At this time, there were very few shops that exchanged gold and silver for copper coins. They were only found in the capital and large cities in prefectures and counties. There were no cash cabinets in small counties like this. If you wanted to exchange gold for copper coins, you had to use it to buy things and let the merchants give you change. .
With the lessons learned from the past, Nanfeng was not in a hurry to take action. He walked around the city first, then left the city, hid his bedding, and entered the city empty-handed.
Golden beans were very rare at this time, so Nanfeng, worried about causing trouble, flattened a golden bean with a stone and held it tightly in his hand.
You can't find gold in ordinary small shops, you have to find larger shops.
There must be a reasonable reason and cannot be ignored again.
After thinking about it carefully, Nanfeng came up with a way.
There was a restaurant on the busiest street in the city. At noon, when there were the most diners, Nanfeng ran towards the restaurant from the north, shouting as he ran, "Good luck, good luck, I have gold."
His shout attracted the attention of passers-by. Nanfeng ran into the restaurant under everyone's gaze, raised his right fist at the counter, "Shopkeeper, bring me some buns, I have gold."
The shopkeeper looked at him doubtfully, but Nanfeng was not in a hurry to reach out. He was waiting for the onlookers to catch up.
When everyone came to the door, Nanfeng turned around and said to everyone, "This is given to me by a kind person. Don't try to leave it alone."
At this time, everyone's attention was focused on his right hand. Since he was clenching his fist, others did not know what the shape of the gold was. If you don't know what shape it is, you can't accuse him of stealing.
When no one answered, Nanfeng handed the gold in his hand to the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, I want to buy steamed buns."
The shopkeeper could tell at a glance whether it was gold or not. The shopkeeper took the gold, took a look at it, and lifted the small scale to weigh it. Since there were many people watching, the shopkeeper lifted the small scale very high to show everyone that he was not underestimating his weight.
After weighing them, they started to pick up steamed buns for Nanfeng. The buns were not big, so Nanfeng asked for thirty.
"Can you finish eating so much?" the shopkeeper asked.
"It doesn't matter. There are many of us. Give me another bottle of wine. My second and third uncles like to drink." Nanfeng said.
The shopkeeper brought him wine and made steamed buns. Nanfeng took the change of silver and copper coins, left the restaurant, and ran to the south street, shouting as he ran, "Second uncle, third uncle."
He ran very fast and quickly got away from everyone. When he reached another street, Nanfeng stopped shouting and left the city as fast as he could. He took his things and walked south quickly.
After making sure that no one was chasing him, Nanfeng opened the paper bag and took some buns to eat. He had been hungry for a long time and swallowed a dozen in one go. He still wanted to eat, but he held back. He was hungry for too long and couldn't eat too much.
After eating the steamed buns, he gained strength. Nanfeng moved forward quickly and arrived at the next town before dark. He used one copper coin to live in the woodshed. In fact, two copper coins can live in the fire kang, but he didn't live in it. First, he was a clerk. He didn't want him to live there, and he didn't dare to live in either of them. The fire kang was an open kang, and he was afraid that others would snatch his things.
I was in a hurry to leave and didn't have time to buy shoes. I walked in a hurry and the soles of my feet were worn out. Nanfeng cut strips of cloth from his clothes, wrapped a few strips around his feet, and put on the worn shoes again.
After eating a few steamed buns, Nanfeng counted the money the other party asked him for in the darkness. Although the golden beans were small, they weighed well, a full one tael. The shopkeeper did not cheat him or give him a high price, so he discounted eleven taels of silver. , now he still has ten taels of silver and some copper coins in his hand.
With the money, Nanfeng began to plan to change his clothes. Since he had not bathed for a long time, he had lice on his body and head, and the bites were really uncomfortable.
But after thinking about it carefully, he gave up the idea. He was unable to protect himself now. Others didn't rob him just because they didn't bother to do it. If he was dressed cleanly, he might be tricked.
Even so, he was still worried. Instead of putting the silver into his arms, he stuffed it into the bones in the bag, leaving only the copper coins in his arms.
The reason why I kept a little bit in my arms was because I was worried that if I met someone who was crazy about poverty, if I couldn't get anything, I might kill him to vent my anger.
The next morning, Nanfeng got up early and quietly went on the road. It always snowed in winter, but it hadn't snowed in the past few days, so we had to hurry up.
