Chapter 75: Luna Chamber of Commerce
"I didn't expect that, uh... the people of Lord Emperor's son could make jade slips for sending messages. I was thinking of going to the Star-Moon Sea to buy one, but it was really a long way to go."

Seeing Fang Chen's confident look, Wang Changlin was also sure that he was not bragging, and his respect for the emperor's son increased even more.

When mentioning the Emperor's son, Wang Changlin showed obvious slowness, which was also noticed by Fang Chen.

Fang Chen also understood why this was the case.

He fabricated the identity of the emperor's son and made those refugees transform themselves into descendants of the Immortal Dynasty. As long as they were not in contact with external forces, there was nothing wrong with this identity.

The key is that in his story system, everyone in the world of cultivation can be called descendants of the Immortal Dynasty. Once they interact with the outside world, new problems will immediately arise.

That is, how to distinguish the descendants of the Immortal Dynasty who have returned to the rule of the Emperor's Son and those who have not yet returned to the Emperor's Son's rule?
This was also partly the reason why Fang Chen wanted to reorganize the organizational structure when he rushed to the coast.

Precisely because it is impossible to distinguish now, he can only say that the emperor's subjects can also make jade slips for transmitting messages.

Wang Changlin also noticed the same problem, so he continued to use his name.

This also made Fang Chen once again realize the urgency of regularizing his power. He decided to discuss this matter with Lin Qingshan and Xu Qiyun after returning tonight.

Fang Chen's thoughts turned very quickly. He thought a lot in a short moment. Wang Changlin didn't think too much and continued, "Fang Daoyou, I wonder if Lord Emperor's son has any other good things?"

As he said this, Wang Changlin rubbed his hands, looking like a mercenary businessman, without any demeanor of a monk.

This was normal. The profit of the message jade slips was extremely high. The price he reported to the Wang family was one hundred and fifty spirit stones per pair. If he purchased them in the Star-Moon Sea, he could earn fifty spirit stones for each pair of jade slips.

By trading directly with Fang Chen, he could earn seventy spirit stones for each pair of jade slips.

The profit increased by 40%.

It also saves the trouble of going out to sea.

All these saved spirit stones went into his pocket, how could he not be mercenary?

Practicing a path requires money, friends, methods and land, and earning spirit stones is not a big deal.

"Friend Wang, do you want to do more business?"

Fang Chen glanced at Wang Changlin, and was also thinking about what he could sell in his territory.

"More business is better, it's good for both of us, isn't it?"

Wang Changlin did not deny it and spoke it out openly.

"Then I have to go back and ask His Excellency the Emperor's son. If he agrees, I will bring the list of items that can be traded and discuss it in detail with Fellow Daoist Wang."

Fang Chen did not refuse directly, but he did not agree to it either. The main reason was that the output of various items in the territory was still too small.

Just like the Qi Gathering Powder, the Wang family would definitely be interested in it, but at present the entire territory can only produce 500 copies at most, and most of them have to be kept for their own use, with no room for sale to the outside.

However, he is also very interested in doing business with the Wang family.

His territory will produce various spiritual plant-related products in a long-term and stable manner in the future. It cannot all rely on the Star-Moon Sea alone. Having one more trade channel will also provide an additional ability to resist risks.

"Can't we use the jade slips to communicate?"

Wang Changlin was a little curious. Since the other party was able to make jade slips for messages and had the spare capacity to sell them in large quantities, couldn't they just communicate this matter through the jade slips?
"This matter involves too many things. The emperor will not make a decision directly, but will call us together to discuss it. In this case, I might as well go back directly. After all, the journey is not far."

Fang Chen's mind worked quickly and he immediately thought of how to answer.

"So that's how it is. I'm looking forward to good news from Fellow Daoist Fang."

Wang Changlin had nothing to refute for this reason.

It is normal for the Wang family to hold a meeting to discuss with everyone when they decide who to do business with.

The two chatted for a while until the sun completely set, and then Fang Chen returned to his territory.

The descendants of the Immortal Dynasty are taking night classes.

However, the person in charge of teaching today was no longer Xu Qiyun and the teaching assistants, Lin Qingshan was also present.

Moreover, this time the lecture was obviously centered around him.

At first glance, he was teaching mathematics to these descendants of the Immortal Dynasty.

Of course, in the world of cultivation, it should be called math class.

"This is five, this is six, this is five hundred..."

"Deacon Lin, this five hundred symbol is too complicated. Can't you just write it down directly?"

"Yeah, these numbers are too hard to remember."

"You guys, later on, the numbers involved in calculations are very large. These symbols are for ease of reading and writing. Just remember them down."

