On the way, I met a group of prisoners sent to the north to repair the Great Wall, a group of people who were unkempt, obviously in poor spirits and depressed. The escorted soldiers shouted back and forth, the momentum was there, and I don't know how attentive they were.

In fact, these soldiers are serving the same sentences as these prisoners, but their jobs are different.

Hanzhou feels more and more that it is not easy to live, especially in this era when people leave their homeland and lose their freedom at every turn.

If you have no choice, you will become a robber, and if you are caught, you will be punished with various punishments and become a disabled person. It's not okay to farm and do business at home, and there are countless projects that require you to do voluntary labor.

A life from which there is no escape.

What to do? It can only rebel.

People always have to give themselves a way to live.

And what are the people under this powerful state apparatus? Tools, machines, upright animals that can't think.

It is said that the second Hu Hai actually sent Zhang Han to lead a group of labor prisoners to fight against Chen Sheng's righteous army, and they were not afraid of the labor prisoners mutiny before the battle, and they switched to the righteous army, and those battles were actually won. The prisoners are really obedient. What a ridiculous thing it is!

There are such obedient prisoners in the world, how successful the ideological control work of this country should be!

At this time, Hu Hai's bastard is still playing with mud, right? It's not old enough to chase girls.

Han Zhou pursed his lips helplessly and shook his head.

If she doesn't want to, she can't change anything.

She couldn't even go back to her own home.

Hu Qi slowed down the horse's pace and waited for Xiao Han to catch up. He thought the girl was very intriguing. She didn't say what a woman of her age said, and seeing her like this, a group of prisoners made her shake her head and sigh, as if she was in pain from powerlessness. But isn't that a common sight? If they don't do hard labor, do they have to do hard labor for the common people who have been guarded?

"It's just a team of prisoners, Xiaohan girls are rare, right?" He said.

"It's rare." Han Zhou replied casually. The heart said, I'm afraid I'll see you more in the future.

"If only the Great Wall was repaired, the people of the Northland would suffer less." Hu Qi said with a light smile.

"Oh." Han Zhou answered lazily, with no interest in speaking.

"Isn't the girl feeling well?" Hu Qi asked with concern. He felt that Miss Xiaohan was not as interested in talking as yesterday.

"It's not, I just think that whether the Great Wall is repaired or not, it doesn't mean much, and it's just a waste of money and labor."

"Hehe, if the girl lived in the Northland Frontier and suffered from being robbed and killed, she wouldn't say that."

"Of course I know they're suffering, but how can building the Great Wall solve the problem?"

This girl's voice was soft, and what she said made Hu Qi frown, how could she not solve the problem? He looked at the girl with a look on her face.

"What do you eat when you're hungry, sir?" Han Zhou asked.

"Eat!" What's there to ask about this.

"What if there is no food?" Still a faint voice, soft intonation.

"Farming, working, anything that can be exchanged for food can be done!" Is there anything wrong with that?

"Then sir, think about it, what will those Huns in the north do?"

"Grazing and breeding."

"Sir forgot, they can also slaughter, almost a skill that they are born with."

"Oh, that's right."

"But how much a person loves meat, he always has to eat some food, always wear clothes, and think about drinking some tea to relieve oiliness. So are they going to get these things? Can they grow in the bitter cold to the north? ”

Hu Qi didn't speak, as if he guessed what Xiao Han was going to say.

"The most basic source of motivation for people is to live, and there is a rich man around them who can both plant and build, and he is not good at fighting, but God has given them the ability to slaughter, how can they do it without doing it, robbing, killing, killing sheep every day and killing people every day? It's not big, it's just blood. Saying this, Han Zhou's voice was still flat and calm.

Is this what the little girl said? Hu Qi twisted his eyebrows and looked at it puzzled.

"Hearing this, Miss Xiaohan sympathizes with the Huns?" Hu Qi deliberately provoked her.

"How can there be sympathy? It's just a matter of standing farther away and seeing more clearly. They must be robbed and killed as a species, and they can't be stopped by any means, and the Great Wall is just a wall. After speaking, he turned his head to look at Hu Qi with a smile, and asked playfully: "May I ask sir, did you jump over the wall when you were a child?" ”

The agility and playfulness of this turn of head made Hu Qi shake for a moment, and he didn't know what was going on in his mind for a while, oh, it was out of context.

After a while, he came back to his senses and asked, "There is a question that the girl said that I haven't thought through clearly." ”

Han Zhou didn't speak, tilted his head and looked at him, waiting for the following.

"The Great Wall stopped military horses, and the Huns didn't climb over."

Han Zhou smiled, licked his lips, and said, "Let's talk about this military horse." Maybe I have something to do with my husband. ”

Oh, how could it be? How does it have anything to do with me? Hu Qi looked at this girl with wide eyes, what kind of circuit is this brain?

"For the Huns, he runs faster than my Chinese people, because they grew up on horseback, and when you beat him, he has to run, and when he wants to find food, he has to run. If you build a wall in front of him to stop him, won't he run? Won't he run to the place where the Great Wall has not been built to plunder? How fast did you build the Great Wall, or did he move fast on horseback? For them, it is their nature to live in pursuit of water and grass, and as long as they can graze, it makes little difference where they move to live. This adaptability to conditions and flexibility of survival determines that it will cost quite a lot to block or fight the Huns, depending on how long the national strength can sustain it! The south side is still repairing Chi Road, will Xianyang also overhaul the palace room? ”

Hearing this, Hu Qi was really confused, what was going on, not to mention that what she said made some sense, just the logic of analyzing the problem and the angle of looking at the problem shocked him. Is this really a girl who sells tofu?

