Volume IV Enthronement Chapter 2 The Black Shop
Although Adou also knew that he must be in Cao Cao's wanted, 7 did not have the slightest fear, thinking that Cao Cao's tens of thousands of troops could not keep him, let alone the Tuntian soldiers in that place, besides, the place where Adou was now was sparsely populated, and after walking for more than ten miles, he didn't even see half a figure. This chapter is available online by {UC eBook Chinese Network}
Adou walked all the way to the east, in the direction of Zaoyang. After crossing the Xiangjiang River from Xiangyang to the east, it will not take many miles to enter the territory of Nanyang. After entering Nanyang, Adou decided to continue eastward to Runan.
In fact, Adou only has this direction to go. To the west is the road back to Xiangyang, and Adou naturally can't go. To the south is Jiangxia County, which is now Sun Quan's territory, and Jiangxia is already very close to the battlefield in Huainan, so there is no need for Adou to join in the excitement; As for the north, you can reach Wancheng, Wancheng to the west, after Wuguan is Yongzhou, and once you arrive in Yongzhou, there are several roads to enter Hanzhong, this is the best way to return to Shu, presumably this road Cao Cao must be strictly guarded. And now that Adou hasn't played enough, where will it be so easy to go back.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Nanyang County was the richest county in the Han Dynasty, and the population of Nanyang County could even far exceed that of barren state capitals such as Jiaozhou and Bingzhou.
However, Nanyang was also the hardest hit area of the Yellow Turban Rebellion. At the beginning, there were two main battlefields in the Yellow Turban Rebellion, one was Jizhou and the other was Nanyang. A Yellow Turban Uprising caused a major damage to the productive forces of Nanyang, and the population loss was serious, and a large number of people were displaced to Yingchuan, Sili and Jiangling, and Nanyang was no longer as rich as before.
After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Nanyang had just begun to recover, but the imperial court appointed Yuan Shu as the Taishou of Nanyang. Then Chang'an Li Dao and Guo were defeated, Liangzhou Zhang Xiu came to Nanyang again, stationed troops in Wancheng, and later Cao Cao attacked Wancheng twice, which made the situation in Nanyang even worse.
However, after Cao Cao occupied Nanyang, he did not have time to govern Nanyang, but was busy fighting with Yuan Shao for the north. Later, Yuan Shao was defeated in the battle of Guandu, and Liu Bei fled to Jingzhou and sat in Xinye, making Nanyang the front line again.
Wancheng was very close to Xinye, and Cao Cao was worried that Liu Bei would attack Wancheng and thus seize the whole of Nanyang, so he ordered all the people of Nanyang to be moved to Runan Tuntian. Although the people didn't want to leave their hometowns, but this great migration, even many families were not spared, let alone the people, Nanyang at that time could be described as ten rooms and nine empty, thousands of miles of no one.
At this time, less than 20 years have passed since Cao Cao migrated the people, and 20 years is not enough for Nanyang to recover, so today's Nanyang is still sparsely populated, except for some near the city, I am afraid it is difficult to see living people.
Adou looked at the sky, it was not early, if he still walked at this speed, I was afraid that he would be sleeping on the street today, so Adou involuntarily accelerated his pace and walked towards Cai Yang.
Finally, when it was getting dark, Adou entered Caiyang City.
Now Cao Caodi's wanted warrant has not yet arrived in Caiyang City. Therefore, Adou paid the land and entered the city after the money. The soldiers at the gate of the city did not hinder them. Let Adou enter the city.
Caiyang City is a small county seat. It's not as big as the new no place. There are only about 30,000 people in the county. And there is only one inn in the county. And it's still shabby and old-fashioned.
Adou walked around the city. Finally confirmed. There is only one inn in the city. Adou shook his head helplessly. Speaking of such a shabby inn. Adou really didn't want to go in and live. But there's only one inn in the city. Adou had no choice but to reluctantly walk in.
The entrance of a small alley next to the inn. A beggar watched Adou walk in. He shook his head regretfully: "Such a young offspring. It's a shame......"
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Adou walked into the store. The shopkeeper immediately beckoned. The owner of this shop is a woman. In his thirties. Heavy makeup on his face. Eyes fluttered. Throwing a flattering eye at Adou. It gave Adou goosebumps.
"Hostess, do you still have a room?" Adou asked.
"Yes, of course! We have a lot of rooms. The proprietress smiled like a flower, and walked towards Adou, bringing a pungent smell of fat powder.
Adou was so frightened that he took a step back and said, "Boss, then give me an upper room."
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"Okay, little guest officer, please come with me!" The proprietress said that she was going to come over to help Adou carry the burden.
"Boss, lead the way, I'll take this burden myself!" Adou hurriedly spoke.
The cold night sword had long been picked up by Adou with something and put in the baggage, after all, Adou's black sword was too conspicuous and would bring him some unnecessary trouble, and the white clothes were also replaced by Adou with a coarse cloth clothes, the purpose was naturally to make himself less conspicuous.
