Chapter 203 Chaos
"The weather this year...it's getting even drier!"
"It must be the disaster brought about by the king's disrespect for heaven!"
"That's right. We kill people every year during sacrifices, but now we are not allowed to do anything. Naturally, God will be unhappy!"
"The king favors those barbarian slaves. He loves the slaves, not his own people!"
"Slaves deserve to die. Why should the king protect them?"
"If there is no barbarian buried with me when I die, I will not be able to close my eyes in the underworld!"
……
It was less than half a year after Emperor Xin officially abolished the system of burying people alive with the dead in the Shang Dynasty.
All parts of Dashang were in chaos.
Of course, ordinary people would not cause chaos, because they did not have slaves in their homes.
Those who make a fuss at this time are those who have fixed assets at home, that is, the local tycoons and the middle and upper class aristocrats.
Be it the tongue, wealth or power, everything is in the hands of this group of people.
As a result, once they became chaotic, the originally stable situation of the Shang Dynasty suddenly collapsed.
Bigan knew everything that happened in the Shang Dynasty.
but……
Half a year ago, when Emperor Xin and Fei Zhong performed the same drama again in the court.
The pen holder did not step out to stop it.
As for why...
Because Bigan knew that even if the system of burying people alive with the dead was abolished, it would seem unorthodox today.
This system itself can indeed greatly enhance the population and national strength of Dashang.
At this time, Bi Gan still had confidence in the strength of the Shang Dynasty.
He believed that with Da Shang's current strength, it was fully capable of suppressing all the voices in the world.
Just wait until the people of the world get used to a life without sacrificing living people.
Just wait until Da Shang survives this brief period of chaos.
The future Shang Dynasty was destined to reach a higher level by abolishing the system of burying people alive with the dead.
Even because of Emperor Xin's bold behavior, at this moment Bigan still had great admiration for Emperor Xin.
After all, Emperor Xin seemed very decisive, and he was indeed doing the right thing.
In short, Bi Gan, who had no idea what would happen in the future, became the first top noble official to stand up and support Emperor Xin.
After Bi Gan, Wen Zhong also quickly agreed to Emperor Xin's system.
Only Shang Rong, the powerful official who always adhered to the ancient rules, had some opinions about Emperor Xin.
But his opinion alone was useless. As long as Bigan and Wen Zhong agreed, Shang Rong would have to agree even if he disagreed.
In this way, the abolition of the system of burying people alive with the dead was strictly implemented in the Shang Dynasty for half a year. During this half year, Wen Zhong led his troops to quickly suppress any voices of dissatisfaction in various places, allowing the Shang Dynasty to overcome the initial period of chaos.
Logically speaking, after enduring the first six months, the rest would be like a frog in boiling water.
But just when Wen Zhong, Bigan and the others thought they could relax a little...
Bigger trouble has emerged!
Half a year later, at a court meeting, Emperor Xin, without consulting his ministers at all, still boldly proposed the construction of the Lutai wonder.
But Emperor Xin didn't know that by doing this... he had poked a hornet's nest!
Originally, the abolition of the system of burying people alive with the dead half a year ago had already caused Emperor Xin to accumulate considerable dissatisfaction in the Shang Dynasty.
And now, building the Lutai requires people!
First, the first batch of laborers conscripted by Emperor Xin expressed their dissatisfaction.
At this moment, the original slaves in the Shang Dynasty were still forming families, getting married and having children with the support of policies.
As a result, these former civilians had to do labor to do things that should have been done by slaves.
As a result, the common people were of course dissatisfied. Therefore, in order to deal with the dissatisfaction of the common people, Emperor Xin conscripted a considerable number of slaves and let the slaves and the common people build the Lu Tai together.
As a result, the slaves were dissatisfied again this time. They thought that good days had finally come, but less than half a year later, their lives returned to what they were before.
Fortunately, even if the slaves were dissatisfied, they could not make their voices heard, so the construction of Lutai finally began.
Then, more troubles immediately came to Emperor Xin.
At this time, the construction of Yumen and Qiongshi has not yet been completed, but the Shang Dynasty has added another huge project that is extremely costly.
As a result, only a short time after the project was launched, the finances of Dashang, which were already on the brink of deficit, were completely kicked into the middle of the deficit.
Emperor Xin’s idea was good. The increase in the population and households in Dashang did indeed increase the income of various pillar industries of life.
But... Da Shang only has so many resources, so the inflation in Da Shang is becoming more and more serious.
In addition to the fish, salt and wine industries that Emperor Xin focused on...
