Chapter 152: Lack of People's Hearts
The wealth minister wants to cry without tears, he has no choice but to follow Dou Shen.
Here, he had no way to resist Dou Shen. He could only lead them to the territory of the Dou God in despair.
The territory of the god Dou, there is a temple of the god Dou.
The slaves of the god Dou lived next to the temple, and these slaves told them that it was not easy to survive in Lethe, and the most important thing to survive was not to go to a place where they could not see the temple. At night, don't go out anyway, there are too many weird things that happen at night.
The teleportation array of the human market was opened, and the Minister of Finance and his party were teleported to the territory of the Dou God.
"Hongfu of the god Tuodou, I have lived in Lethe for five generations," an old man with only half of his face, he came to greet the wealth minister, he said very attentively, "Lethe is a good place, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the scenery is beautiful, just don't go out of the temple at night, some things just watch, don't care, and don't go to the place where you can't see the temple." The place where you can see the temple is safe. “
The Minister of Finance nodded, he knew about Lechuan, he said goodbye to this old man with only one face, and said to Zhu Liyang: "Lechuan also has a rule, even if it is a slave, as long as you pay ten times the price, you can still restore your free body." We don't lack money, but there is no way to take it out now, and it is estimated that Dou Shen will not give me a chance to pay on credit, so I have to find a way to spread the news and let my colleagues redeem all of us. ”
The old man with this half of his face looked very busy, and after he settled Yang Xuan's group, he left in a hurry. There were many slaves who worked around the temple, building the city walls, and the walls surrounded the temple, and the slaves of the god Dou lived in the walls.
Taixuan Simon Bo laughed, he felt very comfortable.
The finance minister was in a gloomy mood and was reluctant to talk more.
When night came, they made a home in a house near the temple.
"Why is there a Dou character on your forehead?" Yang Xuan looked at them and suddenly asked.
"Giant, this is the rule of Lethe, marking which god's slave you are. He said to Yang Xuan, "The temple is the protection of the living beings in the Lethe River, the living beings build during the day, and there are often unclean things to demolish the temple at night, often during the day and at night, if the temple is demolished, the living beings do not have the protection of the temple, then it is dangerous." ”
Then, he warned Zhu Liyang Ximen Bo and them: "At night, those unclean things are very powerful, don't provoke them easily, during the day, their strength is much weaker and relatively normal, don't be too afraid of them, and they can even communicate during the day, and even during the day they are no different from ordinary creatures, don't contact people casually in Lechuan, because you don't know what kind of creatures you are in contact with, you think they are normal creatures, maybe they are evil ghosts." ”
The Minister then told them what he knew about Lethe.
The temple is the lifeline that sustains the survival of living beings in Lethe, and all normal living beings can only live under the protection of the temple.
At night, when the abnormal creatures are strong, they basically have no reason and will come to tear down the temple, so during the day the slaves of the gods have to strengthen the walls. It is often built during the day and demolished at night, and the two sides compare the speed.
If the god's slaves were not up to speed, it would be common for these unclean things to tear down the walls and temples. The gods had to pay a great price to build another temple in Lethe, so the gods would sell slaves everywhere to protect the temple for them against the army of city demolition.
Yang Xuan felt very interested, and he was looking forward to seeing what was going on with these guys who demolished the city.
It was getting dark, and the night was very dark, and there was no moon in the sky, only a faint starlight.
Doors are closed.
The old man, who had only half of his face, struck the gong and shouted as he went: "It's dry, close the doors and windows, and be careful of the candles." ”
There was a glimmer of light in the western sky, and the old man with half his face hurried into his house and closed the doors and windows.
Yang Xuan secretly climbed up to the attic and saw a group of strange creatures appearing outside the low city wall.
They were wearing the same clothes, and the black clothes looked a little eerie.
Their faces were very pale, and some of them had blood on their faces.
The guy at the front rode a bone horse, only bones, white bones, white bones, white bones were still fluorescent, and it looked very eerie.
Behind him, two guys held a banner with large letters written on it: "Civilized demolition, standardized law enforcement." ”
They stopped in front of the temple of the god Dou, and the guy at the head got off his horse, and he circled around the outer wall of the temple, and said to the people behind, "Whose temple is this?"
"Lord Hui, this is the temple of the Dou Shen family. ”
"The people of the Divine City, why do they always want to build a temple in front of our underworld?"
"Lord Hui, this is an agreement between our ancestral gods and their fathers, they can come to Lethe for activities. ”
"Oh, but this temple was built in the wrong place, it is illegal, and it needs to be demolished!"
