Chapter 9: Into the City

When I woke up, the morning sun had already sprinkled through the holes in the roof, and the light and shadow on the ground were floating like golden water waves.

Last night, everyone slept in the decaying farmhouse. That is, I chose a slightly neater room, cleaned the ground, swept the cobwebs in the house, sprayed insect repellent powder, and after the smell was clean, everyone moved in. The six of them lay down in the room and talked for a while, as if they were still talking in the dormitory, until they were too sleepy, and then they went to sleep.

When he woke up at this moment, Xu Le looked at his watch, but at seven o'clock, he had slept for three or four hours, and he already felt refreshed, full of energy, and even Xiao Xu Le was upright, declaring that he was in his golden years.

But looking at the few goods that are still snoring, Xu Le feels good.

Sleeping last night, Xu Le relied on his current physical fitness against the sky, put a moisture-proof mat on the ground, and lay down with his clothes on. Now a carp stood up, opened his voice and shouted: "I'm going to be late for class!

A few guys woke up suddenly, Liu Jun desperately got out of the sleeping bag, and muttered: "Credits, credits, why didn't the boss call me earlier?"

Su Ming and Lai Wenzhen both sat up in a daze, Wang Dengke wore an eye patch, turned over in his hellohitty private sleeping bag, and muttered: "Don't take credits......"

Cai Hengwen slept at the door last night, and when he opened his eyes, he could see the scene in the courtyard, he probably woke up earlier than Xu Le, but he was pretending to sleep there with his eyes closed, and when he heard the movement, he had already turned over and got up, silently packing up his things. He also lay down in his clothes, and the dagger was still worn on his body, and he was not afraid of panic when he slept.

Xu Le announced loudly again: "I entered Qiyin City today and went to do business!"

Lai Wenzhen, who was still yawning, jumped up, trembled all over his body, looked at Wang Dengke still shrunk in his sleeping bag, and kicked him on the ass: "Get up!

Under the temptation of the beautiful woman, Wang Dengke got up with difficulty, muttering and complaining while packing up his things.

Since he learned that he had a small grange in Qiyin, Xu Le had asked Peng Ma about running the grange on the road that day. Peng Ma now has 1,100 acres of land - 600 acres of farmland for the Shangmin soldiers, 500 acres of land for the righteous army's meritorious service, and the family uses two families of commoners and six families of slaves. Back then, Peng Ma climbed all the way up from the common people, and he had a lot of experience in running his own grange.

Running a grange is actually nothing more than the word manpower and material resources, and manpower and material resources are, in the final analysis, financial resources. Wouldn't that be the magic skill of the traverser, and the two worlds would be bought and sold**?

Moreover, since arriving in Donghua, they have been circling in the barren mountains and mountains, and after entering the Qin State, they have only glanced at the shadow of Donghua City from a distance on the way. Qiyin is not far away, so you have to go and see it early.

When a few people came to the courtyard, they didn't have time to clean up the well, so they brushed their teeth and washed their faces with the mineral water they carried. The cold mineral water hit the face, so that the last trace of sleepiness of several people disappeared, and one by one began to discuss what Qiyin City was like, and whether there were any green buildings, green buildings, green buildings, green buildings......

In the distant woods, Rahuqi's figure leaned against a stout tree, the dense branches and foliage obscuring her slender figure, she was still wearing a hat, only revealing her pointed chin, and was laboriously chewing on an unrecognizable mixture of materials with a mouthful of white teeth, and the color of the jerky was ugly.

The sun shone in through the shade of the trees, and the little skin she exposed was as white as jade, crystal clear.

Why did that guy named Xu Le take a few private subordinates and poke out a mouthful of foam with a transparent hairy stick on his head? Then how could the cloth towel used to wipe his face be so bright and beautiful, and there were small rolls on it? That tall guy wearing a crystal piece for close looks, how could there be a small yellow animal on the cloth, a lightning-shaped tail, and a round body, which looked so cute?

For these people, including Xu Le, in addition to paying attention to Xu Le's inheritance of the true law of the sun, Luo Huqi is also becoming more and more interested in the secrets hidden in these people.

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The sun was gradually rising, and there was not much rain during this time, and a road leading from Xu Le Grange to Qiyin City rose with puffs of mud and dust as pedestrians and cars passed.

Xu Le and the others, without mounts and livestock, could only carry large bags and small bags on their backs, and walked towards Qiyin City on two legs.

Along the way, there are all granges. The vast and fertile wilderness of the meanders of the river with Qiyin City as the center has only been cultivated with millions of acres of fields, which is enough to thrive a population of 100,000 people.

