Soul echo

Chapter 580 Beginning
"Little brother has only been to Westland for more than a year?" The old civil official pushed down his reading glasses and looked up in surprise.

He has been working here for some years. It's not that he hasn't seen the Dongtu people who came back from the west land, or rather, he sees them almost every year.

Generally speaking, it is difficult for Dongtu people to leave their hometown, and they have a special sense of belonging to their hometown. If there is no accident, they will seldom leave their hometown and relatives.

This naturally includes other factors, but this sense of belonging derived from civilization and blood is the most important reason.

Most of the Dongtu people who will leave the Eastland and go to the Westland have committed crimes in the Eastland and have no way to stay any longer, so they will go to the Westland.

But there are also some people who didn't commit any crimes in the east, but just want to go to the west to see the scenery and learn the knowledge there.

This kind of people are the "travelers" that the old civil servants most often come into contact with.

Like Zhong Ye, who came back from the West Land after leaving the Eastern Land for more than a year, he had never seen him before.

The old clerk had come into contact with many Eastern natives who went to the West Land and knew what the West Land was like, and of course he also understood what the West Land was like.

There is not a unified country in the Western Continent, and it is even difficult for the government to extend to the territories of other lords. If you commit a crime in a certain territory, you don't even need to flee the country. As long as you flee to another territory, it is almost equivalent to escaping from the wanted.

Even if he was wanted by an entire country, he fled to another country and escaped the hunt.

Therefore, Zhong Ye probably didn't come back after committing a crime in Westland.

Zhong Ye nodded, "That's right, originally I wanted to go to Westland to experience the martial arts there."

"Oh, then why did you come back so soon?" the old civil official asked curiously.

Seeing Zhong Ye's embarrassing expression, he said again: "If it's not convenient to explain, just pretend that I never asked..."

"It's no longer necessary." Zhong Ye shook his head, "I fight there almost every day, and the reason why I want to experience Xilu martial arts is to make my martial arts more condensed and integrated. Now I You are already a grandmaster, so there is no need to learn more about Xilu martial arts."

Grandmaster... Grandmaster? !

The old civil official frowned, and couldn't help but look up and down at Zhong Ye.

Although he doesn't know much about martial arts and the like, he also understands that 'grandmaster' is not a simple title.

Anyone who can understand Dongtu language knows what the word 'grandmaster' stands for, but this young man in front of him...

"Little brother, it's good to have a goal, but you can't be called a master casually." The old official reminded softly.

Zhong Ye smiled slightly, noncommittal, because he didn't need to argue with others about this matter.

The old clerk no longer discussed this matter with Zhong Ye, but pressed a mechanism on the desk, the middle of the desk in front of him was opened, and a machine rose from under the desk.

When they heard the sound of the gears turning, Delilah and Lilian cast their gazes over. After seeing the machine rising, they couldn't help standing up and watching.

At this time, the younger civil servants also brought in three small bronze medals.

The old clerk opened the top cover of the machine, stuffed a bronze medal in it, and then stuffed the previously recorded text into the side of the machine.

Before stuffing the paper in, the old official asked again: "The name is Zhong Ye, the gender is male, and people from the mountains and fields around Yingtianfu, right?"

Zhong Ye nodded, "No mistake."

The old official also nodded, then lowered his head and turned the button.

When the ink on the paper was detected, the machine started to run, and the sound of gears and bearings rotating came from under the table.

Keng!Keng!Keng!
The sound of knocking sounded inside the machine, and after a while, a puff of steam spewed out from the top of the machine, and the old clerk pressed a button on the side, and the top cover popped up.

The young clerk on the side skillfully picked up the bronze medal with a pair of pliers and threw it into the bucket.

The two of them cooperated tacitly, followed suit, and only used a short period of time to create three famous brands.

After tying up the nameplates with string, the old clerk handed the three nameplates to Zhong Ye, then got up and took out three pieces of hard paper from the bookcase next to him, and wrote three directions.

"Okay, from today on, little brother, you are a citizen of Dahuang again."

Both the nameplate and the guide were handed over to Zhong Ye, and the old clerk chuckled: "Remember, don't do petty theft, otherwise this guide will be scrapped."

"Thank you, old man." Zhong Ye took the objects with both hands, turned around and put them all in Lilian's hands, then cupped his fists to salute.

After finishing these, Zhong Ye took Lilian and the others and left the state house.

"Next, we have to go to the bank to exchange some money."

It's not that Xilu's money can't be used in Dongtu, but generally speaking, it's difficult to spend it.

Therefore, they have to exchange their money into Dongtu currency at the bank before they can use it.

Zhong Ye asked Zhang Qian. In Jinmen, there is only one bank that can exchange the currency of the Western Continent, and that is the bank opened by the royal family.

The royal family is also the owner of the fleet, and only the royal family has the courage to spend a lot of money in order to maintain the connection between the eastern land and the western land.

The land connection between the Eastern Land and the Western Land was broken hundreds of years ago. After several dynasties, the sea connection has not been broken.

This is the tacit understanding of the royal families of several dynasties. Even when the current situation was the most difficult, they never canceled the northern sea route and insisted on the maritime trade between the eastern land and the western land.

After you have a famous brand, you can exchange money from the bank.

The location of the bank is very close to the center of Jinmen, not far from the prefecture. Zhong Ye and the others arrived in front of the bank within less than a hundred steps.

Before entering the door, they saw a wooden board at the entrance of the bank, on which was nailed a large piece of paper, on which was neatly written the exchange rate between the Eastern Land and the Western Land currencies in traditional Chinese characters.

Considering that passengers coming from Westland may not necessarily bring a lot of money with them, the bank also has a part-time pawn function. Passengers from Westland can pawn their own things here and redeem them after they earn enough money. And the interest rates are so low that you barely make a penny.

Zhong Ye glanced at the door twice, then walked in.

Before leaving Westland, he purposely exchanged all his money into gold coins, so he didn't need to pawn anything.

"Hey, guest officer, the money you exchanged is really a bit too much, why don't you... open a few bank notes?"

The steward who was in charge of receiving Zhong Ye couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he saw the big bag of golden coins in front of him.

They had known for a long time that the fleet would bring back the passengers from Westland today, so they transferred a lot of silver from other places, but Zhong Ye needed to exchange too many gold coins here, even if they could exchange them all for silver, the treasury would not It's empty, what should the Westland passengers who need to exchange coins do next?
"But you can rest assured that our bank belongs to the royal family. No matter which county it has a branch, it can be exchanged." The steward persuaded, "Even if there is no branch of our bank in the local area, if you find other banks, they will I admit it."

Zhong Ye pondered for a moment, then turned to look at Dai Lila.

Dai Lila asked the steward what a 'banknote' is, and after knowing its essence, she nodded to Zhong Ye, "A banknote is also fine."

"Then exchange it for a bank note."

The steward heaved a sigh of relief, and asked someone to deliver the bank notes, and counted the value of the bag of gold coins in front of Zhong Ye.

After everything was correct, he handed the silver bill to Zhong Ye, then took a bag of broken silver from a servant next to him, counted it again for Zhong Ye, and then handed it over—this is Fraction.

Zhong Ye and the others' trip to the Eastland officially began after they had finished applying for the name tags and exchanging the bank notes.

"Teacher, we have to find a hotel to stay temporarily, and take a good bath by the way."

Lilian pulled off her sleeve with a bitter face, "My clothes are so dirty!"

Delilah didn't pay much attention to these things, but as a more beautiful person, she also felt uncomfortable with the peculiar smell on her body.

"Then let's go." Zhong Ye looked up at the sky.

"By the way, I can also inquire about some news..."

(End of this chapter)