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Zhang Yutong nodded and said, "Okay, I hope you can remember these words in the future."

As he spoke, he raised the token again, and after a few manipulations, Changwu Mountain God felt that in the seal of good fortune he had condensed, the prayers of all peoples were rapidly decreasing, and he felt that his magical power was weakening visible to the naked eye, and even affected His body size has shrunk a lot, only less than half of its original size.

With this change, his mood was inevitably lost, but on the other hand, he also felt a burst of relief.

At least, after this punishment, his previous crime of dereliction of duty can be regarded as exposed.

He bowed gratefully and said, "Thank you, the envoy."

Zhang Yutong said: "Do things with your heart, next time if you do this again, it will not be as simple as simply dismissing the god."

"Yes." As he spoke, he reached into his bosom, took out a few shiny beads, and wanted to hand them out.

Seeing this, Zhang Yutong frowned and said, "What are you doing? Bribe me? Don't do this, put it away!"

Changwu Mountain God hurriedly waved his hands to defend, "It's not a bribe, it's not a bribe... My envoy, please listen to me first, this is not a bribe."

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"Actually, this is bribery."

The spaceship has already taken off, and Changwu Mountain is getting smaller and smaller until finally it completely disappears from sight.Zhang Yutong stood by the railing, looking carefully at the five shiny beads on his left palm, Yan Nanshu walked up to her and said softly.

She glanced at the small gadgets in Zhang Yutong's palm, full of doubts, and said directly: "As far as I know, Captain Zhang has always been known for his self-denial and dedication to public affairs. Without such qualities, it is difficult to be favored by the Supervision Department." , let you become the leader of a swordfish, I don’t see anything new about these little gadgets, it’s not your usual style for you to openly violate the precepts, right?”

Zhang Yutong was not in a hurry to explain, but handed the five beads to Yannan Shu and said, "Feel it carefully."

Yan Nanshu didn't refute, and carefully felt the five beads in her palm. After a while, a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes, and she said: "There is a very pure aura inside each bead... Well, the texture is no better than the one I have used before. The best medicine for cultivation is poor."

Speaking of which, as a cultivator's instinct, she immediately thought of using it in practice, even if compared with pills, the effect would not be too bad.

Only then did Zhang Yutong say: "I know you care about me, don't worry, I will take the initiative to report this matter to my superiors later."

Yan Nanshu asked softly: "Zhang Touer, is there any special reason for you to do this? If yes, can you tell me?"

Zhang Yutong smiled and said, "Of course, it's not a secret."

She suddenly let out a sigh of emotion and said:

"When I went to Liuyi College to study for a year, the biggest feeling is that some people are making rules for this world, exhausting their wisdom and effort, while more people live within the rules they make, without realizing it.

They are opening up a wider world for us, so they are always at the forefront, racking their brains for the next step. Those who can really enjoy this vast world are those who are unaware and ignorant. "

Yannan Shu is a little half-understood, and Zhang Yutong’s sudden emotion is also seeing this bead and suddenly reminding her of what she has learned from her one-year study. When she was in the academy, she felt that it was an ivory tower, and everyone was well protected. , can freely release their ingenuity and talent, and will never have to come into contact with dirty and filthy things for the rest of their lives.

But at this moment, she suddenly felt that the pressure on them was actually far heavier than what everyone saw.

She shook her head and said in her heart, not long after leaving, she actually began to reminisce about campus life, and the topic returned to the present.

"What do you think this thing looks like?" She asked Yan Nanshu directly.

Yan Nanshu studied the beads carefully for a while, identifying them from the color, texture, luster, etc. After a long time, she hesitated and said: "I think it looks a bit like pearls... Well, there is something special in it. A very pure aura."

Zhang Yutong nodded and said, "It's the same as my judgment."

Then, she said: "In Liuyi College, there are always some research projects that are beyond your expectations. Some of them have nothing to do with spiritual practice at first glance, but when you get to know them deeply, you will find their great value and far-reaching influence. I attended a discussion on the establishment of a monetary system in the practice world."

Yan Nanshu subconsciously said: "Create a new currency system? Don't we have one?"

Zhang Yutong didn't explain, but asked directly: "Where did your Jueyun Shuo come from?"

Yannan Shu said: "I bought it."

"What did you use to buy it?" Zhang Yutong asked.

"Uh... a few obsolete artifacts and some elixir." Yan Nanshu said.

Zhang Yutong asked again: "Then where did you get those instruments and elixir?"

