Chapter 23 Tian Lin
The problem of grain tax was solved, and the tense expressions of the villagers like Lausanne relaxed. This year, the disaster was caused, and the fields were almost completely free of charge. The word "tax" was like a heavy mountain pressing on the hearts of every villager. Now they no longer have to be nervous. A villager immediately escaped from the crowd and ran back to the village to report the good news.
It is Linbian Village’s business to come and pay taxes. It’s time for Liu Xiu to solve his problems.
The villagers and the villagers left the yard, and a group of people in front rushed over with excitement and nervousness. The leader was a boy in black, followed by more than a dozen sword-wielding guards.
Liu Xiu just took a look and both sides passed by.
Coming back to the noisy street, Liu Xiu thought for a while and looked at Luosang and said, "Brothers, please help me..."
Before Liu Xiu could finish his words, Luo Shan immediately interrupted Liu Xiu and patted his chest and said, "Neither must not say that, but if you have instructions, we will never refuse at all."
When he came, the old village chief gave a serious order to try his best to meet all Liu Xiu's requests. This warning was kept in his heart by Luo Shan and the others.
Seeing this, Liu Xiu simply said bluntly: "I am going to buy some things, but I have no money. I originally wanted to sell the salt I brought before buying things, but now I have changed my mind. Please help me bring some salt to exchange for what I want!"
Liu Xiu brought dozens of kilograms of snow-white salt. At first, he planned to exchange it for money and then buy other ones. However, after observing in the town before, he found that the salt sold in many salt-trading shops was not as good as he brought. It was packed with blocks, with many impurities and a peculiar smell, so he changed his attention.
The sudden appearance of dozens of kilograms of snow-white salt that is not on the market will definitely cause trouble. Therefore, Liu Xiu simply dispersed the barter to reduce his influence, which may still attract attention, but the impact is undoubtedly much smaller than that of selling all.
"My benefactor wants to change something, just give him the order." Lausanne took the lead in expressing his opinion.
After thinking about it, Liu Xiu said, "Actually, it's not a big deal, but it's just some ordinary tools, such as knives, axes, hoes, and seeds of ordinary crops. By the way, it's best to change to a set of carpenter's tools. Well, there are also some needles, threads, and cloths...."
After Liu Xiu finished speaking, the dozens of villagers had planned together, and it was not a problem at all, so Liu Xiu distributed the dozens of salt he brought to them, and they quickly dispersed.
In fact, what Liu Xiu wanted to change to some books in this world, but he couldn't read, so he had to give up for the time being.
When Liu Xiu asked the villagers to help him change things, in the tax-collecting courtyard of the Tian family, the boy in black who passed Liu Xiu came here and asked loudly, "Where is the silver thread grass? I heard that I got a silver thread grass? Where is it? Hurry, show it to me!"
"Young master, you're not in a hurry, the silver thread grass is here." The old man in gray who had been the first to use silver thread grass to pay taxes immediately stepped forward and presented the silver thread grass.
In such a short time, he had already prepared an exquisite wooden box to hold silver thread grass.
After snatching the box and opening it, the boy in black looked over and over again, and became more and more excited as he looked, and he was so happy that his mouth almost grinned to his ears.
"It's indeed silver thread grass, it's indeed silver thread grass. That's right, it's great, haha, I didn't expect to get a silver thread grass. My dream will be realized soon!"
He murmured to himself with excitement. The young man put the silver thread grass in his arms and patted the baby. Then he looked up and asked the old man in gray: "By the way, where are the people who used silver thread grass to pay taxes? Let me see where."
The people around were stunned. They were just nervous before, and they didn't even know when Liu Xiu and others left.
"Uh, this, young master, they seem to have left," said the old man in gray embarrassedly.
The boy was speechless and looked at the other party and said, "Old Zhao, you are all in your decades. Why did you ignore these details? What if they still have silver thread grass, wouldn't they missed it?"
"The young master has taught me a lesson, but they probably haven't gone far yet. Why don't I have someone go and look for it?" the old man in gray smiled apologized.
Needless to say, most of the guards around him who were conscious of his tactfulness suddenly left...
The villagers used salt to help Liu Xiu change things, but Liu Xiu was not idle either. He had more important things to do, that is, to exchange the ink leopard skin for money.
Although the beast like Mo Bao was just a person who killed Liu Xiu with one punch, it was a terrifying existence for ordinary people. There was no need to deliberately find a place to acquire. Luosang and Luoshan, who had not left, found two bamboo poles to spread. The Mo Baoskin, which was larger than a wall, was the best advertisement.
