Gauss found his accommodation, packed his bed, left the hotel, and walked the streets, observing his surroundings.

The streets are relatively clean, and although there are occasional fallen leaves, there is no obvious garbage.

There were vendors pushing carts or parking on street corners, but there were no unemployed people wandering around.

Occasionally, there would be a procession of soldiers carrying guns, probably the main reason why there were no vagrants around.

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Gauss paid special attention to the fact that the soldiers were clearly divided into two types.

Some wore traditional Ming-style military uniforms, while others wore Thai-Western clothing.

The ratio of their numbers is about three to four.

Gauss quickly saw the second patrol group of soldiers, and Gauss roughly judged the activity period of this patrol team, and the density of patrols.

And then again, I noticed that there were not just two kinds of people in these teams, but actually three kinds of people.

The person wearing the officer's uniform should be a Ming person, and the image is similar to them, but the person wearing an ordinary military uniform may be a Yin person.

There is still a clear difference in the image of the Ming and Yin people.

The rest of the Tessians will not be mistaken.

In this case, the ratio of the Ming people, the Yin people, and the Taixi people is probably one to two to four.

Obviously, the Ming people are all officers, the Yin people have officers and soldiers, and the Taixi people are all soldiers.

The identities of the three of them seem to be distinct at present.

Gauss mentally assessed the situation and made his way to the end of the street.

There is a very fine villa area opposite.

Not far from the gate of the villa area, on the street, two teams of patrolling soldiers stopped a convoy.

A small train was parked on the side of the street, with a large amount of stuff in its carriage, and the trunk of a sedan had been opened.

A businessman-like Tessie was explaining something to the officers of the Ming Dynasty.

Two interpreters dressed in new Ming style formal clothes convey in the middle.

Gauss slowed down a little and listened to them a little.

As a German, Gauss is proficient in Latin, French, English, Italian, Spanish, and Russian, and in most parts of the world, he will not encounter difficulties because of language problems.

The merchant explained in English:

"We're going to my grandfather's grave, we're going to rebury him, these things are all funeral goods we have prepared."

After the translator gave Daming a translator, he didn't wait for the Daming officer to ask directly, so he took the initiative to explain to the Daming officer:

"Captain, it is the habit of our Tessie people to put the coffins of our ancestors directly in the basement of the church, or in the basement of a special family cemetery, but no matter what form it takes, there will be no valuable burial goods left.

"According to legend and custom, even if you are rich and noble in your life, you must pretend to be as humble and simple as possible in front of St. Peter, who guards the gates of heaven, so that you have a better chance of entering heaven......"

When the officer of the Ming Dynasty heard this, he was a little annoyed, and questioned the merchant, saying:

"Aren't your Tessie coffins in the church? I haven't heard that you have the habit of accompanying the funeral, you give your old lady a whole body full of gold, silver and jewelry, and the key is to stuff a stack of equity certificates, do you still want the old lady to go to heaven? ”

When the merchant heard the interpreter say a lot, he knew something bad was going to happen, and he must have revealed the tradition here.

This translation is really harmful.

But now I don't have time to debate with the translator, so I can only make excuses in a panic to explain:

"I ...... I admired Daming, so I learned the customs of Daming and prepared a cemetery for my grandfather.

"I know that my grandfather may not be able to go to heaven, so I want my grandfather to go to hell in Daming.

"Wash away your sins in hell, and then reincarnate to be a great Ming!"

The soldiers around Tessie couldn't help but laugh when they heard it, and Gauss almost laughed.

This guy is too capable of, the key is to sell his grandfather and say that he can't go to heaven.

After these words were translated, the officer of the Ming Dynasty over there also smiled:

"I want to be beautiful, and I am reincarnated as a Ming man, do you think I am stupid?

"Even if there is no one to accompany the funeral of the Ming people, don't think I don't know what you're thinking.

"Bury all the valuable things of your family in your grandfather's grave as burial goods.

"When the asset review is over, then slowly take it out and pretend to be the newly earned money.

"Before the end of the imperial examination, until the end of the asset review, all of them are not allowed to move graves!

"In addition, remind that if you don't have registered assets, bury them in the ground and dig them out, and the things don't belong to you.

"Even if you bury it in your own yard!"

Under the command of the Ming officers, a group of soldiers blocked the merchant's convoy back to the villa area.

Gauss finally understood something, and Daming was examining the amount of wealth of the local enemy.

It seems that those who have too much wealth may lose their hands, so these people want to hide things.

Gold, silver, jewelry, and currency can still be buried, but there is no way to hide the house and the land.

That's why those people will look for people to buy houses and land everywhere during this time period.

Exchange the house and land for money and bury it.

With a bit of emotion in his heart, Gauss walked out of the residential area and came to the East River between Linn County and Manhattan, New York.

At a distance from the riverbank, I saw a sign hanging on a telephone pole.

"In order to cooperate with the review of household registration and property registration, before the registration of the whole island is completed, no one is allowed to leave Changdao without the special permission of the Changshi Mansion of the Ming Dynasty, and once the scene is discovered, he will be killed directly!"