All other daily necessities, even food, were in short supply in Dashang.
All of a sudden, starting with the most important price of grain, the prices of all kinds of goods in Dashang continued to rise, finally rising to a level that ordinary people could hardly afford.
But now Emperor Xin...
After achieving considerable success in the past five years, Emperor Xin now refuses to listen to any advice or remonstrance.
He insisted on having his own way and built the three major projects: Lutai, Yumen and Qiongshi.
In order to make money, Fei Zhong, You Hun and other close ministers were almost going bald.
In order to respond to Emperor Xin's repeated requests for money, Fei Zhong and You Hun, who once had some ambitions, finally reached out to... the nobles and officials!
For a time, Fei Zhong accepted bribes crazily and also confiscated the properties of his political enemies.
You Hun extended his hand to human trafficking. In this era when slave burial was not allowed, he took advantage of human trafficking and traded the bodies of boys and girls.
Start selling children right away!
By using various means, Fei Zhong and You Hun finally satisfied Emperor Xin's endless demands.
but……
The chaos in Dashang became increasingly serious.
In the past, even if Da Shang was in chaos, it was only at the middle and low levels. The superstructure of Da Shang was at least stable, which also made the Da Shang government's management of the entire territory of Da Shang relatively stable.
But now, after Fei Zhong and You Hun were completely liberated by Emperor Xin, the upper structure of the Shang Dynasty was also in chaos...
In this way, it only takes a little more than half a year.
Half a year ago, Dashang looked like a sizzling fire, but now, Dashang looks like... a frying pan is exploding!
All of this was felt even by people near Zhongshan Mountain where Zhong Su was.
……
In Zhongshan, in the Mountain King Temple.
Holding the half bag of salt he had just brought back, Yang Tianyou sighed helplessly.
On the side, seeing that her husband only brought back half a bag of salt, Yao Ji narrowed her eyes in confusion.
she asked softly.
"What did you do when you came to the city this time? Why did you only buy half a bag of salt?
The money I gave you can buy two bags, right? Half a bag of salt is only enough for us to eat for a month or two, isn't it? "
At this point, Yao Ji's eyes became fierce, and her pupils were filled with the message: Did you go to a brothel?
Facing Yao Ji's gaze, Yang Tianyou shook his head helplessly.
"Madam, I can't do anything about it. Money is becoming even less valuable nowadays!
The money you gave me last year was enough to buy three or four bags of salt, which should have been more than enough, but I spent all my money and only got half a bag of salt.
Even this was sold to me half-sold and half-given to me by the salt merchant for the sake of Mr. Shanjun’s face.
I have already said that I am not the temple priest of the Tiger Temple, so I am afraid I can only buy eight taels of salt, eight taels!!!"
After he finished speaking, Yang Tianyou put down half a bag of salt and squatted in front of the salt to ponder.
After a moment, he sighed regretfully.
"Something seems to have gone wrong with Dashang. Last time when I gave the gift money to the old lady with a serious condition, she despised it because it was too little. Now the money is even cheaper than it was then.
If this continues, the extra money we have saved in our Tiger Temple will not be enough.
We are guarding the temple for Lord Tiger, so we should at least be self-sufficient. We can't turn around and ask Lord Tiger for money to live, right?
But I...I can't go to the city to work, right?
Besides, you can’t earn much by working.
As for the daily incense offerings to the Tiger Temple, the nearby villagers have all been so poor lately that they have difficulty in getting food and drink, and our temple is almost out of money!"
Speaking of this, Yang Tianyou scratched his head in frustration.
As for Yao Ji, she thought for a moment and then smiled bitterly.
"That's true. In the past few years, I thought the development was good. Everything was good and everyone had money.
As a result, after only a few years, everyone's money has become worthless. This is clearly... the end of a dynasty.
If it doesn't work, I can sell some of my gestures for some money.
I have no shortage of gestures, there are plenty of them in heaven, and what’s more, these are all jewelry from heaven, so if I sell them to the human world, they should be worth at least a little bit…”
"Don't!"
After hearing what his wife said, Yang Tianyou couldn't bear to do it.
"Madam, if I ask you to sell your gestures, I might as well ask the mountain king to give me gold, silver, pearls and jade. After all, the mountain king is a great immortal and he doesn't need gold or silver at all.
After all, it is embarrassing to ask the master for money, and it is also embarrassing to ask my wife to sell jewelry. Anyway, it is embarrassing, so I might as well choose the embarrassing method that does not hurt you. "
After he finished speaking, Yang Tianyou took a deep breath and then strode to the front of the tiger statue.
