Although Chen Xiansong's strange smile scared the group of people in front of him, as long as it was an intelligent being, it could communicate, and he slightly mentioned that the two of them were lost and wanted to find the nearest city to settle in, hoping that the big brothers on the opposite side could take the two of them a distance.

Because after 10,000 years of changes, although it is still the same language, the semantics of many words have changed somewhat. Chen Xiansong felt that the Han accent of this group of mercenaries was strange, and the mercenaries didn't think that Chen Xiansong's lingua franca was not very authentic.

A weak teenager, a beautiful girl, no matter how you look at this combination, it is harmless to humans and animals, the mercenaries reported the situation, and the regiment commander ran over to take a look, asked a few words, and let the two join the team. The pyre in the middle of the merchant group, which had not been completely extinguished, was burning again, and Chen Xiansong and Bai Min sat on the sidelines, watching the flames flutter around in the evening breeze.

There was a large group of people around them, all of whom came over to watch the beautiful Bai Min. Most of the mercenaries are stout men, they have no chance to receive any education, and they have no relationship with the upper class, although Bai Min is wearing a man's mercenary shabby clothes, but just from the white and flawless little face, as well as slender fingers, the mercenaries agree that this is definitely a girl from a noble family, and a peasant girl is also beautiful, but there is definitely no such good skin.

As for Chen Xiansong, the mercenaries saw that he was also thin and weak, and took it for granted that he was a noble son, and most of these two little guys eloped from home. They had heard a lot of such things from the street poets in the mercenary guild, the most famous of which was the love story of the first King Solomon and his queen who eloped when they were young.

The mercenary groups that can be hired by the big merchant groups generally have excellent reputations and good people. The head of the regiment sat not far from the two of them, and while picking up the firewood, he asked curiously: "Little guy, what's going on with your eyes, since I saw you now, the tears have not stopped, but looking at you, it doesn't look like you're crying." ”

Chen Xiansong wiped the tears from his face, and said with a stiff expression: "A small problem, it will attack every once in a while, does it affect your mood?" If so, I'm sorry. ”

"Ha Luha, of course not. If you have blood in your eyes, I'm a little scared, and tears are nothing. The head of the regiment touched the thick beard on his chin: "By the way, uncle, my name is Aslan, what is your name?" ”

"Chan Hyun Song."

Bai Min looked at Aslan and didn't speak, she leaned against the young man's side, and looked around vigilantly from time to time. Aslan has actually been paying attention to her all the time, which is not surprising, as long as it is a man with normal psychology, he will unconsciously peek at the beauty, he can understand this girl's concerns, after all, in the merchant group and mercenary group, almost all of them are men, a delicate, beautiful little girl, surrounded by so many big men, will definitely be embarrassed and scared.

Bai Min was afraid that someone would hurt Chen Xiansong, so he was always on guard and unwilling to speak and be distracted. Chen Xiansong knew this, so he said for her: "Her name is Bai Min, and she is my subordinate. ”

"Subordinate?" Aslan was a little stunned, but soon thought of an explanation, the nobles were also divided into three, six, nine and so on. This girl's identity may not be as good as that of a boy, there should be a huge gap, the two are in love, the door is not right, and they are obstructed by the boy's family, and then they make an appointment to elope.

Soon Aslan was a little worried, the children of the two noble families must be stronger than ordinary civilians in terms of knowledge and other aspects, but now the world is dark, let's not talk about whether the two little ones can support themselves, let's just say that the little girl is so beautiful that people want to commit crimes, it's good to meet them, in case they meet other mercenary groups that have no scruples, or other organizations, what kind of treatment will be received, you don't need to think about it. …,

Aslan thought for a while and made a decision, he asked seriously: "Chen Xiansong, listening to your name and looking at your appearance, you and Bai Min should both be from the Aurora Empire, right?" Quite a few words"

"Aurora Empire?" Chen Xiansong's eyebrows trembled, he reached out and folded a firewood branch from the side, and wrote two Song-style Chinese characters on the sand: "This 'Aurora'? ”

Aslan looked down for a moment, then raised his head and smiled embarrassedly: "Actually, I can't read, these two characters are beautifully written, they are common language." Campbell is the only one in our mercenary group who is literate, but she still sleeps in the car, and women are always afraid that lack of sleep will affect her appearance. ”

"I'm also from the Aurora Empire." Da Tie shouted loudly beside him, then squatted and moved a few steps forward, holding the spear, and sitting next to the regiment commander with a smile, he had long wanted to be closer to the girl with long black hair and a white face. He used to think Campbell was very beautiful, but now he thinks Campbell is not good-looking at all, especially her short yellow hair, compared with the long black satin hair of the girl in front of him, like a wheat stalk after the autumn harvest, thick and rough.

Aslan knew the psychology of the little boy Dao Da Tie, and he was also young; Gently stroking the head of this little guy with his mind exposed, he thought to himself: Child, you don't have a chance, knowledge is far more important than force, identity is even more important, ordinary civilians can honestly marry a peasant girl, and living in peace and stability is the last word.

