The next morning, the snowflakes were getting bigger and bigger, and the sky was foggy and chaotic.

Liu Cun, who went out to patrol, returned to the entrance of the cave, shook off the snowflakes all over his body and walked inside, squatted down by the fire and rubbed his frozen hands, and whispered to the people who were looking at him: "Everywhere is covered with snow, it looks like it will snow, only the path at the foot of the mountain on the left can be vaguely seen." ”

"Lord, it's dangerous to walk on mountain roads on snowy days, why don't we wait until the snow stops? Anyway, there is still a lot of horse meat, so I can save some to eat for half a month. ”

The square-faced rhinoplasty minion suggested in a low voice, this person looks vicissitudes, but he is only thirty-six years old, he is the same as the older minion with a goatee, his surname is Lu, and his home is in Gaoze Village, which is more than thirty miles west of Dongwu City, and after filling his stomach and chatting last night, Liu Cun knew that he and the Yellow Turban leader surnamed Qi who was killed by himself were actually from the same village.

What Liu Cun didn't expect was that the yellow turban head who died in his hands was called Qi Zhi, a ruthless man who shocked the Quartet with his strong martial arts and righteousness and wealth, and was summoned and praised by great sages and good teachers many times over the years, and enjoyed high prestige in the entire Langya Kingdom and Taishan County in the west.

What shocked Liu Cun even more was that the whole village of Gaoze Village was a believer in Taiping Taoism, and this time, under the encouragement of Qi Zhi, all the men, women and children in the village and more than a dozen surrounding villages carried all their belongings on their backs, wrapped in bright yellow turbans, and resolutely burned down their houses to show their unswerving heart of preaching, and then helped the old and the young to pour out of the nest and flock north to Dongwu City to gather righteousness.

However, when they arrived at Tobu City, they found that everything was very different from the good life that Taiping Dao had said for more than ten years, and the killing and burning of Tobu City along the way frightened many people, but the matter has come to this, hundreds of villagers have no way back, and can only be coerced by many Yellow Turban soldiers to enter the camp of Langya Shen Qu Shuai, and tens of thousands of villagers from all over the country are crowded together, Qi Zhi because of his violent temper, and Qu Shuai Shen Qiao discord, not only failed to lead an army alone, but was ruthlessly suppressed, and finally could only lead dozens of young people in the village, Ordered to guard the southeast of Dongwu City, responsible for leading the Yellow Turban Fellow Dao of the Quartet to gather righteousness, the ghost sent the god to bump into the hands of the fleeing Liu Cun.

Now, after seeing Liu Cun's feat of killing horses, the two minions who only had no names were shocked and completely convinced, and volunteered to become Liu Cun's domestic slaves. To the gratitude of the two, Liu Cun did not let them change their original surnames, but just gave them a name, the wrinkled and emaciated goatee is now called Lu Ping, and the one who is a few years younger and has a square face is called Lu An.

In addition, the ignorant boy with super vitality also has his own name - Liu Zhen, which is the name of Liu Cun's nephew in another world.

After listening to Lu An's words, Liu Cun pondered for a moment and shook his head slightly: "This barren mountain and wild place can't stay for a long time, if it snows heavily for two more days, I'm afraid we will be trapped here and unable to move an inch, and we will stop for a long time in the ventilated mountains and fields on all sides, and the people who are beaten by iron can't stand it, and it is easy to get sick, so we have to leave here as soon as possible while we can still see the road." ”

Lu Ping, who had not spoken, whispered his opinion: "Lord, the mountain road on the right hand side is invisible, you can only take the trail on the left side, but according to the mountain situation, it is very laborious to go to the left, both sides of the mountain road are full of mountains and dense forests, I am afraid that I can't climb the Iron Mountain in three or five days!" ”

Liu Cun nodded: "Judging from the current mountain road conditions and the momentum of snow, if you want to go to a place with an official road outside the mountain, I'm afraid it will take three days to walk, but no matter what, we must go forward, you can see the sea when you cross the Iron Mountain, that place is far warmer than the snow-covered mountains, and it is easy to get something to eat, at least you don't have to worry about salt anymore, without salt, we adults can still last ten days and a half months, but women and children can't stand it!" ”

Lu An's faint eyebrows shook slightly: "Lord, do you mean to say that in the future, we will make a living by boiling salt by the sea?" ”

"Boiling salt? Is the salt you eat boiled? Liu Cun was surprised.

