"One, two, three, four, five......"

Along with this sound, there was a soft sound of ding dong ding dong, which was the sound of gold coins colliding with gold coins. The gold coin is a ten-guan gold coin issued by Tiandaozhuang, and one gold coin is equivalent to ten consistent (referring to face value) silver coins. The volume of ten times gold is about the same as that of silver, because gold is heavier than silver, and considering the purity, the converted gold-silver ratio is about 1:8. There is a big gap between the 1:4 and 1:5 gold and silver prices before the discovery of the Mingzhou Continent.

However, this price comparison was made by Tiandaozhuang after comprehensively considering the gold and silver deposits in Mingzhou. Although there are gold mountains in Mingzhou, the scale of silver mountains is larger, and the reserves are more amazing. In the long run, the ratio of silver to gold will inevitably continue to fall, and it is good to be able to maintain it at 1:8.

Therefore, Qu Huajie directly ordered the mint in Mingdu to mint gold and silver coins according to the price ratio of 1:8.

Before the "Ten Runs of Gold" was officially put on the market, Qu Huajie bought a large amount of gold from the market, and at the same time released silver, pushing the gold-silver ratio to around 1:8. Under some operation, Tiandaozhuang has made tens of millions of more book profits, and Qu Da Predator's level of manipulation of the financial market has become more and more sophisticated.

However, this kind of thing has nothing to do with Lai Toad, who is counting money, and the black face of the toad is full of the joy of a good harvest. No, no matter how much he had a good harvest when he was farming in his hometown, he was not as happy as he is now. When he was a tenant, no matter how good the harvest was, he couldn't make a few more dollars a year. And the gold coins he counts now, each one is worth 10 copper coins!

There are a total of 96 such "ten gold" toads, which is equivalent to 960 copper coins!

These gold coins are what he got in the battle of Java Island! Of these, 26 gold coins were bounties and military pay, and the remaining 70 were ...... Proceeds of robbery!

Yes, he is now an out-and-out robber with a toad! And he is also an organized, disciplined, knighted, and conscientious robber.

First of all, his robbery was done on orders. There was an order from above to rob him, not only to rob him single-handedly, but also to carry out organized robbery under the organizational leadership of the officers -- to loot palaces, official offices, and official warehouses!

Secondly, because of the bravery of the battle and the seriousness of the sack, the toad finally got rid of his civilian status after the battle of Java and became an honorable sergeant.

Again. Toads also have a conscience. He doesn't kill old people and children after the robbery - someone else will kill him! And they didn't take the hands of Javanese women - they were just taken as slaves and sold to slave traders from Palembang and Temasek.

Finally, he also stipulated that when he was washing the city, he would kill a maximum of ten people a day, and definitely not one more. Moreover, every time he finished washing the city, he would recite the "Mantra of Death" of the Heavenly Taoism to surpass the souls who died in his hands to reincarnate as a human being...... The Bright Heavenly Kingdom of the Heavenly Daoist Sect only accepts those who have contributed to the search for scientific truth and the martyrs who have died in spreading the Heavenly Dao, and the souls of the enemy will not be able to go to heaven.

"Toad, are you annoyed? Count ...... every day There won't be an extra one more for this money! I'm still studying! ”

It was Second Lieutenant Li Sanfa, who was lying on the couch to recuperate from his wounds, because of the credit for being the first to pierce the spear into the elephant's body. He was exceptionally promoted to second lieutenant and became an officer. However, he has not yet been assigned a position, on the one hand, because he is injured again - he has been broken by the elephant or something, and he can't walk; On the other hand, he has not yet completed the officer's short training, and during the days when he was resting in Bali, the toad who was responsible for taking care of him had to carry him to the military academy every day.

When he came back, he was studying his homework - he was a literate bastard, and his father was a fisherman (and he was not a good person). The economic conditions were okay, so he was sent to a private school for eight years. It's a pity that I ended up being a ...... Became a noble officer! It seems that studying is still useful after all!

When he was in class. Lai Toad counted the money to play. The more he counted, the happier he became, as if that Du Thirteen would be like him because he had a lot of gold coins.

"What are you reading?" Lai Toad put away the money bag, turned his head and glanced at Pi Li, "Don't pretend, are you really literate?" When you went to school, you skipped class, and the whole Duqiao was notoriously Tao. It's useless for your dad to beat you......"

"Of course I'm literate!" Splashy Li's eyes widened, and he stretched out his hand and made a figure-eight gesture, "Eight years of private school, how many days can you skip class?" is skipping class, and in the end he was caught by the old man to practice big characters. The third master (Li San's issuance of three): I just haven't read through the four books and the five classics. I can't write a broken article for the imperial examination, how can I not know the words? Toad, don't count money all day long, it's all small money, you know? It's only 960 times, what's the use? If you have this skill, you also have to learn to read and write. In this way, I will have the opportunity to be an official in the future, and I am afraid that I will not have money when I become an official, and I am afraid that I will not have a little girl's skin? ”

"Literacy? Official? Lai Toad sneered, but just shook his head, "Why did you and I do it?" Don't be a second lieutenant and forget about Ben. ”

"Ben?" Splash Li laughed, "I'm already an official!" The second lieutenant of the army is the officer, our Daming is a noble military light civilian, the military attache is one level higher, and a second lieutenant can grow up than our Jiupin Town in Duqiao! ”

"Blow it! How many people does the mayor of a town manage? You, the second lieutenant, are a platoon commander at the top of the day, and I don't know if there is a No. 50 person under your hands. ”

"Toad, why don't you have any knowledge?" Splashy Li shook his head again and again, "Where are we going now?" ”

"Tianzhu."

