Rebirth: Living in Wilderness with My Superpower
Chapter 381: Visiting the Market

Chapter 381: Chapter 381: Visiting the Market

"It’s said to be fifty taels of gold, but it’s actually five ingots, each weighing ten taels. These are the largest denomination Silver Coins in Baiju Country."

These ingots nearly blinded Bai Junjun’s eyes. In the past, she had owned a room half filled with gold and Jewels!

Unfortunately, it all went to feed the Flood Dragon beneath Fubo City, and now, after much hard work, she had only acquired five.

The County Magistrate laughed and said, "In fact, only Black Nine is worth thirty taels of gold, the rest are minor leaders and lackeys, each worth at most one tael of silver, adding up to just five taels of gold."

"Then??" The two looked at the additional fifteen taels of gold with some confusion.

"The rest is my expectation of you two warriors, hoping you can uproot Black Spider completely!"

The two nodded, "To eat the king’s grain is to serve the king’s cause; since the County Magistrate is so generous, we won’t disappoint you."

The County Magistrate nodded solemnly, "Then I entrust this task to you two Knight-Errants."

What they lacked now was not money, but people!

If these two young warriors could help him eliminate his major dilemma, nothing could be better!

He did not care about the money; after all, the city needed to remain for his affluence to continue, without the city, where would his affluence come from?

Once Bai Junjun and Li Wenli left, the County Magistrate immediately summoned the Deputy magistrate, Registrar, historiographer, and Uncle Master to quickly make small portraits.

As for the amount, hindered by Li Wenli’s statement, "nothing under ten taels,"

worried they might actually let the lackeys escape, after drawing the group portrait, the County Magistrate even specifically had people add a note in the booklet: every Bandit under Black Spider is worth ten taels of silver per head.

Upon the booklet’s completion, the County Magistrate finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Compared to the brainstorming session the County Magistrate’s team was having, Bai Junjun and Li Wenli were much more carefree.

At this moment, the two individuals from a world with nothing were happily shopping.

Although the outside world was in turmoil, thanks to the County Magistrate’s efforts, the city maintained a basic tranquility within.

The common folks lived their daily lives, and restaurants and inns operated as usual, only with fewer young adults on the streets.

Li Wenli and Bai Junjun, curious about the ancient marketplace, had never seen such a stable life before.

Seeing the two youths in vibrant red garments, the vendors all beckoned them over to take a look.

However, what they were selling were farm tools, which were of no use to Li Wenli and Bai Junjun.

They were more interested in snacks, yet few people ran such stalls.

That was probably because the able-bodied men were all on the battlefield, leaving only the elderly, women, and children at home. With the paddy yield naturally not as good as before, everyone struggled just to ensure food and pay taxes, let alone spare grain for making snacks.

Bai Junjun and Li Wenli exchanged glances, seeing it as a business opportunity.

Why not clear out the Bandits, then sell the food?

After all, space was limited; they had captured a Bandit’s Den the previous night, and the space was nearly full. If they captured two more Bandit’s Dens, they feared they would have no place to store things.

It might actually be beneficial to offload some of the food.

Without hesitation, the two set up a small stall in the market to sell paddy.

This was what they had captured the most of.

Initially everyone thought these two youngsters were customers and energetically tried to attract them, only to find out, to their surprise, that they were selling goods too.

But what surprised them even more was that they were selling paddy.

Paddy!

What used to be mundane for farmers was now anything but.

As for the reason, it all came down to the war!