Soul echo

Chapter 581
"Are you sure you will only stay for one day?"

The shopkeeper stood behind the counter thinking about his calculations, and looked up at Zhong Ye and the others, "Three single rooms are gone, but there are still three single rooms and one suite. If you don't mind the guests, can one single room and one suite be okay?"

Zhong Ye turned his questioning eyes to Lilian and the others, and saw them nodding impatiently.

"so be it."

Hearing this, the shopkeeper smiled happily, "Chenghui, four taels of silver."

Since there was only one bathroom in the suite, Zhong Ye handed over the key to his room to Lilian, while he stayed and listened to the bragging and farting of merchants and rangers in the lobby of the inn.

This inn is very big, even in the bustling area of ​​Jinmen, there is a whole area surrounded by three dormitory buildings.

The largest bathhouse in Jinmen is next to the inn, but considering that some guests are from the south, they may not be comfortable with being honest with others. Therefore, each room in the inn is equipped with a bathroom, and the bathroom is connected to the water pipe from the adjacent bathhouse , as long as the switch is turned, hot water will be poured into the bucket of the bathroom.

Apart from the accommodation environment, the food in this inn named 'Fuyun' is also excellent. Whether it's hot or cold dishes, pastries and snacks, they all have their own characteristics and are delicious.

In addition, the owner behind the inn is powerful and can get a lot of spirits and fine wines, so Jinmen businessmen and rangers like to come to this place.

When Zhong Ye and the others first arrived in Dongtu, they still don't know what the situation in Dongtu is like.

Although Zhong Ye participated in an internal test before and came to Dongtu, it was almost two years ago, and he can't remember many things clearly. This period of time is enough for Dongtu to undergo earth-shaking changes.

Now he already knew that most of the countries in the world of Dan had countries on Earth to connect and communicate with them. The Kingdom of Gaul was France, and the Kingdom of Rhine was Germany, so the country corresponding to the Eastern Land Empire was naturally Huaxia.

Countries in the Western Continent may still have doubts and doubts about their "different time and space counterparts", but the Huang Empire is different. Facing a civilization of the same language and the same species as China, the cultural identity rooted in the basic civilization will make it easy for them to You can accept Huaxia's communication and support.

China's technological development and social transformation are at a higher level than other countries on the earth. With the help of this powerful external force, even if a dog becomes emperor, the development of Dongtu cannot be slowed down—unless the emperor is on the throne Sitting is Zhao Gou.

Therefore, in the more than a year since he left Dongtu, Dongtu must have undergone many changes.

The diners in the inn came from all over the world, and their accents were also different. Fortunately, they all spoke Eastern dialect, which Zhong Ye could barely understand.

While eating and listening, suddenly, a piece of news caught Zhong Ye's attention.

"I heard there is no? Something happened to the Zhuangzi of the Wang family in the north of the city. He offered a reward of 100 taels of silver. He wanted to solve the problem. The notice was just posted the day before yesterday. Someone went there in the afternoon. What happened? That person died miserably." gone."

"Wang Yidan's Wang family? Retribution!"

"Who says it's not? I just feel sorry for the little lady who was just snatched away by Wang Yidan. She just entered the door a few days ago, and she will be implicated."

"Hey! Maybe that little lady made it..."

North of the city, Wangjiazhuang... write it down.

Zhong Ye took a sip of the tea, then picked up the chopsticks to eat.

Apart from what happened in this family near Jinmen, Zhong Ye also learned other news.

For example, a railway was built between Yingtian Mansion and Shuntian Mansion, and it will be opened to traffic in the middle of the year; another example is that Shushan is preparing to open its gates to recruit disciples;

knock!
While Zhong Ye was eating and drinking, someone sat next to him with a wine glass, and the wine glass sat on the table, attracting his attention.

"Little brother just came back from Westland?"

Zhong Ye glanced at him, the man's face was flushed, his eyes were blurred, and he could tell he was drunk.

"Yes." After replying, he withdrew his gaze and continued to eat.

The drunk hiccupped, and asked with a smile: "I think you are a ranger, little brother, right? Are you interested in doing something big?"

