Chapter 121: The City Gate

The strange phenomenon of not prospering food and medicinal materials has given Zhushan County another impression that it is famous in other counties after Renshantang.

Passed down from generation to generation, the people of Zhushan County are also accustomed to the strange characteristics of the soil they grow in. Anyway, everyone can also make a living by planting medicinal herbs, and because of the resounding name of Renshantang, the medicinal herbs planted by the common people are not worried about the market at all.

The common people are the most affordable, and whoever can bring them a happy and beautiful life will follow whomever they want, regardless of which god is seated there? What is the top of the sky? With all this kind of messy mind in their leisure time, they might as well think more about the fields they planted, when the medicinal herbs will be weeded, when they will fertilize, and when they will harvest and sell for money.

Because of the characteristics of the soil in Zhushan County, the gap between the number of medicinal farmers and the number of grain farmers is relatively large, and among the about 1,000 people who make a living from farming, only one is growing grain, and the remaining 999 are growing medicinal materials.

Zhushan County has good soil quality, suitable for growing medicinal materials, and the water source is also good, with Zhushan County as the center, the closer to the town in Zhushan County, the higher the yield rate of medicinal materials planted in the ground.

For example, not to mention the most central Renshantang, the growth of medicinal materials planted in the first ring is definitely better than that planted in the second ring, and the growth of medicinal materials planted in the second ring is inevitably better than that planted in the third ring...... And so on, the closer you are to Renzentang, the better the soil, the better the water quality, and the better the medicinal herbs planted.

Because Zhushan County is blessed by the medicine god Niangniang and belongs to the land of blessings, even if it is a famine year, the people of Zhushan County have not been affected too much, and they are not too worried about the problem of food.

Although the people of Zhushan County grow little food at home, there are always those who are willing to exchange food for medicinal materials. In the eyes of those powerful people, food simply can't catch up with the exquisite medicinal materials that can save lives! Moreover, although there is little grain planted in Zhushan County, it does not mean that there is no food at all, and the self-production and self-sale plus foreign purchase are enough for the people of Zhushan County to chew.

There are countless disputes and starvation outside, and Zhushan County is like a peach blossom source, leaving an independent world.

Niu vigorously led Xiao Chanhuan and slowly walked towards the city gate.

In front of them, the city gate is a carriage in and out, all kinds of pedestrians shuttle among them, there are knights with swords, there are merchants with burdens, there are jugglers, there are farmers and woodcutters, and more are beggars, the identity of these beggars is more complicated, some of them are native to Zhushan County, some are deserters from other places, and some are gangsters and thieves pretending to be ready to fish in troubled waters.

Xiao Chanhuan took a quick look at these beggars and found that most of them were blind, unkempt, and looked very depressed and pitiful.

There are too many poor people in this world, she and Niu Dali are currently one of them, she can't bear it, but she can only be poor and alone, if she becomes a master in the future, within the scope of her ability, she doesn't mind helping the world.

After Xiao Chanhuan's gaze was withdrawn from those beggars, she focused her attention on the city gate.

It only took a short time for Xiao Chanhuan to keenly discover a pattern.

People with different identities who enter the city will have different degrees of smoothness in entering the city.

For example, those rich people who sit in the carriage, they only need to hang a sign outside the carriage, they can enter and exit the city gate at will, and the officials guarding the gate will not only not stop them, but will even shout at others to make way for them.

Xiao Chanhuan was a little curious, she thought about it, gritted her teeth in pain, and used a little mental power that she had finally accumulated, spreading her perception and looking at those brands.

In less than a minute, Xiao Chanhuan retracted her perception, and she already had some guesses in her heart.

At present, Xiao Chanhuan only sees the three styles of "black characters on a red background", "black characters on a white background", "black characters on a white background", and "black characters on a blue background", but she guesses that there should be other styles, since there are two, nine, and seven, then one, three, four, wu, lu, and 捌 These numbers should also be there, but I don't know if there is a pick-up, pick-up one, pick-up two...... Finish.

Xiao Chanhuan thinks that these black numbers should represent the ranking, but I don't know what those colors represent, and how to distinguish them, is it according to the color of the rainbow, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple? It's not right, in this case, how to explain the "black on white" issue?

Xiao Chanhuan couldn't understand the meaning of the background color of the brand for the time being, but the black characters represented the ranking, and she was already a little sure.

Another point Xiao Chanhuan can also determine that the background color and font size of the brand itself represent the level of status, and whether there is a brand or not also represents the dignity of status.

Carriages with signs only need to be hung outside the carriages, and the officials guarding the city gates will not only not interrogate and inspect them, but will also be attentive and thoughtful to clear the way for them, confirming their status as a privileged class.

Looking around, there are knights, merchants, entertainers, farmers and woodcutters...... Although these people were able to enter and exit the city gates, they were all subject to interrogation, which was much slower.

The official guarding the city gate set up a table at the city gate, and one person went up to verify the identity of one person, and would interrogate them one by one, and only after confirming their identity would they be allowed to leave.

Xiao Chanhuan suddenly became a little nervous.

She didn't know if they were anything like ID cards, and if they didn't, would the officials guarding the gates be able to let them into the city?

Niu Dali seemed to feel Xiao Chanhuan's nervousness, and he squeezed the hand holding her, signaling her to feel at ease.

Niu Dali has such a kind of magic on his body, and after Xiao Chanhuan was appeased by him, her nervousness suddenly dissipated a lot.

Xiao Chanhuan settled down and forced herself to pay attention to the people around her, so as to dispel the tension.

The queue was long, and the speed of entering the city became very slow because of the need to inspect one person at a time.

But even though they were slow to enter the city, they were able to get in.

As soon as they see a fugitive coming up, the official guarding the city gate will not hesitate to show the spear in his hand to demonstrate, and those who run fast will be fine, but the slower fugitive will be pierced or stabbed on the spot, and the light will be injured or killed.

None of the people gathered outside the city gate felt that the guards were cruel and unreasonable, they had long been accustomed to this scene, and even worse, they would let out a loud laugh when the fugitives were pierced or stabbed, as if it were not a massacre, but a funny performance...... Take a hundred plating and read the latest chapter of the "Survival Manual of Cultivating Immortals", the first time to read it for free.