Monster, come to my bowl

Chapter 112 Accumulating Merit

"I'm asking you a question. What are you mumbling about?"

The guard didn't know that he was about to get into trouble. He saw Cai Ji turning around and muttering to himself, questioning him in dissatisfaction.

"Nothing!" Cai Ji turned around, handed over the silver with a smile and said, "I'll just go in and find out something."

"Go! Go!" The guard immediately smiled when he saw the silver.

Cai Ji stuffed the silver into the other person's hand and walked forward quickly.

"I... fuck... uh..."

Before I had taken a few steps, I heard a curse from behind me.

"hey-hey!"

Cai Ji smiled secretly in his heart, feeling that his merits and virtues had increased by ten thousand points!

Such a good thing.

Must do more in the future!

He decisively took out a handful of silver coins and quietly cast various "blessing spells" on them.

Who knew that when he arrived at the place to ask questions, he was hit on the head.

The civilian staff member of the Demon Suppression Division who was in charge of handling miscellaneous matters, upon hearing that Cai Ji wanted to go to Zhongzhou through the secret passage with the Demon Suppression Guards, directly refused and said, "No! Let's not discuss this!"

"It's a small gift." Cai Ji took out a blessed piece of silver and presented it with a smile.

Slip!

The clerk quickly put away the silver and said with a smile, "According to the rules of the Demon Suppression Division, the secret passage through the dense fog forest can only be passed by the Demon Suppression Guards. No one else is allowed to participate..."

Having said that, I kept it a secret.

"Buy a glass of wine." Cai Ji was very tactful and put another piece of silver on the ground.

The clerk took the silver, pretended to be serious, and whispered: "There is another way, which is to obtain the city lord's permission!"

That's it?

Is not this nonsensical?

I gave you money, not to listen to nonsense!

Cai Ji was furious and asked, "Is there really no other way?"

"No!" The clerk shook his head and explained righteously, "The secret passage is used to convey important information to the Monster Suppression Bureau! What if you, an ordinary person, follow along and attract the attention of monsters? What if the monsters destroy the secret passage? Even if it doesn't attract the attention of monsters, what if you have ulterior motives? Even if you don't have ulterior motives, what if you leak it to other people with ulterior motives?"

This barrage of criticism left Cai Ji speechless.

The secret passage connecting Zhongzhou and Nanzhou is extremely important, and there is indeed reason to keep it secret.

But this clerk in front of me is so abominable!

Take money but don't do the job!

I was charged twice!

Even more vulgar than that security guard just now!

Cai Ji was furious and felt it necessary to curb this unhealthy trend.

"You can only rely on the city lord's special permission, right? Okay, okay, then I'll get one for you!" He scratched his head, walked out angrily, and complained angrily.

He walked around the city for a while and found a small inn to stay.

Be prepared to think carefully about how to get a pass from the Lord of Wuguan City.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I entered the inn, I encountered another infuriating thing.

"Give me a secluded room upstairs. I don't know how long you'll stay here." Cai Ji came to the counter and casually put down one or two taels of silver.

With one tael of silver, you can stay in this small inn for half a month.

"Okay!" The innkeeper saw that there was a customer. He took the registration book and asked politely, "May I ask your name, sir?"

"My name is Niu Ren, Niu means a cow, Ren means rich but unkind, and ranger." Cai Ji made up a name casually.

"Mr. Niu!" The shopkeeper wrote down the name and asked, "Do you want to pay the silver?"

"Anding Silver? What is that?" Cai Ji was a little confused.

He was also the innkeeper and knew that registering for accommodation was the rule, but he had never heard of paying a deposit for accommodation.

The shopkeeper was also a little confused, and asked cautiously: "You don't know what Anding Silver is?"

"I don't know." Cai Ji shook his head.

The shopkeeper looked at him and felt that he didn't seem to be joking. He asked in surprise, "Are you... coming from another state?"

"How did you know that?" Cai Ji was curious.

"Ahem..." The shopkeeper laughed dryly and explained in a low voice, "No wonder you don't know what stability silver is! This is the rule of our Nanzhou. Half a month after the monster siege ends every year, the Monster Suppression Department can recruit any personnel to work. If anyone wants to buy stability, they have to pay stability silver."

"Half a month after the siege?" Cai Ji asked puzzledly.

He knew that it was not uncommon for the Demon Suppression Bureau to conscript civilians to do work before and after the siege.

What’s new is that here in Nanzhou, why has it taken so long?

In Zhongzhou, it takes three to five days at the shortest and seven to eight days at the longest.

Nanzhou actually takes half a month?

Seeing Cai Ji's puzzled face, the shopkeeper explained in a low voice, "Well, it's just half a month! They have many reasons, such as repairing the city walls, building weapons, and burying the dead... As for who to recruit and who not to recruit, it's all decided by the demon-suppressing guards below. Whoever wants to live in peace has to give them money."

"I see!"

Cai Ji suddenly realized.

Anding Silver, although the name sounds nice, is actually a form of extortion by the Demon-Suppressing Guards against the people.

Half a month is enough for many people to make a fortune.

The atmosphere in Nanzhou is actually worse than that in Zhongzhou!

Cai Ji thought for a moment and asked, "How much do you want?"

"Two cents of silver a day, or you can pay two taels at a time, and you will have no trouble for half a month." The shopkeeper replied.

"Grandma! They really know how to do business!" Upon hearing this, Cai Ji shook his head and said, "No! If there is anything, let them come to me."

Two cents of silver a day is several times more expensive than the room rate!

Even more cruel than a vampire.

Never tolerate it!

Not only should we not condone it, we must also find ways to rectify this unhealthy trend!

"Okay!" The shopkeeper was used to it, so he said, "But sir, I have to remind you that the demon-suppressing guards will come to check every few days. If you are found, don't blame me!"

"Don't worry, I understand!" Cai Ji knew the difficulties of traveling with others and nodded with a smile.

Took the key and went to the room.

After closing the door, Cai Ji squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then he came up with a solution.

He took out a pile of gold and silver from the mustard bag and placed it on the table.

These gold and silver have been covered in dust in the vault of the mountaintop ruins for thousands of years. It's time for them to shine!

Cai Ji wanted to use the magic of holy words to turn these gold and silver into magical weapons to punish all kinds of evil tendencies.

"Anyone who obtained this silver through improper means will poop in his crotch on the spot!"

"Anyone who obtains this silver through improper means will be hit on the head by bird shit eighteen times when he goes out!"

"..., wetting the bed for half a month!"

"..., constipated for half a year!"

"…, corns on the forehead!"

"..., for three consecutive days, your speech became like a dog barking!"

"..."

With the good intention of pleading for the people, Cai Ji began to cast various curses on gold, silver and treasures.

Anyway, idle is idle!

It is better to accumulate merits for yourself!

Once this gold and silver circulate in Wuguan, even if we cannot completely eliminate all the evil tendencies, at least we can let those money-hungry demon-suppressing guards have a good time!

After a busy period, Cai Ji put the "blessed" gold and silver back into the mustard bag and went out shopping.

Of course, spending money is not the goal.

The purpose is to accumulate merit!

It’s not easy to come to Nanzhou, so I have to bring some local specialties back.

buy! buy! buy!

It’s not easy for vendors to make money, we must help them!

buy! buy! buy!

The lotus pods sold by the girl are really fresh.

buy! buy! buy!

Cai Ji bought from East Street to West Market, and from South Gate to North Gate...

When there was no more room for the things, he secretly stuffed them into the mustard bag.

In less than an hour, several hundred taels of blessed silver were spent.