Liao Zhai alchemist

Chapter 142 Incense Money

On April [-]th, the gate of Qingwei Mountain is opened to welcome pilgrims from all over the world.

The so-called offering incense on the first day of the lunar new year, fulfilling the vow on the fifteenth day.The first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year are the busiest times in Qingwei Mountain.The Taoists in Qingweishan have Taoist fields and properties to support them, and they can live well without relying on donations from pilgrims.

But the gods in the sky need incense to make offerings.The gold, silver and jewelry in the mortal world are of little use to them, and they don't need to eat and dress. The only thing they need is the incense and belief in the world.

Don't look at the common people who just put on a bunch of incense, but this bunch of incense contains the wishes, devotion and spirit of the common people.These things are the food of God.

The usual incense worship by the common people and the annual sacrifice by the imperial court are the basis of Shinto.

The country is chaotic, and the country naturally has no unified sacrifice.The common people do not have a living, so naturally there is no usual worship.If one of the two is missing, the divine way will be unstable.If neither, the Shinto is frozen.

At the end of the former dynasty, the imperial court was dominated by monsters, and the people were in dire straits.If Shinto is not nourished, it is also barren.Some Taoist sects that rely on fasting and offering sacrifices to survive do not receive any blessings. The remaining Taoist sects do not have the blessing of the gods, and their strength is also greatly reduced, not even as powerful as some Jianghu martial arts sects.

At that time, the strength of the Taoist faction shrank, and the gate of the mountain was closed.The wild way will be active, and some disciples of the big sect can't see the loss of life, and they will go down the mountain to fight for justice, but those are individual actions, not collective.

Zhang Wei today was also pulled out of the alchemy room.

Tong Guang said to him: "A disciple in the sect, one of the important responsibilities is to refine the incense and turn it into incense money. You are also a disciple in the sect, and you have to do this too."

Zhang Wei said, "But my disciples don't know how to do it."

"It's also simple. It's the combination of incense and mana, and the incense money is refined in the form of copper coins. I'll teach you once and you'll understand."

After finishing speaking, Tong Guang made a move, and a small gourd appeared in his hand.

He poured some light smoke from the mouth of the gourd, and then used mana in his hands to hold the light smoke.

Under the manipulation of mana, the light smoke turned into something like cotton wool.Then Tong Guang rubbed it in his hand, murmured something, and then pressed it with his hand, and a flat gray-white copper coin appeared.

He said: "This is the incense money, the common currency of heaven and hell. Yin gods and heavenly officials can use this money to increase their mana and maintain their divine body. It can be said to be almost omnipotent. When you go to heaven to perform duties, heaven will also issue this kind of money." Money for you."

This money is almost useless in the yang world, but it is the common currency of the underworld and heaven.But heaven and the underworld do not have the right to mint coins, and the right to mint coins is in the hands of Taoist monks.

In theory, this money can be made as long as you have mana, but incense, another raw material, is not so easy to collect.Incense is a necessity, and mana is just a means of processing.This kind of coin is a consumable, and no matter how many folks make it, it will not cause inflation.

Moreover, there are many folk productions, which shows that folk incense is at its peak, and people live and work in peace and contentment, so they have the time to worship gods.

Zhang Wei followed the brothers to the main hall.The other brothers greeted him friendly.

Not long after, the sky was getting bright, and the first batch of incense burners arrived.Zhang Wei doesn't need to entertain pilgrims, he only needs to collect incense in the back.

The incense is collected by small gourds. This kind of gourd with yellow skin and big belly is only the size of a palm. It is very pocket-sized, but it can hold the incense of 1000 people.

This kind of gourd only needs to be placed everywhere in the hall, and they will automatically collect incense.When the collection is full, Zhang Wei can just replace it.

The incense of the Qingwei Sect is very prosperous. Usually there is a continuous stream of people here, but today there are even more people. Only the people behind can take a step.

The mule carts and ox carts of the wealthy families at the foot of the mountain were already full, and many disciples had to organize the traffic so that the vehicles did not block the road for people.

The shops at the foot of the mountain are also fully stocked today, and this day is half a month's worth of money.

In just half an hour, the 36 gourds in the main hall were filled with incense. If calculated in this way, there are [-] incense sticks.

In fact, although they are all one stick of incense, the number of incense sticks contributed by each person is different.Some people only have one or two copies, but some people have hundreds of copies.

Zhang Wei was changing the gourd when he suddenly heard a voice.

