Chapter 215: This is a lively village

Autumn fruit is fragrant, and the rich are looking forward to the snow field, and the craftsmen are close to the tank.

Zhang Zhong, who was drunk and dazed, refused Qianghu's stay before the night came, and left the village with Qianghu's son and daughter to prepare for related matters.

Early the next morning, Qianghu, who had sobered up from drinking, remembered what he said yesterday, and hurriedly summoned the adults and children in the village to the mountains to harvest ripe fruits, so as to help Zhang Zhong's family make wine.

Zhang Zhong found three old men to discuss sending invitations to invite all kinds of gentlemen and rich ladies to play here, and on the other hand, he was looking for craftsmen to burn kilns to make fermented fruit tanks in nearby places, and notices were also posted in the city, so that the people in the city could try to help the people who burned the kiln, so that they could learn this craft and burn it themselves in the future.

With Qianghu taking the lead, the people in his village worked hard, and it was difficult not to alarm others with such a movement, and Qianghu, who was wondering how to make other villagers also help pick fruits, did not wait to take the initiative to find others, and others came over one after another.

The people of the nearby village happily joined in when they learned that the wild fruits could be exchanged for money and that they could help them eat, drink and dance to make a fortune.

Three days later, piles of fruit were sent to the capital city of Yizhou, and Zhang Zhong's family also hurriedly repaired the temporary living place, and the adobe city wall was picked up a large section, and now there is no time to rebuild it, until the fruit harvest is almost done, and the autumn harvest is over, and then find the local people to do it.

Another day, the people sent out by Zhang Zhong in advance came back from outside, pulled a cart of daily necessities, and began to pay the local people to buy fruits.

This is all because the local people are accustomed to bartering, when Zhang Zhong collected the fruit on the first day to give money, Qianghu was worried, he didn't know how to go outside to use money to shop, afraid that others would deliberately ask them for more money, and said to Zhang Zhong that it was better to exchange things for things before.

They all know how much their stuff is worth and are not afraid of being scammed.

Zhang Zhong was speechless at the time, could he not be deceived by exchanging things for things? When he heard Qianghu say that they had a fixed person to exchange, Zhang Zhong understood better that it was controlled by others, and seeing that Qianghu looked embarrassed, he had to send someone out to buy something.

As a result, one of the largest and most well-stocked shops in Yizhou City was created, which was responsible for exchanging with the locals, and purchased all kinds of furs and medicinal herbs according to the eighty percent price of the goods outside, and the remaining two percent went to the transportation fee.

When the people in the nearby stockades learned about the market outside and knew what the price of the things they had exchanged in the store, they all went out and killed the people in the shop where they had exchanged things.

Loss, big loss, a bear skin can be sold for fifteen yuan, the better ones can even reach twenty yuan, so much money to buy enough salt for a hundred people in the village to eat for two years, and there is still a surplus of salted meat, they can only exchange for a bucket of salt before, and they think it is very cheap, save some food, can let the people in the village eat for more than a month.

Zhang Zhong couldn't let them go out to find trouble, so he stopped him and promised that the shops in the city would always provide all kinds of daily necessities in the future, and he was responsible for collecting money to go outside to purchase the designated things.

Of course, this requires the local people to get used to using money as currency in the future.

The people endured the grievances of being deceived, and began to work harder to pick fruits for Zhang Zhong, and recognized Zhang Zhong's status in their hearts.

At the same time, there are a few people who are the most skilled in official language have been cleaned up, they are the people who often take people out to exchange goods, in Yizhou Mansion, they actually have a big house, and there are many good places outside, needless to say, everyone understands what is going on.

After solving the income problem of the people in the nearby village, Zhang Zhong began to prepare to let the people in the distance know about the things here, but before he could let people go to the farther village in the mountains to find a way to persuade them, the people in the distant village knew about the things here by chance.

Gong Shi is the son of Gong Mu, the patriarch of the Little Bear Village, his father is old, and he is ready to give himself the position of the patriarch, but this year's year does not seem to be very good, and the continuous rain makes the grain in the field not as good as half of last year.

In addition, there was a fire in the stockade, which burned a lot of linen cloth and furs to be exchanged, and I don't know how to spend this winter.

I need to think of a way for the people in the village, take the people in the village outside to see if they can find some work that can be done with their strength, and when winter comes, they will replace some of the food and cloth and come back.

At that time, you may be able to survive the winter, and you won't have to freeze people with the rain that falls.

With this thought, Gong Shi looked back at the most powerful person among the twenty stockades walking behind him, and then looked at the sky, and saw that it was almost dark, and thought that there was a stockade not far from here, maybe he could go there and have a good rest, or hurry up again and go to the city to live.

