I'm the only player

Chapter 425 Ancient Fish Country

[A real object that meets the requirements has been detected. Do you want to enter it into the copy space? ]

【whether】

He Sheng looked down at the cultivators who were destroyed by lightning. The other party was not an ordinary sect, but the royal family of a country.

These cultivators belong to the category of family power, which is different from those forces that open their doors to many disciples. Generally speaking, the royal family of a country is considered the strongest force in the country.

This group of people were quite unlucky, and most of them were reluctant to give up such a huge foundation. However, they sent many young people out, some of whom integrated into the society and went into exile in other countries, which can be regarded as leaving behind a spark of fire. Who knows, one day, the younger generations will be able to rebuild the glory.

He pressed down the cloud, fortunately he did not simply smash down the mountain of thunder violently, but used exquisite control to send down thousands of thunders to name them one by one.

After searching for a while, he finally found a jade pendant. The jade pendant was about the size of an adult's palm, and there was a fish carved on it.

"fish?"

[A real object that meets the requirements has been detected. Do you want to enter it into the copy space? ]

【whether】

The information prompt pops up again.

"Yes."

[Recording in progress. Please do not leave the jade pendant within a thousand meters while recording. 】

【1%5%50%99%100%】

【Entry successful! 】

He left the palace directly, disguised himself slightly, changed his clothes, and found an inn to stay in.

In the bedroom, enter the space with hanging flower doors.

【Ancient Fish Kingdom】

Reach out and click to view detailed introduction.

【《Guyu Kingdom》: According to legend, Guyu Kingdom was actually the earliest ruler of China and foreign lands, with a vast territory. Unfortunately, due to the eunuchs' monopoly of power, the change of imperial power, foreign invasions, various rebellions and uprisings, and natural disasters, the people were unable to make a living, and thus it collapsed. 】

[The only mission: to save the collapsing building and turn the tide! ]

[Task Description: The owner of the jade pendant is a descendant of the Ancient Fish Kingdom (self-belief, no actual evidence). It is said that this jade pendant was worn by the last emperor of the Ancient Fish Kingdom, Emperor Tianshou. So, if there is a chance to go back in time, can you save the Ancient Fish Kingdom? ]

[Please fulfill the obsession for the owner of the jade pendant. ]

[Hint: Restricted copy, experience the thrilling experience of being in the game and mending the cracks in the sky with one hand. ]

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Let's say, Chuihuamen, you overestimate me a little bit. I am actually a reckless man, at best a more cautious reckless man. I only know how to fight and kill, and save a dynasty that is about to be destroyed. Don't you think too highly of me?

"Hey?"

No, very wrong.

I didn't say killing people is not allowed. Wouldn't it be better to just kill all those who are harming the country and the people?

"I'm really smart."

"Open, open, open."

This time, he still has to pass the level with one life.

"Luckily I have a permanent cheat."

[《Universal·Permanent·Ever-changing·Instance Cheater》: You can activate the "Cheating Fingers" in any instance. Each instance will have a random "Cheating Fingers" activated.

(Please note: the "each time" in each copy means that no matter how many times the copy is repeated, it will only be the cheat code that is activated when you first enter the copy.)]

"Let's go."

He pushed open the hanging flower door and strode in.

Everything went dark before my eyes and I lost consciousness, and at the same time, the words I had said countless times rang in my ears.

【Wish you a happy game! 】

I am very happy when I cheat.

After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly opened his eyes, and then a large amount of memories flooded his mind.

"Congratulations!"

The name is still his own, and the system arrangement has always been reliable.

"Songlin County, the captain of the Yingsi Baihu Division."

The Shadow Division has similar duties to the Jinyiwei of the previous dynasty, except that it has more functions, larger responsibilities, and greater strength.

A few days ago, "I" spent more than one hundred taels of silver to bribe a general flag of a hundred households, and successfully transferred from a strongman to a captain.

As far as I can remember, the wrestlers and the lieutenants were of the same rank, but they had different duties, different monthly salaries, and different opportunities.

The former is more like an assistant to the latter. The strongman usually has to stand guard at night, assist the centurions in escorting prisoners, guarding cells, maintaining order and other tasks. It is extremely difficult to make meritorious deeds. Without connections, you will basically stay in the position of strongman for your entire life.

Although, when the Hundred Households were short of manpower, the strongmen were needed to serve with the captains. However, if they really made contributions, they would definitely be given priority over the captains. The strongmen could only eat a bite of the leftovers after the superiors were full.

The lieutenant is different, his main duties are patrol and arrest. Even if he takes a wrestler with him on a mission, although they seem to be of the same rank, in fact only the lieutenant has the power of arrest, and the wrestler is just like a contract worker.

"One hundred taels."

