Mythic version of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 6907 Social Atmosphere
When Zhou Yu came back from Weiyang Palace, he saw Sun Ce lying on his side, still watching the preliminary round of the grand martial arts performance. As I said before, this thing was really exciting to watch. Even if it was veterans of the third or fourth level of refinement fighting each other, it was still quite thrilling. After all, at other times, there would not be so many elites competing with each other.

"How was your talk with Chen Zichuan?" Sun Ce asked Zhou Yu with his head half tilted back.

"I gave you five cents too much." Zhou Yu sat down at his seat and said with a smile. Five cents was not a small amount. After all, it was not real money, but a proportion.

"That guy probably thinks that you are just like kids who are making a fuss over there because they don't have any candy." Sun Ce said with a hint of sarcasm.

Zhou Yu was somewhat embarrassed when he heard this. After all, what Chen Xi had done before was very similar to this - he couldn't figure out what was going on, but giving each person a candy should solve the problem. Forget it, don't think about it, just give everyone one.

"Actually, I really don't understand. Given your situation, Gongjin, if you tell Chen Zichuan directly that the price is too low and you need to raise it by five coins or something, Chen Zichuan shouldn't refuse, right?" Sun Ce asked with some doubt, his neck drooping on the crossbar of the chair, looking at the ceiling, and with some doubt, "Wouldn't it be easier this way? And if you ask for a few more coins, Chen Zichuan should be able to give it to you, given his situation?"

"A few more or a few less coins are important from the perspective of profit, but at our level, they are actually not that important anymore." Zhou Yu sat back in his seat, half leaning against the backrest and looking at the arena in front of him. "It's said that we are fighting for profit, but in fact, there is not much profit left in this world for you and me. Although these few coins are important, they are just bait."

"Is that so?" Sun Ce turned his head and looked at Zhou Yu and asked.

"Just look at Chen Zichuan's true heart. The moon is high and far away. If you don't try it with an accident, who can see his true heart? You and I don't care about these few coins, and Chen Zichuan doesn't care even more. But how the vicissitudes of the world are, it is very important to you, me, and Chen Zichuan." Zhou Yu looked ahead and said, "In terms of age, you and I are the most dangerous princes because we have the ability."

It's not a question of whether or not you want to, but whether you have the ability to do so. Sun Ce and Zhou Yu obviously have the ability to do so, so Zhou Yu is very curious about what they are like in Chen Xi's eyes.

Or to be more direct, at this point in time, what exactly is the world like in Chen Xi's eyes? Five years ago, Chen Xi could say to Zhou Yu, "When the King of Chu governed the Yunmeng Lake, conquered the Baiyue, and expanded the territory, was it a blessing for the Zhou royal family? Is it out of line for us now?" Five years have passed, and Zhou Yu also has to see whether Chen Xi is the same as before.

"How is it?" Sun Ce asked casually, as if he didn't care about anything.

"He is still a man like Bo Chang. His original intention has not changed at all." Zhou Yu sighed. "His ambition has not changed at all. Should we say that the ambition of a saint is unswerving?"

"Didn't I say this before?" Sun Ce said with a chuckle, "I told you earlier that I felt that Chen Zichuan seemed to know what he was doing, what he was going to do, and what he could do from the very beginning. This is very scary, but also very incredible."

Sun Ce made his judgment purely based on intuition, and even told Zhou Yu about it. Zhou Yu agreed with Sun Ce's judgment, but on such a major event, if he had the opportunity to choose, he would still see it with his own eyes. As of now, Sun Ce's judgment is completely correct. Chen Xi, as always.

"People shouldn't be like this. This is really strange." Zhou Yu frowned. "People should change with the times, just like you and me. But Chen Zichuan doesn't seem to have changed at all. Even his mind hasn't fluctuated with the years."

"That's totally normal. If I could see what I am now when I was sixteen, I would be like this too." Sun Ce said as a matter of course, "Chen Zichuan might have known how far he could go."

