Baoyu knew that if he didn't eat it, the two of them wouldn't eat either. He is a young man in the world, and it is impossible not to eat the fireworks in the world. The five-colored divine lotus or sweet potato and barbecue are all things to eat in his opinion, but how can there be so many immortal elixirs in the world for people to eat, and being in the world is the norm at this moment. There were two plates full of meat, Tian Xiao and Pan Gu each ate about half a plate, and the one who ate the most was the most delicate and delicate Ziwei girl, who ate most of the plate. Baoyu chewed slowly and ate only half a plate.

Both the meat and the noodle soup exude an appetizing aroma, and they are soon eaten almost to the bone. Tian Xiao also picked up the stone, smashed the big bone stick, and ate the bone marrow in it. After eating a plate of meat, Tian Xiao and Pan Gu began to drink noodle soup, and Baoyu stopped eating it. The old man, the child, and the dog watched the girl eat alone.

Ziwei was so engrossed and absorbed in her diet that she didn't even realize that everyone else was looking at her. When there were only the last two large bone sticks with meat left in the pottery plate, Ziwei's outstretched hand retracted, wiped her mouth and raised her head, and said embarrassedly: "I've eaten too much, I'm already full." ”

Of course, she was very full, and I am afraid that she had never let go of eating meat like this. Baoyu smiled: "We are also full, there are still here, you can continue to eat if you want to." ”

Ziwei hiccuped, shook her head and said, "I really can't eat anymore, thank you, Lord Gonggong!"

Baoyu said again: "Uncle Xiao." Then you eat the last two pieces, and we can't waste them. ”

Tian Xiao shook his head and refused, saying that he had already eaten enough, and then looked at the two pieces of meat. Baoyu realized something and said to Ziwei, "Your mother is still at home, right? Take these two pieces of meat with you. ”

Ziwei was surprised and delighted: "Is this really okay? I have already eaten so much, how can I take it again?"

Baoyu smiled: "I said yes, this is also my command." ”

Ziwei thanked again and again, and suddenly remembered one more thing, and quickly washed her hands in the clay pot, and picked up the leather robe that had just been placed on the ground with both hands and presented it: "Master Gonggong." Seeing that your clothes are thin and you don't have anything else with you, the patriarch specially asked me to send you a leather robe to keep out the cold, and you can cover your body when you sleep at night, and your figure should be almost just right. ”

Baoyu also washed his hands in a clay pot and took the leather robe, which was not sewn from a single piece of skin of an animal. It is made of the best leather on several animals, the handiwork is very exquisite, and the pattern deliberately spliced is also very beautiful.

Ziwei continued: "This robe is new, it was just made before the winter this year, and it was originally worn by the third daughter of the patriarch's family. The fur is very good. The body is very thick, the sleeves are very soft, and my mother sewed it by hand. ”

Baoyu took the robe, looked at the empty plate of meat just now, and said with emotion: "Your patriarch is very generous, he is really willing." ”

Tian Xiao sneered and said, "What kind of generosity is this! What he asked you to do is to fight against the demon clan and the rogue, not only to protect Baixi Village but also to protect his own family, how can a meal of meat and a leather robe compare to the risk you have taken?...... Sir, I am grateful that you have granted the Patriarch's request. But you haven't asked for it yet. The patriarch only said that he would do his best to repay, but he did not make it clear how he would repay. ”

Baoyu: "This is what I want to do, and I don't care how Baixi Village repays it, as long as it's worth it." ”

Tian Xiao still shook his head and said, "Although you don't care about this, Baixi Village must not do this. Be sure to make it clear in advance how you will be thanked. Whether it's for your safety or the safety of Baixi Village, we can't rely on you alone. In the past half a month, I will try to invite other masters to help. If you don't make the conditions clear and offer a generous enough reward, you won't be able to invite anyone else!"

