"My family's ancestors have a cloud, 'the husband should be determined, the prosperous era Kuang Fu Sheji, and the troubled times will make contributions', and the strong man will definitely be able to build a meritorious career after leaving here!"

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Merchant, late season.

Looking at the upturned face, Bao Jiwan's polite words in Daxinwu Village clearly emerged from the depths of Tu Shi's memory. It's just that I haven't seen it for a few days, and Bao Jiwan has been reduced to poison ivy food, and since then Yin and Yang have been separated......

"Whew, thank God!" The merchant crawled out of the cave along the rope, lay down on the ground exhausted, and then quickly got up again, bowed down to Tu Shi, and said, "Thank you—hey, strong man?" Have you left Tai Sing Estate? Congratulations. ”

"yes." Tu Shi was still immersed in sadness, and glanced at Bao Jiwan a few times, and her eyes almost didn't pop out: "You're not dead?!" ”

"The strong man said that, if it weren't for you, I would have really died."

"No, no, no, don't come over yet, I'll take a look." Tu Shi lifted the sword in his hand, looking left and right. Bao Jiwan is still a short man, with a good lower body, and has not turned into four worm legs.

Bao Jiwan was stunned for a moment, and then cried and laughed: "Zhuangman, I am me, not poison ivy pretending!" This hole was indeed dug by poison ivy, but the monster was already dead, and I only found out when I fell down! ”

Tu Shi jumped into the cave without saying a word and saw a poison ivy corpse. This poison ivy probably hasn't eaten anyone yet, it's the size of a crib, its body is covered with black armor, and there is a pair of small thin legs under each section, so the legs are dense, and if you want to say it, it looks like a tide insect in the real world, and at this moment it bends its body and lies on its side on the ground, I don't know if it can be rolled into a ball like a tide insect? However, it has a long scorpion tail more than the tide bug. Tu Shi poked with a sword, this insect had already died, and the originally hard carapace shattered as soon as it poked, revealing an empty interior, thinking that it was emptied by ants or wireworms. He let out a sigh of relief, great, Bao Jiwan was not eaten, although everyone is not very familiar, but people are most afraid of feelings, and dying a nodding friend is completely different from dying a stranger.

Tu Shi climbed up again, only to see Bao Jiwan holding something and blowing ashes, and asked, "What is that?" ”

"Poison ivy's tail hook! When I passed by this hole, I found that no one made a sound in the hole, and when I looked closely, I saw that the poison ivy was actually starving, so I wanted to take this tail hook, who knew that my foot would slip and ...... Kaiwufang accepts this thing at a high price, but I don't plan to sell it, you see," Bao Jiwan put his fingers on the tip of the hook and exclaimed: "You can use it for self-defense!" ”

Tu Shi took out a bunch of tail hooks from the storage bag: "Sell you cheaply, I have a lot." There are also some things here, all of which were picked up in the poison ivy cave, so you can calculate the price together. ”

Bao Jiwan quickly pounced in front of Tu Shi and took it carefully: "Oh, such a big man!" It's all poison ivy that has eaten people! Strongman, where did you pick it up? ”

"Killed."

"Haha, make this kind of joke with me......" Bao Jiwan looked at Tu Shi's expression carefully, and found that it didn't seem to be acting, and was immediately dumbfounded: "The poison ivy that has eaten people can be countered with the horns of a bull, I heard that special insect catchers need to prepare hooks, iron nets and other things, and they also need a group of four, how did you do it?" ”

Tu Shi responded casually: "I'm an adventurer!" ”

The package party was wrong and muttered: "Also, adventurers are so extraordinary......"

"How did you end up here? Knowing that it's full of poison ivy, you wouldn't think you could pass safely with a 'snake repellent staff', would you? There is no post road south of the North City, and if something happens to be called every day, if I don't happen to pass by, you will be here. ”

"There are no post roads, but there are always villages to the south. If I don't go for a month, they won't even get oil. ”

Tu Shi admired Bao Jiwan deeply, NPC has a life, and an unarmed businessman dares to give up this life, and it is not for money, which is very remarkable. He suddenly remembered something that had been overlooked: "What about your horse?" It won't ......"

"The old horse knows the way, and when he sees me stumbling, he may recall Beicheng first...... It knows how to avoid poison ivy holes, and it's fine. ”

Having said that, Bao Jiwan was so anxious that he was sweating, and he couldn't stop scolding himself for why he was so obsessed with what tail hook to get. No matter how old and useless the horse is, it is a lot of money, not to mention the sack full of goods on the horse's back. Tu Shi was empathetic to stop the sweeping operation, and accompanied Bao Ji to turn around and return to the city in the evening, and saw the old horse grazing on the way.

"This unconscionable beast!" Bao Jiwan hugged the horse's neck affectionately. The old man continued to chew and farted again.

The two are considered to be reunited, and naturally there are more words than before, mainly because Bao Ji said it late and Tu Shi listened. The biggest scope of Bao Jiwan's activities is Jingzhou, so things outside the state are inevitably hearsay.

As I said before, there are nine states in the Chinese mainland, namely Hebei, Qing, Xu, Yang, Jing, Liang, Henan, Yong, and Yan, and they are in Jingzhou Yibei City, which can be regarded as the southernmost part of the territory, so there is no need to set up a post road outside the south gate of Yibei City. The absence of post roads does not mean that there are no people further south, and there have been people who have fled the war, walked through mountains and forests, and lived in seclusion, but they are very small, at most villages rather than towns, where there are no taxes and cannot be governed, there is no education, and the inhabitants are often regarded as outsiders. It is said that the end of the south is the sea, and the people are fishing for business, but there is little farming, which makes them even more despised by the people of Middle-earth - agriculture is the foundation of the Chinese nation! Tu Shi's novice village is in the southwest, next to an ancient post road that is about to be banned, which is not very remote; Once this post road disappears, the novice village will be completely cut off from the rest of the world.

