The light arrows of the Northern Liao Dynasty are three feet long and weigh one kilogram. The conical arrowhead and the arrow shaft are integrated into one. The heavy arrows are four feet long, have a triangular tip with serrations on the edges and weigh ten kilograms. In addition, there are armor-piercing heavy arrows, which are also
It is a triangular arrow, but it has no serrations, and the arrow weighs fifteen kilograms. Finally, there is the blast arrow, which is the only magic weapon arrow. Each scout has only one. When activated, this arrow can shoot five hundred feet, five hundred feet.
The power from a distance of ten feet is equivalent to an armor-piercing heavy arrow.
The mana of ordinary Northern Liao cavalry is only enough to activate the blast arrow once, so the blast arrow has its mana sealed in the arrow body in advance and is activated when it is shot. Although according to the standards of the Taichu Palace, the blast arrow is only a crudely made one-time magic weapon, but with it,
It is equivalent to the Liao knights each having a magic weapon to strike.
Wei Yuan finally picked up the bow and tried to open it. The Liao bow was very heavy, weighing dozens of kilograms, and had double strings on the bow. Most of the strong archers of the human border army could not draw the Liao bow, and the ordinary sergeant company
It is difficult to draw the bow.
With Wei Yuan's physical strength, he felt that he needed to exert a little force to fully open the bow. A rough estimate suggested that it would take about 1,200 kilograms of force to fully open the bow.
After personally inspecting the weapons of the Liao tribe, Wei Yuan understood how difficult it was to resist the foreign tribes. If Fang Hetong was not the commander, just two or three Liao cavalry could kill these three hundred farmers.
Wei Yuan suddenly turned around and saw several men coming out with axes and chopping off the heads of Liao Qi's corpse one by one. The bones of the Liao people in Hanhai were strong and thick. Even if these men rounded the axe, it would take more than ten blows to chop off the neck.
Bone, cut off the head.
"What is this for?" Wei Yuan asked.
A man next to him replied: "Liaoman's heads can be exchanged for silver rewards in the city. Each one can be exchanged for one tael of silver!"
The information issued by the Taichu Palace before the war clearly stated that killing a Liao cavalry would earn one point of combat merit, twenty points for the captain, and two hundred points for the centurion. One point of merit can be exchanged for ten taels of immortal silver, usually one or two cents.
One hundred taels of silver can be exchanged for ordinary silver, but this is only approximate. In fact, it is easy to exchange immortal silver for ordinary silver. It is basically impossible to exchange ordinary silver for immortal silver, so more silver can often be exchanged.
Except for Wei Yuan and other disciples of his own, anyone on the battlefield in the two counties can exchange immortal silver with the head of the Liaoman to Taichu Palace, and can also exchange immortal silver to other sects, county magistrates, generals, and school captains.
Of course, it is even more possible. These men in Shayang Village will hand over their heads to the county for one tael of silver each. The county magistrate can then go to Taichu Palace or other sects to exchange the heads for ten taels of immortal silver, and then exchange them for ordinary silver.
Every time a head comes in and out, the net profit is at least a thousand taels!
"Have you done this before?" Wei Yuan asked.
The man said: "Of course, the heads of barbarians are of no use. No one except the county magistrate takes them. We are not barbarians, and we don't eat the meat of Liao barbarians. Mr. Fang said that those who grow into humans and those who are wise are
You can't eat it. Mr. Fang must be right. Fortunately, the county magistrate is merciful and willing to accept these useless heads. We have exchanged more than ten taels of silver in the past. If we didn't have this money to buy food, we would have starved to death.
Mr. Fang was kind-hearted and sold his land and house, but he didn’t have much money. The money from selling the land was all spent in the first month.”
Wei Yuan went to Fang Hetong and asked: "In the past, all the heads of the Liao people were exchanged to the county government? Don't you know that one head can be exchanged for ten taels of immortal silver in my Taichu Palace? The captain can exchange it for two hundred taels."
"Twelve taels! Immortal silver?!" Fang Hetong's eyes suddenly widened.
In the past few months, he had been injured in bloody battles in Bei Liao, more than a dozen times, and seriously injured three times. Once, he was so seriously injured that he almost died. If he hadn't still had the last two life-saving elixirs given by the academy master, he would have died a month ago.
Turned into withered bones.
Paying such a high price, Fang He and Tongcai killed more than a dozen Liao cavalry and wounded dozens of them, then exchanged their heads for more than a dozen taels of silver, and sold scattered weapons and equipment to barely support themselves.
Now, it can be said that he and hundreds of other men spend their days holding their heads in their hands during the day and counting rice at night. And now Wei Yuan says that one head can be exchanged for twelve taels of immortal silver? Isn't that a thousand taels of silver?
In just three months, the officials in the official position were able to earn nearly 20,000 taels from Shayang Village alone, while the people fighting bloody battles on the front line were still starving to death.
"I don't know at all! If I had known earlier..." Fang He felt the same sadness and anger, and could no longer suppress it.
He just has the stubbornness of a scholar, and is not stupid. After hearing what Wei Yuan said, he understood that the news must have been blocked by the county government, and they wanted to monopolize the rewards of the Immortal Sect. It’s just that these officials are too greedy and shady, and they even talk scum.
He refused to keep any more. As long as he gave an extra three or five taels of head, the seven or eight old people would not starve to death.
Wei Yuan patted Fang Hetong on the shoulder and said, "I will handle these heads. Don't worry, there won't be any deductions. Do you want immortal silver or something else?"
"Brother Xian, you... better keep some for yourself. After all, you were the one who killed most of them. We were all farmers originally. We just wanted to drive away the Liao barbarians and live a stable life. After the war, they will still be there.
I want to farm. After this war is over, I will find a way to redeem the fields. If my family has some things to make ends meet, I will go back to the academy to teach. We don’t need so much money, but we will have more pensions, but it will add up to several hundred
Two is enough!”
"We'll talk about what happened after the war later. I'll go to the county government tomorrow to ask you what's going on with your food, grass, and military pay." There was blood on his hands tonight, and there was a hint of murderous intent in Wei Yuan's voice at this moment.
The Taichu Palace was aloof and said it would not interfere in the government affairs of the Western Jin Dynasty. However, border guards were a matter of life and death, so it was naturally impossible to let local officials go astray. If core disciples like Wei Yuan had real evidence, they could deal with subordinate officials who were not in the rank.
Kill them first and then report them. In other words, except for the boss Bo, the county magistrate, the school captain and other six or seven people in the county government, Wei Yuan can find an excuse to kill them all.
If the real king has evidence, he can kill the county magistrate. If the real king is angry, the head of the county magistrate will fall to the ground.
Early the next morning, Wei Yuan looked out and could see eighty miles away. The yellow sand surged further away and he couldn't see clearly. Such a far field of vision meant that the Liao barbarians were not moving nearby. Wei Yuan placed the
He handed over his trumpet arrow to Fang Hetong, asking him to shoot the trumpet arrow whenever there was danger, and then set off for the county. This is a special trumpet arrow made by Taichu Palace. It can be sensed within a hundred miles of the air. If Beiliao comes while leaving,
As long as Fang and Tong shoot the arrows into the air, Wei Yuan will know.
The town of Quyang County is desolate, and the streets are deserted. Occasionally, there are one or two pedestrians walking in a hurry. Many homes in the county town have been emptied of people. Beiliao has been moving southward in large numbers. Anyone who has some connections has escaped from this place of life and death.
Chapter completed!