MTL - Prehistoric: A Stable Life, Starting From the Journey To the West-Chapter 21

"You can't really have a magic door, can you?"

After saying goodbye to Yang Wu and the two of them, after Chen Qi returned to his residence, he couldn't help but fell into deep thought, speculating in his mind the power that might exist behind his cousin.

If he is not mistaken, his cousin is really not simple.

It seems that there is no way to practice, but in fact, it has a strong cultivation base, but it is better to hide it.

If Chen Qi hadn't practiced the Sixty-Four hexagrams of the day after tomorrow, coupled with the blessing of the third-grade spiritual power carried by Haoran's righteousness, I'm afraid it would be difficult to find.

Of course, it would be a bit arbitrary to conclude that Wu Yuanhua was backed by other forces just because he had practiced.

After all, the warrior Yu was also a hero of the founding of the Tang Dynasty. He was not only born in an aristocratic family, but also an official to the Ministry of Industry, and was named Duke Ying.

As the daughter of Samurai Yu, it is normal to have practiced.

However, what is abnormal is that Wu Yuanhua is not a martial artist, but a strange power.

"It should be the power of Taoism!"

Chen Qi pondered.

As the saying goes, martial arts are easy to find, but immortals are hard to find!

Because martial arts are very popular among the human race, even ordinary people of the Tang Dynasty can easily learn some simple martial arts training methods.

But Immortal Dao is different. Most of them are controlled by Immortal Dao sects, and it is difficult for aristocratic families to obtain the true inheritance.

Wu Yuanhua's Taoist practice is obviously to a very deep level, and it is mysterious.

"Forget it, what are you thinking about?"

"I don't know how many immortals, gods, gods and demons pay attention to the calculation of the replacement of the throne of the king. It is very likely that behind my cousin, there is a great power of heaven and earth standing, so I don't need to worry about it."

"Instead of worrying about others, it's better to worry about yourself, earn some silver taels early, and move out of this Yang residence is the right way."

Chen Qi shook his head, feeling that he was really worrying.

The change in the position of the King of Humans, even if it is placed in the entire Three Realms, is a very big event.

Since someone dared to plot the throne of Li Tang's king when Li Tang's national fortune was prosperous.

It is strange that the means can be simple.

With this small body of myself mixed in, it is estimated that even a blister will not pop up.

So it's better to stay away!

In addition, Chen Qi is very suspicious that behind his cousin, there is also a shadow of Buddhism.

The reason is very simple, because in the real historical world, after Wu Zetian became emperor, Faming, a monk in the Eastern Wei Kingdom, wrote four volumes of the "Dayun Sutra", saying that Wu Zetian was the incarnation of Maitreya Buddha, and he should be the master of the world.

Later, Wu Zetian ordered the world to set up a Dayun Temple in each of the two capitals and states to store the "Dayun Sutra", order monks to explain it, and elevate the status of Buddhism over Taoism.

In September of the same year, officials and people, ancestral relatives, leaders of the four barbarians, monks, Taoists, etc., all knelt down and licked, and asked Wu Zetian to change the country's name to Zhou. Since then, the Wuzhou Dynasty was established.

Of course, if this is the only case, it cannot be concluded that there is a shadow of Buddhism behind Wu Zetian. It is also possible that after Wu Zetian ascended the throne and became emperor, Buddhism was the first to kneel and lick.

In addition, Li Tang took Taoism as the state religion, and Wu Zetian proclaimed the emperor. In order to show the difference from Li Tang, it was natural to raise Buddhism.

But one thing is certain, that is, my cousin is really not easy.

Regardless of whether it is Buddhist support or Buddhist kneeling, anyway, she can tamper with Li Tang to establish Wu Zhou at the peak of the Tang National Games, which is absolutely awesome.

It's better to keep such a powerful character at a distance.

When Chen Qi thought of this, he immediately summoned his book boy, Chen An, and asked, "How are you doing the things you explained to you earlier? Did you find a suitable house to rent?"

Hearing this, Chen An did not dare to hide it, and replied directly: "Master Hui, Xiao Ye and Zhou Huwei went to see a few inner city houses that were being rented out, but we don't have many silver taels left, so... .."

Chen An didn't continue talking, it was nothing more than a lack of money, and he couldn't afford to rent the inner city house in Chang'an.