"Easy to read and write? But why do I feel like these digital symbols are harder to write than words?"

Fang Chen could hear the complaints of the descendants of the Immortal Dynasty and Lin Qingshan's voice of disappointment from a distance.

So he quickened his pace, rushed to the lecture venue, and asked, "What's going on?"

At this time, he could also see the symbols that Lin Qingshan drew on the ground.

To be honest, except for one, two, three, and four, which were represented by corresponding lines, Fang Chen couldn't recognize any of the other symbols.

It looks like some kind of simplified text is used to represent numbers.

But this simplified text itself has no memorable points.

Just looking at these words, you would never associate them with numbers.

"Lord."

Seeing him coming, all disputes stopped immediately, and the descendants of the Immortal Dynasty stood up to greet him.

"Don't be so reserved. I heard you guys arguing from a distance just now. What's the matter?"

Fang Chen waved his hand, motioning them to continue sitting down, and then asked about Lin Qingshan.

"Lord, didn't you instruct us to train some people who can engrave a certain restriction? I thought I would teach them some basic arithmetic first, which would make it easier for them to learn. But now they have difficulty learning even the basic numerical symbols."

Lin Qingshan immediately gave an explanation. Although it was not difficult for someone to memorize and learn a certain restriction, it still required him to have a certain foundation in mathematics.

Otherwise, the success rate of engraving will not be very high.

As a result, his planned math education failed at the first step.

Now I feel very depressed.

"So that's the problem. That's easy. Since the digital symbols are too complicated, why not just use a set of simple symbols to replace them?"

Fang Chen nodded. In fact, when he saw the words written on the ground, he had already guessed it almost exactly.

To put it bluntly, the numerical symbols of hieroglyphics are difficult for ordinary people to remember.

Language and writing were not created for ordinary people in the first place. Those who have access to these things have enough free time to learn them, and the right to education is monopolized by raising the threshold.

And then monopolize knowledge and channels for advancement.

"That's a good idea indeed. Wait for me to simplify these symbols for a while before teaching them."

Lin Qingshan also thought it made sense, so he decided to go back and simplify the symbols before teaching.

"That's not necessary. Give me the pen."

Fang Chen took a few steps forward and took the pen from Lin Qingshan.

It is called a pen, but it is actually a branch used for writing and drawing on the ground.

When the complete set of mother-and-child jade slips is available to everyone in the future, we can achieve an effect similar to that of an online class.

Back to the topic, Fang Chen, holding the branch, first wrote out the capital letters from 0 to ten thousand, which is zero, one, two, three, four, etc. This is basically the same as his previous life.

"I'm sure you all recognize these numbers."

Having written this, Fang Chen paused and then asked everyone present.

"Knowing each other."

This is the content in the literacy class. Words related to numbers are taught in the same classes, and they are also taught how to use these words to express quantities.

"Very good, I shall call these words capital numbers."

Fang Chen nodded and continued to write 01234 below 01234…

Then he paused and said, "These are what I call lowercase numbers."

"Lowercase numbers?"

The descendants of the Immortal Dynasty were discussing the matter. They were all cultivators at the first level of Qi training, and had very good eyesight, so they could clearly see what Fang Chen had written.

"These lowercase numbers do look much simpler than uppercase numbers."

"Yes, there are only a few strokes at most, and I remember them quickly."

"As expected of you, Lord, you came up with such a simple numerical symbol."

……

It is not difficult to hear from their discussion that they are very accepting of this set of lowercase numbers.

Compared to uppercase numbers that have many strokes, lowercase numbers are much easier to remember.

"This set of lowercase numbers can replace the numeric symbols for smaller numbers, but once the numbers become larger, the original set of symbols is still more useful."

Lin Qingshan was also thinking about the so-called lowercase numbers and found that it was indeed simple, but there was also a problem.

It is indeed simpler to represent single-digit and double-digit numbers, but for larger numbers, it is still not as good as the original numerical symbols.

"You're right, but who says my simplified notation ends here?"

Fang Chen also agreed with Lin Qingshan's opinion, but he still had a big killer that he hadn't used yet.

只见他又在小写的〇一二三四下面写下了0、1、2、3、4等阿拉伯数字。

"This is?"

Including Lin Qingshan, everyone present asked the same question.

"This is shorthand for lowercase numbers in counting, which I call numbers."

Fang Chen didn't keep them hanging and gave the answer directly.

Then we taught you how to use the numbers from zero to ninety to build more numbers.

"That's all for today's math lesson. If you want to master these numbers faster, look up at the sky tonight, count the stars in the sky, and write down the numbers you count."

