"This young master, don't you know, this tricycle is not my own, it is rented."

"Rented? So how much rent do you give your boss a month? ”

At this time, Thorn was lying on the recliner of the tricycle and asked with interest. His face was still a little pale at this time, his eyes were slightly squinted, and his body was tired for a while, so he could only force himself to chat with the coachman to suppress his sleepiness.

"Ten silver horns."

The driver of the tricycle was a young man of the Xia tribe in his twenties, who looked dark and lean, and was trying to pedal the tricycle.

"What? Ten pieces? ”

Thorn Thorn listened, and his body, which was originally paralyzed on the back chair, suddenly sat up. The head, which was still a little drowsy, seemed to be poured down by a basin of cold water, and he instantly refreshed.

He was genuinely a little incredible.

"How is that possible? A worker who sells coolies on the docks earns ten silver horns a month; The watchmaker who does some fine work is twenty silver horns a month, and the apprentice is poor, ten dollars; Why do you have to pay ten dollars a month in rent? So how much do you earn a month? ”

The coachman sighed: "Alas, young master, I'll tell you straight." ”

"We pedal three wheels, like yours this trip is long, from the wharf area in the east of the city all the way to the overseas business district, almost across half of the Jinmen, this trip to run for half a day, the fare is sixty copper."

"Well, that's a fair price."

Thorn nodded, he had walked almost half of the Jinmen on his feet last night, and now he was exhausted.

It is said that the Great Chong Dynasty currently uses the silver standard - silver horns, and one silver horn is equivalent to a hundred coppers. In order to facilitate the settlement, the government also set up two banknotes, the 10 Wen copper banknote and the 50 Wen copper banknote. Ten copper banknotes are equivalent to ten coppers, and fifty copper banknotes are equivalent to fifty coppers.

According to the current market price in Jinmen, three coppers can buy a big pork bun; A silver horn can buy 30 catties of rice, or 8 catties of pork; A silver horn with fifty copper bills can buy thirty catties of flour.

"Yes, and I haven't encountered many times since I started this trip, and I'll have to rest for a while after yours. And there are so many people who pedal three wheels, and not every guest can get my turn, under normal circumstances, I am seventy or eighty copper dollars a day, and I can't do it every day, I always have to rest, and it is twenty silver horns a month. ”

"This rent will go down to half all at once? So how much does this tricycle sell for? ”

Thorn thorn listened, his brows sank, and he was silent for a moment before continuing to ask.

The young coachman was also silent, and after a moment he said:

"yes, the rent is almost half of my hard-earned money for a month. A tricycle is priced at a fixed price at all major car dealers in Jinmen, with twenty silver horns. ”

Listening to this ridiculous figure, Thorn Thorn really felt incredible, he couldn't afford to sit on this tricycle until he woke up his memory, and he never knew that this tricycle driver could buy half a car for the rent he paid to the car dealer in a month.

But as he recalled the game's player forum revelations in his previous life, he suddenly understood.

He was silent for a long time before he said: "In the entire Jinmen Port, are there many drivers with their own tricycles?" ”

"Out of a hundred, about a dozen of them have their own cars. This car rent is too expensive, if the car is broken, you have to pay the car dealership, we are all sharing with another peer, just like today I run the morning shift and he runs the late shift, the car rental we bear together, and a month down to earn a dozen silver horns of hard money. Most of us come from other places, and we need five or six silver horns to rent a house, and the rest of the money is just enough to live. ”

The young coachman sometimes met chatty customers that was to talk about some anecdotes, and rarely could talk to people about the hardships of his industry.

"More than a dozen silver horns a month, it seems to be more than the dock workers, but those workers who sell coolies in the docks work for the owner, the owner is often in charge of the food, like us seems to earn a little more, but three meals a day are their own money, we have to do it no matter the wind or rain, otherwise the life will not go on. I would have liked to go to the docks to sell coolies, but those who could eat that bowl of rice were strong men, not a job that my little arms and legs could do. ”

Thorn looked at the back of the black thin coachman in front of him silently, and wanted to ask the other party what to do if he got sick, but he hesitated for a moment and still didn't say anything.

The coachman finished speaking in one breath, but did not say a word for a long time.

It was almost noon, and the brilliant sunlight was shining between the green tiles and red walls everywhere, the abrupt cornices, the high fluttering shop signs, the sparkling carriages and horses, the endless flow of pedestrians, and the quiet and comfortable smiling faces, but they had nothing to do with the coachman in front of them.

It has nothing to do with all the peers in this coachman's mouth, and it has nothing to do with all the people who are struggling at the bottom.

The thorns before awakening memories are also one of them.

