Chapter 9 Windfall
After awakening the memories of his previous life and gaining a basic understanding of the new world, Zhang Yuan's biggest wish is to become powerful and become a strong man who can control his own destiny.
He also put in his best efforts for this.
It’s just that it’s always been difficult, and there have even been jokes.
More than three years ago, Zhang Yuan spent all his savings and bought a martial arts secret book at a street stall in the county town.
At that time, Zhang Yuan thought he had picked up a big leak, so he took the "Fuhu Boxing" that he bought for 200 yuan and asked Old Master Chen for advice - there were some contents in it that he couldn't understand.
The result made the old master amused.
Although Old Master Chen is not proficient in martial arts, he has extensive knowledge and experience. He directly pointed out that these street stall secret books are crude and unreal and are all deceptive stuff.
As the saying goes, the law is not taught lightly. It is impossible to buy a real secret book with just a few hundred words.
And even if it is a real secret book, many do not record the most critical formulas, which need to be taught personally by the teacher.
This made Zhang Yuan know that the inheritance of martial arts skills in this world is very thorough and strict.
It is difficult for a poor boy from a mountain village like Zhang Yuan to learn real skills with no background.
He lacks the connections, let alone the price!
The failure at Gao Orion’s place is the best proof.
However, the unexpected "Pan Rock Stance Skill" gave Zhang Yuan hope of becoming a warrior.
This secret book was well kept by its original owner and was specially protected with an animal skin bag.
Zhang Yuan opened the pages of the book and read carefully in front of the oil lamp.
"Panshi Zhuang Gong" has a total of more than 30 pages. The paper used is of tough texture, and it records a basic skill called "Panshi Zhuang" with pictures and texts.
The content inside is not only very detailed, but also has a lot of comments.
The last page is a medicinal soup recipe!
Zhang Yuan read it over and over again, and suddenly it seemed as if there was a door to the world of martial arts, slowly opening to him!
He couldn't help but feel excited, and his mood couldn't calm down for a long time.
"Panshi Zhuang Gong" is the basic exercise for entering the realm of strength. It is used to temper the body, strengthen the muscles and bones, and generate energy!
When entering the realm of Jin, there are three levels of clear Jin, dark Jin and Hua Jin.
The Chen family guard Zhang Yuan killed previously was undoubtedly the lowest level first-level Ming Jin warrior.
Although this "Rock Pile Technique" is a basic technique, it should be quite extraordinary, otherwise it would not be collected by the other party so dearly and well protected.
It had a huge impact on Zhang Yuan.
After reading it over and over dozens of times, Zhang Yuan suddenly discovered that the back cover of this secret book was extremely thick.
At least three or four times thicker than the cover!
With something in his heart, he immediately stretched out his hand to flick the flame of the oil lamp, and got closer to observe carefully.
As a result, Zhang Yuan discovered that there was another mystery on the back cover.
There's something hidden inside!
He carefully opened the seal with a peeling knife and took out three banknotes.
One banknote has a face value of fifty taels, and the other two have a face value of ten taels, which adds up to a total of seventy taels!
Zhang Yuan was speechless at first, and then his whole body was hit by a huge surprise.
You must know that he has been troubled by the five taels of silver for the past two days, so he did not hesitate to risk going deep into Qianfeng Mountain to hunt.
I also encountered something strange.
Now I can easily get a windfall of seventy taels!
Seventy taels of silver is not a small amount of money. With it, you can settle down in the county.
Zhang Yuan estimated that these three banknotes were from Sun Huyuan's private treasury, and in the end, he got an advantage in vain.
The big stone that had been hanging in Zhang Yuan's heart finally fell to the ground.
Oh oh oh~
The sound of rooster crow suddenly reached Zhang Yuan's ears, making him suddenly wake up.
At this time, Zhang Yuan was shocked to find that the sky outside was getting a little brighter.
He just stayed up a long night!
At the same time, Zhang Yuan heard the sound of his mother getting up in the next room.
He thought for a while, then stuffed the fifty-tael banknote and the ten-tael banknote back into the back cover of the secret book.
Then Zhang Yuan put the "Rock Pile Skill" back into the animal skin bag and hid it in the gap between the stones at the bottom of the bed. Then he blew out the oil lamp and left the room to wash up.
After breakfast, Zhang Yuan left home with his mother's worried eyes on his back, carrying a bamboo basket on his back.
There was a collision yesterday, and the atmosphere in Chenjiacun was obviously much more tense today.
Zhang Yuan did not enter the mountain this time.
Instead, we headed towards the county along the path.
"Yuan Wa'er."
I met a woman from the village on the road, and she asked curiously: "Where are you going?"
Zhang Yuan stopped and replied: "Auntie, my mother gave me the last piece of jewelry at the bottom of the box and asked me to go to the county town to exchange money to pay for the corvee. Today is the last day."
He got it. Those three silver notes were not visible in the village, so there must be a reason for paying the draft silver.
Just now Zhang Yuan had already aligned himself with his mother.
Of course the same thing is said now.
The woman knew that Zhang Yuan's family had been sent to serve again this year, and an additional five taels of silver had been sent to her, so she felt very sympathetic.
But she couldn't help, so she could only say: "Be careful on the road."
"Yes."
Zhang Yuan quickened his pace and rushed all the way to the county seat.
In this life, the farthest place Zhang Yuan has ever been is the Linhe County in front of him.
This county town is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and is surrounded by large areas of farmland. The geographical environment is quite good.
The county has a population of tens of thousands, with convenient water and land transportation, and is quite prosperous and lively.
After arriving in the county seat, Zhang Yuan did not immediately go to the bank to exchange the banknotes.
He first bought a suit of clothes that fit him at a cloth store.
Although it is just a coarse cloth shirt, it is brand new after all. After putting it on, my whole person has changed a lot.
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Yuan bought a bamboo hat and a pair of boots from another store.
In one fell swoop, he spent seven hundred and seventy-eight dollars on the scattered silver he had taken from Sun Huyuan's purse.
After this change of appearance, he came to Fuji Bank, the only bank in the county.
This is Zhang Yuan’s first time coming to the bank to do business.
The moment he entered the door, he immediately felt a sharp gaze falling on him.
Zhang Yuan was shocked.
There are obviously experts guarding this bank.
But Zhang Yuan didn’t have any guilty conscience. He calmly walked to the counter, put a banknote with a denomination of ten taels on it, and said in a hoarse voice: "Shopkeeper, please exchange it for five taels of broken silver." and five copper coins.”
The shopkeeper of the bank glanced at him, then took the banknote and examined it carefully.
The bank note that Zhang Yuan took out was issued by Fuji Bank. There were special marks and secret codes on the banknote.
After verifying the authenticity, the shopkeeper ordered his clerk to bring broken silver and copper coins and pay him according to Zhang Yuan's request.
The process was very smooth.
In fact, this is normal. After all, ten taels of silver notes are not worth mentioning at all to Fuji Bank.
Zhang Yuan was so cautious just to ensure safety.
Sail the boat with care.
After getting the money, he walked around the county town non-stop and bought some medicinal materials and rice, oil, salt and sauce.
Then return to Chenjiacun as quickly as possible!
(End of this chapter)