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Chapter 2136 2141 City of Poverty
Lin Siyu looked at Su Li, saw the surprised look in Su Li's eyes, and continued to say to the loader: "We just asked you to lead the way, and you didn't hurt those servants, how could you lose your head?"

The stevedore was obviously terrified, his face was ashen, and he was trembling: "No, you are from other places, so you don't know the rules here. I, I just saw that the guard of Zhao was suffering, but he didn't go to help. If the guard of Zhao You know, my head is going to be taken off!"

"If you're going to chop off your head like this, what's the law!?" Su Li took a deep breath, with a stern look in his eyes.

The stevedore shrank his head: "In our Ancheng, Master Zhao's words are Wang Fa."

Su Li and Lin Siyu looked at each other, and Lin Siyu said: "Don't worry, those servants are blind and won't recognize you. You take us to the mansion of Governor Zhao, and we will bring you the travel expenses. How much money do you want? "

The stevedore looked at the blind servants flopping about in the river, but couldn't resist the temptation of the money, so he gritted his teeth and agreed, "Then, then I'll take you there! I, I'm going to make a price!"

"Well, you just ask the price." Lin Siyu said.

The stevedore lowered his head and thought for a while, as if he was ruthless, he spread his five fingers and shook: "I want this much."

"Five taels of silver?" Lin Siyu asked back.

But when he asked this question, the stevedore was so frightened that he took several steps back: "Oh my mother, how can I ask for five taels of silver? I want five taels of silver, which is already a lot. I am at the dock. I can only earn two or three Wen a day by working. I have to work for five Wen for two days!"

"You work hard at the pier, earning only two or three Wen a day!?" Su Li looked in disbelief, the labor force in Ancheng is too worthless!

Originally in Haizi Village, in such a poor village, a man could earn tens of pennies for a day of hard work.

But in Ancheng, a big man can only earn two to three pennies for a day's coolie.

Su Li now understands a little bit, why the people here look sallow and emaciated, and their clothes are ragged.

With such a low economic level, the lives of ordinary people are difficult. Five cents is not enough to buy a bunch of high-end candied haws in the capital, but here it is a strong laborer's wages for two days.

When Lin Siyu heard this, he also felt sympathetic, and said, "I'll give you ten cents, you can lead the way."

Then put the ten Wen money directly in the hands of the stevedore.

The stevedore took the ten cents, and his face was full of ecstasy, as if in disbelief: "Oh, what kind of luck did I have, I got rich, I bought coarse rice and went home today, and the whole family can have a full meal Already!"

The stevedore carefully hid the ten Wen coins close to his body, then nodded and bowed to Su Li and the others and said, "Gentlemen, I will show you the way here."

Su Li and the others got into the carriage, and the stevedore led the way for the convoy.

Wu Hua and Su Li sat in a carriage and took out their purses, which contained more than 100 coins.

Wu Hua held the more than 100 Wen coins back and forth in the palm of his hand, and sighed: "At first, I always thought that I was poor, but I didn't expect that when I came to Ancheng, I became a rich man."

Su Li lifted the curtain and looked at the streets on both sides.

The farther away from the wharf, the more houses on the street, but most of them are earthen houses.

Most of the people along the way are yellow and thin, and their clothes are made of rough linen, which has been patched a lot. The road is not very smooth and dusty.

Su Li's convoy of people and horses became the most obvious presence on the road, attracting many people to watch curiously along the way, and some people directly surrounded the convoy and started begging.

(End of this chapter)