The chopsticks didn't stop, Zhong Ye chewed the ribs without even spitting out the bones, chewed them up and swallowed them.

"Tell me."

The drunk didn't notice this, so he ordered a little drink in the glass with his finger and drew a character 'King' on the table.

"The Wang family in the north of the city...something happened, and a reward of 100 taels of silver was offered. Hero posts were sent to Jianghu, and heroes and mages from all walks of life were invited to go and slay demons."

Zhong Ye listened, and suddenly asked: "The Wang family should have hired a lot of people like you, right?"

"Hey, I can't say..." The drunk burped again.

'Can't say' means that the Wang family should have hired quite a few people like this.

Just hiring these people is a huge expense, but the reward offered is only 100 taels.

The Ming Dynasty absorbed a large amount of silver and gold from East Asia and Southeast Asia. Although most of these gold and silver were collected by families and temples, in the process of changing the dynasty of the founder of the Huang Dynasty, countless families were wiped out, followed by cutting mountains. The temple was broken, causing gold and silver to flow out and enter the people.

With the development and progress of society, the productive forces have been further liberated, and today's Huangguo has faintly entered the next social stage, and has begun the pain of transformation.

Therefore, compared with the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the purchasing power of silver dropped slightly.

The current 100 taels of silver can probably only support one person eating and drinking for a month, or buying a small field outside the Central Plains, and you can't have both - these things are what Zhong Ye learned from the bank. arrived.

A mere 100 taels of silver can at most attract people near Jinmen. If this news can spread to Jinmen, no one will be willing to run around for the 100 taels of silver, even if it is only in the neighboring county.

That's why Zhong Ye felt strange that he had money to hire someone to promote, but he didn't offer a higher reward?

Moreover, as a country gentry and local tyrant, the Wang family didn't choose to report to the officials, but distributed heroic posts to people in the world?Could it be that the power of the government is not as good as that of the green forest hawkers?
"What, little brother, is there any intention?" the drunk asked with his tongue out.

Zhong Ye put down his chopsticks, and took out a piece of napkin to wipe off the grease stains on his mouth.

"I'll go take a look."

"Okay!" The drunken man's eyes lit up, "When the time comes, please report my name as 'Zhu Lao San' so that I can earn some hard work money, okay? Little brother, brother, I have a family to support, as soon as you open your mouth , Report my name to the Wang family, brother, I may spend three more days of talking."

Hearing this, Zhong Ye was silent for a moment, then sighed, "Definitely."

"It's a deal!" The drunk clapped his palms, stood up, cupped his fists and saluted, "Brother, I won't bother you anymore, goodbye!"

After 'Zhu Laosan' got up and left, someone beside him sneered: "Zhu Laosan is so lazy, he knows that Wang's stuff is a cannibal, and he has no conscience to coax people to die, bah! Despicable!"

The man didn't look at Zhong Ye, but just talked about it with his companions, but the voice was not low at all, enough for Zhong Ye and Zhu Laosan, who was swaying away, to hear.

Zhu Laosan left without stopping.

"Cannibalism?" Zhong Ye turned his head to look, "What do you say?"

The person who spoke just now groaned and didn't open his mouth, but his companion patiently explained: "Brother, you don't know something. It's been three days since the Wang family's reward post was posted. Jinmen is so big. It's not like there aren't people who are greedy for money or think about themselves. Tried, but no one can get out of Wangjiazhuang."

Zhong Ye raised his eyebrows lightly, "The government doesn't care?"

"Why don't you care?" The person who satirized Zhu Laosan before snorted coldly again, "People from the government have gone and walked around the Wangjiazhuang, but they didn't find anything. At that time, there were many heroes from Jinmen Follow along! If you want me to say, the Wang family must be collaborating with demons and secretly harming people!"

— Weird, very weird!
After hearing those words, Zhong Ye was keenly aware of something wrong with this matter.

If the Wang family really wanted to harm someone, wouldn't it be easier and more convenient to secretly capture someone than blatantly offer rewards to invite the gangsters?
Just like now, people know that Wangjiazhuang is weird, who wants to go?
After thinking about it for a while, Zhong Ye decided to go to Wangjiazhuang to find out.

(End of this chapter)