Chapter 5: Choosing a Base Area
The night was safe and sound, Wang Ye stretched his waist easily, although the wine shop is a little expensive, this troubled world is also safe. If you sleep outside and encounter some yellow turban thieves and kill you, it is not worth it.
"Ji Ling, Ji Ming, come here" Wang Ye looked at Xun Zheng, who was sleeping just after his duty, and was about to call him to get up and discuss it together, but when he thought about it, he still had to make his own decisions about this kind of thing. The two brothers of the Ji family came over yawning, looking like they hadn't slept well.
"Brother Ye, is it okay to call us so early?" Ji Ling asked
"There is one thing, I thought about it for half a night last night, and I think I still have to discuss it." Wang Ye said and took out the map that Ji Lao gave him yesterday, "Come, look! The two brothers of the Ji family leaned their heads and looked forward, the two looked at each other, and they didn't know what Wang Ye was selling. Think about it, what are we going to Luoyang for? Wang Ye looked at the two brothers of the Ji family and said.
"Of course I'm going to buy an official," Ji Ming slipped out.
"What about after buying an official?" Wang Ye asked rhetorically, and without waiting for the two brothers of the Ji family to answer, Wang Ye pointed to the map. "Tobu Castle is close to the coast to the southeast, and Langya County is to the northwest, and according to the location of the Yellow Turban Uprising, this county must not have been affected at this time. I waited for this to go to Luoyang, and what I got was a statement of wealth, but the Han Dynasty will be tilted, and there will be no wealth without stability. Judging from the current situation, most of the county commanders in various counties are greedy for life and afraid of death, and they do not contribute troops or efforts. It is very difficult and dangerous for us to go to Luoyang, not to mention that the return journey is unexpected. If a few of us are in Tobu to recruit troops with scattered money, we will collect some displaced people. How about doing something big? After speaking, Wang Ye looked at the two brothers of the Ji family with his eyes shining.
"Brother Ye wants to kill the prestige of the Yellow Turban Thief?" After Ji Ling listened to what Wang Ye said just now, his enthusiasm was about to burst out. Ji Ming on the side hated the Yellow Turban thieves even more, and the lives of the whole family were killed by those thieves.
"Exactly, the imperial court is recruiting troops to suppress the Yellow Turban Army, if we rush to Dongwu and tell the truth about Ji Ming's family. I am afraid that when the time comes, the people will be panicked, and at that time the displaced people in the county will be gathered. Now in the troubled world, people are like dogs, life is like mustard, and people are dying of hunger all over the land. We do not promise others glory and wealth, but only ensure that the homeless people have food to eat. Then choose those who are willing to wait with us, find some weapons, and buy a suit of armor. Afraid that the puppet is not brave? ”
"To find the homeless, you still need to have the training of the enlisted people, and this Xun Zheng is enough to be competent. However, if you need to buy a bank, you have to spend money, is the money enough? Ji Ling raised doubts in his heart
"This also needs to choose some strong men in Yangdu, there are some iron ore near Yangdu, and the price is much lower than that of Dongwu. We're going to train some good guys here, rest for a few days, and then head west to Tobu, what do you think? "Wang Ye has already planned for some arrangements for the displaced people, but the number must be limited, and the food and silver money will not be available at that time.
"But, then I'll go with Brother Ye to find some blacksmith shops. Ming'er, after waiting for Xun Zheng to wake up, tell him in detail, you two will find some strong homeless people today, and if you are willing to come, you will be rewarded with some money and food, and you will take them to the courtyard and wait. Ji Ling picked up a box of money as he spoke, and then threw a box to Wang Ye, "The outfit and weapons cost more silver, and the homeless people don't need much silver to feed him." ”
After Wang Ye and Ji Ming gave the order, they took Ji Ling out of the courtyard of the wine shop.
Yangdu is a small county town, with a permanent population of only a few thousand households, but there are many displaced people who have fled. There are two zigzag streets in the county, so the blacksmith shop is easy to find, and the clothing shop is also full of people. At the beginning of spring, many people go to change cooler clothes, which is also more convenient for work.
The blacksmith shop is not big, except for some signboards at the entrance of the store, it is estimated that it is only about 100 square meters, but there is also a backyard, full of some raw materials. Seeing that a guest was coming, the second child in the store hurriedly smiled and greeted: "Come in and have a look, if there is anything you need to tell you below."
"What is the price of the sword and shield now?" Wang Ye meant yesterday that he was going to fight some spears and halberds or some bows and arrows, but then he thought about it, if some people who are not practicing martial arts are holding a shield. The likelihood of injury will be greatly reduced, which is a big impact in the early stages. Basically, in this era of scarcity of medicines, if some wounds are infected, if they are not treated in time, they may lose their lives.
"Back to the guest officer, according to the standard standard of a set of swords and shields, you will get 2,000 plants, if it is fine iron, you will get 4,000 plants" Xiao Er said, took out the abacus and dialed it, "How much does the guest officer want here?"
"Four thousand steel! I'm afraid I won't be able to buy a few sets," Wang Ye said in a low voice, estimating that only Ji Ling next to him knew what he said. Weapons are indispensable in troubled times, so the price will not be low, not to mention that it is estimated that tens of thousands of swords and shields are made of steel. Like Ji Ling's own three-pointed fork and Xun Zheng's spear, including Ji Ming's broadsword, it was specially customized by Old Man Ji, and it is estimated that the cost will not be small.
"How many days does it take for twenty sets of steel swords and shields?" Since you are determined to do great things, you should spend the flowers!
"It is expected to take three days, and there are few customers these days, so the guest officer can start production at any time if he is in a hurry." Xiao Er estimated that he couldn't be happy at this time, because of the rampant Yellow Turban Thieves, the lives of many people were affected, resulting in no savings to buy even some small weapons, so Xiao Er was also begging for food, if these fine irons really couldn't be sold, the shopkeeper had to scold him to death.
"But, let's start today, add a set of bows and arrows, arrows designed with barbed arrows, and send them to the first wine shop east of the north gate at the end of the day, and someone will pick you up then." After speaking, Wang Ye took out 30,000 yuan from the money box and gave it to Xiao Er, "These will be given to you first, please make them as soon as possible, and be sure to deliver them the day after tomorrow." ”
"No!" It is rare for Xiao Er to see so much money, so he has to hurry up and agree, for fear of making the guest officer unhappy.
After leaving the iron shop, Wang Ye went to the clothing store with Ji Ling, chose twenty-four sets of black daywear with white lines, and bought the same intimate clothes. A set costs 200 yuan, which is much cheaper than weapons. After that, the two of them went around the street again, buying some meat, coarse grains and some rice wine, the meat was prepared to satisfy the hunger of the homeless people these days, and the coarse grains were bought to eat on the road. Just as the two were about to go back to the wine shop, a group of people on the side of the road surrounded a ragged child, estimated to be about thirteen or fourteen years old, and a skinny middle-aged man next to him was very miserable. People passing by gave away coins one or two plants.
"It's really Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road," Wang Ye muttered in a low voice. But the child seemed to hear it, and looked at Wang Ye. Wang Ye was also a kind person, so he asked Ji Ling to take out a hundred plants and hand the meat he took from the winery's servant to the child on a plate.
Then Wang Ye went back to the wine shop with Ji Ling and some servants of the winery
Just after Wang Ye turned around, the ragged child kowtowed three times in the direction that Wang Ye left, and repeated the sentence that Wang Ye had just said: "Zhumen wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road"