Seeing that the lights in the main hall were extinguished and brightened, presumably Chen Yang had also studied the Ten Thousand Swords Returning to One all night yesterday.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Zhang Zhao went down the mountain alone and came to a yellow-level city closest to Wanjian Mountain.

The name of this city is very peculiar, it is called Guzi City. The origin of the name is said to be that there are more women in the city, so many people will be other people's aunts. And because the city is relatively remote and backward, many men will go to work in the larger city, and if the development is good, they will settle there, and then take their families over.

If the development is not good, then it will only come back once a year and a half, so in the sister-in-law city, only the old and young women and children are left.

Before entering the city, Zhang Zhao also took a special look outside the city.

It is relatively close to the mountains, so there are more prey and more fish here.

In addition, the quality of the land here is not very good, the aura is thin, and the crops grown here are extremely low. A year's harvest can only meet the needs of a very small number of people.

Guzi City is close to Wanjian Mountain, which is a relatively remote mountainous area.

In the past, Wanjian Mountain would often send people down to buy vegetables and grains, and they would also find people here for construction or something, so it could drive some economy. Now that Wanjian Mountain has been destroyed overnight, the economic flow of Guzi City has also been cut off.

After walking into the city, Zhang Zhao found a place with a lot of traffic and took a sign that said "Recruit Cooks".

Zhang Zhao sat on the side of the road, and no one came to take care of him for half a day, maybe there was no cook, or maybe it was some other reason.

However, during this half-day, the most thing he saw was a funeral. There were already more than six funerals in the morning, and it was common to see gray-haired elderly people with limited mobility in the streets and alleys.

In fact, birth, old age, sickness and death are very normal things, just because the city here has been seriously aged, and the young and strong have gone to work in other big cities, so it gives people the illusion that there is no vitality in this sister-in-law's city.

At this time, an aunt who sold cakes next to Zhang Zhao finally ended her career as a stall in the morning. Zhang Zhao saw that her business was not bad, and she sold a lot in the morning, and those old women who came to sell cakes would pay attention to the recruitment on his side, but none of them came to inquire.

"Young man, I see that you haven't eaten in the morning, and I have two loaves left here that I can't sell, so I'll give you something to eat. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Zhao hurriedly got up and thanked him, although the aunt gave it to him, he still gave one or two pieces of silver.

When the aunt was looking for copper coins and was about to find them for Zhang Zhao, he suddenly asked: "By the way, auntie, this sister-in-law's city is close to Wanjian Mountain, the scenery is pleasant, and the name of the city is very distinctive, it stands to reason that it shouldn't be as lifeless as it is now, why is it like this?"

"This is also something that can't be helped, at the beginning, there was also a Xiuzhen sect on the mountain, which could indeed bring some vitality, but I heard that the sect was destroyed by the enemy a few days ago, so the young and strong people who originally worked for the sect went to other cities. ”

"Oh, I see."

Zhang Zhao nodded suddenly, as he guessed, it was because of the reason why Wanjian Mountain was destroyed overnight.

"Young man, I haven't sold much this morning, and there aren't enough copper coins to find you, so take the silver, and I'll give you the bread." ”

felt that this cake tasted good, and the aunt was also good-hearted, Zhang Zhao naturally wouldn't ask for it, so he said: "Don't look for it, auntie, you help me go back and ask the people you know to see if anyone is good at cooking, and if you are willing to go back with me to be a cook." ”

"Hey, when you say that, it seems like I really know one. ”

The aunt took the silver taels and said, "It turned out that there was a restaurant in the city, and then it closed because there were too few people, but I know the proprietress there, she must be able to cook a good dish, I will go back and help you ask." ”

"Okay!"

About half an hour later, a middle-aged woman in her forties came. She came to Zhang Zhao's side, looked at the recruitment above, and smiled: "You are the guy who recruited cooks introduced by Aunt Wang, right?"

"Well, you're?"

"I am the shopkeeper who opened the restaurant before, and everyone calls me Sister Hua. ”

Zhang Zhao looked at this sister Hua and saw that she was mediocre and kind, so he asked, "Then what does your family do?"

Sister Hua smiled slightly and said, "Not long after my parents passed away, my husband died on the battlefield, and now I am left with a pair of children to rely on each other." ”

Zhang Zhaoshu attaches great importance to family background and character, and he will definitely not want it if he doesn't do it, and now that Sister Hua happens to be suitable, there is no problem.

"Okay, I'm looking for two cooks here, and if you want to get tired, you can bring a few of your own. The salary, two chefs ten taels a month, one or two to get started. ”

"Where do you need it?"

"Wanjian Mountain Main Hall"

As soon as she heard this, Sister Hua couldn't help but be stunned and said, "Isn't Wanjian Mountain destroyed?

"There are still some who are alive, and now they are ready to regroup, and if you come, you will have to live in the mountains for a long time. ”

"That's fine, but I have to take my children, who are still young and have to be taken care of. ”

After seeing that there was nothing wrong with the other party, Zhang Zhao took out a gold ingot and handed it to her, saying, "Then the rest of the people will be found by you, you must find someone to get along with honestly, I am waiting for you here." ”

Looking at this gold ingot, Sister Hua couldn't speak for a long time. Only then did she realize that the ten taels of January that Zhang Zhao said just now were gold, not silver.

This kind of salary is definitely the highest, and it even catches up with the income of the most popular day when I opened a restaurant before.

"Okay, then you wait for me, I'll find someone right over. ”

After another hour or so, Sister Hua came over with her family.

She was accompanied by a pair of boys and girls, who seemed to be only five or six years old.

There is also a middle-aged woman who is older, about fifty or so, and according to Sister Hua, she is Sister Liu and a chef. The remaining three women were in charge of the laydown.

After feeling that there was no problem, Zhang Zhao took them to Wanjian Mountain.

Stepping on the road of Ten Thousand Swords Mountain, Zhang Zhao suddenly turned around and asked, "Sister Hua, you said before that your husband died on the battlefield, so whose men did he serve as a soldier?"

"Hey, he also has a hard life, he was a centurion under Marshal Zhu, in charge of hundreds of people, how did he expect that the Goat Pass was a battle, and he never came back. I heard him say before that if the Goat Pass is successfully breached, he can be promoted to a thousand commanders when he comes back, and he can be regarded as a small general, but it's a pity. ”