There was a slightly tense atmosphere in the air, Xiao Zhi's smiling face made Song Cun Liangchu a little uncomfortable, and he secretly said in his heart, the young man in front of him didn't look like a rough person who was exposed to the wind and sun all day long, could it be a famous person? No, the civil strife is still going on, and the daimyo everywhere are ready to snatch power, where is the time to send a strong man to rob a small village......

Xiao Zhi slowly raised his hand, and the light-footed soldier in charge of the guard beside Song Cun Liangchu immediately pressed on the knife on his waist: "What do you want to do, put your hand down for me!" ”

Xiao Zhi took a step back and smiled: "Don't be nervous, handing in the New Year's tribute is a proper thing, it's just that the weather is hot, and it's really hard for everyone to come all the way from the city, why don't you go to the cold house first, how about we talk while eating something?" ”

As soon as the words fell, the light-footed soldier who shouted "put your hands down" was a little embarrassed, and even more embarrassed was the sound of gurgling hunger in his stomach. Damn Song Village Liangchu, there was food and drink along the way, and the people in charge of the guards only had a little dry food to save money. Hearing Xiao Zhi say this, he and the other light feet couldn't help but set their eyes on Song Village Liangchu......

Song Cun Liangchu shouted and scolded in his heart, shameful things, didn't Lao Tzu give you something to eat, aren't you afraid to go into a bunch of traps waiting for you group of waste?

Being looked at like this, he is afraid of danger if he enters, and if he doesn't enter, he looks bad, especially Xiao Zhi's harmless expression of humans and animals is even more annoying! If it was really harmless, then there would be no headless corpse of Yoshitoyo Hidemoto hanging at the intersection where it came up......

He hesitated for a long time, his gums clenched: "Since you invited, then how can I refuse?" As he spoke, his eyes swept around the bastards beside him: "Anyway, it's from the city, give me some decent momentum!" ”

Then he walked into the courtyard almost under the protection of being surrounded, and although he saw the guards, there were only three or two, and there was no appearance of setting a trap. Finally, when I arrived at the hall, there were few people here, and my heart relaxed slightly.

Xiao Zhi followed, sat on the right seat, and said with a smile: "Please take a seat." ”

After Song Cun Liangchu sat down, he said: "Formally introduce myself, my surname is Jiang Chuan, my name is Xiao Zhi, and I am the manager of this Sanxiu Village, if there is anything that is not good, please ask the adults to do a lot of Haihan......"

Song Cun Liangchu didn't want to continue to stay here, and said straight to the point: "In the past two years, natural disasters and man-made disasters have led to a sharp decline in the harvest of crops in the field, and the city lord can't bear to see people suffering, so he specially lowered the annual tribute, and the villagers of Sanxiu Village count according to the head, each person only needs to hand over 50 catties of grain, it doesn't matter if there is no food, gold, silver, jewelry and other money can also be deducted from the grain ......"

Although 50 catties of food is not much, but for an adult, the normal amount of food is full, only about 20 catties per month, this 50 catties of rice, enough to eat for more than two months, if you save a little frugality, maybe four months is no problem. But the villagers of Sanxiu Village are about to become hungry because of their yellow faces and thin muscles, but they will not be so sad if they can have 20 catties of rice at home......

At this time, the servant brought over a few plates, and placed air-dried wolf meat, wild boar, rice balls, and a cup of hot water on the table next to Xiao Zhi. In front of Song Cun Liangchu, there was a plate with only two rice balls. Song Cun Liangchu's face suddenly became extremely dark, this Nima is insulting!

Xiao Zhi glanced at this somewhat stupid domestic servant a little speechlessly, he was just about to have lunch, let him prepare, but he didn't expect it to be quite rich, but what does this make people think of themselves?

Song Cun Liangchu suppressed his anger and said: "Seeing that Jiangchuan's family has meat and rice, I think I should be able to easily hand over the New Year's tribute when I come to Sanxiu Village, my Song Village Liangchu will not run in vain, the New Year's tribute should be given......"

Xiao Zhi glanced at the wolf meat and pork on the table: "Ahem, it's not a secret, these things were brought back from the mountains by Orion after fighting hard, in order to thank me for destroying the earth protection, they took the initiative to thank them, they usually live a very hard life." There is really no food to hand in this year, and I still owe a year, and when the situation is better next year, how about handing it in together? On behalf of the villagers of Sanxiu Village, I would like to thank Mr. Song Cun for ......"

Now the personnel of Sanxiu Village are scarce, and the strength can only resist ordinary groups of small thieves or something, if he impulsively kills the Song Village Liangchu in front of him, then it is likely to attract the attention of the city lord and send two or three hundred people to attack the village. Although he and Kojiro, together with the armed men of the village, could resist this attack, the price to pay must be great.

They can protect themselves, but the villagers can't help it, the soldiers will enter the village, and if they wield their blades, they will only bleed. Then the hundred or so people who were finally redeemed will be cold......

Let's go first, Xiao Zhi touched his body, and then smiled: "Although I can't hand in the New Year's tribute this year, I definitely can't let Lord Song Village run in vain and give you a treasure, please say a few words for pleading in front of the city lord?" ”

Facing Xiao Zhi, who was unstoppable, Song Cun Liangchu couldn't suppress his anger, and when he heard that there was a treasure, he forcibly said: "The city lord is not a good talker, I ...... It takes a lot of courage! As he spoke, he rubbed his fingers lightly.

Xiao Zhi took out a small silver square box from his pocket.

The servant took it and put it on Song Cun Liangchu's table. Song Cun Liangchu picked it up and looked at it carefully, his eyes flashed, what a delicate iron box, silver shining, and a few strange square words were printed on it, he raised his head: "This iron box is really good, very exquisite, but ...... It's not a treasure. ”

Xiao Zhi shook his head and stood up, took the iron box and said, "This treasure is called a lighter, it can make it easy for adults to shoot flames anytime and anywhere when they are not carrying fire folds...... Its effect is better than flint, and it is just right to use it than a fire fold! ”

He flipped open the lid of the lighter with his thumb and slid the roller, and a ball of flame came out of it, startling everyone present!

Those light foot soldiers and domestic servants trembled, what a treasure, just opened it and didn't see any sparks, and they didn't need to blow it, so they just slipped to make flames, so convenient!

There are ten of these lighters.

He laughed and said: "I got this treasure by accident, he doesn't need to be as troublesome and laborious as a flint to light a fire, and he doesn't need to light a dark fire in advance like a fire fold to carry it, and it is easy to extinguish after too long, is Lord Song Village satisfied?" ”

Song Cun trembled and stretched out his hand to take the lighter, his gaze was almost sucked on it, and his hands were cautious for fear of breaking this rare treasure: "Can this treasure be used forever, Jiang Chuan family master?" This pair of Xiao Zhi's names has changed, and it is a disguised recognition of Xiao Zhi's status at this moment.

Xiao Zhi also smiled: "No matter how good the treasure is, there is a time when it is exhausted, and there is a treasure hidden in it, and if it is exhausted, it will not be able to light up." ”