"That's the only explanation." Zhou Yu nodded when he heard it, and he felt that this was the only explanation. "But we lost some money. When we go back to our coconut processing factory, we will sell low-priced coconut products to the local market for two years and come to ask Chen Zichuan for some money."

"Did he give it to you?" Sun Ce asked without turning his head.

"In two years, he won't remember the little things that happened before. Besides, I personally led the team to get some food, so it's not a big problem." Zhou Yu said casually. He has already controlled Chen Xi's temper very well. As long as you stroke his favor and he is really advancing the country's development, he will still be willing to share with you some of the things you want.

"After all, to him, money is just a piece of paper written by his hands." Zhou Yu added, and Sun Ce's smiling face could not stop laughing. After hearing this, he felt that Zhou Yu's behavior was boring.

“But to him it’s just paper, but to us it’s an important resource, so don’t bring in other people’s perspectives, we just need what we need.” Zhou Yu said with a hint of sarcasm.

Chen Xi's exchange notes, as far as we can see now, are a more resilient currency than gold and silver. At least gold is often not able to obtain certain rare materials, but Chen Xi's exchange notes, as long as the amount of your exchange notes is sufficient, you can always get the rare materials you want. The elders of the Yuan family have been studying all year round how to turn the Yuan family's gold into Chen Xi's exchange notes.

There is no way. Sizhao City is in Yekaterinburg in the future. There is not much else in this place, but there is a lot of gold and silver. The continuous output of gold mines has led to a continuous increase in the Yuan family's gold reserves. But Chen Xi is not stupid. His exchange tickets are essentially agricultural and industrial product exchange coupons, which are the total data calculated based on the output of the country's grain processing industry products.

It's okay if the major families exchange some gold for some notes as long as the amount is not too excessive. But if the Yuan family is really allowed to exchange gold and silver, let's put it this way: the textile factories, canning factories, oil processing factories, garment sewing factories, large brick and tile factories, leather processing factories, kitchenware smelting factories and other factories around Chang'an, the Yuan family can pack up and take away all of them.

The only thing preventing the Yuan family from taking over these large state-owned factories is the exchange of bills. As long as there are enough bills, the Yuan family can endure for one more second, which shows their great fortitude.

Therefore, until now, although everyone knows that the redemption bill is just paper made by a special paper mill, processed by Zhao Yun, and sent to Chen Xi to complete the final step of writing, all major forces recognize that this paper is higher than gold.

Even if they had some doubts before, now that this thing can buy what they want, they have no choice but to accept it.

"I really want to steal the seal of Zhuyexianghou, so that we can print some money ourselves." Sun Ce suddenly came up with an outrageous plan.

"Let's not do that. We'll be in big trouble if we get caught." Zhou Yu quickly stopped him.

"It shouldn't be any trouble. If a marquis steals something, the most he would do is issue an imperial decree and scold him. As the Duke of Wu, stealing a seal doesn't seem to be a big crime." Sun Ce said eagerly.

"According to the Second Year's Laws and Regulations, anyone who forges the seal of Marquis Che will be executed." Zhou Yu said expressionlessly.

"..." Sun Ce shut up and said no more. There was nothing he could do. He didn't study the law well and simply forgot about stealing the seal of a marquis and did such a thing. The first thing he would do was to break him in half and then execute him in public.

"Making a fake one will only make things worse." Zhou Yu said unhappily.

This is also why Chen Xi did not change to something else, because this one really has an amazing anti-counterfeiting effect, so effective that no one dares to forge it. After all, the starting point is beheading, which is a serious crime that even the marquis level does not want to commit.

If you do other things, such as bullying men and women and taking advantage of local people, you can at least withstand it with your title. But if you do this, even if you are a marquis, your title will be stripped from you.