Lu Ping nodded again and again, and Lu Ping even claimed yes.

Lin Shi saw Liu Cunwang coming, nodded slightly and explained in a low voice: "Since ancient times, Langya and Donghai counties are the places where my Han is rich in sea salt, every fifty miles along the coast, set up salt officials to supervise, according to the law to pay 500 catties of boiled salt per month, until September of the previous year, the sea blew a strong wind and waves, continued to rage for ten days, from Qingzhou to Xuzhou coast, thousands of miles of fertile land and tens of thousands of salt households were affected by the disaster, giant trees were broken, houses collapsed, almost all salt boiling utensils were swallowed by the waves, the price of sea salt rose exponentially, and the price has not come down so far, I heard that the salt people on the seashore died, and those who fled, and the stoves in the houses were gone, and they have not recovered. ”

Liu Cun pondered for a moment: "How much salt does each household produce per month?" ”

The little lady of the Lin family hesitated slightly: "I haven't seen it, but I heard that if the wind and rain are smooth, the salt people of a family of five can cook about 600 catties of salt in a month, and if there is no strong labor at home to chop wood and cook the sea, I am afraid that it will not reach 500 catties, and the life is extremely bleak, and many people sell their children and daughters for this reason, and their wives are separated." ”

Liu Cun was dumbfounded after hearing this, thought about it and simply avoided this problem, beckoned everyone to hurry up and eat the roast horse meat, and then immediately hit the road.

At noon, the snowflakes finally slowed down, Liu Cunyi walked and stopped for more than 20 miles, Lin's four-year-old daughter has been tied to Liu Cunkuan and warm arms by the cloth bag, every time she stopped to rest, she would quietly open the black and white smart eyes, secretly looked at Liu Cunhe and the mother who followed him, and there was a trace of smile and satisfaction on her little face.

In the evening, exhausted Liu Cun and his party crossed two mountain beams and four frozen rivers, and luckily found a remnant wooden house next to an abandoned mine pit.

Lu Ping and Liu Zhen entered the wooden house and immediately untied the horse meat on their backs, took out the fire sickle velvet, and found wood and branches to raise a bonfire.

In the early hours of the morning, Liu Cun was awakened by Lin's painful groan, he hesitated for a moment to get closer to investigate, and found that the red-faced Lin had a high fever, and hurriedly found a cloth to take out and wrap a piece of ice, carefully placed it on the forehead of the Lin family's little lady, and replaced it again after the ice melted, and was busy until dawn Lin woke up, but it was still burning badly, and the whole body was unable to get up, let alone continue on the road.

In desperation, Liu Cun could only decide to stay here to rest for a few days, and then climb the mountain behind the wooden house alone to look around.

In the afternoon, Liu Cun, who was full of ice slag on the short stubble, came back with a bundle of small tree roots, and after visiting the Lin family lady who was dizzy and unable to open her eyes, she picked up a piece of black charcoal and walked to the door, drew a few lines on the door panel, and then measured it with her fingers, adding new lines from time to time.

After cooking the horse meat, the Lu family brothers didn't dare to go up to disturb Liu Cun, and they didn't know what the lines and strange symbols that Liu Cun drew on the door panel like ghost talismans were, so they had to kneel by the fire and quietly bite their ears and discuss: What is the thing drawn by the Lord? What's the use? Is it from Taoism?

After a meal of wild vegetable root and horse broth, Liu Cun took out the remaining horse meat in the clay pot, took the clay pot out and poured out the soup, grabbed the snow and kept scrubbing it, then filled it with white snow and returned to the house to put it on the fire, slowly chopped the herbs he got back with a machete, and put it into the clay pot to boil slowly.

