"It turned out to be in line, so there was no need. Although this river is not narrow, I can fly directly over with you in my light arms, and there is no need for us to waste this money. ”

Xiang'er nodded and said, "Do you still need to hug me?" ”

"Yes, yes, my fragrance is also very good. Tianya said: "Why do these people line up? Do they have to cross the river?"

"Yes~ You have to cross the river. A hoarse voice came from behind them, and the two turned their heads to see an old lady, nearly 80 years old, with a wrinkled face, fluffy hair, and few teeth left in her mouth. It doesn't seem like life is good, let alone crossing the river, and even walking is quite difficult. And looking at her appearance, her ears are quite back, and she speaks loudly, for fear that others will not be able to hear her.

"You don't have to cross the bridge that collects tolls?

"It's not that there's anything over there, it's that this is the only bridge that can cross the river. The old lady said, "The river is too wide to cross." There used to be ferrymen here, but they were all beaten away. Nowadays only this bridge can cross the river, and if you want to go around the other way, you have to walk for a few hours, and no one wants to walk more. ”

A young man in front of him laughed and said, "Don't listen to him, you can walk for a few hours, and you can walk to the shallow and narrow part of the river in half an hour, where there is a short bridge to cross." Who wants to waste that time? You'll have to walk back if you go there, so it's good to cross the river from here. ”

"What's good? If you cross the river, you will be charged ten cents, how much rice can I buy?"

"Okay, okay, you're right. "The young man didn't want to argue with this old lady about anything, and at such an old age, everything she said made sense.

Xiang'er said: "Who built this bridge, why did they collect bridge tolls here?"

"Of course, the bridge was built by the Yamen, and this group of people is the bully, and they occupy this bridge, and they can't cross it without giving money. Since you can't beat others, you can only give money. ”

"Oh~ it's good. Tianya nodded: "This method of making money is not bad, Xiang'er, when will we occupy a road and collect tolls from others, if anyone dares not to give it, the man will be killed, and the woman will be sold, what do you think?"

"Brother Tianya, are you a bandit?" Or do you want to be a bandit?" Xiang'er said depressedly: "It's nothing to be a bandit, the most important thing is that you are short of money? If you are short of money, then there is no one in this world who is not short of money." ”

Tianya said: "I am not short of money, but who would think that I have too much money? Wouldn't it be nice to find a way to make money? We took one of the gates of Jinling...... With so many people coming in and out of Jinling every day, that's a big business. If it really doesn't work, we will occupy the entrance of the palace, the officials are all rich people, and the emperor is also very rich, and they have to pay tolls if they want to enter and leave the palace. ”

Xiang'er is not suspicious of Tianya, but he should not occupy the palace in Jinling, if it is said that he runs to occupy the palace of Bianliang in the Great Zhou, it is still possible, because it is his family's things. King Qi of the Great Zhou Dynasty had to collect tolls at the gate of the palace...... No one dares not to pay it.

Xiang'er was not interested in this proposal, she was more concerned about the bridge toll here. Obviously, this is bullying the people, and if you don't even care about this kind of thing, this martial arts practice will be in vain.

"Brother Tianya, don't you think it's too much for them to do this? It's clear that these people didn't build the bridge, why did they charge bridge tolls here? And it's so expensive, it's just ten cents to cross the bridge, and you don't need to give it. ”

"It's not too much, why can't others collect money if they have the strength? Whoever has the ability to win the battle, that person can still collect money here, no problem." Tianya said: "If the strength is enough, you can even go directly to the palace to collect the entrance fee, and whoever dares not to give it will be disabled." ”

Xiang'er doesn't understand how Brother Tianya, who is usually very righteous, can support bad guys to do this kind of thing, maybe in his values, after having strength, he can rob others. There is almost no distinction between good and evil in the eyes of a person like him, which is also a very troublesome thing......

Xiang'er knows very well that Brother Tianya is the king of Da Zhouqi and Guo Wei's own son. It stands to reason that even if there is no mutual hatred between him and Li Hongji, the prince of the Southern Tang Dynasty, they should not help him.

But there is nothing that should not be done here at the end of the world, as long as he wants to do it, and he has the ability to do it, he will do it. Of course, this matter also has something to do with Xiang'er herself, if it weren't for Xiang'er asking Tianya to earn dowry money, Tianya would not have come to Nantang.

Xiang'er didn't have any opinion on Tianya's help to Li Hongji, anyway, he knew in his heart that it wouldn't really bring anything disastrous to Da Zhou. But...... For the matter of collecting bridge tolls, Xiang'er looked very unpleasant.

Tianya may not care about ten cents, but for ordinary people, ten cents is a lot. The most important thing is that this money can be clearly not given, and the person who collects the money is simply a clear robbery.

"Brother Tianya ~~~"

"What are you doing~~" Tianya looked at the anxious Xiang'er with a wicked smile, as a man, he likes to tease his own women. Tianya is no exception to this, he clearly knows Xiang'er's intentions, but he just doesn't say anything, because Tianya thinks it's very interesting.

