Chapter 285 Showing Off Wealth on a Large Scale
Five days after Zhuge Wolong escaped from prison, Xing Nancheng still did not find a prisoner missing. This was not only because Tang Lin's Sharingan was effective, but also because the imperial court was already extremely corrupt, and more than half of the prisoners in it were casually caught scapegoats.
These scapegoats have no names at all, and even the yamen servants can't tell who is who. Anyway, when people need to be arrested and beheaded, they just look at the ones that are not pleasing to the eye and pull them out. No one cares who the hacker is, let alone whether these people have escaped from prison.
If you run away, you run away, and you just go back and catch it again.
Under such circumstances, the Xingnan City Government Office simply did not notice Zhuge Wolong's departure.
With Tang Lin's help, Zhuge Wolong transformed himself and returned to Xingnan City as a rich man from other places. The convoy was mighty, with thirty carriages, loaded with gold, silver and jewels, entering Xingnan City with gongs and drums.
The soldiers in charge of guarding the gate forgot to ask for bribes when they saw this situation. The main reason is that the boxes of gold opened their lids, shining brightly in the sun, and those colorful but crystal clear gemstones, which are brighter than agate and rounder than jade.
Just one of these boxes is probably worth the tax revenue of the entire Xingnan City for a year. There are a whole hundred boxes here, just opened and blinded everyone's eyes. In this turbulent time, everyone can't wait to wrap the copper plates in cloth, so as not to cause the jingle to kill themselves.
Who has seen this kind of blatant showing off of wealth?
Therefore, the soldiers guarding the gate did not react until the convoy reached the gate of the city. Until a man with a height of eight feet and a gloomy face came over, threw a heavy bag of silver in front of them and said, "Open the door quickly, my master is going to the city to meet the prefect of Zheng."
What a dreamy feeling the soldiers felt when they heard the sound of the beautiful bag falling to the ground. One of them walked over and wanted to pick up the bag, but with so much force, he almost lost his waist.
The bag weighed at least thirty catties, dragged it over and opened it, it was full of white money.
Three hundred taels of silver!
This figure directly frightened them stupidly. They didn't expect to be able to get so much money. Three to fifty taels was enough for them to laugh for half a year. Blame them for exploiting the people, relying on the salary alone will starve the whole family to death.
The so-called greed is not enough for a snake to swallow an elephant. When someone saw the hundreds of taels of silver, someone was fascinated and said to the shady man, "This is not enough for the city gate tax."
The big man sneered and said, "Not enough? Then tell me the number."
The greedy soldier didn't expect that the big man looked majestic, but he was so talkative. After discussing with his colleagues for a while, he stammered and said, "Most...at least...five hundred taels of silver!"
This number is enough for him to breathe, five hundred taels of silver, not to mention receiving it, it is the first time to say it.
After hearing what the soldier said, the big man grabbed him as soon as he stretched out his hand. The body of a hundred catties is as light as nothing in the hands of the big man, and he can easily lift it into the air with one hand.
The soldier struggled in a panic, but the big man's hands were like cast iron, and he couldn't break free at all. The big man said viciously: "Five hundred taels? I think you are short of money to buy a coffin. Today I will send a coffin to your whole family."
As he said that, it seemed that he was about to throw the person in his hand to the ground fiercely. Judging by the strength of this person, he might be crushed to pieces with this fall.
Several other soldiers drew out their long knives in a panic and were about to slash at the big man, but unexpectedly the blades struck the man with the sound of gold and iron clanging. In addition to making his hands numb, he only left a few white marks on the big man.
This is invulnerable, probably because he has practiced horizontal kung fu such as the golden bell cover and iron cloth shirt.
"I don't know how to live or die." The big man snorted coldly, exuding a terrifying aura that made his legs weak, as if he was a ferocious beast that chooses people to devour.
Such a master of martial arts would not be afraid of any imperial court, anyway, none of the arrest warrants of Jiang Yang's bandits are drawn like this. Today's green forest heroes don't even need to change their appearance, and they still roam the world. So if they were beaten to death, they would really die in vain.
