Thinking of this, the originally cool heart suddenly became hot. But soon Ma Shizhou calmed down again, after all, he is a person who has experienced ups and downs, although Zhu Shencheng's suggestion made him excited, but he also has self-knowledge.

If he was ten years younger, or if he didn't have a disability, Ma Shizhou might have given it a try, but what could he do now as a half-old man? Although the prospect is good, I am afraid that I don't have this ability, so I thought about it for a long time and shook my head with a wry smile.

"Uncle Ma......." Zhu Shencone wanted to persuade again.

Ma Shizhou smiled bitterly: "I can make the sixth master so important, my little heart is grateful, if the sixth master needs it, it's no problem for me to help the sixth master go to the grassland a few more times." As for the trust of the sixth master, I am afraid that there is really nothing that can be done, once there is a negative sixth master, I personally have nothing, I am afraid that I will miss the sixth master's major event. ”

"Uncle Ma, why bother, I don't care, why do you think so?"

"Sixth Master, please consider this matter in the long run. It's not too early for this day, and it's still too late to get out of the city, or we'll have to delay here for another day. In this way, I will say goodbye first, if the sixth master needs my help next time he goes to the grassland, just let someone bring a word, my old horse will never give up! ”

Seeing Ma Shizhou like this, Zhu Shencheng didn't want to say anything, but he glanced at Ma Shizhou again in his heart. If it was an ordinary person, Zhu Shencone stretched out an olive branch like this, and the other party couldn't wait to take it immediately. But Ma Shizhou didn't do this, but politely declined Zhu Shencheng's invitation.

Seeing this, Zhu Shencone is no longer reluctant, anyway, there is no room for this matter, didn't Ma Shizhou also say it, next time Zhu Shencone wants to go to the grassland again, he is willing to lead the way and follow, so what was mentioned before is not impossible to think.

What's more, his uncle Wang Rong is still a friend of Ma Shizhou, looking for an opportunity to persuade his uncle to persuade one or two, maybe Ma Shizhou can change his mind?

Wang Hai never thought that he would live such a life.

A house that can shelter from the wind and rain, a solid kang head, a warm bedding with the smell of sunshine, two meals a day that can make you full, clean clothes on your body, and a good master, a female master and a little master.

These days, Wang Hai is like a dream, and after following Zhu Shencone back to Daming, he lived in Zhu Shencone's house.

In order to repay Zhu Shencong, Wang Hai worked hard and complained, perhaps in his heart, only by doing more things could he be worthy of the master's gift. It's a pity that he couldn't do it here, the current master is not like the previous master, there are not so many cattle, sheep and horses, even if Wang Hai wants to graze for Zhu Shencone, he has no chance, plus his Chinese is still learning, he can only simply say a few words of daily life, Zhu Shencone doesn't let him go out, and Wang Hai can't do anything at all.

There was no way, Wang Hai could only get up early every day to help clean and work hard to do some housework. But how much work can be done in a small courtyard? In addition, Zhang's family is a diligent person, and the house has been cleaned up, Wang Hai can only help with some chores at best, but these chores are all done after not long in a hurry.

The rest of the time is idle, which makes Wang Hai very unaccustomed. You must know that when he was on the grassland, he didn't stop for a moment as a slave. Once you have rested and done nothing, then it is not far from the time when the master will whip himself with a whip.

But here, most of the day is idle, Wang Hai is very uncomfortable. For this reason, Wang Hai deliberately found Zhu Shencone and earnestly hoped to do more work for him to repay his master. Hearing this, Zhu Shencone laughed, touched his head and said that the work at home was done, and there was nothing else to do now, if he really wanted to repay himself, then he would learn Chinese first, and when he could speak Chinese fluently, he would arrange for Wang Hai to do something else.

The master's explanation made Wang Hai have the idea of learning Chinese well, and now Wang Hai is desperately learning Chinese every day. Wang Hai is not stupid, but very smart, and his age is also young, and his ability to accept is also strong, under hard work, his Chinese language is thousands of miles a day, and in less than half a month, it is completely different from before.