Of course, they could also rent a house in the outer city to live in, but the outer city was quite far from the inner city. If they lived in the outer city, it would be another problem for Chen Qi to go to the Hanlin Academy on duty.

After Chen Qi heard Chen An's words, he couldn't help frowning.

It's just that the predecessor was too arrogant and elegant in Chang'an City before.

As a result, after Chen Qi crossed over, he could only prostitute for free, eat and drink, and live a hard life.

According to the character of the predecessor, he had no money on his body, so he must have repaired a book to send some money to his family.

However, Chen Qi is not the predecessor, and prefers to be self-reliant rather than being an old man.

Therefore, it is impossible to write a letter, and it is even more impossible to ask for money. You can only find a way to make some money yourself.

So, how can you make a lot of money in a short period of time?

It is best to have the kind of big money that can directly let him buy a house and eat and drink for a lifetime without worrying about it.

In the words of later generations, it is just a few small goals to achieve financial freedom.

Thinking of this, Chen Qi couldn't help sighing, and then his eyes involuntarily looked towards the Jingshui River outside Chang'an City.

He felt that the money for his house purchase, his small goal, might still fall on an old dragon outside the city.

Well, first set a small goal for yourself and take out a suite from the Jinghe Dragon King.

Chapter 40: Chen Guangrui gets married, prepare gifts! (for collections, for flowers)

Time flies, the sun and the moon are like shuttles.

Unconsciously, the time has come to May of the thirteenth year of Zhenguan.

At this time, a month had passed since the imperial examination, and most of the scholars had already left Chang'an and returned to their villages.

Of course, there were also some scholars who stayed in Chang'an City, looking for some errands and waiting for the next year's imperial examination because of the long distance and the beginning of the imperial examination.

Compared with those who fell off the list, this year's new scholars are undoubtedly lucky.

Because they have stood out from the imperial examinations, it is because they stepped into the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty, which can be regarded as a result of ten years of cold window.

However, during this month, most of the new scholars, like those who failed the list, gradually left Chang'an City.

The difference is that instead of returning to their hometowns to prepare for another battle, they took the official seal issued by the imperial court and happily went to various places to take up their posts.

And with the departure of the scholars of the Tang Dynasty and the new scholars, the originally bustling Chang'an City was inevitably colder by two points.

No way, without the literary style of the scholars, even the ladies and sisters of Changlefang have lost their spirits, not to mention the economic consumption in Chang'an City.

It should be noted that the scholars of this era are basically from aristocratic families, and they are all masters of money.

During the period before and after the imperial examinations, I don’t know how many people who read and were talented, and spent a lot of money competing with local wealthy businessmen.

Now that they are all gone, it is strange that Chang'an City is not deserted.

However, not long after the fallen scholars left Chang'an City, a piece of news spread throughout Chang'an City at a whirlwind-like speed, making the originally deserted Chang'an City noisy again.

The new champion Chen Guangrui is getting married and is about to marry Yin Wenjiao, the daughter of Yin Kaishan, the left prime minister of the Tang Dynasty.

I have to say that the Chen family in the Southern Tang Dynasty was very successful, and Chen Guangrui, the champion, has become an unparalleled talent in Chang'an City.

As soon as the news of Chen Guangrui's wedding came out, the entire city of Chang'an was directly detonated, causing many young ladies to weep secretly.

The marriage of Chen Guangrui, the champion of the new division, and Yin Wenjiao, the daughter of the prime minister, is not a trivial matter.

Xiang Xiaoli said that this was the marriage of the two ancient families of the Southern Tang Chen family and the Chen Tang Yin family.

Speaking to Dali, that was the beginning of the Great Tribulation of Journey to the West, and the gods and Buddhas in the sky began to turn their attention to the immortal world again.

As the classmate of the champion, Chen Guangrui got married, and Chen Qi naturally received an invitation.

To be honest, if it is possible, Chen Qi is of course unwilling to participate.

The reason is very simple. He and Chen Guangrui are not familiar with each other, so he has to follow the ceremony when he goes there. This is undoubtedly a very fatal thing for Chen Qi, who is already short of money.

However, the number one champion has sent invitations. As a classmate, how could he be so embarrassed to shirk?

After all, in this era, classmates are a very close relationship.