Although he did not talk to others, he could hear other people's conversations. Over time, he also heard some clues. Lin Zhendong, one of the martial arts leaders of the Wei State, was missing. Some people speculated that he was dead. Another thing is that another martial arts leader Li Chaozong won the martial arts competition with Long Yunzi, the real protector of the country. Long Yunzi had a despicable character and the fragments of the Book of Heaven he handed over turned out to be fake. Li Chaozong was furious and left Long Yunzi alone. Lead the martial arts practitioners to hold Yu Qingzong accountable.
In addition to these two things, there are some trivial matters. At this time, there are two Wei Kingdoms in the north and a Liang Kingdom in the south. These three kingdoms often fight. Either you beat me, or I beat him, or he beats you. In short Just don't deal with it.
This news was of no use to Nanfeng. What he cared about was another piece of news. There was a large river eight hundred miles south. After crossing the river, he reached the border of Liang Kingdom. Since the two countries were at war, there were no ferries on the river. If you want to go to the South Country, you can only go there on the ice.
It's March 9th in another half month, so we have to rush to the river when it's the coldest and cross the river on the ice. If the weather gets warmer, it will be impossible to walk on the ice.
Half a month, eight hundred miles, more than fifty miles a day.
After calculating the distance to be traveled in a day, Nanfeng did not dare to slack off. He set out before dawn and stopped only when he could no longer see his fingers.
Because he hid well, no one would give trouble to a beggar with a corpse. When he stayed in the wild at night, he tried to find a broken house. If he couldn't find it, he looked for more firewood and burned the bonfire. He often heard the scary screams in the darkness. When I arrived, I would see green eyes from time to time, but they were all afraid of fire. As long as the bonfire was not extinguished, they would not dare to come.
Sometimes we would encounter beggars fleeing from famine on the road. When Nanfeng was still five hundred miles away from the river, Nanfeng met an old man. Although the old man was ragged, his conversation was extraordinary. Nanfeng learned from his words that the people in the north were at this time. Both Wei states were established by the Hu people, while the Liang state in the south was a country of the Han people. The Han people had a low status in the north, so many Han people from the north fled to the south.
The old man could read and Nanfeng wanted to go with him, but the old man couldn't walk fast and was worried that he would miss the opportunity to cross the river. Nanfeng could only leave a little silver for him and start the journey alone.
He encountered so many people who blocked the road and robbed him. He couldn't count how many times he was turned over by Nanfeng. He couldn't remember how many times he was beaten. It was inevitable to get angry, and there was nothing he could do about his grievances. Although Tian Yuanzi gave him He left behind a huge treasure, but did not give him the key to the treasure house.
Half a month later, Nanfeng finally arrived at the river, but what he didn't expect was that there were troops stationed by the river. The army set up checkpoints at various important roads leading to the river and closely checked the passers-by.
If the reason mentioned is not accepted, he will be blocked from the checkpoint, and the south wind will also be blocked. The host he said died in a foreign land, and he returned to his hometown with his bones will not be accepted.
Later, the same reason was accepted, because Nanfeng followed the example of others and gave money to the soldier in charge of interrogation.
It was noon when we arrived at the river. Many people gathered at the river, but no one crossed it.
The river was five or six miles wide. The south wind threw a stone on the ice and found that the ice was frozen hard enough for people to walk on.
"Uncle, what are you waiting for?" Nanfeng asked the middle-aged man beside him why.
The middle-aged man tilted his head and glanced at him, "It's dark."
"Why do you have to wait until dark?" Nanfeng asked. At least several hundred people gathered on the riverside, but no one went on the ice.
"I can't wait for you to leave first." The middle-aged man glanced at him.
Nanfeng didn't understand the whole story and didn't dare to go on the ice easily, so he found a dry beach to sit down and took out some dry food to eat.
The middle-aged man seemed to be very hungry. When he saw Nanfeng eating dry food, he wanted to come over and ask for it. However, he was not very polite before and now he was too embarrassed to open his mouth.
Nan Feng ate steamed buns. Seeing that he was hesitant to speak, Nan Feng took the initiative to break half of it for him.
The man took the bun and wolfed it down, "There are many water monsters in this river. They are lurking under the ice and waiting to eat people. If you step on the ice during the day, you will be discovered by them. You can only wait until night..."