Although he still has some awkward accents and doesn't know much vocabulary, it's a world away from when he first arrived.

In addition, when Zhu Shencone got up early every day to practice martial arts, Wang Hai often studied on the side. In fact, at the beginning, Wang Hai deliberately avoided it, when he was in the grassland, it was the privilege of the nobles to practice martial arts, and slaves like him were not qualified to practice martial arts, when the master practiced martial arts, if the slave hid aside and peeked, then the consequences were very serious, and he would even shoot the master on the spot.

But here, Zhu Shencone didn't have this rule, especially when he saw that Wang Hai deliberately avoided it when he practiced martial arts, he asked Wang Hai curiously why he did it, and after Wang Hai answered, Zhu Shencone told him that he didn't have to do it in the future, if he wanted to see it, he could watch it, and if he was interested, he could also learn to practice in his own way.

Zhu Shencone's kind attitude made Wang Hai even more grateful, so every morning Wang Hai would follow Zhu Shencone to learn martial arts. Not to mention, Wang Hai's comprehension is good, he has a good appearance after a few days of practice, although his body has not grown yet, but Zhu Shencone believes that with his perseverance and understanding, he can still practice and achieve achievements in the future.

Wang Hai's household registration was settled not long after returning to Pingyang, and Zhu Shencone took Wang Hai to Wangjia Village after arranging the city, and hung Wang Hai's household registration in Wangjia Village.

Externally, Wang Hai is a relative of Zhu Shencone's mother's family, which is why Zhu Shencone gave him this name in the first place. Not long after staying in Wangjia Village, Zhu Shencone went to Sheep's Head Mountain again to meet Li Hu and others.

Today's Sheep's Head Mountain is no longer the Sheep's Head Mountain last year, because of Zhu Shencone's placement, most of the people in Sheep's Head Mountain have survived the winter except for two old and frail old people who have survived.

When spring arrives, the preparations made before also come in handy. Some wasteland has been reclaimed on this side of Sheep's Head Mountain, grain has been planted, and everything is developing in a good direction, and when the harvest is in autumn, Sheep's Head Mountain will completely get rid of the previous predicament.

In addition to self-reliance, the current Yangtou Mountain has also become an important base for Zhu Shenchong to take salt, and a large number of salt goods have been stored and transferred in Yangtou Mountain, and then sold to other places through the previous salt road. Coupled with the existence of Sheepshead Mountain, the scope of Zhu Shen's cone salt is larger than before, and the area that could not be sold before due to limitations has gradually extended its tentacles.

There is also a control of the main road of Sheep's Head Mountain, and the reputation of the "three brothers of the Yang family" in Sheep's Head Mountain has gradually spread out, occupying the main road to do some "small business", which can not only subsidize the demand on the mountain, but also use it to find out the news. In addition, blocking Sheep's Head Mountain to prevent other illicit salt dealers from coming over to "grab business" with Zhu Shencone also made Zhu Shencone's private salt profits and shipments much more than before.

"Sixth Master, I'll give you another drink!" The Laojun Temple of Sheepshead Mountain, here is no longer the dilapidated appearance before, after the renovation of the Laojun Temple has changed greatly, it looks no different from an ordinary farmhouse, and it has also become the home of Li Hu and his two brothers.

Picking up the wine cup in front of him, Li Hu happily toasted Zhu Shencone, and his two brothers, Lu Yisheng and Hu Lin, also held the wine cup, sincerely grateful to Zhu Shenchong.

"Come on! Let's do it together! Zhu Shencone didn't shirk either, picked up the wine cup and touched it with the three of them, and then tilted his neck and simply drained the wine in the bowl.

"The sixth master is really good for drinking!" The three of them praised loudly, and together they also drained the wine, put down the wine cup, wiped their mouths, and laughed.

