Chapter 95 Coins from the Zhengde Period(1/2)
At the same time, she also took out several copies of the secrets of medicine cultivation and handed them to Qin Yuqing, asking her to give this to Yun Hua Nuan the next time she met him.
Although they don't often meet each other, Tianhe Sect is close to Yunlu Village after all. Yun Zhanyi has left to wander around the world, and he doesn't know when he will meet again. Qin Yuqing is quite reluctant to leave, but the sun is already gone.
Gao, if they stay any longer, it will be dark before they can take a few steps.
After saying goodbye to Qin Yuqing and others, Yun Zhanyi was not so anxious. She had to leave the Yunshan Mountains, not to mention hundreds of miles away. She had a small family with her and her family, so even twenty miles a day was considered too much.
Besides, you can't delay your sword practice just because you're in a hurry.
I still go back to Liuli Fantasy Land to practice my sword in the morning, and then go out on the road in the afternoon.
After ten days of tossing like this, Yun Zhanyi and others arrived at Jichuan County.
The mainland of China is dominated by sects. Although there is no concept of a country, there are still some villages, counties and towns.
There is also a large city in the Guanyun Mountains called Haiyu. On the other side of the mountains, the city was built near the sea.
The sects are concentrated on this side of the mountains, and the rest are scattered villages and towns. However, evil practices are rampant, and many residents have migrated away, either across the mountains to Haiyu City, or to the Central Plains region.
The Central Plains has vast resources and a large population. The largest city within the medicine cultivator's influence is Liuyun City. Not counting the surrounding villages, it has 500,000 to 600,000 residents.
The formation-building Zhufeng City is not inferior either.
In addition to big cities, there are also countless medium or small cities. Therefore, in the Central Plains region alone, the population is concentrated in the millions.
Since there is no prince or emperor, each city naturally respects the city lord. Down to the town, the county is dependent on the city, and the city is dependent on the sect.
These have been gradually developed in a balanced manner over the past thousands of years, and are completely different from the situation in the Chinese mainland when Yun Zhanyi traveled around.
At that time, there were none of these. They were all gathering places spread out in a circle with the sect as the center. It was good for the people to have enough to eat. Later, she retreated in the mountains all year round, and she had no idea about the situation in the world.
Known.
What's more, powerful monks like them should not enter the mortal world often. Sometimes, every move they make may bring disaster to non-monastics.
So Yun Zhanyi, who had been calm along the way, was slightly excited when he saw the city gate of Jichuan County.
Evil practices are rampant. In recent years, no matter how big or small the county is, various sects have arranged to build city walls.
As soon as the sun sets, the city gates will be closed.
Some people who come to the market, do business, or visit relatives, whether they arrive before dawn and fail to open the city gate in time, or they arrive after dark and the city gate has already closed, have no choice but to rest outside the city gate.
Outside the city gate, there are not only inns, but also markets and tea stalls, which are very lively even at night.
As for evil ways coming, you can only seek blessings on your own. However, since many people in the world are practicing Buddhism, they are not completely defenseless.
Outside the gate of Jichuan City, it was very lively.
Among Yun Zhanyi's group, Hongyao was the only one who had seen the market because he was fostered in Yunlu Village and followed him to several fairs.
The remaining three people, all eldest girls, got on the sedan chair and saw the bustling life outside for the first time.
"Master, master," after leaving the door, Yun Zhanyi asked them all to call him master. Casual cultivators brought their apprentices out. They were common everywhere and did not attract anyone's attention. Yun Xiangye shook his head while looking at the busy stalls.
Holding her hand, "I want to eat that!"
There was no shortage of money and spiritual stones in Yun Zhanyi's treasure pavilion. At this time, he took out two slings of money and asked the candy seller: "How much money is one?"
"Candy for cats and dogs is a penny, and candy for people is a penny."
"I want a puppy!" Yun Xiangye yelled.
Yun Zhanyi smiled and let them finish picking, then took out a few articles and handed them over.
The hawker took the money and smiled bitterly: "Master, your money is old, and we don't circulate it here now."
There was a lot more flattery in his words.
Yun Zhanyi was stunned for a moment, and as she walked along, she knew that these common people all called the ascetics "Zhenren".
I just didn't expect that the money had changed.
"Then pay with spirit stones."
"You are so flattering. How can we dare to accept spiritual stones in this small business?" The hawker bent down repeatedly and pointed a direction to Yun Zhanyi, "Go there. You can exchange old copper coins at Guangfa Inn. Please move there."
Drive and move."
Seeing Yun Zhanyi looking at the candy figure in his hand, the vendor took out the glutinous rice paper and neatly wrapped the candy figure: "I'll wrap it for you first, I won't sell it to anyone else."
Those who can take out the old copper coins are all monks who have been in seclusion for who knows how long. The copper coins in their hands are no longer in circulation. Small vendors like them cannot afford to offend these real people.
