Lei Yun looked at the down-and-out merchant, and a bold plan was soon formed in his heart, so he walked up to the man, clasped his fists, and said:

"This brother Tai, in the next thundercloud, is the first time to come here, I don't know the name of Brother Tai. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

The man was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then looked the thundercloud up and down, and saw that he was dressed extraordinarily, and there was a large group of people behind him, obviously his status was not low, so he quickly put away the dry tobacco, stood up and clenched his fists and said:

"In Xia Tao Yongran, I don't know what your Excellency has to say?"

Hearing this, Lei Yun said happily:

"It turned out to be Brother Tao, when I first came to the treasure land, I saw that Brother Tao seemed to have a cloud of sorrow between his eyebrows, and wanted to invite Brother Tao to enjoy his face and have a light meal together, first, I wanted to learn about the customs of this place from Brother Tao, and secondly, I felt that I had a very good eye with Brother Tao, and I also wanted to make a friend."

Tao Yongran was stunned when he heard this, and then immediately said:

"This... Brother Lei, you are a guest from afar, and I should naturally be the host of the meal, but I don't hide it, I am shy in my pocket now, why don't you go home with me, I will let the insiders make some homely meals, let's talk while eating, okay? ”

This time it was Lei Yun's turn to be a little stunned, he didn't expect this Tao Yongran to be a bold person, so he said:

"Brother Tao, it's just a light meal, who is different? I'll invite you today, and you'll be the host another day, how about it? ”

Tao Yongran's face turned whole when he heard this, and he said:

"This can't be done, although I am downcast now, but the etiquette cannot be abolished, if Brother Lei is unwilling, then let's leave it at that."

Lei Yun was slightly stunned when he heard this, and immediately said:

"Well, if that's the case, the little brother will be disturbed."

Tao Yongran heard the words and pushed his wheelbarrow up, and was about to take everyone home, Lei Yun saw this and hurriedly asked Zhao Xiong to take the wheelbarrow, pulled Tao Yongran and said:

"Brother Tao, let my guards help you push the cart, you come to talk to me, where are we here?"

Tao Yongran was stunned when he heard this, and said:

"It seems that Brother Lei, you really came from afar, and you don't even know about this Julu City."

After speaking, he simply gave Lei Yun a detailed introduction to the details here:

Originally, this place was called Julu City, which is the largest town on the ice field of Julu Island in the north, because the city wall is built with ice, also known as Julu Ice City, the population is nearly 100,000 people, almost 95% of them are generations of hunters, and there are several ice cities similar to Julu City and some smaller-scale villages within 100 kilometers around Julu City, and the residents are mainly hunters.

Because it is a city developed from a village, Julu City still retains the tradition of being spoken by the patriarch, and 98% of the people in the city are surnamed Tao, so the patriarch of the Tao clan is equivalent to the city lord, responsible for managing the affairs of the city, and this situation is similar in several other cities.

Because it is a patriarchal system, there is no obvious hierarchy in the city, and the residents of the city do not have to pay taxes or anything, they are all very equal, but there is a public granary in the city, and the patriarch will basically organize hunters to carry out a large-scale hunting every three or four months, and all the prey obtained is salted and stored in this public granary, which is used as public wealth for all residents.

Due to the abundance of wild beasts on the ice field, and the fact that most of the inhabitants of the city have been hunters for generations, the hunting for food is still abundant, and it is fully sufficient to meet the needs of everyone.

However, because it is located on the ice field, other kinds of products are very scarce, especially daily necessities such as medicinal herbs and salt tea, which need to be purchased from the outside world.

As a result, many merchants who specialized in the trade of these items appeared, and they shipped out the hides, jerky, and bows and arrows that were the specialties of Kulu Castle, and then exchanged them for medicinal herbs and daily necessities such as cloth, salt, and tea, and shipped them back to earn the difference.

Tao Yongran is such a businessman, but he started late, the capital is not much, so he does not earn much, and a few days ago his youngest son because of illness, spent a lot of money, so far has not been completely cured, in order to treat the child, he embezzled all the money for business, so that now he can't even afford to hire a carriage, can only use a wheelbarrow to push the goods.

Lei Yun and a few people followed Tao Yongran for a while, and then came to a very old looking house, after entering, it was a row of four wooden houses, the house was a little old, but it was built with a whole log, very strong, and the courtyard was not small, even the house occupied an area of three or four hundred square meters.

After Tao Yongran took a few people into the room, he hurriedly beckoned his woman to cook for everyone, and he himself carried a skin bag and prepared to go out to buy wine.

Tao Yongran's woman is a delicate woman, about thirty years old, although the clothes she wears are also patched, but they are very neat, and Lei Yun also noticed that although Tao Yongran's family is not rich, it is very clean and tidy inside and out, indicating that his woman is a very hard-working woman.

