Seeing Marin's puzzled look, Edward said proudly:
"You don't understand this, right? You said that the minister named Shang Yang built an ordinary piece of wood and said he would reward hundreds of gold coins, but the people did not believe it. And I broke up a pillar of the palace and said that carrying the pillar of the palace was much more credible. After all, it was something from the palace..."
Marin suddenly realized that this was the so-called aristocratic effect. In later generations, the unscrupulous advertisements in China were desperately related to the palace and the aristocrats. For example, the mineral water in a mountain was shamelessly known as a water noble, and even shamelessly made up a love princess of a foreign princess... Marin saw it in his previous life and directly sprayed it - you, a local Chinese company, have an egg relationship with a Western princess, is it really good to make up like this?
However, there are really fools who believe it. Just because of the inappropriate name of "the noble in the water", there are a group of local fools who are willing to buy it...
So, it was really a good idea to dismantle a pillar from the palace and use it as a wooden crane... At least, the title of "the pillar of the palace" is indeed very intimidating...
Soon, the soldiers under his command took down a pillar several meters long from a small warehouse in the palace (there can only be such a small house, the main house is full of stone fortresses). Then, they were carried by the soldiers to a market near the palace...
The market in London is different from the city of Xianyang, Qin. The market in China in ancient China was a market established by the government. It was an independent large area with walls, with independent courtyards and four gates, like a small city in the city, so it is said that the south gate and the north gate are.
The markets in London are somewhat like the rural markets in later generations of Marin, which are set up along the bustling streets. Moreover, they are not far from the pier on the Thames. After all, London is an inland port with developed shipping and many commodities are input from the pier. The streets near the South Gate Pier are the easiest to form a market.
So, the soldiers carried the pillar of the palace to a main road near the south gate that formed a market, intending to copy a "stand up the wood as a letter"...
In order to let the people of London know the news, Edward did not immediately start to issue rewards at the suggestion of Marin. Instead, he first sent people to hold copper basins (in fact, ancient China beat gongs to attract the attention of the people. However, there were no gongs in ancient Europe, so Marin had to find a few copper basins, and let the soldiers hold copper basins in their left hand and wooden hammers in their right hand, instead of the gongs), and knocked while walking, walking around the streets and alleys, loudly announcing the "stand up the wood as a letter", for fear that someone would not know...
"Bang-bang-bang-bang-" The loud gong... Oh no, it was the sound of the brass basin hitting, which sounded in the streets and alleys of London, accompanied by the shouts of soldiers:
"His Majesty Edward has an order to recruit warriors who fight against wood in the south of the city. As long as you can carry a beam and pillar of the wooden detached from the palace from the east to the west of the south of the city, you will be rewarded with 1,000 gold coins! The king promises, worth a thousand gold!"
"Any man with strength can go and try it. It starts at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning! No matter who is the first to carry the wooden pillar to a designated location, you can receive 1,000 gold coins!"
Edward knew the importance of promulgating the decree and being recognized by the people, so he was not stingy at all. He directly increased the reward from Shang Yang's more than 500 gold coins to 1,000 gold coins to create the greatest sensational effect. The first day ended with the propaganda of the soldiers of the Fourth Legion of Marin.
In fact, many soldiers were very moved and wanted to try it. However, Edward would not let the soldiers participate. Because this is for the citizens of London, it is the best for the citizens of London to carry the wood.
The next morning, Edward and Marin brought a group of guards to the western end of the market street in the south of the city, waiting for the arrival of the "warrior" carrying the wood, and planned to personally award 1,000 gold coins by the monarch Edward.
But after 9 o'clock arrived, half an hour passed, and there were many people watching, but not many people dared to come forward to carry the wood.
In fact, Edward's move seemed very strange to the people of London. Because these 1,000 gold coins were too easy to make. That was 1,000 gold coins, equivalent to 250 pounds. In this era, an ordinary British earned only two or three pennies a day. One pound was equivalent to 240 pennies... almost 250 pounds was equivalent to the income of an ordinary British in 1982 years, and it was definitely a huge sum of money...
Therefore, the people did not believe such simple conditions and such generous reports, and hesitated...
When Marin saw that this was not possible, he gave Sakara a wink. So Sakara quickly arranged for the English soldiers of the Fourth Legion to change into the clothes of ordinary people and mix in the crowd as a nurseryman...
