Chapter 719: Die!
After removing the Secret Peering Eye, the light in Zhou Xu’s vision suddenly dimmed.
But even so, each of them still contains a faint fluorescence, which can be seen with the naked eye if you look closely.
At this moment, the things placed in the treasure chest included some metal fragments, some fragments of what looked to be stone tablets, broken ceramic pieces, and so on.
Needless to say, judging from the brightness of the light, each of them probably has the mantra character on it.
As for the truth, not only there is a degree of fit between truths, there is also a degree of fit between truths and people.
If this mantra does not resonate with you, you will not be able to absorb it.
Or maybe it fits, but the degree of fit is not high, then when you use it, the consumption will be greater than normal.
Before Zhou Xu was summoned, the previous leader of their tribe did not have a high degree of compatibility with the 'Eye of Insight', so it consumed too much energy to use.
These mantras locked in the iron box by Yan Sheng were undoubtedly the mantras that were incompatible with him and that he could not absorb.
However, Zhou Xu himself didn't have any feeling about this problem at all.
I don't know if it's the talent of 'Evolutionary Leader' that makes him extremely adaptable. So far, no mantra has ever been repelled by him.
Now Zhou Xu naturally had no reason to be polite. He directly reached his hand into the treasure chest, mobilized the mantras in his body, and guided those mantras to quickly flow into his body.
Listening to the series of system prompts ringing in his mind, Zhou Xu's lips curled up slightly.
The acquisition of more mantra characters means that he has gained more possibilities in the use of mantras.
Close your eyes and feel how the mantra characters in his body come together after these 'new population' join in.
As a result, I found that these mantra characters are now like a group of idiots, wandering around in my own spiritual space, and it seems that they have no good relationship with anyone.
Zhou Xu was not sad about this. It was a huge profit for him to obtain "Lightning Attack" and "Eye of Secrets" in this wave.
At the same time, just because these mantra characters are not relevant to anyone now doesn’t mean it will be the same in the future. As the number of mantra characters in his body increases, these mantra characters will come in handy sooner or later.
For example, the mantra of the word "secret" that was obtained a long time ago has now become an important piece of the puzzle that makes up the "Eye of Secrets", right?
[After I finish dealing with things here, I will find an opportunity to study these newly acquired mantras carefully.]
Among the newly acquired mantras, only the 'Eye of Secrets' has been roughly understood, but he still has some ideas in his mind that he has not had time to test.
"By the way, are you planning to move to the palace here or continue living with me?"
As the king, after conquering Xianyang City and taking over the imperial palace, Zhou Xu should have moved directly into the palace.
However, since many people from the old dynasty were still being held in the palace, Zhou Xu moved into Xie Liancheng's mansion for safety reasons.
Now Zhou Xu's order has been issued to dismiss all the concubines, princes, and maids in the palace, completely clear the palace, and have their soldiers garrison it.
In this way, the previous concerns will naturally no longer exist.
Faced with this problem at this moment, Zhou Xu made a decision after thinking about it for a while.
"I moved into the palace. There's more space here, which is more convenient for me."
He was still thinking about studying and testing the mantra. Xie Liancheng's mansion was not as spacious as this place, and with his five-year-old nephew here, it would be inconvenient after all.
Xie Liancheng didn't think much about it and just nodded to show that he understood.
At the same time, Li Bowen, who hurriedly left the General's Mansion, returned to his own mansion as quickly as possible.
After entering the lobby of the mansion, the door behind him closed immediately, and everyone in the hall quickly surrounded him.
"Master Li, what's going on? What's the attitude of the King of the Great Zhou?"
At this moment, in the lobby of the Li Mansion, all the officials above the third rank of the old dynasty, including the six ministers, gathered here.
Obviously, just as Zhou Xu guessed, these officials of the old dynasty had already formed a group behind the scenes and followed Li Bowen's lead.
Facing the repeated questioning from the crowd, Li Bowen did not keep them in suspense and quickly told them about his experience, which naturally included Zhou Xu's plan to unify the currency.
"I have already expressed my position in front of the King of Great Zhou. I am willing to spend all my wealth to support the implementation of this new policy!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the officials of the old dynasty present were suddenly in an uproar.
"Master Li, why did you do this?"
"Yes, Lord Li, can't we just use silver to replace the coins? Even if we want to show our goodwill to the king, we can just donate part of it. Why spend all our wealth?!"
These words at this time undoubtedly received the support of most of the officials of the old dynasty.
However, the officials from the old dynasty present were not all fools, and someone soon pointed out a key point.
"There is no problem in exchanging silver for coins, but the problem is how much is our salary?"
Once this question is asked, it is not much different from just stating the issue directly.
How many of these high-ranking officials only take that little salary? This exchange is equivalent to revealing all their wealth.
This is enough to prove that none of them are clean.
By then, not only will they be targeted, but their future may also be ruined.
After all, from the king's perspective, I guess no one would be willing to reuse some guys with dirty hands.
"Then we can take out a part of it and exchange it for coins, and keep the rest of the silver. At worst, we can mint silver coins ourselves!"
Hearing this, Li Bowen was so speechless that he wanted to curse. In fact, he couldn't help himself.
"idiot!"
Although he was the prime minister of the old dynasty, Li Bowen was still extremely intimidating among the officials of the old dynasty. Now that he was scolded, no one dared to say anything.
"The King of the Great Zhou has already made it clear to me that he wants to fix the prices of gold, silver and copper. Do you understand what this means? In other words, ten taels of silver will be equal to ten taels of silver coins in the future!"
"Minting silver coins yourself? How much does it cost? At the same time, how much hush money do you have to pay to keep someone from doing this? After deducting these, how much will be left in your hands after the ten taels of silver are turned into silver coins?"
"Besides that, more importantly, this is against the law! Do you understand? It's against the law! If you get caught, expect your property to be confiscated and your entire clan to be exterminated!"
Li Bowen had already figured out this account in his mind when he was in the General's Mansion.
When the prices of gold, silver and copper are fixed, privately minting coins is totally uneconomical and the hush money alone will cost you a lot of money.
Not to mention that privately minting coins is a capital crime punishable by confiscation of property and extermination of the entire clan!
From Li Bowen's perspective, instead of taking this risk, it would be better to donate all his wealth as soon as possible. At least he can leave a reputation of being "sensible" and his life will not be too difficult in the future.
At this time, Li Bowen tried to persuade each of his old colleagues as much as possible.
It's not that he is kind, but because after surrendering to the Great Zhou, these colleagues from the old dynasty will become capital in his hands, thus establishing his position.
As for those fools who can't be persuaded...
Die! (End of this chapter)
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