Lei Yun saw that Tao Yongran was leaving, so he grabbed him, and then said:

"Brother Tao, a few of us have good wine from our hometown here, so don't go buy any more wine, let's eat something and talk."

Tao Yongran is actually worried about what kind of wine to play, if the wine is turbid, it will be impolite to use it to treat guests, and the wine is to give cash, but now he can only take credit, and he can't take out the silver at all.

Now that Lei Yun said this, he happened to relieve him, so he no longer insisted, but beckoned everyone to go into the house and eat together when the meal was ready.

As soon as Lei Yun and the others entered the house, they saw a large stove made of clay, and at this time, Tao Yongran's woman was lighting a fire on the stove, and on the stove was a large iron pot, in which a large pot of meat was stewed, and the aroma was bubbling up.

As soon as they saw Lei Yun and a few people coming in, Tao Yongran's woman hurriedly beckoned them to go inside, and several people walked into the back room again.

As soon as I entered, I saw a clay kang that occupied most of the room, with forty or fifty square meters, two women, one man and three children were playing with small toys such as wooden guns and mud horses in the corner of the kang, except for the boy who was a little thin, the two girls were chubby and very cute, and there was a large square wooden table in the middle of the earthen kang, and it was not a problem to sit around a dozen people.

Tao Yongran beckoned everyone to sit down around the square table, and then went out again, and after a while, he walked in with two large bowls of sauerkraut, and then his woman also walked in with a large pot of stewed soft animal meat and a basket of corn tortillas, and put them on the table together, so that everyone could eat while it was hot.

Seeing this, Lei Yun took out a few more jars of aged sorghum wine, and as soon as the lid of the wine was opened, a rich aroma came to his nose, which was the decades of aging wine that Lei Yun got from the warehouse of the Xuanwu Army.

Everyone followed the thundercloud every day is all kinds of food to eat, at the beginning of the meal still felt a little simple, how to know that the sauerkraut is crisp and delicious, although the animal meat does not know what kind of animal meat, but the aroma is tangy, the taste is crispy, are very delicious.

Tao Yongran's woman was very happy when she saw Lei Yun and the others eating sweetly, but she didn't eat with everyone on the table, Mei Yan pulled her up, and then poured her a big bowl of sorghum wine, and said:

"Sister-in-law, the meat you made is so fragrant, come, I salute you for this bowl of wine, let's do it."

After speaking, he picked up the bowl, and made a bowl by himself, the woman glanced at Tao Yongran when she saw this, and saw that he had no objection, so she directly picked up the bowl, and drank it in one gulp, and wiped her mouth with her sleeve after drinking, and said:

"It's really good wine, it's really enjoyable."

Seeing that she was so bold, Mei Yan immediately felt that she hated seeing each other, and quickly poured her a big bowl and continued to drink with her.

After three rounds of drinking, Lei Yun said to Tao Yongran:

"Brother Tao, there is something that the younger brother is very curious about, I don't know if to ask?"

Tao Yongran immediately said:

"Brother Lei, please speak."

When Lei Yun heard this, he said:

"When I saw Brother Tao's sad face before, there must be something on my mind, I don't know if I can tell my little brother, maybe my little brother can help him."

Tao Yongran was stunned when he heard this, thought about it, and said:

"It's all trivial, don't mention it."

Hearing this, Lei Yun's face immediately sank, and he said word by word:

"Brother Tao, you are just treating the little brother as an outsider, since this is the case, the little brother will leave."

After speaking, he stood up and wanted to leave, but was grabbed by Tao Yongran and said:

"Brother Lei, what are you doing, it doesn't hurt to tell you, it's actually nothing, but because of the child's illness, I owe some debts, and I can't make any money in my business, and the money for the child's treatment has not been found, so I'm a little worried."

Hearing this, Lei Yun immediately smiled slightly, and said to Tao Yongran:

"Brother Tao, the so-called rich man, it is difficult for a man without money, although silver is a vulgar thing, it is indispensable, today you call me Brother Lei, then we are not outsiders, I have a little business here that can make money and want to do it with Brother Tao, I don't know if Brother Tao is interested?"

Tao Yongran was stunned when he heard this, and asked:

"What business? I don't have a lot of money. ”

Lei Yun laughed when he heard this, and said:

"I don't need any capital, but a few of us hunted a lot of animal skins and meat on the ice field before, and we wanted to find a place to sell them, but we didn't know where to sell them, what price should we sell, if Brother Tao can take us on a trip and sell these things at a good price, I am willing to give half of the silver to Brother Tao, how about it?"

Tao Yongran's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately said:

"The buyer and the price are easy to say, I am very familiar, but I don't know how many goods?"