Yongzhou was directly governed by the current son, and the other eight states were all governed by princes and kings. The princes and kings collected taxes, and they had power but no power; The state pastor sent by the Son of Heaven assisted in the management, and he was powerless. This was originally a situation of mutual checks and balances, but it is a pity that the two forces of relatives and eunuchs interfered in politics, and the power was lost, and the local disaster situation could not reach the heavens. There was chaos in Kyushu, and two princes and kings attacked and killed each other with private armies, and Yongzhou even ignored them; There are barbarians in Liangzhou who have repeatedly committed border crimes, and the border army has been clumsy on the left and right, and no good news has been heard for three years; The north is even more affected by a once-in-a-decade drought, and the central part is also affected. In this way, Jingzhou is the best, located in the south, there are no soldiers and horses, the climate is warm and humid, the crops should not fail, at most the tax is a bit high.

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When I first arrived in Beicheng......

But then again, only setting up a workshop and a city in the city is clearly stipulated by the law, so why dare to change the way in the northern city? Is it the Emperor's will?

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I see, Tu Shi finally understood. The chaos in Kyushu has been born, where can the emperor manage this little matter in Jingzhou.

"Wars are frequent, and there are major droughts, and the people are not able to make a living, so naturally some people fall into the grass, and the good people are even more unsettled. Alas! Bao Jiwan sighed.

Tu Shi thought it was funny, why are you a businessman worrying about national affairs, didn't this hit Jingzhou, and it didn't affect your money.

As they spoke, the two of them returned to Yibei City.

"What are your plans now?" Tu Shi asked.

Bao Jiwan sighed: "Today is in vain, but it doesn't matter if you delay for a day, you can stay at home for one less day." ”

Tu Shi knew that the merchant was the hardest worker, and he had to be careful about his feet every day, and he was particular about where to rest and where to eat, and sometimes he was too lazy to walk twenty miles to the next village to eat, and he was likely to miss the sun and have to stay overnight. Going to a certain village too often, the villagers' desire to buy is reduced, and there is no business to do; If you go too little, the villagers may not spend more...... Although he has no systematic knowledge of mathematics and economics, he has worked late for so many years and has his own set of business experience. Tu Shi had a whim: "Where are you going to the south?" ”

"It's only about forty miles, what?"

"Why don't we go to the southern end! If there is a South China Sea and a village by the sea, maybe you can buy some local specialties and ship them back to sell them at a good price? I'm just going to go through some training, slaying demons or something, so I can go with you! ”

Bao Jiwan thought about it carefully: "It's really feasible, but let's wait until your martial arts are strong!" Otherwise, I'll just drag you down. ”

Tu Shi nodded yes. He knows how many catties and taels he has, don't look at him to challenge poison ivy, he must open the [Cangtong] when fighting, he consumes too much true qi, and if he doesn't use [Dragon Breath], his true qi will recover super slowly, and he can't fight a protracted battle at all. If you go further south, you will definitely encounter monsters more powerful than poison ivy, and it doesn't matter if you die, don't miss someone's life.

Receiving Tu Shi's life-saving grace, Bao Jiwan insisted on inviting guests, and asked Tu Shi's address during the banquet, saying that he would definitely find Tu Shi when he recalled Beicheng next month and go to the south to explore together.

The two said goodbye, Tu Shi returned to his house, and as soon as he entered the door, he shouted: "Master, I'm not really angry!" "Master Right said that every time he uses [Dragon Breath], he needs to be on his side to protect the Dharma, and Tu Shi dare not obey.

The door of the right wing opened automatically, and the voice of Haiqing Zhenren came out: "Come in." ”

The right master in the room was already meditating, and he didn't even look at him, and the smoke was shrouded, as if he was a fairy. Tu Shi sat on another futon very consciously and said, "Master, I want to ask—"

"Thoughtless, forgetful." Haiqing Zhenren interrupted Tu Shi's words, although it was not harsh, but it was unquestionable.

"Oh!" Tu Shi launched [Dragon's Breath], so he made a novel discovery. The faint fragrance of white smoke before, if there is none, can calm people when smelled, and as he breathes, a large amount of it enters and exits in his lungs, and the effect is even more significant, quickly washing away his superfluous thoughts and suppressing distracting thoughts in his heart. His consciousness flowed through his body along with his true qi. The true qi runs around the meridians in the body, which is called "carrying Zhoutian", which is probably taken from the acupoints of the human body such as the heavens and stars, and luck is the movement of the stars, right? He didn't know, and Master Right didn't say it, probably thinking that the player only needed to know what it was and not why it was.

The first time I opened the acupuncture veins was painful, but now it is cool and comfortable. The acupuncture points are like ponds, the meridians are like the waterways connecting the ponds, and the true qi is like water, filling one acupuncture point will naturally overflow and flow into the next acupuncture point, until finally many acupuncture points and meridians are all filled, and "the water level is flat". As soon as Tu Shi inhaled, the white smoke in the furnace mixed with the air poured in together, and the true qi was surging like the sea, making Tu Shi's body tremble involuntarily when it hit the acupoint; With one breath, all the exhaust qi leaves the body, the lungs are empty, and fresh air is urgently waiting to be poured in, and the true qi that has violently hit the acupuncture points before slowly circulates to the next place. In the process of exercising, Tu Shi found that there was a loss of true qi, and they would not accumulate in the acupuncture points for a long time, but slowly dissipated into his body and infiltrated into his limbs. This is beneficial, his upper limit of physical strength and physique are slowly rising, and if this continues, he will sooner or later become a blood cow warrior.