"Hurry up, hurry up, you don't have to sleep outside today, hurry up." Gong Shi shouted twice at the people in the stockade, and began to pick up his speed, lowering his head and watching his feet move forward.

The people in the bear village also know that this mission has never been done before, in the face of unknown things, there is a little worry in their hearts, and a little bit of excitement and expectation, ready to go outside to do things well, and when they come back, it is the moment to become the hero of the village.

Therefore, they had been on the road for more than ten days, and they did not care about the physical exertion at all, and walked behind the future patriarch, hoping to go to the city to sleep well, and then have a full meal, so that they could save enough strength to work.

When it was almost evening, it was overcast, and those who were familiar with the weather knew that there would be no rain, and that in the middle of the night you might be able to see the stars, and you wouldn't have to worry about getting drenched like the other day.

Just as the group of people were speeding up and trotting forward again, a lot of light suddenly appeared in front of them, shaking to illuminate the people who were nearby, and it turned out that many people were dangling there with torches, and they didn't know what to do.

With the curiosity in his heart, Gong Shi couldn't help but stop, looking at the front in a daze, and the people behind him also stood up one after another, pondering together, what did the people in front of them do if they didn't rest early at night and ran to the mountain.

After thinking for a while, Gong Shi, who really couldn't figure it out, began to move forward slowly, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he got closer, the person in front of him knew that he was a person who was ready to live in the high mountain village for a night first, not only adults, but also little babies who climbed up and down there.

When he found the other party, the other party also noticed that he had a figure shaking here, and since they did not light torches, the people on the other side could not see who they were, and immediately a group of people gathered together and shouted at them in a chaotic voice.

"Qiangshan is not here, it's me, Gongshi of Little Bear Village." Gong Shi didn't want to misunderstand, and then let a bunch of arrows shoot from the opposite side, and hurriedly shouted in his throat, and the voice echoed in the mountains.

After shouting, Gong Shi signaled the people behind him not to move first, and walked forward alone, and when he reached the range illuminated by the torch, the person on the opposite side finally relaxed his vigilance, and a person with a bow came out of the crowd, came to Gong Shi and said with a smile:

"Stone, why did you come here? Tired, hurry, eat some fruit, wait a while to drink some wine at my place, good wine, the new official surnamed Zhang's house to sell wine, yesterday when picking fruit, I hit a deer, except for the official surnamed Zhang, the remaining half has not been eaten, so that you can taste, the new seasoning, the taste is different from before. ”

Qiangshan is very enthusiastic, so enthusiastic that Gongshi doesn't seem to know Qiangshan, generally speaking, if you hit a deer, you have to take it outside to change things, whether it is deer skin or venison, the exchange of things are more than usual, if you catch a live deer, it will be even more amazing, how can you be willing to eat?

What Gong Shi couldn't understand the most was what kind of official came, and he gave him half of it, could it be that this new official is so powerful that he can control his own people here?

With the doubts in his heart, Gong Shi first beckoned to the back, asked the people in the village to come over, and asked Qiangshan puzzledly: "What kind of official is the new one?" Bringing a lot of people? ”

"The big official, the biggest official, the whole Yizhou has to listen to him, even the horse surnamed Fang before sees him and has to listen to him, there are many people, there are almost 2,000 people, the city can't live in it, the city wall is demolished and the house is built there, just built, it will be able to live in people, and it will have to be rebuilt when the weather is cold."

Qiang Shan handed over one of the fruits in his hand, took a bite of it himself, and talked while chewing.

After Gong Shi listened, a trace of sorrow appeared between his eyebrows, and he looked at the people picking wild fruits in the high mountain village, and said sympathetically: "Is there more family in his family?" You can't beat them, he forcibly took a lot of things, and there is nothing to eat, so you go to the mountains to pick wild fruits to eat? I don't know if I'll go to my little bear village to grab it, if I do, I'll fight with them. ”

"Fight." The people who came from the bear village also shouted enthusiastically.

"Hahaha~!" Qiang Shan squirted out all the unswallowed fruit in his mouth, pointed at Gong Shi and laughed, his other hand still covering his stomach, it looked really funny, and even the people behind him laughed the same.

Gong Shi didn't think there was anything ridiculous, his face was red when he was laughed, and at this moment, a seven-year-old baby in the high mountain village took out a piece of candy from a small pocket hanging on his body, handed it to Gong Shi and said:

"Uncle Gong, give you candy to eat, the new official is called Zhang Zhong, the youngest baby in his family is called Xiaobei, Xiaobei is fun, and there is a lot of sugar, this is called maltose, there is a taste of wheat in the mouth, Zhang Zhong is a good official, the deer skin from my family will make a mat for him, I took someone to send it, and his family also let me eat a meal called hot pot once, there are such big shrimp in it."

The little baby was talking and comparing paintings, looking very excited.

