Chapter 26: The Wanderer

Most of the displaced people are due to wars between countries, and those who have lost their homes and fields can only wander around in order to survive.

When they found that the living environment of Yue was better than that of other countries, they ran to Yue one after another, so there were far more displaced people in Yue than other vassal states.

Ye Mo found the value of these displaced people in it.

In Ye Mo's eyes, these homeless people are great business opportunities, that is, wage earners who do not need to pay wages, as long as they provide them with the most basic food, clothing, housing and transportation.

This can be had.

To do this, we must have a good relationship with two people, one is the leading brother of the homeless people, and the other is Zheng Tingchang, these two people are indispensable.

The homeless people are very vigilant, they are very familiar with some traps, and the prevention of adults is all-round, as long as they see adults, most of them will hide far away.

This is the result of years of bloody experience and lessons between them.

Although the Vietnamese country is very tolerant of these displaced people, it does not mean that once they disturb the civilians, they will be hunted and killed, and the government also stipulates that any civilians who catch a displaced person will be rewarded, and it is precisely under this encouragement that some civilians have also used some deceptive methods against the displaced people to lure them into being fooled and arrested.

Ye Mo still looks like a child now, driving the only donkey cart in the village, with some salt, moldy millet and some shabby linen on the cart, appearing on the mountain road leading to the county seat.

As soon as such a child appeared, he was discovered by the spies of the homeless people.

When the spies made sure that no one was following him, they roared, and the homeless people who were hiding in the grove dared to approach him cautiously, otherwise, they would rather not eat salt, but hide their own people tightly.

After a short time, the small trees on the side of the road shook slightly, and several homeless people appeared in front of Ye Mo, all covered in animal skins, with bare feet and strong bodies, looking very strong.

"Little baby, do you have salt vegetables? Half salt is also available, this will be exchanged for prey, and the wild boar that has just been killed is fresh. The homeless man who spoke like a leader was very worried about frightening Ye Mo, so he deliberately lowered his voice.

"There are not enough things to change, only a small bag of salt, two jars of salt vegetables, and two stone corns, and some shabby linen, can you exchange your wild boar?"

The homeless people led by him were called incomprehensible, looking at the things on the donkey cart, and frowned, these things are indeed pitiful, but if they don't change it, they can't get salt and linen, after all, this linen cloth is too important to them, and the key thing is that the weather is getting colder and colder.

Puzzled by gritting his teeth, he said: "It's changed, there are many fewer things, but the climate doesn't wait for anyone, it's just that, let's change it." After speaking, he waved his hand, and two more homeless people carrying wild boars came out of the grove and threw the wild boar onto Ye Mo's donkey cart.

Ye Mo hurriedly said: "You can't change it, you guys are too bad, such a big wild boar, you can change it for a lot of things, if it doesn't work, change it next time." ”

He smiled helplessly: "No way, who made us homeless?" As he spoke, he removed the items from Ye Mo's ox cart.

Ye Mo thought for a while, and said to him with a smile: "I'll go to the market to sell the wild boar in a while, I don't know how much I can sell it, what do you want for the extra money, I'll bring it to you when I come back." ”

Fei Ji turned to look at Ye Mo and said, "Really? If that's true, please bring me some antipyretic medicine, just a pair of medicines. ”

Seeing the incomprehensible and anxious expression, Ye Mo guessed that the family must be sick, so he was in a hurry to change the linen cloth and salt.

Because after the salt is heated, it can be applied to the whole body of the patient, which can play a role in reducing fever, and this method is not only used, but also the treatment method for many people in the village who have wind and cold diseases.

"Okay, I'll go to the market, I can't delay if I have any symptoms, you guys are waiting here, I'll go and come back quickly." As he spoke, he hurried away with a donkey cart towards the county market.

Ye Mo was still in the county seat for the first time.

I haven't been here in my previous life, but since I've come this time, I have to feel the original Zhuji County, such a Zhuji County will not be available in later generations, it's just a name for Zhuji County.

Standing in front of the city gate, looking at the dilapidated city wall, there are traces of knives and axes, the word Zhuji, I don't know who wrote it, and the broken ones are barely visible.

The soldiers guarding the city gate were also thin and withered, wearing thin coarse cloth clothes, without leather armor, and shrunk in the cave of the city gate with a spear in their arms, shivering.

The people passing by were sparse, and the soldiers did not come forward to check, allowing them to enter and exit the past.

Ye Mo drove the donkey cart and slowly entered the city gate, the city wall inside was also dilapidated, and there were a few newly patched green bricks, it seemed that there had been a battle in the city.

The houses are low, most of them are grass and wood structures, and they look quite complete, and it seems that the recuperation in the past few years has been effective, but I don't know when such houses, city walls, completely disappeared.

There is something in my heart, I can't watch the ancient city quietly, so I quickly inquired about the location of the bazaar in the county seat, and after several people's inquiries, I finally heard that the bazaar was in the north of the city, so I urged the donkey cart to go to the market in the north of the city.

It didn't take long to arrive at the market in the north of the city.