That's right, you won't die. I'll spare your life because you're a marquis, but you'll definitely lose your title. After all, this is a reorganization of the entire marquisate based on the status of a single marquis. I didn't just cut you in two and throw you in the market because you were once in the same circle.

If you want to lift it high and put it down gently, just say it directly, how many Hun heads are under your hands! If there are tens of thousands, this matter can be passed.

"Don't do these evil things." Zhou Yu warned, "We don't lack those small things. If it really takes hundreds of millions or billions, we can get it. If not, we can mine the open-pit copper mine on our fiefdom and get some copper. I remember Chen Zichuan has been secretly collecting this stuff recently."

This is the truth. The five great merchants are nothing but trash compared to princes like Sun Ce and Zhou Yu. If you are really short of money, you should organize people to blow up the copper mines in Wu for a year and transport them to Chen Xi. Chen Xi really needs copper these days.

After all, as long as you are working on electric motors, you can't get around copper, and rail trains use electric motors. After this success, the rest will definitely be launched, and the demand for copper is growing explosively.

Of course, silver can also be used. After the Yuan family discovered the incredible thing called the rail train and determined that the so-called electric motor coils would have better performance if made of silver, with fewer electrical heating problems, longer service life, and so on, they had already begun lobbying the Xiangli family and the Kuaiji Wang family.

Both families are the kind that spend money without blinking an eye, and with the large amount of pure silver that Old Yuan's family obtained, they really produced a batch of silver wire electric motors of better quality for Old Yuan's family.

The old Yuan family was very satisfied with this and even wanted to marry a few sisters to Wang Shi from Kuaiji and Xiangli Shi.

After all, Chen Xi didn't even want to accept gold, so how could he accept silver which was priced the same as gold these days? Therefore, the Yuan family had a large amount of silver on hand and was thinking about how to use it. Unexpectedly, it could be made into a power machine. Moreover, Xiangli also said that even if there was a problem with the silver wire in the future, it could be repaired. If it really couldn't be repaired, it could be pulled out, melted, and then drawn into wire.

The elders of the Yuan family immediately thought of ways to ask Xiangli and Kuaiji Wang to help turn the dozens of tons of silver that their family had saved over the years, amounting to nearly one million taels of silver, into electric motors.

When Chen Xi learned the news, he was stunned, but the Yuan family quickly said that the profits would be split 70% to 30%, that is, the Yuan family would provide manpower, effort and resources, and Chen Xi would get 70% of the electric motors, and the remaining 30% would belong to the Yuan family. But even so, the elders of the Yuan family felt very happy.

As long as the production is completed, the Yuan family can build at least a dozen of things like the Guanfengxing Palace. This will make the Yuan family more excited than the huge amount of silver in their hands!

"By the way, just now old Yuan Gong came to me and asked me if I had any silver and copper here. He wanted to borrow some from us. How much silver and copper do we have now?" When Sun Ce heard Zhou Yu say that they were bombing the copper mine, he remembered the few words he had said when Yuan Tao came to him just now. By the way, Yuan Tao also gave Sun Ce a small gift.

It’s not that Sun Ce despised or ignored it, but what Yuan Tao said was very vague and Sun Ce didn’t understand what was going on. In addition, the other party also said that they would visit again when Zhou Yu came back, so Sun Ce didn’t understand and didn’t take it into his mind.

The Yuan family has lived a decent life in recent years, and the construction of the feudal state in Eastern Europe is indeed not much worse than other forces. Therefore, the elders of the Yuan family have no intention of arguing with Sun Ce about the issue of inheriting Yuan Shu.

No matter what, the Yuan family was not wealthy enough to support two huge fiefdoms, so they naturally would not become jealous of Sun Ce over the fiefdoms. Overall, they maintained friendly relations with Sun Ce in terms of policy, never mentioned the issue of succession, and tacitly assumed that everything in Jiangdong today was the result of the hard work of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu.