He was seen lighting incense sticks and then muttering to himself in front of the statue of Zhong Sulu.
A moment later, Yang Tianyou saw a change in the air, and Zhong Su appeared in front of him.
Looking at Yang Tianyou who looked nervous, Zhong Su smiled slightly and asked.
"What's going on? My temple can't support my temple priest?
How can that be? You guys take this little bit of gold and silver and use it first. I'm going to go to the city to see what's going on."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhong Su casually dropped a small mountain of gold, leaving Yang Tianyou stunned.
Then, Zhong Su disappeared.
Watching the tiger disappear in the blink of an eye, Yang Tianyou stood up sluggishly.
"I... our temple is just short of money to buy salt, not money for reconstruction and expansion.
The money the master left behind...isn't this too much?"
"All right, put the gold away quickly, the master doesn't need this little bit of ordinary gold and silver.
After all, the Mountain Tiger Temple is the master's main temple, so it's normal for the master to take care of it. As long as you, a temple priest, don't do anything bad with the gold and silver bestowed by the master, the master won't care.
However, the master said that he wanted to go to the city to take a look. Could it be that the master is also interested in worldly affairs?
So, is the Conferred God Ceremony that the Master and the others have been talking about about about to begin?"
……
While Yao Ji was chatting, Zhong Su had already changed his clothes into ordinary ones and landed on the path leading into the city outside Zhongshan City.
After walking along the road into the city for half an hour, Zhong Su finally arrived at the city gate.
Facing the city gate, Zhong Su strode forward and was about to walk in, but after taking just two steps, he was stopped by the soldiers in front of the city gate.
Zhong Su was really startled by the spear in front of him. He looked at the soldiers and asked softly.
"What's the point of this?"
"What's the reason? This is the reason of Zhongshan City now!
How long have you not been to our city? Didn't you know that our city started collecting city fees four months ago?"
At least the soldier did not treat Zhong Sulu in a nasty way, he just explained it to him.
After hearing the soldier's explanation, Zhong Su frowned.
"Four months ago? Then may I ask, how much was the entrance fee?"
"How much is the entrance fee? That depends on how much money you have. Since you are alone at the city gate, the fee doesn't have to be too high. Just take out one tenth of the cash you have on you!"
After explaining to Zhong Su, the soldier held his spear and waited for Zhong Su to pay.
At the same time, Zhong Su looked around and behind him, and seeing that other people entering the city did not say much, he knew that this was indeed the current rule of Zhongshan City.
In this case, Zhong Suli did not say much. He just took out a handful of gold from his body and handed it to the soldier.
Seeing that Zhong Suli actually took out gold, the soldier was slightly stunned, and then quickly grabbed Zhong Suli's hand.
“My noble lord, you have given me too much, but I know not to show my talent!
I will only take two gold beads to complete the task. As for the rest, please put them in your arms quickly, so as not to alert the troublemakers in the city!
We, the soldiers, are paid by the clan, so naturally we have to follow the orders of the general. Now we are standing on the city gate tower and causing trouble for our fellow villagers. We really don't want to, but there is no other way!
In short, the noble man gave too much. If we hand over the amount given by the noble man, then the noble man's gold will be wasted on the masters in the city.
Just like that, the noble man quickly put away the money and went into the city quickly and efficiently.
Nowadays, there are many places to spend money in this city. Even if you pass by a restaurant and take a look, or just smell the aroma coming from the restaurant, people will come up to you and ask for money, saying that it is the price of the aroma.
Oh, this damn world..."
Having said that, the soldier said no more and just took away two gold particles of appropriate size from Zhong Su's hand.
After the soldiers took the money, Zhong Su was surrounded by a large group of people behind him before he could even enter the city gate.
"Please be kind enough to give me two of the gold grains. I am still waiting to take the salt home!"
"You are wandering around the city alone, and you must be in need of a sensible and street-savvy servant to serve you. I only need ten gold beads from you, and I can serve you like a guest at home."
"Don't listen to him, my lord. Ten gold grains are too much. I only need eight. My cousin is the groom of our general. I have a direct connection to the general's mansion. My connections are much better than that nonsense boy. Just choose me, my lord!"
"Your Excellency has come to Zhongshan to do business. If so, have you visited the nearby Shanjun Temple?
Not only do I know everything about the city, I also know the fairies who eat nuts and mountain kings. If you are willing to give me the gold in your hand, I will take you to see the fairies' faces with your own eyes!"
