Chapter 8 Spatial Change
It would be more convenient to use copper coins, or small change would also be fine.
Of course, because gold is expensive, it is much easier to transport than silver.
At 1:30 in the afternoon, Tang Wen brought Zhang Kui, Zhan Dong, Li Quan and Bu Feng into the cave.
Then he opened the box and revealed the sword.
Tang Wen swung his saber and chopped at a piece of thin iron sheet, and there was a crisp sound.
Sparks flew everywhere, and Tang Wen slashed a few more times, and the piece of iron sheet had become an "iron bar".
"What a good knife! What a good knife." Li Quan and others' eyes turned green in admiration.
"You try it." Tang Wen handed the knives to them, and several guys started chopping with all their strength, with even greater interest.
Next, Tang Wen distributed palm-sized bows to them, which again drew applause.
"From now on, you have to practice more. Pick ten or so people to distribute swords and lead them to practice." Tang Wen instructed, "As for these small bows, there are only a few of them, and only you are equipped with them at present. However, because they are small, they can be disassembled and worn at any time."
Downstairs, Bu Feng picked out a dozen people to come in.
These guys were very motivated and didn't come back until 6pm for dinner.
Tang Wen really wanted to travel through time again to exchange the 800 taels of gold for supplies and silver, but unfortunately he had not yet found the sixty popularity points, so he had to give up for the time being.
The next day, several large pots of porridge were set up in front of the lake.
Sun Ping and his men were beating gongs and shouting at the top of their voices, "Mr. Tang is here to give out porridge. It smells so good. Anyone who is hungry, come and have a share."
However, no one came in the first two hours.
"Aren't they hungry? " Zhan Dongwen couldn't sit still anymore.
"You ask a dozen people to put on their tattered clothes, pretend to be disaster victims, and go around downstairs from all directions to eat porridge." Tang Wen said.
Li Quan asked someone to do it, and it really worked, giving these "agents" a chance to perform.
Soon, a few people came over and asked, "Is this really a free porridge distribution? Do you want money?"
"It's free, you'll be full, and there's some shredded meat in the porridge. Our Master Tang is a kind-hearted man, so we'll let you have some meat." Zhan Dongwen shouted at the top of his voice.
Suddenly, dozens of victims rushed over with bowls in hand, grabbed a bowl and started eating enthusiastically.
By the afternoon, the number of victims had increased to one hundred.
"Master, do you want to tell them about our recruitment?" Zhan Dongwen asked.
"No rush, let's talk about it in three days." Tang Wen waved his hand.
In this way, after three days of continuous operation, the number of people gathered reached more than 200.
“Everyone, our Master Tang has said so.
Anyone willing to sell themselves as slaves to the Tang family would receive 15 taels of silver each, half a tael of silver per month, and full meals.
Wear Mr. Tang’s clothes, live in Mr. Tang’s house, and have meat for one meal within three days, with two dishes and a soup for each meal.
If you don't want to sell yourself, Mr. Tang can also hire you to work for us.
Of course, if you are good at martial arts, you can get more silver according to your strength." Zhan Dongwen said.
"How much would you get for a day if you just work without selling your body?" someone asked, holding a bowl.
"Forty copper coins!" Zhan Dongwen replied.
"Is food provided?" asked a thin man.
“No food, but you can use copper coins to exchange for rice from Mr. Tang, one pound is twenty copper coins.
You have eaten the meal just now. Master Tang’s rice is of the best quality.
Moreover, there is no sand in it.
Although the price is the same as the market price, Mr. Tang’s rice is better.” Zhan Dongwen said.
"How much is the meat?"
"One pound of meat costs 160 copper coins." Zhan Dongwen said.
"Everyone, we can exchange the rice you bought for porridge. However, there will be no meat in the porridge. You can only eat meat if you sell yourself to my Tang family." Tang Wen stood up and pointed to a wooden table next to him and said, "This is the food for my Tang family's servants, although they can only eat meat once every three days.
However, usually every meal will have a bowl of broth and two dishes.
If you know martial arts, add another dish and eat meat once a day.
People like Zhan Dongwen are good at martial arts and are the guards of my Tang family, so they eat better than others."
Seeing the Tang family's servants eating the delicious food, many of the victims could only swallow their saliva.
"Mr. Tang, my name is 'Zhao Du'. I have practiced martial arts and I have a wife and children at home. Do you want them too? Will they be provided with food?" asked a dark-skinned man.
“Your wife should be able to help the Tang family with work, and the old man can do some easy work.
Children don’t have to work. I will open a school if I have the chance in the future.
Let all your children have books to read. I want them all." Tang Wen said.