The steam hut was full of medicinal fragrance, Liu Cun didn't care about the surprised eyes of the Lu brothers, and told Liu Zhen to accompany Niuniu to sleep, and after feeding Lin Shi a bowl of decoction, he took back the washed and dried cloth towel from outside the door and threw it into the decoction, slowly squatted next to Lin Shi who was burned unconscious, hesitated for a long time and leaned over to say something, conveniently took off her shirt, picked up the cloth towel in the clay pot and squeezed the water slightly, and began to wipe Lin Shi's burned red body and neck.

The next morning, the Lu brothers were shocked to find that the Lin family, who they thought was about to die, had come to their senses, and not only could they take the medicinal soup handed by Liu Cun and drink it themselves, but they could also raise their hands to gently comb their daughter's messy hair.

The Lu family brothers looked at Liu Cun with indescribable admiration, and found that their lord was very mysterious, and seemed to be full of skills and omnipotence.

The Lu family brothers were originally small people in a mountain village, and they didn't know much and didn't have any city government, but after a few days of getting along, they knew very well that it was absolutely right to follow Liu Cun, and in times of crisis, Liu Cun was so affectionate to an ordinary woman who had no intention of meeting a penniless person, and he would never be worse for the two of them in the future.

Two days later, Lin finally recovered, and the sun occasionally showed his face from the gray thick clouds, and Liu Cun, with a scruffy beard and bloodshot eyes, decided to continue on the road.

For the next four days, they crossed seven ice-covered rivers, large and small, turned two wide forests, climbed three high hills, and finally reached the last col covered with cypress and pine trees.

Standing under the towering cypress between the two mountains, everyone was shocked by the endless blue sea in front of them.

Under the bright sun, the endless sea is full of life, the green forests under the feet and on the mountains on both sides, and the birds can be heard in the silence, everyone including Lin showed an unbelievable look, except for the ragged Liu Cun with a bright smile on his face.

The excited Liu Cun pulled over the stunned Liu Zhen, pointed to the vast mountain standing on the edge of the sea more than ten miles away in the southeast direction, and said with a smile: "That is Dazhu Mountain, although it is not the same as I remember, the mountain is full of big trees, and the circle below the mountain is full of rivers and swamps, but this is indeed Dazhu Mountain, a hundred times more beautiful than I remember!" Look at the boundless sea in front of us, and the iron mountain under our feet that stretches for hundreds of miles full of minerals and beasts, there will be no shortage of food in the future, and when you settle down, I will take you to build a large and comfortable house at the foot of the mountain, and lead you to the sea to open a salt pan, no need to chop firewood, no need to boil seawater in an iron pot, just a few wooden rakes and a few salt pans built with stones, you can get thousands of catties of snow-white sea salt every month, I will also lead you to build a ship, hang the sails and easily go to the coastal areas, As long as we get through the difficult times, we will never have to endure hunger and fear again! ”

"Uncle, did you come here when you were a child?" Liu Zhen, who saw the sea trembling slightly when he saw it for the first time, asked.

Liu Cun was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Sort of, did you see the frozen river under the mountain?" I remember that place is called Jiaonan, haha! ”

Listening to Liu Cun's pride and novelty emotion, the Lu family brothers on the side looked at each other, unable to imagine whether all that Liu Cun said could be realized.

Lin Shi, who was holding her daughter, looked at Liu Cun blankly, her eyes were full of longing and admiration, now Liu Cun has become extremely important in her heart, she believes in Liu Cun's every word, and believes that there is nothing that this man who is indifferent on the outside but gentle and delicate in his heart can't do it.

"Uncle, look, that! In the middle of the big forest at the foot of the mountain, north of the river bay, look! Liu Zhen pointed to a few puffs of green smoke rising in the southeast direction and shouted.