Gong Shi's doubts in his heart were even stronger, looking at the things handed over by the baby of the Qiangshan family, he wanted to refuse, but he wanted to figure it out, so he had to take it in his hand, pinched it carefully, and found that there was a layer of wrapped things outside, peeled off the things outside, and the inside was a translucent thing, and there was a layer of glutinous rice paper stuck on the outside.

He knew that this thin layer of paper could be eaten, but it was something good to eat that would only be wrapped outside, and he couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart, and under the expectation of the little baby, he threw the sugar into his mouth, and a sweet, honey-tasting feeling suddenly filled his mouth.

"Uncle Gong, isn't it delicious? I still have a few more. The little baby is looking forward to others sharing the joy of candy with him.

Gong Shi suddenly had a feeling of recalling the candy he had eaten a few times when he was a child, he was so happy, this candy was obviously more delicious than what he ate when he was a child, and he wanted to take it out and stuff it into the little baby's mouth again, but he felt that it was not good to do so, so he could only hold back this idea and asked:

"Isn't this sugar expensive?"

"I don't know, Xiaobei's godbrother named Xiaoman said, this candy is all made by himself, I can't buy it, I can't change it, I know that Xiaobei's home is very good-looking, and there are bright lights inside, but it's a pity that I can't get in, there are three layers in total, and the blanket inside is very easy to touch."

Where does the little baby know the value of this sugar, only knows that it is delicious, and also knows that Xiaobei's house is good-looking, and the courtyard where the house is placed is the first to be repaired, and the ground inside is a very smooth stone, which can reflect the shadow of people.

Gong Shi couldn't understand the little baby for a while, so he had to look at Qiang Mountain and wait for Qiang Mountain to tell him.

Qiangshan's recent days have been better, the fruit has been exchanged for a lot of things that are usually needed, as well as beautiful porcelain bowls, and the mood has always been good, seeing Gong Shi look over, he laughed twice and told Gong Shi about the recent days.

From Zhang Zhong bringing people over, to eating, drinking and having fun outside the city, and then collecting fruits to make wine, as well as newly opened shops, and the things that were often deceived by people when changing things in the past were all said.

The more Gong Shi and the others listened, the more surprised they became, and the more they listened, the more they felt that they couldn't imagine, where could there be such a good official? The original surname Fang had never found anyone to drink and sing and dance with, let alone exchange things for wild fruits that no one wanted in the mountains.

Every year, when it is almost winter, the surnamed Fang begins to walk around the village one by one, asking the people in the village to pay rent and pay tribute, if it is not for his poor appearance, he will not give it at all, and the land he himself will not produce much at all, the worst land.

The new official is so powerful, he didn't mention the matter of rent and tugong, he came up to collect fruits, and sent good things from outside to the city to open a shop, how did he plan?

"Stone, since the fruit can be exchanged for things, don't we have to look for work outside, the people outside are not good, they always bully us, just let the people in the village pick the fruit and send it."

A person in Little Bear Village was smarter, and he immediately thought of the key point of the problem and came to Gong Shi's side to propose.

Gong Shi is not a fool, how could he not think of this, but he had other thoughts in his heart, so he asked again: "Can the things that are handed over to Tugong also be exchanged?" ”

"Yes, this year, Gaoshanzhai is ready to pay more tribute, and the rest will be left to the officials surnamed Zhang for their own use, and the Qianghu village also said that even if other villages don't pay, they will take care of it all."

Qiang Shan said generously.

"In this way, the official surnamed Zhang is the same as the official surnamed Fang, and he also needs to use us, for fear that we will not pay tribute to the court and make trouble, but we will give benefits first."

Gong Shi analyzed.

"You are a melon baby, are you really the same official surnamed Zhang as the official surnamed Fang? The surname Zhang is not afraid of not being able to hand over things, yesterday when I took someone to deliver the fruit, the official surnamed Zhang stood in front of the store and watched, good court has a fast horse to come over to send the holy decree, the holy decree, the emperor wrote something.

Guess what, if you change to another official, you can't put an incense case, kowtow with your family or something, the official surnamed Zhang didn't care at all, so he took it easily, opened it to see, and threw it directly to the people in the back, and the person who sent the holy decree was still accompanied by a smile, and he didn't dare to mention anything disrespectful to the emperor.

Are you afraid that you won't be able to pay Tugong like this? Also, after sending the fruit, I will let people inquire, guess what, this time there is not only one official who came, there are several officials of the third and fourth grades, and later I heard that the holy decree is written to give the old man in his family an official, all of them are second-grade officials, and the mother of the family, who is also the second grade, what is the name of the edict.