The annual salary of a lieutenant was 12 dan of rice, which was about 8.4 taels of silver. You read that right, less than 9 taels of salary. If you convert it, it's less than 1 tael of silver per month, only 7 taels of silver. If he relied on the salary to support his family, he would have starved to death long ago.

The main source of income is actually extortion from vendors and shops during patrols. Of course, that is for those without backgrounds. Those with backgrounds have already negotiated with the head of the Hundred Households Office. Naturally, the subordinates can't even think of getting a piece of the pie.

Or, when they were on a mission to suppress bandits or capture criminals, the spoils of war would be divided among the masters and then divided among the subordinates, and they could earn quite a lot of money. For the lieutenants, even the leftover spoils of war that the masters ate were quite a lot.

At worst, they could collect some money when handling cases, or collude with businessmen to get some dividends. Don't think about dividends for the time being, because only general flag officers or above can get them. Even if they are in charge of a small flag with ten people, they can't get dividends from the seventh rank, let alone the lowest rank lieutenant.

He made up the money by selling the land passed down from his ancestors, of which 15 mu was sold for 30 taels of silver.

That’s right, two taels of silver for one acre of land!

Thirty years earlier, an acre of land would have been worth at least fifty taels. However, with the rebellions and uprisings in various places, as well as the land policies of the court, the value of land plummeted.

Where did the remaining money come from?

Haha, of course it was loaned out.

In Songlin County, a small place, the only formal places for lending money were money houses and pawnshops. Unfortunately, he couldn't get much loan for his 15 acres of land. He could only get money from those informal places where the government turned a blind eye.

Wealthy businessmen, retired officials, and temples in the county.

Yes, you read that right, the temple is lending money part-time. The annual interest rate is only 20%, which is charitable. There is no way, the other two are even more fucked up, the annual interest rate of 50% is a gift from the master, and the more ruthless ones directly raise it to 120%.

The kind-hearted people will let you pay back the money over three to five years until you have earned enough money. The more ruthless ones will not only ask for the interest, but also your body, and make you a slave in their house.

He Sheng's route was to join a gang. Although Songlin County is not a big place with a population of only over 300,000, there are several gangs operating some gray and black businesses.

Of course, they were all gloves similar to those of the Giant Whale Clan. However, they were not as arrogant and domineering as the Giant Whale Clan in the "Giant Whale Past" copy, which almost monopolized all businesses in the city and even dared to ride on the heads of the government and act tyrannically.

If the gangs in the county had no background or backing, the officials could tear them apart. As for the IOU, it was 100 taels of silver with an annual interest rate of 25%. It was stipulated that if the principal could be repaid within three years, the interest would be waived.

For a lieutenant, earning more than thirty taels of silver a year was as easy as playing. To put it bluntly, just by extorting those shops, it would be no problem to make more than fifty taels a year. If you are lucky, you can go out on a mission and share the spoils. In two cases, you can almost make a hundred taels.

It's not that those gangs are more merciful than the temples, but if He Sheng is successfully transferred to the position of a small lieutenant, it would be enough for them to pass on the news occasionally.

"Pa!" Suddenly, he slapped himself in the face for no reason.

“You really don’t want to kill yourself.”

According to memory, the film department was against the county magistrate, retired officials, and local gentry. When the gangs were lending money, they said "ventilation". If you use your toes to think about it, you will understand what it means.

It's nothing more than letting him be the insider to report when there is action against the three parties so that they can prepare in advance.

"No, we must get the note back."

That thing is a bomb. It's fine when it doesn't explode, but once it explodes, it's fatal. Besides, it's just a breeze occasionally? You're kidding. Your life is in someone else's hands, so they can do whatever they want to you.

If you tip off someone once or twice, you will be dragged into the situation, and the things you will be asked to do will become more and more excessive, until you eventually become a traitor.

Turn your back on someone?
That's not naive.

The Film Department has rules for internal staff, and he broke the rules by borrowing money from outside. Normally, the centurion would not care. The problem is that if he casually distributed his IOU, the centurion would not turn a blind eye.

Once they are in charge, if they show mercy, the worst that can happen is that they will be sent to the army. Border defense, farming, engineering labor, and logistics service, the first three are not so bad, they are a bit hard and tiring, but the most terrible thing is logistics service.

You can imagine how depressed a group of rough men who have been fighting against foreign tribes for many years must be. The prisoners sent to the army are not considered human beings. Even the animals in the army have a higher status than the prisoners.

So, it is very common to see flowers like sunflowers blooming.

"Gan!"

I just came in and someone grabbed my lifeblood, fuck your system.
"Wait a minute."

He Sheng suddenly looked at his hands, and then began to move his joints up and down.

"Something's wrong. Something's wrong. Something's very wrong."

Why is his body so strong!

Yes, he is very strong, abnormally strong.

