Chapter 167: The Industrial Empire (18)
Today, the sun is shining, the sky is cloudless, and everything is so discordant!
Yes, very discordant!
Have you ever seen a group of merchants rushing at the city gate like mad dogs? Have you ever seen a group of merchants rain down on you with silver in their hands? Have you ever seen a second and a third ingot?
That's it!
In other words, although Minnan City is located at the junction of the Moon Empire and Mona Kingdom, there has been no war in the vicinity of Minnan City for nearly a hundred years. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info there is no war, and the life of the officers and soldiers guarding the gate is naturally a lot easier.
Although in recent times, because of the fluctuation of the price of cotton textiles, most of the reselling merchants could not buy the goods, and it was difficult for the officers and soldiers defending the city to receive a sufficient amount of money to enter the city.
However, the amount of money to enter the city is small, and we can collect the fee for leaving the city! If you want to leave the city, you have to pay ten taels of silver! Anyway, now that the cloth shops in the city are out of stock, those reselling merchants are going crazy. If you want to buy goods, you can only go out of the city to the side of the Moon Empire. If you can't get out of this city, if you don't pull it down, the military master won't believe that you group of ninth-rate businessmen can't be consumed.
In the past few days, some people have really made trouble about the new money for going out of the city, but what should the businessman do if he is not honest in paying the fees? Most of them are itchy to the skin! You see, wouldn't it be much better to take a beating?
Don't say it, in the past ten days, the fees for going out of the city are really not old and young. It's much faster than collecting money to enter the city or something.
Originally, it was happy to come to the money quickly, but the money was too scary!
For example, now, the officers and soldiers defending the city are watching the rain of silver ingots in the sky, hiding behind the shield wall, and they don't dare to come out.
This...... This group of ...... Crafty...... Diao Min ...... What are you doing here? What do we have to say, don't throw money at every turn? Look at the silver ingots, it hurts to smash them, ouch! Who still has gold ingots?
"What are you going to do? Do you want to rebel? Tell you, storming the city gates is a capital offense!" shouted the city garrison officer, who was frightened by the frenzied merchants, and hid from afar.
He was really afraid! The southern part of Minnan City had not been fought for more than 100 years, and he had never heard of the officer guarding the city ever seeing someone storm the city gate. And even if there is a war, shouldn't it be the enemy soldiers who storm the city gates? Why are they the merchants of the country now?
"Get us out of town! We're going to the Auction House of the Month!"
"Yes, we have already paid the exit fee, why don't you let us go out!"
"I've handed over two copies, Master Jun! let me go out first!"
"Why did you go out first? Master Jun, the little old man paid the most, did you see the ingot of gold? That is the little old man's filial piety to the military master! Master Jun, you are good, let the little old man out of the city first!"
"Phew! Ten taels of gold are embarrassed to show off, Li Laosi! You are really more and more shameless the more you live! Jun Ye, this is for you! Twenty taels of red gold, please let me go first, wait for me to come back, and there is filial piety!"
"Isn't he xx! Isn't there a few ingots of gold? I really think that I am a master!? Master Jun, don't pay attention to them, look at this! Gold bars, one hundred taels! Absolute red gold! Ask the master to make it convenient, let me out first!"
"You dare to fight me? I ...... I...... I'm fighting with you!"
Ahem!
The scene was chaotic, and finally the rain of silver ingots stopped, and now it was time for gold again. Anyway, the weather forecast doesn't say it's raining today?
What the hell is a weather forecast? How did I come up with that word?
The officer guarding the city looked at the golden rain in the sky, and couldn't help but wander for a moment. When a spirit crystal drew a graceful arc and hit him in the head, he finally figured out that the group of merchants were in a hurry to get out of the city, and they all wanted to get out of the city earlier than others, so they kept scrambling to throw money.
It's not just a rebellion, it's just going out of the city, what a big deal!
Although the officers defending the city wanted to let this golden rain last a little longer, they felt that if they delayed any longer, there would probably be problems. Moreover, the shield wall in front of you quietly, several rattan shields have been smashed, and I am afraid it won't last long.
Therefore, in the spirit of the atom of contentment, the officer defending the city swallowed his saliva fiercely, and then gritted his teeth and ordered: "Open the city gate and let it go!"
Thanks to his subordinates, who are all familiar with him, the underground city guards know what he wants to do as soon as he moves. Otherwise, with such a low voice and an order made through gritted teeth, I'm afraid no one would be able to hear what he said clearly except himself.
Hula!
After all, they are all soldiers who have never experienced a war, and under this order, they really retreated in an orderly manner...... Okay, the helmet is crooked, the head is scurrying!
With a bang, the door was pushed open.
Then there was another bang, and the merchants who threw the gold ingots moved, and disappeared into the dust that had been lifted up in the distance at an incredible speed.
In the blink of an eye, at the gate of the city, which had just returned to the bustling city, there was only a group of stunned officers and soldiers guarding the city, and yellow and white things all over the ground (this is real money!).
Oh, wrong.
There was also an unlucky ghost, who looked like he was pushed down by someone when he was just fighting to get out of the city, and was also run over by the crowd. At this moment, the man lay on the ground in embarrassment, struggling and shaking his head, trying to stand up.
However, when God seemed to close a door for him, he also helped him seal the window and plug the dog hole, leaving a keyhole for him to breathe.
That's right, he was trampled by the crowd and his limbs were broken, and except for his right hand, which was barely able to move, the rest of his limbs (huh, one, two, three, yes, limbs!) were almost all trampled into photographs.
However, this man did not care at all, although he was disabled, he was wise. He gripped the ground desperately with his remaining right hand, dragging his scarred body out of the city. In his eyes that looked out of the city gates, there was only distance and ...... Afar......
The onlookers couldn't help but swallow their saliva in unison, and then someone kindly persuaded: "Brother, you are injured, or ...... Shall I call you a doctor?"
The man, however, shook his head, and as he continued to move out of the city gate with one hand, he replied, "No!
"You...... Are you sure it's a minor injury?" asked the kind defender.
"It's okay! I can!" the man affirmed.
"Okay! Come on, don't deliver!" Since everyone has said that he can, what else is there to say?
In this way, the officers and soldiers defending the city watched the man leave in a rather oppressive silence. The shock in my heart could not be dissipated for a long time......
"Everyone's gone?"
"yes, they're all gone. ”
"What about these...... It's all ours?"
“...... It should be ......" (To be continued.) )