Chapter 41: Silver
Li Wumang planned to take out the Golden Kang Furnace and the Great Thunder Bell first. Then on the way back, he settled on Hudao Island and waited for ten days and a half months. If you don't see the Howling Sea Ape, Li Wumang will not be reconciled.
"The Howling Sea Ape is a seventh-level demon cultivator, and besides, Hu Island is its foundation, so it shouldn't fall. On the way to Acura, Li Wumang was a little worried.
Two days later, when he arrived at Acura, Edgeworth flew without a port, and went ashore three hundred miles from the port of Paipu. Knowing that this is the territory of the Lan Kingdom, I don't want to be shocked, after all, the mortals in the Acura region have not seen an immortal cultivator flying with an imperial sword for more than three hundred years. Li Wumang walked to a market town and wanted to buy a horse to walk.
Looking at the sparse pedestrians in the town, Li Wumang suddenly thought that he didn't have silver taels. On the other side of the continent outside of Acura, spirit stones can be used to exchange huàn silver taels with mortals, and one spirit stone is one hundred taels of silver. Acura is different, there are no immortal cultivators here, let alone spirit stones. Li Wumang smiled dumbly, this rich man in the immortal cultivation realm of the Fengli Continent had made a difficult mistake for money.
stopped an old man passing by and gave a bow. "Old man, is there a pharmacy in this town?"
The old man glanced at Li Wumang. "Housheng, there is no pharmacy here as you said, there is one in Lang. Thirty miles away is the county seat, and there is naturally a pharmacy there. ”
Thanks to the old man, Li Wumang went out of the town, thirty miles away, Li Wumang took a big stride and went to the county seat. Immortal cultivators walk, I don't know how much stronger than mortals' light skills, and others can't see the weirdness, they just say that they are walking fast. When a passer-by saw it, it was a martial arts figure, and no one was surprised.
After entering the county seat, I walked to a large pharmacy. Li Wumang took out an eight-hundred-year-old Ganoderma lucidum and put it on the counter.
When the man saw it, he hurriedly asked the shopkeeper to come out. The shopkeeper looked at Li Wumang, and then looked at the Ganoderma lucidum on the counter.
"Guest, I want to ask a few more words, please forgive me. "The shopkeeper is in his sixties and looks dignified.
"The shopkeeper has something to say. ”
"The guests don't look like people who collect medicine. This Ganoderma lucidum is precious, I don't know where it came from? No wonder the old man is so talkative, the Datong Dynasty has strict laws. We do not accept things of unknown origin. ”
"Under is the Duguo clan, which is hidden by the family, and the cost of trading in the Lan country has been lost, and it has to be exchanged for some silver taels in the future. "Li Wumang was in the market in Gaozhou, and now he suddenly entered the mortal world, and his experience when he was young helped, and he thought that his apocryphal words were seamless.
"The Datong Dynasty has a law, how can the guests talk nonsense. The shopkeeper's face sank.
"In the next sentence is true, the shopkeeper's price, if it is suitable, it will be sold in the next sentence. Li Wumang didn't think that his words were flawed, and thought that the shopkeeper's pretentious posture was just to lower the price.
"The guests sat down for a while, and the old man looked at this Ganoderma lucidum. The shopkeeper kicked the guy next to him lightly and walked out of the counter.
In front of the counter are two chairs, a coffee table. The shopkeeper asked Li Wumang to sit down, took the Ganoderma lucidum himself, sat on another chair, and looked at it carefully.
Li Wumang's cultivation naturally knew that the shopkeeper kicked the guy gently, but he didn't know what this hint meant. Is it to let the guy report to the official?
The man went into the pharmacy and never came out. Li Wumang's sense swept away, knowing that the guy had left through the back door.
"The shopkeeper, I don't know what's suspicious below, why did you let the guy report to the official?" Li Wumang really couldn't think of any doubts about himself, so he simply asked the shopkeeper directly.
