"Shopkeeper, someone wants to eat overlord meal!"

As the shopkeeper shouted, a chubby shopkeeper walked in with a few big men, all of whom were holding sticks in their hands, and looked at Chen Qun and Zhao Yan with a sneer.

Chen Qun and Zhao Yan were sweating, and Zhao Yan simply took off his robe and threw it over: "This robe is for you, it should be enough for wine and food, right?" ”

"Not enough!" The chubby shopkeeper took the robe and looked at it, "Although the fabric of this robe is good, it is old, and there are many stains on it, and it is worth ten dollars at most!"

After speaking, the fat shopkeeper looked at Chen Qun again.

Chen Qun shuddered, "What do you want me to do?" ”

Next to him, Zhao Yan said with embarrassment: "Brother Changwen, it's better to take off your robe too, it's worth a few children!" ”

Chen Qun was ashamed, but in the face of the fierce shopkeeper and a few big men, he could only endure the humiliation and took off the robe on his body.

The shopkeeper took the robe and looked at it, "This one is worth twenty-five yuan, and there is still a shortage of one hundred and sixty-five yuan, I think the hairpin on the head of the two is the only valuable thing, so it is better to take it off!" ”

Chen Qun pointed to the fat shopkeeper, "Don't deceive people too much!" ”

The fat shopkeeper didn't care so much, with a wave of his hand, a few big men stepped forward and took off the hairpins on the hair of the two, these two hairpins are jade, the shopkeeper looked at the color, and sighed: "If it is a peaceful year, these two hairpins can also be worth a lot of money, and non-ordinary people can't use them, but if there is a big mess today, these jade jewelry are not worth much, one is counted as thirty dollars, two are sixty dollars, and one hundred and five dollars are still owed, how do you plan to pay it back?" ”

Chen Qun gritted his teeth and said: "I write a letter to my family, you send someone to send the letter to Yingchuan, and the family will bring money to redeem the two of us, how about it?" ”

The shopkeeper shook his head: "It's just one hundred and five dollars, it's not enough to use it for entanglement, and I have to send someone to walk hundreds of miles to Yingchuan for such a little money?" Besides, although the war between General Qin and Prime Minister Cao Cheng is over, the road is impassable and the pass is closed, how can you get by? ”

Zhao Yan said: "I am quite familiar with calligraphy, write a few pairs of words for you, and use it as a wine money, how about it?" ”

"Oh? Could it be that Your Excellency is a master of calligraphy? I don't know who my name is? The fat shopkeeper looked at Zhao Yan with interest.

Zhao Yan said proudly: "Zhao Yan is also!" ”

The shopkeeper said very simply, "I haven't heard of it!" ”

It's not very hurtful, it's extremely insulting!

"You ······" Zhao Yan was so angry that he couldn't get out of his breath, and his face was so red that he was almost oozing blood.

The shopkeeper said viciously: "Okay, since you two can't come up with any more money, then stay in the store to wash dishes, mop the floor, serve food, serve tea and water to customers, and do some chores. Come on, take them to work! ”

Chen Qun and Zhao Yan, who were disheveled, were taken to the backyard to do chores, and they couldn't resist if they wanted to.

A few days later, Chen Qun and Zhao Yan were both dressed in coarse cloth clothes, and their hair was each inserted with a small wooden stick as a hairpin.

Chen Qun sat on a small bench washing dishes, while Zhao Yan was holding an axe to chop firewood under the wall, how could these two people have done this kind of rough work, only three days later, Chen Qun's hands were soaked because of washing dishes, Zhao Yan's hands were also ground out of blood blisters because of chopping wood, every night when he went to sleep, his back hurt badly, and he couldn't get up the next morning.

However, they didn't want to get up, but someone forced them to get up, and they were whipped down, and no matter how hard it was, they had to grit their teeth and get up to work.

