Half-Yokai Cultivating the Path of Immortality Chapter 25: Number plate

The faint fragrance of tea floats.

Qiu Peng said: "If you only grab the number plate and don't kill anyone, fifty taels of silver is a lot."

Number plate?

The first time Lu Tong heard about this thing, he couldn't help but feel guilty.

The price has not been negotiated yet, so asking will show timidity.

He picked up the empty teacup in front of him and pretended to observe the patterns on the teacup.

After a while, Lu Tong shook his head and said: "Mr. Qiu, rabbits bite when they are anxious. Once you start killing, you have no choice. I will exchange my life for money with my brothers. I can't end up with not enough money for the coffin."

Qiu Peng cursed secretly:

The greedy gambler!

But there is always a smile on his face.

"How many do you want?"

Lu Tong naturally would not take the initiative to offer a price, so he put down the tea cup in his hand and said: "Take every penny to contribute. Shopkeeper Qiu can give you a happy word!"

Qiu Peng was silent for a long time, squinting his eyes and said: "The pass issues number plates for seven days at a time. If you grab the number plate for the second day, you will get fifteen taels of silver each. From the third day onwards, you will get five taels of silver each. . How much money you can make depends entirely on your ability!"

"What about the first day?"

"The number plates for the first day are all in the hands of the foundation-building monks, can you grab them?"

No.

Lu Tong is not a half-demon who doesn’t know the heights of the world. He nodded and said: "Deal!"

Qiu Peng exhaled, and the fat on his face relaxed.

"When shall we leave?"

Lu Tong was a little surprised: "Shopkeeper Qiu is going too?"

"If I don't go, who will give you money in exchange?"

Qiu Peng didn't tell the truth.

He made a special trip to Hukou Pass, mostly because he wanted to show it to his family.

Staying comfortably in Yunying City, even if he finally gets the license plate, without the hard work of running around, his contribution will not be reflected.

Before you do something, you must first make a good gesture.

Lu Tong only cares about money and doesn't care about Xiao Jiujiu in Qiu Peng's heart.

"I'll wait for you at the door of the teahouse at noon tomorrow."

"Okay."

Qiu Peng put away his money and said goodbye.

Lu Tong sent him downstairs, walked to the counter first, took the account book, and said: "Shopkeeper Qiu, a Tonghao tea, I sincerely give you two coins."

……

At night, after closing.

Lu Tong, Dahan, and Erhu were sitting around the long table in front of the counter.

The table is filled with all kinds of food.

A whole braised pig head, a large portion of raw beef, fried pork ribs, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, cold cucumber, three large bowls of pork offal soup, a basket of pancakes...

Dahan took the braised pig's head, tore off half of the pig's face and put it in the Lutong bowl, then started chewing the rest of the pig's head.

Erhu stretched out his fingers, stretched out his two-inch long claws from his fingertips, hooked the raw beef and brought it to his mouth.

Lu Tong took out a short knife and cut the pig face into large pieces, poured a layer of vinegar on it, and started chewing it slowly with raw garlic.

After a while, there was only a mess on the table.

Erhu is ready to pack his things.

"Wait."

Lu Tong took out a pot of wine, poured out three glasses of wine, and said, "We won't open the door tomorrow, so I took a job and went out to the Tiger's Mouth Pass."

Dahan stared at the pig bones on the table without any reaction.

Erhu looked at Lu Tong and then at Dahan, but said nothing.

Lu Tong handed them the wine glasses and continued: "We are going to take action this time. What do you want to take advantage of?"

Dahan still didn’t respond.

Erhu said: "I want a long knife, with both hands."

Lu Tong looked at Erhu's empty left shoulder and felt a little confused.

How to use both hands to make a knife with one arm?

But he didn't ask, and nodded: "Okay."

He looked at Dahan.

Dahan grew up in a teahouse. Apart from making tea and collecting money, he has never learned anything else.

I don’t know how to box or kick, I don’t know how to use swords, and I haven’t learned any spells.

Lu Tong was initially hesitant to take Dahan away, but after some consideration he decided to take the risk.

After all, Dahan can't just stay in the teahouse his whole life.

The Hukou Pass is very chaotic, but it is not a chaotic place without any order at all. It can be used as an experience.

He thought for a while and said with a smile: "Dahan, do you want me to get you an iron rake?"