Finally, under the inspiration of the child care arranged by Saccarat, a strong and honest young man from London stood up:
"Let me try..." After saying that, the young man walked towards the legendary "pillar of the palace" with a nervous mood, carried it on his shoulders, and walked towards the west of the street...
The London citizens next to them immediately talked:
"Oh, isn't that John the son of Carl, the old blacksmith on the east side of the street? This young man is so stupid and bold. He is really a blacksmith! No one's money is that easy to get, it may be a trap..." an old lady said.
Seeing that this British aunt was going to make the topic apart, Marin arranged a child caregiver and immediately said:
"Don't he be a trap? You'll know when John's blacksmith finishes carrying it?"
"It makes sense!" People agreed, then stretched their necks to watch...
The market street was not long, only about 500 meters long. So, John Blacksmith quickly carried the pillar in front of Edward.
But when the young blacksmith named John approached, Marin reached out to the handle of the clockwork fire gun at his waist. Because he was afraid that the young blacksmith named John would throw the heavy beam and wood over and smash it. Although the beam and pillar were not big, it was still hundreds of pounds. If it was hit, it would be injured even if it was not killed...
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! Fortunately, the young blacksmith John is not an assassin. He carried the pillar to the west end of the street, and under the guidance of the guards, he placed the pillar at the designated location...
Then, Edward walked over surrounded by the guards and said to John Blacksmith with a smile:
"Young man, that's great! What's your name?"
"My name is John Cartel..." the young blacksmith replied honestly.
And Marin, who was beside him, directly squirted:
"John... ox?" In English, cattle means cattle. The name of this blacksmith is so interesting. It is actually called John ox. It's so exciting...
"Yes, this lord, our family's surname is indeed Niu, and our ancestors were herding cattle. Later, he followed a baron and was given the surname of the cartel. However, that happened hundreds of years ago. Now, the cartel family has been in decline for a long time, so I can only make a living by smacking iron."
Marin almost fell by Ray, but Edward was unaffected:
"Okay, John, you are such a brave young man, dare to try boldly! Don't worry, what I said will definitely keep your word. So, I will give you your 1,000 gold coins now!" After speaking, Edward had already made a loud noise, but in fact he was deliberately speaking to the people around him.
After saying that, a guard came over with a treasure chest...
In front of everyone on the street, Edward opened the treasure chest, and a golden light suddenly reflected from it...
"It's really gold coins! So many..." Some tall London citizens exclaimed.
Edward pushed the opened treasure chest to John Cartel and said gently:
"You count and see if there is anything wrong!"
John Cartel was so stubborn that he actually started counting gold coins on the street. He clearly didn't believe in King Edward...
If it were normal, Edward would have been angry. However, he is now trying to show his kindness and trustworthiness. So Edward smiled and watched the honest classmate John Niu counting gold coins...
Fortunately, although John Niu had never been to elementary school, he had been helping his father's blacksmith shop for a long time, so he often collected money to find money. He did a good job in math in the first grade. After a while, John Cartel finally raised his head, smiled honestly, and said:
"Your Majesty, there are 1,000 gold coins, right?" Then, this guy picked up the treasure chest and turned around and left...
Edward and Marlin immediately looked at each other - shouldn't they thank the king for a generous reward of 1,000 gold coins?
In the end, Edward did not care about John Niu's rudeness, because he was here to show his generosity and trustworthiness this time and could not care about such trivial matters. On the contrary, he solemnly announced in public:
"No one can beat John Cartel's idea of ​​this bounty, otherwise, he will be severely punished!"
Soon, after carrying the wood, the young blacksmith John Cartel actually received a reward of 1,000 gold coins. It quickly spread throughout the city of London like wings and began to spread outside London. Of course, the English soldiers of the Fourth Legion under Marlin also contributed to the fire.
"What? Is it really given gold coins?"
"Yes, I really gave it to me, I saw it with my own eyes! The blacksmith John counted in front of the new king. The golden light almost blinded my eyes..."
"Ah! I hate it so much! I would have gone if I had known that I would have been there. I would have let that stupid man John take advantage of the huge advantage..." Someone beat his chest and stamped his feet.
"It's too late, the king has returned to the palace!"
"Oh...1,000 gold coins! I can't earn it in my life!"
"Yes, I really gave it to you. The king is so generous!"
At this time, a young man next to him suddenly said:
"Yes, King Edward is such a good king who keeps his word!"
Chapter completed!