Large and small ditches crisscross the fields, bringing clear water in, and common people wearing hats and slaves in tattered clothes are carrying water for irrigation in the fields. The summer grain will be ripe, the wheat waves are golden, undulating with the wind, and the wheat fragrance with the smell of earth and grass comes to the nose.

The fields were toiled by common people and slaves, and on the edge of each of the cottages, flat land seemed to be used for martial arts. The owners of the manors, who owned these manors and worked for the historians, were at least as civilians, and their children were practicing equipment, bending their bows, and shooting at the straw targets erected on the sidelines.

These people are the backbone of the Qin State, and they are the foundation for surviving in the treacherous land west of Rongqi and all over the Western Wilderness tribes.

The smaller ones in the manor are their own children practicing their combat skills. And the larger manor, or even the private family of the common people who do not wear crowns, form a team, advance and retreat under the command, presumably this is the division owned by each family, and the Yi'er army is just a division directly led by the historian. At that time, Peng Ma stood out from a subordinate minister, and was favored by Shi Wuju, and was selected into the army of Yi'er, the direct leader of the Shi family, from the common people to the lord of the lord.

Walking on this road, in addition to Xu Le and his party, sometimes there are cars and horses passing by, and the heavy bags on the cars are all grain bags, or transported into Qiyin City, or transported to the wharf, loaded and transferred. The basic economic pillar of the historian seems to be the way to agriculture.

In addition to these large quantities of grain, there are occasionally people with their private family members driving horse-drawn carts and ox carts, which should be produced in their respective estates, and it seems that they want to sell them in the city and exchange some application utensils for their own estates.

No matter what the purpose of the pedestrian's line is, as long as he wears a black robe and does not have a wooden sign around his neck, whether he wears a crown or not, he wears a sword, and everyone has a rough and simple complexion, which can be seen in the simple and martial style of the Qin people. It is said that Zhao Guo is still too good in this, and it is difficult for Xu Le to imagine what kind of scene it is.

After walking for two hours on the road, it was mainly Lai Wenzhen and Wang Dengke who dragged their feet, and according to Xu Le's footsteps, they had already entered Qiyin City and slept for a while.

Xu Le took the lead and finally approached Qiyin City. After arriving closer, I saw the whole picture of Qiyin City that I had glimpsed from afar that day.

The walls were black, and they were piled up with huge rocks, but I don't know if they were filled with rammed earth. The walls are three stories high, and they are so thick and majestic that you can feel awe-inspiring in front of you.

On the city wall, there are battlements and enemy towers, which are similar to the shape of the ancient city of the earth - the homogeneity of Donghua and the earth is really a little terrifying. There were not many defenders on the walls, except for the four corners of the walls, where warriors in blackened armor and iron helmets were on guard with four defensive equipment that looked like giant crossbows.

This crossbow machine is made of bronze, and every detail looks very exquisite, Xu Le's eyes are sharp, and he also sees that there seem to be formation marks on the body of the crossbow machine. At this time, the bowstring of the crossbow machine was not installed, and there was no crossbow arrow placed on it, so I really couldn't see how powerful such a crossbow machine was and how far the range was. However, looking at the appearance of such attention, as well as the various wonderful and unimaginable powers unique to Donghua, it can only be considered that this crossbow machine must be a first-class equipment for big killing, at least in the Qin State.

A trench was dug outside the city, and Qishui was introduced, and the blue waves rippled around the city, and the water waves were still reflected on the dark city wall, and the golden light flashed. Several heavy suspension bridges have been lowered, and the six gates of Qiyin City are all open. The east gate leading to the wharf is the most lively, with a bustling crowd of people coming in and out, in addition to the black-robed slaves and sword-wearing slaves, there are also Qi merchants wearing hunting clothes and trench coats swaggering back and forth, or even two wooden oxen mixed in, slowly moving in the crowd.

These two wooden cows belong to one of the largest Qi merchants, and the material of the trench coat on their bodies also looks the most luxurious, and they are also patterned with gold threads. He sat on a chariot carried by eight sturdy slaves, and a few merchants gathered around him and stammered something. And the Qin people who passed through the line looked at this Qi Shang who was coming in and out by step, and seemed to have some disdain, and they deliberately distanced themselves from him.

His personal subordinates and hired Northern Barbarian warriors were escorting two wooden oxen to slowly enter, and the wooden oxen was carrying something like a pavilion, with white gauze curtains erected on all sides, and the four pillars of this pavilion were decorated with colorful paintings, dazzling. It was also the first time since Xu Le arrived in the Qin Kingdom that he had seen so many colors gathered together.

