After the soldiers of the Qin army finished receiving the steamed porridge water, a group of people slowly leaned over. They are obviously not the Qin army, although most of the rear army camps are old and weak, and most of them are soldiers with their own weapons and armor, but they have their own belongings, even if they are having breakfast, they are also in the team of five people, two soldiers for one, and ten tithes for one, looking disorganized, in fact, in order.

These people are a mess, they are all wearing tattered cloth clothes, some have a bronze sword broken in half tied to their waists, and some are simply hoes without rods, they don't receive breakfast directly, but buy them with coins, Bai Dong looked at it, two steamed buns cost a Qin State yuan, which is not cheap.

After listening to the explanation of the soldier next to him, it suddenly dawned on me that these were very distinctive merchants in the Warring States Period. In order to encourage soldiers to fight bravely to kill the enemy, all countries stipulate that soldiers can keep 30% to 50% of the loot they capture, but the arsenal is not obliged to help store these trophies, so the military merchants came into being, they bring their own weapons and equipment, and have the obligation to help the army fight and kill the enemy, but they are not recognized by the army, no matter food and housing, they must pay a certain amount of money to the army.

This system continued into later generations, and some of the great military merchants in history could even do business directly with the state, digest the large amount of booty that the country could not digest, or provide a large amount of ordnance to the country in need; It was only after Wei Ying's entry into the Qin Dynasty that these military and merchant talents were all transformed into 'official merchants', buying a large amount of seizures from soldiers, and then reselling them to other countries to earn a lot of money to finance the national treasury.

These were small merchants in front of them, their faces were yellow, their clothes were tattered, and they had to keep their voices low when they traded with the Qin army. An old soldier proudly told Bai Dong that most of these people were untouchables who didn't even have land, and after cultivating the land of the master's family, they took the little capital saved from their mouths and ran to the barracks to fight for their lives, and if they were lucky, they could not die, and they could buy a few decent weapons and sell them back to rangers or big businessmen specializing in armaments, so that they would not have to starve this year.

The woman who spoke just now was in the ranks of businessmen, and if it weren't for the fact that her voice was feminine enough, Bai Dong wouldn't even be able to find out that it was a young woman. Her linen clothes were very thin, her straw sandals were torn, revealing two big strong toes, her hair was pulled up like a man, there were still a few faint scars on her face, and there was a wooden stick stuck in her waist, which was not as thick as her wrist, and it was difficult to say whether she could successfully kill a dog.

After looking at this woman a few times, Bai Dong found that if she changed into a gorgeous outfit, washed her face, and put on smoky makeup, she would be a model on the runway in the future. She is very tall, about 1.7 meters, taller than many men in this era, fortunately, there are many strong men in Western Qin, and she is not standing out among the Qin people.

"You stopped me and asked me to make some music?"

Bai Dong is very curious, isn't this era only Yayin? Lile is the most respected by Master Confucius, how can she be so blasphemous, is this woman really an alternative or has she eaten leopard gall?

"Kujiu is indeed a bitter child, she lost her mother early, and her father followed us in business, so she earned a few small dollars by singing songs, which was allowed by the lord. Sir, don't look at her and can't recognize a few words, but she can sing the "Book of Songs", Guan Guan Ju Dove or something, it's good to listen to" The woman turned out to be bitter wine, and she was really a bitter pariah with no surname and no name, but her popularity seemed to be very good, and several veterans helped her speak. In their minds, Bai Dong, a scholar, must not be bad for money, and being able to help Kujiu get a big high roller can be regarded as doing a good deed.

Kujiu looked at Bai Dong timidly, tears swirling in her eyes, she relied on singing songs to earn a few veterans' bloody money, yes, but she never opened her mouth to peddle herself, it was the veterans who saw her father and daughter pitiful and took the initiative to give her business. But how much money can these poor people have, she needs a lot of money now, so that her father can spend the second half of her life in peace, so the brightly dressed Bai Dong has become her target, and she can't care about her face.

Bai Dong's set of torn clothes made Ying Lian unable to stand it, so he specially changed into a silk deep coat for him, plus the name of a scholar, standing among these soldiers is really like a jade tree in the wind, and he really looks like a gentleman.

"The girl can also sing the Book of Songs? I don't know how much it costs? ”

From those big black eyes, it can be seen that this is a woman with a story, the girl's face is red like a crab that has just come out of the pot, and her two long legs that are quite straight are also trembling slightly, isn't she singing for a living? Nervous, it's like a young child who has just been out to sea.

"One by one!"

His lips were about to be bitten by himself, so Kujiu had the courage to open his mouth, and then he quickly lowered his head, not daring to look at Bai Dong again, as if he had made a big mistake.

"A gold? Bitter wine, Mr. Bai is pitiful to you, why did you fall into the pit! On weekdays, when you sing a song, it is two pennies, and the brothers know that you are a good boy, and you have a few spare money in your hands, so there is no one who does not help you, and today this is going crazy? Even the old soldier who helped just now couldn't stand it, and reprimanded the bitter wine with a calm face.

"Bitter wine, what are you going to do! You broken woman, you just don't let you worry about it! ”

A middle-aged man rushed out of the crowd, crying and crying bitterly, taking off a straw sandal to beat the bitter buttocks, his arms were raised very high, but he was very particular when he fell, basically he was a little dipping and leaving, listening to the sound of his butt crackling, in fact, his voice was very empty, obviously acting for Bai Dong to see. The veterans were all experts, and suddenly they laughed: "Old yam, don't pretend, who is Mr. Bai, you are also here to deceive?" ”

The middle-aged man ignored these veterans, walked up to Bai Dong and knelt down, kowtowing again and again: "The little girl is ignorant, please forgive me." ”

He was really afraid that the Qin State decree punished those who deceived and stole the most, and the bitter wine asked for a gold, which was already considered a fraud, and the object of deception was Mr. Bai. In the past few days, it has been spread all over the barracks, Mr. Bai has ghost and god means, that is, he dedicated the 'strong face method' to the Qin State, and the king was very polite to this Mr. Bai, and even sent the chief of the guard, Li Di, as his personal guard, how great is this**? The bitter wine is so good that he can't die actually went to deceive him, isn't this looking for death?

He tugged at Kujiu a few times, but Kujiu didn't kneel with him, biting his lip lightly, his big eyes flickering at Bai Dong, as if he was still waiting for his answer, this deal seemed to be important to her, and she was very eager to earn that gold.

"Brother, get up first. Bitter wine is just talking to me about business, it's not as serious as you think, you're about the same age as my mother, and it's not good to kneel in front of me. ”

"Sir, laughed, a gold? No one's Xiaoqu'er can be worth a gold, it is bitter wine and no knowledge, let alone deceive, if Mr. refuses to forgive, the yam will not get up if he kneels to death. ”

Yam is ruthless, he has not been a merchant with the army for a day, and he has not seen such big names as centurion and thousand-master masters. Where are the big guys so good at talking? The more Mr. Bai smiled kindly, the more frightened he became, so afraid that his body began to tremble.

"Brother Yam, a beautiful singing voice is priceless. How popular are bitter wine here? I believe that her singing voice must be very good, what is a gold? ”

The bitter wine made Bai Dong suddenly think of Cao'er and his mother, as well as the Kuha Luha people in Yishi Village, helping her was like helping himself.

Copied down his sleeves, this old guy is really stingy, and there is no money in his new clothes, but Bai Dong still walked in front of Kujiu and said with a smile: "Just one gold and one song, deal!" ”

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