Chapter 21: Expensive Entrance Fees

The three yellow dragons arrived at the foot of Tucheng almost at the same time, looking at the three words of Jincheng on it, Sun Lei shook his head helplessly, it seems that the code of the Jinchi Elder of the Guanyin Academy and the Black Bear Spirit of the Black Wind Mountain should have been deleted by the developer ape, so he can only improvise in front of him.

Following Tang Seng to the gate of Tucheng, two long knives immediately appeared in front of him, blocking the way of the three of them.

The next moment there was a lazy voice in my ears.

"Monk, it costs 500 wen to enter the city. 300 adults, 200 children, and monkeys are free. ”

Five hundred dollars? It's too dark, isn't it?

Hearing this, Sun Lei couldn't help but say in his heart.

Although he did not study history, but also got a bachelor's degree from a serious university, in the history class of Chinese and foreign he also heard the old professor say that during the Tang Dynasty Taizong, a bucket of rice can be bought with five yuan, at that time, because of the rule of Tang Taizong's Zhenguan, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, so the price was stable, and there was no later inflation, and at that time, a penny was almost equivalent to the current four yuan yuan. And the entrance fee to the city is 500 yuan, which is 4,000 yuan.

Looking past the guards at the city gate, Sun Lei saw that the earth city was not very prosperous, the pedestrians on the street were in twos and threes, and most of them were yellow and thin, and in addition to these refugees, there were no tall buildings in the city, almost all of them were earthen houses built of loess, no matter how it compared, it could not be a scenic spot like the Forbidden City.

It's just that for the word monkey free, Sun Lei could only hehe, and then grinned and showed his snow-white teeth, looking at the two city gate guards with malicious intent.

Seeing the fierce appearance of this humanoid monkey, the two guards couldn't help but be startled. One of them hurriedly explained to Tang Seng: "Monk, this entry fee was not set by the city lord in the morning, it is really a terrible drought, it has not rained for almost two months, if it doesn't rain again, not only the crops in the field will die of drought, but even the subsequent sowing will not be able to be done." ”

Brother Bing looked bitter, obviously telling the truth.

It's just that Tang Seng was still frowning, and he didn't speak for a while, as if he was thinking about the truth of the words of the city gate guards. Although he is a monk, before leaving Chang'an, his emperor brother still gave him a lot of gold and silver as a coil on the road, so five hundred wen is nothing to him. It's just that he still can't figure it out, what is this Golden Town doing with so much entrance fee?

After thinking for a while, Tang Seng said slowly: "The poor monk came from the Eastern Tang Dynasty to the West Heaven to learn scriptures, this is the jade document of the Tang Emperor, please take a look." ”

In the end, Tang Seng still did not choose to pay to enter the city, but took out the jade document printed by Tang Tianzi himself from his arms.

Seeing the jade document, the two city gate guards were shocked, but they didn't expect that the monk in front of them would have such a background.

Sun Lei on the side saw Tang Seng's jade document for the first time, and now he couldn't help but say in his heart when he saw it, it seems that this jade document should be the same as the visa-free passport of future generations. However, according to the current national strength of the Tang Dynasty, this jade document should be similar to a VIP pass in the eyes of these small countries in the Western Regions. Although I don't know how far away from the Tang Dynasty at this time, I think that the location of this golden town should not be far from the border of the Tang Dynasty, so Tang Seng's VIP pass is still quite deterrent.

"I'm sorry Elder Tang, although you have the jade documents of the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, but the city lord of my family once instructed the ditch that no matter where you enter the city, you must pay the fee according to the capitation, you still have to pay the money!"

To Sun Lei's surprise, when the city gate guards confirmed the jade document, in addition to a better attitude, they did not exempt Tang Seng from entering the city.

This couldn't help but make Sun Lei feel a little surprised, isn't this little city lord even afraid of the Tang Dynasty? After all, the current Tang Dynasty has the strength to sweep away the countries of the Western Regions at any time!

Qin Shubao, Cheng Zhijie, Li Jing, Wei Chi Jingde... Among the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, one was taken out at random, not to mention the king behind this golden town, even if the entire Western Regions country joined forces, it would not be able to resist the Tang Dynasty's Modao military array.

Long Aoxue, who was standing on the side, carried a big bag on her back and said nonchalantly: "Isn't it just five hundred yuan!" Well, it's a tael of silver, so you don't need to look for it. After speaking, Long Aoxue took out a small piece of silver from her sleeve and handed it over.

Seeing this scene, Sun Lei's eyes straightened, although the visual sense of one or two pieces of silver is not very strong, but according to the current price ratio, one or two pieces of silver is equivalent to more than 4,000 yuan! This little Lori didn't blink her eyes, and took out more than 4,000 yuan casually, which is simply a human-shaped mobile vault!

Tang Seng was also a little embarrassed, obviously he didn't expect the newly acquired mount to be so rich. In the future, if you ride it, you won't be riding a horse, but riding on a golden mountain! However, since someone paid for it, Tang Seng silently took back the jade documents.

"Elder Tang, please come inside!" After collecting the money, the attitude of the two city gate guards was raised by another level, and it was almost for Tang Seng to kneel and lick.

Tang Seng nodded, and entered the city proudly, there is a nouveau riche as an apprentice, this feeling is not different, I used to look down on the little dragon girl in every way, but now I see it, this dragon girl is still a little useful.

And Sun Lei has a bad complexion, after all, in the current form, in the three-person team of Journey to the West, he is the only one who belongs to the role of playing soy sauce, which is a bad sign! After all, whoever is of great use can have the right to speak.

Thinking that he should find an opportunity to help save Sun Lei, who was ridden on top of him by a little Lori, suddenly heard Tang Seng in front of him say: "May I ask the two donors, what are you going to do with the money you collect to enter the city?" ”

Yes? The city gate guards, who were happy that they had completed today's task ahead of schedule, couldn't help but be stunned when they heard Tang Seng's words, and then hurriedly replied to Tang Seng: "Elder Tang, you don't know, because of the drought for months, the city lord has invited a master with strong spells to come to the city, and is ready to set up an altar in the city tomorrow to ask for rain!" ”

The answer is a bit surprising in Sun Lei's opinion, but it is reasonable. Unexpected because of so much money just to hire a master. It is reasonable because according to the current level of science, in the event of a drought, jumping gods and changing magic are the most popular among the many solutions. However, in front of the three princesses of the East China Sea, a dragon girl who specializes in rainfall, it is obviously a bit of a big axe in front of Luban.

Sure enough, when she heard that the money was used to ask the master to set up an altar to pray for rain, Long Aoxue, who was still full of care, immediately became fierce in her eyes. She is very rich, but it doesn't mean that her money is worthless. Tang Seng was also a little puzzled, and he didn't know which master had such a skill to call the wind and rain.

"Dare to ask what is the name of this master?"

The city gate guards thought for a moment, and then immediately replied: "I heard from the city lord that this master is the presiding officer of the Guanyin Academy, which is two hundred miles away, Elder Jinchi. ”

[Divine Void Ancestor: Anchor, great news! ] An important person, Elder Jin Chi actually appeared! 】

[Little Princess of the Heavenly Demon Clan: Hmph! The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, what is there to celebrate! 】

[Ride a snail to travel: It's finally time to fight the boss.] 】

[Cosmic Hunter: Elder Jinchi still has thirty seconds to reach the battlefield... 】

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