The black and shiny ink leopard skin immediately caused a sensation as soon as it appeared. After a while, Liu Xiu and his men were surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside. People pointed and discussed with amazement.
"God, this is the ink leopard skin, it's still complete. This is the first time I have seen it!"
"I can't imagine how fierce Mo Bao was when he was alive. Just looking at this skin made me almost pee."
"Mo Bao's skin is here, so Mo Bao must have been killed. I don't know how much life cost!"
"What if it's a trap?"
"What trap can kill Mo Bao? Try it for me!"
“…”
People just watched and discussed, but no one asked about the price.
Liu Xiu was not in a hurry. How could ordinary people buy Mo Bao’s skin? What he wanted were the big dogs that attracted after the news spread.
The big dog family did not attract him, but the boy in black who had a glimpse of the past came with a group of people.
"Young Master Tian is here!"
I don’t know who called out, and the crowd automatically dispersed, and the boy came to the center with more than a dozen guards.
"Young master, it's the silver thread they brought... Uh..." A black-clothed guard who had seen Liu Xiu and the others spoke, but before he finished speaking, he looked at Mo Baopi who was stretched open and suddenly widened his eyes and subconsciously took a breath of air conditioning.
Not to mention him, even the boy in black only had the ink leopard skin in front of him at this moment.
My heart twitched, and the boy took a deep breath, finally withdrew his gaze, looked at Liu Xiu, who was looking at him opposite, and asked, "This ink leopard skin is also yours?"
Liu Xiu looked at the boy in black. He looked seventeen or eighteen years old, with beautiful eyebrows and smart eyes. He thought that this was his second time meeting. Someone had called out Mr. Tian before, and thought he should be an important member of the Tian family in Qingliu Town.
Hearing the other party's words, Liu Xiu nodded and admitted that Mo Baosie was his own.
The boy got Liu Xiu's affirmative answer and his eyes lit up: "Do you sell it? Get a price!"
He seemed to have forgotten the real purpose of coming to Liu Xiu.
Liu Xiu was caught off guard, but he didn't expect that the other party was so straightforward and immediately became difficult. What price is appropriate? After all, Liu Xiu knew too little about the prices in this world.
So I had to ask Luo Shan: "What is the right price?"
Luo Shan scratched his head, and he had never sold ink leopard skin. He was entangled for a moment and suddenly thought of something and whispered: "Negotiable, I don't know how much the price of the ink leopard skin is, but I'll tell you something for reference. I heard from my father that a piece of ink leopard skin was sold in our village decades ago. It was exchanged for dozens of lives. At that time, the skin was still in shabby, but it was sold for thirteen gold. Although I don't know what the thirteen gold is, you can bid based on this point."
Liu Xiu heard Luosang say about this matter, and when he listened to it, he immediately felt a clear idea in his heart.
So he looked at the boy in front and stretched out his two fingers and said, "Twenty gold!"
The ink leopard skin is very precious, and even the ragged ones can be sold for thirteen gold. What you bring is complete, and it is unreasonable that it is not worth twenty gold.
Hearing Liu Xiu's offer, the boy in black twitched his mouth. Seeing that Liu Xiu and his other people were obviously countrymen in their clothes, they were originally moved and wanted to say something. Suddenly, they noticed that another group of people appeared beside them looking leisurely, and immediately changed their words: "The deal is twenty gold, twenty gold, but I don't have that much money now. Can I wait a moment and let my subordinates withdraw money?"
Liu Xiu suspected that the price he quoted was low, but he had already said something and took it back without reason, so he nodded and said, "Okay."
The transaction was reached, and the other party did not give money or Liu Xiu, but he put it away.
At this moment, the boy in black breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the group of people he was paying attention to, especially one of the young men in blue, and smiled: "Brother Zhou, I'm sorry, I bought the Mo Baoskin."
A hint of unwillingness flashed in the young man's eyes, but he shrugged and said, "You discussed the deal with him first. Since you are in love and I will not say anything. Let's go first. Come to my house to play when you have time."
After saying that, the young man looked at Liu Xiu thoughtfully, nodded slightly and took the person away.
Twenty gold is definitely not a small amount. Liu Xiu thought in his mind about which silver thread grass and this Mo Baoskin are of higher value.
While waiting for his subordinates to get the money, the young man in black came to Liu Xiu's side and looked up and down, "My name is Tian Lin, what do you call me brother?"