"Complete the task and accumulate merits. If the merits are enough, you can exchange them for a set of training materials at the logistics office, including magic tools and medicines. Because our logistics office is suitable for all official departments to get through, so basically anything can be exchanged. It's quite convenient." Yan Nanshu said.

Zhang Yutong asked again: "You said we have a monetary system, so do you remember when was the last time you spent money? Why?"

"Uh..." Yan Nanshu choked again. She is now in the middle stage of the Zifu Realm. Although she calls Zhang Yutong the boss, she is actually older than Zhang Yutong. The reason why her cultivation was able to come from behind is because she stepped on the best point every step, and although she also relied on the help of the organization to grow faster than others, compared to Zhang Yutong, she was still a little slower .

Thinking back carefully, how many years has it been since I touched money?

It seems, as if, her need for money has dropped sharply after she broke through the Qi training realm, because it is becoming more and more difficult to buy things with money to meet her needs. At that time, the concept of money seemed to have completely disappeared from her concept.

She has been working within the establishment, and has been in many organizational departments. Different organizations will have a system of internal merit or contribution. These things are not only useful for practitioners like them, but also for outside practitioners. Greedy, because most of the new research and new discoveries come from Liuyi College, such as magic tools, pills, arrays... Liuyi College seems to have a magic power, and it can always hold on to the practice heart of the reader.

And after these things are researched by Liuyi College, while continuing to explore and optimize in depth, other institutions and departments of the Yanxia official will take over these results and conduct large-scale and mass-produced explorations. After they are explored, the first batch to enjoy these The result is the practitioners in their establishment who hold merit points and contribution points.

This is equivalent to a great benefit for practitioners in the establishment, because Yanxia officials have not opened this exchange channel to the outside world so far.

The easiest way for practitioners outside the establishment to obtain these items is to explore in the wild, whether it is spiritual plants and medicines, or the fur and bones of spirit beasts, use these items with those practitioners within the establishment who can get such items Or an intermediary broker for exchange.

When both parties have needs for each other, and the number of practitioners is large enough, almost all items can be exchanged, the only thing is whether you can afford the price.

For this reason, almost every city has spontaneously formed a market where practitioners exchange what they need.

Finally, some business groups began to cooperate directly with relevant official departments, or go to Liuyi College to see if there is any money to pick up. A typical example is Jueyunsuo. Because of the spread of this core technology, there are more and more More and more circles of folk practitioners have also mastered some core technologies, and they have also taken the opportunity to start research. There are more and more necessities for practitioners such as magic tools and elixirs, and the entire trading system has become more active.

Yan Nanshu even clearly remembered that the biggest fortune he made after breaking through the Foundation Establishment Realm was when the organization he was in at that time announced to internal members the search for biological tissues such as the blood and bones of special spirit beasts, as well as some scarce spiritual plants, Later on the same day, she saw those things at a street stall in Fangshi. She packed them away with a bottle of elixir, and went directly back to submit the task. The meritorious service she got could be exchanged for five hundred bottles Such a elixir.

And like her, taking advantage of her status in the establishment, contacting both ends, and earning the price difference in the middle is almost a must for every practitioner in the establishment. The official has never said that this method is not in compliance. This model has been used until now. Still running.

Zhang Yutong said again:

"During that discussion, I heard another argument that the current trading model is actually a last resort, a product of compromise.

The government uses a huge inventory as a guarantee, and only allows practitioners in the system to exchange merits, and practitioners outside the system obtain what they want by bartering at a greater price. Or there are many intermediate brokers who have made a huge difference in the price difference. Many people think that this is an official loophole.

In fact, this is intentional! "

Speaking of this, she took a deep look at Yannan's book and said:

"The purpose is very simple, it is to maintain sufficient circulation in the entire practice world, only with circulation can there be vitality, otherwise it will be a pool of stagnant water.

What the officials have to face is a primitive situation of bartering. In a hundred transactions, there may be two hundred or more transaction plans.If all this matter is handled by the authorities, how many people will it take to truly grasp the system?

This is unrealistic.

The official inventory only recognizes meritorious contributions, not others, which greatly simplifies the process.

And those of us practitioners in the establishment, with the purpose of earning the difference, actively engage in various mental activities, negotiations, bargaining, mutual compromise, and conclusion of deals with practitioners outside the establishment.

We are equivalent to a hardworking bee with our own dry food. The time we put in, the energy we put in, and possibly things like contacts and relationships are the huge contributors to the operation of the whole system. It's nothing, it's just compensation for us. "

Yan Nanshu was stunned for a long time when he heard the words, and then murmured: "So, it's not that I took advantage of the organization, but the organization took advantage of me?"

