Survival skills maxed out, I feed my wife and daughter by catching fish and shrimp

Qingshan County, Denghua Lane.

Those who can live here are all prominent families in the county.

The most lavish mansion among them is the residence of Shang Zhengren, the president of the county Chamber of Commerce.

At this moment, outside the inconspicuous back door of the merchant's house, the most distinguished guest arrived.

Shang Zhengren personally greeted him at the door. The man was dressed in plain clothes, had two thin, curly beards, and his eyes were full of shrewd calculations.

The county magistrate of this county is Cheng Weimin.

When the two met, neither spoke. Instead, they looked around tacitly to make sure no one was paying attention, and then quickly closed the back door.

Cheng Weimin was wearing casual clothes and did not go through the main entrance, indicating that this trip was a private matter.

Shang Zhengren was so smart that he immediately sent the servants away and invited Cheng Weimin to the pavilion in the middle of the lake to drink tea and talk about stories.

"Brother Zhengren, when will you be able to gather the five thousand taels of silver I mentioned last time? The position I donated is quite lucrative, and I'm afraid it will be taken by someone else if you're late."

Cheng Weimin was so polite not because he, as a senior official, was approachable, but because Shang Zhengren had funded him to donate money to become an official.

Cheng Weimin has already spent tens of thousands of taels on donating to become an official, and now he still has a shortfall of five thousand taels that cannot be filled.

He was extremely anxious, so he took the risk and came to the Shang Mansion to discuss the matter.

Shang Zhengren smiled slightly and just drank the tea in the cup, but he was reluctant to answer Cheng Weimin's words.

"My Lord Cheng, this is five thousand taels of silver. I am a small business owner and I am afraid I cannot afford it."

Cheng Weimin, who was asking for help, had a surprisingly gentle expression on his face. He said in a negotiating tone, "Brother Zhengren, I'm handing over the most profitable business in Qingshan County to you. I'm sure you can easily come up with these five thousand taels, right?"

"Master Cheng, it's not that I don't want to help you, but that you don't want to help yourself."

Shang Zhengren sighed deliberately.

"how do I say this?"

"Sir, if you are willing to order the troops to suppress the bandits, then the silver will be available."

"Those horse bandits... weren't they just fictitious?... They were trying to drive up rice prices..."

"Sir, please be careful with your words!" Shang Zhengren's face turned cold and he interrupted the other party rudely.

At the same time, he secretly cursed the stupid county magistrate in his heart for being so stupid that he still didn't understand what he had said.

"Brother Zhengren, please stop keeping me in suspense and just tell me what you want me to do."

Cheng Weimin has no talent or knowledge, and the position of county magistrate was bought with money, so it is really difficult for him to use his brain.

"Master Cheng just needs to order the troops to go out of the city to suppress the bandits and call on the people of the city to donate money, and then the money will come naturally."

"Those people don't have any money to begin with. How can we get them to pay money willingly?" Cheng Weimin had thought about this, but he knew how difficult it was to get some money from this group of unruly people.

"Simple! You and I will take the lead in donating. You donate 5,000 taels, I donate 5,000 taels, and the remaining 10,000 taels will be donated by the people."

"I don't have five thousand taels. I'm still short of five thousand taels!"

This idiot!

Shang Zhengren resisted the urge to roll his eyes and patiently explained, "I'm not asking you to actually donate! We'll split the people's money 50-50! We'll return the money in full!"

Cheng Weimin took a deep breath and praised, "Great! It's really great!"

As for how to proceed next, Shang Zhengren was too lazy to explain it to this idiot one by one.

He directly asked the other party for twenty yamen runners. As long as the runners obeyed his orders, the money could be collected quickly.

The two hit it off.

……

On that day, the government office posted a notice, which basically said that banditry was rampant and the government had decided to vigorously suppress it.

The county magistrate and the business owner took the lead in donating 10,000 taels, but their efforts were limited, and they still needed to pool everyone's strength to raise funds and recruit soldiers, so that they could eliminate the banditry in the future and benefit the local people.

Immediately afterwards, several teams of yamen runners split up and went to the streets to collect donations from the people.