Since I was a child, I lived in a wealthy family, I opened my mouth for food, stretched out my hand for clothes, and someone brought a commode to go to the toilet, how could I have suffered like this?

After working for less than a month, Chen Qun and Zhao Yan couldn't hold it anymore, and their pride and reserve as children of the family were crushed, and it was only at this time that they knew how hard life was as low-level civilians.

"Bo Ran, what do you think of Qin Wuyi?" Unable to sleep that night, Chen Qun talked to Zhao Yan about the topic, which they had never talked about in the previous month, because they were already exhausted after a day's work, and they lay in bed early every night.

Zhao Yan thought for a while, "Putting aside Qin Wuyi's background, this person has the qualifications of a hero, when he was in Runan, he also encouraged farming, persuaded farming, and imposed taxes on ordinary people that were lower than those of other local governments, but imposed heavy taxes on landlords!" ”

There was silence in the room for a long time, and Chen Qun said again: "There are still two months, and we can't get out of Wancheng when we leave here, and we can't even solve the problem of food and accommodation, what else can we do?" ”

Zhao Yan was surprised: "What does Changwen want to say?" ”

"Get a job to do when you get out, at least a decent job!" Chen Qun said.

Zhao Yan was taken aback: "You won't give in and surrender, right?" ”

Chen Qun said: "People have to live, what does it matter who will be in charge of the world in the future?" ”

Zhao Yan retorted: "But the imperial court is in Xudu, if we serve Qin Feng, won't we be regarded as chaotic ministers and thieves?" ”

Chen Qun sat up, "When Emperor Gaozu slashed the White Snake and rebelled, was he a chaotic minister and thief?" Was Xiang Yu called a rebel and a thief at the beginning? ”

"This ······" Zhao Yan felt that his brain was a little messy.

Chen Qun continued: "In case, I mean in case, one day in the future, the prime minister wants to abolish the emperor and stand on his own, how will you deal with yourself? Don't say it's impossible, it's not like Dong Zhuo hasn't done this before! ”

Zhao Yan's eyes widened, and he opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.

Chen Qun continued: "Since ancient times, the prince and the loser Kou! ”

Zhao Yan was a little incredulous, "Changwen, just for a bite to eat, you changed your ways?" Change claims? Isn't Prime Minister Cao the only one who can dominate the world? ”

"Who said that? The times create heroes, and things are man-made! Not for a bite to eat, but to live! Bo Ran, if your life is gone, how can you talk about ambition? As the saying goes, good birds choose trees to perch, and virtuous ministers choose the Lord to serve! Now, we have no choice! Chen Qun sighed.

Zhao Yan frowned, and only after a long time did he ask a sentence: "How do you and I explain to our families and the court?" ”

Chen Qun smiled: "What do you and I have to do with our family?" Why do you have to explain to the imperial court? Is there no one in your family who works under Yuan Benchu? Has the court ever disposed of you and my family? ”

Outside the city of Wancheng.

Qin Feng, Yang Hong, Yan Xiang and others walked between the ridges, checking the growth of crops in the fields.

"This farmer's situation is not very good, but I'm afraid that the yield will not be high!" Qin Feng frowned as he walked and said to everyone that he was born in the countryside in his previous life, and he had also farmed, and it was obvious at a glance whether the crops were growing well or not.

A petty official in charge of agricultural affairs explained to Qin Feng with a smile: "Lord, this crop is growing well, this crop around Wancheng grows the best, and there are not many times when the crops in previous years grew better than here!" ”

"Oh?" Qin Feng was stunned for a moment, he looked at this large field, the wheat in the field was sparse and thin, and the ears of wheat were not very full, some ears of wheat had more grains, and some had fewer grains, which were very uneven.

He was about to speak, when a horse galloped over, and it was the little official of the Taishou Mansion.

"Lord, Captain Yang sent someone from Anzhong to report, Liu Bei is going to Wancheng to meet the lord, and he has sent someone to escort him along the way!"