Liu Cun looked carefully, and after a while, he took the little Niuniu in the arms of the little lady of the Lin family: "There are people at the foot of the mountain, at most five miles away from us, you can go down the mountain and cross the small river below, go down the mountain and cross the small river below, go and see how many families there are, please take us in." ”

Everyone excitedly followed Liu Cun down the mountain quickly, walked for more than half an hour, and finally came to the small village built at the river bend with the back of the mountain, and was shocked to find that more than ten young men had raised hoes and sticks, blocking the only wooden bridge leading to the small cottage, vigilantly watching the uninvited guests who suddenly broke in.

After seeing the little girl in the arms of the tall Liu Cun and the Lin family hiding beside Liu Cun, many young people at the head of the bridge couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and a few older ones quietly put down the wooden sticks in their hands.

At Liu Cun's signal, Lu Ping walked forward respectfully, raised his hand and bent down to salute, explaining that he had escaped from Tobu Castle, which was more than 100 miles to the west, and begged everyone to give it a convenience.

The white-haired elder in the middle of the crowd was stunned, and after discussing with a few young men around him, he strode out and asked, "So, there is another fight outside the mountain?" ”

Lu Ping nodded heavily: "The fight has started, all the counties north of our Langya are in chaos, I heard that most of Qingzhou is also in chaos, thousands of Yellow Turban troops are besieging the government offices in various places, Dongwu City was burned down, and the counties in the south are also besieged, it is estimated that the Qianqian County in the north of Dongwu will not be able to keep it, the Qianqian County is less than fifty miles away from Dongwu City, and the city wall is less than two zhang high. ”

The old man and the more than ten young men behind him exclaimed, Liu Cun heard that their accents were very close to himself, and his heart moved and he strode forward with Xiao Niuniu in his arms:

"Father-in-law, the younger generation's surname is Liu, called Liu Cun, several of the younger generations have escaped from Dongwu City, there is really no place to go, I implore the father-in-law and the old folks to take it in, we don't eat in vain, we have the strength...... By the way, the younger generation will burn the kiln, can burn bricks and pottery or something, can farm, can also go to the sea to fish, just survive the beginning of this hard life, and will never cause trouble to you and the old folks in the village, if the younger generations can do something for the old folks, you can open your mouth. ”

The old man and the young man were surprised, and many people talked in a low voice, the old man thought about it and turned back, negotiated with the two sturdy middle-aged men for a long time, turned around and stared into Liu Cun's eyes: "Housheng, you really know how to burn pottery?" ”

Liu Cun handed the Niu Niu in his arms to the little lady of the Lin family, walked a few steps to the abandoned open-air stove by the river dozens of meters away, looked down for a moment, picked up two lumps of black and brown mud and came back, and respectfully handed them to the old man: "This mud is good, it is a good base material for firing black pottery, but it has high requirements for billet making and firing fire, if the mud is too coarse or the fire is not enough, the fired clay pot will be deformed, will seep water, and is easy to crack, but it can burn good pottery, whether it is pots and pans or large water tanks, it can be burned out, but, The younger generation doesn't seem to have seen this kind of mud along the way, I don't know where it got it? ”

The old man and the young man next to him looked at each other, and finally believed that Liu Cun would burn pottery.

Beside the old man, a dark-skinned and sturdy man stood up: "Brother, can this mud really work?" ”

"It works!"

Liu Cun pointed to the long-collapsed open-air stove in front of him: "Brother, I can see that you have tried, but the stove can cook things, but it is not possible to burn pottery, and it is estimated that your billet making skills are not good, even if you barely burn pottery, it is easy to deform, and the hardness is not enough, there will be a lot of trachoma on it, and the water will seep out, right?" ”

Kong Wuhanzi's eyes suddenly shone brightly: "So, do you have a way to burn a clay pot that does not permeate?" ”

Liu Cun said with a smile: "As long as there is manpower and time, the little brother can still burn pots and pans as bright as jade." ”

Everyone was in an uproar, and even the Lu family brothers couldn't believe Liu Cun's words.