It was precisely because of this action that a loyal guy like Sun Ce wanted to lend a hand to the Yuan family whenever he could. This was also the key to why Zhang He was able to eat the rice of Jiangdong throughout the whole process and fight for the Yuan family in Eastern Europe, because Sun Ce believed that this was his due.

"There are still a few warehouses. Although we haven't collected silver and copper in recent years, we still have some reserves." Zhou Yu nodded and said, "The copper was originally intended to be used to roll a batch of copper coins. Since Yuan wants to use it, let's lend it to Yuan first. We can borrow some copper coins from Chen Zichuan. It's not a big deal anyway."

"Roll copper coins?" Sun Ce scratched his hair, feeling a headache. "I remember I said that we should roll a batch of five-zhu coins when we have time, with the time of our founding stamped on the back, right? Then we should give one to everyone as a souvenir, right?"

"Yes." Zhou Yu said as a matter of course, "But I never made it. I originally thought that it would be a commemorative edition, so I rolled a batch of gold and copper gold-red five-zhu coins and gave them to the veterans who participated in the war, 100 coins each. After all, since gold is added, it is reasonable that it is relatively more expensive."

"And it hasn't been done until now. Forget it. Let Chen Zichuan help to make a batch, and transfer the silver and copper to the Yuan family." After listening to Zhou Yu's words, Sun Ce knew what the situation was like under their command. To put it bluntly, it was not bad. As long as they were on their side in the Wu State, they could basically guarantee meat to eat, fruit before meals, rice, and fruit after meals. To put it bluntly, farming was okay, but anything else was not okay.

"Lord Wu, what are you talking about?" Chen Xi just passed by and heard Sun Ce calling him.

"I am Lord Wu!" Sun Ce smiled and called to Chen Xi, "Give me some commemorative coins. I asked Gongjin to make these. He has been making them for five years but has not produced any. I think it will be enough for you to make them. Make 200 million coins. When I return, I will take the boat away. When I conduct inspections, I will give them to them if I find any. If I don't find any, let them come to my provincial government to claim them themselves."

"Okay, Mr. Wu is Mr. Wu, why do you need to stamp commemorative characters?" Chen Xi said indifferently. He didn't even ask Sun Ce for materials and labor costs. He just regarded it as the part of the currency allocated to Jiangdong in the Three-Five Plan being withdrawn in advance and stamped with characters.

"How generous. You didn't even mention the material fee and rolling cost." Zhou Yu praised Chen Xi. After all, the rolled stuff contained gold. Even if it was mainly used for color adjustment to form a reddish gold color, the quantity was so large that a lot of gold would be needed.

"Just deduct it from you." Chen Xi said unhappily.

"Let's say the Han Dynasty will prosper forever and live forever." Seeing Zhou Yu and Chen Xi bickering, Sun Ce couldn't help but said with a smile, "Let's just say these few words."

"Isn't this a common character on roof tiles?" Chen Xi asked in confusion.

"It can be considered a blessing. After all, compared to commemoration, I really hope that this can continue forever, until thousands of years later." Sun Ce said solemnly.

"Since it's a commemorative coin, shouldn't some commemoration be added?" Chen Xi asked puzzledly.

“Can you print other words?” Sun Ce said in disbelief. It was not easy to print these words clearly on such a small coin, let alone print other words.

"At this time, we need to take a look at this thing." Chen Xi took out a paper-wrapped cylindrical candy from his pocket, picked up a piece and held it up. Then Sun Ce saw the four words "extend life and prolong life" on the candy. A piece of candy only the size of a fingernail had four clear words written on it.

"I have to say, my uncle is not good at being the head of the family, but he is really good at business. Take this birthday candy. Nowadays, wealthy families in the north will buy it whenever they have a birthday. There is also this one that is similar to it." Chen Xi searched in the paper bag and found a white candy with a "囍" below two golden wheat ears in the middle. "This thing is definitely bought even when ordinary families get married, and wealthy families will buy it even more. The only difference is how much they buy."

