Chapter 55: Recruiting beggars in the city of Yangzhou
"Hehe, it's been more than 20 years, and I finally got it!"
Looking at the back of Dongfang's undefeated horse driving away, Chen Quan happily patted the horse and followed.
Yangzhou City, the place where the legend of the protagonist of this world began, is also the place where Shi Long, the current owner of the world's most famous Four Wonder Books of Longevity, is located.
Leading the horse into Yangzhou City, Chen Quan and Dongfang Undefeated frowned, and at the same time sighed in their hearts.
As one of the most famous and largest cities in the country, Yangzhou is supposed to be bustling. But when you walk into it, you will see a color of withering and decay.
There are few pedestrians on the road, not to mention, and most of them are sallow-faced and look indifferent. The proportion of beggars is extremely high, as far as the eye can see, there are more than 60 beggars on the street of just over 30 meters into the city.
These beggars kept stretching out their hands to beg for money, but in this year, there were a few families who could give away more food for free, so they were destined to starve all year round.
Such a Yangzhou city, in addition to the high city wall, its wealth and prosperity are much worse than that of Yangzhou City in the Ming Dynasty when Chen Quan first arrived in the Ming Dynasty. Perhaps only Yangzhou City at the end of the Ming Dynasty will have such a scene!
"Where do you want to start?"
Glancing at Yangzhou City, Dongfang Undefeated turned his head to Chen Quan and asked.
"Let's start with these beggars!"
As he spoke, Chen Quan beckoned to a little beggar who looked to be only seven or eight years old in the distance. The other party immediately wanted to run over excitedly, but was glared back by a beggar in his twenties and thirties who was relatively well dressed and sturdy. Then he himself trotted with two people and came to Chen Quan and Dongfang Undefeated.
"Two nobles, if you have anything to do, you can just go directly to the little one, and the little one will definitely help you do it properly."
The beggar said flatteringly.
"Are you the beggar head of this Yangzhou City?"
Chen Quan didn't blame this beggar for robbing the little beggar of the opportunity, and glanced up and down at him and asked.
The nobleman laughed. This Yangzhou city is so big, how dare the small ones be arrogant enough to control the beggars of the whole city, they are just the beggars of this area! ”
The beggar replied respectfully.
"Okay! It's only fitting that you're up to you. Take this ingot, fifty taels of gold, and buy some food, and help me recruit beggars under forty, the more the better. As long as you do something that satisfies me, there will be a big reward. But if you dare to take the money and run away, then don't blame us for being rude. ”
After speaking, Chen Quan pinched the gold ingot in his hand into a gold bar and handed it to Boss Yan, whose eyes were about to bulge.
"Don't worry, the little one will do this properly."
After receiving the heavy gold, Boss Yan's heart was also heavy. But at the same time, an emotion called hope is also slowly rising, and Boss Yan knows that his opportunity has come.
"Let that little beggar come here! We want her to lead the way! ”
Dongfang Undefeated tilted his head and glanced at the little beggar just now, seeing that her eyes were full of tears and despair, he couldn't bear it.
"Yes, yes, Erya, why don't you come over and show the way for your nobleman!"
Dongfang Undefeated clearly asked the little beggar to lead the way, how dare the boss say anything, and immediately called the little beggar over.
Looking at the thin little beggar in front of him, Dongfang Undefeated gently pulled it to his side, wiped the dirt on her face, and his eyes were full of memories and sadness.
"Your name is Erya? How old is it? ”
Dongfang Undefeated asked softly.
"My name is Erya, and I'm ten years old!"
Er Ya took a step back in fear, for fear of soiling the clean and luxurious red clothes on Dongfang Undefeated's body.
"Ten years old! Don't be afraid, eat these first, and then take us to Yangzhou Mansion when you have the strength. ”
Chen Quan took out a palm-sized chestnut pastry and a pot of water from the burden hanging on the horse, handed it to the little beggar, and said softly.
Although the little beggar was very afraid of Chen Quan and Dongfang Undefeated, he couldn't resist the temptation of food, took the chestnut pastry and ate it desperately, crying while eating.
"Don't be in such a hurry, you can eat something better than this every day in the future!"
Seeing the little beggar choking, Dongfang Undefeated took the kettle from Chen Quan's hand, opened the lid and fed the little beggar water. And her words let Boss Yan on the side know that Dongfang Undefeated is to adopt this little beggar. This made Boss Yan couldn't help but look at the little beggar with great envy.
"Alright, you can go and do your errands too! When you're done, come back to us! ”
Seeing that Boss Yan and the others were still on the side, Chen Quan waved his hand unceremoniously and asked them to hurry up and do something.
"Yes, yes, yes, let's go and help the nobleman!"
Not daring to hesitate at all, Boss Yan took two of his subordinates and ran away.
"Erya, from today onwards, you will be my undefeated disciple in the East! Let's go, go with the teacher to buy some good clothes, and then eat some good food. ”
Saying that, Dongfang Undefeated directly picked up the little beggar and found the ready-to-wear store, without caring about the dirt on the little beggar's body. Chen Quan led two horses to follow.
After washing and dressing up and eating a full meal, Chen Quan and Dongfang Undefeated went to Yangzhou Mansion under the leadership of the little girl named Dongfang Yuming by Dongfang Undefeated.
"What are you guys doing?"
Seeing that Chen Quan and Dongfang were undefeated and were about to break into the Assassin's Mansion without saying a word, the guards of the Assassin's Mansion naturally didn't do it, and drew their knives to stop them, but before they could pull out the knife by half an inch, they flew out in an instant.
After that, in the government, no matter who it was, no matter how many people there were, as long as they wanted to come up and stop it, they were all knocked out by Dongfang's undefeated and easy air. For a time, the entire Thorn Mansion jumped with chickens and dogs.
In the Assassin's Mansion, Yangzhou Assassin Shi Gao Jingde looked at Chen Quan and Dongfang Undefeated from a distance who were leading horses like a leisurely walk, and suddenly sweated like rain. Originally, he had taught a lesson to the soldiers in a menacing manner, and when he saw such a strange scene, he immediately understood that the two people in front of him were the legendary top masters.
"Stop, stop me!"
Knowing that it was an existence that he couldn't provoke, Gao Jingde suddenly coaxed and stopped his subordinates loudly, for fear of offending the two to death.
"You are the Yangzhou Thorn History?"
Walking in front of Gao Jingde, Chen Quan asked with a smile in the most kind tone.
"It's Yangzhou Assassin Shi Gao Jingde, I don't know why the two of you came?"
Gao Jingde looked at the two nervously, and kept thinking about the top masters he knew, but none of them could match the two in front of him.
"It's not a big deal, I just want to borrow the hand of Gao Thorn Shi to help give porridge in Yangzhou, and at the same time recruit some craftsmen, Lang Zhong and other guys!"
Chen Quan's words made Gao Jingde's heart suddenly chuckle. Soup porridge or something, Gao Jingde naturally did not object. But recruiting people, you can't help but be vigilant. It's really that there have been too many rebel rebels in the world in the past few years, and Gao Jingde doesn't want to have a rebel army under his rule.