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Chapter 335 The Bronze Currency System (33)

Under Li Boyang's influence, the mountain people and the spirits gradually broke away from their opposition and entered into a special state of symbiosis and co-prosperity.

The mountain people need the permission and help of the spirits to build the "Road of Breath" to every corner of the Hundred Mountains.

With the help of the mountain people, the spirits expanded their population while learning the advanced wisdom and skills from the celestial beings.

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 innate deities crave most.

As for the gods who are above the mountain people 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.

Not to mention 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 objections.

With this foundation and consensus, the rapid progress of civilization among the people of 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 mainly for cargo transport.

The laying of the "Road of Breath" facilitates movement between villages and individuals.

Before this, the only way for the mountain people in Baidiqunshan to communicate was through the market.

Every so often, going to the largest nearby town for the market is the only way for the mountain people 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 today's Xirang Road.

As the mountain people's travel methods 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 beasts, these tools, originally used for farming, gradually became means of transportation.

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

Simply attaching a cart to the back of the bronze tusk pig also makes travel convenient.

As for the speed, a little slower is fine.

Anyway, the mountain people have plenty of time during the off-season.

As things have developed, some villagers have even formed "transportation fleets" to specifically 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 generation of mountain dwellers have even devised primitive power engines similar to "steam engines".

Unfortunately, compared to the bronze beasts that could move simply by eating grass, they were no match for the bronze beasts.

Before the development of the internal combustion engine, the steam engine was completely 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 villages began to interact, the original barter system or gold and silver trading system began to become outdated.

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 became an increasingly urgent issue for the mountain people. To be honest, not only did the mountain people lack experience in this area, but even Li Boyang didn't know where to begin.

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

But nowadays, the Hundred Mountains region has no regime whatsoever, not even a single 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 they are problems that cannot be solved in the short term.

It is no exaggeration to say that if the mountain people cannot solve this problem, the progress of civilization in the entire Baidi Mountain area 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.

If the Hundred Mountains do not want to be constrained 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 mountains and rivers of today, who else has a greater sense of unity and prestige than that celestial being?

After Wu Xian pointed this out, everyone, including Xiao'e, suddenly realized the truth.

But then, everyone found themselves in the predicament of how to persuade the celestial being.

The equation that "mountain people's prophets are celestial beings descended to earth" is not a completely open secret in the Hundred Mountains region.

In response, Wu Xian smiled and offered new advice.

Who says that implementing a currency necessarily requires the consent of that celestial being who descended to earth?
Or more precisely, does the consent of that celestial being who descended to earth really matter?

Aren't those bronze beasts that are becoming more and more common the masterpieces of that celestial being who descended to earth?

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 people won't accept this new currency?

Considering the damage rate of the bronze beast and the frequency of its use by the mountain people.

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 animal usage and Li Boyang's prestige.

After a complete solution was developed.

The mountain people once again carried out this task with a level of execution that shocked Wu Xian.

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

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

Whether they are mountain people, spirits, or ghosts and gods, 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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(End of this chapter)