Chapter 31 Soaring Prices
That night, Zhang’s mother exhausted all her skills and prepared a sumptuous dinner.
It is said to be rich, but in fact it only consists of four dishes and one soup.
But there are vegetables, meat and egg drop soup on the table, which is equivalent to a New Year’s Eve dinner for ordinary people!
Zhang Yuan ate all the food.
Although his mother's cooking skills are average, this is the taste he is most familiar with.
Just the taste of home.
After dinner, Zhang Yuan came to his room and took out a cloth bag from his arms.
Start taking stock of today’s gains.
Three silver notes, with denominations of fifty, fifty and twenty respectively, totaling one hundred and twenty taels of silver.
The high-interest loans in the tooth bank can be paid off!
In addition, there are more than a dozen pieces of silver in total, which Zhang Yuan plans to give to his mother for daily expenses.
With this windfall, he can finally relax for a while.
It can only be temporary.
Because the cost of practicing martial arts is a bottomless pit, and I don’t know how much silver it will take to fill it up.
Zhang Yuan is also taking one step at a time.
Finally, he took out a purse from the bag.
This purse was seized from Chen Deping and Chen Da Yuanwai. Since the situation was still critical at that time, Zhang Yuan had no time to open it for inspection.
He ripped open the string of the purse and poured out all the contents.
What disappointed Zhang Yuan was that the purse treasured by Chen Deping only contained a Tianhuang seal and a folded yellow paper.
The seal is very delicate, with Chen Deping's name engraved at the bottom. It is obviously the private seal of this great official.
The material itself of this thing is quite valuable.
But unless Zhang Yuan’s head is kicked by a donkey, there is absolutely no way it will be sold!
Throwing the private seal aside, Zhang Yuan opened the yellow paper again.
A simple map appeared in front of him.
"Huh?"
When Zhang Yuan saw it, he felt that the picture was familiar, and he immediately spread it out on the table and looked at it carefully.
He recognized that this map was at least 70-80% similar to the treasure map on his chest, but not very complete. The former seemed like a poor imitation of the latter.
The route guided by this map is completely consistent with the road built by the Chen family before!
That’s right.
Just as Zhang Yuan guessed, the Chen family's unusual behavior is closely related to the treasure hidden in Qianfeng Mountain.
It’s just that Mr. Chen may not know the real reason until his death.
Heaven!
He recalled what Chen Deping said before his death, and a bigger question arose in his heart.
What kind of existence is that "celestial being" that can actually make Linhe Chen desperately try to please him?
He did such an unbelievable thing, causing a disaster that even affected the county!
Zhang Yuan rubbed his eyebrows, picked up the map and held it to the oil lamp.
Burn it clean.
Then he smashed Chen Deping's Tianhuang seal, crushed it into small pieces of powder, and threw it into the toilet.
In fact, this kind of private seal is often related to the owner's wealth and is a voucher for withdrawing certain items.
Chen Deping didn't carry much silver with him. His family, his family, and his house and shop were all in the city.
With this important official disappearing from the world, this seal may be able to play a huge role.
But Zhang Yuan didn’t have the slightest bit of greed, and he was completely destroyed!
He opened the God's Nest panel.
[Host: Zhang Yuan]
[Realm: Level 1 (Ming Jin)]
[God's Nest: Level 1 (45%)]
[Host: Level 2 Black Giant Ant (18%)/4 times the power 】
[Host: Level 2 Jade Mantis (5%)/Intermediate Sword Skill Proficiency]
[Host: Level 1 Golden Grasshopper (1%)/2x Agility]
[Qi and Blood: 46/112]
[Essence: 15.9] There is no big change in the data on the panel, only the number of Essence points has increased to nearly 16 points.
This was the result of him sacrificing more than ten members of the Chen family, including a warrior.
Suddenly I became rich!
Zhang Yuan thought for a while, and then put 5.9 points of source quality into the third body, the golden grasshopper.
The remaining 10 points were all given to the main body of the God's Nest.
5.9 points of essence should be enough for the golden grasshopper to evolve to level 2.
The ability to be blessed with 4 times the agility will be enough to match his current strength and cultivation.
Now that the three nest rooms of the God's Nest are all filled, upgrading and expanding the capacity is imperative, so it must be taken into consideration.
If his previous game experience still applies, then the amount of essence needed to upgrade the main body of the God's Nest should be much higher than upgrading a certain body - 10 points of essence may not be enough.
The current God's Nest already has an evolution level of 45%.
This degree of evolution is actually obtained by housing three extraordinary gene bodies, otherwise more source of essence would be needed!
The problem is that with such a big incident happening in Qianfeng Mountain, it is still unclear whether we can go hunting in the mountain again in the future.
The conditions for obtaining the source of essence are actually quite harsh. It must be a trophy hunted by Zhang Yuan himself.
Animals and beasts count, so do enemies and opponents, but if he spends money to buy a domestic animal to slaughter and sacrifice, the God's Nest doesn't recognize it at all.
Zhang Yuan has already tried this!
Such a rule undoubtedly greatly limits his access to the source of essence, and he cannot take shortcuts.
We can only take our time.
The next morning, Zhang Yuan left home and came to Yahang in the city.
Pay back the money.
He borrowed fifty taels of silver from Yahang, and the interest rate per day was 2%.
He is actually quite conscientious.
But Zhang Yuan really couldn't bear this kind of conscience.
He just had no choice at the time.
After paying the principal and interest, Zhang Yuan successfully got back the house deed mortgaged in Yahang.
The shopkeeper of Yahang is a thin middle-aged man. He was a little surprised that Zhang Yuan paid off his debt so quickly. He rolled his eyes and asked with a smile: "Dear guest, Do you need a maid at home?”
“You are an old customer, can I give you a discount?”
A maid?
Zhang Yuan couldn't laugh or cry: "No need for now, thank you."
Poor in literature and rich in martial arts, he now spends a lot of money practicing martial arts, and he also has to support himself and his mother.
How can I afford to buy another servant?
You must know that maids and servants need to pay a head tax from the master's family. The fixed expenditure of three taels per person per year, plus daily food, clothing and monthly expenses, is simply not something ordinary families can afford.
This dental shop is really good at doing business!
The shopkeeper of Yahang said with a smile: "You are too polite. If you need anything in the future, just come to our bank."
Zhang Yuan nodded.
He went to the drug store again to buy the medicinal materials needed for practicing Qigong.
What Zhang Yuan didn't expect was that the prices of several commonly purchased medicines had actually increased, and the increase was quite large!
Not only that, the drug store owner also looks like he doesn’t want to buy anything.
Zhang Yuan endured it and took out some silver to buy a batch.
The medicine cannot be stopped!
He knows very well that the soaring drug prices have a great relationship with the current closure of the county.
As Zhang Yuan walked along, most of the shops on both sides of the street were open.
But those shops involved in the sale of rice, grain, salt and oil were all surrounded by people.
Many people are rushing to buy necessities for survival.
Such items have also increased a lot, causing everyone to complain.
He couldn't help but look in the direction of Qianfeng Mountain, but his sight was blocked by the high city wall.
The prospect is unknown and unpredictable!
(End of this chapter)