When the shopkeeper heard this, his hand shook. Look up and look at Li Wumang. "Guest, firstly, the source of your Lingzhi is unknown, and secondly, you claim that Languo has violated the ban. ”
"Isn't this the land of Lan?"
"This place is a single country under the rule of Emperor Datong. The shopkeeper said coldly.
As soon as Li Wumang heard it, he knew the reason, and the Lan Kingdom had been classified as an independent country. Datong is its own era name. Just now, I always thought that I was in the territory of the Lan Kingdom, and the shopkeeper didn't care when he said that the Datong Dynasty was in the country.
"When did the Lan Kingdom become an independent country?" Li Wumang suddenly asked.
"Why should the guests be like this, pretending to be confused is not the way. When the official is so bad, he must not mess around and call the old names of the five countries, but he will be fined one or two taels of silver or a day of flail as a punishment. ”
"Why should those who call the old names of the Five Kingdoms be fined silver or flail for one day? ”
"This is the royal decree of the regent, why did the guests forget it?" the shopkeeper looked at Li Wumang suspiciously.
After a while, the guy brought in two officials. The shopkeeper stood up and pointed at Li Wumang.
"The origin of your medicinal materials is unknown, and you call it the old name of the Five Kingdoms?" an official asked Li Wumang.
"The medicinal herbs were originally a family collection, and there are some people who mistakenly call the old names of the Five Kingdoms. "Li Wumang received the help of the power of prayer, and he had a good impression of the mortals who sang the praise. Moreover, these are their own people, and they also want to take advantage of this to see the rule of the independent country. So stand up and talk back.
"You go with us to the yamen. The shopkeeper is the first to tell, let's go together. The official waved his hand, the shopkeeper took the Ganoderma lucidum, and a few people left the store and went to the county office.
"The official doesn't need to wear shackles and locks to arrest criminals?" Li Wumang walked out of the pharmacy and couldn't help asking.
"Arrest criminals, have a docile attitude, and those who have no murders can do without shackles. Do you want to be shackled to rejoice?" the official chuckled.
"Not really. Li Wumang felt that this official was good, and he didn't have the fierce appearance of bullying the good, and he was satisfied.
The county seat is not big, and it will be a while to the county office. The county magistrate sat in front of the public case and looked at Li Wumang, who had brought him to the hall.
"Report your name. ”
"In the next force. Li Wumang looked at the lobby, there were no officials standing on duty, and the county order was not strict even though it was stern. It's just that he wants to call himself a villain, but he can't open his mouth. Reduced his name by one word and called himself Liwu.
"Who's the Guy?"
"Duzhou. ”
"Why did you come to this county?" asked the prefectural magistrate unhurriedly.
"Do something small. After Li Wumang entered the county government, he was not ordered to kneel, and he did not call him a master when answering questions. Seeing that the county order was peaceful, he didn't think it was angry, and he was surprised in his heart.
The county magistrate asked the pharmacy shopkeeper who first complained and figured out what happened.
"Li Wu, where did Lingzhi come from?"
"It's a family collection. ”
"Recently, there have been no official documents from nearby states and counties that have lost Ganoderma lucidum and assisted in the investigation and seizure. However, this official will keep your portrait on the record, and if there is a case of the theft of Ganoderma lucidum in the future, you will not be able to leave. After the county order was finished, he laid a blank sheet of paper on the case and drew Li Wumang's appearance.
"Lingzhi is still yours, but you just call it the name of the Five Kingdoms, and you still accept punishment. The county magistrate put down his pen and asked.
"Admit the penalty, but there is no silver tael under it, and you need to sell the Ganoderma lucidum to pay the fine. ”
"Is the shopkeeper willing to accept his Ganoderma lucidum?" asked the county magistrate.
"Master, this Ganoderma lucidum is eight hundred years old, and it is worth 10,000 taels of silver, and the small shop can't afford it. ”
"How is this good? Li Wu, are you willing to discount the price?" the county commander frowned.