This is very reasonable, and Baoyu also thinks so. Today, Baixi led a group of people to catch up with Baoyu, kowtowed and begged on the road, which made Baoyu tempted, and promised to stay to protect Baixi Village because of the kindness of a thought. Bai Xi only said that he wanted to thank but did not say how to thank him, which was purely fooling children, that is, only people like Baoyu would nod.

If you change a monk and just rely on Bai Xi's empty words to speak plain, and the conditions and rewards are not clearly explained, I am afraid that you will not be able to invite you, after all, you may be in danger of fighting against the demon clan and the murderous rogues. Tian Xiao told Ziwei again that he would bring Baixi later, and said that Master Gonggong had asked him to come here to discuss things.

Then Baoyu talked about the Shanjiao Clan, since they and Baixi Village have been living in harmony and interdependence for nearly a hundred years, why would those pig-headed people be bewitched by others and want to ransack Baixi Village? If this can be successful, it will be a little beneficial for the time being, but it will not be a good thing for the Shanji Clan in the future! If it fails, then the consequences will not be mentioned.

Tian Xiao sneered again: "Those pig-headed people's stupid brains rarely think so long-term. And even if their patriarch is an understanding person, I am afraid that he hates Baixi Village in his heart. In my opinion, sooner or later, there will be a conflict between the Shanjiao Clan and Baixi Village, and I blame the Baixi gang for not talking. But I didn't expect this to be the case, and they would become accomplices of the rogue. ”

The demon clans in the deep mountains usually rarely deal with outsiders, and their appearance is easy to scare people. Since ancient times, the people of the Shanjiao tribe have only come into contact with Baixi Village, and the two sides exchange each other's goods and take what they need. The fur of the robe that the patriarch sent to Baoyu today was exchanged for from the Mountain Paste Clan.

This kind of exchange is a kind of buying and selling relationship, but the people who engage in buying and selling are not merchants, and what they exchange is their own production and needs. At that time, business was very restricted, and ordinary people simply did not have the ability or strength to buy and hoard large quantities of goods that they did not need, only to ship them elsewhere and sell them to others for profit.

Merchants who do not produce but only seek profit do not have a high status in the eyes of the people, and are often subject to official constraints. The vast majority of the caravans that Baoyu had seen were organized by various cities, with an official background.

There were also many shops in Shanshui City, where people of various tribes exchanged things, but those people were not real merchants, they only transported their goods on behalf of each tribe, exchanged them for what they needed, and then transported them back. The exchange of goods between Baixi Village and the Mountain Paste Clan was also like this in the past. But when Baixi became the patriarch, the situation changed.

Bai Xi used the status of the patriarch to organize and monopolize the trade with the Mountain Paste Clan. He organized a centralized exchange of the products of the clan with the mountain paste clan, and he was able to take advantage of it every time. This situation was nothing at first, but it became more and more excessive. For example, the old wheat grain is mixed with the newly harvested wheat grain, and even the deflated straw is added to it, and the dried sweet potatoes that have been stored in the warehouse for a long time and are about to spoil are exchanged for pigs raised by the Shanjiao people.

The reason why Bai Xi dared to do this was because he had two points, first of all, those pig-headed people were very stupid, obviously not as smart as him Bai Xi, and sometimes he couldn't react to losses. The second is that the people of the Shanjiao tribe have no other choice, they only do business with the people of Baixi Village, and they don't know whether it is good or bad without comparison, so they can only agree to any conditions, as long as they still want to exchange.

On the surface, this approach has brought more benefits to Baixi Village, as they can exchange less for more things. Of course, it was Bai Xi himself who benefited the most, and he either handled these trades himself, or sent his cronies to do it. If he can't use the things he got from the Shanji clan, he can also sell them to other villages or even cities.

But in Tian Xiao's view, Baixi's approach is destined not to last long. Although those pig-headed people are stupid, they don't really have no brains, and sooner or later they will realize that Baixi Village is bullying people, and they will be provoked. Moreover, the patriarch of the Mountain Paste Clan, Zhu Sanxian, is said to be a monk of the Three Realms, but he is not an easy character to deal with, and sooner or later he will clash with Baixi Village.

