Chapter 51: The Man Who Returned from Africa

Li Lin and Cao Feng rode horses and galloped towards Luoyang City, Lu Zifei and Huzi followed behind on two lazy donkeys, all the way were bare, there was no scenery at all, but Lu Zifei watched with relish, maybe because he hadn't come out for a long time, Huzi found that today's Zifei was a little different, and when he arrived at Li Lin's foothold, Huzi went back with the guards first, and the remaining three people walked towards the most lively place.

At noon, this time is the most lively time in every city, eating, selling, doing business, there is an endless stream of pedestrians on the road, there are some traces of the Later Tang Jiandu in the middle, which is now requisitioned, as the office land of Luoyang County, near the south gate is a place to stay and eat, and the west is a commodity trading area, all kinds of small things, local, foreign, Liao, only you can't think of it, there is nothing you can't find, Lu Zifei even saw a few black people, staring at them curiously.

Li Lin said: "Look at what they do, what are the Kunlun slaves from the Western Regions to look at." ”

Lu Zifei muttered: "How did they come here, it is not easy to come here in this era. “

There are two ways that Lu Zifei can think of, one is to go from Pakistan to India, through Tubo or Dali to the Great Song Dynasty, and the other is to follow the Black Khan (today's Kyrgyzstan) into the Uighurs (today's Xinjiang) and through the Western Xia to the Great Song Dynasty.

"Hey, hey, hey, I finally let you come out once, what kind of expression are you, your taste, I said yesterday that you like the village girl, that's it, and now you like a Kunlun slave, what do you say I want to explain when I go back."

Lu Zifei scolded: "Xiao Linzi, my sexual orientation is normal, if you dare to joke with me, you will die." ”

Li Lin said: "Look how long you've been staring at people, you want to buy it!" It's not too expensive, except for farming, it's useless to be obedient, the language is not clear, and the amount of food is large, few people are willing to buy them, and businessmen like to use them. ”

Lu Zifei said: "Can you help me find those people who sell Kunlun slaves, find what I want, I will give my life to accompany the gentleman today, and go with you to meet the so-called No. 1 beauty in Bianjing, how about it." ”

Li Lin snapped his fingers, Lu Zifei and Cao Feng followed him to a dirty and messy place, those skinny people all hung a sign on them, with a price code on it, seeing the three noble sons walking by, many people knelt down and begged Lu Zifei to buy them, there was no light in their eyes, they were just some living dead, what caused all this in front of them.

Lu Zifei finished this journey numbly, and Li Lin stopped in front of a small leader and said, "Tell your shopkeeper, I want to see him." "Lost a token to the little boss.

A pot-bellied man came out with the little leader, and when he saw the three of them, he immediately bowed to: "Please come in the three distinguished guests."

After sitting down, Li Lin said: "To meet my brother's requirements, it's easy to say anything, but if you can't meet it, you may change the master here." ”

The fat man said to Lu Zifei: "This son, please ask, as long as I know, what the son needs, I have it, what the son likes, take it casually, there is a lie, the son cut off my dog's head." “

Lu Zifei said: "We are not here to find trouble, nor are we robbing your business, you can rest assured, I heard that you have Kunlun slaves for sale, which is the kind of black charcoal head from the Western Regions, is there any?" ”

The fat man patted his chest and said, "A few sons are really scared to death, if you want a black slave, I can send you over, what are you doing in this kind of eunuch place, it will dirty your shoes." ”

Lu Zifei said: "We don't want black slaves, I want to ask if you brought back any plants there when you brought back black slaves, such as food, fruits, vegetables and so on." ”

The fat man didn't know how to answer, he thought that these three were here to find fault, and he was relieved to learn that he wanted to buy Kunlun slaves, but it turned out that it was not, just asked these strange things, he said: "I really don't know what Childe asked, but we have someone who has been to their place, do you want me to call Childe to ask in person." ”

Lu Zifei didn't expect that someone could really come back from that place, he said yes, and after waiting for a while, the person came in, his skin was tanned, and it was really caused by strong ultraviolet radiation, if he could find something again, it would be worth the trip.

Lu Zifei said: "Stand up and speak, how to say it while kneeling, tell me about your experience when you came back from that place." ”

The man stood up and said, "My name is Zhang Jing, and I don't know what Gongzi wants to know." ”

The fat man said: "What do you do with so much nonsense, you can answer whatever the son asks you." ”

Lu Zifei stretched out his hand to stop the fat man and said, "Tell me about what you encountered." ”

Zhang Jing said: "It is a paradise for adventurers, boundless and endless beasts, you can't kill them all, elephants, tigers, the kind of beasts with a ring of hair on their necks are the most ferocious, monsters about the size of a room in the river, and fierce cows with necks several meters long, in groups, I told the owner that there is a dog's head gold, they don't believe it." ”

It's Africa! They only went to the vicinity of Afghanistan, which belonged to the Seljuk Empire, where the peppers were produced, and the potatoes and corn would not be available until the South American continent, so let's have some surprises.