"I've been thinking about inviting the sixth master to drink for a long time, but I haven't had a chance. This time, you can count the sixth master, and our brothers can have a few glasses to you. In the past half a year, thanks to the help of the sixth master, otherwise we don't know where these people are. Li Hu sighed with emotion in his heart, his expression was full of gratitude when he said these words, and so did Lu Yisheng and Hu Lin, looking at Zhu Shencone with incomparable gratitude and admiration in their eyes.

"Sixth master, I'm a rough man, I haven't read a book, I can't read a few big characters, I can't say beautiful words. There's nothing to say, it's all in this wine, Sixth Master, let's toast you again! As he spoke, Li Hu raised the wine cup again, and the two brothers on the side did the same, the three of them saluted Zhu Shencone with heartfelt affection, and Zhu Shencone did not put on a shelf, but touched them again with a smile, and drank the bowl of wine together.

"It's a long time coming, they're all my own brothers." After Zhu Shencone finished drinking, he looked at Li Hu and the three of them with slightly flushed faces and said this with a smile, persuading them to drink slowly and eat more vegetables.

Li Hu and the others nodded yes again and again, and the three of them drank and chatted while eating wine and food, and talked about things on the mountain for a while, Hu Lin suddenly asked: "Sixth master, I heard that you went to the grassland some time ago?" ”

"What? Do you know that? Zhu Shencone smiled and asked, this matter is not a secret in Wangjia Village, this side of Sheep's Head Mountain is now his own person, Wangjia Village and Sheep's Head Mountain are now in close contact, plus some time ago Li Hu kept asking Zhu Shencone when he would come to Sheep's Head Mountain for a gathering, Wang Jinwu drank too much with them and mentioned Zhu Shencone going to the grassland.

For ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty, the grassland is mysterious and curious. After all, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, he has been fighting with the Mongolian side for more than 200 years, and Li Hu has fought with the Mongols again, I heard that Zhu Shencone actually took people to the grassland, and I can't help but worry about Zhu Shencone.

Fortunately, this time Zhu Shencone came back safely, seeing that Zhu Shencone came to Sheep's Head Mountain shortly after he returned, and remembered that he went to the grassland, he couldn't help but ask about the situation in the grassland.

Seeing that they were curious, Zhu Shencone also said something about going to the grassland this time, and picked something that he could tell them.

Listening to Zhu Shencone's description of the experience of the grassland, as well as the scenery on the grassland, coupled with the experience of dealing with those Mongolians, the three of them listened attentively and were extremely emotional.

"I didn't expect the steppe to be like this, and the Mongols are not all murderous Tartars?" Hu Lin couldn't help but say this.

"This is natural, Mongolians are also people, as long as they are people, they can deal with them." Lu Yisheng said as a matter of course on the side.

"Hahaha, that's true, but it's not absolutely. I was lucky not to be in danger when I went to the grassland this time. It's not all like that on the grassland, and I was worried about it in the past, but this time I finally came back safely, and it seems that God is taking care of it. Zhu Shencone couldn't help laughing.

Li Hu nodded and agreed: "I also dealt with the Mongols when I was at the border, ordinary Mongolian herdsmen are actually no different from our Ming people, sometimes it snows on the grassland in winter, and Mongolian herdsmen really can't get by, and it is common for Mongolian herdsmen to run to the edge of the Great Wall to beg. But then again, the Mongols and our Ming people are not ordinary, they may have called you brothers and sisters yesterday, and today they may draw their swords against each other. ”

"I haven't been to the grassland, but I've heard people talk about it a few times, the sixth master is indeed lucky to go back this time, but please be careful next time, at least bring more people, it's always safer when there are more people."

"Tiger is right, I think so too." Zhu Shencone nodded: "The first time was just to explore the way, there are indeed fewer people, and the next time there will be more people." ”

"Sixth Master, if you go to the grassland again, why don't you take me with you next time? I'll follow you to the grassland to see and see? Hu Lin said this suddenly, with anticipation in his eyes.

"Hahaha! That's fine, just follow along. Walking around and seeing more is also considered to increase knowledge. By the way, Tiger and Brother Lu, if you want, you can also follow and take a look, I am still worried that there will be not enough people to go to the grassland again. ”