If Baixi was retaliated against by the Shanji clan, he deserved it, and Tian Xiao was even happy to see it. But now that the practices of the Shanji people have exceeded the limit, Baixi Village will face a catastrophe, so we must first get through the current difficulties.

When Tian Xiao was accusing the patriarch Baixi of all kinds of unbearable, Ziwei kept her head down and didn't dare to interject, but Baoyu kept asking curiously. It seems that just as the mountain god introduced all kinds of people and things in the world, this Baixi Village is indeed different from the Lu Village where Baoyu grew up, and Baixi is not a patriarch like Shanye or Gu Xin.

Baoyu asked Tian Xiao again, how did he plan to deal with the enemy? In his opinion, he only stayed to deal with the masters of the demon clan or the rogues, and the protection of the village also depended on all the clansmen of Baixi Village to take up arms and form a battle formation. And Tian Xiao's answer is not too complicated, it is nothing more than relying on the walled wall to set up defenses, seize the time to build weapons, organize the clansmen to fight in small teams, and then ask the master to lead the team to command.

Baoyu said curiously: "When I heard the news today, your patriarch and those clansmen were panicked. But when you talk about these things, you don't look very nervous or scared. ”

Tian Xiao sighed and said: "Because I have experienced wars, when I was on the border battlefield, there were often tearing and killing, and at the beginning I was really nervous and felt very anxious every day, but later I gradually got used to it. If you have to deal with something like this, the more panicked you are, the worse it may end, and the only thing you should be nervous about is the time of battle, and now you just need to calm down and prepare.

I'm already old, anyway, time is running out, I want to retire quietly when I go back to my hometown, but I didn't expect to go to the battlefield. And these people of mine, they have been living comfortably for so long that they have even forgotten how these hundred years of comfort came about? If this continues, even if there is no such thing as today, something else will happen in the future, and it is time to wake up. ”

As he spoke, the sky was getting darker, and Tian Xiao added a few sticks of firewood to the fire and lit an open fire, which illuminated the room. Seeing that it was not too early, they asked Miss Ziwei to go back first, and there was no need for anyone to wait here. I don't know if it's because of the relationship between eating and running away from meat, Miss Ziwei is very energetic and runs back and forth several times.

She first took away the clay pot with water and the empty plate of noodle soup, and then took away the two plates with meat, which she had to wash before returning them to the patriarch's house. There are also two pieces of meat on the plate, which I took back to my mother to eat, and there is a lot of oil dripping from the meat at the bottom of the plate, and it is also a rare delicacy to dip the oil in the yams.

When she finally packed up the things in the house and was about to call the patriarch, Baoyu handed her the leather robe and said, "The patriarch's daughter should be fatter than you, but she is about the same size, and you can wear this leather robe appropriately." Thank you for your service today, since this leather robe was hand-sewn by your mother, I will give it to you. ”

Ziwei was startled, her face turned red and she waved her hand again and again: "This is unacceptable! Such a good robe was specially given to you by the patriarch to protect you from the cold, how dare I wear it?"

Baoyu: "Since it is already mine, it should be disposed of by me, and it is also my order for you to take it home." This leather coat on your body is old, and there are no sleeves yet, and it will definitely be cold in winter. And I have cultivation in my body, and I am not afraid of the cold, so I have no need or want to wear it. ”

Although Baoyu is young, every time she speaks very seriously, it seems that she always gives people a feeling that cannot be questioned. Ziwei finally took the leather robe away, but she didn't dare to put it on directly, probably taking it home and putting it away.

After a while, Bai Xi coughed lightly outside the house and said, "Is Master Gonggong inside, I heard that you have something to do with me?"

