Although Wu Bei lost his cultivation, his experience and wisdom were still there. He suddenly laughed, shaking his head while laughing.
The man who said he wanted to kill him frowned and asked, "Boy, why are you laughing?"
Wu Bei: "I laugh at why you are so stupid."
"You dare to call me stupid?" The man was furious and hit Wu Bei on the face, making the corners of his mouth bleed.
Wu Bei was still sneering: "If you are not stupid, you should send someone to deliver a message to my home. My family is very rich. You can ask any price and my family will be satisfied."
When this group of people heard this, they were all stunned. Yes, why not take advantage of this kid and ask his family for money?
At this time, a reasonably intelligent person said: "But if this happens, your family will catch us through the government."
Wu Beidao: "I can write a letter saying that I am lost here and need money very much. If you send someone to deliver the letter to my house, my family will naturally give you a sum of money. In this way, you
I got the money, but I won’t be wanted by the government, it’s the best of both worlds.”
The "smart man" nodded repeatedly: "This is a very good idea. Boy, if you cooperate with us so much, do you want us to let you go?"
Wu Bei: "Of course. If you don't kill me, I can keep writing letters to my family asking for money. Of course, you'd better be more polite to me, so that I can ask for more."
A big man asked: "Boy, how much money does your family have?"
Wu Bei actually didn't know what the currency here was. He looked contemptuous and asked: "What is the largest amount of money you have ever seen in your life?"
A big man said: "To say that I have seen the most money, of course it's me. When I was twenty-five years old, I once went to the city to work and saw ten crystal coins!"
People around him were amazed.
"Ten crystal coins! One crystal coin can be exchanged for 800 gold coins!"
"Yes. One gold coin is enough to feed our family for three years!"
Wu Bei listened to the discussion of this group of people and already knew in his heart that the largest denomination currency most of them had ever come into contact with was gold coins, and one gold coin was enough to feed a family for three years, so the purchasing power was quite good.
He said: "Our family doesn't have many crystal coins, but we have a lot of gold coins. I'll write a letter and ask my family first for five hundred gold coins."
Everyone got excited when they heard that there were five hundred taels. If these five hundred taels were distributed to everyone, it would be enough for each of their families to eat for more than ten years!
At this time, the "smart man" said: "What if your family asks you why you don't go back?"
Wu Bei: "My family has never cared much about me. All you have to say is that I like hunting here and have fallen in love with a girl in the village."
The villagers nodded one after another, feeling that Wu Bei's method was perfect.
The "smart man" smiled and said: "Little brother, if you are so cooperative, we will definitely not treat you badly. Please come and sit in the room."
Soon, Wu Bei was invited to a large courtyard. The owner of the courtyard was an old man, over sixty years old. He was the most famous in the village, and all major decisions were made by him.
The old man sat on the bamboo chair. He thought about it for a while and said, "This method is feasible. Bring me a pen and paper and let him write a letter."
When it comes to writing letters, Wu Bei is not familiar with the writing in this world. He said: "How to write a letter, I have to think about it. Do you have any books here? Show me a few. My father said, I am
You can play whatever you want outside, but you must not forget to study."
When Wu Bei said this, the villagers all had strange expressions.
He was thinking badly, don't people in this world like reading?
Sure enough, someone said: "Your father is really interesting. Reading is the most useless thing, but he actually lets you study."
Wu Beidao: "I'm not very literate, but my father wants me to read more and become literate."
Everyone said: "What's the matter? We can't read either. In the whole village, only the old patriarch knows a few words."
Wu Beixin said that he didn't even know how to read, so that would be easy.
He then looked at the old man and said, "This must be the old patriarch, right?"
The old man nodded: "I am the patriarch of the village."
Wu Beixiao asked: "Old patriarch, how many words do you know? Do you know as many as me?"
Being able to recognize a few words is actually the old man's greatest pride, and it is also the reason why he has been able to serve as the clan leader in the village. He immediately said: "Not many, more than a hundred words. I can write simple letters."
Wu Bei gave a thumbs up: "The old patriarch is a smart man, and I only know more than fifty words. I will have to ask you for advice when I write a letter later."
The old patriarch nodded: "That's no problem. You know fifty people, and I know more than a hundred, which adds up to a lot. Let's discuss and write."
After some discussion, everyone locked Wu Bei in a room. There were several tattered books in the room, one was a local gazetteer, and the rest were miscellaneous books. However, there was a nearby topographic map.
, which made Wu Bei feel like he had found a treasure.
After everyone left, he opened the map and checked. He found that although these characters were different from the characters in his world, he could still distinguish them. After a few more glances, he got used to these mutated characters.
The map indicates that there is a small town more than a hundred miles away from here, which can be reached by climbing over a mountain. Three hundred and ninety miles further east of the town, there is a small town called Zhangcheng. From here, it takes five days to get to Zhangcheng.
It was more than a hundred miles away, and it would take these villagers ten days and a half to walk there.
After reading the map, he studied local chronicles and miscellaneous books. Soon, he mastered the writing here.
At noon, he opened the door, and a person specially guarding him squatted at the door and asked, "Have you made up your mind?"
Wu Beidao said: "I have already written the letter." As he said this, he handed the man a letter with only a few dozen words but obliterated many times.
The man quickly took the letter and showed it to the old patriarch. The old patriarch knew a dozen words and judged from experience that Wu Bei was indeed asking for money from his family. He nodded and said, "Kill one sheep and stew two more."
Chicken, treat this young man well."
The old patriarch knew very well that Wu Bei would be their cash cow from now on, and only if he was well entertained would he be able to continuously ask his family for money.
Wu Bei had just come to this world. His stomach was empty and he was starving for a long time. When the food was served, he picked up a leg of lamb and started to chew on it. The leg of lamb was submerged in sauce and tasted very good. After finishing the meal
Legs of lamb, he ate a whole chicken, and lots of bacon.
The old patriarch smiled and watched him eat. When he was full, he asked: "Young man, where will this letter be sent?"
Wu Bei had already seen the map and said, "Send it to Zhangcheng. Do you know about Zhangcheng?"
The old patriarch and the others looked at each other and saw the smile in each other's eyes.
The old patriarch said: "Of course we know Zhangcheng, it is a city relatively close to us. Your family is a big family in Zhangcheng, right?"
It is written in local chronicles that the four surnames Xia, Huang, Wu and Liu are the most powerful in Zhangcheng, among which the Huang surname is good at doing business.
He said: "My surname is Huang. When you go to Zhangcheng and ask Uncle Huang, you can ask anyone and he will take you to our home."
The old patriarch knew something about Zhangcheng. He had even been there several times when he was young. He nodded immediately: "Young man, it seems you are not lying. The Huang family is indeed the richest in Zhangcheng."
Wu Bei: "Just bring the letter with you, and my family will naturally give you five hundred gold coins."
The old patriarch: "Young man, I hope you can give us another token. After all, your family just sees the letter and may not believe that you are with us."
Wu Bei took out a jade pendant from his waist and said, "Okay, take this."
This chapter has been completed!