He brought Su Yue back to his house and arranged for her to sleep in the only room left. He ignored her repeated urging for a gun and argued that she was still under observation and had not officially become a soldier.
The next morning, Lin Shu discovered something very surprising.
Yesterday, he was too angry and didn't pay attention. After killing the three Japanese, the system notified him that he had defeated the enemy and was rewarded with ten merit points.
Including the rest, he now had a total of 19 merit points.
After the excitement, Lin Shu got up from the bed and touched his rumbling stomach. His nose was sore and he almost cried.
"I'm so hungry, but there's nothing to eat.”
He went to the only well in the village and washed his face with a basin of cold water. He did not dare to face his soldiers.
Soldiers were also living people. Although they would never betray him, he actually let them starve. How incompetent was this!
Just as she was feeling ashamed, there was a knock on the door.
"Commander, there are dozens of villagers outside the gate. They want to see you.”
"Oh? Why do you want to see me?"
Lin Shu was a little confused, but he did not care about his shame and pushed the door open.
He saw dozens of familiar faces gathered outside his door. There were men and women, old and young. They were all villagers of the village.
Some of them were carrying baskets, some were carrying chickens, and some were carrying bundles of wild vegetables. Everyone had something in their hands.
"Big Tree, three Japanese came to the village last night. They broke into Old Su's house. Everyone wanted to save the Japanese, but I stopped them.”
The village chief was an old man in his fifties. He looked in the direction of Su Yue's house with guilt and continued,
"Because they have guns in their hands. I can't let everyone die.”
"I've let Old Su and his wife down."
"Thank you, Big Tree, for saving the lives of the entire village. Otherwise, if those devils were allowed to stay in the village, who knows how many people would have been killed.”
"This is a little token of our appreciation. I know it's not easy for you, so don't delay it.”
With that, the old village chief led everyone to bow deeply and then handed over the old hen in his hand.
"Ah, this…what is everyone doing? "I'm also a member of Siying Village. It's my duty to protect the village. I can't let everyone do this." Lin Shu quickly dodged the villagers 'bows.
"Everyone's life isn't good. Quickly take the things back.”
"This is a small token of appreciation from the village. We can't let the heroes who fought the Japanese be disappointed.”
A woman said loudly.
" This..." Lin Shu touched his shriveled belly and hesitated for a long time. He gritted his teeth and said," Okay, thank you, everyone. I'll be thick-skinned and accept it."”
"Li Kai, record the donations of the villagers.”
After the villagers thanked him many times and dispersed, Lin Shu looked at their stooped backs and became even more determined.
"Cook."
After dinner, it was already afternoon.
Lin Shu did not delay any longer. He left Su Yue and the five of them to guard the house. He brought Li Kai and the others to carry a pack of cigarettes each, which was 50 cigarettes per person.
There were 3,500 bags in total.
The seven of them walked towards the county town 20 miles away penniless.
The cigarettes were not heavy, and the soldiers were in good physical condition. If Lin Shu did not hold them back, they would have arrived at least an hour earlier.
It was already evening when they arrived at the county town.
The group of people came to the courtyard house that the Japanese ghost had mentioned last night. After making sure that there was no one there, they directly broke into the house.
The surrounding pedestrians knew that there were a few Japanese devils living here, and they couldn't wait for someone to get rid of them. How could they say anything?
If he didn't clap his hands in joy, then it was already considered that he had accumulated his prestige for a long time.
"Everyone, split up and search. Don't let go of any place.”
After giving the order, Lin Shu led the way to a house and began to rummage through the cabinets.
The others were the same. They were in a state of chaos and were just three feet away from digging the ground.
In just a short while, the entire courtyard house had been turned over several times.
"Hiss…"
After counting the loot, Lin Shu could not help but gasp.
"How can there be so many?"
There were four million yen in notes, a large box of silver, and a few heavy gold bars.
Lin Shu could not be blamed for being surprised. After all, the yen in this era was not like the yen in the later era.
In this era, the exchange rate between one yen and the US dollar was 3.38: 1。
Four million yen was about 1.15 million US dollars, and at this moment, the average monthly income of Merika was only about 30 US dollars.
"Could it be that those three Japanese have some impressive identity? Otherwise, why would he be so rich?"
Lin Shu would never believe that they were ordinary people. In this era, 1.15 million US dollars was enough to build a warship of a few thousand tons.
In his confusion, the system's mechanical voice sounded in his mind." The host has gold and silver. Would the host like to exchange them for merit points?”
"Oh? You can even exchange gold and silver for merit points?"
This news made Lin Shu extremely excited. He did not have the time to doubt the identities of the three Japanese and hurriedly asked," How do I exchange?”
The System replied," One gold coin is equivalent to one kilogram of pure gold for one merit point, while 100 kilograms of silver is equivalent to one merit point.”
"This doesn't make sense!" Lin Shu frowned.
"One kilogram of gold can buy dozens of new rifles from the foreign powers, but it can only be exchanged for one merit point in the system. A Garand rifle costs four merit points.”
The System replied," This is the system's rule. The host must abide by it when using it.”
……
Lin Shu was speechless." How many merit points can I exchange for now?"”
"6 merit points."
"Get lost!" Lin Shu roared in his mind without hesitation, intending to cut off the connection with the system.
The System said," Host, you must know that gold coins and merit points are exchanged in equal amounts. You can exchange gold coins for merit points at any time, or you can use merit points to withdraw gold coins at any time.”
"Is that so? You can withdraw it at any time?"
He tried to exchange for one merit point. After the largest gold brick in his hand disappeared, he immediately cashed it out.
Then, a round gold coin appeared in his hand. The system said that the gold coin was 9.7 centimeters in diameter and 1.71 centimeters thick. It was made of 1000 grams of pure gold.
Lin Shu was happy and immediately exchanged all the gold and silver for merit points.
Since he could withdraw cash at any time, it was like a personal bank.
It was convenient to deposit and withdraw, so it would be a waste not to use it. It would save him from bringing so much gold and silver to the market and attracting people's attention.
He handed the remaining silver ingots to Li Kai." Take the money and buy food and wine. Everyone will stay here tonight."”
Although there was a currency like the silver dollar, silver was still a hard currency. Although the country did not allow it to circulate, private transactions were common among the people.
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