Chapter 2 Mission

  In a small woods outside the village, Gao Yang spent 1 energy point to buy a set of three Republic-era men's clothing items - a sky-blue long shirt, a dark hat and a scarf. The original price was the lowest, with the three-piece suit costing 20 points. "Why are these clothes so expensive?" Gao Yang felt puzzled, having just seen an item priced at one yuan for a single silver dollar coin. Twenty silver dollars could buy several sets. "Can you explain this to me?"

  "Energy points are consumed according to the manufacturing requirements of items. Making a silver coin consumes 1 point, and three pieces of clothing consume 20 points. You can exchange coins first and then buy clothes." The original explanation is very detailed and also provides a good plan to reduce expenses.

  "Never mind, the clothes are too different from this era. Taking a large sum of money to buy things in the village is still old-fashioned and risky. Ah, where should I put my down jacket?" Putting on a long shirt, wrapping a scarf around my neck, and wearing a hat makes me almost indistinguishable from locals except for my pale face. The only problem is where to put this down jacket I'm holding?

  "It can be stored in my built-in storage space now, this space is used to store manufactured items and is a 100-meter-long cubic space with any non-living reactive objects that can be put in. The part that exceeds the length, width, and height of 100 meters will decompose and disappear. Storage space can be expanded with energy points, and storage and retrieval are controlled by your mind." Origin gave out another good thing.

  With a "whoosh", the down jacket in Gao Yang's hand disappeared. Through his mind, Gao Yang "saw" that the black down jacket was quietly floating in a bright square space. As his gaze shifted with his thoughts, it slowly fell into a corner. Outside the space was an endless void of blackness, devoid of any sense of existence.

  He quietly stood outside the space for a while, then stepped into the village. In the northern countryside on winter days, every household was huddled at home. Walking along the muddy road in the village to the threshing ground, someone finally came over and bowed his head, saying "Sir, what brings you to our humble village?"

  Gao Yang clasped his fists and bowed, saying "Sir, you are polite. I'm on my way from Dagou to Beidu, may I ask how to get to Beidu from here?"

  "Haha, I am the village head of Liu Family Village. Sir, if you want to go to Beidu, just head in this direction for 7 li and you will reach T County town. There are special horse carriages in the county town that go to Beidu, you can arrive at Beidu before sunset." The old man pointed towards the northwest direction.

  "Thank you, old sir, for directing me. I'll take my leave." Gaoyang bowed slightly and headed towards T County Town. The rural roads in winter were not easy to walk on, the 7-mile journey seemed long but not too short. Gaoyang had eaten a pancake in the morning and now looked up at the sun which was already high above his head.

  Biting my teeth, I persisted until T County. From the starting point, I made a big head in a fire-roasted shop in the county town and had a delicious meal with donkey meat soup and roasted food. When looking for money, I asked clearly about the location of the horse-drawn carriage company and went directly there. The county town is not big, arrived at the horse-drawn carriage company, spent six cents and got on the car.

  One hour a trip, waiting quietly leaning against the carriage wall thinking about how to get a good identity after arriving in Beijing. The coachman cracked a crisp whip, and the horse cart moved forward slowly. Gao Yang, who had relaxed his mind, entered a dreamland.

  Waking up from a dream, yawning, and looking up to see the moon already out. It's late and nothing can be done, so I got on a rickshaw at Beidou Restaurant.

  I passed by this famous century-old store in the original timeline, and now that I have the ability, of course, I want to experience it. It didn't take long to arrive at the entrance of Beidou Restaurant on Dongchang'an Street, paid for the ride, looked at the building full of French style, and sighed lightly "I'm going to waste energy points again."

  He lightly pushed open the long shirt and walked into the Beidou restaurant amidst the sound of the doorman's greeting. "Bonjour" The elegant hall manager with a pure Parisian accent had a noble air, but his eyes looking at Gao Yang revealed the white man's unique arrogance.

  Why can Gaoyang understand French? There is simultaneous interpretation provided by the original point. "How many energy points does it take to learn French?" "The first time learning an unknown language, including listening, speaking, reading and writing proficiently, requires consuming 400 energy points."

  "Is that all?" Gao Yang was surprised, feeling that it should be a lot more. "Learning a language costs very little, mainly using the brain's language learning function, and after learning one language, the energy consumption doubles." The original point made Gao Yang's head ache.

  "Is it necessary to learn." The origin's words were as cold as ever.

  "Sir, would you like to stay overnight?" The French manager spoke fluent Beijing dialect. "Merci lauper petit" with a pure Parisian accent, walked into the bathroom under the surprised gaze of the French manager.

  He came out with 200 pounds. He chose the best room for 35 silver dollars a day. He gave the waiter a tip of 1 pound. He slipped into the bathroom to take a comfortable hot bath, put on silk pajamas and lay on the soft big bed.

  Today, too many things happened, and even Gaoyang's big heart couldn't calm down for a long time. The reason why he didn't go back to find his girlfriend in the first place was that Gaoyang also felt that his girlfriend actually didn't want to leave. When encountering such an unusual experience, Gaoyang's heart was also entangled. "If we still want to be together after going back, then let's love each other well for a lifetime; if you want to go your own way, then so be it."