Even a little baby named Xiaobao, who I have never seen before, has an official position of six products, and the people I sent out heard from the three old men that the emperor felt that the road was far away, so he didn't give Feng Shang's money, not even the official uniform, and only asked people to bring a few goldfish bags, saying that it was other things for his family to bring. ”

Qiang Shan pretended to tell the gossip mysteriously, and everyone listened mysteriously.

After hearing this, one of the people in the Little Bear Village said: "Is it that the emperor is not good to his family, and he didn't even give a reward." ”

"I think you're also a melon baby." Qiang Shan glanced at this person, and then continued: "This shows that the emperor is not outside his family, so it is not good to give him an official?" Is it bad that he dares to treat the Holy Decree like that? I can see it clearly when I throw it to others, it's like throwing a rag.

Listen to my words, this year's rent can not be paid, and it is also paid to the official surnamed Zhang, he may not be able to eat habitually, and he does not care about that bit of food, but the tribute can only be more and not less, don't use the tribute to threaten him, otherwise he doesn't have to be angry, and a few villages on my side will not agree first. ”

"That's, hand, must be paid, there is less food, but there is a lot of tribute, it's useless to keep it in your hands, it's better to give it to him, it's really according to what you said, he really doesn't care if he can send tribute to the capital, didn't the emperor give him a title, the two arrived, but we didn't hand it over to him, he was unhappy, thinking that we didn't treat him as a brother, talk to the emperor, change places, who else will harvest the fruit?"

Gong Shi finally figured it out, as for whether Qiang Shan lied to him, he would know if he looked below.

As soon as he thought of going down, Gong Shi moved his mind and said to Qiang Mountain: "It's better to be like this, let me take some of the fruits you pick now, and carry a basket on each person's back, and see if I can change it, hey, we have to wait for tomorrow, then we will pick the fruit together first, and then go tomorrow." ”

"No, there are people at night, I can send it once in the middle of the night, and I can send it once before dawn, one person and one basket for you, go and see, this shop is closed for twelve hours, and there is a place called the hospital, which is also closed for twelve hours.

When you go down, go to the hospital first, let the doctor inside check the pulse, and if you are sick, I will directly boil medicine for you, this medicine does not cost money, and it is said that it is counted in the twenty percent profit when exchanging furs and other things. ”

Qiang Shan introduced the situation in the city to Gong Shi and others, and at the same time signaled the people in the stockade to pack a large basket of wild fruits for each of them.

Gong Shi led everyone to say thank you to Qiang Mountain with the hope of a good life in the future, and went down the mountain.

After walking a lot, they were already tired at this time and felt that their bodies were full of strength again, and they walked one by one for more than half an hour, and finally came to the bottom of the mountain, and they could see the Fucheng in front of them from a distance, and they had heard the sound of singing and musical instruments from the brightly lit places outside the Fucheng.

Occasionally, the wind blew from that side, and they could smell the aroma of meat and wine, which made them sniff after walking for a long time.

The crowd couldn't help but speed up, wanting to go down there to see what was going on.

When they got closer, Gong Shi and the others finally heard it clearly, and what was sung there was a toast song that they had never heard before, but it was indeed a song that should be on their own side, and they didn't know what kind of musical instruments they were.

When he could see the face clearly by the light, Gong Shi found another person he knew, who was squatting next to the person who used the musical instrument outside, apparently wanting to learn.

The man also sensed that someone was looking at him, turned his head to look, and when he saw that it was Gong Shi, he immediately stood up and approached.

"You also heard the news and ran here, okay, rush all the way, drink a glass of wine first, this wine is good, a glass will be faint, and then eat two grilled fish, then I will take you to find a place to rest."

"Qianghu, you don't stay in the stockade, you came down at night." Gong Shi put down the basket full of wild fruits on his body, and looked around curiously with his shoulders on his shoulder.

"Just come down today, take a look at my two babies, and when they have dinner and go to bed, I'll come out to join in the fun." Qiang Hu waved vigorously at the person in charge of delivering the wine and said.

Gong Shi didn't understand why the two children of the Qiang Hu family went down the mountain to look, his eyes swept over the people who were dancing and singing in front of him, and then looked at the people around him, and asked Qiang Hu, "Didn't you say that there is an official surnamed Zhang over here, what about people?" ”

"I didn't come out today, do you want people to always accompany you? That's an official, there is official business, I'll be here in the future, except for the rain, otherwise every night outside the city will be like now, sing if you want, dance if you want, but it is said that after the New Year, you have to prepare your own wine, and there is also food. ”

Qiang Hu took the wine brought by others and handed it to Gong Shi, and sighed about the situation here.

Gong Shi also likes to drink, but he is usually reluctant to drink, and now he doesn't need to change things when he drinks, so he happily grabbed the wine glass, raised his head and poured the wine inside into his mouth, and then coughed hard, his face was flushed, and he praised the good wine.