Text Chapter 2: Foothold
On the Ten Thousand Souls Star, there are four continents, namely the Wulong Land where Yu Yijie is located, the Four Seas Land of the Mediterranean Land, the High Heavenly Land where the gods gather and the Tongwu Land where the strong gather.
Qimen City, is a border city in the southeast of the Yalong Lu Xuan Dragon Empire, located in the plain on the rolling hills, from the ground to the height of the city gate, not to mention hundreds of meters, here the merchant carriages are endless every day, the situation of the traffic is indeed amazing, just the pass took Yu Yijie several hours of queuing time, I am afraid that it is not a festival?
"Young Master, it's here. A call from the front car woke up Yu Yijie who was sleeping lightly, and after a routine inspection, the village's horse convoy finally passed the pass and arrived at the end of the journey, the carriage station. Yu Yijie jumped out of the car and stretched, greeted Uncle Ma Dalong, the leader of the team, and took advantage of them to handle some matters, and walked around the city gate first.
The architecture of the other world, it is indeed refreshing for Yu Yijie, just the gate of this Qimen City, it makes people feel amazing, the height of five or six hundred meters and the width of two or three hundred meters are not to mention, the material of the entire city gate is made of boulders, the arch structure, the door has no door, the city gate has no city wall, and some are just a broken wall and ruins that are attached to the giant gate, I really can't understand the builder's mind, but the most unbelievable thing is that at the top of the arch, there is a spiritual energy stone that exudes a powerful aura, and its light is enough to illuminate the entire Qimen City, Yu Yijie is bathed in abundant aura, and feels that the spiritual absorption seems to have calmed down, and he can't help but be surprised and happy。
"Every time I come here, I am still amazed by this city gate, and I never get tired of seeing it for decades... Yu Yijie suddenly heard a businessman uncle next to him sigh, and couldn't help but cast a curious gaze.
"Little brother, are you here for the first time?" the merchant uncle asked amicably when he caught a glimpse of Yu Yijie's gaze looking at him.
"Yes, the younger brother is here for the first time, and he is very interested in this city gate, I wonder if the uncle knows the story of this city gate?" Yu Yijie asked respectfully with both hands.
"This city gate, it is said that it was built by Lord Tianheng of Heng Mountain six hundred years ago, in order to prevent the barbaric difficulties outside the mountain range, as well as the attack of the demons, but I don't know exactly what the story is, little brother, you can go to the city library to check it out. Uncle businessman patted his round belly and said, Yu Yijie knew it, said goodbye to the uncle, and returned to the convoy, on the way, he saw a convoy of slaves, slowly entering from the city gate, more than a dozen big wooden cages filled with a lot of people, adults and children of all ages, which made Yu Yijie remember that there is still slavery in this world.
But it doesn't matter what he does, like comics or the protagonist's subversion of slavery, Yu Yijie has no idea at all, not so much that he has no idea, but that he is still full of confusion about the world, and living is the only ideal now.
According to the agreement, Yu Yijie's luggage was temporarily stored in the warehouse of the carriage station, and once he arrived in Qimen City, he had to start preparing for his living conditions, at least, he had to have a place to live, and the village's horse convoy would return to the village after arranging for the children's school enrollment and handing over the goods, and then after purchasing, he would return to the village, so everything could only rely on himself.
Without further ado, Yu Yijie first went to the Shangjin Institute to exchange a gold coin for ninety silver coins and a thousand copper coins, although ten gold coins are not much, but most farmers have more than a few years of income, plus gold coins are easy to show wealth, he doesn't want to be poisoned by thieves. The exchange deducts a handling fee of one percent, that is, a silver coin, Yu Yijie can't help but scold the black heart of this commercial gold firm, and there is no interest on depositing money, and he also needs to pay two percent of the storage fee, which is really unacceptable, but this is only a businessman who can understand the importance of saving money.
Yu Yijie packed the money and immediately headed for his destination, and several months before he came, he asked Uncle Ma Dalong to search for a house that suited him in Qimen City, so as not to be in a hurry when he first arrived. Yu Yijie according to the address on the paper, one by one, but none of them were to his liking, seeing that it was getting late, Yu Yijie sat by the well, wanting to cry without tears, just when he was thinking about whether to spend money to stay in the hotel for a night, a slight footsteps seemed to be coming to him.
When he looked up, he saw a young little belly facing his face, startling him and almost rolling into the well.
"Big brother, looking for a house?" looked at it, it was a little girl of eight or nine years old, the unique short fiery red hair attracted attention, but what was more noticeable was that the little girl was wet, wearing only a pair of small pants under her body, standing naked in front of him, judging from the water on the ground, it seemed that she had run over on the way to take a bath.
"Little sister, my brother is looking for a house, you go back and get dressed, I'm going to catch a cold." Yu Yijie's face flushed slightly, and he hurriedly beckoned her back and said, even if she is still young, a girl is always a girl.
"Do you want my family to rent a house to you?" the little girl didn't care, still tilting her head and looking at him quietly, waiting for his answer.
"Then we'll have to take a look at it... Let's go home and get dressed. Yu Yijie put his arm on her shoulder, helped her turn around, and pushed her to hurry back.
