The bronze currency system (33)

Under Li Boyang's influence, the Mountain Folk and the spirits gradually broke free from their antagonism and entered into a special state of symbiosis and mutual prosperity.

The Mountain Folk need the spirits' permission and help to build the [Road of Xirang] to every corner of the Hundred Lands Mountain Range.

With the help of the Mountain Folk, the spirits expanded their population while learning the advanced wisdom and skills from the Celestial Person.

No intelligent individual would give up enjoying a better life and possessing greater power.

This is an instinct engraved deep in the genes of all living beings, and it is also what special individuals and those Innate Divine Being crave most.

As for the gods who are above the Mountain Folk and spirits, they are even simpler to explain.

After several purges and suppressions by Li Boyang, the Gods of the Hundred Lands are now incredibly obedient.

Let alone that this entirely new order is beneficial to their existence.

Even if it was detrimental to them, the Gods of the Hundred Lands would absolutely not dare to voice any objection.

With this foundation and consensus, the rapid progress of civilization among the Mountain Folk Baidi Mountain in recent years has been possible.

The progress of civilization depends on the community, on wisdom, on communication...

Unlike river transport, which is primarily for cargo transport.

The laying of the [Road of Xirang] facilitates movement between villages and individuals.

Before this, the only way for the Mountain Folk in the Hundred Lands Mountain Range to communicate was through the market.

Every so often, going to the market in the largest nearby town is the only way for the Mountain Folk to stay informed about the outside world.

Even the people selected to go to the city market were carefully chosen from each village.

However, it has evolved from bluestone road, cement road, to the current Xirang Road.

As the Mountain Folk's modes of transportation become more and more convenient, their efficiency naturally increases.

The sparks of wisdom that have been generated in just a few short years have already surpassed the accumulation of thousands of years.

Especially after Li Boyang vigorously promoted the use of Bronze Beast, these tools, originally used for farming, gradually became means of transportation.

Even in villages that haven't purchased Bronze Horse during the off-season for farming.

Simply attaching a cart to the back of the Bronze Fang Boar would make travel convenient.

As for the speed, a little slower is fine.

Anyway, the Mountain Folk have plenty of time during the off-season.

As things have progressed, some Mountain Folk have even formed "transportation fleets" to handle public transportation between two or more villages.

For just a few copper coins, one could travel to other villages by bronze cart.

Some of the more resourceful new Mountain Folk have even devised primitive power engines similar to "steam engines".

However, compared to the Bronze Beast that could move simply by eating grass, it was a different story.

Before the development of the internal combustion engine, the steam engine was utterly uncompetitive.

Therefore, apart from a very few villages, almost no village was willing to adopt those still immature steam engines.

Here, I must mention something.

It is unclear whether this was influenced by Li Boyang or a natural result of civilization developing to a certain stage.

As more and more Mountain Folk villages began to interact, the original barter system or gold and silver trading system became obsolete.

In specific areas such as weights and measures, standardization of writing, and standardization of cart tracks.

Thanks to Li Boyang's early education, several flood relief efforts, and experience in building mountain roads, no major problems arose.

However, how to establish a unified monetary system has become an increasingly urgent issue for the Mountain Folk.

To be honest, not only did the Mountain Folk lack experience in this area, but even Li Boyang didn't know where to start.

After all, on Earth in the past, currency was a reflection of the credit of a powerful regime.

But nowadays, the Hundred Lands Mountain Range has no political power whatsoever, and doesn't even have an institution that can truly be called a "government".

Who will implement the currency?

How can we prevent the excessive issuance of currency?

What should be used to back the currency?

These are all problems, and problems that cannot be solved in the short term.

It is no exaggeration to say that if the Mountain Folk cannot solve this problem, the progress of civilization in the entire Hundred Lands Mountain Range will be put on hold.

In this situation, Wu Xian, who had noticed something amiss, stepped in.

He disguised himself as a shaman from beyond the mountains and then spoke to Xiao'e, the great shaman of Gao Village Town.

If the Hundred Lands Mountain Range do not want to be controlled by gold and silver production and remain in the primitive stage of barter trade, then they must have their own currency.

Who will implement the currency?

How can we prevent the excessive issuance of currency?

What should be used to back the currency?

These three issues may seem complex, but in reality, they all boil down to one thing: cohesion and prestige.

In the Hundred Lands Mountain Range of today, whose influence and prestige can surpass that of the Celestial Person?

After Wu Xian pointed this out, everyone, including Xiao'e, suddenly understood.

But then, everyone found themselves in the predicament of how to persuade the Celestial Person.

The equation that "Mountain Folk Prophet are Celestial Person Descended into the World" is not a completely open secret in the Hundred Lands Mountain Range.

In response, Wu Xian smiled and offered new advice.

Who says that implementing a currency necessarily requires the consent of some Celestial Person Descended into the World?

Or more precisely, does the consent of that Celestial Person Descended into the World really matter?

Aren't those Bronze Beast that are becoming increasingly common the masterpieces of that Celestial Person Descended into the World?

By simply changing the approach, we can simply melt down the damaged parts of the Bronze Beast, recast them, and then mint them into the corresponding number of bronze coins.

Why worry that the Mountain Folk won't accept this new currency?

Considering the damage rate of the Bronze Beast and the frequency of its use by the Mountain Folk Bronze Beast.

Using the damaged parts of the Bronze Beast to mint bronze coins even solved the problem of excessive currency issuance.

At the very least, until someone can decipher the composition of bronze and complete the private forgery.

This new bronze currency system was tied to the frequency of Bronze Beast usage and Li Boyang's prestige.

After a complete solution was developed.

The Mountain Folk once again carried out this task with a level of execution that astonished even Wu Xian.

In less than a week, another foundry specializing in bronze coins appeared near the factory in Yunmeng Marsh.

Even more remarkably, the promotion of bronze coins was completed within a few months.

Whether they are Mountain Folk, spirits, or ghosts and Ghost God, no being rejects the use of these bronze coins.

On the contrary, these bronze coins were even more popular than the gold and silver coins of the past.

After all, gold and silver only serve as general equivalents, while these bronzes themselves have extremely high practical value.

Whether it's repairing the Bronze Beast or remelting and forging it into a weapon...

The practical value and universality of these bronzes are the key to the successful implementation of Wu Xian's series of suggestions.

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