Chapter 36: Complex
The county seat of Annam, the east of the city is the mountain, the west of the city is the ze, the north of the city is the thoroughfare, and the south of the city is the thoroughfare...... Well, trail.
Xu Guangling: They came from the south.
At Xu Guangling's signal, they walked from the south side to the east side again, and then entered the city at the main gate on the east side.
After entering the city, I still want to find a place to live.
Not to mention anything else, Xu Tonghui and Tian Hao are carrying such a large package that makes people look like outsiders, and they have just arrived. - Such a person is better bullied.
If they are still like this at night, something will happen if they don't get it right.
Of course, it may be that the county town of Annam is very safe, but if there is one thing missing, there is one thing missing.
For the time being, they still found an inn to settle in, the grade is not high, but it is also a suite, and after a short rest, they entered the city again.
This city is completely unfamiliar to them, not only Tian Hao is inexperienced, but Xu Tonghui is also inexperienced, and the two of them look like they have entered the Grand View Garden.
Xu Guangling didn't care, people are like this, in fact, as long as they stayed in this city for one night, even if they didn't do anything, and their experience points didn't last, the next day, they wouldn't be like this.
Being a stranger in a foreign land.
One day is different, two days is new, three days is not new, and psychologically I will think of myself as half a local.
They stayed at the inn for several days.
On the first and second days, I walked almost the whole city and figured out the overall layout of the city.
On the third day, look for a house to settle in.
You can't afford to buy.
In the previous life, during the Tang Dynasty, there was a saying about Bai Juyi's anecdotes that "it is not easy to live in the capital", and where people live, the land is always a limited amount of rarity.
In the 21st century, there were high-rise buildings, which made the unit volume of land expand several times or even tens or hundreds of times, and here, the highest building is only four floors, which is the county guard's house.
Otherwise, it is a one- to two-story building.
Xu Guangling and they found a small courtyard in the outer city of Annan County, that is, almost the outermost part of the city, and rented it for half a year, that is, five months.
Twelve taels of silver in January.
That's sixty taels, not less at all.
Not only that, but also paid the intermediary a sum of money, May 1 commission, that is, twelve taels of silver.
If they want to renew the lease in the future, they must also go to the intermediary to go through the renewal procedures, and at that time, it will also be a May 1 commission! Renew the lease for five months, 12 taels of silver, and renew the lease for 10 months, 24 taels of silver.
Even if the lease is only renewed for one month, you have to pay the agent another two taels of silver plus four hundred dollars.
This is naturally too dark, but this is also the ecology of the rivers and lakes here.
And most of the intermediary industry in the city also belongs to one or more forces in the city, and if you don't get the county guard, you will have a share. INTERVIEWER If you really want to put it mildly, this is actually a crude but very effective "census".
Moved into the small courtyard, and the next thing was to put things in again.
Long-term residence, many aspects are naturally not compromised and must have, even if the configuration grade is low, it is still necessary.
Even if Xu Tonghui saved again and again, they began to worry about it, and they still spent nearly thirty taels of silver.
The two hundred taels brought out from the family have fallen out of one hundred taels and are only in their early eighties. And here in the future, every day to eat, drink and spend, it will cost money!
Xu Tonghui was so worried that he was about to pull his hair, and he didn't know if his black hair would turn white, it was said that he was about the same age as Xu Guangling's father in this life. - Naturally, he is not a teenager, but in the concept of people here, well, he is still very young!
In ancient times, Du Fu had "seventy years of life", and here, in many people's concepts, most of them are "forty or fifty years old".
"Uncle Xu, you will go out tomorrow to investigate, do you need to go through any procedures to go hunting in Dongshan. After dinner that day, Xu Guangling said to Xu Tonghui.
"Dongshan, hunting?" Xu Tonghui was stunned.
"That's right, aren't you worried that you're about to run out of money, and we have to find some livelihood. Xu Guangling smiled and said, "Uncle Xu, you are also a good person, hunting, no problem, right?"
This is the first time Tian Hao knows the level of this Lord Xu.
Tongmai, this is really a big shot!
"No problem, no problem at all!" Xu Tonghui slapped his chest with a bang.
But it's time to store things again!
Xu Tonghui lamented in his heart, and when he went to the city the next day, he lamented even more when he came back.
"Young master, it is true that there are procedures to go to the East Mountain to hunt here, and you have to go to the county guard to handle it, I have inquired clearly, there are three mountain ranges open for hunting, namely the East One Mountain, the East Second Mountain, and the East Three Mountains. ”
"Each of the three mountains has a large patrol camp, which is controlled by the county guard and the major families in the city, and it is said that there are other forces. ”
"Young master, the situation is very complicated, should we ...... it?"
What he meant was whether to cancel the plan or not.
Hearing that there was a patrol camp composed of major forces, Xu Tonghui hadn't done anything yet, as if he had committed something, and he was terrified.
I can't help but be afraid, in such a place, if you don't get it right, you will eat black, and there are many forces there, it's too chaotic, too complicated and too dangerous!
"It's okay, we're serious and honest hunting, and we don't have any tricks, so we don't need to think too much. Xu Guangling said, "By the way, Uncle Xu, you go out to investigate again, can hunters also dig herbs?"
The herb industry here is extremely developed!
Even in Qingshui City, the county guard and the three major families also have their own related shops.
After Xu Tonghui came back, he brought a piece of news that was neither good nor bad.
Ordinary hunters really can't dig herbs at will!
When a hunter hunts, he must apply for a "hunting license", which can only bring out the prey from Dongshan, and the prey must be inspected by the patrol battalion.
If you want to dig herbs, you have to apply for a "pharmacist certificate".
The situation is indeed a bit complicated, and it is estimated that it is difficult to move an inch in real casual cultivation.
From this supervision of hunting and harvesting medicinal herbs, Xu Guangling faintly felt something. - Even this kind of marginal and corner aspects are supervised like this, and what really involves monks, such as the cultivation of the exercises, or spiritual materials, etc., I am afraid that it is not something that casual cultivation can snoop on.
"Okay, let's not care about the pharmacist certificate for now, let's go to Dongshan tomorrow and go hunting first. Xu Guangling said, "Lao Tian, get ready, you go too." ”
"Yes, young master!" Tian Hao was stunned for a moment, and then said without hesitation.
When Xu Tonghui heard this, he was surprised, "Young master, are you going too?"
"Hmm. Xu Guangling nodded slightly.
"No, it's too dangerous, young master, you can't go! I'll go with Tian Hao!" Xu Tonghui objected very clearly.
"Where I am, there is no danger. Xu Guangling said lightly.
Xu Tonghui was stunned for a moment, looked at Xu Guangling's eyes, and then nodded, "Okay, young master, you can go, but you must be careful!"
Tian Hao watched the interaction between the two strangely on the side.
He didn't understand.
It should be said that he did not understand everything about the young master, from the first day he followed.
And after following the young master for almost a month, Tian Hao not only failed to understand anything, but became more and more incomprehensible, just like at this moment, why did the young master just say something very strange, and Lord Xu completely changed his opinion?
It doesn't make sense!
"Where I am, there is no danger. ”
When he went to bed at night, Tian Hao was still hovering this sentence in his mind.