I was very curious that these homeless people refused to leave with the team on the premise that their lives were not guaranteed, so I wanted to go over and ask.

After a circle, the dog returned to the camp with red eyes, and Hua Fourteen, who followed, was also speechless for a long time.

"What's so terrible, it's better to die in your own home than to starve to death in a foreign land, or at least to be buried in your ancestral grave."

The fallen leaves return to their roots, and the idea of melting into the blood of the Chinese people, the older the person, the more the idea of returning to the hometown.

Most of the more than 100 people were elderly, and most of the rest were fatherless and motherless children, and there were not a single young man, but there were a few women with cloth pads wrapped in their hair, holding firewood knives and dung forks that had been discarded by the road robbers on the roadside before.

A few people said to the dog while cooking gruel: "I think that if I return to my hometown, I will not necessarily die, and if the gold thief comes, it will be a big deal for me to hide in the cellar." ”

"My man is sick and dead, and I and the baby are left, if I continue to spend at the checkpoint, my baby will have to be sold to others, so it's better to go home and try."

"There's nothing to say, my mother-in-law hasn't sent me away yet, and I won't remarry! I've run enough over the years, let's die! ”

The words of a few women, the dog really wanted to say it to the officials who were sitting in the official office eating meat and drinking wine, but unfortunately it couldn't be done.

"Fourteen!"

"What's wrong dog?"

"What are you thinking?"

"I was thinking that they would be able to stay with us for a few more days, what were you thinking?"

The dog stared at the brown rice in the car with burning eyes and said, "I'm thinking, if I buy a bag of rice from Old Man Zhou, will he agree?" ”

Hua Shishidao: "Don't be stupid dog, this place can't be bought with money!" ”

The dog sighed and said: "Then they are too pitiful, there are only some wild vegetables in the pot, where they have the strength to keep up with us, they will definitely be killed by the bandits on the road!" ”

Hua Fourteen said: "These people don't have a strong man, and they can't hunt!" ”

The dog was stunned for a moment, grabbed his shoulder and laughed: "They don't, we have it!" As for a large group of people, instead of lying in the barracks after they are full, it is better to go hunting nearby, and give them a little bit when the time comes, which will be enough for a group of people to eat! ”

Hua Shishi looked at the excited dog and sighed: "The big guys have walked all the way, they are tired, they want to go back to the house to sleep after eating, who is willing to go!" ”

The dog said angrily: "Can't I spend money to buy it?" ”

As the saying goes, there must be brave men under the heavy reward, and the dog offers a consistent price, regardless of big beasts and small fish, as long as the group of homeless people behind can eat more and have the strength to hurry.

Consistent money, for today's dogs really don't care much, but for this group of mud-legged men, that's a lot of money, the dog from the more than 30 people who applied, selected five people who were once hunters to come out, and went to ask the old man Zhou for a rope net, borrowed a big knife, the old man Zhou originally disagreed, but the old general next to him nodded and said go, it is not good for the people to watch them starve to death, and gave the dog two extra bows, and the moved dog burst into tears.

The old general patted the dog on the shoulder and said, "If you hit a delicious little beast, you can bring it to the barracks and exchange rice and noodles with him." ”

The dog wiped away the tears in an instant.

In this way, when it was time for the team to rest, the five men hurried to go out with rope nets on their backs, dig a pit and fiddle with a trap on the nearby mountain, and wait for the team to set off to check it out.

When the evening came, he asked to leave the camp and set a bigger trap nearby, and then he would check it the next day.

Sometimes they return empty-handed, sometimes they can really bring one or two rabbits and pheasants or something and run back, and then find the old general to exchange some miscellaneous grains and rice noodles, and then give them to the homeless people to eat, the homeless people will also catch fish and shrimp, and sometimes when they touch a big fish, they will send a small baby to find a dog to exchange food.

That's a story later, back to the main story.

At dawn the next day, the team set up and sent the third herald over.

"If you don't open the gate of the village three times, you will be regarded as a bandit!"

The murderous words were transmitted back to the village, and the old man of the village sat in a hanging basket, with a dozen young people, carrying a sheep, two pigs and five or six bags of rice and noodles, and asked to see the old general, kowtowed to the old man with tears in his eyes, and then ate a few whips, and put the old man back.

There is no way, the people in the stockade suspect that the army will kill the good and take the merit and refuse to open the door, do you really want to lead the troops into the stockade, tell them that you did not "kill the good and take the merit", and then convict them as "bandits" and then chop off their heads to deal with it?

Marshal Wu will believe it, and it is estimated that the civil officials of the imperial court will not believe it alive or dead.

Rather than cause such trouble, the team might as well have set off for another place earlier.

A group of people and horses continued to cross the river and climb the mountain, the team walked for a day, and finally arrived at a small city called Lichuan Village, looking at the village soldiers waiting on the wall, the dog sighed.

Along the way, I passed by several empty villages, and the only place with many people did not let you in.

Stretched out his hand to stop Commander Liu, who was angry and was about to send a herald to interrogate him, and suggested with his hand: "General Zhang, if you go on like this, you can't do it, and the army can't get in, but this cargo has to be pressed in your hands!" ”

The old general said: "Then what do you say?" ”

The dog glanced at the villagers standing on the wall from a distance and said, "Let the kid go over and try it!" ”

The old general glanced at the dog up and down, patted him directly on the shoulder and said: "I thought you kid was a coward, it turns out that a certain family has seen the wrong eye, go, go boldly, if they dare to release arrows, the old man will avenge you!" ”

The dog rolled his eyes, you slaughtered the village, and the master won't come back!

