"It's not enough to talk about hospitality, we just came back," the man sighed and sat down on the table, "When the demon beasts were in trouble, everyone was busy fleeing for their lives, and all the crops in the field were destroyed, and most of the current grain is distributed by the city lord's mansion." ”

They are ordinary people, plus everywhere the demon beasts go, the grass and trees are destroyed, and the crops are all wasted, if there is no food from the city lord's mansion, I am afraid that they would have become disaster victims long ago.

"Sent from the City Lord's Mansion?" Xu Jiayin's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise, "What about the General's Mansion? Didn't the general say that he would treat the people of the Northland well?"

The Yaocheng General's Mansion has given great support to the Northland, not only the fields in the Northland, but also the exemption from taxes for fifty years if these people are allowed to plant them.

The man smiled bitterly and explained: "The General's Mansion gave some grain and silver, but it was only enough to eat, and seeds were also needed in the field." ”

The General's Mansion gave some things, but the houses, seeds, and farm tools were all issued by the City Lord's Mansion, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to wait for the harvest.

"Therefore, if there is no City Lord's Mansion, the people in this radius of thousands of miles will not be able to live the current life. ”

The man looked in the direction of Lanjiang City, his eyes full of gratitude.

But Li Qingyun on the side frowned.

The Yaocheng General's Mansion has done an investigation, and the amount given is enough for a family of six to wait for a bumper harvest next year, and there is even a surplus, but why does this person say that it is only enough to eat?

Isn't it enough to allocate so much silver and grain and grass?

However, Li Qingyun did not say anything, but prepared to wait until he left here before making plans.

After chatting with the man for a while, when Li Qingyun left, he quietly put a silver ingot on the stool, and then left and rushed to the next city.

As soon as the three of them left for an hour, a pair of men in black seemed to appear out of thin air, surrounded the man, and interrogated them for a while before continuing to follow the traces of Li Qingyun and the others.

......

"Young General, where are we going next?" Xu Jiayin looked at the two forks in front of him, turned his head and asked.

The official road in the north has not been completely repaired yet, and the city is sparse, and there is only one main road between the thirty-six cities.

Li Qingyun took out the map and looked at it, then pointed to the road to the south and said, "According to our speed, we can only walk through ten cities at most in half a year, so let's go to Jinyan City next." ”

He can't press the point back, the road is slow, he can only look at these first, detour from Jinyan City, walk half a circle, should be able to go back before the child is born.

After determining the route, the three of them rushed to Jinyan City.

Before the Scourge of Demon Beasts, there were about one or two thousand large and small cities in the Northland, but now, there are only thirty-six left.

And these thirty-six are all special places, such as Tiemu City, which is rich in ironwood that can be used as weapons, and Lanjiang City, which is the place where the waterways of the entire northern land converge.

The next place they are going to is Jinyan City, which has continuous ore veins, which is rich in gold mines, iron ore, etc., and has its own advantages and advantages with Lanjiang City in terms of potential.

Due to the mineral veins, the people of Jinyan City are not less than Lanjiang City, but there are few people far away from the city.

Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and the water to draft water, they can already get the silver taels to feed their families by working in the mines, and they do not need to work in the fields.

The city of Jinyan City is larger than that of Lanshui City, and it accommodates more people, and the houses dotted around have extended to the outside of the city.

When Li Qingyun and the others arrived, those people happened to get off work, and Jinyan City was quite lively.

"There is not a single poor place in the thirty-six cities of the north. ”

Li Qingyun looked at the people coming and going in front of the city gate with great interest, and felt that this Jinyan City was more lush than Lanjiang City.

"When the general planned the thirty-six cities, he thought about it, and the cities he chose were all big cities before that. ”

Xu Jiayin sighed, a little emotional.

The northern land occupies one-third of the Yaocheng General's Mansion, and there were more than a thousand cities in the past, but because of a demon beast disaster, it has become what it is now, and I don't know how many years it will take to recover.

"Let's go and have a look first, but this time we are not in a hurry to go to the teahouse first, and go directly to some places related to the survival of the people, such as rice shops. ”

After being reminded by the man, Li Qingyun thought that if he wanted the people of the Northland to live and work in peace and contentment, the local officials and things closely related to the survival of the people were equally important.

And closely related to survival, is naturally food, the people take food as the sky, as long as the food is solved, the rest can be slowly recovered.

After entering the city, Li Qingyun took Xu Jiayin and Yu to the rice shop.

Since Jinyan City does not produce food, all the expenses need to be purchased by the people, and in front of the rice shop, there are always people lining up, and Li Qingyun and they waited for a while before it was their turn.

"Shopkeeper, how do you sell this rice?"

Li Qingyun looked at the guy who was busy, pointed to a kind of rice, and asked casually.

"What you want is rice, not much, rice is 800 wen a stone, how many stones do you buy?"

