Zai Chun finally opened his mouth. He had begun to pry into a world that he completely did not understand, and there was no one who could teach him all the knowledge in this world. Even Xiao Letian had not spoken the least bit about this world.
It was the secret letter from Big Beard that opened the door to a new world he had never thought of before.
Zai Chun knew that it was useless to ask about the secrets inside, if Xiao Letian was not willing to teach him, then the other emperors, generals and scholars would not reveal anything to him.
They could only find an opening on Gordon because Gordon had already formed a community of benefits with him. The more power Zai Chun had, the more benefits Gordon would receive.
Gordon really didn't want to start a conversation on this topic, but after thinking about it for a while, he still wanted to live with the Emperor.
Gordon took a sip of green tea, his face pale white, "Your majesty, can you suppress us?"
"Sure! "All of you, leave …" Zai Chun ordered the eunuchs and guards beside him to withdraw, but they hesitated when they saw Da Sixi.
"Step down!" Could the Gordon Regional Commander harm me? This is my savior! "Step back …" Under Zai Chun's scolding, everyone left the study room.
Only then did Gordon speak out, "Your Majesty, the questions you ask are too big, and they do involve some secrets … First of all, I have to state that I only know a little about these secrets! "
"This is a bottomless abyss. I don't even know what kind of monster is hiding in the deepest parts of this abyss. Actually, I only heard it from rumors!"
"It's alright, I want to hear about these rumors today!"
"Good …" "Since Your Majesty wants to hear it, I'll tell you about it. Since you're talking about gold, I'll tell Your Majesty about the history of gold …"
Following Gordon's words, a door of history that had been sealed for thousands of years opened up in front of Zai Chun.
The history of gold is almost as ancient as the history of humans. When humans began to learn smelting techniques, during the process of burning various ores, the rare and beautiful metal called gold began to control the souls of humans.
The gold was beautiful and stable, it would not oxidize even in the air. After experiencing thousands of years of such beauty, this attribute was something that no other metal possessed!
It could be said that gold had been linked to wealth from the very beginning, and no one could resist the magic of gold!
This rare metal that had multiple souls was the treasure of the priests and rulers. They decorated the temples and tombs with gold. They hoped to be able to enjoy eternal wealth in the human world and the underground world!
Only gold could bear such psychological prayers. After the archaeologists of the 21st century opened the tombs for three thousand years, the gold products were still shining with the light of the burial.
Wang Hou's appearance had been turned to dust, the solid rock had been eroded into motes, the bronze and iron artifacts were stained with rust, and only gold still proved the power of eternal life!
Who wouldn't love such a metal!
Human society gradually developed, human society began to enter the era of commodity economy, people were no longer limited to their own production, exchange became the mainstream of human society's behavior!
At this point, a fixed currency became what everyone needed, so what could be more suitable than an eternal and unchanging gold?
Everyone loved him, everyone recognized his value, and he could even guarantee his immortality! At this time, the gold began to seep down from the altar and the imperial power. Even the commoners were controlled by the gold.
Although the amount of money gold forged had always been extremely scarce, and during the circulation of goods, its function was not as good as that of silver or bronze, but because of its rarity, gold had become the ultimate currency!
In other words, in the field of commodity circulation, gold has the final right to interpret as currency!
In the history of the human race, there had been times when the production of silver, bronze, and other metals had increased or decreased due to inflation or contraction.
In different historical periods, the purchasing power of silver, bronze and other currencies are completely different!
But gold is not affected by this law, his production has always been so stable, if not cut off then no more will be given to you, since ancient times this kind of metal stability is surpassing all money!
At this time, the humans finally reached a common understanding. It was that whoever controlled the gold would be able to control the business, and whoever controlled the business would be able to control the life vein of the humans!
The fight for gold continues, wars, tribute, business... Every country is doing everything possible to increase its gold reserves.
Humans' obsession with gold even gave birth to the profession of alchemist. The legend of the Poinsettias was spread among every race in the world!
In this game of gold, Europeans were clearly at the forefront of the world, because ancient Europe was poor and at war, and every country was forced to expand because of the pressure to survive.
How did the The Age of Great Navigation open? In the end, it was because of the Europeans' obsession with gold!
Spain and the Portuguese had carried out an extremely brutal plunder of South North America Continent. The thousand years of gold and silver that the Inca Empire had stored had been plundered completely.
The precious metal of the ship, stained with the blood of the natives, was transported to Europe, where the Spanish royal family was so rich that no country in Europe could stand in sight.
Britain was a latecomer to the gold looting game, and by the time it began to reach out to the sea, there was little gold and silver left.
Forced to do so, Britain could only strive to develop its own industries, improve its production efficiency, make its own goods more affordable, and then use them to dump in Europe.
The Spaniard crossed the Atlantic to snatch the gold, but after a few moves from the common folk, it was all taken away by the British industrial products!
This is something that cannot be avoided, who told you not to develop your Industrial Revolution? If your productivity cannot be improved, then your goods will naturally be uncompetitive.
With the same woolen cloth, the price in the UK is two-thirds your size and the quality is good. Who can compete with you in this market?
In other words, the birth of the Industrial Revolution in Britain was a coincidence because there was still Africa at that time and not much gold and silver that were already there.
And at that time, Britain did not have a fleet like the Spaniard, there was no other way but to force themselves to pollute the environment to create the Industrial Revolution.
As a result, the first time Industrial Revolution blossomed and bore fruit in Britain!
The devil hands behind his back were still gold!