Chapter 5: The City of Mortals, the Mortals of the Mortals
In the clouds, Princess Cui sat back on the chair, but her eyes were red, and she cherished the wooden card in her arms and kept it close to her.
The eldest princess rubbed her head, she felt most sorry for her sister, and it was more uncomfortable to see her cry than to cry herself.
"Xiao Er, another pot of dragon wine!" called Princess Cui.
Xiao Er sent the wine, and Wang Lao wanted to pay, but Princess Cui insisted on taking out an amethyst coin from her purse to pay the bill.
At this time, some of the people in the hall on the first floor walked to the third floor, while some left directly, and the people on the second floor were also sitting, only the three eldest princesses and the purple-robed young man were still sitting.
"Little Er, what are they doing here?" the eldest princess asked.
"They have obtained the dragon wine and are going to cultivate, the dragon wine can only be kept for one day, and after the time passes, it will become the same as ordinary wine," Xiao Er explained.
Most of the people on the first floor are scattered cultivators and mercenaries, and the price of a pot of dragon wine is very expensive for them, so they often buy a pot together, and a pot of dragon wine can just pour ten cups, usually ten people buy a pot together, and then divide it equally, one cup per person.
At this time, when they got the wine, they parted ways, and the reason why they were willing to spend a lot of money to buy wine was because they were at a bottleneck, hoping to break through the rank with the help of the power of dragon wine. And when you break through, you can't be disturbed, and the ashram from the clouds is one of the best options.
"Is this wine really so powerful?" Princess Emerald recovered at this time, and was a little stunned when she saw the empty lobby in an instant.
The three of them discussed, ready to go back to the guest room to try this dragon wine, at this time, a group of people poured into the hall on the first floor, and the little two in the store put away the tables in the hall, placed them in the corner, and took out many chairs from the back, which were full, and after everyone sat down, another person hung a plate around his neck and began to sell snacks, melon seeds and tea.
"What are they doing here?" Princess Emerald said curiously, and they found that half of the people sitting in the lobby at this time were ordinary people, and the rest of the warriors were all dressed strangely, obviously from other countries.
"Hehe, they are all here to listen to Elder Yang's storytelling, and Elder Yang will come to us on this day every month to tell the story of the city lord!"
As soon as the three of them heard that they were talking about this city lord, they sat down again, anyway, the dragon gas wine could be left for a day, and they were all curious about this city lord.
Soon, an old man with a white beard walked in, followed by a middle-aged man in tattered clothes, carrying a small gourd in his hand, and with unkempt hair, who looked like a beggar.
"Hehe, Yang Lao, Confucius boy, you actually came together" The shopkeeper greeted him.
Yang Lao smiled and didn't speak, but the middle-aged man said disdainfully, "I didn't want to come with him, I just happened to run into him." Shopkeeper, where's my wine?"
"Don't worry, I'll keep it for you," the shopkeeper said with a smile, took the gourd in his hand, and then took out a pot of dragon wine and poured it into his gourd.
Yang Lao walked onto a temporary high platform, and the middle-aged man sat on the edge of the high platform, he looked at Yang Lao, "Old man Yang, you come to brag about that kid once a month, is it interesting?"
Yang Laoxiao didn't think it was wrong, "What I'm saying is the truth, how can I brag about it, as long as someone is willing to listen, I am willing to talk about it." ”
The middle-aged man dismissed, sat on the edge of the stage without speaking, picked up the gourd and drank it.
"What's going on with that beggar down there?" said Princess Emerald curious.
Xiao Er smiled, "This is something that the residents of Fancheng know, in Fancheng, as long as they are aborigines, most of them have some expensive industries at this time, but only the one in front of him was a beggar ten years ago, and he still is." However, since the lord of the city came, it was a little different, the lord of the city gave him a token for some reason, and informed the whole city that there was no need to give money to anyone who eats, and this one also accepted it calmly, and ate and drank well every day, but still slept in the ruined temple, and still became a beggar. Everyone was curious about the reason, but neither the lord nor this one had an explanation. ”
The three of them all thought it was very interesting, and at this time, Yang Lao below also began to tell the story.
"Everyone, since everyone has come to listen to my Lao Yang's story, then I will go straight to the point and tell you about my personal experience. ”
"Everyone knows that our city of Van is known as the 'City of Miracles' in the five surrounding countries, but many people don't know that this was not the case five years ago. ”
"Five years ago, Fancheng was the poorest city in the Qingshui Country and even the Five Kingdoms, it was located on the border, the farthest away from the national capital, it was dry all the year round, and there was no special product, and it was not far from the Warcraft Mountain Range, and it would be attacked by Warcraft from time to time, and even bandits did not want to stay here. ”
"Although the king gives food to the disaster every year, many people still starve to death every year, and the young flee the place, while the old and some children are left here. ”
Elder Yang sighed, as if he thought of something from the past, "This situation has been going on for many years, and even if the king sent a few officials, it has not changed. Just five years ago, though, that all changed. ”
"I still remember that it was a hot afternoon, and I was about to go out of the city as usual to dig some grass roots or something, when a soldier in armor came to my thatched hut, and he told me that the new Taishou Lord was coming, and as long as I went to the Taishou Mansion to listen to the lecture now, I would send two catties of food to each person. ”
I thought that there was such a good thing, so I hurriedly took my two grandchildren with me.
When I got there, I saw a teenager standing on the stage, the child was very thin, his face was very white, and he looked weak.
He stood on the stage and said, I know, this is everyone's home, their own home is so down, everyone will definitely not want to, I won't say much about what the previous city was like, but from today on, it will become an enviable, yearning big city!
He didn't say much, and then issued a notice and began to recruit workers, not only to eat every day, but also to get paid. So everyone happily followed him and built the road together. Our work was not difficult, the heavy work was done by the soldiers he brought, and in three months we built five roads.
"Didn't you say that there are still demonic beasts, didn't they come to attack?" asked a warrior from the Emerald Bamboo Kingdom below.
"It's also strange to us that in the past, there would be a demonic beast attacking once a month, but this time we didn't even see a single demonic beast for three months. ”
"Next, Lord Taishou left the city, he asked us to build some buildings in the city, and a month later, when he came back again, he brought with him the three major trading houses, and from that day on, the city changed day by day. Taishou also taught us a lot of livelihoods, and we aborigines could get a new house here. ”
"As for the specific details, I won't say much, I have a copy of the Legend of the Mortal City Taishou here, and those who are interested can buy it back and take a look. ”
Someone laughed at the bottom, "You're really good at business." ”
Yang Lao was not angry, "I wrote this book, and all the money I earned was used for the education of children in Fancheng, in Fancheng, children can read for free, and when they are eight years old, they can also get the qualification for free enlightenment." ”
The residents of Fan City under the platform also explained like those outsiders that Yang Lao's money from selling books did not go into his pockets at all.
When some outsiders heard it, they asked the price again, and they saw that it was very cheap, so they bought a copy, and when they saw it, the writing was really good, so they read it with relish.
"Hey, this city lord is actually the son of the military god of Qingshui Country?"
"Hey, he's actually an ordinary person who can't be born with cultivation!"
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From time to time, there are various exclamations from the people reading the books below.
"Grandpa Wang, is he really unable to cultivate?" Princess Cui asked curiously.
"Hey, yes, he really can't cultivate," Elder Wang sighed.