Final Chapter. 32
What is the concept of 60,000 taels of gold? If it is converted according to the price code of Nankang, it can also be exchanged for 650,000 taels of silver tickets. In the richest Nankang Dynasty, the annual income of an ordinary family of three was about eighty taels of silver; And the most expensive top luxury garden in Gusu City, including the title deed and house deed, the total price is about 30,000 taels of silver.
And today, this group of Minjiang water thieves came to Haiying Island thousands of miles away; Not only do they have to clean up the corpses, but they also have to be responsible for cutting off the sea; And when the deed is done, each person will receive a reward of five hundred taels of silver. In this way, in order to delay Shen Gui's return to Youbei Third Road, Di Ting really made a lot of money.
But now according to the price of this old way, it is a contest between fifteen thousand taels and five hundred taels; With this extremely lucrative deal alone, it's really worth talking to him!
But looking at the old Taoist priest's dress, it is really shabby; Although the family background of this party cannot be judged by the grade of dress; But even if his Taoist incense is prosperous, can he really come up with such a large sum of gold? And judging from the draft of this small sand boat, I'm afraid it's still an empty ship!
"Timber Race! What a breath! Lao Dao, have you ever seen so much gold in your life? ”
Of course, that's not how the account is calculated. As the saying goes, a life is worth a thousand dollars, so let's calculate it according to this price? You guys are here...... There are probably fifty heads, even if it is a whole number of sixty! If you spare your sixty lives, even if you are worth 60,000 taels of gold, isn't it? ”
As soon as this sentence came out, it instantly broke the dream of the Minjiang water thieves to make a fortune. They all puffed out their cheeks and gritted their teeth and looked at their leaders; I hope he can give an order and allow himself to pull the top cover of the Tianji crossbow, and tie this stinky old man with a mouth full of tongues into a sea urchin on the spot!
It was disappointing that the non-existent gold had flown away, but the leader himself did not have much hope; And although the five hundred taels of silver promised by Di Ting were rich, the courage of this old way was really chilling, presumably since he dared to go to the meeting alone, he must have something else to rely on in his heart. If once the two sides fight, their brothers are also damaged, then the cost of settling in and taking medicine is also an astronomical amount.
At least for him, even the peace that he has won by compromising and swallowing his anger is far better than a vigorous war!
"Stinky Daoist, you're quite shrewd in this calculation! If the grandfathers don't agree to your request, what can you do with me? ”
"Then the poor Dao has to spend some more effort to slaughter all of you scum!"
I can't talk about this gossip any further!
Whether it is a traditional water thief or a modern water thief, they are all green forest bandits who are mixed in the market and grass; Although there are differences in the customs of the north and south of the country, nine out of ten of the people who have become grass cowards are those illiterate and powerful rough men.
With great strength, full blood, and temper, it will naturally be more hot.
As the saying goes, if you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are if you don't belong to your family, no matter how big or small this leader is, there will always be some difficulties that his subordinates can't understand. Traditional green forest people believe in the morality of the rivers and lakes, so their survival mode is to go out to earn a living by the children of the younger generations, and after earning money, they will feed the old and frail teachers. It's like an ordinary family in Huayu Continent, the relationship between raising and supporting.
But this group of Nankang Lvlin people in the new era believe in the economic principles that businessmen pay attention to. Therefore, their survival mode is contrary to the traditional way, which is to open up the way to make money by the leader, and then subcontract the details and specific implementation of the work to his subordinates; The distribution of profits after the fact also tends to be more in favor of individual merchants who extract commissions rather than organized criminal gangs. In this way, the green forest people of Nankang have gradually become a kind of employment-type cooperative relationship, which is more in line with the laws of business.
Between the two different modes of survival, there is no such thing as who is higher and who is bottom, they are just a tool; But for those who call the shots, the traditional model is more demanding for being a family; The newly born modern model has higher requirements for those who implement it.
The same rice raises all kinds of people, and their personal comprehension ability and innate understanding are naturally high and low; If you have the spirit of inquiry and speculation, it will be easier to experience the world from different angles, and it will be easier to accept people who are contrary to your own cognition. However, this kind of person with the ability to think independently is a very small minority, and as early as when they were just emerging from the world, they have been carefully cultivated by the discerning people who are both civil and military; After he succeeded in his studies, he either studied for the imperial examination, or fought on the battlefield, or opened a business store, or traveled the rivers and lakes. Even if someone takes a wrong step and has to fall into the grass because they have violated the law of the country, they will definitely be able to quickly break away from the low-level thieves with their own ability.
How far a hero has fallen, they are all heroes; And even if the waste runs to the cape of the cliff, it is still a waste. Many people stubbornly believe that their embarrassing status quo is subject to mysterious factors such as fate, feng shui, luck, and environment; In fact, the answers to more than nine out of nine difficult questions are not so illusory at all! It's just a lack of ability.
