There is no pay for conscription.

Even if it is farming, it is difficult to save one or two taels of silver all year round.

"Gotta find a way to make some money......"

"According to the book, to become the most basic scavenger at your own expense, you must have one or two new branches of an old tree that has been struck by lightning, a white-whiskered cricket that has survived the snow, three catties and six taels of newly sprouted weeds after wildfires, and a blood-replenishing grass fruit."

Jiang Chen thought in his heart, turned around and walked to the treasury of the Western Army, wanting to ask about the price of these medicinal materials.

An army of tens of thousands of people is a small society, as long as you have money, you can buy whatever you want...... The problem is that there is no money.

Jiang Chen walked while thinking about the content of "The Little Barren Sutra":

"The promotion ceremony is that after taking the medicine, you will enter some unknown and dangerous environment, and you will not be successful until you pick up a high-value treasure."

"The old tun chief commented that the treasure should not be arranged in advance, otherwise the effect of the ceremony may be greatly reduced, because the name of the ceremony is - scavenging."

"And the greatest charm of the wilderness is the unknown!"

…………

Inside the warehouse.

The white-haired old grain table looked embarrassed, frowned, and said:

"These things you said are very much in line with the principles of medicine used by the monarch and the ministers, and the medicinal properties are also quite unique, they are all great disasters and immortal things, but the three-flavor medicine other than the blood-tonifying herb fruit is really not easy to get."

New branches, crickets, and weeds, at first glance, are all very common things, and they can be seen everywhere in the mountains.

But!

With those prefixes, the rarity instantly increases.

Scarcity is expensive!

Lao Liangtai said helplessly:

"Lightning strike wood has always been a thing to exorcise ghosts, I will say hello and ask the Taoist priests in the Western Army, maybe I can get some.

A few days ago, the Loulan army attacked the camp and used the method of fire attack, and a large part of the barracks was burned to the ground. ”

"But there is only one thing, the old crickets with white beards, to say the least, have to live for more than three years, and the crickets that can survive the winter and snow for three years have some essence of essence. This is also the best medicine in this prescription, and it is indispensable. ”

"Don't talk about this Gobi, even if it is Qingzhou, which is rich in products, it may not be able to be found."

"This business can't be earned."

Jiang Chen smiled, took out two blood-replenishing grass fruits from his arms, patted them on the counter, and asked calmly, "Can you earn this?" ”

The old grain table was surprised:

"Have you done something for the Zhang family?"

"These grass fruits have always been sold only in Captain Zhang's private treasury...... Well, peach branches and weeds, I can get them for you. ”

Jiang Chen took out two more blood-replenishing grass fruits, and said magnificently: "Then with this, can you earn it?" ”

Lao Liangtai gritted his teeth and revealed a message:

"Whitebeard cricket, I really can't get it, but—"

"In recent years, there has been a trend of fighting crickets in Loulan Kingdom, those princes and nobles, often do not hesitate to breed all kinds of precious medicinal materials, feed their own cricket kings, there may be old insects who have lived for three years of frost and snow, and when the western army breaks through the city, you will go to the princes and nobles to find it, and you will be able to gain something."

Jiang Chen hugged his fists and thanked him, and in the afternoon, Lao Liangtai sent someone to send a lightning peach branch and a basket of weeds.

As soon as I put it into the shack, I felt a surge of vitality and vigor.

Whether it is a new branch after a lightning strike, or a weed that grows again after a wildfire, they are all lucky ones who have survived disasters and survived.

There is an old saying that "if you don't die in a great disaster, you will have a blessing after you", so these originally ordinary plants have also been sublimated into something almost like cherishing medicinal materials.

Even after drying, you can still feel the vitality of the absence.

The blood-replenishing herb fruit seems to be ordinary, but it is also a rare medicinal material that the children of the military family - Gongsun Hu can't ask for, and ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum must be used as fertilizer to cultivate and conceive.

Such a strange thing can only be suppressed by the white-bearded cricket that has lived for more than three years as the king's medicine.

