"They're back, they're all back!"

As soon as the man on duty at the gate saw Shuba and the others, he immediately shouted happily.

The black wolf clan ran to the gate of the village to greet them, especially the children in the village, their eyes were full of anticipation.

Last time, when those men came back, they not only brought copper coins, but also brought bean dregs cakes from the construction site to the children in the village.

Knowing that they were going back, Wen Yunxi deliberately asked the people in the kitchen to fry it in oil, which could be stored for many days and tasted more fragrant.

The north of Lanzhou is mountainous and deep forest, and crops basically cannot grow, mainly relying on wild fruits and vegetables and hunting for a living.

In the past, when Lanzhou was not attached to the Youchao, they exchanged animal skins and herbs for rice and weapons with other tribes in Heishiyuan.

After attached, although you can still go to the county seat to sell skin herbs, but the price is getting cheaper and cheaper, not only the rice is less, but those things that come from the Youchao are even more unaffordable.

Therefore, although wheat flour and beans are sold in the county, few of the Black Wolf people can afford them.

Many people have never even tasted beans and wheat.

The simple bean dregs cake made these black wolf clan children miss it.

confirmed that the salary was really 20 wen a day, and there was good food and drink every day, and more than 100 people followed to the construction site.

Now seeing these more than 100 people come back with small bags, the children are crazy and surround them to eat.

Shuba smiled and handed out jujube cakes to the children.

"Wow, what is this!"

"It's so sweet and soft, it's delicious!"

"Uncle Shuba, can I bring a piece back for Grandma?"

Shuba touched the black monkey-like boy in front of him, "You eat first, the old man has it too." ”

Jujube cake was a novelty and preciousness for them, and they were afraid that it would break down after a long time, so they did not rest at night, and rushed back to the village in the afternoon of the next day.

Before leaving, they ate on the construction site, and each of them brought the bean dregs cake that Wen Yunxi specially asked the kitchen to make, although they were hooked by the sweetness of the jujube cake, they didn't eat even a piece.

Now looking at the happy appearance of these children in the clan, they feel that no matter how hard and tired they are, it is worth it.

Shuba discussed with the tribesmen when he was on the way, and although he brought them for his own children, he decided to divide these date cakes among the children and the elders of the clan.

One piece for each child and half for each old man, not much, but it can give them a joy.

The toothless old man broke off a piece of jujube cake and put it in his mouth, it was soft and sweet, and he squinted and ate it slowly.

He put the rest of the jujube cake in his arms, looked up and asked, "Shuba, has the construction site been completed so quickly?" Will there be such a job in the future? ”

Before Shuba could answer, the men next to him scolded, "I was locked up by those bastards of the Zhanyue clan, and they still wanted to smash the construction site, so they were beaten up by us." ”

Everyone was taken aback, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask questions.

Soon there were bursts of scolding at the gate of the wall.

The Zhan Yue clan really doesn't do anything, such a good place is closed, and they are not allowed to open a medical center outside the county, so that they can only be cheated by other doctors!

Speaking of pit money, and thinking of higher and higher taxes, I can't wait to rush over and beat people immediately.

Five years ago, it was agreed that each family only needed to pay five skins as a tax tribute, but the result rose year by year, and now they don't accept skins, only copper coins.

At first, they didn't notice the problem, and it wasn't until the price of the skins purchased in the county town became lower and lower that they understood that they were being cheated by the Zhanyue clan again.

In the past, a piece of skin could be exchanged for 30 catties of rice, but now the money from the sale cannot even buy back 20 catties.

It's barely enough to get by, but as long as a family member is sick, it will have to go bankrupt.

The witch doctors and Han doctors who really have medical skills all live in Black Rock City, and they pay money first and then treat them, especially the Yishengtang, where the poor can't even go in.

They have all heard of the reputation of Doctor Wen in these remote places, not only the reincarnation of the god of green bamboo medicine, but also the magic medicine, which can make people heal instantly.

Moreover, he is also a rare benevolent and kind doctor, not to mention the low cost of consultation, and he also arranges work for his family's difficulties.

Where to find such a doctor!

The bastards of the Zhanyue clan didn't even allow her to open the medical hall.

It's not over!

Although their black wolf clan is now down, it is not without blood.

The indignant Black Wolf Clansman didn't notice, and Shuba quietly left the crowd.

In the patriarch's house.

Suash was sitting cross-legged at a low table drinking when he heard a knock on the door and immediately let him in.

When he saw that it was Shuba, his eyes lit up, and he quickly pulled him to the table and sat down, and poured him a glass of wine.

"Why did you come back so soon? Tell me about it. ”

He is a good brother to Shuba's father, and he grew up watching Shuba, and he likes this nephew very much.

Shuba drank the wine with his head up, wiped the water stains on his mouth, and began to talk in detail.

Half an hour later.

Suash looked at the copper plates that Shuba had taken out of his arms, thoughtful.

"What is the number of ethnic groups on the construction site?"

Shuba thought for a while and said: "The ten foremen are all Han Chinese, I heard that they were exiled to Lanzhou with Doctor Wen, and they were considered to be some prominent figures in the Imperial City of the Central Plains before. ”

Suash nodded, he'd heard that before.

The Central Plains Dynasty likes to exile criminals, and even the Black Wolf Clan does not dare to step into that path of exile at will, and those who can survive have some ability and luck.

Shuba continued: "The number of construction workers has been increasing, until the day before yesterday there were nearly 2,000 people, more than 800 people from the Zhanyue tribe, and the rest are from the north or the center. ”

The north is poor, and the center is near.

As for the south, they are all rich, and they are still allies of the Zhanyue clan, so they can't go so far to work.

Su Gray tapped his finger on the table, and suddenly asked, "What about the Shui Yi Clan?" How many people did they go? ”

Shuba was stunned when asked, he didn't pay much attention to the number of Shuiyi people.

After closing his eyes and thinking about it carefully, Shuba was surprised: "No, not one." ”

This is unreasonable, is it possible that the Shuiyi people are so rich that they don't care about these wages?

Su Shen thought for a moment, stroked his beard and smiled.

After Lanzhou was annexed to the Youchao, the most affected were the Shuiyi people.

used to be able to compete with the Zhanyue clan for the first place, but after the disastrous defeat in the Xingyuan War, not only did he lose tens of thousands of troops, but he couldn't even enter Black Rock City.

In the past five years, the Shuiyi tribe has been targeted by the Zhanyue tribe and has no place to stand, and even their arms trade has been squeezed a lot.

It stands to reason that the Shuiyi people can't enter Black Rock City, but Pingxi Dam can indeed go, and it is close to there, so it should be able to send a lot of people to work.

But there is not even a single Shuiyi tribesman.

There are only three possibilities.

Wen Yunxi was afraid of the Zhanyue clan and did not dare to contact the Shuiyi tribe.

Or Wen Yunxi has long been connected with the Shui Yi tribe, and the Shui Yi tribe has other ways to make money, so there is no need to go there to work.

Or maybe Wen Yunxi and the Shui Yi tribe agreed to deliberately not let the Shui Yi people appear, so as to reveal information to those who have a heart.

Which reason, at a glance.

"Akeba, you run again." Suash leaned into Shuba's ear and whispered.

Shuba nodded repeatedly.

Ash waved his hand, "Go ahead." ”

Looking at the back of Shuba leaving, Su Shen poured himself another glass of wine and drank it all.

Sangfu, it was you who were unrighteous first!