"Aoyama, what the hell is going on inside? Why did these villagers gather to watch? The middle-aged scribe asked calmly.

"Lord Hui, there are a few villagers selling Shanbi meat here...... "The big man's face was a little weird.

"What's so nice about the mountain meat!" The girl muttered suddenly.

"And a big snake!" After Dahan finished speaking, he gestured with his hand, "It's four zhang long!" ”

"What?" Not only was the middle-aged scribe startled, but the girl was even more frightened and almost fell off the horse, and several other burly retinues also exclaimed.

"Uncle Liu is not mistaken, isn't the four-zhang big snake about to become a Jiao!" The girl exclaimed, and a look of disbelief appeared on her little face.

"My subordinates are not mistaken, the big snake is still hanging on a wooden frame for sale, its head has been cut to pieces, I asked the villagers who sold it, it was killed by a young man from a small river village twenty miles away from here, only 14 years old......

"There is such a heroic boy in this poor mountain and remote area, I'll go and see!" The middle-aged scribe turned over and dismounted, and the girl couldn't wait to jump down, and the other three attendants also dismounted to protect the two in the middle, and then pushed away the onlookers on the left and right and squeezed inside.

Although the onlookers were very dissatisfied with these guys who rushed inside, they didn't dare to make a mistake after seeing their outfits and demeanor, and let go of a road with a scolding attitude, so a group of people quickly walked to the center, and when they saw the big snake hanging on the shelf, their hearts shook no less than the villagers around.

"May I ask who killed this big snake?" After a while, the eyes of the middle-aged scribe fell on Chen Xu and the others.

"Haha, seeing that you are from out of town, you are scared, the hero who killed the big snake is this ......" Niu Dashi, who has been in charge of helping to collect money, carried the money bag and pointed to Chen Xu's triumphant introduction.

"Sure enough, it's a young hero, disrespectful and disrespectful!" The middle-aged scribe actually bowed to Chen Xu with a fist.

"Daddy!" The girl tugged at the middle-aged scribe's robe dissatisfied.

And Chen Xu looked at these strangers who were obviously dressed differently from the people around them and were carrying swords, he was slightly surprised and pretended to clench his fists and said: "Don't dare, this big snake and Shan Yu were both injured after the fight, I accidentally found out that the big snake was hacked to death, and Shan Yu was also entangled by the big snake and suffocated to death, I just happened to pick up a bargain!" ”

"Shao Lang Jun doesn't have to be modest, even such a big dead snake needs a lot of courage to get close, passing by today to be able to see such a big snake and a young hero like Shao Lang Jun, it's not an empty trip, by the way, do you want to sell this snake?"

"Sell, sell!" Niu Dashi, who was standing next to him, and several villagers hurriedly nodded together.

At this time, it was already past three o'clock in the afternoon, and if you can't sell it today, you have to carry it back, not to mention that there are more than 20 miles of mountain roads to go back, not to mention that it may attract foraging beasts in the evening.

"And how much are you going to sell this snake?"

"Five hundred...... Uh, eight hundred dollars with belt meat! Chen Xu first stretched out five fingers and then quickly added three, according to the experience of later generations, people who ask this sentence will generally pay money.

"Eight hundred dollars, well, the price is fair!" The middle-aged scribe nodded and instructed the middle-aged man next to him, "Qingshan, pay!" ”

"Yes!" The middle-aged man untied a leather bag hanging on his shoulder, took out two strings of brand-new yellow copper coins from it, and after untying them, he took out two hundred pieces from it and handed the rest to Chen Xu.

"Thank you, thank you!" Chen Xu shivered excitedly, and then handed the money to Niu Dashi, who couldn't stop at all.

Eight hundred dollars is not a lot, and the wild boar meat sold at this time is almost two thousand dollars, but it feels different, this is a big deal completed in one go, and it also makes a stone in everyone's hearts fall to the ground.

Although snake meat can be taken back to eat by yourself, for all the people in Xiaohe Village, snake meat is far less delicious than fatty wild boar, and for Chen Xu, money is more important than meat, even more important than food, with money everything will be there, this first pot of gold is his primary task to seek a safe way out for himself, and it seems that it has almost been completed in front of him.

"Xiao Langjun, I don't bother if I have to hurry, farewell!" The middle-aged scribe saw that the transaction was completed, so he no longer planned to continue to get close to Chen Xu, and after holding his fists, he ordered a few of his subordinates to lift the big snake and leave quickly.

"Humph!" The girl who walked at the end rolled her eyes at Chen Xu viciously and hurriedly followed, making Chen Xu's second monk confused, and he didn't react for a long time.

Lao Tzu didn't touch her again, why did this little girl roll her eyes at me!

However, he quickly threw this unprovoked idea out of the clouds, and at this time, there were only a few dozen catties of lean meat left in the basket, and it didn't matter if he sold it or not, so he waved his hand and said, "Uncle Ma, let's go buy some salt and prepare to go home!" ”

Uncle Ma looked up at the sky and nodded, it would take an hour to go back, and it was almost dark when he got home.

So a group of people began to pack up their things, and the onlookers quickly dispersed and went home because the big snake had been bought.

This Qinghe Town is the largest and most prosperous market town in the nearby ten miles and eight villages, but in the eyes of Chen Xu, a person who has been more than 2,000 years later, it is no different from the primitive society, only a narrow street, the potholes on the street are all sand, on both sides are low and dilapidated thatched houses, the eaves are low, and there are many young children hiding in the room to look out secretly.

"How can there be so many children in town?" Chen Xu asked very curiously.

"Because the official family encourages childbirth, so there are a lot of children born in recent years, and I heard that having a child can exempt a family from two percent of the field tax, so after Xing'er marries me, we will have one every year, and after giving birth to five, our family will not have to pay the field tax!" Niu Dashi explained next to him.

Chen Bo's face instantly turned blacker than the bottom of the pot, and he couldn't hold back after glancing at the knife in the rattan basket, and said with a twitch in his face: "Do you think this is okay?" ”

"No problem! You see, one is exempt from 20%, and two are exempt from 40%, ......" Niu Dashi said proudly after breaking five fingers, "Five just finished exempting the field tax!" ”

When Niu Dashi calculated, several villagers, including Uncle Ma, nodded their heads again and again, feeling that there was nothing wrong with this calculation.

So Chen Xu sighed in his heart and nodded.

Discussing math points with people who didn't know a word in ancient times could be a neurosis. So it's better to immerse them in their own mathematical knowledge, otherwise they won't be able to explain it clearly.