The city walls of Yuzhou City are not high, but the soldiers of Yuzhou Prefecture, who have never stood guard on the city walls, are now standing at the head of the city like a benchmark, and there are not a team of soldiers dressed in black, walking through the city with uniform steps.

There was also an inventory of the people entering and leaving Yuzhou City, even if Wu Zheng entered Yuzhou City through the wharf, he would inevitably be checked by the government soldiers patrolling the shore.

In addition to these more sergeants, there are also more yards on the dock that keep emitting black smoke, which is someone burning coal, but the people of Yuzhou generally cook with firewood, and only the blacksmith shop burns coal.

From a distance, there are about four or five such courtyards, and they are the kind of large courtyards that are at least three entrances, and it seems that Qin Xiang's workshop to turn the pickaxe of Shenmu Village into steel swords and armor is here.

I don't know if that guy is still there, I know that the guy is going to the battlefield, as a friend, I didn't even drink a bowl of candied wine with him, is my friend a little too incompetent?

Wu Zheng wanted to go to the big smoking courtyards to ask, but looking at the fierce soldiers near those courtyards, Wu Zheng had no choice but to dispel this idea.

Walking along the street to the inner city, although the streets of the outer city are not as prosperous as the inner city, this money near the wharf used to be a living at the wharf, but today Wu Zheng walked here but did not feel a little crowded, and then he remembered that there were fewer ships on the wharf, especially the ships carrying goods were almost gone

It seems that he is not the only smart person in this world, at least the well-informed businessman has a premonition that things are not good.

The price of rice is already 50 wen a catty, and the baked cakes have also been sold for 2 wen, because the price of rice has risen, the price of baked cakes will naturally rise.

This is the method given to Wu Zheng by the owner of the rap cake stall, so Wu Zheng, who originally spent a penny to buy a baked cake, had to pay an extra penny.

Wu Zheng inquired again, in addition to rice and baked cakes, is there any price increase in this city? As a result, all of them went up, and the reason was the same because the price of rice had risen.

"I'm a father-in-law, seeing that you like to eat baked cakes so much, I still have the last five here plus exactly six of your hands, or you can buy them all for seven cents!"

Wu Zheng looked at the sun and found that it was still early, so he asked, "My boss is still early, so you are in such a hurry to close the stall?" ”

"Recently, I always feel that something seems to be wrong in this city, so it's better to close the stall early and go home to accompany my wife and children. Xianggong, I think it's best not to run around, and now the gangsters in this city will be in trouble if they bump into it. Listen to me, buy the pancakes and go home early! ”

"My house is far away! I won't be able to go back for a while. ”

"It turns out that you are from out of town, then you just go to the inn or your relative's house, in short, don't wander around on the road."

"But it's still early!"

"It's still early to find it, but now it's not yet Shenshi, and there are basically no people on the street."

"The same is true of the inner city?"

"The inner city is a little better, after all, the old man of the assassin and the old man of the county order both live in the inner city! There are fewer criminals who take advantage of the fire to rob. ”

"Robbing while it's hot? Is something going on? ”

"I don't know about that! How! Oh, I don't know with you, anyway, every time the price of rice rises for no reason, it's not a good thing, well! Yes, it should be the fault of the owner of the grain shop, what is the price increase! His price increase made everyone panic, how can they live this day! ”

Wu Zheng smiled slightly: "Okay, boss, you are a good person, give me all the rest of the baked cakes!" ”

"Really? Do you want it all? ”

Wu Zheng nodded and was about to take out the silver in the money bag, but he saw that the person who bought the baked cakes brought a basket from under the stall, and there were as few as one or twenty.

"My boss, don't you only have six?"

The boss didn't blush, pointed to the baked cakes in the basket and said, "Six are cooked, Xianggong, you see that these are not cooked yet!" Originally, I was going to take it home for my wife and children to eat, but since you want it all, it will be considered as a gift. ”

Then the boss of the baked cake looked at the basket and counted it: "There are twenty-one in total, since Xianggong bought them all, you will give thirty wen." ”

Got a profiteer?

The one or two pieces of silver that he had originally picked up in the money bag were put back by Wu Zheng again, replaced them with copper coins, took them out, and counted them, only twenty-six Wen.

Wu Zheng: "I'm sorry, I only have twenty-six yuan and can't buy it." ”

Who knew that the owner of the baked cake shop grabbed the copper coin and said with a smile: "Twenty-six is twenty-six, anyway, most of them are still raw, so they should make up the firewood money!" ”

After finishing it, he took out a piece of oiled paper and wrapped twenty-one raw baked cakes for Wu Zheng and handed them to Wu Zheng.

Originally, Wu Zheng still wanted to give this guy a tael of silver with kindness, but who knew that when he ran into a profiteer, Wu Zheng could only shake his head helplessly.

Wu Zheng took a large bag of baked cakes into the inner city to find his master, in fact, the inner city was not much better, at this time it was just after the afternoon, and the pedestrians on the street were in a hurry, as if they were rushing home for dinner.

The shops on both sides of the pavement are also much quieter than in the past, and the feelings are like the ones before the Chinese New Year, and there is less than one person.

But there is one kind of person who has a lot of people, and that is the fast and martial arts who patrol the streets.