"What are you going to do?"

"Grab the money."

"What to rob money? Just know that we are not robbers, we are teachers of benevolence and righteousness, and we are here to save the people of Tianzhu from fire and water! ”

Splash Li really read the book, and the robbers have become a benevolent and righteous teacher to save the people from fire and water.

Seeing Lai Toad's disdainful face, he coughed and taught again: "Robbers or something, they all grab a handful and leave, our teacher of benevolence and righteousness wants to stay in Tianzhu for a long time to protect the people of Tianzhu." ”

"Collecting protection money?"

Splashy Li smacked his lips and shook his head helplessly, "Yes! Even if it's a protection fee. Then someone has to collect it, a place as big as Tianzhu, the population is said to be about the same as that of Jiangnan, can His Royal Highness King Fu receive it? ”

"I can't take it."

"This is going to be collected by someone, and the person who helps collect the protection money is the official! Not to mention Jiangnan, how many officials are there in one state alone? ”

Lai Toad shook his head, indicating that he didn't know. At that time in the Song Dynasty, the officials were separated, and the number of officials in Taizhou also reached hundreds. Now that the officials are united, the officials in Taizhou are afraid that they will be judged by thousands.

Splashy Li looked yearning, and said eloquently: "In the past, the Great Song Dynasty was partial to the south of the Yangtze River, even if you don't count the officials, the number of officials is tens of thousands. How many people are there in the Fu Fan today? There were 30,000 or 40,000 troops, and 5,000 people who did not have military duties. The total number of officers with titles in the Fu Fan army was less than 3,000. Li is now one of the three thousand officers! In the future, Tianzhu will be leveled, and Li will be the founder of the country. Can the mayor of Taizhou compare with me? ”

"Founding Heroes!?" Lai Toad thought for a while, and suddenly said, "You are the founder of the country, then I should also be a hero!" I was also born and died for King Fu, you can be an official, what about me? ”

"Yes, yes, you are also a hero, although the credit is not as great as mine." As she spoke, Li Xiaoying took out a book and handed it to Lai Toad, "So don't count the money when you have time, hurry up and recognize a few words...... This is the "Soldier's Literacy Book" that I sent above, which is used to teach soldiers to read, you learn it first. If you are literate, you will be able to become an official in Tianzhu in the future. ”

……

"Army Silver Armor Division Musket Regiment, open up!"

"The 1st Battalion of the Musketeer Corps, Musketeers, Guns on the Shoulder; Deputy, lead the horse! ”

"All, step by step...... Let's go, let's go! ”

A military order sounded outside Kaifeng City, in the camp of the Army's Silver Armor Division (Guo Kanbu). The ancestors of the future Europa Banner people are now going to Gongchang Prefecture, thousands of miles away.

According to the plan of the army staff, the Silver Armor Division will spend the winter in Gongchang, and after the beginning of spring next year, it will set out from Gongchang to launch an attack on Uszang. After forcing Uszang to submit, the Silver Armor Division will continue to move westward into the Western Regions to liberate the people of the West in dire straits......

Liu Dou finally didn't die of exhaustion, and after several months of devil training, and after being beaten with an unknown number of whips, he has now finally grown into a glorious musketeer. Twenty pounds of muskets, thirty pounds of armor, a total of fifty pounds of weight, carry it and go, walk for a day without breathing.

However, to be a liberator, it is not enough to know this, you also have to practice marksmanship. Instead of tying a big gun, put a musket on a rack and fire. You have to aim and shoot, and you can't shoot indiscriminately, you have to shoot a platoon of guns when the officer gives the order. During training, Guo Kan would let a team of steel-armored soldiers press up from the opposite side with murderous spirits, and at the same time, there would also be officers standing beside Liu Dou and these poor musketeers with whips, as long as they fired without an order (empty guns), it would be a leather whip.

"It's not easy to be a soldier, and now I have to go west, I really don't know if there will be a time to return to my hometown in this life?"

Liu Dou picked up his musket and armor, nodded at the deputy soldier beside him, a handsome young man named Wang Shi, and then stepped forward.

Wang Si was born a little thin, so he couldn't be a musket soldier (the Tiandao two-year arquebus was too big and the recoil was too strong), so he could only be a deputy soldier. The musket lieutenant was responsible for loading with the regular soldiers, and had to carry a tripod when he went into battle. When marching, he is responsible for leading a pack horse, which carries two people's luggage, dry food, and water bags, and the armor of the two people is placed on the horse's back in turn to save physical strength.

Seeing that the regular soldier Liu Dou moved, Wang Si also hurriedly led the horse to follow, he was the same as Liu Dou, he was from Jiangdong Province, and his family was also a farmer who had been retired. was supposed to work on the construction site in Jiangdu, but he was not honest, so he caught up with the daughter of the contractor and took the little girl's hand. As a result, he lost his job and couldn't gain a foothold in Jiangdu, so he had to join the army to become the ancestor of the future Europa bannermen. (To be continued......)