Behind the white veil in the pavilion, a woman's figure flickered, and from time to time there was a coquettish smile from afar. Even from such a distance, there seems to be a fragrant breeze.

Xu Le and the others stared at each other, but Wang Dengke still looked coveted and eager to get into this pavilion.

Xu Le glanced at Wang Dengke after a few glances: "Let's go, go to the city!"

Wang Dengke turned his head and asked blankly, "Boss, can you earn it?"

Xu Le smiled and did not answer.

Since the crossing, he has inexplicably carried power. Xu Le vaguely felt that he was in Donghua, and he was by no means an insignificant college student on earth. But there is no need to say this feeling at this moment.

Under the urging of Xu Le, several people entered through the west gate. There are black-robed armor guards at the gate of the city, but judging by the badges on their waists, they are the guards of Qiyin City, which are divided by several princes in the fiefdom manor near Qiyin City. And according to Peng Ma, the Qiyin City Guard is also the elite of the historian second only to the Yi'er Army.

Without waiting for the general to ask the general who led the city gate defenders, Xu Le walked in front and handed out the identification card issued by the historian who was tied to his waist - that day, in addition to taking Xu Le to Zhuangtian, the little official also gave each person a recognition card, the glyph is close to the seal character, and it is not particularly difficult to learn and recognize. These seal characters recorded the identities of Xu Le and several of them, and finally the coat of arms of the two-sided monster of the historian. The two-sided monster coat of arms glowed with a fine white light, occasionally flickering, and it was by no means a counterfeit. Xu Le studied upside down for a long time, but he couldn't figure out why.

The general took the recognition card and looked at it, and then looked at Xu Le: "The people who are sealed in the west of the elephant forest? That place is difficult to rectify, there is a village field in the old bell that day, the place is deserted, there are not many people, and it is even more difficult to divert water, and finally returned it to the lord, but now you have taken it, I hope you have better luck!"

Xu Le smiled: "Escaping from Zhao State, it is enough to have a place to stay." Zhuang Tian or something is like that, a manly man wants to make a fortune, and he doesn't rely on killing the enemy in the army to make meritorious contributions. ”

These words were a reflection of the Qin people's martial arts, which was a small pat on the back of the Qin people.

This sentence was immediately appreciated by the small generals of the city guards: "That's right! Our Qin State, we rely on men to dare to fight! What's the point of fiddling with those fields all day long, or to kill Rouran and rob ghosts! It's just that some things have not been done over the years, and Qianhaiyuan has been injured in a battle, and everyone has forced to come to the door......!

He patted Xu Le on the shoulder hard, Xu Le smiled and accepted it, now is the time to make more friends in Donghua. It seems that the petty officer of the city guard is very talkative, and he just listens to it more.

The little army general said to Xu Le: "You escaped from Zhao State? You escaped well! Zhao Hou didn't know what kind of guy from Qi State was trusted, and now he was making people angry. Why did you change everyone's fiefdoms to prefectures and counties, and put them under the direct command of Zhao Hou? Aren't these fiefs all relied on the desperate efforts of the ancestors of each family? Don't look at the current Zhao people's fierce momentum, in fact, they can't last long! But those guys in the Rui Shijun still respect the Zhao people as if they were anything else...... Brother, you just came from Zhao, you have to be a citizen, you must have the ability, and you will follow the head of the family in the future, and you are afraid that you will not be able to fight for a family belonging?"

Xu Le smiled and clenched his fists: "Thank you for your auspicious words, my brother knows that I am there, and I can come over to drink at any time, and I will not return home if I am not drunk when the time comes." ”

The small army general also clasped his fists and saluted back: "My name is Zhu Tao, Zhongminshi, the fief is near the mulberry garden two miles west of Qiyin, and I am the head of the city guard." When the time comes, Brother Xu will also come. ”

In general, the Qin people are all generous and free male personalities, which are somewhat similar to Xu Le's own personality. Three or two sentences can be said to be fateful. Xu Le said that he wanted to go to Qiyin City to sell some of his own products and some goods brought with him from Zhao Guo.

Zhu Tao pointed the way cheerfully: "There are two cities in Qiyin City, Chengnan City is controlled by Qi merchants, and only Qi merchants have Nanshi city posts." It is full of artifacts produced by craftsmen and Han, and there are some rich things. Chengbei City is where our Qin people's own village products are sold, go there to find the mayor, get the city post and point out a place to just sell, and the income becomes the city tax, don't forget this. ”

Xu Le smiled and thanked Zhu Tao for his advice, and took a few guys who were now silent enough to learn the appearance of private belongings into the city.

And when I came to the first city scene of Donghua, it unfolded in front of my eyes.