Chapter 59: The Treasurer of the Library
The construction process of the city wall is also very good, and the stones with a length of 40, a width of 20 and a thickness of 20 centimeters are selected, each weighing 25 kilograms, and the error is very small.
Most of the walls were built under the real-name system, and the name of the builder was engraved on the corner of each brick, and in addition to the problem, the brick was used to check the person, the builder, the overseer, and the relevant responsible person were immediately beheaded, and none of them were spared, and they were not tolerated. However, the dynasty has been in power for more than 300 years, and now there are few such moves.
In order to ensure that the city wall is strong and durable, the dynasty will require workers to polish the stones when building the city wall, and there can be no gap in the middle when the two stones are stacked, the angle of the corner is slightly closed upwards to form a side angle, and the wall bricks are mixed with loess, lime, glutinous rice juice and so on to pour and adhere, and finally the Ministry of Engineering sends people to accept, and hammers with a heavy hammer with a strong warrior, and after eight hammers, the wall cracks do not have cracks before the acceptance is passed.
In Yangquan Castle, soldiers kept patrolling back and forth without harassing the people, which was rare in both Kawanak and Kyoto Castle. It is said that in non-war times, most of the cities are only garrisoned by a few soldiers, and they only assemble when there is an accident, and few armies are so strict that people are admirable.
The streets in the city are not wide, but they are not narrow, enough for several people to walk in parallel, the roads are clean, and there are all kinds of shops on both sides of the street.
Lin Xingyu was quite relieved to find that the people in the city lived and worked in peace and contentment, with plenty of food and clothing, remembering that he had been away from home for several months, and most of the time had been spent on the road, either running away or hurrying, thinking that if he could go home, he would have to do nothing and sleep for a few days.
Just thinking about it, there was a letter writing stall in front of me, lonely on the side of the road, and the boss looked to the other side, not knowing what he was doing.
Lin Xingyu rushed over and shouted, "Write a letter!"
The stall owner turned his head happily when he heard that someone was going to write a letter. Lin Xingyu saw this short and thin man in his forties, with a narrow face and small eyes, and a shrewd and powerful appearance, which was the bookstore manager of Qujizhen who said that he was ugly.
"Hahaha, why did you come here to set up a stall?, the bookstore is closed?" Lin Xingyu said a little gloatingly.
"The guest officer wants to write a letter, and the ghostwriter only needs ten yuan!" said the bookstore shopkeeper with a smile on his face.
"No, I'll write it myself. Lin Xingyu adjusted his tone and said softly, after all, he didn't stretch out his hand to hit the smiling person, the bookstore shopkeeper was already so miserable, and he ran outside to set up a stall in the cold winter, and he was forced by life.
"Ten pens with a pen, twenty with grinding, no charge for pen and ink. The shopkeeper smiled like a flower.
"It's still so dark when your library is closed!" Lin Xingyu said so, but he took out a piece of broken silver and handed it over, "Two letters." ”
"Okay! The pen, ink, paper, and inkstone are all on the table, please!" said the bookstore shopkeeper with a smile.
Lin Xingyu found that the inkstone was dry and there was no ink, and there was no water next to it, even if there was water, he poured it into the inkstone, and it quickly froze.
"This ...... How to grind?" Lin Xingyu asked.
"Don't be impatient," the shopkeeper of the library stretched out his hand and took out a dark red inkstone from his arms, and introduced, "This is a Chengyan inkstone with excellent material, which does not freeze in winter and does not dry in summer, and is evenly stained with ink, and the pen is not astringent, and it is not cloudy when it meets paper, and it dries when the wind passes, which can be called a must-have thing for literati." Do you want it to be cheap now, only 50 taels of silver! And after you buy it, if it is inconvenient to carry, you can still store it with me, and the next time you come to me there is no charge for writing letters, no charge for ghostwriting, and no charge for using paper.
"You liar, return the money!" Lin Xingyu stretched out his hand and scolded.
"No, pen, ink, paper, inkstone has been provided, you don't need it yourself. I didn't overcharge you. ”
"Bang!" The bookstore shopkeeper was knocked to the ground by Lin Xingyu's punch.
Lin Xingyu rode on the body of the bookstore shopkeeper is a violent beating, and scolded while beating: "You dead liar, dead liar, dead liar, let you cheat me out of money! cheat me out of money, cheat me out of money." "Every time you scold, you punch it.
Playing is enjoyable.
"Stop!" the guards patrolling the city happened to walk nearby, and when they saw someone beating someone, they immediately stopped drinking.
The eight guards were four on the left and four on the right, and the Xuan Qi cultivation was all up and down the sixth stage of the martial arts realm, walked in front of Lin Xingyu, and looked at Lin Xingyu and Wu Yixiu and others not far behind him, there was no trace of fear in their eyes, as if they were treating ordinary people, it can be seen that the system in the army is rigorous, and people in the realm such as small grandmasters are even more commonplace.
"What are you doing?" the guard standing in front of Lin Xingyu asked, and at the same time gave Lin Xingyu a chance to explain, which shows that the soldiers in this city did not oppress the people, and they did not act indiscriminately.
"I ...... just now," Lin Xingyu was about to explain.
"My lord, it's not about this son's business, it's a difficulty in the villain's family, I am willing to do so, just now the villain and this son reached a collegiate agreement, beat me to give ten taels of silver, just now a total of fifteen punches, please pay." The shopkeeper of the library got up, snatched Lin Xingyu's words and said, and stretched out his hand, and smiled at Lin Xingyu.