"Brother Zhang!"

This voice is both angry and happy, making Zhang Wei's heart skip a beat.

He turned his head to look, but Chen Zhirui was looking at him with a smile in his eyes.

Zhang Wei smiled slightly and said, "It's the younger sister of the Chen family."

This little sister of the Chen family is almost always Zhang Wei's proper name for her.

Today's younger sister of the Chen family changed into a light white long dress, and her hair was also changed into a hanging cloud bun.She put on a little makeup, and didn't wear gold or silver on her body. Even this plain and simple appearance made people's eyes shine.

Behind her were two strong women who helped her block the crowd.

"Are you here to offer incense? There are too many people here, come with me." How could Zhang Wei have the heart for her to be crowded here.Talk to her directly.

She nodded, and then, led by Zhang Wei, came to the back of the main hall.

This is a place where idlers are not allowed to enter, and pilgrims are not allowed to enter, but who is Zhang Wei, he just gave the senior guarding the gate a wink, and the senior brother turned his head to one side, as if he could not see them.

After the two entered the hall, Zhang Wei put those small gourds together.Chen Zhirui asked curiously, "What are these?"

Zhang Wei said, "These are gourds filled with incense."

Chen Zhirui smiled and said: "It turns out that the incense is installed in this way, no wonder there are so many people outside offering incense, but they don't feel the smoke."

Zhang Wei smiled slightly and said, "Does the sister of the Chen family often come to offer incense?"

Chen Zhirui said: "I don't come here often, because it's too far away, and my father usually won't let me."

This Qingwei Mountain is fifty or sixty miles away from Jinhua City, which is indeed a bit far away.But if she really wanted to come, wouldn't the Chen family send someone to protect her?
She also felt that this was too much trouble for her family, so she seldom came here.Since making friends with Ao Qingxie, she prefers to go to Shuijun Temple.On the one hand, Suicune Temple is relatively close, and on the other hand, there are friends there.

Only now, she is more willing to come to Qingwei Mountain.

"The fake sword pill you gave me is very interesting. There is a dog in the village who always likes to scare me. This time I used the fake sword pill to scare me once, and then he never dared to scare me again."

she said softly.

Zhang Wei smiled and said, "If you like it, I'll give you some more." To be honest, he doesn't have many fake sword pills left, so it seems that he needs to make some money.

"Although this sword pill is fun, it's not good to scare people. Brother Zhang can keep it, I don't need it."

Hearing this, Zhang Wei scratched his head again.Before crossing over, he was a second-generation renter, and he usually spends money on flirting with girls, either for buying, buying, or giving away.Apart from giving gifts, he doesn't know how to get along with girls.

Generally, it is a three-step walk from shopping malls-hotels-hotels.If not, repeat step [-].Of course, sometimes he will encounter stuck bugs and always get stuck at the first step. At this time, he will withdraw in time to stop the loss.

The scene was a little awkward for a while, because Zhang Wei didn't know how to stir up the topic.

At this time, the younger sister of the Chen family said: "You are trapped in the mountains, will you be bored?"

"No, I can make alchemy." Zhang Wei answered honestly.

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Both of them stared wide-eyed, waiting for the other to speak!
'Giggle' Chen Zhirui suddenly laughed.She said to Zhang Wei: "Brother Zhang, I heard that Taoism has a spell of flying paper into letters, do you know it?"

Zhang Wei shook his head, he still doesn't know too many spells.

"If possible, can you learn it, so that we can pass the book on and talk."

Looking at her hopeful eyes, Zhang Wei nodded in agreement in a mysterious way.

Then she tore off one of her hairs, wrapped it around his wrist, and said, "With this, you can find me with a spell."

After finishing all this, she saluted Zhang Wei and said, "Today is very busy, so I won't bother Brother Zhang, we will meet later."

Zhang Wei also returned the gift, and then sent the girl out.

The senior brother guarding the door watched him send the girl away, and then he smiled and said, "If this scene is seen by some junior sisters, they may be sad."

Zhang Wei glanced at him and said, "I'm the youngest now, and I don't have any junior sisters!"

The brother guarding the gate laughed out loud, of course he knew that this was his prevarication.

In the following time, the number of pilgrims decreased, and when the doors opened in the morning, it was the biggest wave.At noon, everyone had to go back to eat, and there were fewer people.

Taking advantage of the small number of people, Zhang Wei began to condense incense money.

