Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 259 The Traveler

"What are you so proud of? The name you just found out from your fourth cousin is sold here, and you haven't walked half the street, right?!" Godfather immediately complained.

"Uh, godfather, it's no fun if you are so angry..." Zhou Zhi didn't want to admit that what godfather said was the truth, so he didn't want to let go.

"Speak quickly!"

"Oh, this is called Cang, Boshan Cang."

"'The jade in the dowry asks for a good price, and the hairpin stays in the dowry to wait for time to fly' that dowry?"

"That is the dowry, and this is the dowry of 'Ren Bao's dust is full, and the curtain is hooked in the sun'."

"Is there a difference?"

"Because 'Bao Lian and the bright moon don't deceive people, come back tomorrow and try it'."

"You're talking nonsense, it can still be called Xiaomao, because there is a saying, "Recite the Yaojian of Xiaomao, and evenly mix the crimson wax; the jade dragon and the gold bucket, and iron the agarwood from time to time."

"That's why the last four cousins ​​said, it's still called Boshan Cannon, or Boshan Mirror Canton, 'Jiaobi Hanging Brocade Curtain, Mirror Canton Pan Jiaochi'."

"Understood." The godfather looked at Bo Shan: "But there is still a question, this barn-shaped mirror, is it convenient to install a mirror and take a mirror?"

"Uncle Si Biao said that this may be a device used by a large family to install a large number of mirrors for storage and storage." Zhou Zhi said: "Because there is a preface in Liu Yuxi's "Hunning Mirror Ci", which says, "Mirror workers list ten mirrors in Jia Cang, Looking at the dowry, one is as bright as it is, and the other nine are like fog." This dowry may be used to install several mirrors at the same time."

"That makes sense." The godfather nodded: "But I've never heard of "Hun Jing Ci" before."

This is a prophecy. Liu Yuxi told a little story, that is, the mirror worker put ten mirrors in the mirror of the businessman. The poet saw this process and said with emotion: "The difference between good and bad mirrors is too great." The worker smiled and said: "It's not that I can't do it well, it's the businessman's request. He said that when buying a mirror, he will carefully select a mirror that suits his appearance. A mirror that is too clear can't cover up flaws. It's not that beauties and handsome guys don't want to use it, so people who like faint mirrors On the contrary, there are more people, and there are fewer people who like Der Spiegel."

There is a sentence in the poem: "The flaws are invisible, and the beauty is born at will. Take four or five photos a day, and you can say that you are beautiful."

The godfather was so happy: "It's okay? It's impossible at first, but it really makes sense when you think about it."

Zhou Zhi smiled blushingly with his godfather, complaining secretly in his heart, Liu Da has come up with the beauty concept more than 1000 years in advance, godfather, you should see the power of the beauty camera 20 years later.

There are many things, in addition to those things, there are money tree seats, various houses, granaries, and a complete set of livestock - chickens, ducks, pigs, dogs, cattle and sheep.

When Zhou Zhizhen took out a pottery figurine with great importance, the godfather couldn't understand, what the hell is this?

"I don't know what the name of this fourth cousin is. I have to go to the capital of Sichuan to ask an expert. Our initial guess is that it is a nightmare beast, which is exactly the same as the tower-backed warriors on the base of the white tower."

This terracotta figurine is dressed in a military officer's uniform, complete with robes, official boots, and a belt, but has a ghostly face, staring eyes, long fangs exposed outside the bloody mouth, and a long tongue hanging down to the chest forward.

It also has a pair of antlers on its head, and holds an ax in one hand and a snake in the other.

"how to say?"

"This shape must be related to the art of witchcraft. Now Fubao Nuo Opera also has such a mask shape. The master in Meishan Nuo Opera holds two magic tools. One is a stick about one meter long. The black snake is entangled."

"This snake is not a bad thing, but an assistant in fighting evil. This stick is called 'Xingfa Nan Snake Stick', also known as 'Shi stick'."

"The other important magic tool, the axe, evolved into a scimitar with many rings on it, called the 'Master's Knife'. When it is swung, it makes a clanging metal sound. The sound of gongs and drums represents the action of hacking and killing, and it has the meaning of opening the way and commanding."

"So this figurine should be the embodiment of the witch god culture in central Shu during the Eastern Han Dynasty."

The godfather nodded again and again, not for Zhou Zhi's knowledge, but for his ability to say so many things and his association ability: "I still need to ask the comrades in the province to confirm. These few beers What is the same thing?"

"This is amazing. This is evidence that Wang Mang is a time traveler!"

"What... what is a time traveler??"

"The Connecticut Yankee Raising King Arthur, the novel by Mark Twain!"

"so what?"

"So I think that Wang Mang is also that kind of person, and these coins are examples."

"Tell me slowly." On the contrary, the godfather didn't panic, and started clapping a few copper coins: "But if you can't meet this standard, you should be careful about your flesh and blood."

"Godfather, do you know what kinds of Wang Mang's new coins are there?"

"I know there are six springs and ten cloths."

"Yes, this is the 'Daquan Fifty' with the largest denomination among the six springs."

"'Daquan Fifty' means a big coin, which is to be used as fifty five baht coins, but the weight is only two and a half times that of the Han five baht coins. This means that every big coin issued by the new dynasty , we will take away 47 and a half five bahts of wealth from the hands of the common people.”

"Your term is a bit biased. Issuing currencies of different denominations is originally a need for economic development, but once there is an imbalance, it will inevitably bring about a crisis."

"However, the more primitive the currency is, the value of the currency is originally endorsed by its metal composition and weight. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is plundered." Zhou Zhi said: "In short, in order to prevent counterfeiting and private coining, the 'Daquan Fifty' must be Made with precision."

"Well, so what?"

After his godfather finished photographing the obverses of these coins, Zhou Zhi would turn them over one by one.

"Eh?" The godfather couldn't help being surprised: "This... Behind this... Isn't this supposed to be winning money?"

"Yes, Wang Mang is a superstitious person who believes in prophecy. This batch of Daquan Fifty has a variety of overpowering patterns, including the sun, moon and star patterns, and the basalt pattern of turtles and snakes fighting swords."

"When a country is about to perish, there must be evildoers." The godfather shook his head: "Wang Mang's reverse operation, is this considered to be an announcement to the world? It won't help the matter, it's stupid!"

"So I guess he was an economist before he traveled to the past." Zhou Zhi laughed: "He is still an economist who doesn't believe that the economic base must match the superstructure of society."

"Don't make a fuss! Is it related to the inscription on the national currency?"

"The inscription doesn't matter, but the shape does." Zhou Zhi stood up the coin, pressed it with his index finger, and gently turned the coin with his middle finger: "These coins are shaped like modern wine bottle caps. , a kind of concave and convex back. Is it amazing?"

"What's so great?"

"Because the shape of this coin can only show one thing, that is, these coins are not cast, but stamped!"

"I... go!" Godfather suddenly realized: "It's really time-traveled!"

(End of this chapter)