Baoyu greeted, "Yes." Xiao Bo and I are discussing how to protect the village, and there are some things that we have to discuss with you before we can decide. ”

Bai Xi also came in and sat down, followed by his only son Bai Xihong. At the moment of the great enemy, Tian Xiao didn't have any personal grievances, he was talking about the village defense. Hurry up and organize your people to build weapons. It is not necessary to be as strong and durable as the special ordnance in the military formation, choose a long hardwood pole the thickness of an egg, and tie it tightly with a sharpened stone spear head slotted at the tip, and everyone can stand in formation during the battle, and muster up the courage to stab forward, which requires some training.

But no matter how much you train, the training time is too short. Although the villagers are numerous, they are only a rabble, and once they are approached by the masters, they will inevitably be in chaos. Therefore, Baixi Village also needs a master to command and lead various combat teams. It is impossible to rely on Baoyu alone to resist the opponent's masters, and it is necessary to hurry up and invite a few more masters.

But it is not so easy for a master who knows how to cultivate, and Baoyu's willingness to stay is already a blessing from heaven in Baixi Village. If you want to ask someone again. There must be enough sincerity and pay enough price. Bai Xi asked, "Then what kind of reward should we pay? Can we ask them first—how can we make a move?"

Tian Xiao shook his head and said: "Since we are begging for someone, how can there be a reason for letting people ask for their own remuneration first, and it is not that people are begging you to give him anything! If people are willing to come to save us, how Baixi Village can repay must be made clear first." ”

Bai Xihong, the son of Bai Xi, interjected: "What kind of conditions can be used to invite the masters we need?"

Tian Xiao looked at him and asked, "You are also a cultivator of the Second Realm and Nine Transformations, what kind of conditions are offered." Can you fight against the demon clan and the rogue in order to protect other villages?"

Bai Xihong lowered her head and did not answer the question. Bai Xi looked at Baoyu again and said, "Lord Gonggong, what do you say?"

Baoyu is thinking seriously about this problem, in fact, if you need to prescribe enough conditions to impress him, I am afraid that there is no village in this world that can do it. Artifacts, elixirs, and secret legends, which the monks in the world wanted most, he lacked nothing.

But his case is only a special case, and it may be difficult to find a second one in the world. The mountain god once introduced the various monks in the world, and the situation is that not everyone can have their own magic weapons. Those great sect lineage disciples. After breaking through the four realms, the elder will give him a magic weapon to carry with him.

Although theoretically, there are four realms of cultivation that can refine magic weapons by themselves, but in fact, the way of refining weapons is not what everyone is good at, and it is necessary to find heavenly materials and earth treasures, consume refining skills, and if you are not careful, you will also be damaged. Even if you already have a magic weapon in your body, a treasure like this. Who would be too much? ？

There are also many monks in the world, who have been instructed or received some inheritance, and have entered the initial realm to cultivate, but they do not belong to any large sect, and it is difficult to get the support of various resources, and this kind of person is often also called loose cultivation. As long as you can enter the initial realm and cultivate, you will be respected by the people, and you can be exempted from labor in the city and the country, but you may not all be valued by the sects.

If a certain casual cultivator in the folk is good enough, of course, there will be many people who are willing to entrap him, and there will also be people who are willing to take him under his disciples. However, there are still many people who have mediocre cultivation, and if their qualifications are average, or they are old and no longer at their peak, it is difficult for them to continue to cultivate and have the potential to continue to break through, and they often only cultivate locally on their own.

Therefore, those monks below the Three Realms usually do not have their own magic weapons, because they do not have imperial weapons to cultivate, even if they are in the great sects, the elders will not give them. There are even quite a few monks in the Four Realms who don't have their own magic weapons for a long time.

They often use some worldly swords to simply refine them into treasures, and use them as flying knives and flying swords with the power of imperial objects, which is also a magical magic weapon in the eyes of ordinary people.

