Chapter 819: The Price of Cabbage
Steward Xu stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the ragged Goryeo girls on the dock, shivering in the cold wind, and suddenly said a little speechlessly: "Shopkeeper Tu, your so-called goods are these Goryeo women?" ”
"Yes, you also know that whether it is Luzon or Nanyang, most of the people who go to sea are men, and only a very few will take their families to settle overseas, so that there is almost no shortage of women on the overseas islands, and the native women of Nanyang are black and ugly, and our men in the Great Song Dynasty don't like it very much, but these Korean women are different, and there is almost no big difference between us Song people, and Goryeo has suffered again, if I don't buy these women, they can only starve to death, so it is better to go to Nanyang with me to marry a good husband, If you give birth to a boy and a girl in the future, you can be regarded as having a good home! Shopkeeper Tu said with a grin.
Hearing the explanation of the shopkeeper Tu, Steward Xu secretly despised it, human traffickers are human traffickers, but he still said that he was so noble, as if he was doing something good and accumulating virtue. Speaking of which, he is also the steward of the dignified Yue Wangfu, if people know that their fleet actually helps human traffickers to sell people, will this damage the reputation of the Yue Wangfu?
Thinking of the above, Steward Xu was also a little hesitant in his heart, and secretly considered whether to regret it on the spot and preserve the hard-won prestige for the Yue Palace? However, the shopkeeper Tu is also a good person, and when he saw Steward Xu's expression, he immediately guessed something, and hurriedly stammered again: "Steward Xu, the nobles of the former Tang Dynasty all liked Kunlun slaves and Silla maids, and now the real Kunlun slaves are not easy to find, and there are also natives from Nanyang, but Silla maids are actually Goryeo women, with your identity, you naturally need a good Silla maid, and the villain has already helped you choose it." It will be delivered to your room today! ”
"Nonsense, how can I accept your gift!" Steward Xu heard this, but he said with a straight face, which made the shopkeeper Tu's heart skip a beat, thinking that this sycophant slapped the horse's leg, but then only heard Steward Xu speak again, "How much money do you send to a Korean woman." I'll pay you at the original price! ”
Hearing Steward Xu's words, Shopkeeper Tu relieved himself, thinking that it was really a hero who was sad about the beauty, and then he said with a smile: "Steward, you are too polite, it's just the price of a cabbage, it's really not worth your money!" ”
"What? How much does a cabbage cost? Steward Xu was stunned when he heard this, since the cabbage was introduced to the north, there are countless vegetable farmers planting cabbage and storing it before winter every year, but there are many cabbages. The price has naturally dropped sharply, and now the price of cabbage in the northern winter has even dropped to the price of a penny, if it is a Korean woman, it is worth a penny, which is too low?
"Steward, you don't know, although cabbage is rotten in our Great Song Dynasty, no one has grown it here in Goryeo, so every winter, we only need to transport a boatload of cabbage over. It can be sold for sky-high prices, and some Goryeo nobles are even willing to spend the same amount of money to buy a cabbage. In addition, Jeolla Province and Chungcheong-do in Goryeo have suffered disasters this year, and many people choose to sell their sons and daughters in order to eat in one bite, so they can always buy a young and beautiful Goryeo woman with money. Shopkeeper Tu explained with a smile again.
"I see, then I'll give you a cart of cabbage when I go back, but don't forget to send a few women to the third brother and Brother Wang. They've had a hard time! After Steward Xu finished speaking, he turned around and went back to the cabin, since he had promised the shopkeeper Tu before, he couldn't go back on it, it was a big deal to transport these women directly to the naval port of Liuqiu Island, and let the shopkeeper Tu find other fleets to transfer there.
In the smoke-filled camp of the Wanyan Division. Ah Gu walked in the camp on the charred wood, the scene in front of him was very familiar to him, when he went to check the burned black bear department, it was the same scene, but now the black bear department was replaced by his Wanyan department, in comparison, the casualties of their Wanyan department were not particularly heavy, but almost all the materials stored in the tribe were burned to ashes by the fire attack of the Song people.
"Leader, it has been counted, only one hundred and seven people have been killed in the battle since last night, but the number of injured has reached more than 1,300, and most of them are burned, as for the materials in the tribe, they are almost lost, and now I have asked everyone in the tribe to hand over the food around them, and then distribute it uniformly, but even so, it is estimated that it will not last for a few days." At this time, the person in charge of counting the losses ran to report to Ah Gu, his voice was full of worry, and the surrounding Wanyan tribesmen also showed panicked expressions when they heard this, and there was no food reserve before the winter, which was like a death sentence for them.
"Don't worry, the second brother is about to come back from hunting, and he will definitely bring a lot of prey at that time, and the most important thing now is to rebuild the camp, the tent is burned, you go and let people chop some wood and build some wooden houses to keep warm!" Ah Guta said very calmly at this time, no matter how angry he was in his heart, but in front of the frightened and disappointed clansmen, he, the leader, must remain calm, and this treatment can restore the confidence of the clansmen.
