Chapter 34 Trapped
Cloudsdale is not very big, and there are only two main streets crisscrossed in the city. On a main street in the north and south, there is the Heng'an Fulang General Office, the county office, the warehouse field, the city god temple, and a functional building of a military city.
However, now the Yunzhong County Commander has said that he is sick and has returned to the Shanyang County Governance Office, and now the military and civilian governments in Yunzhong City are all decided by Liu Wuzhou on Monday.
On both sides of the main street, which runs east-west to the east, are private houses, restaurants, carriage and horse shops, and even a few prostitution houses.
On weekdays, the market in Yunzhong City is by no means prosperous, and there is a gray scene everywhere, the so-called restaurants are all brewed in their own villages, and even the meat is only sold once in three or five days. The soldiers usually buy drunk on vacation, just a little pickled vegetables and chickens and the like, and drink these thin wines that need to be blown away before they can be eaten.
In the carriage and horse shop, that is, to entertain some caravans who venture deep into the grassland, and the merchants who go to the grassland, every penny must be counted to the bones, sleep in a large shop, bring their own dry food, and at most give the store accommodation money and a little firewood money. And these carriage shops are full of stinking smells.
As for the prostitution hall to do the business of the military men of Heng'an Yingyang Mansion, with the increase of Turkic pressure, and Mayi County cut off the food and salary of Heng'an Mansion, the soldiers and men came a lot less, and the prostitution hall was also cold in front of the door, and for several months, only a few big teapots were lazily basking in the sun at the door to catch lice.
This military city, as the pressure exerted by Wang Rengong increases, is this increasingly dilapidated and depressed appearance - although it was not very good at all. The soldiers and civilians of Cloud City only believed that Liu Wuzhou would always have a way to deal with it, so they accompanied them to endure hard in Cloud City.
And with the arrival of the autumn gathering, Cloudsdale suddenly became lively again. The Heng'an Eagle who patrolled the garrison outside was transferred back, strengthened the vigilance and patrolled everywhere, and on the main street in the east-west direction, the restaurant was full of people, and the owner of the restaurant had killed dozens of sheep early, all of which came in handy at this time, each table was packed, and the table was still a village wine, but the dishes were ten times more abundant than before. Merchants from outside the country, while disgusted, still eat and drink endlessly,
The carriage shop was even more crowded.
The caravan owner will naturally rent a clean house to live in, and the caravan's guard coachmen and grooms are crowded in the shop, because last year's Turkic invasion of the Kou, the cloud autumn festival was interrupted for a year, this year the big set reopened, it is foreseeable that the business will not be bad, and the caravan owner's wages for these escort coachmen and grooms have risen a lot compared with previous years.
The wages have risen, and these border men who have joined the caravan have naturally a lot more hands, and the world will be chaotic, and it is useless to save this money, they will come out to let the owner of the carriage and horse shop buy some wine and meat back, and their own family will make a circle on the Chase shop, push the cup and change the lamp, and make a noise until late at night. And the owner of the carriage and horse shopkeeper counted a penny of copper coins, and he was so happy that he couldn't see his teeth.
As for those prostitution halls, not only have the original scattered prostitutes returned, but there have also been a lot of border goddesses who have come to do big business. In Cloudsdale, there is a rare fragrance of fat floating.
These prostitution parlors are not deep-doored houses, they are just ordinary street houses, and when you stand at the door, you can hear suspicious noises coming from inside. The border men who gathered outside the door listened enthusiastically one by one.
And in the waiting crowd, there are some teenagers who are obviously taken out to open meat, all of them look nervous, whenever the voice inside is a little higher, these teenagers are the objects of ridicule, and some teenagers are already in a posture of wanting to slip away at any time.
This cloud city, which has been through many battles and tribulations, has been through too many battles and tribulations, and it is rare to hear laughter everywhere.
It is the people of Heng'an Mansion who also have high hopes for this autumn gathering.
Since the war last year, Heng'an Mansion has been short of food and salary. Now Wang Rengong and Liu Wuzhou are hostile, although the grain supply Wang Rengong is still maintained, but the military salary has not been paid.
At present, in the Eagle Yang Mansion, all of them are regular Eagle Yang soldiers, as a regular value, it is absolutely impossible to have no salary, and to build military equipment, exchange war horses, and compensate for casualties, they are in need of money. Now the Eagle Yang Soldiers of Heng'an Mansion can still be maintained because of Liu Wuzhou's leadership charm, but if this poor life continues, what will happen, it is really hard to say.
Even the grain supply that is still struggling to maintain it is a crumbling boulder hanging above the head of Hengan Yingyang Mansion.
Yunzhong Mansion was originally a land of food shortage, and last year's war with the Turks crossed the border, and the people could take refuge in Yunzhong City, but the countryside was almost completely plundered. The people in the clouds must rely on Shanyang to allocate grain and grass to survive this famine year, as long as Wang Rengong still bears the name of the Taishou of Mayi County of the Great Sui.
