Chapter 34: The Net Worth of a Veteran
In the previous life, Zhou Daoan, who had been a senior planner, paid great attention to details! Xia Dateng's bureau is full of loopholes, and Zhou Daoan really scoffs! If it weren't for Huang Tianyang, a stupid person, even if this game was optimized by two times, it wouldn't have been able to fall into Zhou Daoan's eyes.
It's not hard to break this game. But Zhou Daoan didn't want to make too much of a fuss on the second day he came to this world. What is the influence of the Zhou family in Yuzhang County, he has not yet intuitively experienced. Therefore, to break this game and save Huang Lier, it is not only necessary to settle Xia Dateng, but more importantly, it is necessary to make things above board and convince all onlookers.
With a plan in his heart, Zhou Daoan stretched out his hand to Xia Dateng, and said in a flat tone, "Bring it".
Xia Dateng immediately bowed down and handed over the contract with Huang Tianyang's handprint in his hand without any hesitation - he didn't have to hesitate! Although there is some wonder in his heart, why did the son of the family not take advantage of the situation to approve his contract and order the transaction to take effect. But he didn't think there was anything wrong with handing over this contract to Zhou Daoan - no matter what the son of the family did, he had always paid attention to morality, and he would never easily bully others, just because now that the people are watching, people's hearts are turned against each other, and it is impossible to reverse black and white.
Zhou Daoan took the thin paper and looked at it carefully. At first glance, there is no problem with the text of the contract, which states that Huang Tianyang owes 5,004 money, and if there is no money to return, he can use his daughter to offset the account. Then he looked at the sunlight and looked at the paper again.
The paper is thin and soft, and in the place where the text is written, it is still a little rough when you look closely, and several words are a little smudged when written, on the contrary, the place where the signature and fingerprint are pressed under the paper, but there is no such situation, and the light transmittance is also weaker.
Not surprisingly, this piece of paper should have been processed, either scraped off the surface with a spatula and written with other words, or it was cut off - another piece of paper with good words pasted on this paper, deceived Huang Tianyang into pressing the handprint, and then peeled off the upper layer of paper, leaving only the part of the handprint, and then moistened with water, the remaining paper will dissolve and merge with the lower part into one.
But knowing it in his heart does not mean that Zhou Daoan can deny the validity of this contract, after all, he has no conclusive evidence to prove that this piece of paper has been tampered with.
He went this time to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger, and to scare the snake.
Sure enough, when Zhou Daoan lifted the paper to the sun, Xia Dateng's face immediately changed, but then returned to normal. He knew that the son-in-law of the family should have seen something this week, and his bureau was done in a hurry, and he couldn't hide it from someone with a heart, but so what? The relationship between the family is in the past, this week's son of the family is nothing more than to pinch himself and let the Xia family owe personal favors?
The slight change in Xia Dateng's face fell in Zhou Daoan's eyes, knowing that the goal had been achieved, so he smiled slightly, returned the contract to Xia Dateng, and turned his head to Huang Tianyang and said the same "Bring it".
"What?" Huang Tianyang was obviously not as shrewd as Xia Dateng, and he didn't know what Zhou Daoan meant.
"What you're going to use to settle the bill." Zhou Daoan said lightly.
"Oh......" Although Huang Tianyang was rude, he didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of the Zhou family's son, so he honestly reached into his arms and took out a coarse cloth package. The package was not big, Huang Tianyang opened it in three or two times, and then held it with both hands and presented it to Zhou Daoan.
There are two things in the package. One is a yellow Chengcheng token, which is engraved with a fierce beast pattern, written with six big characters of "General Zhengyuan" and six small characters of "Kokang Battalion Shi Changhuang". Turned over, the back is a wave pattern, and a line of words is engraved: bronze gilt gold, reward.
Obviously, this is a military identity card, and the Kokang Battalion is Chang Huang, which should be the meaning of Huang Tianyang, the leader of the ten-member squad of the Kokang Battalion. It would not have been used to make such a beautiful object in the army, but with the end of the war, rebuilding this card and casting it with precious metals is not only commemorative, but also can be regarded as a valuable reward, which is similar to the meaning of military merit medals, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
Zhou Dao'an, the token of this reward, weighed it slightly, and felt that the weight was not light. Turning his head and handing it to Qing Ming, the other party quickly understood what Zhou Daoan meant, and then explained in a low voice: "Copper gilt can indeed be made by official casting...... The slave estimated that if it was someone who liked to collect, it would indeed be able to give a price of 1,000 to 2,000 yuan. It's just that I usually sell it, but I don't know how much it's worth......"
Copper and gold have always been precious metals. In the ancient times of Zhou Daoan's previous world, copper was used as gold to a certain extent. In this era, there is no such conversion as gold and silver, and the base currency is still the only officially recognized measure. One dollar is equal to one dollar in meaning, but the degree of material development in this era is limited, so money is more spent. A large bag of candied fruits is only three or five yuan, and a beautiful girl is only more than 5,000 yuan, which can be seen.
Of course, there is also a hard currency in this world that can replace direct coin trading, and is even more popular than coins - goblins!
Another thing in the bag is a piece of hard object that looks like jade but not jade, white and yellow, as thick as a finger, but longer than a finger. In this world, jade is also a natural gemstone and is popular with the public. Zhou Daoan has a jade buckle on his belt, the craftsmanship is good, and the jade quality is medium and high.
