Chapter 9： Three minutes east of the river, three minutes west of the river

  Chapter 9 Three Minutes Hedong, Three Minutes Hexi

   Half a year passed quietly.

   It's the end of the month again.

  Han Zhao finished practicing in the evening, and instead of going home directly, he went to Xu's Rice Shop in Changfengfang, Outer City. Today is the time to collect the regular money.

  Now he has 10 taels of 8 taels of silver in his hand, and if he receives another 1 tael of silver, he can exchange it for 1 tael of gold.

  Martial Arts: Duanyue Saber Technique (77% of the first level of success), health formula (56% of the first level of success)

  Looking at his attributes, Han Zhao secretly sighed.

  Health regimen is still the same, with an average monthly increase of 1%.

  Duanyue Saber Technique was at the introductory stage before, and the average practice day could increase the progress by 1%.

  However, starting from the small stage, it has become an average of two days to increase the progress by 1%.

   It's not because the difficulty has increased, but after reaching the level of skin training, although Han Zhao's strength has been greatly enhanced, the physical consumption of practicing sword techniques has increased.

  Health regimen can speed up physical recovery, but it needs to consume nutrients, and three meals a day can no longer satisfy Han Zhao's appetite.

  After reaching the level of leather training, his income has increased, but his appetite has also increased greatly. To be able to save so much money in five months is already doing his best.

  The main reason is that the root bone is too poor.

  [Double swords and swords] can improve his swordsmanship aptitude and make his practice proficiency rise quickly, but after daily exercise, his body strength will increase faster and his hips will be stretched.

   A large amount of meat must be supplemented to make the body stronger and break through to the bone training level as soon as possible.

  So, since throttling cannot be done, we can only open source.

  The earlier you add breakthrough points, the earlier you can make more money.

   Soon, Han Zhao came to Changfengfang next to Yihefang.

  The front door of Xu's Rice Shop is on the most prosperous East Street in Changfengfang, and the back of the house is Xinqiaotan near the Yihe River.

  At this time, big boats and small boats came and went, transporting the rice from the boats to the back of the house of the rice bank.

  The price of unhulled grain will be lower, because workers in the rice shop are still needed to pound (chong) the rice.

Pounding rice is to put grains into a stone mortar, and use a pestle to remove the husks or crush them. The husks are the bran. The tools for pounding rice are a bit like a medicine pot. There is a mallet and a container. Smash the husks off the grains.

  Generally poor families would pound rice and then sell it, so as to make more money.

  However, pounding rice is very heavy labor. An ordinary farm family of three or five people needs to pound three or four mortars (jiu) of rice every month. It takes at least two or three hundred poundings to pound a mortar of rice, and it takes nearly an hour.

  I don’t know how long it will take to pound this bag of rice.

  The business of Xu's Rice Shop is very big. After the rice is pounded and processed, a lot of rice will be moved back to the ship in sacks, and then transported to the inner city.

  The bran left after the husking process will be taken to taverns or big families in loads, as fuel for stoves, or sent to farmers as rations for livestock.

   Many people in the slums will buy bran to satisfy their hunger.

  A group of tanned men wearing straw hats passed by Han Zhao and walked towards Mi excitedly.

  Han Zhao came back to his senses.

  ‘Today is the day of harvesting rice. '

   It is already the autumn of the second year.

   It has been almost ten months since I came to this world.

  A group of men gathered around the counter of the rice shop and asked about the price of rice.

   Han Zhao saw this and waited at the door.

  The sharp-eyed shopkeeper Mi Xingsun saw Han Zhao at the door, and the look of blank eyes on the men disappeared instantly, and he greeted them with a smile on his face.

   "Master Han, you are here to get the money, right? Please wait a moment."

   "Trouble shopkeeper Sun." Han Zhao cupped his hands.

   Shopkeeper Sun returned to the counter, opened the cabinet, took out an ingot of silver the size of a thumb, and offered it with both hands.

  The men who came to make rice looked eagerly at the silver in the shopkeeper's hand, but when they noticed the exercise clothes Han Zhao was wearing, they quickly looked away.

   "Thank you, shopkeeper Sun." Han Zhao took the money and stuffed it into the money bag.

   "Master Han, please don't be so polite to me."

   "Then I won't bother you, let's leave."

   "Slow down! Master Han." Shopkeeper Sun waved vigorously at Han Zhao's back.

At this time, the new guy on the side couldn't help but stepped forward, and asked in a low voice: "I'm so envious, you don't have to do anything, and you can get a tael of silver in a month. not as good as"

Snapped!

