Chapter 7

Zhang Gui touched his nose, got up, and relit the stove fire.

Thinking to himself, "If it's a small fire, it's more convenient to get close and roast slowly.

Otherwise, it's too troublesome to light the stove and have it go out, light it and have it go out."

He took off all his clothes, stuck close to the stove fire at a distance of half an inch, pondered comfortably for a long time, and announced in a low voice:

"The measurement units of the True Dragon Kingdom are the official units as I understand them.

That is, the weight unit, the smallest is gram, one thousand grams is one kilogram...

The length unit, the smallest is millimeter, ten millimeters is one centimeter...

The area unit, one hundred meters by one hundred meters is one hectare, one thousand meters by one thousand meters is one square kilometer...

Everyone who obtains economic benefits in the True Dragon Kingdom, regardless of whether they are True Dragon citizens, must pay income tax, paid monthly.

The tax rate is, for those with a monthly income of less than 150 grams of pure silver, pay 1% of the income...

For those with a monthly income of 150 grams of pure silver, including 150 grams, pay 10% of the income...

For those with a monthly income of 10 kilograms of gold and above, pay 45% of the income...

Every transaction conducted on the land of the True Dragon Kingdom must pay a 13% commercial tax...

Anyone who attacks the True Dragon King with physical violence without any legitimate or righteous reason will be treated as a threat to national security.

Can be sentenced to the only death penalty..."

Originally, with his personality, he didn't want to be so radical, but seeing that the local snake operating business on his territory was not an ordinary person, he became cautious.

This kind of law relying on Divine Authority seems useless now, but in reality, it can allow Zhang Gui to take the lead in the field of mysticism.

After thinking about it, feeling it was not enough, he announced again:

"Any armed force that passes through or is stationed on the land of the True Dragon Kingdom without the King's permission, and the organizations protected by such armed forces, are all considered invaders.

As a response to this act of war, the True Dragon Kingdom can sentence all its members to death without trial..."

Just as this sentence was finished, in a secret underground room in the Blackwood Town Town Hall, a short and thin man who was meditating suddenly opened his eyes and looked around with heart palpitations.

He touched the goosebumps protruding on the back of his neck, slowly stood up, his face became more and more gloomy, and he muttered to himself through gritted teeth:

"I, a dignified 'Bing-Middle' 'Zongheng Swordsman,' would actually be frightened and hurt my spirit for no reason.

Zhang Yan, oh Zhang Yan, you grandson, can't you just rest!

You have to make trouble when I, Zhang Qiku, am on duty in Luan Ya.

Is it that you think I'm not bitter enough!

Be careful, I'll fight you to the death!"...

The cultivators who have abilities exceeding human limits on the Dongsheng Continent are divided into nine grades.

Further up is the "Heavenly Position," which belongs to the figures in legends, and there is no need to worry about it usually.

And because the Ming Song Dynasty implements the political system of "The Son of Heaven and the scholar-officials govern the world together,"

Not only are there many high-level intellectuals, but they are also in power and like to play tricks,

So the proper grades cannot be called clearly.

The ninth grade is called "Ding";

The eighth grade is called "Ding-Superior";

The seventh grade is "Bing-Minor";

The sixth grade is "Bing-Middle";

The fifth grade is "Bing-Superior-Middle";

The fourth grade is "Superior-Bing";

The third grade is "Superior-Yi";

The second grade is "Great-Yi";

The first grade is "Great-Lucky-Superior-Jia."

They also explained proudly:

The abilities of the grades have intervals, but the strength difference between "Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding" is even more like the difference between clouds and mud; it is difficult for the common people to distinguish the joints, but we intellectuals must not be confused.

Not only that, the Ministry of War of the Ming Song Dynasty has also made a combat power conversion between the army and the cultivators whose great power belongs to the individual for two hundred years.

One side of the conversion is ordinary cultivators who are neither very trashy nor very high-end.

The other side is regular branches.

First, "Adult," which is a ninth-grade cultivator, can be converted into a Small Star of Regular Soldiers.

The reason why "Soldier" was not used as a conversion unit at the beginning was because "Soldiers are not brave," so they are not worthy.