Zhou Daoan showed Qing Ming - this guy must have seen a lot of good things beside the young master of Eastern Zhou. didn't think about it, Qingming watched it several times, shook her head, and said that she didn't know, and she couldn't estimate the value.
"What is this?" Zhou Daoan had to ask Huang Tianyang, the owner of this object.
"This is what I got on the battlefield back then...... Oh! It was worn by a Sea Clan leader. Huang Tianyang was very familiar with his own things, and chattered while scratching his head, "I don't know what it is, but the head of the sea devil is wearing it closely, I think it should be a good thing!" ”
"Hey ......" The onlookers couldn't help but sigh - if there is a habit of comparing the middle finger in this era, it is estimated that the onlookers will send Huang Tianyang a string of fingers!
This person is inevitably too unreliable. Everyone knows about the Sea Clan, but few people have seen it! What is the personal belongings of the Sea Clan leader...... Even if you've been on the battlefield, you can't just pick up garbage on the battlefield and treat it as a baby! It's crazy to use this thing to pay off gambling debts!
But these words aroused Zhou Daoan's interest! What interests me is not the thing itself, but about the Sea Clan! Earlier, when he heard Xiao Gui talk about Huang Tianyang, he mentioned that his people had participated in a war in the Rakshasa Domain fifteen years ago, and their opponent was the Sea Clan. What is this Sea Clan? A race other than humans? Shrimp soldiers and crab generals? These are all unimaginable things that Zhou Daoan can't imagine! He only felt that the situation in this world was really much more complicated than the original earth!
Under the intentional inquiry, Zhou Daoan began to ask about Huang Tianyang's combat experience, and intentionally or unintentionally brought a few questions about the Sea Clan. These things are the personal experience of this veteran, and they are unforgettable. I talk to people about it a lot, so it's much clearer!
But it also took a meal before and after, and Huang Tianyang gave Zhou Daoan a rough idea of the information he wanted to know-
The Sea Clan is a race in this world that has the same history as humanity - perhaps even older than humans! As for the origin, the people of the Han Domain are not very clear because they mostly live inland, but it is said that there are detailed records in the Taixi Regions in the West...... In short, this race is the number one enemy of all humans! Throughout the history of the Five Great Domains, the Sea Clan has appeared as evil and vicious!
It is said that every two or so days, the tides in this world will be particularly turbulent, and as the tides rise sharply, the sea tribes will step onto land from the deep sea and attack humans...... Although every time the Sea Clan will eventually be repelled by humans, every time it will cause a huge blow to human civilization!
In order to defend against the sea tribes, humans would build high walls of embankments along the coast. Similarly, at the junction of the territories of the five major domains, such a wall wall as high as dozens of zhang will also be built! And these walls are equipped with the most advanced energy weapons in the world (Huang Tianyang didn't say much about what it is, but it is also the militarized use of goblin energy). In this way, the next time the tide is turbulent, no matter if the Sea Clan lands from any of the domains, it will not be possible to quickly sweep the other five domains!
Fifteen years ago, the Bailing section of the seawall on the border of the Rakshasa Domain broke once, although it was not when the tide was fierce, it also attracted the Sea Clan. The Rakshasa Domain was originally a land in the extreme north, and after the Sea Clan landed, it went deep inland for nearly a thousand miles, which caught the Rakshasa Domain by surprise and almost perished. Fortunately, the neighboring Taixi Regions and Han Regions all came to the aid and drove away this sea clan......
The Sea Tribe, it is said that the average height is two meters, the divine power is amazing, and the copper skin and iron bones are ...... Similar in appearance to humans, but with gills. It is impossible to survive for a long time without the ocean, and it needs to be nourished by the establishment of a seawater circle to survive, which is why the sea tribe will eventually be driven back to the bottom of the sea by humans every time.
…… Feed! Is this a sci-fi world?! Plus tall buildings, landwalkers, flying machines, thousand-mile teleportation, city walls and fortresses, and mysterious energy ...... Is this a magical world with an oriental twist? Or it can be regarded as the oriental version of Asgard (the divine realm where Thor, the god of thunder in Marvel, lives, you can refer to Marvel movies for details).
Zhou Daoan listened while trying to keep his mouth from twitching, and at the same time he was uneasy and expectant...... You must know that on the earth in his previous life, human beings were the overlords of the planet! may be because it is too lonely, so countless aliens, aliens, ghosts and fairies have been created to enrich the spiritual world...... Well, in this world, the creator directly arranged a sea tribe to be a neighbor! No wonder people in this world have the conditions to live in high-rise buildings! And the higher the status, the higher the floor - to prevent the water from rising!
Also, How do you fight in the archaic world? Without guns and nuclear weapons, the Sea Tribe sounds like a DC Sea King-level combat power, what can ordinary people do? No wonder there is cultivation in this world - if you don't cultivate yourself to the level of a humanoid weapon, how can you resist the Sea Clan?
Ark, you're really a daddy......
Zhou Daoan was thinking about it here, but the others didn't have much interest in what Huang Tianyang said! Sea Clan, come on, here's the basics! Who hasn't been intimidated by their grandmother when they were young, "Sea devils are coming to catch you"? Even if Huang Tianyang is one of the few people who has faced the Sea Clan directly, but this guy likes to talk about these things whenever he drinks on weekdays, and those who are familiar with him have already heard the cocoon in their ears!
If it weren't for the interested look of this Zhou family's son, the audience would have already brought their impatience to the surface!
But Zhou Daoan really heard some other information from Huang Tianyang's narrative.