Liu Wuzhou added a little bit of vanity to it, and the soldiers and civilians in the clouds were tightening their belts a little, and they could barely maintain this day.
But what if Wang Rengong cut off the supply of grain? If you don't have money, you can still endure for some time, and the belly of the soldiers and civilians who have no food will not reason with you!
Therefore, the hope of temporarily surviving the difficulties is placed on this autumn festival, in which the caravans with the signs of the family are not taxed, but the nine Tatar tribes on the steppe can have a lot of income. No matter what kind of goods are collected, they can be turned into money and food on the spot.
As long as you have money and food in hand, you may be able to survive this winter. As for next year, God knows what will change in this Great Sui world!
Xu Le and their lively, in addition to adding some talking points to Cloud City, let the people in the clouds know that Xu Le is such a young character, and they began to prepare for this cloud autumn festival with all their hearts.
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On the bustling east and west streets, a group of people leading horses are looking around.
The group was all dusty and dusty, wrapped in shabby cloaks, carrying bows and soldiers, and hoods covering their heads.
This kind of outfit is not uncommon in Cloudsdale, and most of the people who walk long distances on the side are dressed in this way. Although this pedestrian did not carry the goods a little dazzling, but who knows if this pedestrian carried a bag of hard goods such as sand gold in his waist, and after the big gathering, he may have driven hundreds of horses and carried many furs to the south.
Moreover, the city is now full of Heng'an Eagle soldiers, and the team of seven or eight people is ill-intentioned, and it can be cleaned up in a blink of an eye. And even if there is no Hengan Eagle in the city, the border man, who can't ride a horse or open a bow? Without tens of thousands of Turkic wolves to ride, no one would want to look at Cloud City.
These seven or eight people with hidden faces are Xu Le and his party.
There was such a scene at the city gate, and the movement directly into the city was too loud, Wei Chigong escorted them out of the city and walked around, and when the people were almost scattered, he let them enter the city through another city gate.
Xu Le and everyone didn't want to swagger into the city, and it was already good luck to kill the eagle and raise the soldiers, and finally be safe and sound. If you enter the city in a high-profile manner and cause the people all over the city to cheer and praise, it is really just a word stupid.
Wei Chigong sent them to the street entrance, and bowed his hand to leave, leaving only one sentence to look for Le Langjun in the future.
Wei Chigong was very arrogant and settled Xu Le and his party, not thinking about where to find Xu Le. Maybe for this fierce general in the clouds, the world is everywhere.
Xu Le and the others encountered a big problem.
The big guy doesn't have a penny on him, the goods are still in the hands of Yuan Junwei's subordinates, and there is some dry food for eating, but what should be done with this residence?
Everyone walked around the East and West Streets, and Song Bao and the others looked around, just to see if they could bump into someone they knew. The result is probably that this time I was able to escape from Yuan Junwei's hands and lost my luck, and I never bumped into an acquaintance.
fled all the way, and there was another big fight at the city gate, from Xia Shao to Zhuang Ke, everyone was so tired that their bones were soft, and several people looked at Xu Le unconsciously.
Even Song Bao took Xu Le as the backbone at this time, just waiting for Xu Le to come up with an idea.
What should we do now? Is it just to turn around and go back, take dry food with you and hunt a little, maybe it will be enough for everyone to go back to Shenwu County, just let everyone run for nothing. Are you really waiting for Liu Wuzhou to return the goods? And God knows when Liu Wuzhou will be able to return the goods, maybe everyone will be begging for a few days in Cloudsdale City at that time!
Now go to Liu Wu Zhoulang's General Office to block the door and ask for goods, that is, he is really looking for death.
Several people looked at him, and Xu Le, who had been hiding his figure with his head down, was actually muttering a little in his heart. You have to eat if you don't die for a day, you have a place to sleep at night, and you have to have capital to do business. This is a problem that no matter how brave and clever our family is, it can't solve.
Do you just go back like this? Will Xu Jialu's easy-to-work belongings be cleaned up like this? How can I have the face to see my grandfather, and how can I have the face to see the villagers of Xu Jialu?
Le Langjun, who is as heroic as a dragon, is also rarely a little worried, and the reputation he has established is partial and cannot be changed at this moment. Several people looked at themselves eagerly, so that Xu Le, who has always had a lot of ideas, couldn't help but subconsciously sweep his gaze on the street, as if he was looking forward to a savior from the sky.
At this time, Xu Le couldn't help but complain a little bit about Wei Chigong, this fierce general in the clouds has a good snack, don't you want to learn, take care of my food during this time, I will accompany you to learn enough!
Suddenly, Xu Le's gaze moved. It seems that he has really found a savior!