The most outrageous thing is that the yamen runners directly and forcibly collected donations from stall owners in the market.

Each stall will "donate" 10% of its revenue. If it does not "donate", it will be directly taken away as a soldier.

For a time, the whole city was in uproar and the people were complaining.

……

Chen Changfan rode his pony and came to the mountains again.

At this time, he had already assembled the repeating crossbow and repaired the dragon fish scimitar, and his equipment was very complete.

Suddenly I heard a voice calling me from far away.

Looking back, it was Qiao Liu walking towards them holding Heizi's hand.

"Brother Chen came out late today. I have already hunted several hares."

As Qiao Liu spoke, he deliberately raised the hares in his hand. There were actually three of them.

"Old Joe, you're lucky!"

Seeing that Lao Qiao had achieved such results in just half a day, Chen Changfan was happy for him.

"Brother Chen, have you heard? The county magistrate has called on all the people in the city to donate money to suppress the bandits. He and Boss Shang have taken the lead and each donated 5,000 taels of silver. It seems that they are really determined to suppress the bandits this time!"

Old Qiao seemed a little worried. "I heard that vendors in the city have to donate money according to the number of stalls they hold. If they don't, they will have to pack up and leave. We hunters have some money, so I wonder if we will be asked to donate as well?"

Shang Zhengren and the county magistrate took the lead in donating money and also called on the people to donate?

This scene is so classic.

It is obvious that they are just trying to make money from the people, and of course they won't donate a single cent.

No wonder the guy named Qian came to me and said he wanted me to take over Wu Ji Fish Stall. It turned out he was waiting for me here!

Wang Wang Wang!

Just as the two of them were thinking about their own thoughts.

Heizi's nose suddenly twitched a few times, and he barked wildly at a patch of grass.

Chen Changfan instantly raised the crossbow and pulled the trigger continuously.

Tension, tension, tension!

The mechanism was activated continuously, and three short arrows were shot out suddenly, shooting down three pheasants that had just flown out of the grass.

Looking at Lao Qiao's stunned expression, Chen Changfan picked up the pheasant carcass with a smile.

The pheasants this autumn are also very fat, each one weighing four or five pounds.

"Pheasant tastes delicious and costs twice as much as hare. Brother Chen, you're amazing!"

Old Qiao had come running over happily to show off, but who knew that Chen Changfan had hunted three big pheasants in one go.

He suddenly felt that the hare in his hand was no longer tasty.

The test of the repeating crossbow was very effective. A pheasant was hunted on the first try, and Chen Changfan was quite happy.

The fun of hunting seems to be more interesting than fishing.

After all, the fish in the river only swim in the water, while the game in the mountains can be found everywhere in the sky and on the ground.

"This pheasant should be able to sell for 80 copper coins, right?"

Chen Changfan felt that this thing was much bigger than a pigeon and should be able to sell for a good price.

"80 copper coins? I'd rush to buy it even if it's 100 copper coins!"

Old Qiao couldn't help but look at me with envy. "You just moved your fingers slightly and got three strings of cash. I'd better go alone tomorrow. It's easy to get irritated when I'm with you."

Chen Changfan was amused by Old Qiao. He raised the crossbow in his hand and said, "Would you like to try it? This is my new crossbow."

To be honest, his current crossbow still has many flaws. Letting Lao Qiao experience it might help him give some suggestions for optimization.

"Repeating crossbow? What a good name! Just now you shot three short arrows at once. This is a good thing!"

Old Joe didn't hesitate. He took the crossbow and aimed at a sparrow on a tree. He shot three arrows, but none of them hit a single hair.

"This thing is too hard to aim, you should keep it for yourself."

Old Joe felt a little sad about the arrow he had just shot away, so he ran out and searched for a long time before he found the short arrow.

"Then wait for me to go back and improve it. I'll test it for you when it's done."

Chen Changfan was chatting with Lao Qiao when they suddenly heard Heizi barking wildly.

Then I saw Heizi's four legs began to tremble unconsciously, as if he was extremely scared.

Squeak!

The little lizard in his arms also climbed onto Chen Changfan's shoulder, spitting out its tongue constantly.

His small eyes were wide open, as if he was facing a great enemy.