please make me king

Chapter 453
Zhao Lizi was lucky enough to escape, so he had to temporarily leave the inspection department of Chongyang Town.

It is impossible to take money. Now Zhao Lizi only has a few hundred coins in his hands. Where can he find money for him?
The people Zhao Lizi and Huang Shoucai knew well were either in Mengjin, north of Luoyang, or Yanshi, east of Luoyang. When Zhao Lizi went back to get the money, Huang Shoucai might not know how long he had been imprisoned.

Zhao Lizi didn't dare to delay too long as the night was full of dreams.

In fact, at this time, as long as Zhao Lizi went upstream and reached Lushi County, he would be able to easily connect with the rebels, and it would not be too late to return to rescue Huang Shou.

It's just that to go from Yongning County to Lushi County, you need to pass through the inspection department of Chongyang Town and the inspection department of Gaomenguan.

Once Zhao Lizi was bitten by a snake, he was afraid of the well rope for ten years, and he was afraid that a similar situation would happen again in the next inspection department.

He had no choice but to go back to Yongning County, and touched the heavy bag, which contained only a few hundred coins.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the exchange rate between copper coins and grain silver ranged from [-] to [-] to [-] yuan, which could be exchanged for one tael of silver. The copper coins in Zhao Lizi's hands probably could not even be exchanged for one tael of grain silver that was not of good quality.

There was no other way, so Zhao Lizi had no choice but to ask in the city to see if there were any profitable part-time jobs to do.

This era is not like the division of labor and cooperation in later generations, most people are still used to self-sufficiency, Zhao Lizi searched for a long time, but was unable to find a short-term job that someone was willing to pay more than one tael of silver.

When Zhao Lizi was sighing, an old man saw that he was pitiful, so he pointed out: "Boy, there is a blacksmith shop in the west of the city. The master there tried to take in two apprentices several times, but failed. It must be short of manpower. Go ask, maybe it will work.”

Zhao Lizi went to the doctor in a sudden illness, thanked the old man, and searched all the way to the west of the city.

After walking more than a hundred steps, I heard the sound of clanging irons.Zhao Lizi looked up, and saw an old blacksmith's shop on the street, with sickles, axes and other things hanging on the door of the shop.

Zhao Lizi came to the front, the door of the shop was open, and it was steaming inside, a master in his forties was hard at work beating a piece of red-hot iron.

He then asked: "Master, do you want to hire short-term workers? I can endure hardships, suffer hardships, and have strength in my body."

"Trick!" The blacksmith looked up at Zhao Lizi, and said, "Ten cash a day, including food and lodging, and one payment per month."

Zhao Lizi did some calculations in his mind, and it was only [-] Wen a month, which was not enough at all, so he bargained: "Can it be higher? You are too little."

"Yes, one tael of silver a day, and it will be cleared every day!" The blacksmith replied coldly, "This shop is for you, and I will help you!"

Zhao Lizi was young, so he was so choked up that he couldn't speak.It took a while before he said with a smile on his face: "Master has such a temper, I'm a little tight on money! I don't know if I used a short knife before?"

The master glared at the words, and shouted: "With this temper, you can do what you want, and leave if you don't want to. What do you mean by using a dagger? If you can't agree, just play hard?"

"Cough, cough, cough!" Zhao Lizi was startled by this guy. He has such a bad temper, and he hasn't been beaten to death until now, which shows that there are two brushes!
"How can it be!" Zhao Lizi quickly explained, "I originally wanted to go to the mountains to find relatives, but I heard that there are many bandit kings in the mountains, so I'm afraid I might lose something."

"According to someone, I need some silver taels to find a bodyguard. Now that I can't find enough money, I have to think about building a short knife for self-defense."

"That's right, but I can't fight!" The master directly refused.

Zhao Lizi only said that the master saw the way, and asked with a bit of guilt: "Why, I don't sit when I have business, I have never heard of it."

"Recently, a customer ordered a lot of sickles and axes. I can't finish making them from morning to night. How can I have time to make short knives with you?" the master laughed.

It turned out that the rebel army was opening up wasteland at that time, and there was a shortage of farm implements, so they sent people everywhere to buy and order.This Yongning County is not far from Lushi County, the price of agricultural tools and tools has started to rise, and blacksmiths can't make it.

How did Zhao Lizi know that this was a good thing done by his lord, and he cheated himself.He had no choice but to beg: "The relatives in the family are getting old, so there is no delay, so please ask the master to take care of it."

Zhao Lizi talked all kinds of things, so he exchanged his help in the blacksmith's shop for a few days in exchange for this master to make him a dagger.

So, after three or four days of delay, Zhao Lizi managed to get a wrist-relief sharp knife made by the blacksmith.

The so-called "wrist-removing sharp knife" means that it is a sharp knife that breaks down the thickness of the wrist, and it means that there is no hand guard when it is said.

In a word, this wrist-removing sharp knife has the characteristics of long point, thick back, thin blade, and short handle. It is easy to carry around, and it is about one foot to one foot two in length.

It looks like a dagger, but it only has one edge. It is a weapon that is good for stabbing and cutting, but not easy for chopping.

This thing can be used as a daily tool, and it can kill people and sell goods, which is quite close to the nature of Pudao.

Zhao Lizi kicked the sharp knife, found a rag to wrap a few stones, and returned to the Inspection Department of Chongyang Town.

He was already young and vigorous, and he had been in the rebel army for a long time. Seeing that the "river god" Huang Shoucai could not be rescued by ordinary methods, he suddenly became murderous.

When he arrived at Chongyang Town, he happened to see the inspector from a distance, so he waved for him to come over.

The inspector didn't know any fraud, and knew that this person was Huang Shoucai's accomplice.He greeted the two archers, followed them secretly, and swaggered over.

Seeing him coming, Zhao Lizi stretched his hand into his arms and said in a low voice, "Master, I have all the money, when will I release my friend?"

The inspector was greedy for the money, so he hurriedly approached and said, "Give me the silver, and I will make people release the 'River God'!"

Zhao Lizi was startled when he heard the words, reached out and took out the knife, and stabbed it in the inspector's leg.The inspection was caught off guard, and he had no armor and weapons, so he ate up.

Seeing that the inspector was injured, the two archers following him were surprised and rushed over to rescue him.

How can there be time?The inspection was immediately held hostage by Zhao Lizi.He asked sharply: "What's wrong with Huang Shoucai, you thief? If you speak half a lie, I'll kill you!"

The inspector was taken aback when he heard the words, he didn't know where there was a mistake, and quickly denied it: "Pay the money with one hand and pay the person with the other hand, you are immoral and broke the rules!"

Zhao Lizi sneered and said, "Brother Huang reported his family name before, but you didn't believe it. Now that you call him the 'God of the River', you must have believed it. In this case, Brother Huang has a lot of old friends with the officials in the county mansion. , how dare you take him?"

At this time, the inspector realized that his title of "river god" had missed the details, and knew that he was a murderous rogue, so he hurriedly begged: "Don't do my business, it's just that this matter is between me and the county magistrate." Fifty-five percent. After I reported it, Nazhi County said that the 'River God' is a wanted criminal and needs to be escorted to the government for trial."

"Afterwards, the county's Dianshi personally led the yamen to take away the 'river god' Huang Shoucai, and went all the way to the county. Now, I don't know whether this person was taken to the county or already sent to the mansion."

"If you have a deep brotherly love, please go there quickly. And don't hurt my life, so as not to delay the journey on the road, fail to rescue, and destroy the life of the 'River God'."

(End of this chapter)