Chapter 114: You have to be free even if you risk your life
The currency of the Dashun Dynasty was based on silver, and silver and copper coins were used in the market. It is said that paper money was only sealed in the Jianghuai Dynasty money house, which shows the prosperity under the rule of the Huai King.
By the Shun Dynasty, silver mine mining had been mass-produced and scaled, showing a relative pattern of cheap silver and expensive copper. The official price of silver and copper was one liang and six hundred copper coins, and the actual price had reached less than five hundred. The people paid silver and donated money at the official price of copper, and the difference was greedy for local officials.
A family of ten people with three generations living together, spending less than two taels of silver a year for enough food and clothing. For example, the Marquis of Dingguo could take out several hundred taels of silver a month to pay monthly money to male unprofitable men, but there were not many families in the capital. Even if Liu Yu and his wife took out more than four hundred taels of silver a month, it would take more than two years to save enough money to redeem themselves without food or drinking. By then, Liu Yu would have been trained to become a savage in the bandit's nest.
Liu Yu suddenly felt that his future was dark and silent, and the good times were gone. In the future, he would either become a bandit or be buried in the wilderness. The proud laughter of the bandits also became harsh.
The whole body of qi and blood was sealed by a woman's finger pressing against his neck. She didn't have the strength to struggle. Sitting and waiting for death was the most painful torture, especially for Liu Yu, who had been kidnapped by Liu Liniang. Even if he died, he didn't want to endure the torture of losing his freedom again.
Qi Fang and Zhang Wuzhu are both martial artists. They wanted to fight with brute force, but they were knocked over to the ground by one palm. Xu Xuanzhu was isolated and helpless. Her martial arts skills were too far away from that woman. Even if she came to rescue her, she would send a sheep into the tiger's mouth. But Xu Xuanzhu still held the sword without hesitation to attack. The woman held the sword in her right hand and dodged with Liu Yu in her left arm. Xu Xuanzhu made a sword move with fierce moves to kill her life. The sword breaks and the opening of the long sword still can't hurt the woman at all. On the contrary, she has already lost her fortune.
Liu Yu couldn't move, but he still felt it. When the woman was holding him around with her armpits, she could clearly feel the softness of the woman's ribs in her right arm and elbow.
Liu Yu's mind was suddenly covered by a huge feeling of fear and anger. With a sound of "click!", his arm seemed to be broken by him, and he hit the woman's armpit with an elbow. The woman was wandering under Xu Xuanzhu's crazy sword move. Unexpectedly, the cowardly man who had no ability to resist would break through the body's limitations and attack her weakness. This is both the shame of a woman and the external air valve of a practitioner. This elbow immediately restricted her energy, and the fingers pressed against Liu Yu's neck loosened.
"puff!"
Xu Xuanzhu took advantage of the situation and stabbed the woman in the chest with a sword. This was not the end. Liu Yu, who had blood in the corner of the mouth, broke free from freedom. He had the cruel light of a ferocious beast in his eyes, waved his fist with his ferocious face, and punched the woman in his face with all his life. Even though the woman had a few layers of black veil wrapped around her face, she was still beaten by Liu Yu with one punch. The man flew three or four meters away, and the sword in his hand fell off. "Wow!" he vomited blood on the ground, with a tooth in it.
Everything happened too suddenly, and the battle situation turned around in an instant. Even the people from the Fengguizhai did not expect that Liu Yuben could attack suddenly without any resistance, and it was too late to come to support.
Liu Yu stood up in panting and came to his senses. He was shocked to be able to burst out energy that he could not even imagine. Killing the master of the random punches was not only a legend, but also a martial arts master would be beaten to the ground to look for teeth.
The woman's energy was damaged, and Xu Xuanzhu still refused to give her a chance to breathe, lifting her sword and then getting on, but the other party was a master after all, and a brief setback did not mean that she would surrender. The woman stood firm without saying a word, stopped fighting, jumped high on the ground with her feet, and used the "light skills" that Liu Yu had never seen before. She stepped on the wall and her other foot had stepped on the three-meter-high wall, and the figure disappeared into the vastness of the night.
Su Zhe said calmly: "General Liu's injury is unknown, but it is not a problem to come and go to Fangzhou City in two days. It will not be too late to find a famous doctor in Fangzhou to treat it. It is not too late. I will go back to rest first. The matter of suppressing bandits must be taken seriously by County Magistrate Mi."
Looking at Su Zhe's back as he left, Liu Yu was angry. It seemed that Su Zhe not only had a weird temper, but also had no kindness. At least he followed him to do business. His subordinates were injured. He did not even express his sympathy and condolences as his boss, and he only knew how to urge him to rush to work.
Su Yan was serving medicine to deliver tea. When he returned to Chang'an City, Su Yan would marry Xiaoyu, and he gradually learned to be considerate.
"Husband, Tangwu County is a small county town, mostly quack doctors. When you enter the county town, there will be many famous doctors and doctors." Xu Xuanzhu wiped his tears and looked nice, "It will be cured."
Liu Yu's face was very relaxed, but he asked someone to fix his arm as a fracture and hang it around his neck. He would both rest and rush to go on his way, but he was a little unstable to hold the reins with his left arm on his horse. He needed to be fed by Xu Xuanzhu.
The rain is intermittent, and the road is smooth, but Liu Yu always feels being followed, but he can't find the person to follow.
Two days later, the party entered the first stop for the grain collection, Fangzhou County, Huaibei Province. As soon as they entered the city, Su Zhe had to hurry to find the county magistrate of Fangzhou County to discuss the grain collection matters. Su Yan had no choice but to follow. Hu Xuan and Liu Ting, as Su Yan's aides, naturally had to follow him, Qi Fang and Zhang Wuzhu also had to escort him. Xu Xuanzhu and Qu Zhu stayed and accompanied the injured Liu Yu to the city to visit the doctor.
Over the past two days, Liu Yu's right arm has become more and more trembling. His entire elbow has been red and swollen. I have seen the doctor, and some have given injections and some have given medicine. The reason for this is also varied, which makes Liu Yu feel unreliable.
When Liu Yu and others returned to the inn, Su Zhe and others had not yet returned from the government office. But Su Yan walked into the door with two small bamboo cages.
"Master, look, these two crickets are the kings of stoves. They are only three taels of silver per person. They are worth it. You can earn at least ten times the amount of money you can get back to Chang'an." Su Yan showed off to Liu Yu excitedly.
Liu Yu had a bad temper due to an arm injury. At this time, his face darkened and asked, "The discussion has been completed? Where is the King of Chu?"
"My seventh emperor is still talking to the prefect Yu in the prefect's office. I can't understand the mess, so I let Hu Xuan and the others stay and tell the master you will be done."
Liu Yu was speechless. This is the difference between being a human being and being an official. As soon as Su Yan entered Fangzhou City, he could find a place to sell cheap crickets, but he was indifferent to the serious matter of paying food.
"Since you went to the street market, what else can you gain besides the cheap crickets here? For example, how are the prices and people's livelihood in Fangzhou City?" Liu Yu asked.
Su Yan was stunned: "Ah? Master, what is the price and people's livelihood...what does it mean? Hehe, let me talk about it first. Maybe I have discovered it, but I just don't understand what is going on."
"What is the price of grains and grains in Fangzhou?" Liu Yu asked again.
Su Yan smiled bitterly: "Master, you are not making things difficult for me, how can I know about this?"
"What is the people in the city most concerned about now? You have walked on the street and you should have heard passers-by talking and heard some noises, right?"
"This people's livelihood..." Su Yan thought for a while, "Is anyone on the street saying it?"
Chapter completed!