Arching his hand, he returned to the team of Tangjia villagers, looked left and right, pointed to four or five carriages, and said to Tang Laosan and a few older men: "Pull the carriage over, and then put the goods in the cart on the ground, and the rest will be under my command!" ”

A few old men nodded.

The dog took them with the flag of "Lizhou West Road Business Alliance" and walked over.

On the walled city, a few villagers wearing cowhide armor and holding bows and arrows saw a little baby leading a few old men to drive a few carriages striding over, so they turned their heads to a middle-aged man next to him and said, "Owner of the village, don't you shoot arrows?" ”

The owner of the village frowned and said: "Wait and see, this little baby doesn't look like a bandit, look at that banner seems to be a caravan, how can there be a caravan at this time!" ”

The dog took the trembling Tang Laosan to a place fifty meters away from the gate of the village, waved his hand and asked a few people to put the goods away, and then stood on the carriage, put his hands together and shouted at the wall:

"Take a look at the city, the state officials are afraid that the people under his rule will lack food and clothing, so they specially allocated soldiers and horses to escort our merchants to trade with you. Do the people inside want to buy it? Come out and squeak, and we'll pack up our things and rush to another village! ”

Hearing the children under the city shouting such a call, the Zhaiding holding a bow and arrow on the wall turned his head and said to the owner of the village: "The owner of the village, the little one is aiming at him, can you shoot or not?" ”

"Shoot, shoot! I'll let you! ”

The middle-aged owner of the village slapped the villager to the ground, coughed his whole clothes, and shouted to the dogs in the city: "Little baby, what goods do you have here?" ”

The dog said, "I have what you want to buy!" ”

The owner of the village was stunned for a moment, looked at a few goods on the ground and said, "How much does your bag of salt cost?" ”

The dog said: "One hundred and twenty pounds!" ”

The wall said: "You are too expensive!" We usually buy it for only 70 yuan a catty. ”

Chengxia said: "This big brother, take a look, what kind of environment is it now, the only one who dares to do business in the entire territory is our 'Lizhou West Road Business Alliance', we risk our lives to do business, the price must be more expensive than usual!" And did you see the group of soldiers in the back? Every day I eat, drink, and chew, I have to take a cut from the sellers, and I sell it at this price, is it expensive? Kid say one more thing, at this time, it's good to have to buy it! Do you say? ”

The owner of the city wall nodded, and the village owner next to him said: "The owner of the village, this kid is really doing business, why don't we open the door of the village and let him in?" ”

"Open up, I'll let you!"

It hurts to hit with your hands, so the owner of the village kicks it with his feet, and when he kicks the villager who said that he opened the door of the village to the ground, the owner of the village laughs and says to the city: "Boy, you are right, it just so happens that there is not much salt in my village, so give me ten catties!" ”

The dog said: "You have a huge stockade, where is ten catties of salt!" We don't know when we will come next time, let me say, at least a hundred pounds! ”

The city wall said angrily: "You cunning profiteer, your salt is expensive to death, and I will not be a mile for you, I will need ten catties!" ”

The dog arched his hand and said, "Okay, okay, you say, the kid is too lazy to talk to you!" ”

Let Donald Laosan use a scale to hold ten catties of salt, the scale rod is high, put it into a burlap bag when it is done, carry it in his hand, walk to the gate of the village and raise his head and say: "Hey, the city does not open the door, nor does it tie a basket down, how can I give it to you?" ”

As soon as he finished shouting, the head of the city handed down a big bamboo basket, and the dog put the bag of salt in it and said: "Salt is lifted, and the money will be handed down after the scales are completed. ”

Chengshang said: "Don't be long-winded, you don't lack catties or two, I naturally have a lot of money for you." ”

The city wall was squirming for a while, the bamboo basket was tied down again, and the bottom of the basket was picked up, a silver ingot of one tael, plus a silver horn of one penny, the dog picked it up, and bit it on the two silver ingots with his teeth, and saw that the tooth marks on it were clear, so he received it in his pocket, and returned to the carriage railing and said: "In the city, do you ask the others if they want to buy something?" If we don't buy it, we'll have to hurry! ”

Ding Ding glanced at the dog and turned his head to the owner of the village and said, "Master of the village, drive him away as soon as possible!" When I saw this treacherous merchant, I was angry. ”

"Let's go, I'll let you go!"

The owner of the village held the whip and whipped him a few times, only to beat him to his head and forgive him.

"It's been a month of lack of clothes and clothes in this city, let him go, and you can conjure things up for grandpa? When I see you, I am upset, why are you still stupid, why don't you go back to the village with the gong and call them, and tell them that whoever wants to buy things will come to the wall! ”

In this way, the dog waited for a quarter of an hour, and the Zhaiding, who had been waiting for him, was suddenly squeezed out by a group of big and small ladies and old women.

"Little doll, do you have a comb?"

"Is there a mirror?"

"How much does your cloth sell? Is there a red color? ”

"Give me a pound of salt!"

"Boy, you have tea there, weigh two catties for the old man!"

……

There was a mess of shouting, and when I got back this and forgot that, the dog had to shout: "Can you write it down with pen and paper!" ”

"Boy, where can you sell pen, ink, paper, and inkstone?"

Dogs: ......

Searching for goods, delivering goods, collecting money, keeping accounts, and making change were busy for a while, and only the dogs were tired and fell to the ground, and the women in the city disappeared one after another.

"Ahem, boy, do you have to pay taxes?"

The figure of the owner of the village appeared again on the head of the city, and he opened his mouth to collect taxes with the dogs.

The dog said: "I didn't do business in your village, and I paid that tax?" ”

Throw him a roll of the eyes, and hurried away in the empty carriage.