Original God: The Eternal Lord of Bliss

Facing the gazes of the immortals and demons, Zhu Yuncheng spoke confidently: "The more important something is, the higher its value is. This is only one aspect. Another aspect is that the harder it is to obtain something, the higher its value is. Let me give you the example of the younger generation picking herbs.

I collect 100 herbs a day, 90 of which are common herbs, and 10 are rare herbs that can heal broken bones. Those 10 herbs grow in high places, making them even harder to pick. If those 10 herbs were the same price as the 90 common herbs, I would never go to pick them."

This is true. If something a person works hard to obtain is worth the same price as something that he gets easily, would anyone still do it?

After Zhu Yuncheng finished talking about these two aspects, he didn't say anything more.

To be able to say this much, one is already in the realm of a super genius. If one talks any further, the immortals and demons might suspect that one is an angel sent from Sky Island.

He knew that Emperor Guizhong and the immortals were not stupid, they just had no concept of this aspect. After he put forward his intention, these people would be able to deduce more things. As for him, he just needed to lend a helping hand at the critical moment.

After a moment of silence, the Emperor spoke: "Xiao Yun is right. The promotion of gold coins still needs to be carefully discussed in terms of their value. In the end, Xiao Yun, Marcosius, and True Lord Liu Yun, how about you take charge?"

Gui Zhong's eyes were full of expectation: "I have no objection."

Marcosius nodded: "Me too."

Liu Yun stood up and saluted with Zhu Yuncheng: "I obey the emperor's order!"

The Emperor nodded and said, "If this matter can be successfully implemented, it will be very beneficial to human life. I hope you will take it seriously."

Minghai Qixia Zhenjun smiled and said, "Such a big event should be celebrated."

Hearing him say this, Marcosius immediately stood up and said, "I'll go cook!"

It has become a routine that every time the Emperor gathers all the immortals for a discussion, they have a dinner together.

The aroma of food soon wafted in. Just like in the past, Zhu Yuncheng, as a disciple, could not sit with them, so he sat aside and ate.

"Hmm?" Just as Zhu Yuncheng was thinking, he suddenly felt a scent of flowers coming. He looked up and saw that it was Gui Zhong and Liu Yun coming. Zhu Yuncheng was so scared that he immediately stood up and saluted: "Master Gui Zhong, Master!"

Gui Zhong's face was full of smiles, and he looked at Zhu Yuncheng: "Yuncheng, how did your little brain develop to be able to come up with such a rigorous suggestion!"

Zhu Yuncheng said modestly: "It's all because of my good teaching. If it weren't for my master, I would still be a lonely herbalist. My master didn't think I was stupid and accepted me as his apprentice. All I can do is to repay my master wholeheartedly and bring honor to him."

Liu Yun listened with a look of enjoyment on his face and was extremely satisfied in his heart: "You are smart enough, there is no need to be so modest. It is because of my unique vision that I was able to discover you."

"Arrogant Crane." Zhu Yuncheng complained in his heart.

Gui Zhong continued to smile and said, "Xiao Yun, what do you think about the Emperor's arrangement?"

Zhu Yuncheng thought for a moment: "The decree of the Emperor is very correct. The connection between unifying trading objects and measuring value is very close. At the same time, value is the most difficult thing. Scarcity makes things valuable. Therefore, I think that the price should be set based on the cheapness of the goods that people need most, such as rice, meat, salt and oil. The dispensable ones are more expensive, such as clothes, sculptures, crafts, musical instruments, etc."

Gui Zhong and Liu Yun listened to Zhu Yuncheng's detailed introduction and began to make some plans. Then, Gui Zhong smiled and said, "Xiao Yun, I agree with rice, meat and oil, but salt is very expensive.

You have to know that although Heulia is very kind, she is very stingy with salt. Only during the annual Guili Festival will she send people to exchange a thousand kilograms of salt for a large amount of cloth, clothes and other items (there is no unit of measurement for weight during the Demon War in Liyue history, so the real unit is used, which is considered a private setting). The people of Guiliji don’t know the purpose of the exchanged salt, so they all give it to us.

Marcosius said that salt can make food more delicious, and he wanted to promote it to the people. For this purpose, he went to the territory of the salt god. As a result, the latter sensed Marcosius's presence and hid a thousand miles away, so Marcosius returned empty-handed.

Let me explain here that the nephrite used to make cloth only grows in Guiliji. The territory of the salt god Heulias is near the salt of the earth, and there is no nephrite growing there.

"One thousand kilograms? So little?" Zhu Yuncheng was surprised. Combining the memories of his previous life with his current life, except for the immortals, the people of Guiliji basically cannot eat salt in their entire lives!

How could this be possible! Why wouldn't Heuliah want to share salt?!

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuncheng said, "Master Guizhong, Master Liuyun, why is Heulia unwilling to make more salt?"

"Heuliah made salt simply to make life better for his people."

Listening to Gui Zhong's explanation, Zhu Yuncheng still knew.

The bottom line is that the concept of commerce has not yet emerged in the territory of Heulia. However, since she sent people to Guiliji to barter, why not promote it in her territory?

Zhu Yuncheng could only attribute this to the different ways of management of the demon gods, so he asked the question in his mind: "Lord Guizhong, when did bartering begin in our Liyue?"

"About a hundred years ago." Gui Zhong recalled, "That day, Marcosius met a hunter who asked him for help. It happened that Marcosius had too many clones and couldn't gather his divine power to help him heal. It just so happened that the family he helped to light the fire was a herbalist.

So Marcosius suggested that the hunter exchange his prey for herbs, and after a few years, bartering became popular, and the residents of Guiliji all thanked Marcosius, but the fool disagreed every time he mentioned this matter, saying that he just mentioned it casually.

Zhu Yuncheng was surprised, it turned out that Marcosius was the god of the origin of commerce.