(End of this chapter)
"The weather this year...it's getting even drier!"
"It must be the disaster brought about by the king's disrespect for heaven!"
"That's right. We kill people every year during sacrifices, but now we are not allowed to do anything. Naturally, God will be unhappy!"
"The king favors those barbarian slaves. He loves the slaves, not his own people!"
"Slaves deserve to die. Why should the king protect them?"
"If there is no barbarian buried with me when I die, I will not be able to close my eyes in the underworld!"
……
It was less than half a year after Emperor Xin officially abolished the system of burying people alive with the dead in the Shang Dynasty.
All parts of Dashang were in chaos.
Of course, ordinary people would not cause chaos, because they did not have slaves in their homes.
Those who make a fuss at this time are those who have fixed assets at home, that is, the local tycoons and the middle and upper class aristocrats.
Be it the tongue, wealth or power, everything is in the hands of this group of people.
As a result, once they became chaotic, the originally stable situation of the Shang Dynasty suddenly collapsed.
Bigan knew everything that happened in the Shang Dynasty.
but……
Half a year ago, when Emperor Xin and Fei Zhong performed the same drama again in the court.
The pen holder did not step out to stop it.
As for why...
Because Bigan knew that even if the system of burying people alive with the dead was abolished, it would seem unorthodox today.
This system itself can indeed greatly enhance the population and national strength of Dashang.
At this time, Bi Gan still had confidence in the strength of the Shang Dynasty.
He believed that with Da Shang's current strength, it was fully capable of suppressing all the voices in the world.
Just wait until the people of the world get used to a life without sacrificing living people.
Just wait until Da Shang survives this brief period of chaos.
The future Shang Dynasty was destined to reach a higher level by abolishing the system of burying people alive with the dead.
Even because of Emperor Xin's bold behavior, at this moment Bigan still had great admiration for Emperor Xin.
After all, Emperor Xin seemed very decisive, and he was indeed doing the right thing.
In short, Bi Gan, who had no idea what would happen in the future, became the first top noble official to stand up and support Emperor Xin.
After Bi Gan, Wen Zhong also quickly agreed to Emperor Xin's system.
Only Shang Rong, the powerful official who always adhered to the ancient rules, had some opinions about Emperor Xin.
But his opinion alone was useless. As long as Bigan and Wen Zhong agreed, Shang Rong would have to agree even if he disagreed.
In this way, the abolition of the system of burying people alive with the dead was strictly implemented in the Shang Dynasty for half a year. During this half year, Wen Zhong led his troops to quickly suppress any voices of dissatisfaction in various places, allowing the Shang Dynasty to overcome the initial period of chaos.
Logically speaking, after enduring the first six months, the rest would be like a frog in boiling water.
But just when Wen Zhong, Bigan and the others thought they could relax a little...
Bigger trouble has emerged!
Half a year later, at a court meeting, Emperor Xin, without consulting his ministers at all, still boldly proposed the construction of the Lutai wonder.
But Emperor Xin didn't know that by doing this... he had poked a hornet's nest!
Originally, the abolition of the system of burying people alive with the dead half a year ago had already caused Emperor Xin to accumulate considerable dissatisfaction in the Shang Dynasty.
And now, building the Lutai requires people!
First, the first batch of laborers conscripted by Emperor Xin expressed their dissatisfaction.
At this moment, the original slaves in the Shang Dynasty were still forming families, getting married and having children with the support of policies.
As a result, these former civilians had to do labor to do things that should have been done by slaves.
As a result, the common people were of course dissatisfied. Therefore, in order to deal with the dissatisfaction of the common people, Emperor Xin conscripted a considerable number of slaves and let the slaves and the common people build the Lu Tai together.
As a result, the slaves were dissatisfied again this time. They thought that good days had finally come, but less than half a year later, their lives returned to what they were before.
Fortunately, even if the slaves were dissatisfied, they could not make their voices heard, so the construction of Lutai finally began.
Then, more troubles immediately came to Emperor Xin.
At this time, the construction of Yumen and Qiongshi has not yet been completed, but the Shang Dynasty has added another huge project that is extremely costly.
As a result, only a short time after the project was launched, the finances of Dashang, which were already on the brink of deficit, were completely kicked into the middle of the deficit.
Emperor Xin’s idea was good. The increase in the population and households in Dashang did indeed increase the income of various pillar industries of life.
But... Da Shang only has so many resources, so the inflation in Da Shang is becoming more and more serious.
In addition to the fish, salt and wine industries that Emperor Xin focused on...