"Nasty, you know exactly what I want to do. ”

"You know, do you want to wait until you get home? There are so many people on the street, I don't have anything, I'm afraid you'll be embarrassed. ”

Xiang'er's little face turned red in an instant, there are so many people around her, how embarrassing it is for Tianya to say such things. Xiang'er also knew that Tianya understood his intentions, and since he understood, there was no need to say more.

The people around me don't know what this little couple wants to do, but kissing me so blatantly on the street is really a little unbearable.

There are fewer and fewer people in front, and Tianya and Xiang'er also see who is collecting bridge tolls. It looks like an old gentleman, neatly dressed, with a pen in his hand and taking notes. Next to him sat four men, all with swords, but they were relaxed, with sprinkled meat and peanuts on the table, as if they were on duty.

Just these five people hold the bridge, no matter who wants to cross the bridge and pay the money first, and then they can cross. The people here also know the rules very well, do not cut in line, do not make trouble, and pay money to cross the bridge very honestly.

Soon it was Tianya and Xiang'er's turn, and Tianya also honestly stepped forward to stand in front of the old gentleman, looking at the paper and pen on his desk, and it turned out that he was recording the flow of people.

Tianya asked in a low voice: "This old gentleman, I am a foreigner, and I will pay ten cents by myself when I cross the bridge, right?" ”

"Yes, yes, hurry up and pay the money, there are still many people behind. ”

"Oh~ We are a family of two, and the two of us should pay twenty wen, but I don't have any change on me, can you find it here?" Tianya directly put a large piece of gold bar on the table, everyone present was shocked, cross the bridge to give the gold bar?

Xiang'er said: "Xianggong, I just said that I went out and brought some change with me, now it's so troublesome, I don't think they can find it." ”

"The family was so poor that they didn't have any copper coins or silver, only these gold bars. ”

Tianya's words shocked everyone, the family is poor, so there are only gold bars...... Not to mention crossing the bridge, even if you buy the entire bridge, it is not a problem.

The weight of this gold bar is at least fifty taels, which is five hundred taels of silver, and one tael of silver is exchanged for eight hundred wen, which means that there are at least 400,000 wen here. How many people would it take to cross the bridge to collect so much money?

It costs ten cents for one person to cross the bridge, and only 40,000 people can receive such a gold bar when they cross the bridge. If there are about 1,000 people crossing the bridge every day, it will take a whole month to collect it. But how can so many people cross the bridge every day? At most, two or three hundred people are remarkable.

Obviously, although this bridge business is very profitable, this gold bar is enough for them to earn half a year.

Ordinary people are very sensitive to money, and when they see this gold bar, they immediately react, these people need to charge half a year of bridge tolls to earn this gold bar. What's more, copper coins for silver taels, silver taels for gold, this process may not be so smooth, who would want to exchange gold bars for copper coins?

Not only the people behind him were drooling, but even the four people who were drinking next to him were drooling. What a big piece of gold bar, such a handsome little lady, it seems that she is not very old, and she is in a budding state, it is estimated that the two have just gotten married, so they act so intimately.

"That's right, this gold bar is enough for you to cross the bridge alone. A man stood up and grabbed the gold bar placed on the table and put it in his arms, and then allowed Tianya to cross the bridge.

"But this is just a bridge toll for one person, if you two want to go together, then you have to pay one, otherwise you can only cross alone, this little lady will stay here and wait for you to get the money to cross the bridge." ”

Tianya frowned and said in surprise: "The consumption of Jinling is too high, it takes such a big piece of gold to cross the bridge, you can't take me as a fool." Everyone else is ten cents, why do I need a piece of gold to cross the bridge?"

"The locals contributed to the construction of the bridge, so they only received ten wen. Did you contribute anything? Did you help move bricks and stones? You wanted to use this bridge without any help, and of course you had to charge a little more. ”

"Oh~ So that's what you said, and what you said makes sense. Tianya took out another gold bar of about the same size and put it on the table: "So we can all pass." ”

The person with the sword immediately put away the gold bars, and then said embarrassedly: "How did I forget about this matter, today is the first day of the new year, and the first day of the first year of the new year has always been to collect double money." You can still only go through these two gold bars. Lao Wu, next time you will set up a card next to you, and you will receive double on the first day of the first five days. ”

"Oh~~"

"It's too expensive......"

The people behind him are almost overwhelmed, these people are endless, they are simply dogs that can't be fed. One gold bar is enough for them to collect half a year's bridge toll, and now that others have taken two gold bars, they are not finished?

Collecting bridge tolls is bullying people, but this time the bullying is a bit excessive.

"You're going too far, aren't you, everyone else has given so much money, and you're still not finished?"

"That's to say~ two such big gold bars, you've never seen so much money in your life, it's almost enough. ”

"The lad is a little stupid, and you can't take him for a fool. ”

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