Chapter 6: Become famous and win the lottery.
In Danzhou after the rain, the air is filled with a fresh sweetness. The city's skyline is painted like a poem, and the harbor scenery is pleasant. Now it is even more peaceful and pleasant in the tranquility after the rain, making people want to settle down here. However, the reality is that several emerging ports in the south have shared the focus of national trade, and the sea route to the west has long been unobstructed. This once prosperous port has gradually declined. The bustling port in the past has become silent a few years ago, as if telling the vicissitudes of time.
Despite this, Emperor Qing's benevolent rule made life in this city relatively stable. People lived and worked in peace and contentment, with smiles of satisfaction and happiness on their faces.
In the guest room of Yunlai Inn in Danzhou City, Li An opened the package with great excitement and took out the five hundred taels of silver. He set aside one hundred taels for daily expenses and put the rest into the system. At this time, the system's prompt sound echoed in his heart, making him feel even more happy and expectant.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host, the wealth value has reached 100 taels of silver, unlocking the system's first lottery! Please go and check and claim it. ]
The previous lucky draw given by the system does not count. This is the first lucky draw after Li An has accumulated wealth. He quickly opened the system panel and prepared to draw the lottery. But after thinking carefully about the first lucky draw, he felt embarrassed and thought to himself that he should not be careless. It would be better to go wash his hands!
After washing his hands, Li An returned to the room while wiping his hands and opened the system panel.
Genshin Impact! No, the lottery starts!
This time, the African roulette wheel is different from the last time. This time, you can actually see the prizes!
You won't know until you see it. You'll be shocked when you see the rewards in front of you. Li An sucked his saliva excitedly, and then watched the dazzling prizes flash by quickly in front of him. Finally, the pointer slowly stopped, and the reward was revealed - M1911 semi-automatic pistol and 400 rounds of ammunition! Li An burst into tears. This wave of rewards is really awesome!
Although Li An was quite satisfied with the result of this lottery, the temptation of the prizes was too great. The first box was Lu Xiaofeng's character identity experience card, and the second box was actually "Nine Yang Magic Skill"! Li An couldn't believe his eyes, and he shouted in his heart, "System, if you are not sick, can you take two steps, just two steps!"
Looking at the remaining 400 taels on the panel, Li An could not make any waves for the time being. He knew that he had to work hard to make money and get a chance to draw the next lottery. If there was a choice, he would never draw alone! In any case, holding the gun and bullets in his hand, Li An still felt a sense of security.
With a sigh, Li An understood that even if he was given a set of skills now, with his current 22-year-old body, he could only reach the seventh rank in this world in his lifetime at a slow speed of self-cultivation. If he was lucky, or had a great fortune and encountered something like that, he might be able to reach the eighth rank, but he didn't know how long it would take. Of course, if the system helped to directly add points, he might be able to achieve that step-to-the-sky thing, but that would require a huge amount of wealth.
Li An plans to use 300 rounds of bullets for private practice to improve his shooting skills and accuracy. Otherwise, it would be no fun if he couldn't hit anyone with a pistol. The remaining 100 rounds are reserved for backup. As a person without martial arts skills, Li An knows that a pistol should be able to deal with enemies below the fifth rank at close range, but it may not be the case at a long distance. For enemies with higher martial arts skills, his reaction speed and hand movements may not be able to keep up.
Looking at the various prizes on the turntable, Li An closed the system interface sadly. He was not so sad at first. Li An checked the various prizes on the turntable and actually found a solar-powered mobile phone! You read it right! It was a solar-powered mobile phone, the kind that didn't need a power bank! Li An felt that the system was simply insulting him.
After a busy day, the sky gradually darkened. Li An walked out of his room and came to the lobby, finally enjoying a sumptuous dinner. He shouted loudly: "Screw the pickled vegetable porridge! I want to eat meat, I am not afraid of three highs!"
A few days later, due to the news released by the Fan Mansion, Li An's reputation as a fortune teller quickly spread throughout Danzhou City. He also came forward to explain that his business scope was not only to tell people's faces, but also to answer other questions, just like an expert professor.
The residents of the city all knew that Earl Sinan seemed to be highly appreciated by His Majesty the Emperor and had never been sent out, but stayed in the financial department of the capital, so most of them showed enough courtesy and respect to the old lady in the courtyard. Therefore, they believed the news from the Fan Mansion. At the same time, Li An's news also reached someone's ears. Many cavalrymen wearing black armor were hidden in a dense forest. The sun shone on the dark armor, emitting a dark luster. The cavalrymen held the crossbows specially equipped by the army in their hands and stood in two rows. Surrounded by the black cavalry, there was a middle-aged man sitting in a carriage. He looked cold and pale, with a sparse beard on his chin. When someone handed him a file, he took it and opened it to check.
"Li An? I don't know his exact background, but he suddenly approached the Fan residence. Send some people out to investigate thoroughly. I want to know everything about this person."
Someone clasped his hands together and left.
The people brought a wheelchair and lifted the person in the carriage to sit on it, so that people could see clearly. This person was the president of the Jingdu Supervisory Council, Chen Pingping, who was feared by the whole world, especially the Northern Qi.
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In Danzhou city, wealthy families were discussing the news about Ang Lee, and his name spread throughout the city as quickly as a spring breeze.
Inside Zhang's house, Mr. Zhang asked in confusion, "Is this true? Did the old lady really take out five hundred taels as a reward for Li An?"
The servant beside him replied respectfully: "The news is true. This man's name is Li An. According to the servants of Fan's house, he knows some kind of qi-reading technique and is very accurate in judging people."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Zhang immediately stood up and asked, "Where is this person now?" The servant replied, "Inside the city, at the Yunlai Inn."
While other wealthy people were chatting about this interesting story, many people looking for Li Ang had already arrived at the Yunlai Inn.
While Li An was enjoying a delicious meal, several groups of people dressed as servants entered the inn, looked around for a while, and then came up to ask about his identity. After receiving a positive answer, they invited Li An to their homes, saying that their masters had invited him. Some of them were polite, while others seemed unreasonable.
However, Li An is no longer the weakling he was a few days ago. He is now a weakling with a gun in his hand! As the saying goes, follow me if you have a gun in your hand. He can go wherever he wants. Li An ignored those servants who didn't know manners, but went to the families with good quality first. When he arrived at the mansion, he first made some alarmist remarks, and then said some ambiguous words, and deceived those rich people. As expected, the ancients fell for this trick, and when he left the mansion, his wallet also gained a lot.
In the blink of an eye, several days passed.
In the past few days, all the local tyrants in the city who had invited or been rudely rejected and finally came to ask for money had been received by Li An. And Li An's wealth value has soared to more than 3,300 taels of silver. The system's prompt came long before. After the wealth value exceeded 1,000 taels of silver, he unlocked another chance to draw a lottery. Li An thought with anticipation, save a wave first, and when the time is right, I must draw ten times in a row!
(End of this chapter)