From a certain perspective, Zhen Yan was indeed invincible. It had only been half a year since his downfall, and Zhen Yan, relying on Yuan Shu, Liu Zhang, and his previous connections, had built a sugar factory and started selling candies with words on them. Relying on his previously accumulated fame, he quickly promoted his longevity candies and wedding candies, which were now crushing the market from north to south. Chen Xi felt that the other candy sellers were finished again.

"I think, when I get older, I will buy this candy for my birthday." Zhou Yu looked at the four words "extending longevity" and said slowly, "As for this wedding candy, I think it's the same principle, no need to think about it, what else to choose."

"My uncle can do such tricks with sugar. Do you think I can do something better than him?" Chen Xi asked Sun Ce with a smile.

"Then add the time. In the fifth year of Yuanfeng, the foundation of the East China Sea was laid." Sun Ce said seriously.

“The one on top reads ‘The Han Dynasty will prosper forever, and live forever’, and the one on the bottom reads ‘The fifth year of Yuanfeng, the foundation of the East China Sea is laid’. Okay, I’ll get you a few samples later and you can take a look and choose one.” Chen Xi nodded. He thought that Sun Ce was indeed a very interesting guy. He was arrogant, but also trustworthy, and he identified with the times.

"Okay, when the time comes, let me see the samples." Sun Ce nodded, "But if you, Chen Zichuan, do it, there shouldn't be any problem."

"Don't worry, the rolling technology has been upgraded several times, there will definitely be no problem." Chen Xi said confidently, "Are there any requirements for the materials? Or do you have any finished products? Let me see."

"Yes." Zhou Yu said with a smile.

"When I saw your smile, I felt something was wrong." Chen Xi looked at Zhou Yu and said somewhat speechlessly, "Sun Bofu is better. He won't set a trap for me, but you really will."

"That's too much. You keep making personal attacks today." Zhou Yu said with some sarcasm, and soon a guard came over with a red and gold sample. This was an alloy that Jiangdong had spent a lot of effort to mix for making commemorative coins. The red and gold color was also a copper-gold alloy.

"That's a bit too much, copper-gold alloy." Chen Xi said with a headache, "If it was copper-zinc alloy, I wouldn't have to ask you for the material fee. You are directly using copper-gold alloy, so I still need to pay for the gold. I don't have much gold in reserve here."

"I think this news can be sold to the Yuan family. They should be very happy to receive this news." Zhou Yu said with a smile.

"Their gold is indeed gold, but it is not my reserve. If I were to exchange a few tons of gold with a bill of exchange, I would be fine, but the Yuan family buys several tons at a time. I think it is better to forget it." Chen Xi sighed and said, "Let the Yuan family continue to open a gold shop and sell gold jewelry."

The Yuan family had a large reserve of gold and wanted to exchange it for notes, but they couldn't do so from Chen Xi, so they came up with an idea to open a gold shop and sell gold jewelry, gold bracelets and the like, relying on the consumption of the people. Currently, they can still consume a lot every year.

So in just five years, the Yuan family opened many gold jewelry stores in the Han Dynasty, and the people of the Han Dynasty were also willing to buy such things after they had some spare money.

After all, the Han Dynasty itself set a higher tone in terms of enjoyment. Even the names of the palaces were Changle and Weiyang. This had its original intention in ancient books. Therefore, after peace returned to the world, the people naturally followed the overall social trend and moved towards enjoyment.

However, for Chen Xi, this is not a bad thing. People from all walks of life can spend money to enjoy themselves, and other people do not hate the rich but only have the idea of ​​replacing them. This shows that the overall social environment is still in a stage of upward development, which is a good thing.

"We have provided the gold. How much gold is needed to mix it into this golden red color? Just tell us the number when the time comes." Sun Ce thought about it. He had no shortage of gold. Besides, he could just borrow from the Yuan family if he had less.

I just lie down and don't want to get up at all