"Okay... , big brother, sit still and don't go, wait for me. The little girl smiled, and ran back, and after a while, a big man more than two meters tall came out of the house in the distance, startling Yu Yijie, the man walked slowly in front of Yu Yijie with a straight face, unkempt hair and dirty beard, could not hide the deep and dignified eyes, and the sturdy figure let him know that this person is not so simple.
"Boy... , renting a house...?" the uncle asked in a deep voice, but the little girl next to him smiled and waved at Yu Yijie cutely, could this be her old father?
"Yes... Excuse me.... ”
"Come with me... Before Yu Yijie finished speaking, the uncle turned around and left, the little girl immediately took Yu Yijie's hand and motioned him to follow, Yu Yijie was not angry, so he had to follow up, the three of them walked through a few houses, turned a few corners, crossed a small bridge, and finally arrived in front of a courtyard.
"Here, thirty silver a month, give money. Uncle didn't wait for Yu Yijie to see the environment clearly, he reached out to ask for money, an expression that could not be refused, so that Yu Yijie felt a lot of pressure, but then he looked at this yard, but it was Yu Yijie's eyes lit up, the yard is a single household, this is a recess in the hills, only one family, a small bridge in front of the door, a courtyard of flowers and plants behind the door, a total of four houses and a garden, about four hundred square meters, has exceeded Yu Yijie's expectations.
Pay the money with one hand, deliver the goods with the other, Yu Yijie is not inked, take thirty silver and hand it to the uncle, the uncle took the thirty silver, stunned for a moment, smiled slightly, turned around and left, leaving the little girl alone, Yu Yijie was a little surprised that there was no leasing procedure, but it should not be a liar, right...? Although the process is magical, Yu Yijie is very satisfied with the result, so he didn't think much about it.
"What do you call uncle?" Yu Yijie hurriedly asked the figure of the uncle, but the uncle just waved his hand, did not answer, and left.
"My father's name is Lie Lie, my name is Lie Young, what's your name big brother?" asked the little girl Lie happily.
"My name is Yu Yijie, you can call me Brother Jie, what are you staying here for? Don't you go back with your father?" Yu Yijie patted Yu You's head and asked.
"Dad, he only cares about the money and me, so I take care of the rest, and I'll help you clean up the house. After boiling young, he took out the key and opened the lock of the yard, and walked in, Yu Yijie looked at the rattan fence and the simple wooden door, and felt that this lock was useless, a stream was already the best natural barrier, it was better to install a gate on the side of the bridge.
The house is rented, which indicates that he has officially started the days of living here, and he will move his things over tomorrow and clean them up, even if the place where he settled is complete, thinking about these, Yu Yijie also walked in with the young people.
Four houses, one living, one cooking, one casting, one storage, just in line with Yu Yijie's mind, the garden planted some flowers and ingredients, raised some small animals, why not? Yu Yijie entered the house, but found that the environment was cleaner than he imagined, the table and wooden benches, only a little dust, except for the storage a little deserted, everything else was in good condition.
"Xiaoyou, is this stream clean?" asked Yu Yijie as he cleaned up.
"Clean, that's the water flowing down from Tianheng Mountain, the same as the water in the well, no one lives upstream, it's very clean. Yu Yijie was relieved after hearing this, he didn't have to carry water to live, he was quite happy. After cleaning up, Yu Yijie was going home to cook, hearing this, Yu Yijie thought of some bad things, so he took Yu Yu to the small restaurant outside to get some wine and food, as a thank you for helping to clean up, as for the wine, it came from Yu Yijie smelling the slight smell of wine from Uncle Ji Lie and bought, which can be regarded as a thank you for the house, thirty silver, which has been earned for him.
"Dad, I'm back. Boiling young called from a distance, boiling Lie didn't think so, but he smelled a trace of the smell of wine and meat, when he was puzzled, he saw that the boiled young who pushed the door in his hand was a big bag of wine, all of which were wine and food, so he was surprised and asked what was going on?
"Daddy, drink slowly, I'll go get some rice, and I'll eat later." Yu Yijie originally planned to let them eat and drink enough, but he never thought that the people here would not be able to eat staple foods such as rice, steamed buns and noodles.
Yu Yijie ate two or three outside, came back and measured the four houses, the next day, immediately bought a bunch of furniture and tools, furnished the yard, the lease agreement that made him a little worried before, also did it the next day, a morning of tossing, finally completed the packing of all the furniture and luggage, which is thanks to the convenience of the Han military exercises.
In the evening, the younger sister came to play again, and was very curious about everything in Yu Yijie's house, but she was surprised by the tools in the casting room.
"Brother, do you want to forge things?" asked with a little solemn face.
"Hmm, is this weird?" Yu Yijie was puzzled by her question, is there anything strange about a casting room?
"My father is a forger, brother, do you want to steal business with us?" Yu Yijie's expression became a little worried, which made Yu Yijie a little surprised, he himself didn't think about making a living by striking iron, but he didn't expect that their family was doing this.
"No, no, no, don't worry, I haven't thought about doing this business. Yu Yijie hurriedly shook his head and waved his hand, and the expression of the young man slowly relaxed, and then the two chatted all night like a familiar acquaintance, and finally asked Uncle Lie to come over and hug the sleeping young man, Yu Yijie officially ended the day, and had a good night's sleep, tomorrow, there are a few important things waiting for him to do.