Wait, she just said, "just stand farther away and see more clearly". How could she stand farther?

How far is this "far"?

"Uh——, Hu has been taught again." He fumbled and spoke.

"Sir, what is taught or not, all the way to the north and south, nothing has been seen, nothing has been heard, but he is busy with business, and he is too lazy to think about these big and empty questions. The little girl is an idler, and she can talk about anything she hears, and no one will care about a woman. It's like Mr. who needs to speak and act steadily, and if he is like a little woman, it will make people laugh. ”

She also speaks without revealing a drop of water, and is mellow and accessible. Who is this? Hu Qi couldn't figure it out.

"Looking at the girl's words and deeds, I don't know what kind of family has spent a lot of effort to cultivate?"

"Oh, my family, what I remember is killing pigs, my father has been killing pigs, and the people who come and go are also some bold and casual people, so I have no education since I was a child, and I talk nonsense when I think of something. The ability of the woman to be able to do everything is not good, and the man has done a few times to go to the house to dig out the birds. ”

Hu Qi was even more confused, his father killed pigs, and said "remember", is this used to remember?

Seeing his confused and uncomfortable expression, Han Zhou laughed "poof". What I said today didn't stop the car, and I have to "fix it" well.

"Sir must have thought what I said was strange. I'm weird myself. I remember some things and forget some things. When I was in Shuangliu Town, I was rescued by someone, the big jujube brother who sent me, as for why I got there, I don't remember how my home went back. At that time, a little girl said that she saw me being kicked by a donkey, and then she was lying on the street and no one knew what to do. When I woke up, it was like this, I could remember it for a while, but I couldn't remember it for a while. As for what I thought I thought it was, I thought it was true, but I don't know. ”

said this, she was supposed to deal with Hu Qi, but when she said it, she was really confused, why did she cross over? Did I die if I was hit on that road? Dead or not dead shouldn't have anything to do with the donkey kicking, right? What's going on here?

Is this person in front of you a dream? Is it a game?

Han Zhou couldn't help but reach out and grab Hu Qi's hand, oh, it's hot and humid. She came back to her senses all at once.

"Ah, sir, I lost my temper just now, and I can't remember something."

Her appearance doesn't seem to be fake, Hu Qi feels that he is a little confused, he has never encountered such a strange thing in his life for decades, but he seems to have heard some anecdotes about the rivers and lakes, someone can be mentally ill and so on. For those who don't believe much, it should be a good thing that he can be so transparent and intelligent, right?

"If I can't figure things out on my own, don't bother, sir. Sir treats me as a bewitch who fell from the sky, but the enchantress does not eat people, and she will bless you with a prosperous business. As he spoke, he made a movement that fell from the sky, and looked at him with a smile in his smart eyes.

What a beautiful enchantress! Who have you come down to subdue? Hu Qi felt that even a man couldn't escape.

At dinner, people gathered to eat in twos and threes, and Hu Qi leaned over to talk again. Originally, Li San and Ma Youcheng were still looking for a gap to talk, but seeing that the owner had something to discuss, they retreated to the side with interest.

"During the day, the girl said that the military horse might have something to do with me, but now I remember it. What does it matter? ”

"Hehe, this matter is a bit far away, now I can just think about it." Han Zhou put down his chopsticks and said.

"Then let's talk about the bigger picture."

"Sir, you're selling furs and medicinal herbs this time, isn't it?"

"Hmm."

"Didn't you think about selling horses, sir? Sell horses to the army. ”

"I thought about it, but the cost of selling horses is large, and secondly, it is a long-distance trafficking, and if you die a few heads, it will be a loss."

"If you sell too much, there is still money to be made, and it should be better to hire a good horse breeder."

"Where's the cost? The cost is really big. The road is too far, and the sale is less, so it is not cost-effective. When it comes to business, Hu Qi is very confident.

"This can work with the military."

"Oh? Cooperate? Working with the military? ”

"Yes, the army is in demand, how can the powerful Great Qin army not have a good configuration of military horses? But the current task of the army is not to do business, they will not buy, and the Huns will not sell to them. But you can, you are a businessman, the object of your cooperation is just an ordinary shepherd in the northwest, as long as the horse is bought, whether it is to pull a cart or fight, who cares about you? Let the army pay part of the capital, and you can earn the part you can earn. ”

Hu Qi digested it for a while before he said, "This matter is indeed a bit far away, no wonder you say so." I haven't had much to do with the army before. Hehe, we're not a big merchant yet. ”

"Big merchants start from small businesses. You can find someone to operate this thing, it is beneficial to both people and others, as long as you start to do it, you will have money to make, and secondly, you will improve the status of your family, although you are a businessman, but you can help the army improve its combat power. Think about it, what kind of prospect is that. ”

Yes, the status of businessmen is not high, but strength can still change some situations. Hu Qi was a little tempted.

"And it's not necessarily that hard to do. If an official improves the combat strength of the army through his own efforts, his own future will also be good. I don't know how you can persuade you. Of course, the little things in this exchange are nothing compared to the big benefits, right? ”

Of course, Hu Qi understood what Han Zhou meant, and he had the deepest understanding of those things that the people and officials were dealing with.

"You are indeed a demon girl, a demon girl who helps me prosper in business!" Hu Qi said excitedly.

This time he went back, he had to discuss this matter with the elders in the family, since he had to run this line every year, there were already a lot of familiar situations, and it should be easier to start this business than others.

Of course, this trip back, I also have to settle down this "demon girl", she said that she will not eat people.