Three-legged toads are hard to find, and two-legged people are everywhere.

Even in Shenjing City, there are probably thousands of workers who can print technology.

It's a technical job, and practice makes perfect.

This matter was settled, and Lao Mo would be the chief printer of Yuxiang Bookstore in the future, responsible for printing and teaching apprentices.

Jia Yun stretched out his hand and pushed Zhu Chenggong's back, Zhu Chenggong immediately knelt down, came to Lao Mo from the door, and bangbanged his head: "Apprentice Zhu Chenggong, meet Master." ”

The other three boys also did the same, kneeling in front of Lao Mo and kowtowing.

Lao Mo Ding saw that the average age of the children in front of him was eleven or twelve years old, their clothes were ragged, unkempt, their nails were black, they were full of sludge, and their bodies still exuded a sour smell.

Zhu Chenggong, who was the leader, didn't know where to pick up a pair of shoes, and two big holes were broken, and his big toe was exposed, cracked, and his flesh and blood were blurred.

Shen Liang said: "These are all children who fled from the south, their parents are either sick or starved to death, only these few seedlings are left, if I don't take them in, I'm afraid I won't survive this winter." ”

Lao Mo was moved, and bowed deeply to Shen Liang: "The prince is kind-hearted, the villain is ashamed, and the villain is willing to accept these children as apprentices." ”

Then Zhu Chenggong and the four people were arranged to go down, and they were uniformly distributed by the attackers, and they were separated from each other in the wing room, and the whole large shop was formed, and the four of them were crowded together.

As for Zhu Chenggong's sister Zhu Meili, she was left by the attacker's side.

After washing and scrubbing, Zhu Meili transformed from a little mud child who couldn't see clearly to a delicate, pink and tender girl.

The attacker whispered a few words in Shen Liang's ear, "These two children are estimated to be from rich families, and they still know some rules after fleeing here." ”

Shen Lianghun didn't care, he took advantage of the attacker, and left satisfied.

On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth month of the thirteenth year of Longqian.

Tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, the north wind is even colder, and outside the walls of Shenjing City, there are all black oppressive human heads.

Due to the continuous disasters in Hebei, Shandong, Henan and other places, the common people have chosen to go to the land of Gyeonggi to seek a way to survive.

The moat outside the Yongding Gate has long been covered with a thick layer of ice.

Some refugees carved ice out of stones along the river, biting hard ice ballast to feed their hunger.

The imperial court also has porridge sheds, but they are all kind of projects, boiling some gruel every day, only a few hundred people's portions, and the relief food of the imperial court can really enter the stomachs of refugees.

The grain that was exploited had long flowed into the major rice rows in the capital and was exchanged for silver for white flowers.

Now the price of rice in the city has risen to 2251 stone, and some rice shops have even hung up signs saying that the grain is empty, and they are hoarding.

Suddenly, a group of people came out of the city, the leader was dressed in cloth clothes and looked handsome, and the one next to him was five big and three thick, powerful and powerful, and his face was full of wind and frost.

The two are Jia Yun and Hua An.

"Yuxiang Bookstore recruits apprentices, over eight years old, under fifteen years old, literacy is preferred!"

Those who have children at home immediately gather around and ask for the price with a flattering smile.

It's a one-shot deal, and of course it has to be sold for a good price.

Half of the size of the child to eat the poor, this age is the time when the body can eat, many refugees have changed their children to eat, if you can exchange the child for some rations, not only the child can live, but the adult may also be able to live.

"My child is literate and can memorize the Analects, Bo'er, hurry up and recite it to the uncle!" A woman pushed the child out, and the child was afraid of giving birth, so she pinched the child's flesh vigorously, "Carry it, hurry up!" ”

The child was in pain, cold and hungry, and his body was already wooden, and he was carrying it in a daze; "Learn and learn, don't you also say? Have friends come from afar, are you happy? People don't know, but they are not ashamed, and they are not gentlemen. ”

The words of the saint resounded in the refugee pile, extremely abrupt, but strangely harmonious.

The faces of the refugees were numb, their eyes were dull and gray, and some did not even want to turn their heads more, maintaining a minimum of consumption.

"Okay, okay, I'll take this kid." Jia Yun said immediately when she heard this.

The child's mother was overjoyed and said, "How much rice can my child give?" ”

Jia Yun made a look, and Hua An threw out a bag, "My son-in-law is benevolent and righteous, five buckets of rice." ”

A bucket of rice is about ten catties, and ten buckets of rice is a stone.

Because there were not many people to recruit, only two people and three horses came, and one horse was vacant, carrying a bag of rice.

The child's mother untied the rice bag, and there was a mixture of yellow and white inside, both millet and rice, and she immediately smiled.

With this rice, they can live a few more days, save money and maybe survive this winter.

"Bo'er, remember to be obedient when you go there, you can't be so willful as at home, remember?" The child's mother wiped her tears.

The child did not know that he had been sold, and cried and ran to his mother's side.

The child's mother hugged the bag of rice, turned around and ran.

The child cried, "Mommy, Mommy, Mommy—"

Hua An stretched out his hand and threw the child on the horse's back, "Hiss-" Hua An was in pain, it turned out that the child bit the back of his hand.

Hua An was furious, and slapped the child twice, hitting him with gold stars in his eyes and bleeding from his mouth and nose.

Jia Yunquan didn't see it, threw down two more bags of rice, replaced two children, and two people hurriedly returned to the city with three children.

Jia Yun took out some copper coins from his arms and threw them to the officers guarding the city.

Guarding the Yongding Gate was the sergeant of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, who had been fighting with Jia Yun in the past few days, and when he saw that it was him, he greeted him with a smile: "Brother Yun went to buy a child again?" ”

Jia Yun took out some copper coins from his arms and threw them to the officers guarding the city.

The sergeants took the copper coins and smiled and stepped out of the way.

Jia Yun smiled but didn't answer, added a horse's belly, and accelerated into the city.

The refugees outside the city were envious, and there were a few older refugees who also wanted to fish in troubled waters, and followed the horse's ass and wanted to enter the city.

Click-

The sergeant defending the city immediately showed his weapons and hit several refugees in the face.

The refugees fell to the ground, covered in mud and blood spurting from their mouths and noses, and looked like they were dying.

For the sergeants defending the city, these refugees were like pigs and dogs, and entering the city could only cause chaos, so the boss strictly ordered that not a single refugee should be allowed to enter the city.

The hungry people in the distance watched this farce indifferently, and no one resisted.

After all, such a farce is staged every day, and without money, no one can enter that door.

If you want to say that the new things in Shenjing City during this time, one is that the Chinese New Year is coming, and the east and west cities are full of lights, and the people and officials walk around each other and give each other New Year's gifts.

This time is also the busiest time for these officials in Shenjing City.

Those with low official positions should give gifts to those with high official positions, so that they can get preferential treatment in the coming year, and even want to go to the next level.

Those who do business should also give gifts to the officials under their jurisdiction, otherwise the other party will be unhappy, and with a stroke of the pen, their shops may be closed.