Guangfa Inn is the largest inn in this area. As soon as he entered, Yun Zhanyi didn't even need to scan his consciousness, but he felt that there were many monks here, even some sect monks dressed in the same uniform.
There is a separate sign for exchanging copper coins in the inn, so you don't need to look much to see it.
Yun Zhanyi went over and put two pennies on the counter: "Exchange for copper coins."
The clerk didn't ask any more questions, so he opened a big book next to him and compared the pages with the copper coin handed over by Yun Zhanyi. His leisurely expression was a little solemn, but after flipping through a few more pages, he still couldn't match it.
of.
Yun Zhanyi glanced at it and saw that the book contained drawings of copper coins that had been on sale, with the time range of the sale written below.
The clerk flipped through a few more pages, but still couldn't find it. Then he raised his head and asked her, "May I ask the approximate age of the real person's old money."
When did she get the money?
Yun Zhanyi himself doesn’t remember much.
Anyway, after she reached the second level, she never used silver again.
"Ten thousand years ago?" Yun Zhanyi estimated the year.
The waiter was stunned. Not only him, but everyone nearby who heard Yun Zhanyi's words either obviously or secretly laid their eyes on her.
The clerk opened the book from the front, reading it as he went. After flipping through two or three pages, he found the same pattern: "During the Zhengde period 20,000 years ago..."
"Zhengde..." Yun Zhanyi showed a nostalgic look.
Monks usually take the name of the highest monk in their monastic order as their reign name.
Zhengde was the name of a second-grade monk who was once a medicine cultivator, but he fell into decline ten thousand years ago.
For a moment, the inn lobby became quiet.
Yun Zhanyi came out, not wanting to cause trouble, so he coughed lightly: "It turned out to be the currency of the Zhengde period. Sure enough, the owner of the secret realm did not lie to me. It is really a treasure."
The waiter responded with a smile: "It seems that the real person is quite lucky."
It turned out to be an old thing found in a secret realm.
This is also a common situation. If a monk encounters a secret realm, everyone will go in and explore it.
The people in the inn who were looking at Yun Zhanyi all looked away and continued drinking and chatting.
Yun Zhanyi took the opportunity to continue asking: "How many coins can these be exchanged for?"
"All old money and cash are exchanged on a one-to-one basis, but the amount of the handling fee is different. The handling fee is paid in spirit stones. If it is a coin from the Zhengde period..." The clerk read the big book carefully, "two
You need to pay five low-grade spiritual stones for one thousand coins."
It's not expensive.
Yun Zhanyi didn't want to show off his wealth too much, so he roughly estimated the expenses for the past few days, took out twenty coins and fifty low-grade spiritual stones from his sleeves, and handed them to the clerk.
As for silver, it can be broken into pieces and used throughout the ages. She does not need to use whole silver. Ascetics should be frugal and simple, and should not pursue external enjoyment.
Seeing that the waiter was not humble and had a very good service attitude, Yun Zhanyi booked a guest room in his house and soon walked in with a group of young apprentices.
At this time, no one in the inn paid them a second glance. This kind of formation of casual cultivators and disciples was too common.
"Barbecued pork, scallion chicken, tea-flavored shrimp..." Yun Xiangye sat down, her eyes never leaving the order sign on the wall. She drooled and looked at Yun Zhanyi eagerly.
When we were in Wuying City, Qin Yuqing sent people to bring food in. Yunlu Village was destitute and had only grain and vegetables grown by itself.
The conditions were difficult and Yunxiangye did not want to be willful. No matter how greedy he was, he could only give him what he wanted.
When she came out now, just seeing the name of the dish made her feel very happy.
Hongyao isn't much better than her, he's just more well-behaved.
Xia Zhi licked the candy man frantically to avoid being embarrassed.
Yun Zhanyi said with a smile: "Each person has one dish, just order whatever you want."
After all the apprentices had finished ordering, she added a few more dishes, ordering all the dishes that she had just been struggling with: cloud leaves and red medicine.
"Master is so kind!"
"I like Master the most!"
"Master is the most generous Master in the world!"
The three little guys were flattering each other, and the people next to them looked at them with smiles on their faces.
Sitting at the table closest to them were two young monks. Yun Zhanyi was out and about, so he usually didn't use his spiritual sense to scan around. He just took a look at his clothes and guessed that he was either a Dharma cultivator or a Formation cultivator.
One of the monks wearing a red belt glanced at Yun Zhanyi's face and blushed a little, but still had the courage to strike up a conversation: "Where are you from?"
Seeing Yun Zhanyi looking at him, he quickly introduced: "My name is Yu Dagang. This is my brother, Yu Dali. We are both medicine cultivators of the Zhushan Sect, selling medicine."
Yun Zhanyi did not answer their questions, but asked back: "You are actually a monk from the Zhushan Sect. I am so rude and disrespectful. I just didn't see your medicine pot?"
To be continued...