Then, he took out a large pen and drew a huge word "demolition" on the city wall.
"This is a building that has not been reported, the documents are incomplete, and it can be forcibly demolished without considering compensation - this building blocks the road and is demolished!"
Then, the group ran away.
It's a strange thing that's not clean, and it doesn't look terrible.
After about a cup of tea exercises, a bunch of abnormal creatures appeared, and he only had a very obscene-looking guy who looked at the word "demolition" and said: "This project is quite big, this price is not very cost-effective, please brother Tai give us feedback, this price, we are really going to lose money." ”
"You tear it down, we adults have always been very reasonable, and we will never let you lose money. After the demolition, you quote the workload, and this price is only an estimate of the workload. “
"Thank you, brother. "Thank you so much for this lewd fellow.
Soon, a group of ragged abnormal creatures appeared, they looked very hideous and terrifying, the stench on their bodies was very strong, although the distance was so far, but as soon as the wind blew, it actually spread to this side, so disgusting that Yang Xuan hurriedly blocked his nose.
"Boss, just dismantle this. "These disgusting guys asked the lewd guy.
"Yes. The lewd guy replied.
Then, these anomalous creatures began to tear down the walls, their tools very primitive and rudimentary, and a group of guys carrying the stones on the walls.
In the entire temple, not a single person dared to speak out, and let them tear down the city wall, which is very strange.
"Look at it, giant, you must not go out, you must not go out, they are not normal creatures, they are all dead undead. They also live in Lethe. ”
I don't know when, the Minister of Finance was standing behind Yang Xuan, he grabbed Yang Xuan, and said to Yang Xuan: "The smell of flesh and blood on our bodies, as soon as you go out, they will know that they are not rational, and what they like most is the blood of the living." “
Yang Xuan watched it for a night, and in the early morning, a glimmer of light appeared in the sky.
The obscene guy stood up and shouted loudly: "It's dark, call it a day, Lethe is too weird at night, don't go out at night, don't go out, don't go out, say important things three times." Hurry up, everyone, in case you get into trouble with those unclean things. “
Suddenly, the anomalous creatures scattered and disappeared without a trace.
It's getting dark.
The old man, with only half of his face, yelled at everyone to go to work.
The city wall was very badly damaged, and they will repair the city wall one by one, and some people will go outside the city wall to farm, each with their own division of labor.
"You can farm the land," said the half-faced old man, looking at the wealth minister, "the matter of repairing the city wall is too important, you are not in good health, so you can farm the land first." It's hard for us to survive here, and we won't feed idlers. “
Yesterday he welcomed the Minister of Finance and his entourage warmly, but today he said what he had to say.
"You have to remember that you are planting the land, it is to support these warriors who build the city wall, everything we do is to repair the city wall, you have to work hard to cultivate the land, there are nine of you, you must pay 180,000 catties of grain every year, each of you must pay 2,000 catties, in addition, each of you must pay 200 catties of meat and 100 eggs every year. ”
The old man with half his face said, "We are villains first and then gentlemen, and if we can't pay, we will kick you out." As you can see, it's very difficult for us to survive here, and we can't support idlers. “
The finance minister nodded yes.
"If you want to farm tools, you can go to the blacksmith shop to buy them first, and the seeds are also sold, and there is a lot of wasteland outside, and you can open up the land, and after you open the land, it will be yours. ”
Simon Bo was very happy. Zhu Liyang's injuries are not completely healed, it is not appropriate to go farming now, Yang Xuan is just a child, only he and the minister of wealth can farm, he is not familiar with all the people here, he can do whatever he wants, it seems that the matter of farming, only the minister of finance who has agreed can do it. Thinking of the dignified Momen Wealth, who has a lot of money but now has to go to farming, this thing is happy to imagine.
The minister nodded and said, "My husband is right, we will definitely recruit enough food and meat, please rest assured." ”
The old man with half of his face walked away satisfied. But when he walked around the corner, he slapped himself hard, and scolded himself: "Damn, damn it, they didn't even bargain, I knew they didn't bargain, why don't you ask for a little more." ”
Ximen Bo looked at the financial minister coldly.
"I'm a swordsman, I've never farmed, I'm too lazy to farm, I see that the old boy with half of his face is very uncomfortable, the next time he dares to come, Lao Tzu killed him with a sword. ”
The Minister of Finance looked at Ximen Bo speechlessly.
"Brother, this is Lethe, Lethe has the rules of Lethe, harmony makes money, harmony makes money, why do you have to deal with them? We won't stay long, the news will always spread outside, as long as my colleagues know, they will immediately redeem us. We don't have anything to do with them, so why bother?"