All other daily necessities, even food, were in short supply in Dashang.
All of a sudden, starting with the most important price of grain, the prices of all kinds of goods in Dashang continued to rise, finally rising to a level that ordinary people could hardly afford.
But now Emperor Xin...
After achieving considerable success in the past five years, Emperor Xin now refuses to listen to any advice or remonstrance.
He insisted on having his own way and built the three major projects: Lutai, Yumen and Qiongshi.
In order to make money, Fei Zhong, You Hun and other close ministers were almost going bald.
In order to respond to Emperor Xin's repeated requests for money, Fei Zhong and You Hun, who once had some ambitions, finally reached out to... the nobles and officials!
For a time, Fei Zhong accepted bribes crazily and also confiscated the properties of his political enemies.
You Hun extended his hand to human trafficking. In this era when slave burial was not allowed, he took advantage of human trafficking and traded the bodies of boys and girls.
Start selling children right away!
By using various means, Fei Zhong and You Hun finally satisfied Emperor Xin's endless demands.
but……
The chaos in Dashang became increasingly serious.
In the past, even if Da Shang was in chaos, it was only at the middle and low levels. The superstructure of Da Shang was at least stable, which also made the Da Shang government's management of the entire territory of Da Shang relatively stable.
But now, after Fei Zhong and You Hun were completely liberated by Emperor Xin, the upper structure of the Shang Dynasty was also in chaos...
In this way, it only takes a little more than half a year.
Half a year ago, Dashang looked like a sizzling fire, but now, Dashang looks like... a frying pan is exploding!
All of this was felt even by people near Zhongshan Mountain where Zhong Su was.
……
In Zhongshan, in the Mountain King Temple.
Holding the half bag of salt he had just brought back, Yang Tianyou sighed helplessly.
On the side, seeing that her husband only brought back half a bag of salt, Yao Ji narrowed her eyes in confusion.
she asked softly.
"What did you do when you came to the city this time? Why did you only buy half a bag of salt?
The money I gave you can buy two bags, right? Half a bag of salt is only enough for us to eat for a month or two, isn't it? "
At this point, Yao Ji's eyes became fierce, and her pupils were filled with the message: Did you go to a brothel?
Facing Yao Ji's gaze, Yang Tianyou shook his head helplessly.
"Madam, I can't do anything about it. Money is becoming even less valuable nowadays!
The money you gave me last year was enough to buy three or four bags of salt, which should have been more than enough, but I spent all my money and only got half a bag of salt.
Even this was sold to me half-sold and half-given to me by the salt merchant for the sake of Mr. Shanjun’s face.
I have already said that I am not the temple priest of the Tiger Temple, so I am afraid I can only buy eight taels of salt, eight taels!!!"
After he finished speaking, Yang Tianyou put down half a bag of salt and squatted in front of the salt to ponder.
After a moment, he sighed regretfully.
"Something seems to have gone wrong with Dashang. Last time when I gave the gift money to the old lady with a serious condition, she despised it because it was too little. Now the money is even cheaper than it was then.
If this continues, the extra money we have saved in our Tiger Temple will not be enough.
We are guarding the temple for Lord Tiger, so we should at least be self-sufficient. We can't turn around and ask Lord Tiger for money to live, right?
But I...I can't go to the city to work, right?
Besides, you can’t earn much by working.
As for the daily incense offerings to the Tiger Temple, the nearby villagers have all been so poor lately that they have difficulty in getting food and drink, and our temple is almost out of money!"
Speaking of this, Yang Tianyou scratched his head in frustration.
As for Yao Ji, she thought for a moment and then smiled bitterly.
"That's true. In the past few years, I thought the development was good. Everything was good and everyone had money.
As a result, after only a few years, everyone's money has become worthless. This is clearly... the end of a dynasty.
If it doesn't work, I can sell some of my gestures for some money.
I have no shortage of gestures, there are plenty of them in heaven, and what’s more, these are all jewelry from heaven, so if I sell them to the human world, they should be worth at least a little bit…”
"Don't!"
After hearing what his wife said, Yang Tianyou couldn't bear to do it.
"Madam, if I ask you to sell your gestures, I might as well ask the mountain king to give me gold, silver, pearls and jade. After all, the mountain king is a great immortal and he doesn't need gold or silver at all.
After all, it is embarrassing to ask the master for money, and it is also embarrassing to ask my wife to sell jewelry. Anyway, it is embarrassing, so I might as well choose the embarrassing method that does not hurt you. "
After he finished speaking, Yang Tianyou took a deep breath and then strode to the front of the tiger statue.