Gauss was taken aback by the reminder.

Gauss had absolutely no doubts about the seriousness of this warning.

The Taixi people are serious in the Ming people, which is worse than the Hu people, and if they are killed, they will definitely be killed.

Gauss looked around nervously and found that there was basically no one on the riverbank.

The density of soldiers patrolling is significantly twice as high as in the city.

As Gauss approached the riverbank, several soldiers stared at this side while touching their guns.

Gauss hesitated for a moment, but did not continue to get closer, and observed the situation around him from a distance.

The dividing line between Dongyi Guolin County and Manhattan, New York, USA, is known as the East River.

It is now clear that there are quite a few boats moving on the side of the river near New York.

But close to Linxian County, except for the big ships entering and leaving the port, there are basically no local boats.

And, every once in a while, a destroyer with the Ming flag, or a smaller patrol boat, sailed unhurriedly across the middle of the river.

Gauss roughly estimated that there was a gap of about 500 meters between the two patrolling destroyers and the dinghy.

The width of the East River is about 400 to 1,000 meters.

With this density of patrol boats, it is basically impossible for any boat to suddenly escape to the other side.

It is even more impossible to swim away, and the soldiers on the shore can directly kill such people.

Rather than venturing in such a place, it is better to go to other areas of Long Island, in the middle of nowhere, to get a boat out of the wilderness.

But Gauss believes there must have been patrolling boats outside the other coastlines.

The density may be lower, but it's also a little farther away from the United States.

The distance between the two ships was ten kilometers, and dozens of small boats could encircle the entire Long Island.

When Gauss observes and thinks on the street, the whole person seems to outsiders to be in a complete daze.

At this time, a middle-aged man who was walking past him, followed his gaze, and immediately shook his head and reminded:

"Young people don't think about going to New York, the law of Daming is still good, except for those who are worth tens of thousands of silver dollars, or those who want to get rich quickly, it is better to stay here than to go to New York......"

Gauss was stunned for a moment, subconsciously shook his head and said:

"No, no, no, I don't want to go to New York, I'm here to participate in the imperial examination, I'm observing the river now, just calculating how many ships are needed to besiege Long Island, how far apart each ship will be to have the best effect, and the most suitable cruising speed, how to coordinate between multiple ships, etc......"

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a smile:

"It's me who is overly sensitive......"

The middle-aged man said and prepared to leave.

Gauss went on to ask a question:

"So what happens to people who have a net worth of tens of thousands of silver bills?"

The middle-aged man stopped, shook his head again, and said with a melancholy expression:

"It's not going to happen, assets of more than 10,000 silver notes will be confiscated directly.

"But at the same time, the poorest local workers get extra wealth.

"As long as Long Island is handed over to the Ming Dynasty, people who belong to Long Island can get a small piece of land that is enough to support themselves.

"You can rent a house for family living at a very low price.

Daming also restricts the minimum labor remuneration and stipulates the maximum working hours, and manufacturers who do not meet the standards will be punished.

"It's really nice for ordinary people, it's just bad for people with huge wealth."

Gauss digested the information provided by the middle-aged man, and then asked with some curiosity:

"So, this gentleman, you're the one who owns tens of thousands of silver notes, right?"

The middle-aged man's expression became even more melancholy:

"The whole of Brooklyn, now Linn County, most of the area, was originally my family's farm.

"Later we broke it down into smaller pieces and slowly sold some of it, but there are still a lot of them left.

"And while turning the farm into a residential area, I became the biggest real estate merchant in Brooklyn."

Gauss was taken aback, but he didn't expect to meet a super-rich man at the joint:

"So...... Did you lose a lot in this closing? Didn't Daming give you any compensation? ”

The real estate merchant sighed all his life and said:

"I can't say no, the Changshi Mansion allowed me to disperse a large amount of my land and real estate and give it away to the homeless.

"Allow me to use them to offset all my loans, allow me to continue as the head of the company responsible for disposing of these properties.

"It was a company that was owned by Dongyi, and I was able to get the highest remuneration for my labor in the middle class.

"I didn't have any debts after that, but my fortune in Brooklyn was reduced to ten thousand silver bills.

"I'm going to get a whole bunch of honorary titles and priority in a lot of places.

"If I don't care about the wealth I am about to lose, I can live here very comfortably in the future......"

Gauss's lips moved:

"But...... Normal people should not be able to give up the wealth they once had......"

The real estate merchant nodded sadly, then took out a business card and handed it to Gauss:

"If you can pass the exam, you are eligible to become a resident and civil servant of Linxian County, and when the time comes, you can go to me, and I can give you a house with a single courtyard and a small piece of land......"

Gauss hesitated for a few seconds, but finally did not resist this temptation and took the business card:

"Thank you for your kindness."

The man smiled wryly and shook his head:

"I can't keep it anyway, I'm just a young man who sees his eyes closed, and it feels good to give a gift like this......"