Dahan didn’t know what Lu Tong was laughing about, so he grinned.

"No rake, but a butcher's knife."

"Huh? Why?"

"At the vegetable market, the butcher taught me how to butcher pigs. I like the butcher's knife."

……

A mountain and river.

The mountains are bare without any vegetation.

Many high and narrow hills are intertwined in a series.

At the end of the broad road, the steep mountains and rivers cut into two parts very abruptly, as if cut off by a knife.

Hukou Pass is the only pass in and out of Yunying City on land.

A continuous stream of motorcades came in from the pass.

The centipede car of the Great Chamber of Commerce is two feet high and four feet long. More than a dozen carriages are connected together, and the vibrations can be felt several kilometers away during the operation.

The small caravan has a variety of vehicles.

Some use monsters to pull the carts, some use magic weapons, and some simply pull the carts themselves.

Lu Tong was sitting on a carriage, looking outside through the window, and asked: "With so many things brought into the city, can they be sold out?"

After leaving Yunying City, I began to vaguely see the motorcade.

An hour after walking out, convoys outside began to appear one after another.

And now three hours have passed, and there are still more and more.

Lu Tong did not expect that there would be so many caravans in the small Yunying City.

Qiu Peng snorted and said: "Yunying City has a population of one million, eating, drinking, practicing, daily necessities, entertainment... this little thing is nothing."

Qiu Peng's attitude has changed a lot since he paid for the tea.

The friendly smiling face from before never appeared again.

The carriage stopped at a market inside Hukou Pass.

Qiu Peng threw out a token and said: "This is the token for entering and exiting the customs. This is the Jade Vegetable Chamber of Commerce store inside. Come and find me after you get the number plate."

"Okay."

Qiu Peng left in a carriage.

Lu Tong, Dahan and Erhu were left standing outside the brightly lit market.

The night is already very deep.

A strong cold wind blew from outside the pass.

Lu Tong shrank and said, "Let's go and find out first what the number plate is."

……

Entering the market, a group of children and half-demon came around.

"Immortal, please enjoy the food~"

"Uncle, please do well..."

Lu Tong took out a handful of copper coins and scattered them. More orphans gathered around him from afar.

Three handfuls of copper coins were scattered in a row, and the voices of "Thank you, uncle" and "Thank you, the immortal" filled my ears.

The coins were quickly snatched up, and dozens of little faces looked up at Lu Tong, expecting the next handful of coins to appear.

Lu Tong took out another handful of copper coins and asked, "Have you ever heard of number plates?"

"Me!"

"I've heard of it!"

Everyone and the half-demon raised their hands. ~IndoMTL.com~ A child was afraid of being beaten first, so he slapped several little half-demon around him and said loudly: "I have seen the number plate!"

"Say." Lu Tong pointed at the child and said.

"You can pass the customs only if you have a number plate. There are many people in the market who want number plates!"

"What else?"

The child opened his mouth and was so anxious that his eyes were red and he didn't say anything more.

Lu Tong threw him two coins, pointed at the other half-demon with his arms raised, and said, "You say it."

"The license plate will be issued the day after tomorrow, and it will be on the Tiger Tongue Stone outside the pass!"

Lu Tong threw three coins to her and pointed to the next one.

After burning incense, I finally found out the whole story.

The license plate, the full name is the customs clearance license plate, is a new thing that just came out a few days ago.

In the past, to enter customs, you only had to queue up.

There are too many convoys recently, and fights and bloodshed caused by queue jumping occur every day, and they are getting more and more violent.

That’s why the pass began to issue license plates, and you can pass the border with your license plate every day.

On the first day, license plates will only be issued to large chambers of commerce, and priority will be given to Baidu cars from large chambers of commerce.

The number plates for the next day will still be given priority to large chambers of commerce, and any remaining numbers will be distributed to small and medium-sized chambers of commerce.

Starting on the third day, the number plate began to take care of caravans of all sizes.

Lu Tong dispersed a few little tails that wouldn't leave, and prepared to find an inn to rest first.

After taking a few steps, Dahan suddenly stopped, took his arm and said: "Boss, the knife, the knife is gone."

Lu Tong looked at Dahan's waist.

There are only three empty copper buckles left on the knife belt.

The three knives originally hanging on it, the bloodletting knife, the meat cleaver, and the bone chopping knife, were all gone.