In 1775, the first paper money was issued in the United States to make up for the lack of funds in the United States due to British taxes. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because the highest authority in the United States at that time was called the "Continental Congress", that is, the "Continental Congress", this version of the dollar was also called the "continental currency".

At that time, the United States was a country composed of broken households, thieves, robbers, and prisoners, and the "Continental Currency" was issued for the first time, and there were not many anti-counterfeiting measures, so not long after the issuance of this version of the "Continental Currency", counterfeit banknotes appeared on the market, which led to the practical value of the "Continental Currency" was very small.

Li Mu gave Mike definitely not "continental currency", but the "spot notes" issued by the Treasury Department authorized by Congress legislation by the US government ten years ago in order to raise the cost of the Civil War.

With the green federal voucher in hand, Mike still couldn't believe that Li Mu just slapped a hundred dollars on the table just for a $35 Colt-style 1872 one-on-one robbery.

"Mike, how much money did Old Man Chen give you when you traveled from Shanghai to San Francisco as a doctor?" Li Mu had other plans, just buying a gun was not enough to ensure Li Mu's safety.

Mike rolled his eyes and thought for a long time, before he understood who Li Mu was talking about "Old Man Chen": "I am not hired by Lord Chen, but by the Prime Minister's Yamen-" Mike replied honestly, now Mike does not think that Li Mu is a vagabond, but feels that Li Mu is the illegitimate son of a certain Qing prince, otherwise Li Mu would not be so generous: "This trip is about twenty-five days, and my remuneration is fifty dollars." ”

Fifty dollars, this price is really not high, Li Mu is sure that the ticket paid by Prime Minister Yamen for Mike must be higher than fifty dollars.

At this time in 1872, the cost of transportation was still very high, taking a ship from Shanghai to Tianjin, the first class was about 100 taels of silver, if it was more expensive to go abroad, the first class from Shanghai to Paris was almost 300 taels, and the fourth class cabin that could only live in the bottom compartment was also 90 taels.

From this point of view, the Qing government really spared no expense in order to "stay in the United States" this time.

"There are still about ten days left to dock, I will pay you another fifty dollars, hire you to accompany me during this time, there is only one requirement, not leaving an inch, can it be done?" Li Mu can now be called wealthy, and he is not distressed at all when he smashes people with dollars.

"It's only about eight days—" Mike was already glazed over.

To tell the truth, the price offered by Li Mu is really not low, if he stays in the United States, it is estimated that he will not earn fifty dollars a year at the level of Mike, a veterinarian.

Of course, a normal veterinarian must earn more than this every year, but Mike's level must be limited, otherwise, if Mike's medical level is very good, Mike will not have to travel all the way from the United States to the Far East to make a living.

"Eight days, eight days, fifty dollars, how about it?" Li Mu didn't care about this little detail, eight days and twenty-five days had the same meaning for Li Mu.

"Okay!" Mike is also simple, not leaving an inch, just taking care of the wounded-

So in the next few days, Li Mu didn't even go to the restaurant to eat, but asked Mike to bring him back, and Li Mu stayed in Mike's cabin for only one thing, which was to practice "cowboy gun drawing".

This "gun drawing" is the kind of gun drawing technique in Westerns.

It was once widely believed that the "gun drawing" in Westerns was all artistic fiction and did not exist in reality. However, although Li Mu has watched a lot of Westerns in his spare time in the 21st century, he has also watched many small videos, among which there is a person named "Bode Bob", who left a deep impression on Li Mu.

Known as the "most untimely cowboy", Bode Bob can pull out his gun, hit his target, insert his gun back into his holster, and more in 0.02 seconds.

What is the concept of 0.02 seconds?

Generally speaking, Bod's movements are no longer visible to the naked eye, and it takes the help of a high-speed camera to barely see Bod's movements.

In order to facilitate the practice, Li Mu modified the holster attached to Mike, cut off all the excess parts including the holster buckle, and made this complete holster into a quick-draw holster, ensuring that the gun can be pulled out as quickly as possible to complete the shooting preparation.

When Li Mu first started to modify, Mike was very unimpressed, but as Li Mu became more and more proficient, Mike was more and more surprised, to the day before arriving in San Francisco, Li Mu was able to complete the series of actions of pulling out the gun, aiming, and stuffing the gun back into the holster within 0.5 seconds, although it has not yet reached the level of Bode Bob, but in Mike's words, Li Mu is already a qualified cowboy.

No, a very good cowboy!

At least Mike hadn't seen anyone faster than Li Mu pulling out his gun.

In fact, this speed is not fast enough, and the reason why Mike thinks so is because Mike does not have enough knowledge.

Li Mu knew what the limit of the "gun drawing technique" was, so he was not satisfied with this result, but considering Li Mu's practice time, it was already very good to be able to reach this level in just a few days.

Li Mu attributed all this to the welfare of "crossing", this week, Li Mu practiced not only "drawing guns", but also a variety of physical fitness training, because Li Mu is very clear that if you want to live better in this era, you must first have a good body, this is an era when there is no penicillin, and there is Mike, a "doctor" who is indiscriminate, as a negative example, if the health is not good, unfortunately infected with any disease, Li Mu does not think that the doctors of this era are so magical.

Through a series of exercises, Li Mu found that his body was very good, both endurance and explosiveness were above the level, compared with Li Mu's body in his previous life, it was a world of difference. For example, push-ups with feet 80 centimeters high from the ground, Li Mu only needs 50 seconds to complete a hundred, which is close to the Guinness World Record, and for example, push-ups with a one-handed thumb, Li Mu can do a hundred in one breath, and the last person who could do this was Bruce Lee-

As for why they are all push-ups, it is really because Mike's room is too small, and Li Mu can only do this exercise.

Li Mu stayed at home all day, which also made Mike complain, because Li Mu hired Mike on the condition of not leaving an inch, in Mike's words, Mike was "bored and almost crazy" these days, in order to make Mike have a good mood, so the day before arriving in San Francisco, Li Mu took the initiative to go out of the house, ready to test the results of his exercise during this time.

It is estimated that Old Man Chen should be very anxious to find an opportunity to get rid of Li Mu these days.