It is the so-called four major irons of life. We went through the window together, carried guns together, visited prostitutes together, and shared the spoils together.

In addition to carrying guns and dividing the spoils, he and Chen Guangrui have the two remaining irons.

So it's so hard, people invite you to the wedding, can you not go?

Certainly not!

Besides, what kind of identity is the champion of the family, it is already very face-saving to invite you, a scholar from Jiu Pin School, to the wedding.

If you don't go, you don't give Zhuang Yuan Lang's face, you don't know what's good or bad, and you don't know good people.

"Forget it, for the sake of everyone's elegance, let's go!"

In the Hanlin Academy, Chen Qi thought with a headache, then counted the money on his body, thinking about what gift to give.

Gold and silver jewelry, precious and beautiful jade, etc. don't need to be considered at all!

The first is that Chen Qi has no money to buy it, and the second is the status of the champion. It is too tacky to send these things.

"Would you like to write a letter for him?"

Thinking of this, Chen Qi couldn't help but light up.

This can not only bring out the friendship between the two, but also reflect the preciousness of the gift. The most important thing is that you don't need to spend too much money.

The more Chen Qi thought about it, the more he felt that this was a good idea, and without hesitation, he went to go to the Mobao Pavilion to buy a good piece of rice paper and mount it.

Don't ask why just buy one, it's just too poor to ask.

A piece of high-quality rice paper costs several kangaroos to say the least, but if you change it to ordinary paper, it can be worth a hundred sheets.

Chen Qi would not be willing to spend so much money on rice paper if it wasn't to set off the height of his calligraphy.

The Mobao Pavilion is located in Xuanyang Square in the east city of Chang'an City. This square city is mostly a place where scholars and writers linger. The streets along the way are mostly selling the four treasures of the study, antique calligraphy and painting.

Here you can also see many scholars living on the streets, selling calligraphy and painting, and writing letters for a living.

Most of them were scholars from all over the Tang Dynasty, and they stayed in Chang'an City to wait for the imperial examination in the coming year.

Of course, it would be great if there were some great people who knew the talents, and Bole discovered Maxima and directly recommended them as officials.

It's a pity that there are so many Bole and Maxima in the world who are all mixed up selling calligraphy and painting to write letters for a living. If you say that you are a genius, someone must believe it!

"Sincerely benefits twelve coins and six hundred dollars, I don't know how the son will pay?"

In the Mobao Pavilion, the shop assistant quickly mounted the rice paper, put it in a wooden box, and asked Chen Qi how to pay.

It is always 1,000 copper coins, and 12,600 coins are 10,600 coins.

So many copper coins are obviously not something you can put in your sleeves casually.

Fortunately, Datang's currency system is relatively complex, except for copper coins, brocade cloth, silk, silk, gold, etc. can be used as currency.

Only no money!

Yes, in Datang, silver cannot be used as currency.

Don't be deceived by costume dramas. If you buy something like money in the Tang Dynasty, not only will people not accept it, they may even kick you out.

At least before the Song Dynasty, no dynasty used silver as a circulating currency.

In the Tang Dynasty, there was no silver, but the mining technology was low, and the annual silver output was only about 15,000 taels.

Most of them are to be given to the emperor to be cast into various utensils, and there is no way they can be used for shopping and trading.

If you go out to buy things with silver, it is very likely that you got it by illegal means. Do you think people will chase you away?

Besides, currency is in circulation. Since silver cannot be circulated in the Tang Dynasty, it cannot be used as currency.

So, in the Tang Dynasty, the real hard currency was gold.

One tael of gold can be exchanged for six thousand dollars, and ten taels of gold can be exchanged for sixty thousand dollars, which is sixty thousand dollars.

The mounted rice paper in front of Chen Qi is no more than three feet long and two feet one wide. It belongs to the standard of big three feet, and belongs to the best rice paper of this era.

Most of this kind of rice paper was sent to the palace as a tribute, and only a very small amount was circulated, so the price was extremely expensive.

In other words, the price of a piece of top-quality rice paper is two taels of gold.

And how much does a piece of rice paper weigh?

Calculated according to the weight of one hundred knives weighing four or five pounds, if one piece is about half a tael.

In other words, the price of rice paper is equivalent to four times the weight of gold.