The traditional model has existed for hundreds of years; Even though they have developed a unique linguistic system and social laws; But over time, it has long been deeply rooted in the minds of every Huayu people. For example, the spring festival between the people of the rivers and lakes: before the thieves commit the crime, they "step on the plate" when they investigate the situation; When the dart master and Wu Xing are injured, they often say "hanging colors"; The "wind tightening" when the Green Forest Dao people greeted their accomplices when they retreated, etc., has long been more than just a unique incision for Jianghu people.
In the face of such a huge heritage precipitation and mass base, the modern Jianghu Dao, which was born in the Nankang Dynasty or was born in the midst of huge wealth, at least cannot completely replace those decadent and outdated old rules in a short period of time. Therefore, today's gang of Nankang water thieves not only want to earn a lot of cash in Jianghu Dao, but also want the glorious and heroic and indomitable hero leaders of the old rivers and lakes.
In other words, for these dozens of Minjiang water thieves, they neither want to use their life money to enjoy others, nor do they want to follow a soft-boned big brother to make trouble. Under this kind of greed that is reluctant to give up fish and bear's paws, this water thief leader who was almost blown up by Zhang Qingniu's anger was directly forced to death by his brothers!
Words are not speculative, and it is convenient to do it on the spot! With a wave of his left hand of the unspeakable water thief leader, dozens of new heavenly machine crossbows produced by the Heavenly Workshop were all aimed at the old bull-nosed man with mottled hair on the deck. With a chaotic sound of wooden rubbing, a series of bare-rod crossbow arrows without tail feathers quickly came out of the box, like iron nails with eyes, directly blocking all the space around Zhang Qingniu!
It takes at least three years to train a qualified longbowman; The cost of training a qualified crossbowman is only about fifty taels, plus half a day of training. As long as you are not blind and have a palm, you can easily manipulate this delicately crafted and powerful burst weapon. It can also be said that this new type of heavenly crossbow is not worth equipping for the army officers in batches, except that the cost is too high; It is actually a top-notch artifact at medium and close range when the two sides are fighting on a small scale.
Everyone in the world says that Xuanyue Daogong is one door and three masters; And the three masterpieces of Dao, Wu, and Xuanxuan left by Xuanxu Daojun, the three masters are also their own masters. After Lu Xiangyin, who specializes in martial arts, rebelled, there was also a junior disciple Shan Qingquan who came to make up for it; Guan Beidou, a native of Wuhe Dao, is good at Tianyan Mathematics, and he even found a good errand for a national teacher in Yanjing City; As for the immeasurable real person Zhang Qingniu on the ship, he is the one with the worst comprehensive qualifications among the three generations of disciples of Xuanyue Dao Palace.
According to the people of the rivers and lakes, when it comes to metaphysical qualifications, Zhang Qingniu can't compare to Guan Beidou; martial arts qualifications, he is not as good as Lu Xiangyin and Shan Qingquan; In desperation, he had no choice but to declare that he was concentrating on studying the Xuanmen Dao method, holding the vast Xuanmen scriptures all day long, hiding in his own Xuanjing Pavilion to read and write, more like a teacher, rather than a real person in charge of the three major schools of martial arts. And the reason why he was able to succeed to the position of the real person in charge was purely because he really didn't pick it! Even if there is one person to choose from, it will not be his turn to take charge of the Xuanyue Dao Palace!
However, as Zhang Qingniu said to Shen Gui; Although the rumors in the rivers and lakes may not all be groundless, they must not follow the crowd. What is his Zhang Qingniu's skills, looking at the current situation of Xuanyue Dao Palace, it is clear at a glance.
The Heavenly Machine Crossbow produced by the Di Tingtian Workshop has a total of twelve crossbow arrows in one box; The firing method is also very easy and simple, just pull the wooden spring back with the palm of your hand to fire; It's so simple and easy that even a seven or eight-year-old child won't find it difficult.
The dream of these water thieves to make a fortune was shattered, and they hated this pretentious old man in their hearts! Now that they are moving, everyone gritted their teeth and repeatedly pushed and pulled the wooden handle, eager to pour out the crossbow arrows in the box as soon as possible, so that they could reload it again, and quickly replenish a few more before the opponent's body was full of arrows!
The rate of fire of the Heavenly Machine Crossbow was extremely fast, so even though the opponent was only a few dozen people, those tailless crossbow arrows were still overwhelming. Under the cover of night, it is impossible to distinguish the blind spots of the other party with the naked eye alone; In addition, there is a problem of high and low angles between small sand boats and sea fishing boats; Even if Zhang Qingniu was well-versed in the law and planned to escape in the rain of arrows with the cultivation behind him, it would be an impossible task at all.
At least the old and the second child who are hiding in the cabin and looking out from the outside, can't think of any practical way to crack it for the time being!
Whether it's Zhang Qingniu or Zhang Haiur, as soon as the arrow rain arrives, you will know!