Chapter 199: Walking
Ruan Ling's momentum is not weak, but Renault is very happy and has a counteroffer, which means that there is something to talk about. At the same time, it can be judged that the number of people left behind by the rainforest ranges from at least 10,000 to 20,000 to 60,000.
This span is a bit large, and the accuracy is too poor, but it doesn't matter, Renault doesn't want to do anything about the rainforest, as long as he knows that it is an approximate number.
Shaking his head: "Impossible, you should know, how much grain is 50,000 stones, and how much capacity is needed for the road in the south of the palm?"
"Within a thousand miles, let them transport it themselves. As soon as Ruan Ling saw that there was a door, she hurriedly said that transportation is indeed a big problem. Not only are the roads difficult, but the most important thing is the people, the forces there are intricate, there are countless large and small forces, and sometimes after walking dozens of miles, they will be replaced by another family's territory.
In order to have enough food, no matter how much you pay, the villagers in Rainforest Town are also willing. Not to mention others, for the sake of food, she Ruan Ling and her friends are willing to sign a death deed and sell themselves, you can imagine how difficult the situation in Rainforest Town is.
"Twenty thousand stone grain, or fifty thousand stone gold coins. Renault continued to haggle.
Ruan Ling glared at Renault fiercely, you are a secret master, like a small businessman, is this good?
"Don't look at me like that, we're talking about tens of thousands of stone of food, you know what that means. Renault said, this matter really can't be agreed casually, it will be written into the death contract, if Renault can't do it, it is his breach of contract, Ruan Ling patted his ass and left, it will only be Renault who will lose face, you are a secret master, talking doesn't count, how can you mix in Da Chu in the future?
"Okay, I agree. Ruan Ling knew that what Renault said was the truth, the conditions she proposed were really excessive, and there were not many forces in the entire Nanzhang that could come up with 20,000 stone of grain at one time.
"Wait a minute, there are some things I have to say ahead, you think I lied to you. Now it's February, I'm going to take a trip to the southwest Dingjun City, and from there to the south, when I get to Nanzhangfu, it will be at least more than half a year, maybe even longer, this year I will pay in gold coins, and at the end of this year, or early next year, after arriving in Nanzhang, I can start to pay you food. Renault said.
Ruan Ling hesitated for a moment, knowing that what Renault said was the truth, no one was in Nanzhang, he had been on the road to the southwest, where to get food, even if the other party was a secret master, it was impossible to conjure food.
"Yes. ”
The conditions were negotiated, and under the witness of the field, the two parchment death deeds were written, which is not counted, this death contract includes one hundred and eight people, twenty-six warriors, and the rest are ordinary people, and they need to write all their names on it and press the bloody handprint, which is half of the death deed.
Ruan Ling brought in her friends who were waiting outside the car formation, and it took a while to calm them down. This matter has been discussed before, so naturally there is no problem.
After printing the bloody handprint, it's past midnight, and you think this is the end?
It's early!
The death deed is a forced contribution, which is even more troublesome than the original Hu family's investment in the door, after all, the starting point is different, and the Hu family is voluntary.
Renault sat in the middle, starting from Ruan Ling, stepped forward and bowed, cut his wrist with a knife, took a small half bowl of blood, dissolved it with wine, took the first glass, and served it to Renault, and the others had a bowl each, waiting for Renault to drink blood wine.
Looking at the wine glass in his hand, Renault frowned, this contains the blood of hundreds of people, how unhygienic, do you say that among these people, will there be hepatitis A and hepatitis B carriers, what if there are other blood diseases, there is not even a decent hospital here......
No matter how reluctant he is in his heart, so many people are watching, if he doesn't drink, I'm afraid he won't be able to pass this level, and it doesn't matter if he offends people to death, I'm afraid that even Huya will be cold, and then he will really become a loner.
Taking a deep breath and drinking the wine in the toast, the hundreds of people kneeling below raised the wine bowl at the same time, with a sad face, and drank the bowl of bloody wine.
After drinking, the sadness on his face faded, the matter has come to this, there is no need to think about anything else, from now on, they are no longer from Rainforest Town, life and death are between Renault's thoughts.
It sounds exaggerated, but Da Chu is such a social structure. As a domestic slave, devouring the master is the greatest sin, and it is more despised than rebellion.
"Get up, this year's money and food, Ruan Ling, you calculate, how much you need, while Tong Lei hasn't left yet, send him directly and let him transport it back." Renault asked.
"Yes. Ruan Ling responded, and there was 10,000 reluctance in her heart, so she could only do this. She was already dissatisfied with Tong Lei's actions, but she sold her body for money, and she had to transport it back to Rainforest Town through him, and she didn't know what he would do with her people after he returned.
"Pick twenty warriors, hand them over to Gong Churui, form a third escort team, and arrange the others later. "Renault gave his first command as master.
"Yes. Ruan Ling responded without the slightest hesitation, the death deed, it was a desperate life.
