ps::Yesterday's mentality was not adjusted.,Although I want to be more, but my strength is insufficient.。

Today, 8,000 words of update will be served, and there will be updates, no hurry.

Set sail, Yang Fan!

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"What direction and how far is the nearest town from here?"

Liu Qing opened and closed his mouth, and asked with some vigilance: "What are you going to do?" ”

"Don't be nervous, just ...... Ask! Zheng He's innocent face smiled kindly at Liu Qing, but the smile was a little weird.

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Zheng He grew up beside Zhu Di when he was a teenager, followed Zhu Di to fight in the south and the north, was a meritorious hero of the "Battle of Jingjing", and was regarded as a confidant by Emperor Zhu Di. Zheng He understands the art of war, has strategy, is brave and good at fighting, and has military command talents. Zheng He served in the Ming army when he was a teenager, grew up in the Ming army, and later transferred to the Yanwang Mansion to wait for Zhu Di. After Zheng He became an adult, he withstood the test of war, followed Zhu Di to participate in the "Battle of Jingjing", was born and died, transferred to the north and south, experienced several major battles, and had actual combat experience.

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Therefore, Zheng He not only has rich experience in navigation, but also has rich experience in land warfare, knows the art of war, and has strategy.

Liu Qing thought for a moment and said, "No, I can't tell you." ”

The three elders stood behind Liu Qing and suddenly looked at Liu Qing nervously, there were more than 400 of these people, and there was a black oppression, in the past, just dozens of people standing together was enough to deterrent it, not to mention that there was a group of soldiers outside the village, surrounding this place.

The nearest town is dozens of miles away from here, and the monthly tax is paid by the village chief with a few people, if you can't pay it every month, you will come, and there are basically no people in the poor countryside here except for some homeless people and bandits.

And the people here either go up to the mountains to cut firewood, or use fishing boats to go out to sea to fish, if there is no population tax of five silver per month, they can live quite well.

All the villagers were extremely nervous in their hearts, and now their surnames were in the hands of this middle-aged man in front of them, and if they caused the other party to be displeased, they were afraid that their heads would fall to the ground.

Everyone shrank their necks in silence, dripping their heads slightly, and quietly looked at Zheng He.

When Zheng He's faceless face heard Liu Qing's rejection of him, he smiled slightly and said, "Can I know the reason?" ”

Liu Qing was silent and looked at Zheng He for a long time.

The third elder was a little anxious, although Zheng He showed that he was very friendly, but if he was provoked, he might not know what would become of him, the third elder opened his mouth and closed his mouth, ready to say something.

However, at this time, a villager's voice came out of the crowd, shouting: "Liu Qing's son is a soldier in Baimei Town, so naturally he won't tell this general, Liu Qing is too selfish!" actually put the surname of our whole village on the surname for your younger brother, you are not worthy of being the village chief. ”

When Zheng He heard the news, he raised his eyebrows and looked for the person who spoke in the crowd.

And Liu Qing turned around with a pale face and said, "Hong Mei, you are too much!" ”

However, when the villagers who didn't want to say more saw Liu Qing like this, they shouted and scolded one after another, and it became a pot of porridge.

Zheng He pressed his palm, and when he saw that the quarrel gradually subsided, he then pointed at Hong Mei and said: "This brother, take a few steps forward, Village Chief Liuqing, you don't need to be angry, who can not be selfish, selfless is a few." ”

Hong Mei was a lean young man, with bronzed skin, a somewhat arrogant face, dressed in sackcloth, and slowly walked to the level with Liu Qing.

He arched his hand at Liu Qing and said, "This general, you are in Xia Hongmei!" “

Zheng He looked Hong Mei up and down and said, "Can you answer me if I want to ask?" ”

Hong Mei nodded very happily and said: "This is natural, Baimei Town is dozens of miles north of here, and it is not particularly far, and there are only 3,000 troops there, which was said by Liu Qing when he showed off his son when he became the captain of the gate a few days ago, Liu Qing was in the position of village chief because his son patted the horse in front of the chief. ”

Zheng He suddenly said in a fog: "Oh, then what is your currency and taxes here, can you tell me about it?" ”

"Of course, the currency we have in circulation here is copper and silver, and as for taxes, I once understood this, we have a total of more than 300 people in a village, and they need five silver every month, and two of them are the part that Liu Qing used his private power to overcollect, the purpose is to give his son and buy those generals." Hong Mei seems to have a special contempt for Liu Qing.

Zheng He nodded, and said secretly in his heart: "I thought I didn't understand the language, but I didn't expect that it was no different from people from the mainland, both of them have the same root." As for the currency and taxes, it is about the same. Zheng He had a vague concept in his heart and said to Hong Mei: "Can you show me a copper coin and a silver coin?" ”

Hong Mei spread his hands and said: "I don't, but Liu Qing and these three old men have them, these three old men serve as the three elders in the village, responsible for education, and they are also one of the best rich families in the village." ”

Zheng He raised his eyebrows and looked at the three old men, the meaning couldn't be more obvious.

The three old men looked left and right, and finally the middle old man took out a silver coin and a copper coin from his arms, handed them to Zheng He and said, "General, this is a copper coin, this is a silver coin." ”

Zheng He rubbed the two silver coins carefully and looked at them, but showed a trace of stunned expression, this expression flashed away, and Hong Mei happened to capture it, he Hong Mei is not a person who betrays others to obtain his own interests, but he must grasp the opportunity in front of him, the opportunity to soar into the sky, when he observed Zheng He's expression, he left a heart in his heart.

After Zheng He hid his surprise, the shock in his heart was difficult to hide, the copper coin was clearly the gold part of the horseshoe gold on the mainland, as for this silver coin, it was worthless, Jingzhou, Jiaozhou There are many such silver mines, and then, handed the silver coin to the old man and said: "How much can this copper coin be exchanged for?" ”

The old man said without hesitation: "General, this copper coin is converted according to the regional price, and it fluctuates, but the approximate conversion rate is 110 copper coins can be exchanged for a silver coin. ”

The old man slightly increased the price of the silver coins, and it can be seen that the general seems to be interested in this conversion method, and increases the value of the silver coins in case they may be used one day.

Zheng He suddenly said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "By the way, which of you has a map of this continent?" If there is no one who can raise his hand, draw a picture. ”

Hong Mei hurriedly said: "I am willing to serve, I just ask the general not to hurt the villagers of our village afterwards." But he knew in his heart that this young man who didn't need to be interested in hurting the name of the village didn't seem to be interested in harming the name of the village, and he only hoped to use the villagers to resist the counterattack of the three elders and Liu Qing.