In the past, every time I made a difference, I was a little bit ecstatic, a little superior, and if I made a big difference, I would be a big ecstasy, a big superior, uh, maybe I need to add a vague sense of guilt, after all, this It can be regarded as poaching the corner of the organization, and then there is a small stimulus that comes from it.

But now it is told that things are not like this, but, just the opposite.

In fact, everything has changed. The price difference she earned has all become her cultivation resources, growth ladder, and better magic weapon pills. It is just a change of concept, but why does she suddenly feel that she is losing money?

Zhang Yutong said again: "As I said, this method is a last resort and a product of compromise. Moreover, this mode of bartering has increasingly hindered the circulation of the practice world, especially Now that the sect has been practiced, the weakening of circulation will encourage the birth of the 'Zongmen economy'."

"Zongmen economics?" Yan Nanshu looked puzzled, he understood all the words, but he couldn't understand them all together.

Zhang Yutong explained: "You can understand it as a 'small peasant economy' in the practice world, that is, those who can be self-sufficient internally should try their best to solve it internally and minimize transactions with the outside world, because the additional cost of each transaction is It's too big."

Yan Nanshu nodded slowly, so she understood. After thinking about it carefully, it seems that this trend is quite obvious.

Zhang Yutong said: "Don't think that this is just a simple change in the trading model, it is actually a change in the thinking model, and it goes hand in hand with the sect's feudalism... If everything, or most of it, can be relied on by the sect If you solve it internally, the need to communicate with the outside world will be reduced, and the loss of internal motivation will eventually lead to the gradual loss of activity in the entire practice world."

In the end, Zhang Yutong also said with emotion: "Most of the changes come from communication and interaction."

After all, she noticed that Yan Nanshu looked at her with admiration, and said, "Boss, you really know a lot!"

Zhang Yutong waved his hand and said, "It's not that I know much about it, I just heard it from Liuyi College."

"So, both the government and the academy have been working hard to find a new general equivalent suitable for the practice world, that is, a currency that can be recognized by practitioners.

It is not easy to achieve this. First of all, not to mention that all practitioners recognize its value, at least [-]% of it must be recognized, right?This is the basic premise.And this requires that it itself has a very universal and necessary value for practitioners.

Secondly, its quantity must be very large, too little will not work.As for the ease of storage and portability, these are relatively secondary, and you can make do with them if you can't.

For this reason, the academy thought of many ways. At first they put their hope in the underground mines. Unfortunately, they didn’t have a suitable target. The closest thing to the target was a kind of spiritual jade, that is, some special jade mines contain very pure spiritual energy. It can be used as a high-quality magic weapon material, or as the cornerstone of the formation, and can also be used to make reusable talisman treasures. It is also possible to directly absorb the aura in it for cultivation, although it is a bit wasteful.

Unfortunately, there are too few of them.Nowhere near enough to take on the duties of a currency.

In addition, there are some other gemstones that have absorbed spiritual energy and have good performance. To be honest, these are all spiritual stones, but unfortunately the number is too small.

And other dark iron ore, copper ore, and gold concentrate that have been taken into consideration also have their own disadvantages. "

Speaking of this, she sighed and said: "Unlike the mutation evolution of life, the changes in underground mineral deposits are not great. The changes in various performances are also due to the participation of aura, and some brand new mines have not been created out of thin air."

"Later, some teachers and students put their ideas on other items, such as using a certain type or several kinds of medicines as currency, using certain magic tools as currency, or using some spiritual fruits, but in the end, each Every plan will encounter this or that kind of unavoidable and unsolvable deadlock, and in the end it can only stay at the level of ideas.”

At this moment, Yan Nanshu naturally understood Zhang Yutong's meaning, looked down at the five pearls containing pure aura in his palm, and said, "Do you think this has the potential to become a currency?"

Zhang Yutong shook his head and said:

"I don't know, I don't know anything now, how can I jump to conclusions, but at that time I suddenly had an idea, thinking that it might be a pearl, thinking of pearls, thinking of pearl farming, and then thinking of this.

Now that I have met it, I want to verify it myself if it goes well, even if it fails, it is still a gain. "

Yan Nanshu stared at the five aura pearls in his hand, and then looked at Zhang Yutong, with an incredulous look in his eyes.

"Boss, when I saw these five aura pearls, the most I could think of was bribery. How could you think so much?"

