Chapter 37: Quiet Water Bay in Troubled Times

Feng Ying put down the bow and arrow in her hand for the first time!

The first time she got a toy in her life was a small bow and arrow.

She was able to shoot birds with small bows and arrows when she was five years old.

When she was seven years old, General Qin gave her a bow and arrow that suited her arm.

She had already achieved perfect shooting when she was ten years old.

She used a bow for the first time when she was twelve!

When she was fifteen, she could open two bows twenty-four times in a row!

Today, she finally put down the bow and arrow in her hand, picked up Xiao Chu's pistol and was stunned.

Xiao Chu was very busy and didn't care about the lady who started to be stupid at home.

There are seventeen corpses on the ground that need to be dealt with.

Although some people were still alive, Xiao Chu still brought Shushan bandits to throw them into the abyss as corpses, and these people could not keep them!

This battle was a loss. Except for two ingots of Fengyang Mansion official silver that could not be circulated on the market, and some broken silver, the rest were some worn armor.

Xiao Chu doesn't like it because her breasts are too high and she can't wear them. However, the bandits of Shushan like it very much. With this thing, the fatal places will be protected.

Although these armors are not good, they are better than nothing.

Half of the Banyue Pavilion was destroyed and turned into a real Banban Pavilion. Xiao Chu still felt a little guilty.

As a mountain man, she had never destroyed the hut left by hunters in the deep mountains.

"Boom!" Feng Ying fired a shot.

The shot was a smooth rock wall. The lead bullet did not drill into the rock, but turned into small lead cakes and stuck to the stone wall.

Xiao Chu secretly glanced at the lady and urged everyone to leave soon. She wanted to arrive at Yushan as soon as possible and eat pork with sticks as soon as possible.

Feng Ying sat on the donkey's back with a hand gun in his arms and completely entered a state of silence.

Xiao Chu was proud to carry the lady's longbow and carry the lady's quiver.

This is the closest contact she has with the lady's bow and arrow every time she has made.

"The Yun family also has a long bird gun, right?"

Feng Ying suddenly asked Xiao Chu who was following him.

Xiao Chu said: "Yes, it's too long, I don't like it."

"Which type should be hit farther, or even surpass the bow and arrow, right?"

"I don't know. When we arrive in Lantian County, the lady can ask Yun Zhao, he should know."

Feng Ying sighed and said, "It is my fault to give up half of the inheritance of the arsenal."

Xiao Chu said in surprise: "You didn't like bird guns before."

Feng Ying shook his head and said, "I used to say that you are stupid, but in fact, the stupidest person is me. I have been practicing bows and arrows for more than ten years, but I can't compare to muskets and grenades in battle formations.

I claim to be a master of martial arts. If I encounter weapons such as bird guns and grenades, I may die before I can use my skills.

So, Xiao Chu, I regret it.”

Xiao Chu looked at the lady's dull face carefully and said, "It seems a bit late."

Feng Ying said: "It's not too late. As long as I can turn this corner, it's never too late." "Yun Zhao will no longer share the things in the arsenal."

"I'm not talking about things in the arsenal, I'm talking about our understanding of firearms. This time I go to Lantian County, I should have a good understanding of firearms.

Xiao Chu, let’s go quickly!”

When the sun was west, Feng Ying and his group finally saw a large plain, but a not-so-tall city pass stood at the mouth of Ziwu Valley.

This should be the Ziwu Pass.

Xiao Chu was very happy, but she was unhappy after coming to Chengguan. The old guy actually asked her for tax silver.

"Fifteen taxes are one, don't try to escape. If you don't want to, you can return to Shuzhong."

An old official with eyes still covered in eye droppings raised his head sleepily, and after saying a word, he buried his head on the table to sleep.

"Where do you have such rules in the world?"

Xiao Chu screamed angrily.

The old official raised his head and saw a beautiful little girl standing in front of him. He wiped his eyes off and said with a smile: "It's okay to not pay taxes when entering Lantian County."

"Don't lie to me, this is Chang'an County!"

The old official was not angry. Although Ziwu Valley was important, the county did not value it very much. It was lonely on weekdays. It was a rare pastime to quarrel with a beautiful little girl.

"This is Lantian County."

"No, this is Chang'an County."

"This is Lantian County. If you don't believe it, look, the boundary marker is there."

Xiao Chu looked in the direction of the old official's finger. Sure enough, he saw a Lantian County boundary monument that seemed to have just been carved, and it seemed to have just been carved.