Then Ding-Superior, which is an eighth-grade cultivator, can be converted into two Small Stars of Regular Soldiers.

Bing-Minor, which is a seventh-grade cultivator, can be converted into three Small Stars of Light Cavalry.

Why did the military unit change to Light Cavalry here, instead of continuing to use Regular Soldiers?

Because even if Bing-grade cultivators play with magic, their mobility begins to be extraordinary; for Regular Soldiers, "speed is insufficient," so they must use cavalry to convert.

Bing-Middle, which is a sixth-grade cultivator, can be converted into one Flat Star of Light Cavalry.

Bing-Superior-Middle, which is a fifth-grade cultivator, can be converted into three Flat Stars of Light Cavalry.

When it reaches Superior-Bing cultivators, the improvement in combat power suddenly accelerates.

They start using Heavy Cavalry to convert.

Because those who reach this level are all great people, there is no such thing as ordinary, and Light Cavalry fighting them in battle is "insufficient in fate."

The combat power of a fourth-grade cultivator can be converted into one Great Star of Heavy Cavalry, which can already determine the outcome of a medium-scale war.

As for Superior-Yi, which is third-grade and above cultivators, they are all "not human."

They cannot be defeated without mobilizing national heavy weapons like the Flower Dragon Cavalry, Canglang Guard, and Bailu Army, so they cannot be converted normally...

Zhang Qiku is a Bing-Middle Zongheng Swordsman, who can be converted into three Flat Stars of Light Cavalry.

Even if all the patrol guards in Blackwood Town were changed to Heavy Armor and fought to the death, at most they would only cause him minor injuries.

So his bad impression of Blackwood Town is very fatal.

As the initiator, Zhang Gui did not know that he had already secretly harmed Zhang Yan.

Feeling that the fire had been roasting for a long time, his mouth was a bit dry and he was planning to get up and go to the well in the courtyard to draw a bucket of water to drink, when he suddenly saw the door pushed open violently.

"Dagui, you are living here...

You, what are you doing naked in the middle of the day?"

Zhang Gui hurriedly put on his clothes in embarrassment, "I just got my clothes wet while drawing water, aren't I just roasting them dry?"

"You have always been quick-handed and quick-footed, and your brain is sharp, why are you so strange after coming to Luan Ya."

Zhang Jiujiang, although young and ignorant, was not a fool after all; he didn't believe Zhang Gui's absurd explanation, and said with a strange expression.

Zhang Gui argued strongly: "What's strange about getting clothes wet while drawing water? It's you who broke into someone's house so abruptly.

Alright, didn't Chief Manager Zhang Yan assign you a task just now? How is it?"

"Hehe, naturally it's done." Zhang Jiujiang said triumphantly, and then reminded Zhang Gui, "In Luan Ya, you need to call Chief Manager Zhang Yan 'Town Head,' that's the rule.

It's just a title, don't let people catch your pigtail."

"You reminded me correctly, when in Rome, do as the Romans do.

Speaking of which, the rules of Blackwood Town are really good; they gave me ten taels of silver as rule money first, saying that there will be rules of three taels every month in the future.

And the money used in Blackwood Town is flying money issued by itself..."

"I was given one hundred taels of settlement silver first, and thirty taels of Luan Ya subsidy every month in the future."

Zhang Jiujiang interrupted Zhang Gui's words excitedly and showed off: "And I also took over the task of the East Market just now.

Now I already have seventeen clerks under my hand, led by three Senior Clerks.

They even wanted to give me gifts, but I refused.

I am a dignified 'Nine-Character Generation' descendant of the Pingyang Zhang Family.

How can an Official Head of Blackwood Town extort silver from his subordinates? It's really a joke.

By the way, Zhang Chun said that several big merchants in the East Market also want to honor me.

I also let him refuse.

This kind of oily scoundrel is still not good, I shouldn't have promoted him.

It's all your fault for making me engage in 'kindness and prestige' as soon as I got on the island, so as not to be looked down upon.

Actually, I am a Steward of the Four Seasons Trading Firm, with the rules of the entire Pingyang Zhang Family supporting me, who dares to look down on me."

(End of chapter)