It can also be seen that cultivating a truly outstanding successor also requires a lot of resources and effort. Baoyu's cultivation was not taught by Li Qingshui, but the price that Li Qingshui spent on him was enough to make everyone in the world dumbfounded. But Baoyu was not thinking about herself at the moment, and finally spoke: "Thank you for each person's magic weapon, the real magic weapon, that is, the spiritual weapon." ”

Bai Xihong's face immediately changed. And Bai Xi's expression was about to cry, and he said in a trembling voice: "A spiritual weapon?"

Baoyu frowned and replied, "If it is two magic weapons per person, I am afraid it will be difficult for you to take them out." ...... If you think that just one magic weapon is too slight, then add two more treasures per person. ”

All weapons are also called treasure weapons, and magic weapons are also called spiritual weapons, all of which have upper, middle and lower grades, and Baoyu did not embarrass Baixi, and did not emphasize that it is a few magic weapons and treasures. Before Bai Xi could speak, Bai Xihong had suppressed her anger and said, "How is this possible!"

The faces of the patriarch's father and son were extremely ugly, but Baoyu found that Tian Xiao was smiling, and only heard the old man pout: "How is it impossible? ...... Bai Xihong, you are also a monk, and you think that you are high and far more noble than ordinary clansmen, so are you willing to work hard for others? At this price, you ask yourself, will you agree!"

Bai Xi made a bitter face and said in a crying voice: "But how can we come up with so many magic weapons?"

Tian Xiao Zhengse said: "Other villages may not be able to take it out, but this village has your Baixi family, so it should be no problem." "Bai Xi's grandfather used to be the city lord, and he had the Five Realms for more than sixty years, so it was impossible not to leave anything. Tian Xiao used to be the personal guard of the old city lord, of course, he knew some details, and pointed to Baixi being able to afford this price.

Bai Xihong said angrily when she heard this: "Our Baixi family does have a few low-grade magic weapons, and there are also some inconspicuous treasures, but they are the private property left by my grandfather, not the things in the clan. Now we have to protect the entire Baixi Village, how can we only let our family produce these things?"

It turns out that Baixi can afford these things! Then Baoyu was not worried at all, and said slowly with a straight face: "May I ask where your grandfather came from? Without Baixi Village, how could there be him? Without him, how could there be your Baixi clan father and son? Now what we want to protect is Baixi Village, aren't you the clansmen of Baixi Village?"

Of course, it is right to make the whole clan pay, but only your family can afford these things! We are protecting not only the people and the things in the clan, but also the private property of each family. Then the one who has the most private property should also pay the most. Since your family has such a batch of utensils, I am afraid that the private property of the whole clan will not be able to catch up. ”

Bai Xihong snorted coldly: "According to Mr. Xiao's meaning, the one who has the most private property should pay the most price. Tomorrow I will transport all the artifacts left by my ancestors to the city, and if these private possessions are no longer in the village, what should you say?"

Tian Xiaoyi snorted coldly: "You'd better transport it away overnight, those rogues may just wait to intercept and kill them halfway! If they get this batch of things, why should they come to loot the village again? The clansmen don't have to be unlucky with you." ”

Bai Xihong changed color when she heard this, and Baoyu said: "Bai Xi, you are the patriarch, and your duty is to protect the clan. Moreover, as the patriarch of the village, you have enjoyed too many benefits in the village over the years, if Baixi Village is ransacked, may I ask who are you? If the Liukou ransack Baixi Village, the heaviest loss will still be your family, and I am afraid that none of those artifacts will be left at that time. It's enough to cost you, and it's not like you can't get it!"

Bai Xihong: "Our family has taken out the magic weapon, so what can other people give?"

Tian Xiao replied coldly: "To contribute, the clansmen must take up arms to protect their hometowns." ”

Bai Xi asked again, "Lord Gonggong, may I ask how many more masters we need to invite?"

Baoyu replied: "There are six big gaps in the wall of your village, and it is too late to repair them now, so you need at least seven masters, six of whom will each lead a team to guard a position, and one person under you will be in the center to respond and support all parties at any time, and at least six more people will be needed." ”