"Huya, tell Cui Qing to give them clothes and utensils according to their heads. ”
"Yes. Huya replied, what kind of shabby toys these people are wearing, Huya can't look down on a hundred. The slaves in the convoy who were responsible for driving the carts and doing the heavy work were all thicker than them.
"Go and call the cooks, and prepare wine and food for them. Renault said again, from so far away, you can hear these people's stomachs growling, this is not even dinner, just waiting for supper?
Renault thought too much, the people of Rainforest Town had a hard time, but they, the young people who came out to make money, naturally did not lack food. There's so much going on tonight, so there's no mood for dinner.
After arranging, Renaud accepted the sheepskin death deed, turned back to the RV, took a hot shower, and lay on the bed, but he didn't feel sleepy.
The convoy is a hodgepodge of everybody. Slaves, sand thieves, walkers, craftsmen, orphans, and now more rainforest legacy. It's not ordinarily difficult to bring these people together.
Ideological work, Renault is not good at it. What's more, these people have different experiences, and if they want to unify their thoughts, Renault doesn't know where to start, so let's do it first, take it slowly, and take it one step at a time.
When I arrive in Dingjun City, I am afraid that there will be a group or even several groups of people integrated, and there may be some changes at that time.
The next journey was much calmer, without the grandmaster's offering, Tong Lei took away a cart of gold coins, plus two carts of wild ginseng, and left with people with a complicated expression, he already knew that Ruan Ling, a hundred people, sold himself and exchanged 20,000 stone of grain for Rainforest Town every year, or gold coins worth 50,000 stone of grain.
No matter how much he looked down on Ruan Ling and thought that women should have children at home, but these people were willing to exchange themselves for the survival of Rainforest Town, Tong Lei's heart was still very uncomfortable.
Yuxi tells them that the Lei Master can be trusted, and even hopes that the Lei Master can settle in Rainforest Town, and if he can succeed, Rainforest Town will no longer have to worry about survival.
Don't look at him as a descendant of the Yu family, the general of the Rainforest, the leader of the Rainforest Legion back then, but that was a hundred years ago, and for the past hundred years, the Yu family has been living in Los Angeles, not Rainforest Town.
Half of these descendants of Rainforest Town hate the Yu family, even if Yuxi becomes an earth immortal, so what? Others are afraid that he is an earth immortal, but these people in Rainforest Town are not afraid.
Renault didn't know that Yuxi's words, in the Great Chu Court, even Chu Ren, the new emperor, had to be carefully weighed and taken seriously, but the people in Yulin Town didn't care if he was an earth immortal or not.
Many people think that if it weren't for his blind obedience to the prince's orders, the Rainforest Legion would not have been wiped out, and the descendants could not gain a foothold in Dachu, so they could only run to Nanzhang to survive.
Is Southpalm the territory of the Rainforest Legion?
Yes and no.
This is where the Rainforest Legion was fought back then, and when it comes to the Rainforest Legion, no one dares to attack them, even if they know that the people who live in Rainforest Town are the descendants of the Rainforest Legion back then.
But the Rainforest Legion is long gone, and the Rainforest Legacy is not capable of controlling the Southern Palm at all, and the Great Chu Dynasty will not allow them to control the Southern Palm, everything here has nothing to do with them.
Life in Rainforest Town is far more difficult than Renault imagined, whether it is Tusi or the Great Chu people, they are very hostile to them. Most people refuse to trade with the people of Rainforest Town, and occasionally there are greedy people who are greedy for money, and the people of Rainforest buy things that are several times or even ten times more expensive.
After leaving Los Angeles for thousands of miles, the sky finally cleared, and Renault began to arrange the orphans' schooling. It's been a while since they entered the shrine, and they can eat enough every day and wear warm clothes, and these ten-year-old children can finally see meat on their faces.
The thing that made Renault happiest was that their eyes were no longer dead fish eyes, although they still said very little, their eyes moved much more flexibly, and they could see a trace of freshness on their faces.
The convoy has to travel every day, from sunrise to sunset, and naturally no courses can be arranged during the day, Renault has a way, riding horses with children, requiring neat arrangement, four people in a row, the same speed of horses, and even the distance between horses, there are requirements.
Renault with tiger teeth, fifty black phoenixes, and fifty rainforests ran back and forth, reminding the children from time to time how to control the horses and pay attention to the formation.
The significance of horses in Dachu is important, the area of Dachu is too large, and there is no shortage of horses, most of the ordinary people can ride horses, the difference is only in the level of technology.
Ten-year-old children should have learned to ride horses a long time ago, and it can be seen from the learning process that at least half of these 100 orphans have ridden horses.
After a few days, the little ones have been able to put out a neat team of horses, and they have performed well with each other. For children, food rewards are necessary, and a bowl of fragrant fatty meat is enough to make children study harder.
During the day, he learned to ride horses and form formations, and he couldn't be idle at night, so he transferred the female officials around Chu Jiayi to act as a gentleman and teach the children to read.
In Renault's view, even if you want to be a hooligan, you have to be a literate hooligan, and these children, Renault is ready to be cultivated as a seed.
Renault finally saw some hope, and they were becoming more and more like children.