Chapter 16: Blazing Clouds

These men were all dressed in iron armor and armed with silver-tipped spears. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info led nearly 100 people are still riding tall ironclad beasts, and at a glance they know that they are not ordinary troops. The huge hooves of the tall ironclad beast would make a sonorous sound like metal rubbing against each other every time it came into contact with the ground, and nearly a hundred ironclad beasts walked together, so loud that the younger people would be shocked by it when they heard this sound and fled away in advance.

Among the nearly 100 leading ironclad beasts, one of the ironclad beasts riding under his crotch was a silver-white leader who stepped forward and shouted loudly: " General Lie Yuntian was ordered to escort the captives to the royal city to prepare for the king's 80th birthday, but was disturbed by many homeless people on the way, and now see that your town is rich and full of people, just here to replenish supplies, you listen well, each household is counted according to the capitation, one person must pay three taels of snowflake silver, or exchange for a load of grains, and must not be evaded, and when we arrive in the royal city, we will report to the king the merits of you and others, and then we will reduce your taxes. ”

The color of the ironclad beast ridden by this leader is different from that of the other nearly 100 ironclad beasts, and there are several ironclad beasts ridden by the leader who are also silver-white like his, these few people riding silver-white ironclad beasts seem to be the leaders of these seven or eight hundred people, of course, there is another person who cannot be ignored, that is, there is a young man surrounded by a silver-white ironclad beast, this young man is riding a golden ironclad beast, this young man should be the general of Lieyuntian who shouted at the man just now.

After a while, the whole town was surrounded by the whole town, and there was a tendency not to let them go without paying the money and food. And those leaders, following the young man, came to the Tianquan Teahouse, it seemed that they were also going to drink two cups of tea, and by the way, they were waiting for the soldiers to collect money and food, and these people naturally included Lie Yuntian. ・Before Lie Yuntian and the others arrived at the teahouse, the owner of the teahouse greeted him with a smile and a pot of fragrant tea.

Now it is a troubled time, the society is in turmoil, it is good that the people can survive, where is there still money left to hand over money and food, not to mention that this time to be handed over is a person three taels of snowflake silver, which is like an astronomical amount for many people. But before talking about this, let's talk about the monetary system of the Kunyuan Continent. The currency of the Kunyuan continent is said to have been unified and circulated 30,000 years ago, and an ancient god came out 30,000 years ago, seeing that the currency is not unified and brings great inconvenience to people's lives, so the currency of the entire Kunyuan continent is unified.

Therefore, the currency of the Kunyuan Continent is now divided into four levels, black stone coins, bronze coins, silver, and gold. Ten blackstone coins are worth one bronze coin, one hundred bronze coins are worth one tael of silver, and one thousand taels of silver are worth one tael of gold. The exchange between Qi cultivators is mainly based on Bigu Dan refined from grains and grains, and what is better than Bigu Dan is the Five Essence Pill, and those powerful Qi cultivators, the Bigu Dan Five Essence Pill and the like are useless to them, and most of them will choose to barter.

Having said that, the money and grain that Sanjiangkou has to hand over this time costs three taels of silver per person, which is equivalent to 3,000 blackstone coins when converted. Although Sanjiangkou is now stable and prosperous, but this also started three years ago, before the ****, all kinds of big thieves and bandits have long scared away the rich people in Sanjiangkou, and those who stayed have already been exploited, where is there any money and food, although after three years of stable development, but to restore the prosperity at that time, three years is far from enough. What's more, no matter how old or young is 3,000 black stone coins, even if it is in the heyday of prosperity in Sanjiangkou, not many people can pay it in full, let alone now.

Most of the people who are now in Sanjiangkou have just fled here, and their whole body is not worth a few coppers at all. At this time, I saw a gray-haired old man trembling to the place where he paid the money and food, and whispered: "My lord, I just fled here, my family has been separated in the war, you see if I can pay less." ”

The officer who collected the money and food was honest and kind by nature, and the old man in front of him really didn't have any oil and water, and what happened to him was pitiful enough, and more importantly, the old man in front of him reminded him of his family who was lost in the war many years ago.

Therefore, his heart softened, and he said gently: "Okay, I see that you don't have much food, so just pay a tael of silver!" After hearing this, the old man trembled and touched his cuffs for a long time, and finally found a dozen black stone coins. Obviously, this is not enough for Blackstone.

The officer who paid the money and food looked at it and said helplessly: "Forget it, I see that you really don't have it, you can go quickly, don't stand in the way here." ”

After hearing this, the old man said very gratefully: "Thank you, thank you, your kindness is rewarded, and you will definitely live a long life!" The old man thanked him for his kindness before turning and leaving.

Looking at the back of the old man leaving, the officer remembered his long-lost family, after so many years, he didn't know if his family was still alive, and if he was alive, he would be able to meet again in the future. Or where will he be buried if he dies, so that he can have a place to worship and pay his respects in the future, looking at the back of the old man gradually moving away, the officer seemed to fall into deep thought.

Since entering the barracks, his hands have been stained with blood, and he seems to be tired of this kind of life, tired of blood, turmoil, massacres, and everything now, hoping that one day there will be no more war in this world, so that he can spend the rest of his life well, the officer thought in his heart as he looked at the back of the old man leaving.

With a "boom", a black light flashed, and a spear pierced the old man's body from behind, followed by the sonorous sound of the ironclad beast's hooves rubbing against the stone slab on the ground. Following the prestige, a pitch-black ironclad beast rode a middle-aged man with a beard, he was the deputy leader of this team, and he was also the deputy general of Lie Yuntian and the sworn enemy Jin Dachuan, nicknamed Jin Heishou.

I only heard Jin Dachuan say angrily: "If you dare to leave before the money and food are paid, you don't take us in your eyes at all, and if you don't put us in your eyes, you don't put the king in your eyes, and those who don't put the king in your eyes should have died a long time ago." Iron Commander, you let him go if he didn't pay enough money and food, you are also responsible for this matter, since you like to be a good person so much, then the part of the money and food he owes will be deducted from your military salary!

In addition, if you are derelict in your duties, if you are not punished severely, I am afraid that it will be difficult to convince the people, so I will punish you and imprison you with those captives, and I will wait until I have reported to the king in the royal city before interceding for you, and now I can only grieve you for a while. Come on, press down the Iron Commander. As soon as Jin Dachuan finished speaking, several ironclad soldiers came up and wanted to escort the iron commander down.

Many soldiers wanted to intercede for the Iron Commander, but this Jin Dachuan was notoriously black, and he caught the handle, and he had to peel his skin if he didn't die, and it was useless to plead, just when everyone was worried about the Iron Commander, a loud voice came.

"Don't move, I'll see who dares to move without my order!" Everyone followed the prestige, only to say who it was, it turned out to be Lie Yuntian.