When he came to the Huang Medical Center, the person sitting in the hall became the junior brother Chai Hu, sitting alone in front of the table and reading a book, and there were a few piles of medicinal materials on the table in front of him.

Maybe the herbs he just tasted were too bitter! His brows were furrowed for a long time and he didn't let go, but at this moment, he inadvertently saw Wu Zheng who had already walked in front of him.

"Senior brother, why are you here?"

Wu Zheng put the baked cake in his hand on the table: "Please eat, by the way, what about the old man?" ”

"Master has been experimenting in the backyard these days, why is it all baked cakes?" Chai Hu, who unwrapped the oil paper package, couldn't help but look at Wu Zheng with a puzzled expression.

"I met a profiteer on the way, so I couldn't help but buy all his baked cakes."

"How much does it cost to burn so many biscuits?"

"It's not expensive, it's only twenty-eight yuan."

"Twenty-eight wen is not expensive, this can buy a pound of rice."

"By the way, the price of rice in this city has risen, and the fire food in the medical hall is still enough for you to take care of the rice in this medical hall?"

Chai Hu smiled and said: "Don't be afraid of this, Master, once we have no money to buy rice, we will go to Xia's house to fight the autumn breeze." By the way, senior brother, I heard that Master, now that we are about to fight with Tu Xuun, this military disaster will start, you and your sister-in-law should move to the city to live! It's safer this way. ”

Wu Zheng was shocked and asked, "The battle with Tuyuhun is imminent, do you know this?" ”

"Master's, but Master's is generally right."

"Master, what's wrong?"

"Master must have already started fighting at this time, ask me to go up the mountain to report to you so that you can be prepared, do I plan to go to you tomorrow morning? I didn't expect you, senior brother, to come first. ”

"I think you read the book and forgot it!"

Chai Hu's old face flushed, and said: "Actually, that's because the master can't produce results in a war like this for ten and a half months, so if something really happens, it should be half a month later, so ...... By the way, Senior Brother, you finally came back for a trip, go and see Master! I don't know what kind of mold his old man has been cultivating recently, but his old man is blistering at the top of his mouth. ”

Wu Zheng nodded and went to the backyard, and when he found his master, he actually got a laboratory in the yard, which was the dilapidated house next to the firewood room before, and now after repairing, it has become the laboratory he used to do medical experiments.

As soon as he entered the house, a musty smell came to his face, and Wu Zheng, who was choking, coughed.

"Why are you here?"

Huang Lao sat there in front of the windowsill, with all kinds of moldy things around him, the world's first microscope on the table, and a few petri dishes made of crystal around him.

Wu Zheng had mentioned this thing to his master before, but he didn't think that his old man had actually made it, and now it seems that he has mastered the method of cultivating bacteria.

Wu Zheng waved his sleeves, trying to get rid of these musty smells, but how could the smell be driven away, unless he brought a mask.

"The disciple came this time to tell the master that the imperial court might be going to fight with Tuyuhun, but I didn't expect that I just heard that Master Chai Hu, your old man already knows."

"How do you know that your son is hiding in the mountains?"

"Qin Xiang, that guy bought thousands of catties of pickaxes from me and went back to fight weapons, didn't I guess that?"

"You're clever, don't worry! I won't be able to hit us from Yuzhou for a while. ”

Wu Zheng was stunned for a moment, and said: "Listening to Master, you seem to be very optimistic about our court's expedition!" ”

"What expedition? It's hard to hold on first! ”

"Master, is there anything I don't know about this?"

Huang Lao glanced at Wu Zheng angrily: "You don't know a lot!" The Qin family originally wanted to go out of two ways this time, one route directly from Chengdu Mansion to attack Victoria, and the other route to Fengzhou to attack Qinzhou. The purpose of Chengdu Mansion was to make a feint, the purpose was to lure the Tuyuhun army of the Diezhou generation to the people and horses of Fengzhou, so that the people who attacked from Fengzhou could directly take the Hezhou soldiers in the hinterland of Tuyuhun to Dafeichuan, and when the Tuyuhun army returned to the west, the two soldiers and horses would give each other a front and back attack, and beat the main force of Tuyuhun in one fell swoop......"

Hearing this, Wu Zheng couldn't help but be surprised: "Master, why are you so familiar with other people's battle plans?" Could it be that you used to be meticulous in your old age? ”

"Your son is the one who works carefully! The old man knew nothing, but if Tuyuhun knew about it, he wouldn't play. ”

"Why is it difficult that this thing is really won by you?"

"The army in Chengdu was blocked at the gate before it attacked."

Hearing this, Wu Zheng's heart suddenly cooled down, how did Qin Xiang's Lao Tzu do it, as the commander of the first army, he had no sense of secrecy? The well-formulated battle plan has not yet sent troops, and even my master and his old man know about it.

"Don't scold Qin Lei in your heart, you don't want him to do this, how did he know that his wife who has been in bed with him for 20 years is actually a spy of the Red Lotus Sect."

"That's it?"

"What else? His concubine had committed suicide by poisoning. ”

"That's suicide in fear of crime, and the court won't pursue such a big matter?"

"It seems that changing generals before the war is a taboo for soldiers, I hope the Qin family can still hold Chengdu this time! Otherwise, his Qin family will always be killed by His Majesty, and it will be light, and he may have to connect the nine clans...... Alas! Why are you going? 166 Reading Network