"Is that so?" the guard checked at Lin Xingyu.
“... Yes. Lin Xingyu said hatefully, took out one hundred and fifty taels of silver in front of the guards, and handed it to the bookstore shopkeeper.
"There are fifty taels left, and you have to buy the money for the inkstone. ”
Lin Xingyu's nose was crooked, and he handed out another fifty taels.
The guards educated the two of them, and asked Lin Xingyu to draw up an agreement in black and white next time he beat someone, otherwise he would not be able to tell if he was killed, after all, the bookstore shopkeeper was as thin as a monkey, and he didn't look able to withstand three punches and two kicks. After reconfirming that both sides were okay, the guard left.
Lin Xingyu grabbed the inkstone, got some water, polished the ink and wrote letters, and the bookstore shopkeeper sat in front of the stall with a smug face, shaking his head and humming a little song.
After Gu Zhenhong finished writing the letter, Lin Xingyu picked up the inkstone and threw it towards the stall, who thought that the bookstore shopkeeper was extremely shrewd, and quickly bent down under the table, avoiding the splashing ink.
"I'll keep the inkstone for you, come back next time." The bookstore shopkeeper wiped the ink on the outside of the inkstone with paper and said.
'The last time I punched him, I lost fifty taels of silver, and this time I beat him and lost two hundred taels of silver, which means that I won this time. Lin Xingyu comforted himself.
After sending the letter to the post station, several people found a place to stay, and it was a little dark. Wu Yixiu's flying needles and poisonous powder were almost consumed, and he was going to take a walk around the city and add it, Gu Zhenhong went with him, and Jiang Jianxue went with him.
Lin Xingyu and Qin Shuyu went back to their rooms. Lin Xingyu, who was lying on the bed, habitually began to think about things: Ma Boran slaughtered Yi'an City, and when he heard his description, he knew how miserable the people in the city died, and Qin Shuyu stayed there for many days, until Qin Lan went to save her, think about it from another angle, if she stayed in that environment for so long, I was afraid that she would go crazy.
Ma Boran ran away, if you want to find him, the most effective way is to find You Die and Wenshenglou to buy his news, but I am afraid that it will take a while to get accurate information, but I am not in a hurry.
But come to think of it, Ma Boran is also quite unlucky, his parents and sister have died in Yi'an City, and there is no way to avenge their grievances, are the people in Yi'an City really so indifferent? When I think of Qin Shuyu's character, whether it is the nature of the people in Yi'an City, or it is acquired, I don't know, I have the opportunity to ask in the future, and I don't know if she will say it, I'm afraid there is not much hope.
Does "Five Shadows Cold Essence" have anything to do with that metal sheet? What does it have to do with it? Huang Chenkui can practice "Five Shadows Cold Essence", I think he can understand the text of the metal sheet, and when he has the opportunity to help interpret it?
The material of You Die's mask is very special, I don't know what metal it is made of, if it is melted, what kind of effect will it have on Gu Zhenhong's forging spear? Five is a bit less, do you need to collect more?
If I pretend to be a butterfly swimmer, can I blend in with the butterfly?
When will you be able to reach the realm of martial arts?
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Lin Xingyu slept until dawn, walked out of the door, came to the lobby, and found that everyone's breakfast was almost finished. Squeezed Wu Yixiu, who had not eaten, and sat down, picked up the bowl, and thought about the itinerary in his heart. If there is nothing to do, you can stay in Yangquan City for a few more days, and see if there are any exercises in the city that can make you practice simply, and then you will have a better chance of winning the competition.
Just picked up a bite of food.
"Let's go!" Wu Yixiu put down the dishes and chopsticks.
"Where are I going? I haven't eaten yet. ”
"Lingze Cave!"
Everyone got up and walked out at the same time, Lin Xingyu had to put down the dishes and chopsticks, and quickly followed, just about to run out of the door, he was stopped by the shopkeeper bending down and reaching out.
"Guest, I haven't settled yet. The shopkeeper said with a smile.
"Oh, how much?"
"In addition to the deposit, a total of ten taels of silver are needed. ”
"Hmm, I've only stayed for one night, why is it so expensive?" Lin Xingyu muttered as he took out the money and handed it to the shopkeeper, "The shop in Yangquan City is so dark." ”
"No, guest officer, our small shop is not bullied, the price is transparent, your friend is too good at ......eating," explained the shopkeeper.
Lin Xingyu didn't listen to the explanation at all, and strode out of the inn, looking left and right, there were people coming and going on the road, and it was not dense, but Wu Yixiu and the others could no longer be seen.
"What about people, why do you run so fast, don't wait for me. Lin Xingyu muttered dissatisfiedly and walked in the direction of leaving the city.
Lin Xingyu soon arrived at the gate of the city, and he didn't see Wu Yixiu and the four of them in the direction of going out of the city, so he had to chase them out of the city directly.
Lin Xingyu walked along the official road and watched, there were many people passing by, but he never found Wu Yixiu and the others, frowning and wondering why Wu Yixiu and the four of them didn't wait for him to go first, and walked so fast.
Is it that the four of them have something to hide from me? Could it be that You Die is here again and still refuses to let us go? No, if You Die is in them, why did they leave me so powerful and take Jiang Jianxue with them? This is unreasonable. Could it be that he found traces of Ma Boran? Then there is no reason not to take me. No matter where it goes, it's too fast!'