A group of soldiers and petty officials felt extremely regretful, obediently accepted the three hundred taels, and at least they would be rich for more than ten years. Get greedy, and you will lose your life in the end.
But just when the big man was about to kill, he heard a majestic voice from the convoy: "Baqi, save them."
Hearing this, the big man said to the frightened soldiers: "My master is merciful, so you are lucky."
The big man threw people casually, and knocked a group of soldiers into gourds. It was inevitable to hurt their muscles and bones, but at least they didn't hurt their lives.
The big man didn't bother to look at the group of soldiers, so he threw down another bag of silver and said to them: "I'll give you one thousand taels, and I want to see if you have any money to spend."
The white silver was scattered all over the place, and the convoy directly smashed through the antlers of the city gate and drove straight in.
Only when the huge convoy left did those few soldiers dare to get up from the ground and desperately snatch the silver on the ground. However, this scene has already been seen by other people in Xingnan City, and it will spread throughout the city within half a day.
Relying on their status in the imperial court, these soldiers have harmed many people in their daily life, but not everyone dares to provoke them. It was not worth the loss before, and it didn't make sense to kill a few soldiers who didn't have much money. But now these people actually have thousands of taels of silver, and if they grab it, they will make a lot of money.
As for that team, it's not that no one covets it, but those who dare to swagger through the market with so much money are definitely not ordinary people, so even if this wealth is more exciting, no one will rush forward foolishly at the first time.
This convoy was naturally written by Tang Lin. If Zhuge Wolong wants to buy an official and enter politics, he needs to start with the prefect of Xingnan. Tang Lin discussed with Zhuge Wolong, and it was not acceptable to go directly to the prefect Zheng with money. Everyone knows that the current imperial court is rotten, and a powerless scholar appears in front of the magistrate with a large sum of money, even if there is no scum left.
Therefore, Tang Lin needs to help Zhuge Wolong build momentum first, and Zhuge Wolong can no longer use his original name. His fame is too great, but this fame will only bring troubles, and it will only hinder him from entering politics.
"Mr. Zhuge, from now on you can use the pseudonym Zhu Yilong." Tang Lin suggested seriously.
Zhuge Wolong didn't care about pseudonyms, so he decided to use the name Zhu Yilong. Tang Lin pulled out a bunch of subordinates from the storage space, pretending to be super rich people from overseas. My ancestor was from the Central Plains, but he went overseas to do business many years ago, and now hides in the Central Plains with a huge amount of wealth due to the war.
As for Zhuge Wolong, Tang Lin's "cousin", as a representative, went to visit the local gentry and officials. With this identity, Zhuge Wolong can justifiably contact Zheng Zhifu. With the wealth and military support of a rich man like Tang Lin, with Zhuge Wolong's ability, it should be no problem to get the recommendation of the prefect of Zheng.
Don't think that the masters of the literary world are the kind of stinky and stubborn literary youths. The so-called sophistication of human feelings means writing. Among the famous literati throughout the ages, most of them are high-ranking people, just like the famous Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties, all of whom are officials. .
People who try to understand people's hearts will not be too bad to be an official.
The convoy entered the city, shocking the people of Xingnan. Tang Lin flaunted his wealth all the way, but anyone who watched by the side of the road would give money directly, and anyone who said something nice would double it! Then I bought and bought all the way, bought two streets near the gate of the city, and bought a big house in the wealthy area.
Such a large amount of money made everyone see Tang Lin's financial resources. When they settled down, countless invitations were sent to Tang Lin's new home. Tang Lin handed over these things to Zhuge Wolong to deal with, these are his network resources when he becomes an official in the future.
As for Tang Lin, he left his family behind and ran over to investigate the reason for the City of Mummy. It's just that ghosts and monsters are knowledge blind spots for Tang Lin, so he also found an expert from another plane to help.
ps: The blocked chapter probably won't be released, and I still don't know what is the violation. Anyway, there is only a reminder of vulgar, pornographic and sensitive content in the background, but no matter how I change it, it doesn't work. I'm so sorry, I'm out of luck.