  Made up his mind, Gao Yang went to bed early. The next day, he bought a tailored high-end suit at a menswear store, put on gold-rimmed glasses, and wore shiny black leather shoes, looking like a successful person.

  Back to the room, hung up a "do not disturb" sign. The original point of time and space shuttle back to that small alley, gray foggy weather, distant rumbling car noise, took a deep breath, the breath of industrial revolution.

  Returning to the residence, looking at the scattered items, it seems that they left in a hurry. Sitting on the bed edge, silently smoking, and quietly sighing. After packing up everything, settling the rent with the landlord, dragging the suitcase to leave this place where I have lived for several years, casually throwing away the cigarette butt to conclude everything.

  He came out of the bank with all his savings from several years and went to a wholesale market in the suburbs, spending over 40,000 yuan to buy 72 high imitation Rolex mechanical watches, with chrome-plated case and genuine mechanical craftsmanship.

  Rented a single room nearby, called the factory to say there was an emergency and I had to go home, didn't want my wages. Solved work matters, put the watch in an unmarked box into my backpack, let the origin cancel the coordinates in the alley and reset them in the rented house. Started the time-space shuttle and returned to 1924.

  Spent the whole morning exchanging 72 watches in over a dozen pawn shops at a price of 200 yuan each, and got back 14,400 yuan. Unexpectedly, there was still a surprise, and found 20 rare edition 1-yuan bills with Ruhr Zhige's signature among the yuan.

  Hastily returned to the original time and space, casually ate something in a fast food restaurant, and then hurriedly rushed to Panjiayuan. In more than a dozen shops, 8,600 yuan big heads were sold at an average price of 650 yuan, earning an additional 5.59 million RMB in their bank account. One with Ruhr Zhige's signature was even sold for 100,000 yuan! And the one worth 20 yuan was sold for 2 million RMB!

  The bank account already has over 70 million. Gao Yang's spirit is very excited, having never seen so much money before, Gao Yang forces himself to calm down and continue according to his own plan.

  Received a business card from the antique shop owner and bought 10 kg of unlabeled gold bars at 260 yuan per gram. Carrying a backpack to go to 1924.

  In the room of Beidou Restaurant, Gaoyang asked Yuandian, "What does the task mean?"

  "Actions that can greatly increase your energy points will notify you in the form of a task, and if you complete it, you can obtain a large number of energy points." The original point is explained in detail.

  "One night without a word." "Time is running out." Yuandian quietly reminded. "Got it, I'll go settle it now."

  After finishing breakfast, he picked up a package containing 10 kilograms of gold and rode a rickshaw to the Beiyang government's State Council in Xiangfangqiao.

  In fact, most things in this world can be solved with money, especially with 10 kilograms of gold. Gaoyang, fluent in French, pretended to be a Chinese expat living in France, returned to China to serve the country, and after presenting the gold, he drank a bowl of tea in the reception room.

  The official in charge handed Gao Yang a certificate of appointment stamped with an official seal.

  "On the appointment letter, Cao, the officer with a surname of Cao, smiled and said: "General Gao, everything is settled. You can take office in Feng County within two months. As the commander of the Feng County Security Regiment, you will be responsible for defending the territory and pacifying the people, and eliminating bandits. One more thing, General Gao, when you have time, please bring a copy of your graduation certificate from the German Military Academy. No rush, no rush, haha."

  "Thanks for your concern, Officer Cao. I'll be waiting at Donglai Shun tonight, and I hope you can grant me the honor of your presence." Gao Yang bowed with his fists clasped together.

  Back at Beidou restaurant, just as I closed the door "Origin, how much?"

  "Based on the obtained identity and usage time, with 750 points as the base, a total of 1633 energy points were obtained after calculation, mainly due to the obtained identity getting many points. The original point analysis is very clear."

  "Oh, if I were to sit on the president's chair, how much would I get?" Gao Yang said in a joking manner. "......There is no answer for something that has no possibility." The original response seemed to carry a hint of speechlessness?

  Gao Yang rubbed his nose and got up to go to the dining hall for lunch. After dinner, the gloomy sky finally snowed heavily, with new snow falling before the old snow had melted.

  Gao Yang browsed through the list of items in the room, all of which were priced higher than he could afford, and it was heart-wrenching to look at.

  A ring that can absorb 1500 energy points of damage to the body was carefully crafted, from being punched to anti-tank missile strikes. The initial capacity is 1500 points and once full, it will no longer absorb damage until the energy points are used to wash away the damage.

  Nothing good to buy for now, closed the list and took a nap. Went out and bought quite a few good things, then returned to the room to wait for tonight's dinner engagement.

  The name of the official Cao is Cao Shimin, who is the nephew of the famous Cao Kun. Without this identity, things in Gaoyang would not have been settled so quickly.

  Gao Yang curries favor with Cao Kun because he knows that in the next few years, it will be Cao's world, and it will be very useful to have a good relationship with this nephew who can get things done and appreciates gold. The wine is flowing, one is happy to receive money, the other is eager to curry favor, what a joyful drink!

  Drunk Gao Yang finally resolutely declined the proposal to go to the Eight Great Hutongs for more drinks, returned to his room and started the time-space shuttle back to where he lived, flopped onto the bed and wanted to sleep.

  "Laozi still has to go abroad tomorrow." Gao Yang thought before falling asleep.