Lu Zifei said: "I believe that if you don't have any plants brought back from there, you can also use seeds, and if you have them, you will be greatly rewarded." ”

Zhang Jing said: "At the beginning, I brought a lot of fruits, fruits or something, but then more and more people died, we couldn't take many things, many of them were thrown away, and I will get them for you later." ”

Zhang Jing came over with a pocket and poured out all the things inside, Lu Zifei ran to the front and looked through them one by one, his eyes stayed on a big gourd baby, this is a sweet potato, how can there be this thing in Africa, impossible, does having sweet potatoes mean that there are potatoes, I didn't find any traces of the second one after turning it over, and I still saw more than a dozen familiar things below, peanuts, the skin is still good, if there is no problem, it can be planted next year, the harvest is not small, but there are too few sweet potatoes, only one. There were many seeds, but most of them he didn't recognize.

Lu Zifei said: "These things are very useful to me, I want to take them away, Li Lin, give him five hundred yuan." ”

Zhang Jing kowtowed and thanked him, this is the money he didn't earn when he came back from Africa, but he didn't expect these things to bring him good luck, it's really a red light and a green light is on.

Li Lin and Lu Zifei stayed for a long time and knew very well some of his movements and expressions, Xiucai was excited when he clenched his fists, and he couldn't express his joy, he knew that these things must be more than five hundred yuan, and he didn't even think about taking out a silver ticket and giving it to Zhang Jing.

Lu Zifei said: "Zhang Jing, I have a bigger business, do you want to make this money?" Then he stretched out a finger and said, "Ten thousand, as long as you bring back what I want, you can come to me at any time to take ten thousand yuan, dare not." ”

Zhang Jing licked his tongue and asked, "I don't know what Gongzi needs me to bring back, I can't bring back something like doghead gold." ”

Lu Zifei sneered and said, "Do you think I'm the one who lacks those few pieces of dog's head gold?" What I want is the seed of a plant."

Zhang Jing didn't expect it to be so simple, he asked in a low voice: "I don't know if the son has a picture, if so, I will do this business." ”

Lu Zifei said: "That thing is very easy to identify, it is green when it is not ripe, and it is red when it is ripe, and it tastes spicier than dogwood when you eat it, you can go to the Lu family in the western suburbs to find me, it should be easy to find." ”

Zhang Jing said: "I know the thing that Childe said, many Seljuk nobles like to plant it, they say it is poison, and it is planted for ornamental use, if I knew that Childe was looking for that thing, I would bring him back if I threw everything away." ”

Lu Zifei said: "Have you really seen it? ”

Zhang Jing said: "Yes, I have seen it in a chief's house, pointy, red and green, they said it was poison, I didn't dare to touch it." ”

Lu Zifei said: "If you dare to go, I can give you two thousand guan money first, and I will pay you all the rest of the money when you come back, if you are in addition to the matter, I will give another three thousand guan to your family, you don't come back, the things come back, then I will still give the remaining seven thousand guan to your family, in addition to this, you bring back other plant seeds, as long as it is useful, just like today, I will pay you another money." ”

Zhang Jing gritted his teeth and said, "Childe's words can be counted. ”

The fat man stood up and said a word, he said, "I can guarantee you that 10,000 guan is not worth a penny in the eyes of this son." ”

Lu Zifei said: "Believe it or not, you can come to my house to have a look, or you can go home and think about it, discuss it with your family before making a decision." ”

After the three of them left, Li Lin asked: "Xiucai, what kind of good thing is this today, you didn't make trillions worth of wine at the beginning, you weren't so happy today!" ”

Lu Zifei said: "The Buddha said: You can't say it, you can't say it, but it's okay to celebrate." ”

Li Lin is curious, between brothers, what should be told will naturally tell you, if you don't tell you, it's because the time has not come, and it's useless for you to ask, which Li Lin is very conscious.

Lu Zifei said: "What are we going to do now?" that drunken fairy building you said? ”

Li Lin said: "Of course, I came to Luoyang today to see him, there is no chance in the capital, there are too many masters, and there are those sour talents who are against poetry, and Luoyang's chances have been greatly improved."

Lu Zifei said: "Let's go, it's too late, and the daylilies are cold." ”

The three of them arrived at the door of the Drunken Immortal Building, the people on the third floor and the outer three floors, there were two sons and brothers in the middle shouting, Li Lin looked at the two people in the middle and said: "It's really a narrow road!" ”