Aslan sighed in his heart, then picked a fire to make the flames that were about to go out become vigorous, and then continued to ask, "Chen Xiansong, what are your plans after arriving at the nearest city?" ”

Chen Xiansong threw the firewood in his hand into the fire and said, "It depends on the situation, find a job first, and you have to support yourself first." Uncle Aslan, I sense that you seem to have something to say, so you might as well say it. ”

His mind is seen through by everyone, Aslan doesn't think it's strange, nobles are good at speculating on people's minds, and it is quite normal for children of noble families to have talents in this area. He smiled and said: "If you don't have any goals, you can stay here with our mercenary group for the time being, we need logistics personnel who can read and write, and can also calculate, I wonder if you are interested?" ”

Chen Xiansong thought for a while and nodded: "I will only do this...... General text, can it work? ”。

"That's enough." Aslan smiled: "What will your little girlfriend do?" ”

"Little girlfriend?" Chen Xiansong's brain froze, and it took him a while to understand who Aslan was referring to, he looked at Bai Min beside him, she should be his only friend now, and it shouldn't matter if she was a girlfriend, so he neither affirmed nor denied it at the moment, but replied: "Bai Min's computing ability is particularly strong." ”

"Computing power?" Aslan's eyes lit up: "There should be no problem with complex calculations within thousands of digits, right?" Quite a few words"

Chen Xiansong was stunned for a moment: "Complex calculations within thousands? I don't quite understand this statement, uncle, can you give an example? ”

Aslan shouted to the back, "Kira, go and get the account books from our regiment, quickly." ”

Not long after, a big man covered in sweat and sour smell carefully rolled over a stack of thick sheepskin and handed it to Chen Xiansong. He opened the first page, Mu Ran's face twitched a little, and then he read page by page, and after turning to the most pulp, he suddenly closed all the parchment rolls in his hand, and said, "If it's just this level, I can solve it even without Bai Min." Let Bai Min calculate these things, it's too big and too much. ”

The chip in Bai Min's brain can even complete the calculation and analysis of the mathematical structure of 'E8', which has plagued mankind for a long time, within a minute, and the so-called thousands of digits in this stack of parchment are just simple addition and subtraction of numbers, not even multiplication and division, but Chen Xiansong is curious that the writing symbols in the parchment scroll are actually the Ahoubo numbers they used in the new human era. …,

Bai Min said that these people were close relatives of chimpanzees, so why did they use Arabic numerals, and that their so-called lingua franca was obviously Chinese in the new human era. Chen Xiansong estimated that there was a group of people in the new human era who passed down their blood and brought this knowledge with them. Where are they now?

Chen Xiansong did not rush to ask Aslan about the doubts in his heart, he believed that his first goal was to integrate into the current society, the current human group, as long as he became a part of these people, there would be a chance to inquire in the future.

When Aslan heard this, he laughed happily: "Great, Campbell can only calculate within a hundred, and now that the mercenary group's account book is getting thicker and thicker, she is also a little powerless." Originally, he just wanted the two children to join their mercenary group and protect them for a while, but he did it out of a simple kindness. The children of the nobles, no matter how they elope, will one day return home, if they can get their favor or friendship during the period when they are in trouble, then maybe when they return to the family, they will take care of their mercenary group from time to time.

The nobles need connections, the merchant group needs connections, and the mercenary group also needs connections. There are acquaintances who are easy to do, and it is the truth wherever they are placed.

It's just that he didn't expect that the abilities of these two children were completely beyond his imagination, one was proficient in literature, and the other was proficient in arithmetic, and they were in demand wherever they went, but they didn't expect them to meet them.

"Would you like to join our mercenary group temporarily?" Aslan said a little nervously, "I won't restrict your freedom, you can leave whenever you want." ”

Chen Xiansong thought for a moment, turned his head and asked Bai Min, "What do you suggest?" ”

"Obey the orders of your superiors!"

Chen Xiansong wiped the water marks on his face again and said, "No problem, then we will also call you Mr. Regiment Leader." ”

"Don't be so polite, just call me Uncle Aslan."

Da Tie couldn't help but laugh when he heard that the two of them had joined the mercenary group, he didn't have too many thoughts, he just felt that the girl in front of him was willing to stay, and he could see her every day, which was really good.

Chen Xiansong handed back the sheepskin scroll in his hand to Aslan, and asked at the same time, "Uncle, are there very few people who can read and count?" ”。

Hearing this, Aslan knew that the boy in front of him rarely left home, and he sighed, "Little, very little." Even among the nobles, only a small number of people can write proficiently, paper is very expensive, commoners can't afford to learn, and no one teaches it, as for counting, in addition to the nobles, there are also directors of the merchant group and a small number of assistants can learn, generally speaking, they are not willing to teach outsiders, after all, this is a good skill, as long as you count and draw on the paper, you can eat enough, and you can feed a family, which is much stronger than us mercenaries who come and go in the wind and rain. ”

Chen Xiansong turned his head and asked Bai Min: "What do you think when you hear this?" ”

"Dark Ages!"

Chen Xiansong nodded: "I feel the same way, I have read history books for a while, I forgot the specific time, in addition to frequent wars, the characteristics of the Dark Ages are low cultural transmission, civilians do not even have the opportunity to be educated, words and skills, are the rights of the aristocracy, I originally thought it was just an exaggerated description of history by later generations, but now it seems that it should be true." ”

Chen Xiansong's words should be understood by anyone with a little education, but with so many people present, no one can understand it. To put it in a cheesy phrase: every word Chen Xiansong said, they can understand what it means when they are taken apart, but when they are connected, they are completely ignorant ......