After broadcasting the ancient times live, I handed the system over to the state.

They didn't just criticize the Qing Dynasty; they also understood the difficulties of establishing a nation in later generations.

At that time, the Chinese people were all in a daze, emaciated, and even when they died, they did not know why they died, like pigs, which made people feel inexplicably heartbroken.

But later they stood up, their eyes regained their spirit, and even in death, they died a worthy death.

From 1840 to 1949, a long time had passed, and then came the years to come.

The country has only been established for seventy or eighty years, yet the people have already achieved a prosperous life, living in small bungalows, and everyone walks happily and openly on the streets.

No need to worry about the strongmen at night, you won't go hungry, and you can still study.

They became increasingly curious about how the Chinese in later generations had managed to do it.

Zhu Qinggu saved the video, not because he planned to watch it later, but because he figured watching it again would make him tear up.

With a slightly bitter taste in her mouth, she completely lost her appetite. She moved the food aside and couldn't eat much of the rest.

"I've lost my masculine desire!"

The very first sentence of the next video captivated this eagle-like woman!

Zhu Qinggu suddenly became alert.

"That's why I especially love gold!"

"Actually, I still have desires, but I also like gold. I don't know if it's because my bloodline has awakened, but I used to think gold was vulgar and preferred silver. Now that I think about it, gold is still the best and suits me the most!" Zhu Qinggu said with a smile.

“Of course! Our skin color and black hair are perfect for gold. I think silver is too brittle and frivolous, not stable enough. Gold is more suitable… It’s just that we don’t have the money, haha.” Wang Minghua laughed.

"When I have money, I'm going to buy a pile of gold!" Zhu Qinggu muttered to himself, having already added this to his plans. But that's for the future; he certainly couldn't afford to squander his money now.

A eunuch, his eyes shining with emotion, held up the gold beads in his hands. "I love the color of gold! I love the sound of gold! I love everything about gold!"

[Don't even mention him, I like him too!]

[If you think gold is vulgar, it must be because it's underweight!]

I absolutely adore gold.

Gold has always been a hard currency. In the past, women weren't allowed to own private property, but there were some things that no one cared about: jewelry. And what jewelry is valuable? Isn't it all gold jewelry?

A woman smiled and handed over a silver note, saying, "Here is a note for 100,000 taels of silver."

The eunuch who had spoken earlier laughed. "Your Majesty, this old servant is illiterate, and my old eyes are failing," he said, then awkwardly tore up the silver note, rubbing his fingers together as if to imply, "This old servant sees stars everywhere."

[The moment the woman had the gold bricks brought in, the eunuch's eyes lit up. "The most beautiful thing in the world isn't flowers, nor women, it's gold!"]

He alluringly placed the gold to his lips and bit it, then said, "The feeling of holding gold in your mouth is cool and sweet..."

The sight gave the people under the canopy goosebumps.

Eunuchs have always been greedy for money. Without the source of their troubles, all that's left is to wield power and amass wealth.

Especially after the Tang Dynasty, countless emperors were wary of eunuchs wielding power.

Zhu Yuanzhang even erected a sign saying that eunuchs should not hold power, just to warn against such a thing happening. However, when Zhu Qizhen came to power, the eunuchs around him took the sign away.

So after finishing the episode about the God of War at Tumu Fortress, Zhu Yuanzhang made sure his men thoroughly investigated the backgrounds of all the eunuchs in the palace.

Several signs were erected, to see which good-for-nothing descendants would come again in the future.

"Silver notes, what are those?" Li Shimin keenly noticed the key point.

“It seems to be something that can replace money.” Li Chengqian examined it for a while and said, “The people on the sky also said that if we escape, the ship carrying an equivalent amount of gold will sink, so it’s better to take silver notes with us.”

"How can a piece of paper replace silver?" Li Shimin was also curious.

Money shortages have existed since ancient times, which is why the Han Dynasty had to open up the right to mint coins. However, by the Tang Dynasty, the right to mint coins had been taken over by the Imperial Household Department, and the Wuzhu coin, which had been used since the Han Dynasty, was officially abolished.

And they began using Kaiyuan Tongbao coins.

However, even with this, the money shortage in the market is still severe. Those powerful families would rather bury their money deep in the ground and let it rust, leaving it for the next generation, than take it out.

Therefore, the system of "trading money and silk together" was established.

Those were copper coins and silk fabrics, including brocade, embroidery, damask, and gauze.

Even so, there was still a severe shortage of funds, and Li Shimin was constantly trying to find ways to alleviate it.

Now, whenever he sees silver notes on the sky, he becomes very interested in them.

It seems that later generations used a different payment method, which they could not yet access. They didn't know if this kind of banknote would work, but how could they make this piece of paper have any value?

In ancient times, when there were few economic concepts, it was not easy to understand this issue.

The world's earliest paper currency, Jiaozi, appeared during the Song Dynasty.

The Jiaozi (paper money) system did not collapse until the reign of Emperor Huizong; instead, it transformed into something else—the Qianyin (money token).

However, during the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang ruined the paper money system.

This shows that Zhu Yuanzhang's economic concepts were even worse than those of Emperor Huizong of Song.

It wasn't just Li Shimin; Emperor Wen of Sui and many others before him also noticed it.

Are these paper notes used to replace silver? How was that done?

After all, a shortage of money is a problem that every dynasty has to face.

There are many reasons for this problem, such as the scarcity of copper, the use of copper to cast Buddha statues after Buddhism came into being, and so on.

This long-standing problem unexpectedly revealed a glimmer of a solution here.

However, the sky didn't mention anything more, leaving them anxious and wishing they could contact Zhu Qinggu again.

Judging from the comments, many people in future generations like gold. They will send a pile of gold to Miss Zhu and ask her to tell them about it!

Zhu Qinggu still felt an itch in her nose, as if someone was constantly talking about her. She guessed her cold was getting worse and decided to take some medicine tonight.

If you could travel back to ancient times, how would you learn to make paper?

papermaking?

It immediately caught Ying Zheng's attention. The number of attendants recording the information had increased from three to more than ten. They would categorize and organize all the information on the sky screen, and then cross-check each other to ensure that no information was missed.

Papermaking is now of paramount importance, so naturally they won't miss out on it.