"Okay, I'm willing to sell myself to the Tang family." Zhao Du said.
"You have practiced martial arts. These iron chains weigh 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, or 600 kilograms. Come and move them. I will give you the price according to how heavy you can lift." Tang Wen said, pointing at the iron chains that Li Quan and his men had carried out.
Zhao Du walked to the six hundred kilogram iron chain. He gathered all his strength, put his strength into his arms, and shouted, "Get up!"
However, the iron chain only moved but failed to lift it, and Zhao Du's face turned red immediately.
"It's okay. If the 600-jin one doesn't work, try the 500-jin one." Tang Wen encouraged him.
So Zhao Du tried the 500-jin one, but still couldn't lift it.
Finally, he rushed towards the 300-jin one, roared, and finally picked him up.
"Okay, the silver for selling your body will be increased to thirty taels, and you will receive two taels of silver as monthly salary, and be assigned to the security team. Each of your family members will receive ten taels of silver, and half a tael of silver as monthly salary, and they will do some light work, and the food and lodging will be provided by my Tang family." Tang Wen said.
Zhan Dongwen wrote the contract immediately, Zhao Du put his fingerprint on it, and ran away excitedly.
Soon, he brought his wife, children and mother over.
Tang Ling immediately arranged tents for them. Of course, men and women were separated, and the children stayed with their mothers.
For the time being, Tang Wen does not have enough tents, and it is impossible to provide one for each family.
Once there is one, there will be two. At the end of the day, another fifty strong men sold themselves to the Tang family. Including their families, the number reached seventy-two.
In addition, sixty people became temporary workers for the Tang family.
Tang Wen was not in a hurry either, as he believed that they would all become slaves of the Tang family in the future.
After all, the difference in treatment between temporary workers and Tang family servants was too obvious, and those two dishes and a meat soup alone could defeat their strong will.
"You have accumulated 60 points of popularity and can start the third time travel." At this time, the Landlord Space responded.
The next moment, human aura emerged from the heads of seventy-two people and rushed towards Tang Wen.
After entering the palace for the second time, Tang Wen hurried back to the tent to breathe, using the "Six Mysterious Return to Truth Technique" to guide the energy into the body.
The pain came over him again, and two acupuncture points in his body were making banging sounds from the impact of the human energy.
After half an hour, the hard work finally paid off and I felt as refreshed as soaking in a hot spring.
Tang Wen looked at the space and found that the data displayed on the giant screen had changed:
Popularity index: 148.
Land area: 2338 hectares.
Wealth index: 1,500 taels of gold.
Martial arts level: late ninth level.
Ceremonial load: 300 tons.
Travel time: fifteen days.
The skill level has been raised by one level, which must be due to the addition of seventy-two popular forces.
In the middle of the night, Tang Wen took off into the air again.
After landing, I found that it was daytime again in Yunhai City, so I chose a remote area and rented a large warehouse of thousands of square meters.
Then he went straight to the Bafu Golden Tower and sold 800 taels of gold for 9.6 million yuan.
He took out 6 million to buy back 30,000 taels of silver, and used the remaining 3 million to buy cement, steel bars, tents, rice, flour, water pipes and other supplies.
More stone crushers and sand crushers were added because Tang Feng was going to rebuild the dam this time when he returned.
So, he took the video of Wolong Lake to the provincial design institute and spent 500,000 yuan to get a water conservancy construction blueprint.
In addition, I spent more than ten days learning about water conservancy knowledge from water conservancy experts.
I also took a video so that I can review it whenever I want when I don’t understand something.
This time, we also specially purchased a batch of office equipment, such as computers, desks, conference tables, etc.
Because there was no electricity in the State of Chu, batteries had to be used as a substitute for the time being.
The most important thing is that Tang Wen also borrowed several million from the Luo family to purchase a small surveying drone.
By then, we will survey the entire picture of Koh Samui, and when we come back next time, we will make a complete island construction plan map of Koh Samui.
Otherwise, if we allow people to build at will, and then want to develop it again when we have money, we will demolish and build again, which would be a waste.
This time they returned with a full load of 300 tons of supplies, of which 200 tons were cement.
Because Tang Wen planned to build dams and canals to revitalize Wolong Lake.
"Ding Dong, to start time travel for the fourth time you need to accumulate 100 points of popularity.
Once the popularity reaches one thousand, the system will be upgraded to 2.0.
Then, you will have traveled a greater distance.
The system will select a second destination for you to cross, rather than limiting it to the Great East Republic."
This is a great temptation. Tang Wen is looking forward to what the second target crossing site will be like and where it is.
However, as soon as I came back to my senses, I heard the sounds of fierce fighting and shouts of killing.