He first observed other senior brothers condensing incense money. There are several types of incense money. The smallest denomination is gray and white, which is equivalent to a penny.

The second is the red red money, which is equivalent to ten Wen coins.

Then there is blue money, which is equivalent to a hundred money.

Then there is Qingqian, which is equivalent to Qianwenqian, also known as Yiguanqian, and because it is blue, it is called Guanqing.

Then there is money equivalent to [-] wen, and purple money worth [-] wen.These two kinds of money are not easy to make and have less circulation.

Zhang Wei found that most of the seniors made white money, occasionally made some red money, and basically did not make blue money.

He asked his senior curiously: "Senior brother, is there anything special about making incense money?"

The brother replied: "Of course, making incense money also consumes mana, and it is not easy to recover mana. But the sect also requires a sufficient amount, so everyone makes the simplest white money, which consumes less mana. Less, recovery will be faster."

Zhang Wei heard it strangely, so he did it himself.He found that making red money consumes ten times more mana than white money, and the value of the two is also ten times different. There is no need for more mana to make red money.If so, wouldn't it be faster and less time-consuming to make red money?

Anyway, everyone has to pay [-] yuan each. Wouldn’t it be faster to make red money?
When he made a dozen or so red coins, the senior brother beside him suddenly looked at him in surprise.

He was a little puzzled and asked, "Why is senior brother looking at me like this?"

The brother said: "I see that the younger brother has made more than ten red coins in a row. Does the younger brother still have mana?"

Zhang Wei's 30-year Taoism, plus the high-quality yellow bud pills he ate these days, now has 40 years of Taoism, and his mana has long surpassed many seniors.

After being asked by his senior brother, he finally knew why.These brothers don't have such strong magic power as him, so they can't refine red money to save time!
After thinking this through, he said a little shyly, "I've been eating a lot of yellow buds recently!"

The senior brother understood in seconds, and then there was that expression of not knowing what to say on his face.He is still too young to question the magic power of an alchemist who can refine Huangya Pill!
He was hit, and he didn't want to talk to Zhang Wei for a while, but he was bored refining incense money.

After a while, he said sullenly: "If the younger brother can refine more incense money, then he can refine more. Thousands of money is only the minimum standard for us to hand over, if it exceeds this standard, the sect will return some incense money. This thing is useful."

After speaking, he ignored Zhang Wei any more.

Zhang Wei smiled, if this is the case, then he can refine more.

In the evening, everyone goes to pay the incense money for refining.The refining of this incense money can only be refined after receiving incense. There is a fixed number of how much incense can be refined and how much incense money can be refined, and it cannot be concealed.

Zhang Wei handed in [-] coins, and the receiving brother raised his brows and said, "Your brother is very skilled, he can make so much incense money."

He said: "Except for the quota of 250 yuan, you have gained [-] yuan more. According to regulations, you can get [-] yuan as a rebate."

After speaking, he counted out 250 yuan, and then asked Zhang Wei to sign and draw a deposit.

Zhang Wei took the money and left. On the way back, he asked the seniors beside him.

"Brother, how can I use this money?"

The brother smiled and said, "The easiest way is to throw it into the ground, and the little ghosts nearby will be attracted, and then you can negotiate with them to hire them."

"Then there are some transactions between monks, which can be traded with incense money. No one will think that incense money is too much."

"Also, when summoning the gods, putting a few incense coins will have a miraculous effect. Especially for summoning the gods of other courtyards, if you don't give some extra incense money, it will be difficult to get their help."

The so-called gods of other courtyards are the gods of the four courtyards except Lei Guangyuan.Lei Guangyuan is the site of the ancestors, and they can get some face without money.

But other courtyards are the territory of other people's ancestors, so there is no need to sell face to you, and naturally you have to spend money to open up relationships.

This is the advantage of being in Dapai. At least there is a big tree on the pier, which can save a lot of money.Those wild dao who are not in the Da faction, no matter which courtyard's gods they summon, have to spend money, and their lives are miserable.

The senior looked at Zhang Wei, smiled and said, "It's a pity that the younger brother can't go out, otherwise you can go to the mountain city to have a look, there are often many good things there."

When Zhang Wei heard it, his heart itch.It's just that he can't go out of the mountain, otherwise he would like to visit the long-famous mountain city.This mountain city is also recorded in "Eshan Geography", and it is said that there are all kinds of strange things in it.Now it seems that there seems to be a way to enter the mountain city.

(End of this chapter)