Chapter 3: The Prop Gun Shows Its Magical Power
"Pah!" Several crisp sounds were heard. Tang Wen held a prop gun used for performance and shouted, "Whoever dares to come up will be killed first!"
"He has a musket in his hand!" someone shouted in fear, and immediately everyone stopped in fear.
Suddenly, Li Quan and Zhang Kui were dumbfounded, wondering where did the master get the musket?
Bang!
Tang Wen fired two more shots into the sky . Suddenly, sparks and smoke came out, looking very powerful.
In fact, there are no bullets in this prop gun.
When a gunpowder explodes, it just produces sparks and smoke. It's just a prop gun used in TV dramas.
This gun was originally placed in Luo Jun's room. I heard that it was given to him by a friend who acted in a Qing Dynasty play. It looks similar to the short-handled musket during the Qing Dynasty.
Tang Wen is a military enthusiast, so of course he is interested in this.
Luo Jun gave it to him. He didn't expect that he could use it to scare a group of ancient people.
"Sir, my name is Zhan Dongwen, and I am a disaster victim from Dongting County, Liangzhou.
There were more than a hundred of us when we came here, but half of them died of illness or starvation along the way, and now we are the only ones left.
There was really no other way, and a few stones on the bridge were indeed broken some time ago, and we carried stones to repair them.
Many of them brought their families with them. No one crossed the bridge these days and we didn't receive any money.
We haven't eaten for two days, we can't starve to death." Zhan Dongwen said weakly.
"I am also from Liangzhou." Tang Wen said.
"Are you really from Liangzhou, sir?" asked the monkey-faced man.
"Of course, this Koh Samui was left to me by Mr. Tang's ancestors." Li Quan said.
"We are fellow villagers, sir. Can you give them some food? We don't need much, just some food for the women, children and the elderly." Zhan Dongwen said.
"It's not a good idea for you to continue like this. I will never agree to let you block the bridge and collect money again." Tang Wen said.
"Since it belongs to Mr. Tang, as long as you give us fifteen dou of rice, we will withdraw now and never block it again." Zhan Dongwen said.
"If you continue like this, you will die of starvation or disease sooner or later. It would be better if you join my Tang family as slaves.
Each person will sell his body for fifteen taels of silver, and I will give you half a tael of silver as a standard payment every month.
As for food, daily necessities and clothes, they are all from my Tang family, we will provide you with everything you need!" Tang Wen said.
"Sir, I have been educated.
Moreover, he practiced martial arts with an old Taoist priest for ten years.
If they hadn't been so determined to follow me, I wouldn't have ended up blocking the bridge." Zhan Dongwen said.
"I'll give you thirty taels of silver for selling your body, and one tael of silver per month. By the way, do you have any family?" Tang Wen knew that this guy was the leader, and as long as he captured him, he would be able to deal with this group. Then, he would gain popularity.
"Yes, my sister, and my parents, a total of five people." Zhan Dongwen said.
"Other people are priced the same as them, so you should think about it yourself," Tang Wen said.
"Okay, I'll ask them." Zhan Dongwen nodded and left.
"Master, my name is Sun Ping. Can you call my family over as well?" Monkey asked pitifully.
"Okay, call all your family members and we'll go together." Tang Wen said.
"Okay." Suddenly, the whole audience was boiling, and everyone shouted and ran back.
In just ten minutes, the woman, her family and her children all arrived.
"So many?" Li Quan's hands were shaking with fear.
"Master, I counted and there are only about thirty young and middle-aged men. Together with their families, there are as many as sixty-two people. Such a large family joining the Tang family needs to eat, and it will cost a lot of money." Zhang Kui said with a worried look on his face.
"It doesn't matter, we need manpower now." Tang Wen waved his hand.
At this time, Zhan Dongwen came over with a few people, "Master, this is my eldest sister Zhan Junru, she is twenty years old.
My husband died of illness before I had any children, and now I am alone.
This is my second sister Zhan Qingmei , she is already fifteen years old and still unmarried...
My father is Zhan Shifeng, my mother is Li Lanyue..."
"Then you are only in your early twenties?" Tang Wen was stunned and thought to himself, why do you look so old? I thought you were thirty years old.