The shopkeeper looked at Li Qingyun with a smile, like this, he is not an ordinary person's son-in-law, he is definitely quite generous, if it weren't for the order from above these days, he would have sold it for at least two taels of silver, although the profit is a little less, but some of them are earned.

"What do I want so much for?" Li Qingyun frowned, "I just asked you how much a pound is." ”

Although he is not short of silver, one stone of rice is enough for one hundred and twenty catties, and the army has his own purchases, where is he needed to do this useless work. starting point

"Rice costs seven cents a pound, corn costs five cents a pound, which one do you want?"

The shopkeeper is not annoyed, doing business, the emphasis is on making him turn back, there are so many rice lines in the city, if he is not enthusiastic, how can he do business?

"A pound of each. ”

After speaking, Li Qingyun turned his head to look at Xu Jiayin and asked, "Uncle Xu, do you have copper?"

Xu Jiayin shook his head, he was full of silver and silver tickets in his pocket like Li Qingyun, where did he get the copper, let alone ask, he never brought silver.

Li Qingyun sighed, searched for a long time, and finally found a broken silver, and then threw it to the shopkeeper in exchange for two catties of rice and more than 980 coppers.

Of course, the three of them did not leave immediately, but followed the other people for a while, leaving the sight of the shopkeeper of the rice shop, before they stepped forward and asked, "This sister, has the rice in Jinyan City always been at this price?"

Although Li Qingyun didn't know how much normal rice sold for a catty, but his mouth grew on him, he could ask.

The eldest lady glanced at Li Qingyun with very strange eyes, ignored him, and walked away quickly.

Li Qingyun scratched his head very strangely, stopped a lady next to him, changed a harmless smile on his face, and asked, "...... this sister?"

"Who do you call your sister? The old lady can be your aunt and grandmother! With red lips and white teeth, it doesn't look like a good thing!"

Before Li Qingyun could finish speaking, the eldest mother suddenly interrupted him and scolded angrily, without waiting for Li Qingyun to react, the eldest lady glanced at Li Qingyun with disdain, and then left.

“......”

The corners of Li Qingyun's mouth twitched, the people of Jinyan City were inevitably a little too vigilant, could it be that he didn't look like a good person?

Xu Jiayin next to him had already held back his internal injuries, and Lian Yu was holding back his laughter.

The young general of the dignified Yaocheng General's Mansion and the patrol of the thirty-six cities in the north asked two words today, but he was scolded by the people, which is really a coke.

"Forget it, don't ask, let's go! Find a place to sleep and eat. ”

Li Qingyun waved his hand impatiently and walked towards the inn with two bags of rice.

After a simple meal, the shopkeeper led the three of them to their respective guest rooms, and was about to turn around and leave.

At this time, Li Qingyun caught a glimpse of the two bags of rice out of the corner of his eyes, and hurriedly shouted: "Little second brother, slow down!"

"Do you have any other orders?" The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, then turned around and walked back.

"How do you sell your rice? I just want to buy a few stones tomorrow. Li Qingyun sat on the shelf and asked slowly.

If the people don't answer, the shopkeeper can't turn around and leave, instead of asking the people, it's better to ask him

"On weekdays, rice is 7 wen and corn is 5 wen, but if you buy one stone, it should be cheaper. The shopkeeper thought for a moment and replied.

Li Qingyun glanced at him, didn't speak, took out a tael of silver and dangled it up and down in his hand.

Seeing the silver, the shopkeeper swallowed his saliva and smiled knowingly: "Of course, Gongzi naturally won't eat that kind of rice, there is a rice shop in the city that specializes in selling good Qingquan rice, you can go and ask." ”

Rice is naturally different, ordinary rice is eaten by the people, and those who have rich people eat are naturally different from those sold in ordinary stores.

"What I want is ordinary rice, you said, this silver is naturally yours. ”

Li Qingyun threw the silver unhurriedly, and reached out to catch it, his posture was quite leisurely.

"Ordinary rice costs seven wen a catty, and corn five wen. ”

The shopkeeper looked at the silver with a blank look, and all the flowers flowed out.

Li Qingyun threw the silver to him, and the shopkeeper hurriedly reached out to catch it, wiped it happily, and was relieved in his arms.

"Is that the same on weekdays?"

Li Qingyun took out two more pieces of broken silver and shook them in front of the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper smiled dryly and did not answer.

"Let's be honest. ”

Li Qingyun took out another two taels of silver without hurry, and then put them on the table.

"Guest, what I said is the truth, if you don't believe me, you can ask other guests. The shopkeeper looked at Li Qingyun with a smile and explained.

The silver was important, but if he lost the job, he would have nothing.

"Okay, you go down first. ”

Li Qingyun gave the silver to the shopkeeper, and then issued an eviction order.

"Well, you get some rest. ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly caught the silver, and then closed the door.