The Minister of Finance persuaded Simon Bo.
"Besides, this person's request is not excessive, we live under the protection of the temple, and it is also appropriate to make a little contribution, and there is nothing wrong with farming. ”
"Whoever wants to farm is going to go, it's all because of you, what you do, don't think I'll rub your ass for you, I don't believe in a Lethe, I can't get out. Simon Bo said.
"Brother, don't be impulsive, the most important thing for a businessman is credibility, I believe you can go out, but if you go out, I will break my trust. At the same time, you also have to consider them, they are the safest place in Lethe right now. The finance minister said.
"If you like farming, you can farm, I won't go anyway!" said Simonbo.
"Well, you can do whatever you want. "The finance minister stabilized Ximenbo and didn't want him to rebel.
He took Yang Xuan and was about to go out to open up wasteland and farm.
He went to the blacksmith to buy farm tools.
Farm tools are expensive, and they are a little unreasonable.
A hoe and a ploughshare cost the blacksmith ten taels of silver, after all, there is only one blacksmith here.
The minister of finance had no choice but to pay and give a sufficient amount of ten taels of silver.
The blacksmith was in a daze with the silver, he had not seen the silver for a long time, and even said that he had not seen the money for a long time.
Ordinary farmers come here to buy farm tools, they all say how much grain to give after the harvest, and it often takes many years to pay off, he has opened a blacksmith shop for so long, and he has never seen such a refreshing cash settlement.
The so-called amount of silver to give is actually just a fun price. Who would really be able to come to Lethe with the silver?
After the minister left, the blacksmith slapped himself in the mouth.
This guy is new here, and he seems to be quite rich, so why don't you ask him for more than ten taels of silver?
In less than a day, the people of the Dou Temple knew that the nine new guys were very rich. And the financial ministers are kept in the dark.
The Minister of Finance did not stop, he took Yang Xuan, made a hoe, a plow, and went to open up the wasteland the next day.
At night, as the night before, a group of anomalous creatures tore down a large section of the wall they had built.
In the morning, the old man with half his face appeared with them again.
He greeted them, told them some things to pay attention to when farming, and then told them: This place where you live is the safest place in the temple, and the rent is relatively high, three hundred taels of silver a year, and if you pay it for one year, you can reduce it by ten taels; “
The minister thought for a moment and said, "Then let's move to the city wall and live." ”
He felt that it didn't matter, after all, these people were masters, and from last night, those unclean things were nothing more than that, and they weren't terrible.
So, he chose to live by the city walls.
The old man with half his face moved for them diligently, and then the minister of wealth gave him twenty taels of silver.
The old man with half of his face walked around the corner, he looked at the white silver, gave himself a big slap in the face, and scolded: "Lack of heart, why don't you say more, why don't you say more, it's good to say more than two hundred!"
There is basically nothing to move when you move, and it is noon when you settle down, and after eating a simple Chinese meal, the Minister of Finance took Yang Xuan out of the temple walls to open up the wasteland and farm.
He found a wasteland of weeds, lit a fire, and burned the weeds.
He made his own cattle and let Yang Xuan learn to plow the wasteland.
Several strong men gathered around, and they said to the minister, "Why are you setting fire to my land?"
The minister arched his hand and said, "This is a weedy field!"
"You're talking nonsense, this land belongs to my brother Yan! This is not a wasteland, this grass is all planted by Brother Yan, it is very precious, and you will burn this fire. ”
The finance minister didn't want to do much, so he asked, "What should I do then?"
"You have to pay, you have to pay!" shouted a skinny young man.
"How to compensate?" The problems that can be solved with money are not problems, and the financial minister is too lazy to bother with them.
"Ten taels of silver!" said the man named Brother Yan, "Without ten taels of silver, you don't want to run!"
The Minister of Finance frowned.
"Hey, what are you thinking?" Seeing that the minister didn't speak, a young man beside Brother Yan said, "You ruined Brother Yan's grass, and Brother Yan asked you to pay ten taels of silver, what else do you say?"
"What's more, you burned my land, and I can't ask for this piece of land anymore, it's all yours, what else do you say for ten taels of silver?" Brother Yan saw that he was hesitating and said.
"Okay. The Minister of Finance didn't want to entangle with them, so he threw out ten taels of silver.
The group of young people left happily, and when they arrived at a place where they could not see the wealth minister, the man named Brother Yan slapped himself fiercely, scolded himself, and said, "Why don't you ask for more? Why don't you ask for more than that? Why don't you say that the weeds are precious medicinal herbs, and ask him for a hundred taels of silver?"