two or three hundred people went out for a turn, the price of goods in the whole world directly doubled!

So how much goods did they resell, and how much did they make from it? I'm afraid it's not far from a rich country! How can you get by?

Zheng Xuzi's face became more and more gloomy, and finally he said with a blue face: "If you don't do it, you send someone to destroy the foundry for me!" ”

"What!" Qiankong was taken aback and said incredulously: "Master is saying that a fire burned down the foundry?" ”

"Yes!" Zhengxuzi turned his head to look at this disciple and said coldly: "You don't have to worry about anything, just do it." ”

"But, we're Taoist priests!" Qiankong still couldn't nod.

"Taoist!" Zhengxuzi smiled, very proudly, and only after a long time did he say: "Do you know why the Heavenly Master Dao was trampled under our feet, it is because they are Taoist priests!" ”

Zhengxuzi laughed, got up and walked as he continued: "You have to remember that our Taiping Dao is a pawn of Taizu in order to win over the people in the north, without us, can his Huang family have today?" But what do they do to us when they gain power? You won't forget how your parents died! ”

Qiankong was shocked, and his eyes dimmed in an instant.

His parents became disciples of Taiping Dao because of the chaos in the world and nowhere to live, because of their unremitting efforts to preach, many homeless homeless people joined Taiping Dao, got the weight of Zhengxuzi, and became a Dharma protector disciple, and his father later became the master of Yiguan, in order to help the Huang family fight the world, he begged for food and grass in the county every year, and also organized township soldiers to send it to Huang Tianjun, even if there is no merit, there is hard work!

However, they did not die in the war, but after the world was peaceful, they were forced to die by the local government in Guanzhong, and let a fire burn their bones to the ground!

At that time, if it wasn't for the cultivation of Zhengxuzi, I am afraid that I would not be spared.

In those years, it was the catastrophe of the Taiping Dao, they didn't understand why Taizu wanted to deal with them like this, they only knew that they were not the Taiping Dao of the late Han Dynasty, they didn't have the Yellow Turban Army, after the world was peaceful, they could have followed the Tao of the Heavenly Master, sneaked into enlightenment, and helped the court to educate the foolish people, but Taizu didn't give them this opportunity!

The empty heart is getting cold!

……

The chips and copper coins in Zhouda Gambling House are getting more and more popular, which makes Zhou Dahai extremely excited, but there are also times when he is depressed, that is, there is an endless stream of visitors!

First of all, the members of the Chamber of Commerce, one by one, ran to his Zhou family in groups, but none of them exchanged copper coins, but cheekily talked about cooperation!

Everyone is not stupid, how can they not see the prospect of chips?

A copper coin is exchanged for dozens or hundreds of copper coins, and then this money is still used for trading, but you Zhou Dahai is a gambling house, this money is of little value to you, but it is different for us!

But they came happily one by one, but they returned disappointed, because Zhou Dahai sent them away with only one sentence.

"If you want to talk about cooperation, please find Lu Kexuan, I have already put the copper money in operation, and it is all up to him to settle!" (To be continued.) )