It actually only took about two quarters of an hour to finish talking about all this. Since the numbers taught by Fang Chen were very easy to write and remember, these descendants of the Immortal Dynasty have mastered the basics.

Seeing how excited they were about learning numbers, Fang Chen wanted to say, "You have already learned basic math, now let's do this advanced math problem."

However, thinking that this was a strange world, no one would burst out laughing because of his words, and everyone present would just be confused, he suppressed this desire.

"Come with me to the top floor. I need to discuss something with you."

The descendants of the Immortal Dynasty gradually dispersed, and quite a few people actually followed Fang Chen's words, looked up and began to count the stars, and recorded them on the ground.

Fang Chen also strode back to the bamboo building, and before leaving, he did not forget to tell Lin Qingshan and Xu Qiyun something.

The two looked at each other and then hurried to follow.

There is a special reception room on the top floor with tables and chairs, but since Fang Chen spends most of his time in the training ground, many things are discussed directly in the training ground.

This time I can make use of the reception room that has been idle.

The three of them found a seat and sat down, and Fang Chen told them his ideas.

"My Lord, your idea is correct. The descendants of the Immortal Dynasty are our common identity, but it is also the identity of everyone in the cultivation world. It doesn't matter if we ignore the outside world. Now that we have come into contact with the Wang family, we do need to distinguish ourselves from them."

Lin Qingshan summarized Fang Chen's ideas that time and expressed his agreement.

Xu Qiyun stroked his beard and nodded slowly several times.

Identity is indeed an important issue.

If they were not descendants of the Immortal Dynasty, they would not have united under Fang Chen so quickly.

The problem is that they cannot claim to be descendants of the Immortal Dynasty when facing the outside world.

The Immortal Dynasty ten thousand years ago unified the entire world of cultivation. This is an ironclad fact, and therefore the descendants of the Immortal Dynasty can refer to all people in the world of cultivation.

Claiming to be a descendant of the Immortal Dynasty is no different from saying that I am a human.

"I called you here to discuss what kind of power we should build. As far as I am concerned, it would be best to rebuild the Immortal Dynasty in one go. However, we only have more than a thousand people now. Wouldn't it be a bit ridiculous to rebuild the Immortal Dynasty?"

After both of them understood the basic situation, Fang Chen told them about his predicament.

His character in front of these descendants of the Immortal Dynasty has already been established: the son of the Immortal Dynasty who has reincarnated hundreds of times and returned to human form.

If one wants to establish power, the first thing everyone thinks of is probably to rebuild the Immortal Dynasty.

Lin Qingshan knew the inside story, so he began to ponder.

"My Lord, please listen to me."

Seeing that neither of them spoke, Xu Qiyun spoke up and used the title "Sir Emperor's Son".

"please say."

There were only three people present, and they were all trustworthy, so Fang Chen did not correct the address.

"In fact, I think, why bother about what the outside forces think? We will rebuild the Immortal Dynasty internally, and our identities will change from descendants of the Immortal Dynasty to citizens of the Immortal Dynasty. No one will object."

At this point, Xu Qiyun thought for a moment and continued, "As for external affairs, we can just set up a chamber of commerce in the name of the Immortal Dynasty to contact them, isn't that enough?"

Fang Chen's eyes lit up, this was indeed the truth.

It is indeed ridiculous for outsiders to think that a thousand cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage dare to call themselves the Immortal Dynasty. So, isn't it enough to keep it from outsiders?
Within the territory, the organizational structure was reorganized in the name of rebuilding the Immortal Dynasty to make management more refined and maximize efficiency.

In terms of external contacts, just as Xu Qiyun said, a chamber of commerce would be established in the name of the Immortal Dynasty, which would be specifically responsible for connecting with the outside world.

Moreover, compared to the Immortal Dynasty, the Chamber of Commerce is more likely to make people lower their guard.

"Okay, let's do as you say. The name of the Chamber of Commerce can be finalized now. It will be called the Moon Goddess Chamber of Commerce."

This name was a spur-of-the-moment idea, but it was also a long-planned one.

Whether it was the Moon Goddess Flower or the Moon Goddess Palace in his dream, the word "Moon Goddess" left a deep impression in his mind.

But the Moon God Immortal Dynasty obviously doesn't sound very nice. In comparison, the Moon God Chamber of Commerce is much more pleasant to the ear.

In this way, the Moon Goddess Chamber of Commerce, which was in contact with the outside world, was determined earlier than the Immortal Dynasty.

Next, we will begin the discussion about the Immortal Dynasty.

　Today is the first update, a 4000-word chapter. I apologize for not updating the third chapter last night, mainly because I was dragged out for drinks by a colleague.

　　
　
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