Chapter 13 The Guards Solicit Bribes
The old village chief was very happy, originally there was only one village chief token, and if Wang Hao was tethered, there was nothing to keep Liao Hua, originally he only hoped that Liao Hua could live for a longer period of time, but he didn't expect the other party to show his intention to settle here.
You must know that in the Great Xia Empire, the term "family" is not commonly used, if it is just a temporary residence, it is enough to say something like "disturbed", and if you can use "family", it is equivalent to expressing your position.
Although Wang Hao didn't understand the difference, he could also feel that Liao Hua wanted to settle here, and he was a little surprised, but he didn't pay much attention to it.
Ni Ping'er went to give them food again, Liao Hua wanted to help, but he was pressed by the old village chief to sit on the seat, his legs and feet were inconvenient, and he relied on Wang Hao to act, how could the old village chief let him do it.
"Old village chief, why don't you tell me about the situation in the village again?" Wang Hao said.
The old village chief poured tea and water for a few people, and at the same time continued the topic of money and food, and introduced the situation in the village.
Taoyuan Village is a village with a very long history, which has existed a long, long time ago. If you want to ask how long it will be, anyway, when the Great Xia Empire was established, there was already Taoyuan Village. At the beginning, there were only two families in the village, Huang and Li, and later Zhou Fei and the others were added, and people like their Ni family all moved in later. When the village was at its most vigorous, there were more than 400 people, and even before the war, there were more than 300 people. The war was chaotic, those who fled, those who were caught, and the rest were widows and lonely.
After eight years of fighting, the village became what it is today.
Taoyuan Village is located in the west of Yamato County, and the county seat of Yamato County is in Yamato City, which is more than 200 miles southeast of this place. Zhongwan City is the county seat of Zhongwan County under its jurisdiction, more than 90 miles away from here.
If you talk about it in more detail, then Taoyuan Village belongs to Pingwang Town under the rule of Zhongwan County.
In fact, the remaining villagers do not want to leave here, life here is really hard, and materials are extremely scarce.
It's just that the old Fei family, who took refuge with his family in the early years, fled back at the end of last year. According to their descriptions, the outside world cannot be described by the word "chaos" alone. Not to mention anything else, when Lao Fei's family went out of the village, they had more than 20 people, and when they came back, there were only five left...... Moreover, they are all orphans and widows.
With their profound lessons, no one ever left the village again.
Under the wise leadership of the old village chief Ni Zhuanghan, life is hard, but life is hard.
It's better to be alive than anything else.
To live is to have hope.
The old village chief couldn't stop talking about the history and current situation of Taoyuan Village, and Wang Hao finally returned to the compound with an extremely heavy heart.
Fortunately, Wang Hao learned from the old village chief that there is not much pressure as the village head, especially in such an era, it is good to be able to live by himself, and there is really no one in the village to account for it, and the affairs in the village are more and less managed, just by the conscience of the village chief.
Early the next morning, Wang Hao planned to go to Pingwang Town according to what the old village chief said, and the handover of the village chief's token still needs to go to the town to report in order to be officially recognized, and it just so happens that Wang Hao also has this need, and he is eager to get in touch with other players.
In the past few days since entering the game, Wang Hao has not relaxed for a day, and he now very much hopes to find a way to quit the game as soon as possible and return to his own warm and comfortable cabin to sleep beautifully. As for what village chief to be, or even whether to enter this game again, it's a matter for later.
Wang Hao's plan was not told to others, and the apparent statement was that he went to the town to go through the formalities, and at the same time, in order to facilitate his escape, he rejected the old village chief's proposal to find someone to lead the way. The old village chief did not insist on this, it is not far from Taoyuan Village to Pingwang Town, and it is about two hours to walk south.
After washing up and changing into the clean clothes that Ni Ping'er found, Wang Hao set foot on the path leading to Pingwang Town.
Finally, there was no need to shuttle through the jungle, and there was no need to be frightened by the officers and soldiers who didn't know when they were killed, Wang Hao walked extremely briskly this way.
Pingwang Town is built on an empty plain, the earthen wall more than one person is only a few miles away, Wang Hao went out early in the morning, and when he arrived, it was already dawn, but the gate of the town looked very deserted.
"Stop!"
Just as Wang Hao was excitedly about to enter Pingwang Town, the guards at the gate of the town shouted to stop him.
"What do you do?" The guard raised his spear in front of Wang Hao and asked viciously.
Wang Hao was thinking about his own bed, and he was scared by the guard's drink.
"The head of Taoyuan Village?" The guard took the village chief token handed over by Wang Hao and looked at it, but he didn't let it go immediately, but looked at Wang Hao with suspicion and said, "How can you prove that you are the village chief of Taoyuan Village, I suspect that your token is not coming from the right way!" ”
Wang Hao was about to explain two sentences, but he saw the guard stretch out three fingers and pinch them in a more subtle way that Wang Hao could see clearly.
Even if Wang Hao lacks social experience, this gesture can still be understood.
"I'm rubbing! This is clearly trying to buy road money! What kind of truth is it to enter the gate of a small town and have to pay money? ”
When Wang Hao went out, the old village chief gave him some entanglement, not much, only enough for him for two or three days. The old village chief explained that the black market merchants had not been here for a while, and they really didn't have much money on hand. Wang Hao understands this.
At this moment, he was really reluctant to let him bribe the little soldier who had little money in his first place. - In fact, even if there is no shortage of money in his hand, with Wang Hao's character, he will not give this money.
In fact, the guard's request for tolls also depends on the person, and the people who do this work have seen a lot, and their eyesight is much stronger than that of ordinary people, and ordinary people don't want it, because they can't come up with any money these days, and they really want to make trouble, and their face is not good-looking. There are generally two conditions that can be asked for tolls in a serious way, one is that people look deceivable, and the other is that they can give tolls, both of which are indispensable.
Wang Hao just satisfied the past two days, the teenage boy looks very "loyal", the key is that he is a village chief, and he is still a little oily.
However, what he didn't expect was that if he openly offered to collect the city fee, Wang Hao, who had just arrived, might really give it without knowing the truth. However, he chose such a way, and Wang Hao didn't want to buy it.
Wang Hao is at an angular age, and his temperament is relatively stubborn, even if he has a little money, even if he still has a letter of introduction from the old village chief in his arms, he will never take it out in this case.