Zhang Yutong looked into the distance with leisurely eyes, and said:

"This is probably the biggest gain from going to Liuyi College for further study. The amount of skills you learn is second. The most important thing is that you look at problems from a completely different perspective and height.

I believe that when the other students of Liuyi College see this thing, they will immediately think of those things instead of taking bribes or something, and they will never have such thoughts in their hearts. "

Yan Nanshu was eager to try Zhang Yutong's words, and asked, "When shall we verify it?"

Zhang Yutong herself was not as eager as she was, and said, "Let's do the task first, let's finish this year's task first, and then find time to do this."

Afterwards, the [Swordfish·A 146] spaceship ran between mountains and rivers.

During this period, the crew all deeply felt the deterrent power of Yanxia orthodoxy. Even if there were really rebellious gods and sects who practiced treachery and crimes, when faced with interrogation, they would make sophistry and evade the most. They all bowed their heads obediently, pleaded guilty and accepted the punishment. The action team on the ship never opened a ticket.

On this day, Yan Nanshu stretched his waist, came to Zhang Yutong, and said: "Boss, we are fine this year, running around in the sky every day, we are almost so idle, we can go now Are you looking for the clue of the Lingzhu?"

The other members are fine, they have their own things to do, especially the dozens of members of the audit team, most of them are ordinary people, but they are the busiest, while the action team with the largest number and strongest combat power is a bit idle. But it is impossible to let them slip away to herd sheep while performing official duties, and now they all want to take the initiative to find something to do.

Yan Nanshu had already spread the exchange with Zhang Yutong that day, and now everyone knows the huge value hidden behind this little Lingzhu, and they are all gearing up.

Zhang Yutong nodded and said, "Okay, let's check this thoroughly."

The spaceship began to adjust its direction, and flew to where Wushan was usually.

They were already extremely far away from Changwu Mountain at this moment, and they did not return to Changwu Mountain until nine days later through the teleportation ability of the Sky Screen Array.

However, this time they didn't mean to go to Changwu Mountain God to reminisce about the past, but flew over the big river adjacent to Changwu Mountain, and the spaceship hovered above the river.

Zhang Yu stood on the edge of the deck railing, overlooking the big river. Tong took out his token and summoned: "The river god, please come out and meet him here."

Not long after, a huge herring came from nowhere, floating on the water, shaking its head and tail, turning into a monster with a human body and a fish head. And dispatch?"

Zhang Yutong spread out his palm, revealing the five spirit beads in his palm, and said, "These five spirit beads were gifted by you to the former Changwu Mountain God?"

The river god with a human body and a fish head said: "Yes, this is a return gift from the little god to Chang Wushan God. At that time, he gave me some rare spiritual fruits."

Everyone lives next to each other, a river god, a mountain god, and some interactions are perfectly normal.

Moreover, from a certain point of view, they belong to colleagues. You give me some gifts, and I will give you some souvenirs. Anyway, relying on mountains and water, it is really not easy to obtain resources within their respective jurisdictions. .

The God of the River also knew that the Changwu Mountain God was demoted due to dereliction of duty, and now he became a branch mountain god.It can't be the use of public property for private use, right?

Zhang Yutong didn't pursue these, and asked, "Where did you get these beads?"

The river god with a human body and a fish head was startled, with hesitation.

"Why, can't you say it?" Zhang Yutong asked lightly.

Perhaps it was because she had dealt with a lot of gods during this period, and she had obtained the special achievement of "God Deterrence". Although her tone was light, the River God was excited in her heart, and hurriedly said: "Can speak, can speak, at the end of last year We held a river god party in the Wulong River system, which was a gift from a river god who was near the mouth of the sea at that time."

"Wait." Zhang Yutong suddenly said: "The river god near the mouth of the sea? There are more than 3 kilometers away from the nearest mouth of the sea, right?"

Then, she came to her senses, stared at the river god and asked, "Is your river god gathering too big?"

"Yes, it's a bit big." The River God stammered.

Zhang Yutong didn't intend to let it go lightly this time, and asked: "How big is it?"

This was originally her duty. In addition to completing some clear tasks, she also had to actively look for and monitor some bad signs.

Under the majestic gaze of the envoy, the river god did not dare to hide any more, and said: "Basically all the river gods of the Wulongjiang water system are present, because the water system extends in all directions, and the water gods are born with the magical power of water escape, so it is very convenient to come and go. , the small streams, tributaries, and every section of the Wulongjiang water system, as well as those lake gods that connect with the Wulongjiang River, everyone who can be present is present."

"Well, in other words, this is still a big gathering with more than 600 gods participating?"