He was seen lighting incense sticks and then muttering to himself in front of the statue of Zhong Sulu.
A moment later, Yang Tianyou saw a change in the air, and Zhong Su appeared in front of him.
Looking at Yang Tianyou who looked nervous, Zhong Su smiled slightly and asked.
"What's going on? My temple can't support my temple priest?
How can that be? You guys take this little bit of gold and silver and use it first. I'm going to go to the city to see what's going on."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhong Su casually dropped a small mountain of gold, leaving Yang Tianyou stunned.
Then, Zhong Su disappeared.
Watching the tiger disappear in the blink of an eye, Yang Tianyou stood up sluggishly.
"I... our temple is just short of money to buy salt, not money for reconstruction and expansion.
The money the master left behind...isn't this too much?"
"All right, put the gold away quickly, the master doesn't need this little bit of ordinary gold and silver.
After all, the Mountain Tiger Temple is the master's main temple, so it's normal for the master to take care of it. As long as you, a temple priest, don't do anything bad with the gold and silver bestowed by the master, the master won't care.
However, the master said that he wanted to go to the city to take a look. Could it be that the master is also interested in worldly affairs?
So, is the Conferred God Ceremony that the Master and the others have been talking about about about to begin?"
……
While Yao Ji was chatting, Zhong Su had already changed his clothes into ordinary ones and landed on the path leading into the city outside Zhongshan City.
After walking along the road into the city for half an hour, Zhong Su finally arrived at the city gate.
Facing the city gate, Zhong Su strode forward and was about to walk in, but after taking just two steps, he was stopped by the soldiers in front of the city gate.
Zhong Su was really startled by the spear in front of him. He looked at the soldiers and asked softly.
"What's the point of this?"
"What's the reason? This is the reason of Zhongshan City now!
How long have you not been to our city? Didn't you know that our city started collecting city fees four months ago?"
At least the soldier did not treat Zhong Sulu in a nasty way, he just explained it to him.
After hearing the soldier's explanation, Zhong Su frowned.
"Four months ago? Then may I ask, how much was the entrance fee?"
"How much is the entrance fee? That depends on how much money you have. Since you are alone at the city gate, the fee doesn't have to be too high. Just take out one tenth of the cash you have on you!"
After explaining to Zhong Su, the soldier held his spear and waited for Zhong Su to pay.
At the same time, Zhong Su looked around and behind him, and seeing that other people entering the city did not say much, he knew that this was indeed the current rule of Zhongshan City.
In this case, Zhong Suli did not say much. He just took out a handful of gold from his body and handed it to the soldier.
Seeing that Zhong Suli actually took out gold, the soldier was slightly stunned, and then quickly grabbed Zhong Suli's hand.
“My noble lord, you have given me too much, but I know not to show my talent!
I will only take two gold beads to complete the task. As for the rest, please put them in your arms quickly, so as not to alert the troublemakers in the city!
We, the soldiers, are paid by the clan, so naturally we have to follow the orders of the general. Now we are standing on the city gate tower and causing trouble for our fellow villagers. We really don't want to, but there is no other way!
In short, the noble man gave too much. If we hand over the amount given by the noble man, then the noble man's gold will be wasted on the masters in the city.
Just like that, the noble man quickly put away the money and went into the city quickly and efficiently.
Nowadays, there are many places to spend money in this city. Even if you pass by a restaurant and take a look, or just smell the aroma coming from the restaurant, people will come up to you and ask for money, saying that it is the price of the aroma.
Oh, this damn world..."
Having said that, the soldier said no more and just took away two gold particles of appropriate size from Zhong Su's hand.
After the soldiers took the money, Zhong Su was surrounded by a large group of people behind him before he could even enter the city gate.
"Please be kind enough to give me two of the gold grains. I am still waiting to take the salt home!"
"You are wandering around the city alone, and you must be in need of a sensible and street-savvy servant to serve you. I only need ten gold beads from you, and I can serve you like a guest at home."
"Don't listen to him, my lord. Ten gold grains are too much. I only need eight. My cousin is the groom of our general. I have a direct connection to the general's mansion. My connections are much better than that nonsense boy. Just choose me, my lord!"
"Your Excellency has come to Zhongshan to do business. If so, have you visited the nearby Shanjun Temple?
Not only do I know everything about the city, I also know the fairies who eat nuts and mountain kings. If you are willing to give me the gold in your hand, I will take you to see the fairies' faces with your own eyes!"
(End of this chapter)
