In this life, Xu Shiyang's life is very healthy.

His family background will not make him hungry, but he will never overeat, he has eaten a lot of meat, fish, eggs and milk, vegetables and fruits, coarse and fine grains, and he is not picky at all.

You must know that in this year, whether it is cow's milk or goat's milk, it is not a favorite food of the Han people, and no one will drink it if they are not hungry.

Xu Shiyang did not refuse to come, but every time he drank milk, he had to boil and sterilize, which cost a lot of money.

Add to that the benefits that come with crossing – a very healthy, rarely sick body, and non-stop exercise and labor.

Xu Shiyang's personal strength may still be unpopular in the eyes of a master like Lu Zhishen, but combined with his experience in the battle formation and excellent physical fitness, he no longer needs Zhao Lin's backstab to help him with a Tartar like Pu Luhun now.

In other words, well, Xu Shiyang's current personal force, if he crosses over to the Water Margin world, can probably be regarded as the top ten level of the Earth Evil

Such a level of body makes it very easy for Xu Shiyang to run and exercise every morning.

He is wearing a strong suit, with two flintlock pistols symmetrically pinned to his waist left and right, hanging tiger cuts, and homemade sandbags tied to his wrists and ankles, all of which are about 5 kilograms, and it is not difficult to trot 3 to 5 kilometers a day.

Even, when he deliberately slowed down because of plenty of time like today, Xu Shiyang still had time to think about other things while running:

In the near future, with the support of the Wen family and the Li family, the problem of food and materials has been solved. ’

It's just that the population is much smaller. The Xu family now only has a total of 30,000 strong men and half a ding, plus the harvest they have cultivated themselves, so much grain is not eaten, so it can only be stored temporarily. ’

So we have to find a way to increase the population, and it must be the core Han population, and foreign slaves like Pruhun are not easy to catch, not easy to use, and not trustworthy. ’

And I still lack craftsmen, people who can read and write, officers and grass-roots managers, ...... and I am simply short of talents!" ’

So if it's possible, I have to recruit some talents in Jiangnan...... no, not just talents, as long as they are willing to go to Jiangbei to find work!" ’

I have to admit that the economic conditions in Jiangnan are much stronger than those in Jiangbei, which is in ruins, but to say that everyone is rich is definitely bragging.

At least what Gu Xu Shiyang saw along the way, there were many homeless people and beggars huddled in the lanes of those small communities where there were no big families living in them.

The temperature in Jiangnan in May has risen, probably not freezing to death, but if there is no food, the body is too weak, and it will definitely not last long.

Therefore, the displaced people do not actually have the right to sleep, they can only get up early, and the healthy strong men and women wander in front of a few shops, looking for a job opportunity.

If you are not physically fit and cannot rely on short-term work to make a living, you can only kneel on the side of the road, expecting a leftover meal from a well-wisher passing by.

Xu Shiyang has heard of some of them, and in general, this kind of people who have no fixed place to live are mainly displaced people from Jiangbei.

They lost their homes due to the raids of the Tartars and bandits, and they had to work hard and exhaust the savings of several generations before they could get a chance to cross the river and come to the south of the Yangtze River.

However, this does not mean that you can live a stable life in Jiangnan - that is the opportunity only for real big families or gentry, and the best outcome for ordinary people to come to Jiangnan is only to be absorbed by the shops or farms controlled by the gentry family and become cheap labor.

Bad luck .......

Xu Shiyang passed through an unfamiliar alley, and in front of him was a small river, and the banks of the river were lined with exquisite and luxurious small courtyards.

Unlike other places where the wealthy frequented the homeless class, rows of ragged children knelt in the open space around the river.

Xu Shiyang stopped curiously, walked slowly, and looked over one by one.

After a few moments, he figured it out.

This place is the Fengyue District of Lin'an Prefecture, and the courtyards on both sides of the river are all Ji Courtyards without exception.

And the children kneeling here are all homeless people waiting for the eagle to choose, looking for an opportunity to sell themselves.

The oldest of these children looked no more than 14 or 5 years old, and the youngest was only 5 or 6 years old.

Only one thing is certain, these children are both male and female, and it is clear that the Fengyue place in Lin'an also provides pastime services for people with special tastes.

Maybe Xu Shiyang had been staying here for a long time, and a big man with a full face came up to him and said carefully:

"The little one dares to ask, which one does the son like?"

Xu Shiyang glanced at him, and the other party who was bluffed at this glance retreated again and again.

He has already killed dozens of people, and after killing too many people, when he looks at the people he hates, there is always a cold killing intent in his eyes, and the person in front of him obviously feels this.

Xu Shiyang pointed at the child: "Let a few of them stand up and show this son." ”

"Yes!" Ren Yan lowered his head, not daring to look at Xu Shiyang, turned around and called the two companions to be brave, and then asked the child pointed by Xu Shiyang to stand up.

There were a total of ten people, and Xu Shiyang originally chose half male and half female, but when they all stood up, he found that a few children who seemed to be boys were actually girls, and on the contrary, there were a few.

The reason is simple, these children are completely skinny, which reminds Xu Shiyang of the text "Lu Chai Stick" that he learned in his previous life.

Xu Shiyang circled around these children, and finally stood next to a child who looked the oldest, and asked in a low voice, "From Jiangbei"

The child looked at him blankly, but did not answer.

But the man came up again with the courage to come up, and said earnestly:

"This young master, most of these children are from Jiangbei, but there are also many people from Jiangnan, there have been too many displaced people in recent years, they are cheap, and they are helpless, and no one cares if they are killed.

Xu Shiyang nodded, indicating that he understood.

"How many children are there?"

"This" the man hesitated and replied: "Who knows, there are more than just villains' goods kneeling here, not to mention that there are more people in the north market, no one knows how many goods there are, but the villain wants to come, and there should be 3 or 400 for mothers to choose from every day."

Xu Shiyang turned his head and glanced at the Ji Yuan behind him, it turned out that the children here were exclusively for them, and there was a larger human market in the north of Lin'an.

Well, there must be a lot of people there

Then again, the first good place in the Great Zhou is nothing more than that.

Xu Shiyang asked again: "How much does it cost if I want to take care of the children here?"