"Daughter, I want to find Chang'an County. You have to go to Xi'an City to find it. Chang'an County has moved all the county governments into Xi'an City. This area is all affiliated to Lantian County.

It’s getting late, so hurry up and calculate the tax. Go to Caoshizi to take a good place. Tomorrow is the day when the market opens. Don’t miss it.”

Xiao Chu always felt like he had met a liar when he looked at the boundary marker.

The old official seemed to see through Xiao Chu's thoughts and said with a smile: "Daughter, don't worry, there will be no scammers when you enter Lantian County.

If you want to find a liar, you have to go to the county government office to check it out."

All of this scene fell into Feng Ying's eyes, and she was extremely confused. However, when she saw the old official's table filled with baskets of broken silver and copper coins, she said to Xiao Chu: "Do as he said."

Xiao Chu saw an acquaintance from afar.

His eyes turned around, and he took out the two ingots of Fengyang Mansion official silver from his bag and slapped it on the old official's table.

She thought the old official would jump up in surprise no matter what, and would definitely yell.

Unfortunately, the old official was not as surprised as she thought. He took the ingot of silver and checked it carefully, and said with satisfaction: "The snowflake official silver of Fengyang Mansion in the 11th year of Jiajing, good things, I can't tell that you, a little girl, actually have such good things.

Since your little girl is generous, I will give you a discount once, so I won’t get rid of your fire. It’s easy for you to spend money with it.”

Although the old official seemed to be dazzled and deaf, he was full of energy when he settled the tax. The young servants there reported the quantity of goods, and he plucked the abacus beads and slammed the accounts. When the young servants finished reporting, he had already settled the accounts.

"Sixteen taels, seven cents, five cents."

After saying that, he quickly counted out a pile of broken silver from the bamboo basket next to him, pushed it in front of Xiao Chu and said, "Look for the head!"

Only then did Xiao Chu find that the bamboo basket around the old official was filled with copper coins and broken silver. Looking around, this small tax office had only two small-time officials of the same grade as no more than fifteen years old. As for Xiao Chu's opinion, this old official was not considered a man.

"Aren't you afraid that someone will steal your money?"

The old official laughed and said, "If the little daughter is malicious, just take away the money and leave the little child alone."

"You are really not afraid of the money being stolen?"

"No, why don't you, my little daughter can try it. I close my eyes and pretend that I didn't see it."

Xiao Chu looked at the snowflakes and official silver thrown into the basket with regret by the old official, shook his head and said, "Miss, don't allow it."

The old official smiled and said, "There is no problem for those who can take out the official silver of Fengyang Mansion to rob the tax office that the old man is guarding.

But, robbing tax offices in Lantian County will really be beheaded. Not that no one has ever had the idea of ​​tax silver before, no one can escape, and my county magistrate has his head cut off, without an exception."

"Do you have the official silver or the official silver of Fengyang Mansion? Don't you ask?"

The old official smiled and said, "There are many capable people in this world. Shan Xiongxin has intercepted the emperor's gang. As long as the silver you brought is not filled with lead, I will dare to collect it. Anyway, I have to raise it after taking it back. Money is money, and it cannot be used just because of the mark."

"Xiao Chu, let's go!"

Feng Ying called Xiao Chu from afar, and the simple-minded girl ran back and grabbed Yun Jia's hand and said, "I want to eat sticks of meat!"

Yun Jia smiled happily and nodded repeatedly, "Uncle Fu asked me to pick you up. I didn't expect you to come so quickly. I thought you would arrive tomorrow as soon as possible."

Feng Ying smiled and said, "It's all for this greedy girl."

Yun Jia looked at the goods brought by Feng Ying and the others, and said to the old tax collector: "Old Zhang, I will hand over these goods to you. Go to Caoshizi and send someone to the mansion."

Old Zhang smiled and waved his hand, even if he agreed.

Yun Jia invited Feng Ying and Xiao Chu to get on the carriage he brought, but the rest of the Shushan bandits were taken to another direction by another servant.

Xiao Chu doesn't care where the bandits of Shushan go. Anyway, there will be no mistakes when you come here, just those valuable goods...

"Where is Brother Yun Shi?"

"Zhang Bingzhong wants to borrow Lantian County, but my young master refused. So he took people to Fenghuang Mountain to calculate the day and it will be time for him to come back in the past two days."

Xiao Chu took the opportunity to interrupt and said, "Why has Chang'an County become Lantian County?"

Yun Jia smiled and said, "If my young master feels needed, Shuzhong will also be called Lantian County!"
Chapter completed!