"I'm also twenty years old. My sister and I are twins, a boy and a girl, but I was born earlier." Zhan Dongwen said a little embarrassedly.
"Greetings, Master Tang." As soon as Zhan Shifeng opened his mouth, he coughed up a mouthful of blood that sprayed all over Tang Wen.
"Sorry, sorry!" Zhan Shifeng said quickly.
"You have caught a cold and need treatment immediately. Otherwise, it will get worse." Tang Wen said.
"Mr. Tang, what will happen to my father?" Zhan Junru asked hurriedly upon hearing this.
"If there is no medicine to treat it, he will most likely die," said Tang Wen.
"Mr. Tang, can you treat illnesses?" Zhan Junru asked.
"I know a little. I learned a little from a man before." Tang Wen nodded.
"Can you please look at my father and save him? I...I am willing to sell myself to the Tang family as a slave!" Zhan Junru knelt down and begged in fear.
"No... I can't, Junru. Your husband died a long time ago, and you have had a hard life. Your father is dead, and I can't let you suffer anymore." Zhan Shifeng quickly shook his hand and said.
"Dad, I can't watch you die.
I'm already married, don't bother me anymore.
Mr. Tang, please buy me.
I don’t want money, I just want my father to be cured.” Zhan Junru said with tears in her eyes.
"Junru, just let dad die. I have been sick and have been a burden to you. It will kill you. You will be better off if I die." Zhan Shifeng said with tears in his eyes.
"Mr. Tang, can you really cure my father's illness?" Zhan Dongwen stared at Tang Wen and asked.
"It should be fine, but the medicine is very expensive." Tang Wen said.
"How much silver does it cost?" Zhan Dongwen asked.
"About three or four hundred taels." Tang Wen said.
"Master Tang, please save my father. I will work like a slave for you." Zhan Junru kowtowed.
"I am also willing to sell myself and work like a slave for Master Tang." Zhan Qingmei also ran over and knelt down.
"Alas..." Zhan Dongwen sighed and knelt down in front of Tang Wen. "My whole family is willing to sell ourselves to the Tang family. We don't want money. The condition is that you can cure my father's illness."
"You have to think carefully. After selling yourself to the Tang family, you will be a slave of the Tang family. You must be loyal to the Tang family. I am not forcing you to do so." Tang Wen said coldly.
"We've thought about it. We're willing." Zhan Junru and the others nodded.
"Don't sign this indenture contract yet. If I can't cure your father's illness, I won't take a penny." Tang Wen said.
"Since Master Tang has said this, I, Zhan Dongwen, am convinced. Regardless of whether the treatment is effective or not, we will sign the contract," Zhan Dongwen said with a determined look on his face.
"Okay, let's write the contract first." Tang Wen was actually retreating to advance, and Zhan Dongwen fell into his trap.
"Master Tang, we are also willing to sell ourselves to the Tang family." Sun Ping took a look and came over to say.
Under their leadership, everyone signed the contract soon.
"Ding Dong! You have gained sixty-two popularity points and can start the second time travel at any time. Just press the wooden chain and silently say "I am the landlord" in your heart to start it." At this time, the landlord system responded again.
Tang Wen saw the mysterious space again, and the popularity index on the big screen turned into '76'.
At the same time, Tang Wen discovered that columns of air emerged from the heads of Zhan Dongwen and the others and rushed towards him.
These air columns vary in size, some as small as a child's hair.
The ones for adults are the size of a few hairs, while the one on Zhan Dongwen’s head is the thickest, which is the size of more than ten hairs.
Is this what "popularity" means?
Just as he was thinking about it, Tang Wen suddenly felt suffocated and found that those people's energy had madly penetrated into his body.
What are you doing?
Tang Wen was shocked.
The next moment, I felt several acupuncture points in my body being impacted by something, making bang bang sounds like wood hitting a city gate.
Could this "popularity" help me to flush my acupuncture points?
Tang Wen quickly activated his family's 'Six Mysterious Return to Truth' to regulate his Qi and guide his movements. After just a few seconds, his body trembled and Tang Wen felt that several acupuncture points had been opened.
Suddenly, the sense of energy in the body became ten times clearer than before.
Tang Wen knew that his strength had increased a little bit and he should have entered the middle stage of the ninth rank.
