The bow and arrow in the house are only available in the courtyard, so I went to ask for one, and the target for archery was also brought.

Xining picked up the bow and arrows, recalling whether he had shot arrows before, but it was empty. None of the previous owners had the ability to shoot arrows.

It was really troublesome, Xining used all her strength, pulled out her bow, and shot an arrow at the target, but the arrow fell off softly before it reached the target.

The maid covered her mouth and snickered, Xining let out a long sigh, looking at it and sighing: "It's really not easy." Reaching out to raise the bow, Jing'er next to her obediently quickly took it.

Xining looked left and right: "Hey, you guys try it too!" ”

She leaned aside to watch the maids shoot arrows and swing their fans leisurely, which was also fun.

The maids also shot arrows for the first time, and most of them missed the target, and a few of them were also far from the bull's-eye.

Steward Xiao walked in, and just as an arrow shot head-on, he was so frightened that he fell to the ground, and the arrow fell to the ground due to lack of stamina three steps away.

"Hahaha......" the maids laughed.

Xining also smiled and asked, "Steward Xiao, we met just now, why did you come here again now, is there anything wrong?" ”

"These little girls scared me to death." Steward Xiao glared at the maids, stood up, patted his clothes, and saluted: "All the shops purchased by the county lord have been bought, please show the county lord." ”

"Oh, bought it?" Look at this speed, these are all shops. And there is no such thing as forced buying and selling, as soon as you hear that someone is willing to buy, you are willing to sell and sublease. It can be seen that the merchants here are worried that once the Huns come, they will occupy the city and lose all their money.

Xining calculated the time: "Then let's go and see it tomorrow morning." ”

"Yes, county lord!" Steward Xiao saluted again.

"Hey~" Xining thought of something: "Archery practice is prevalent here?" ”

Steward Xiao said while pondering: "This place is in the handover of Han and Hu, and it has changed hands many times, and the people are relatively strong, and there are many people who can ride and shoot. ”

"That's ......" Xining had another idea: "Then I will hold an archery competition, the first place will be ten taels, the second place will be five taels, and the third place will be ten taels." Fourth to tenth place silver five taels. Eleven to twenty money in a string. Young and old, regardless of their background, can participate. ”

When they heard of such a generous prize, the maids were overjoyed.

Xining said with a smile: "Go and talk to County Magistrate Zhou, if it's okay, it's set for the autumn when the farm is slack." After the autumn, don't always have nothing to do except watch the beheading. ”

Steward Xiao wanted to speak again and again, and finally said, "Yes, county lord." "Anyway, the money belongs to other people, and they can spend it however they want. Even if there is no tax of 300 households, the county lord of 500 stone alone is actually enough to spend. That Steward Lin is really ruthless in his greed, but this county lord is really good at spending, and the treasury is full of good things.

After Steward Xiao went out, a maid couldn't help but ask, "County Lord, can we participate?" ”

Xining nodded: "Of course, no matter how young or old you are, you can participate." When you have time, you can practice, don't lose, don't win the reward and cry your nose. ”

The maids were suddenly like seven or eight birds, and they chirped: "No, my arrows hit the target just now...... Come on, there is also a team that almost shot Steward Xiao, look at the ...... that scared Steward Xiao's face pale"

Xining shook her fan and squinted as she listened.

"The county lord moistens his throat." Jing'er served a bowl of sugar water at the right time: "The county lord is about to hold a competition?" This comes and goes, but it will cost thirty or forty gold. ”

"Flowers will be flowers, otherwise they will be suffocated to death." Xining took the sugar water and drank it. In fact, it is a flower to spend, and it is also for the Huns to keep it, as long as the money is spent on the right way, whether it has any effect or not, it is better than giving it to others.

Steward Xiao sent someone to Yamen to find County Magistrate Zhou and told him about the competition, and County Magistrate Zhou and Master sat face to face and discussed.

What is the origin of this county lord, how to think of one after another, well, why do you want to compete in archery, and he is ready to take out gold and silver as a lottery.

After discussing it for a long time, I didn't come up with a reason. County Magistrate Zhou asked the master to draw up a competition announcement and process first, and after reading it, he felt that there was no problem, and then went to the county lord to ask for instructions. After all, if people pay money and come to discuss with him, it can be regarded as a good thing that the government and Xinlai County mainly enjoy with the people!

If the announcement is posted, there will naturally be superb archery skills to go to the first place, which is ten taels of gold. But more people are thinking about how to squeeze into twenty and get a bunch of money. Ten dollars can buy a piece of meat, and go home and the family will have a tooth sacrifice.

The next day, when the master who had stayed up all night presented a roll of bamboo slips, Xining took Jing'er and got into a carriage and went to the market.

Jing'er curiously lifted the roller shutter from the car window for a short time and looked out.

Although the street market here is not as good as the capital city and the Qinling royal city, it is also very lively. There are not only shops on the streets, but also mobile small vendors, and there are Hun dealers who drive a few sheep to the market, planning to buy sheep and exchange some cloth, salt, and pottery to go back.

In addition to cattle, sheep and horses, there was a shortage of any daily necessities. The coarse salt boiled from the few saltwater lakes is far less than the fine salt in the Central Plains, not to mention cloth and pottery. Take back the things you get, some of them are for your own use, and some of them are for business, and you can sell them at a high price when you get them to the Huns, and you can exchange them for more sheep.

Xining leaned on the cushion placed in the car, closing her eyes and resting.

According to the previous plot, today is the time for the county lord and the Xiongnu prince Uvida to meet. Although the county lord was trembling with fright, the beauty of the country made Uvida unforgettable. After returning, Uvida remembered it and sent people to inquire, but the people sent there found nothing. It wasn't until I stepped into the county lord's mansion that I found that the woman I liked was the county lord. And the county lord wore a canonized treasure robe, and committed suicide by hanging the beam.

It's really a tragic scene, the owner heard that the Huns were cruel, and he was even more frantic when he treated the Han women who had captured them in the past. Even if it is the Yan family, it is the father who dies and the son who succeeds the brother, and the brother who dies and the brother who takes it, let alone an ordinary woman.

In this dynasty, it is not impossible for women to remarry, and the mother of Emperor Wu entered the palace as a beauty after remarrying. can marry Lao Tzu and marry a son, this is too appalling, so every time the county lord or the palace maid hears that he is going to the Huns and relatives, they all cry like pear blossoms with rain, dead and alive.

I don't know how Uvida treats the owner, after all, the owner is too anxious to die and didn't ask for verification. Now that it's going to be again, what is she going to do this time!

The previous owner went out of the house to pass the time on the street, and she went to see the shop she bought. The reasons are different, but the clothes, carriages and horses are the same. In order to avoid suspicion, he specially used an ordinary ox cart and wore ordinary clothes.

But the worst clothes in the county lord's mansion are also worthy of the clothes of the female dependents of the official family here.

In Xining's wide sleeve was a short knife, a bearded knife, which was specially used to cut meat and eat. Yesterday I ate mutton, and when I saw the cook take out a short knife to cut the meat, she said it was fun, so she brought it over.