There are a lot of people in the bazaar, and most of them are carrying baskets to exchange for things, and it is impossible for a pig like Ye Mo to sell it quickly.

A wild boar in Nuoda immediately attracted a lot of onlookers, and he was amazed, there were many businessmen in the village, and Ye Mo also specially greeted everyone in order to increase his sense of existence, although he didn't know any of these people.

"Such a big pig, a small offspring, where did you get it, didn't you catch it? It can't be. A man said.

"You guessed it, look at my body, can you hold this thing?" Ye Mo replied.

At this time, a butcher-like person came up, looked at a circle of wild boars, stretched out his hand and patted the belly of the wild boar, listened to the "bang" sound coming from the bulging belly of the wild boar, nodded, and said to Ye Mo: "Eight hundred knife coins, leave it to you in the water, the pig's head belongs to me, hurry up, or I will leave." ”

"Butcher Zhang, if this pig is sold for less than 1,200 dollars in the future, Lao Tzu will cut off the head and sell it to you as a pig's head, you are iron-hearted." A basket seller is angry, and he helps Ye Mo next to him.

", you basket seller, what's your business? Lao Tzu will give out 800 dollars today, and he loves to sell it or not. Butcher Zhang couldn't say a word about the top of the basket.

Ye Mo said: "Thank you, uncle, it's a big deal that I won't sell it today, I will store this pig for you, give you a pig head, and sell it tomorrow, if it weren't for the appointment with Cao Xiangzheng tonight, I was in a hurry to go back, so I wouldn't be in a hurry to sell it." ”

I'm sorry, Elder Cao, if you don't show your name, it's really hard to sell, no matter whether your name is good or not, there will always be half hope for a try, next time I see you, I will give you a few more drinks to make amends.

"Cao Xiangzheng? Does the little offspring recognize Cao Xiangzheng? Okay, a thousand dollars, Lao Tzu has so much money today, but give me the whole pig. Butcher Zhang saw that things were not good, and heard that this half-grown boy had even moved out of Cao Xiangzheng, and hurriedly said.

Knowing that this is a butcher or surnamed Zhang, Cao Xiangzheng's name was also blindfolded, and he said with a smile: "Uncle Zhang, presumably your old man's skill in killing pigs is the best in our Zhuji County, right, I heard that this ancestral craft, you can tell how much pork at a glance, you give the kid a real price, and then tell you the truth, this pig is not mine, boy, I am also a face-saving person, I would rather die than tell a lie, how about you raise the price again?" ”

Butcher Zhang heard Ye Mo's compliment, saved some face, touched his chin and nodded: "This pig is really good, at least five fingers, that is, the skin is thicker, after a while, Lao Tzu will untie the pig, the ears and water will be given to you, and the rest will be given to me, I will give one thousand two, Lao Tzu only has this money in his hand now, and he does not mean to take advantage of your doll." ”

Ye Mo hurriedly said: "Thank you Uncle Zhang for his benevolence and righteousness, and I have received it, it is one thousand two, but just now this pig's head was given to this uncle, if you don't give it, wouldn't it be a kid's gaffe?" ”

The butcher surnamed Zhang snorted coldly and said: "Boy, you have a good heart, how can you give him such a cheap thing, for the sake of your kindness, just follow his wishes and give him a pair of pig ears." ”

Ye Mo still wanted to speak, but the basket seller clasped his hands into fists, thanked Ye Mo, and said: "Xiao Langjun is really benevolent and righteous, worthy of being able to meet Cao Xiangzheng, an old man with pig ears is enough." ”

Ye Mo smiled, didn't say more, looked at the butcher surnamed Zhang called over the two guys, hung the pig on the shelf, boiled the water, poured the pig skin, and after pouring it a few more times, the two guys took out the tools for scraping the pigskin, flew up and down, and it didn't take much effort, and the hair on the wild boar was cleanly retreated.

Butcher Zhang's technique was clean and neat, and after half an hour's work, a pig was decomposed by him, a pair of pigs went into the water, tied it with a straw rope, wrapped it in broken linen, and threw it on Ye Mo's donkey cart, took out the money bag, handed it to Ye Mo, and said: "One thousand two knife coins, don't worry about going back and counting, if it's less, come back to me." ”

Ye Mo didn't look at it, he directly put it into his arms, and said with a smile: "The kid can trust Uncle Zhang, besides, let's not just buy and sell this time, right?" If you lose trust, this deal will be broken, isn't this a big loss because of a small thing, how did Uncle Zhang do such a thing? Trustworthy, trustworthy. ”

Butcher Zhang laughed and said, "The kid can talk, go ahead, come to me next time." ”

Ye Mo got on the donkey cart and left, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a little girl in a green jacket standing on the road with a handkerchief and stretching her neck to look this way.

There is also a green oil cart pulled by a mule next to her, which looks like a rich family in the city.

The corners of Ye Mo's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but smile faintly, and said secretly: Shi He's daughter-in-law has a spectrum.

There was a medicine shop in the bazaar, and when I entered the medicine shop and grabbed the medicine, I was anxious, worried that I would not be able to understand the child's illness, so I couldn't take care of eating, and it was serious to hurry back.