At this moment, the sound of footsteps came from outside, and Adou looked back, and there were three people coming in, for a middle-aged man in his thirties, who was quite strong, and had a long sword hanging from his waist, which looked very magnanimous. And the two people behind the middle-aged man also carried swords and burdens, and they seemed to be the middle-aged man's guards.
After the middle-aged man entered the door, he looked at the environment of the inn and frowned, but then let go, and then said a few words to the people behind him
The man nodded and came closer, and said, "Boss, do you want three rooms to eat, bring some up!" ”
"Okay, three guest officers, please come with me!" The proprietress smiled and twisted the waist of the water snake, and walked towards the backyard with a few people.
The inn is not big, just a small backyard and five or six rooms. In the corner of the yard are piled up with various miscellaneous items, and in the far part of the yard against the wall, there is a kitchen.
At this time, out of the kitchen came a fat man with a face full of meat, this fat man was nine feet tall, only wearing a small coat in the cold weather, his chest was slightly open, his chest hair was exposed, his sleeves were rolled up, and he was holding a large pot in his left hand.
"Dead ghost, go get some food!" The proprietress shouted at the cook, and the sound made Adou uncomfortable.
"I know! There is no face at home, so I'll go out and buy it! The cook said angrily as he walked outside.
At this moment, Adou's afterglow flashed towards the kitchen, and suddenly in the corner of the kitchen, there was a small jar, the lid of the jar was not completely closed, and it could be seen that it was full of white flowers. It was a small white flower, all of which had been dried, and there were still a few flower seeds scattered on the ground around the white flowers.
Seeing this dried little flower, Adou's heart tightened, if he was wrong, it should be maple eggplant!
This maple eggplant flower has a nice name, taken from Sanskrit, called mandala flower.
This mandala flower is poisonous, eating it will make people laugh involuntarily, and eating too much will make people unconscious, in Adou's previous life, some flower thieves from the five gates of the rivers and lakes dedicated this mandala flower to make secret medicine. And the general sweat medicine also contains mandala flowers.
Although Adou disdains to do such a thing as being drugged and charming, after all, he has been walking the rivers and lakes for many years in his previous life, and all kinds of thieves have seen it, so Adou recognized it at a glance, this is a mandala flower.
Why does an inn store so many mandala flowers? At this time, Adou realized that the only possibility for this store to store so many mandala flowers was that it was a black shop!
"Boss, how long does it take to buy noodles?" Seeing the cook leaving, the middle-aged man in a fancy costume asked.
"Not long, not long! It didn't take an hour to be back! The boss Jian Jiao said with a smile.
The middle-aged man in Chinese clothes nodded, and the subordinate next to him hurriedly came over and asked in a very small voice: "My lord, we still have some jerky in our baggage, why don't you take it out first?" ”
Although the person's voice was small, it couldn't hide from Adou's ears. This "adult" made Adou guess that the middle-aged man in fancy clothes in front of him might be an official, and judging from the temperament of this middle-aged man, this official is not small.
The middle-aged man in Chinese clothes nodded, then looked at Adou, and said with a smile: "This little brother, you must have not eaten either." I've got some jerky here, if you don't dislike it, take it and pad your stomach first! ”
After the middle-aged man in Chinese clothes finished speaking, the next person took some meat from the package and handed it over to Adou.
Speaking of which, Adou has indeed not eaten for a long time, since Adou ran out of Cao Ying until now, Adou has never met half a figure, this Caiyang City is Adou's first stop.
Although Adou has a martial arts background, he usually doesn't eat for three or five days, which is similar to ordinary people, but it doesn't mean that Adou won't be hungry, so he will still eat on time on weekdays. And the people of the rivers and lakes are not the kind of character who grinds and chirps, and now that someone has a treat, Adou will naturally be polite, I saw Adou take the jerky, thank the middle-aged man in Chinese clothes, and then enter the house.
Adou entered the house and looked at the jerky in his hand, only to realize that the quality of this jerky was good, and it was actually made of high-quality beef.
You must know that in ancient times, ploughing cattle was a very important resource, which was regarded as a second life by farmers, and sometimes even if people were not full, they had to let the cattle have a full stomach. In the Song Dynasty, slaughter had to be approved by the government, otherwise it would be sentenced.
Nowadays, in these troubled times, ploughing cattle has become a good thing, not to mention ordinary people, even some ordinary children of families, may not be able to eat a piece of beef. But this middle-aged man in Chinese clothes can actually make jerky out of beef, which shows that this middle-aged man in Chinese clothes is definitely not small.
Thinking of this, Adou took a bite of beef and laughed slightly, this time it was really lively, a black shop, living in a big man under Cao Cao, and himself, the first wanted criminal under Cao Cao, this time there was a good show.
Then Adou sighed slightly, it's really a thing, I can't hide if I want to, but when I want to keep a low profile, I encounter the most things, and it seems that I have to resign myself to fate......
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