Chapter 11 The Reactionaries of the Present Age
Seven or eight days passed after a peaceful day, and on this day, Hu Qihan took the bear skins he hunted a few days ago and some furs hunted by other neighbors to the town to sell, and Xue Dong also wanted to open his eyes, so he went together.
There were very few people on the street, and there were many more soldiers coming and going than people rushing to the market, among them was a group of soldiers who wore silver and bright armor like a guard soldier, riding a red horse with a whip in his hand, if anyone got in the way or even too close to the line, he would be drawn a bloody mark by the horsewhip, which caused a young man riding a tall white horse behind him to laugh, and there was a carriage behind that was covered with cloth, and there were several women's cries inside.
Hu Qihan took Xue Dong to a store specializing in fur, there was a chubby old man sitting behind the counter with a sad face, and he didn't know what he was thinking, and he didn't say anything about the two people who entered the store, Hu Qihan said, "Shopkeeper, I have received the goods!"
The fat shopkeeper raised his eyes to look at the two, and motioned for the two to take out the goods, the whole process was lifeless, not like a businessman at all, Xue Dong noticed that there was a cabinet that fell to the ground in the store, and an abacus that fell to the ground. It seems that what happened here not long ago is mostly related to the officers and soldiers outside.
The fat shopkeeper has seen the fur brought by Hu Qihan, and the condition is indeed quite good, but all the fur is added together, and the shopkeeper is only willing to give out a piece of one ingot. And I don't really want to accept it.
"Shopkeeper, take a closer look, these goods are all high-quality goods, you can't bargain like this! Half a month ago, these leather goods could be managed at least three yuan, and now the price you give can make our hunters live?"
"How do you live? The mayor of the town has three sons, and the three sons all come to collect taxes every three or five times, maybe you give me these good leather goods before I can sell them and be taxed away, they collect taxes because of money and goods, how do you say I live? Half an hour ago, the third son of the mayor of the town came to collect taxes, and he fell in love with his old daughter, and insisted on taking them away and saying that it was a tax deduction, and the old man spent three thousand yuan to keep his daughter and send people away, how do you say I live?" Maybe tomorrow he'll come back to collect taxes! Maybe tomorrow the other two mayor's sons will come to collect taxes!"
Holding a dollar in their hands, both of them were in a heavy mood, what can they buy for a dollar to go back, they can't buy much salt!
When I came to the street, I saw a few soldiers posting notices, and there were some people around to watch, Xue Dong saw the words on it clearly from a long distance, it turned out that Tianwu Kingdom had minted new money, and the original one ingots were not allowed to circulate among the people. All existing Tak One Ingots must be exchanged for new coins at the town's official money bank before they can be used. One ingot can be exchanged for a small iron coin, and ten yuan can be exchanged for a large iron coin.
As Xue Dong, who has entered a small world in modern society, he knows that the kind of one ingots created by Shi Siming is coming to an end, and the replacement of the old regime with no ability to govern the country will make this small world even more chaotic.
He was even more skeptical that the piece of one ingot in his hand could be exchanged for iron coins and could buy back a bag of salt. Hu Qihan, who approached, also saw the content of the notice clearly, and the one ingots in his palm were held by him, and at first glance, as a proletarian hunter, it seems that they will not be affected much, but in fact, their future life may be more difficult, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a poor livelihood.
Hu Qihan did not go to the money bank to change money, and the two returned to the recess with a dollar. From then on, their idea of hunting animal skins for money to buy daily necessities is likely to change, at best they add some meat, they rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, and the people who live entirely on farming are afraid to despair.
After dark, the people who went up the mountain to hunt all returned, and the harvest was very good, but after hearing the news of Hu Qihan, all the people were silent.
Liu Laohan, who was peeling yellow sheepskin, suddenly stopped, and a long cut was cut by a kitchen knife on one hand, and blood flowed.
Today is to eat at Liangshan's house, as the owner of Liangshan took out a bamboo tube from the house, poured out some medicinal powder in it, and quickly stopped the bleeding, no one spoke, everyone knows what it means for Liu Laohan, who is known as the old knife, to cut his hand, yes, he is too uncalm in his heart.
Many Orion people have lived here for one or two generations or even several generations, their mood has never been so heavy, although they have not lived the life of a master, backed by the mountains, but they have never lacked food and clothing, in their hearts, a small recess is the paradise world, is heaven.
Xue Dong came from a modern society, and he couldn't understand the political behavior of Tianwu Kingdom, and even the party called a traitor in the outside world had never done such a perverse thing a few decades ago, and within a few years, Tianwu Kingdom would even kill himself in this kind of behavior.
It is said that the ancestors of Tianwumen were originally the personal guards of the ancestors of the Xia family, and the strength of the force was second only to the ancestors of the Xia family, after the ancestors of the Xia family brought people into the small world, because there was no war here, he was allowed to break away from the Xia family and set up his own door, known as "Xingwutang" is still dispatched by the Xia family; there is another person who broke away from the Xia family at the same time as the ancestor of the Bi family, this person is the disciple of the warlock back then, he said that he was going to find his master, and sent someone to the Xia family a few years later, saying that he followed the order of the master to create the Yuangang Taoist Temple, and will not enter the world again from then on.
A hundred years later, the ancestors of the Xia family and the Bi family have changed a group of people, when a group of thieves came out of the northwest, causing considerable harm to the local people, the head of the Xia family ordered Xingwutang to send people to exterminate, but was disobeyed. The Xia family sent their descendants to ask the Xingwutang about the crime, and they took down the master of the Xingwutang at that time in three moves, and since then people have known that the Xia family is strong and invincible.
The disobedient Xingwutang was not eradicated, and the master of Xingwutang was caught and not killed, because the Xia family remembered that his ancestors had meritorious service, and after the master of Xingwutang promised to listen to the dispatch of the Xia family in the future, he was only fined twenty times by the rod and put it back, and his body was injured, and finally sent the disciples of the Xia family to exterminate the thieves in the northwest. However, on the way back, the disciples of the Xia family, who had returned from victory, were invited by the people of Xingwutang, saying that they wanted to celebrate their achievements, and were finally poisoned to death at the banquet.
The Xia family, who got the news, sent a disciple to Xingwutang again to ask for the guilt, Xingwutang was already empty, only the disciple of the Xia family who was poisoned hung on the garden tree, and there were many knives on his body, because he was cut after death, and there was no blood flowing out, but it turned over the flesh and bones to make people's scalps numb. There is also a letter, mainly saying that the Xia family deceived people too much and treated Xingwutang as a slave. Kill the disciples of the Xia family to avenge the blame of the staff.
Since then, there is no Xingwutang in the world, but there is one more Tianwumen, they act secretly, and no one knows where they are hiding.
Tianwumen secretly proclaimed that the Xia family violated the will of heaven and enslaved the people, and sooner or later they would be punished by heaven, and only by following Tianwumen could they avoid the curse in the future, so as not to die.
In some places, there will be a sudden large-scale plague, and someone from Tianwumen will jump out and say that this is a disaster from heaven to the people under the rule of the Xia family, and as long as you believe in Tianwumen, you can be treated. The people of Tianwumen got a big iron pot to boil medicine, saying that it was a gift from God. Let everyone in the local area drink a few sips of medicinal soup, and those who drink the medicine will be cured of such a disease, and they will naturally die if they don't drink it.