"I am just a person who knows a few moves of the 'Shadow Killing Sword Technique'. With a sword, I can only fight three or five people at most. But how can my physical strength be only slightly weaker than my physical strength in the fifth level of Qi training in 'The Past of the Giant Whale'?"

If his memory was correct, "himself" was at best a bit stronger than the street vagrants who had never practiced swordsmanship.

Could it be that it’s because it’s too old?
He took a deep breath and could vaguely feel the spiritual energy of the five elements of heaven and earth.

"Fuck, so strong?"

He, an ordinary lieutenant who had not even stepped into the threshold of cultivation, could actually feel the spiritual energy vaguely. Then, how rich must the spiritual energy between the heaven and earth of the Ancient Fish Kingdom in the copy be?

“Dangdangdang~~~”

Knocked on the wall, got it!
Not only has the average physical strength of humans been greatly improved, but so have all kinds of items.

Close your eyes and carefully "look through" your memory.

In the end, he had to accept the reality that the spiritual energy was rich during the period of the Ancient Fish Kingdom. There were many lieutenants with similar skills as him in the Hundred Households Office, and he was still at the bottom of the list.

Apart from this, there are some signs of the existence of similar practitioners, but the signs are not too big. Judging from the future, whether it is martial arts or qigong, the methods are too rough.

Perhaps, there are exquisite skills and methods, but he is simply unable to access them due to his position.

"When he joined the Hundred Households Office, he was given two secret manuals. One is the 'Shadow-Slaying Sword Technique', and the other is the 'Tongxuan Jue' for practicing Qi." The annoying thing is that although his talent is not the worst, it can only be said to be average at best, which is at the general average and passing level.

"Ugh."

Wait, I still have a cheat that I haven't activated yet. I was so busy checking my memory that I almost forgot about the cheat code.

"Turn on."

[Congratulations to the players for obtaining the "Advance Future" system! ]

"Predict future?"

No, you want me to be a charlatan and save the Ancient Fish Kingdom?
Don’t mention it, it’s a way.

The superstition of ancient people is beyond the imagination of modern people.

Even some modern wealthy businessmen still believe in Feng Shui.

"Ok!"

He rubbed his eyes and looked at it carefully for a moment.

"Advance?"

The meaning of advance is simple: payment in advance and compensation in the future.

"What the hell? Isn't this the golden finger that was popular for a while on the novel website I read before I traveled through time?"

Click!

[Advanceable options: "Shadow-killing Blade Technique" and "Tongxuan Jue". ]

【Number of advance payments available: 1. 】

【Tip①: After advance payment, you need to repay. 】

[Tip ②: If you fail to repay in time, the cost will be doubled. You can only continue to advance money after you have completely repaid the cause and effect.]

【Tip ③: The number of advance payments needs to be increased by upgrading the realm.】

He Sheng stroked his chin and roughly understood the outline of the "Advance System".

"You can default on payments. There's no such thing as permanent closure. But if you default again and again, the costs will pile up again and again, and you may never be able to pay it back in your lifetime. If you can avoid defaulting, it's best not to. What's the deal with realm? Why is it related to the number of advance payments?"

After thinking for a while, he decided to give it a try. If he advanced his martial arts skills, he would be able to understand it more or less. So, he clicked on the advanced number of times.

[Please choose to advance martial arts: "Shadow-killing Blade Technique" and "Tongxuan Jue". ]

The sword technique is not considered, he is just a limited means, it is not that he has no combat experience. Of course, it is not that the "Shadow Killing Sword Technique" is useless, there are many techniques in it that use spiritual energy to burst out more powerful sword moves.

That’s right, people who practiced martial arts during the ancient Fish Kingdom period directly breathed in spiritual energy.

If the cultivators of the Hundred Kingdoms returned to the ancient Ancient Fish Kingdom, they would probably be so excited that they would cry. That scene is no different from a poor man who can't make a living and encounters a gold mountain that can be dug at will.

[May I ask if you would like to advance the payment of "Tong Xuan Jue"? ]

[Result: "Tong Xuan Jue" has achieved minor success, and the Qi has entered the body. ]

[Reason: Practice the "Tong Xuan Jue" one thousand times. ]

【whether? 】

"A thousand times?"

It takes about half an hour to finish the "Tong Xuan Jue" once. The captain of the Hundred Households has to work for about twelve hours a day. Of the remaining twelve hours, he can only squeeze out eight hours a day to make up for it, which means sixteen times.

1000÷16=62.5.

The repayment can be completed in just over two months!

Normally, it would take at least half a year for a person with average talent to get started with the "Tong Xuan Jue". For a gifted person, it would take at least three months.

"Good fellow, it's more than an advance."

Taking the best result (minor success in Tong Xuan Jue) and returning the lowest cause (practicing Tong Xuan Jue a thousand times). Isn't this just fleecing? It's just an advance payment of wool.

(End of this chapter)