"Liu Xiu" Liu Xiu nodded with a smile, curious that this guy did not actually rob. Liu Xiu had previously guessed that Mo Baosie might cause something to happen.
Mo Baoshe is his, unlike Silver Wire Grass. Silver Wire Grass is not his own. How to deal with it has made a decision, it is difficult for him to interfere too much. If Mo Baoshe causes trouble, he will send Luosang and others to solve it himself. It seems that everyone is happy now.
When Tian Lin nodded when he heard Liu Xiu's name, he asked curiously: "How did you get Mo Baopi?"
"I said I was lucky to meet a black leopard drowned and picked it up. Do you believe it?" Liu Xiu shrugged and said.
Tian Lin curled his lips and said, "This is almost the same. You don't have the ability to kill Mo Bao. Moreover, Mo Bao's skin is complete. I believe it is you picked it up."
Liu Xiu didn't even blew the fact that he punched Mo Bao.
Then Tian Lin looked at Liu Xiu with great enthusiasm and asked, "You also brought the silver thread grass? Are there any other good things?"
"It's gone, where are there so many good things in the world?" Liu Xiu spread his hands.
Tian Lin nodded, wondering if he really believed it, but he said, "That's right, there is such a good thing in the world, and I haven't been doing it again and again. Let's talk about it, where did you come from the silver thread grass and the black leopard skin? I'll try my luck when I have time."
"On the Cliff of Life and Death, I picked up a drowned leopard and a silver thread grass. We went to more than fifty people, and in the end, only two of them came out alive. Do you really have to try your luck?" Liu Xiu looked at him strangely and said, half true and half false.
Hearing these words, Tian Lin and the people around him took a breath.
"Life and Death Cliff, forget it, no matter how much life is, I won't be enough to fill it, so I'll still not go to die." He sighed at Liu Xiu with a thumbs up.
After a brief exchange, Liu Xiu was a little surprised. Tian Lin was carrying so many guards and did not have a domineering attitude at all at a young age. Could it be that his family tutor was so good?
This made Liu Xiu look at him with a little attention. After all, he was a person who was "easy to bully".
While speaking, two men in black quickly came here and handed a clattering cloth bag to Tian Lin.
Open it and glanced, and the corner of his mouth curled. Although Tian Lin felt a little painful, he threw the bag to Liu Xiu and said, "Twenty golds, please read it little by little."
After receiving the bag, Liu Xiu poured out the things inside and presented them with golden coins in his hand.
"Tsk, this transaction cannot be achieved." Liu Xiu put the gold coins back into the bag and threw them at Tian Lin and said.
Tian Lin laughed and slapped the guard who brought gold coins in the head, pointed at Liu Xiu and said, "Hurry up, take it out. I really think that every countryman doesn't know the numbers."
The guard smiled awkwardly and had to take out three gold coins from his arms and throw them to Liu Xiu.
Damn, I really bully the country people and don’t know how many people are. I actually got three of them with twenty gold coins. This is my own experience. How bad can ordinary country people be cheated by me if I don’t know?
Liu Xiu didn't know how much the three gold coins were worth. He didn't believe that a guard dared to be greedy for so many people, but it was meaningless to pursue so many people at this time.
After getting twenty gold coins and the transaction was completed, Mo Bao's skin was naturally handed over to Tian Lin.
After he got the thing, he waved to Liu Xiu and said, "You have helped me a lot, but I have to leave first. If you have good things next time, come to me directly and you will definitely not lose money. After all, you know what you know, haha, you can't lose money..."
Tian Lin took his people away, and Liu Xiu threw away his money bag, thinking it was interesting.
That guy is young, but he is very smart.
"Young Master, you just handed over twenty gold coins to him like this? That's equivalent to nearly one-fifth of our Tian family's income a year. If you don't look for two people, you'll have the opportunity..." After leaving, a fierce light flashed in the eyes of a guard next to Tian Lin and said coldly.
"Are you a pig?" Tian Lin looked at the proposed guard coldly and said contemptuously.
The guard was stunned and didn't know what was wrong.
Shaking his head, Tian Lin curled his lips and said, "Silver thread grass and ink leopard skin appear in one person's hands at the same time. Do you think this is really a coincidence and luck? Use your pig brain to think about it carefully. Although twenty gold coins are heartbreaking, the ink leopard skin and the silver thread grass can really help a lot. In this way, let's first find out about their origin and background. Don't act on your own and alert the snake?"
"I understand," the guard nodded.
Chapter completed!