The old man in the middle looked at Liu Cun and the men and women around him carefully, pondered for a moment and finally made a decision: "Okay! In the future, the old man believes in you, you can stay, I and the villagers will help you build two straw sheds, and give you a month's food, but you can't live in the village, you can only build a few grass huts for you on the south bank of this small river. ”

Liu Cun was overjoyed, and immediately bent down to thank him, and the young men behind the old man showed smiling faces, put down the hoes and wooden sticks in their hands, and stepped forward to greet Liu Cun and others.

After the greetings, a few mothers-in-law on the other side of the wooden bridge ran over to ask Lin a few words, and then enthusiastically led her mother and daughter into the village, and several older people also took the initiative to ask the honest Lu family brothers about the outside affairs, and learned that the nearest Langya County magistrate Xiahe City had not heard of the war, almost everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The old man was about to invite Liu Cun into the village, and Kong Wuzi on the side had already grabbed Liu Cun: "Brother, when are you going to burn pottery?" ”

Liu Cun looked around for a moment, pointed to the mud that had just been thrown aside, and asked, "Please tell me first, where did you get this mud?" ”

The middle-aged man pointed to the north: "After the field in front, and then the forest, there is a big river leading directly to the sea, and there are many such black-brown mud on the side of the estuary, slimy and slippery, it is estimated that it flows down the river from somewhere upstream." ”

Liu Cun thought for a moment: "That's it, when you settle down, please take the younger brother to take a look, if there is good mud, get it back, and then call a few brothers to the yellow mud gang upstream, dig a cave according to the requirements of the younger brother, dig the cave and burn it with firewood and grass, and then use the excavated soil to burn thousands of kiln bricks, and build a new kiln with bricks, after the new kiln is built, the younger brother promises to burn two hundred pieces of good pottery within five days." ”

The middle-aged man was dumbfounded when he heard this, and he was stunned for a moment and asked eagerly, "How many days will it take before and after?" ”

"If there are fifteen people working with the younger brother, it will be fifteen days at most." Although Liu Cun only made a cursory observation, the gradually clear weather, the favorable terrain and water sources around him, and the unpolluted fine mud everywhere could fully meet his requirements, and if it was just a simple pottery firing, minus the cumbersome process of firing brick kilns, it would only take six or seven days at most.

The middle-aged man couldn't hide the excitement in his heart: "Only fifteen days? ”

Liu Cun replied very confidently: "Fifteen days at most, if you do it quickly, maybe twelve days will be enough." ”

Everyone was overjoyed and no longer doubted Liu Cun's words.

Kong Wuhan took Liu Cun's hand and walked onto the wooden bridge: "Let's go, come to my house for dinner, I brew my own wine, you will stay at my house tonight, if you have anything to say, let's talk while eating, haha!" ”

Liu Cun thanked him politely, and when he was finished, he carefully asked the old man in charge on the side: "Uncle Wang, what is the name of the village?" ”

"We are all surnamed Wang, of course it is called Wangjiazhai, there are only seventeen of our families within a radius of thirty miles, except for a few women who are bought from outside, men and children are surnamed Wang, a few of you are here, our village can have two more surnames, maybe ten or twenty years later, it can become a big village of 100 families, haha!" The tall and thin old man replied happily, no longer having the wariness he had at first sight.

"Uncle Wang, what is the name of the mountain in the south?" Liu Cun pointed to the towering Zhushan Mountain to the south and asked.

Uncle Wang put up a pergola and looked at it: "It is called Zhushan, from the foot of the mountain to the southwest for forty-five miles, it is the Xiahe City of the county, the southeast of Xiahe City is a hill near the water, which is the Langya Terrace built by the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, and it was famous in Kyushu hundreds of years ago. ”

Liu Cun was completely relieved: "Uncle, won't the government come to collect taxes?" ”

"Haha! Don't worry, the tax collector of Xiahe City only comes once a year after autumn, and leaves after collecting taxes according to the head, our place is a big mountain and dense forest on one side and the sea on the other, and there are only two mountain roads leading to the outside, often infested with poisonous snakes and beasts, who wants to come here without anything? Ha ha! ”

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