"A blood-replenishing grass fruit, three catties and six catties of weeds, and a lightning peach branch...... It's just the last medicine. ”

Jiang Chen's face was painful.

These are all the belongings that I have left, and even the last medicine, the white-bearded cricket, even if you have money, you may not be able to get it.

"It's hard......"

Jiang Chen sighed, and could only hope for the Dongli attack in the near future, hoping that the nobles in the city would have more children who walked birds and fought crickets.

Night.

General Hongwu really sent a herald and ordered Zhang Longxiang's Qingzhou soldiers to make meritorious service for their crimes, pull out the camp tomorrow, and go to the city of Dongli, about 120 miles to the north, and the rest of the people were responsible for transporting grain, transporting military supplies, cooking rice and boiling water, and other miscellaneous chores.

And said: If you can break through this city, not only will you be exempted from all the crimes, but you can also give a certain reward!

The people, including Gongsun Hu and Xiao Wu, were all elated, and they all believed very much that with the wisdom of the "leader", they would definitely be able to lead them to earn another credit.

Chen sighed when he was not hungry, he finally enjoyed a few days of peace, why did he go on the expedition again?

Followed by.

The lieutenant also gave the order:

Jiang Chen, with the goodwill he had accumulated before, as well as his prestige among the people's husbands, was appointed as the unique "Minfu Tun Chief".

Although there is no salary and no grade, it is just a fictitious position, but it has rightly become the leader of thousands of people, and has some rights!

Like what...... has obtained the qualification of a single shack, at least there is no need to be crowded in the same shack with Chen Buxing and others, and the qualification to carry a knife in the army.

But—

"I just want to catch an old cricket~"

Jiang Chen shook his head.

Fist is power, what about being called king among the people? Stop laughing.

Most of the Qingzhou soldiers still regard the people as lowly species like insects, and when they see them, they still look like their eyes are above the top.

"With enough strength to rival the Qingzhou soldiers, they can really make them look up to you!"

Jiang Chen's heart moved, and he immediately remembered that he still had a new power that had not been tested - [Han Ranger: Light as a swallow, wandering in all directions, once the life grid is activated, the movement speed and shooting speed will be slightly increased. 】

Only by knowing yourself and knowing your opponent can you win all battles!

Test the actual effect of this power, so that it can exert its true power in the subsequent siege battles!

Taking advantage of the night, he walked out of the shack, and before he had taken two steps, a foul smell came to his face, and the smell of fresh filth penetrated into the depths of his nose viciously, making people chill.

"It's still those Qingzhou soldiers......"

Jiang Chen was envious, and raised his eyes to look more than 100 meters away, where the lights were bright.

Zhang Longxiang's Qingzhou soldiers were squeezed out, and the barracks were stationed near the shacks, but they were like the difference between the abyss, not only did they not have to worry about eating and drinking, but all the sanitation work was also taken care of by the people.

"If you leave the barracks in a hurry, I'm afraid that you will be shot into a hedgehog by the archers, and you won't be able to go to the Gobi, so you have to try it in the shack, God willing, but don't step on it...... Huh? Wait, there's a way! ”

Jiang Chenxin sighed:

"Han Ranger, open!"

In the depths of the sea, another white gem next to the "guard" suddenly glowed, and a trace of wonderful breath flowed on the wrists and soles of the feet.

The next second.

Jiang Chen jumped and jumped directly to the top of a certain shack, as light as a swallow!

The shack swayed slightly, then stabilized again, like a mischievous swallow landing lightly on the top of the shack.

And then

Start accelerating!

Step, step, step!

A tall figure, like a black-clothed assassin in a film and television drama, quickly stepped on the tops of many simple shacks.

A certain man who was sleeping lightly woke up suddenly and heard a sound from the roof, but his companion was still in a half-asleep state, and said in a daze:

"Sleep, the sound is so quiet, eighty percent of the birds have fallen to the roof of the shed...... Are you afraid of a bird? ”