"Yes, my subordinates will do it!" The people who came agreed and turned around and left, and the surrounding clansmen saw Ah Guda's calm expression, and they all seemed to have found the backbone, and the panic on their faces was reduced a lot, and some people began to take the initiative to cut wood to build a house, after all, the food can be eaten for a few days, but they must build a house that can shelter from the cold before the evening comes, otherwise the cold wind at night alone can freeze people to death.
Seeing that the people in the tribe were temporarily stabilized, and began to move, collecting some useful things in the burned tribe, this made Ah Guda finally breathe a sigh of relief, and then he called some henchmen and moved forward in the direction of the previous ballista fire, and soon found the place where the third child fired the ballista before, but there was nothing else here except a bunch of ballistas that were burned to ashes.
"Despicable Song people, sooner or later, I will make you pay a hundredfold, a thousand times the price for today's events!" Ah Guda looked in the direction of Da Song, and muttered to himself with his eyes full of resentment.
A few days later, Wu Qimai led the tribesmen who went out to hunt back to the tribe, and their hunting was very successful, not only to a large herd of deer, but also to find two black bears that were preparing to hibernate, and some other small animals, it can be said that they returned with a full load, which also made Wu Qimai and others all smile when they came back.
However, when Wu begged them to return to the tribe and saw the devastated tribe, the smiles on their faces couldn't help but freeze there, originally they thought that the tribe would give them a warm welcome, but they never expected that the tribe that was fine before leaving would now become this broken appearance.
Wanyanbu's food was almost exhausted at this time, and Ah Guda was also worried, but he heard the news of his brother's return, which made him very happy, and he ran out to greet him in person, but when Wu Qimai saw him, he shouted: "Big brother! This...... What the hell is going on? ”
"Alas, it's hard to explain this, you have people give their prey to the tribesmen for food, and they haven't had a full meal in days!" Ah Guda heard his younger brother's questioning, and then sighed at the moment, and then spoke, even with his tenacious nerves, when encountering such a major setback, he couldn't help but feel a little low, especially when he saw Wu Qi, the only one he could discuss, buy back, which made him feel even more bitter.
In fact, even if Ah Guda didn't say it, Wu Qimai almost guessed what happened, because the tribe was full of traces of fire, which was almost exactly the same as the previous Song people's attacks on other Jurchen tribes, but the casualties in their tribe did not seem to be heavy.
At the moment, Wu Qimai followed Ah Gu into the tribe, just now I didn't see it very clearly outside, and now when I entered the inside, Wu Qimai found that the loss of the tribe was more serious than he imagined, only to see that the whole tribe couldn't see a complete tent, most of them have been replaced by some simple wooden houses, some grass and mud are pasted in the cracks of the wooden houses, which can barely block the cold wind outside, as for the few remaining tents, most of them have been burned out of many holes, and some women are sewing patches on the tents, In addition, Aguta's own tent seems to be gone, and even the tribe can still smell a pungent smell of burn.
Ah Guda took Wu Qimai to a tent full of patches, and then opened the curtain to let him in, but as soon as Wu Qimai came in, he immediately asked, "Big brother, did the Song people do it?" ”
"Yes, it's indeed the Song people, it's all blamed on me for being careless, I only cared about letting you be careful, but I didn't expect the Song people to be so bold, not only killed a horse pistol, but also directly attacked our Wanyan Department, what's even more infuriating is that they don't have the courage to fight with us openly, but with the range of the weapon, they shot firearms and fire oil from a distance, turning the entire tribe into a sea of fire, if you didn't come in time today, I'm afraid the people in our tribe will starve today." Ah Guda also looked quite helpless at this time.
"Bastard, my Yan Department will be inseparable from the Song people!" Wu Qimai was so angry when he heard this that he suddenly pulled out his knife, and then slashed the table where Ah Gu was reading into two sections, and his two eyes also shot endless anger.
"Second brother, now is not the time to be angry, the Song people are extremely cunning, and they immediately fled away under one blow, and now it is estimated that they have already arrived in Goryeo, and they will not give us a chance to retaliate at all, now for us, the most important thing is to survive this winter, as long as we are alive, there is hope for revenge!" Ah Guda persuaded at this time.
"But there's no more food, and it's too late to hunt, how can we survive this winter?" After Wu Qimai was angry, he suddenly felt very powerless.
"Hehe, that's not necessarily, I've thought of a way in the past few days, and this is the only way we can survive!" At this time, Ah Guta's voice suddenly became a little calm, and a beast-like light shot out of his eyes. (To be continued......)
PS: The second chapter arrives.,This chapter is the old fish who went to a friend's house in the morning to write more than half of it.,Now it's finally finished.,Next, start the third chapter.。