"The real price is 10,000 taels, and the villain is not willing to take advantage of Li Wu. Without waiting for Li Wumang to speak, the shopkeeper refused first.
"I am willing to mortgage the Ganoderma lucidum for a hundred taels of silver. Redeem in one month, and the interest is calculated as ten taels. If there is a customer who buys it during the period, he will give it to the next ten thousand taels of silver. Li Wumang looked at the shopkeeper.
"Okay. The shopkeeper nodded.
"That's it, the agent of the shopkeeper will not pay the fine. Retirement. ”
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Li Wumang got two silver taels and bought a horse and went to Duzhou. This time, when I went to the county government to see the officials, I had a general understanding of the situation in the independent country, and I was very satisfied with the change of name.
Staying overnight all the way, during which he deliberately stopped in several state capitals to observe the people's feelings. Everywhere I went, the markets prospered, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and I was very gratified.
It took ten days to reach Gaozhou, the capital of the independent country. Seeing that the Gaozhou city wall is still the same as when he left, it can be seen that the name change did not build a large number of buildings. Before coming to the original Gaozhou Governor's Palace, this was the imperial palace when Li Wumang ascended the throne.
Looking at the hanging plaque, I knew that the palace was still here, and it was not expanded. In front of the palace gate are ten guards. Thinking that the name change would not be in the palace, he went to the regent palace.
The Regent's Mansion was the residence of a partial general in Gaozhou in the past, and the courtyard of Sanjin. When they arrived at the gate, they saw two officers and soldiers guarding them. Li Wumang stepped forward, and a soldier stopped Li Wumang.
"This is the Regent's Palace, and no one is allowed to enter. ”
"I'm an old friend of the regent, please pass a word in, and I'll say that Li Wumang is here. ”
The soldiers were taken aback when they heard it, Li Wumang was the name of Emperor Datong, and he didn't know what to do for a while.
"Go in and let the steward come out. Li Wumang saw that the soldiers were frightened and smiled slightly.
The soldier ran in quickly, and after a while, a butler came out and bowed when he saw Li Wumang.
"I don't know if Your Majesty has arrived, and I have missed the distance, please forgive my sins. "This housekeeper is the old man of the Yi family, and he recognized Li Wumang at a glance.
Li Wumang nodded with satisfaction, at the first court meeting of the independent country, Li Wumang said that red tape should be eradicated, etiquette should be simplified, and there was no need to kneel down.
"Lead the way ahead. ”
"Your Majesty, please. ”
Entering the gate, someone had already announced the change of name. Yi Mingxiang came out of the hall and was very excited to see Li Wumang.
"His Majesty is finally back, and this year, the minister has been thinking about it day and night, looking forward to seeing His Majesty. The name change fell to the ground.
"Talking in the house. Li Wumang pulled the sleeve of the changed name and walked towards the hall.
The two entered the hall, where the regent ruled. Li Wumang looked around. "It's a little bit smaller. ”
"It's enough to deal with government affairs. Yi Mingxiang listened to what was being said in the room and introduced Li Wumang into the study.
As soon as he closed the door of the study, he changed his name and grabbed Li Wumang's hand. "Big brother, but you want me to die. ”
"The second brother is working alone in Acura, and the third brother and I also miss you very much. ”
The two sat down in their chairs and had a lot to say. The name change briefly talked about the state affairs after Li Wumang left Acura.
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After Li Wumang and Yi Fuan left, Anguo supported it for less than a year and was included in the territory of the independent country. Because of the light tax, the officials are incorruptible. The surrounding people yearn for it, and the other four countries have been in civil strife. Subsequently, the state was annexed, and for more than two years, the independent country did not spend a sword and soldiers, and the remaining four countries were in the bag. The royal families and nobles of various countries were treated preferentially according to the rules of the independent country, and those who committed adultery were severely punished.