The buildings on both sides of the road were quickly left behind by the tricycle, and Thorn Thorn looked back at the Dachongjinmen Bank that he had just passed, and suddenly asked:

"Didn't you think about going to the bank for a loan? The interest rate is not high, which is better than paying the car rent like this. ”

The coachman was silent for a long time before he said bitterly:

"Thought. But several banks in Dachong rejected us on the grounds that our income was unstable; At the beginning, some people went to several overseas banks to apply for loans, and the interest rate was about the same, and the overseas banks also approved. ”

"Later, I heard that many of these peers who successfully applied for loans had accidents. Some people's cars break down somehow, and some people are found by gangsters, either someone has an accident or a car accident, and the loan can't be repaid. ”

"It didn't take long for the overseas banks to stop lending to us. Privately, we all suspect that the dealership sent someone to hack the drivers. ”

Thorn Thorn listened, and his heart was heavy. Now that he knew this, he continued to ask: "So many coachmen have encountered similar things, have they gone to find patrols?" ”

"I searched, patrolled and inspected those car dealerships several times, but found no evidence, and then those colleagues who looked for the patrol reaction situation are said to have broken their legs in a sack at night, and they will never be able to eat this bowl of rice again."

"Later...... Although sometimes some peers can help them, but everyone has to live a good life, how can they take care of it completely? The coachmen with broken legs...... Most of them became beggars, and some of them were seriously injured and had no money to treat them, so they later died. ”

Thorn listened quietly to the coachman's bland words, but he could clearly feel what kind of bitter hatred this person had under his seemingly flat tone.

"Those car dealers are in the same group as the Patrol Bureau, right?" He asked tentatively.

"That's right, everybody says that."

The swarthy coachman's mouth spat out the sound of gnashing teeth.

After that, there was no word all the way.

Eventually, a large Western-style building appeared in front of me. Most of these buildings have tall minarets and pointed arches, and they look light and slender with pointed vaults, flying buttresses, and slender bundle columns. If you divide it according to the architectural style of Thorn's previous life, it is a typical Gothic architecture.

"Young master, the overseas business area has arrived, where do you stop?"

In other words, this overseas business district is actually part of the business district, but there are more overseas people here, and over time, an overseas prefix is added in front of the business district.

Thorn looked around and pointed to a four-story hotel not far away: "That's it." ”

"Okay."

As he spoke, the swarthy driver pulled over smoothly, then moved his sore body and looked back at the passenger in the seat.

It's all in silence.

Thorn got out of the car with a suitcase, took out a silver horn from the zipper pocket with understanding, and handed it over: "No need to look for it." ”

The swarthy young man took it, put the silver horn to his mouth and blew it, listening to the pleasant voice, revealing a smile of surprise.

"Thank you, young master! Thank you, young master! He stooped over in a hurry.

"I just heard you say so many things, and you deserve it." Thorn replied with a smile.

Then he walked to the hotel with his suitcase.

The façade of the four-storey inn on the street side is intricately carved with ornamental carvings, which look light and beautiful, towering and steep, and the dotted stained glass adds to the mystery of the building.

"Young Master! Wait a minute. ”

The young man looked at the back of the thorns, frowned, hesitated, but still shouted.

"What's the matter?" Thorns turned back, a little incomprehensible.

The coachman hurried to Thorn and whispered:

"Young master, I see that you are from the Xia clan, and you are carrying luggage, you are going to do things in overseas business districts, right? Don't blame the little talkers, now in this Jinmen, many Xia people who have dealings with overseas businessmen and churches have had accidents. ”

He looked left and right, gritted his teeth, and continued:

"Rich and powerful people are okay, nothing big happened, many ordinary people don't know why, and then they either got into trouble or owed money, and the debt collectors came to clean up miserably. Because these creditors have valid reasons, patrols can't help much. ”

After listening to this, Thorn looked at the coachman in front of him and nodded, and said seriously:

"Well, I see, thanks for the reminder. Do not speak these words, lest evil come out of your mouth. ”

Seeing that Thorn's face was not perfunctory, a smile appeared on the coachman's dark face: "I know." Young master, then I'm leaving, I wish you peace. ”

Watching the tricycle gradually move away, Thorn Thorn's heart was heavy.

"Great Chong...... Patrol ...... Black Gloves...... Dealership...... Black and white, two sides of one body. Although the black gloves still pay attention to reasonable reasons for doing things, but there are so many times, in fact, many Xia people have long been suspicious. ”

Looking at what the coachman said and the expression he had just now, he clearly had a great grasp in his heart, but he didn't say it.

"It's no wonder that in the previous life, the black glove incident happened, and countless Xia people in the four major ports rushed to the new Han. Maybe they will hesitate to let them defect to the blonde and blue-eyed alien race, but the new Han people are actually Xia compatriots with the same roots, same species and same language as them, and there is no pressure at all to defect. ”

Thorn turned around and stepped up the steps in front of the hotel with his suitcase.

"Mourning the hardships of people's livelihood...... If the memories of my previous life hadn't been restored, if I hadn't had the help of the system, I'm afraid I'd have fallen into the hands of the Red Turban Gang by now, and I might as well have died. ”

A feeling of luck and melancholy rose in his heart, and when he stepped on the second step of the steps, a blue light suddenly flashed in front of his eyes.

[Mission: Flying Scourge has been completed.]

Task Evaluation: Excellent

Reward: Legacy of the Past*1 Issued】

"That's the end of the mission?"

A strong sense of joy arose, and looking at this familiar interface, Thorn Thorn instantly felt bold.

"In this cruel world, fortunately there is still a system to accompany ......"