   Shopkeeper Sun slapped the guy on the back of the head, interrupted the other person, and said viciously: "Shut up, if it wasn't for the sake of you being my nephew, I'd let you go!"

  The guy who was beaten shrank his head.

Shopkeeper Sun looked at Han Zhao's back, seeing that he didn't stop, knowing that he didn't hear, he breathed a sigh of relief, and explained to his nephew in a low voice: "This young master Han may be the third uncle of the Xu family in the future." , Offended him, you want to die!"

  The man heard the words, and finally got scared. When he turned around and saw the men of Tiaomi watching the fun, he became annoyed and said, "What are you looking at?!"

  【Three minutes to the east of the river, three minutes to the west of the river, don't bully the young and poor! As long as you charge krypton gold, you will become stronger immediately, and then slap this low-minded guy in the face! 】

  The reminder message in sight made Han Zhao speechless for a moment.

  Based on his hearing and zhenqi cultivation, although the man's voice was very low, he could still hear it clearly, but he didn't want to pay attention to it.

  He feels that if copper coins can also be recharged, this system may drain the last copper in his pocket.

   It can only be said that it is indeed produced by Goose Factory.

   "What?! How can anyone fall so hard!"

   Before Han Zhao had gone far, he heard a suddenly raised voice from behind, full of disappointment and shock.

   "You don't sell it, some people sell it!" Shopkeeper Sun's unceremonious voice sounded: "Our Xu's rice line has always been the highest price, and you can't find a second one!"

  Han Zhao frowned slightly.

  While passing by the Yihe River, looking at the boats coming and going on the river, he suddenly recalled the article written by Mr. Li Ye in his junior high school text in his previous life - "Too much to charge."

  There is such a sentence at the beginning: Hebutou of Wansheng Rice Bank is moored in all directions with open boats from the countryside. The boat is loaded with new rice, which keeps the boat very low.

  He doesn’t remember the original text later, but it left a deep impression on him.

  Han Zhao quickened his pace, and the voice from Mi Xing completely disappeared in his ears.

  After exchanging gold, Han Zhao returned home.

   "System, recharge."

  The 1 tael of gold in his hand disappeared instantly.

  【Current balance: Gold 2 taels. 】

  【Collect 25 prompt fragments, is it possible to synthesize an entry? 】

   At this point, there is not much yin in Han Zhao's heart left.

  【Synthesis once, consume 15 prompt fragments and 2 taels of gold. You must get the one-time entry, the basic entry 'Life Simulation'; the probability of obtaining a white entry increases by 1%]

"yes."

  【Obtain the basic entry 'life simulation', do you want to start the simulation? 】

"yes."

  【At the age of sixteen, you joined the Shaking Mountain Boxing Academy to practice Duanyue Saber Technique, and it took you three months to break through to the skin training level. 】

  【Twenty-two years old, you rely on the Duanyue Saber Technique to break through to the bone training level, and the health-preserving formula has reached the first level of perfection, and the breakthrough is imminent. 】

  【You are recruited by gangs and families in the city, you are in the name of 'Xu's Rice Shop', 'Tianyue Gang', 'Lianfeng Villa', 35 taels of silver a year. 】

  【At the end of the year, Xu Ling lost the battle for the family business and lost control of Xu's Rice Shop. Your nominal income dropped by two-thirds. In order to earn more money, you choose to become the government's knife catcher. 】

  【Twenty-three years old, you caught three fugitives one after another within half a year, earned dozens of taels of silver, and gained a small reputation in the neighborhood. 】

  【Twenty-four years old, relying on your income as a swordsman, you have reached the perfection of bone training. 】

  【Three months later, you failed to break through the realm of blood training, and your qi and blood were damaged. 】

  【Twenty-five years old, your health regimen has broken through the second layer, and your damaged blood has returned to its peak state. 】

  【In order to increase the success rate of breakthrough, you decided to save money to buy precious medicinal materials. 】

[During a mission, you chased two fugitives, and the other party led you into a trap. Their accomplice was a martial artist with perfect bone training. The other party had practiced fist, palm, and leg three martial arts. It will consume you to death. 】

  Han Zhao looked at the information in the simulation, and thought to himself: "The time to enter the Bone Training Realm has been accelerated by one year compared to last time. There are still six years left, and Xu Ling will lose Xu's rice line."

  He has to step up his practice, if he can, he can't let the rich woman go bankrupt.

  His failure to break through the realm of blood training has a lot to do with the lack of routine silver from Xu's Rice Bank.

  (end of this chapter)