As soon as Dong Hou's words were finished, the old man on the bed looked at Qin Wen in a little confusion, and his trembling hand wanted to be raised, but in the end, he lowered it weakly, and Qin Wen said: "Master Dong, if there is anything, you can just say it directly, now that your injuries have not recovered, don't make easy moves." ”

The old man's eyes cleared up slightly, and he said to Qin Wen: "Thank you Qin Danshi for accepting my grandson as an apprentice, Xiaoqi will ask you in the future, Ah Hou, how many spars do we have? ”

As soon as Qin Wen wanted to speak, Dong Hou said, "Dad, our spirit stones have basically been spent, just wake up now, I will find a way to do this." ”

The old man closed his eyes slightly, and said after a long pause: "What can you do, you go and take out the spiritual object under our old mansion now and give it to Qin Danshi,"

As soon as his words came to this, Qin Wen hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Dong family master doesn't have to be polite, since I have already accepted Ling Sun as an apprentice, then we are not outsiders, don't mention the matter of the pill again, not to mention that I discussed it with Dong Hou just now, in the future, our caravan will set up a stronghold in your town, and we can discuss the specific details later, you can rest first." ”

The old man shook his head lightly and said: "Since you mentioned the matter of accepting apprentices, our Dong family apprenticeship also needs to have a decent apprenticeship, that spiritual object has been in my hands for hundreds of years, and I am also content, I am also very happy to be able to exchange my grandson for a Danshi's future." ”

"As for your caravan in Lishan Town, it is now in chaos, and our Dong family still has to rely on you to take care of it, if Qin Danshi has any rules, please make it clear to our clansmen." lest they inadvertently offend. ”

At this time, the old man swept his gaze to Han Shang and the others who came in with Qin Wen, and then turned his head to Dong Hou and said: "Danshi is the benefactor of our family, what is there in him in the future that you must not disobey Zhilu Dao? After saying this, the old man couldn't help coughing violently.

The woman next to him was busy helping him gently. Qin Wen said to Dong Hou: "The head of the Dong family has just woken up from a serious injury, so it's not appropriate to think about it, let's go out first, let him recuperate." ”

Dong Hou nodded, and waited until the old man spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm and closed his eyes slightly, before following Qin Wen out of the cave, Dong Hou bowed down and saluted Qin Wen: "Thank you Qin Ye for saving my father's life." My father has already said just now, in the future, our town will focus on Qin Ye's affairs, you see, when is it more appropriate for us to go back to the town?"

Qin Wen thought for a while and said, "The conditions here are not good, and it is not conducive to your father's recuperation in the future, we might as well go back to the town now, we will stay in this town for a while, and wait until we find out the situation around here." We'll make plans for the next stop, and you go and arrange your people first. Let them prepare to leave after dawn. ”

Dong Hou nodded and agreed, and hurriedly went to the mountains and forests where the clansmen gathered, and the Dong family couldn't help but smile after hearing the decision to return to the town today, they knew that the head of the Dao family had woken up, and there would be a guarantee of Qin Wen's safety for them in the future. They don't have to leave their homes anymore.

The sky in the east gradually brightened, all the Dong clan members had already sorted out the items to be carried, even the head of the Dong family was carried out of the cave, Dong Hou accompanied the Qin Wen people in front, and all the people in the mountains and forests walked on the road down the mountain. Since there were still many women, children and elderly people who had not practiced, they walked for half an hour before they came to Lishan Town.

After entering the town, Mayor Dong was carried into his courtyard, his courtyard was the largest in the town, originally according to his intentions, he wanted to leave it for Qin Wen to live in, but Qin Wen politely refused, Qin Wen told him that his caravan did not want to attract too much attention, and it was best to find a quiet place.

Dong Hou asked all the women, children and old people to go back to their respective homes to clean up first, and if the houses were demolished, they could also find some ownerless houses to live in, and the remaining young monks were under his leadership to clean a clean courtyard near the mountains and forests in the west for Qin Wen and them.

This courtyard has a total of three acres of square area, and there are a few big trees that cover the sky and the sun, Qin Wen is very satisfied when he sees it, Dong Hou has moved in the better furniture left in the town, so that Qin Wen has a comfortable place to live, and it took a long time to be busy before the entire courtyard was cleaned.

After Qin Wen and Dong Hou sat down in the main hall, Qin Wen opened his mouth and asked first: "Dong Hou, I don't know much about the terrain of this area, do you have a map or anything like that, I want to see the nearby terrain and the surrounding towns." ”

Dong Hou took out a map from his storage bag at this time, put it on the table in front of Qin Wen and said: "Master Qin, this is the whole map of the country of Huichuan that my father traded from a caravan back then, and we are now in this direction, which can be regarded as the southeast direction of the country of Huichuan." ”

Qin Wen clearly saw from the map that the entire country of Huichuan was like a long and narrow corridor, the southeast direction was leaning on the country of He Blade, and the northwest direction was the Ziyang country that was now waging a war, and the capital of the country of Huichuan was in the middle of this corridor, according to the direction, there were still nearly ten days or so away from Lishan Town.

After seeing this, Qin Wen continued to ask Dong Houdao: "Now that you have moved back into the town, are there any difficulties that need to be solved urgently?"

Dong Hou thought for a while and said: "The places to live have been arranged now, some houses need to be repaired, and you can go into the mountains to mine some stones, the most important thing is the problem of eating, we are in the mountains and forests, the grain is basically eaten up, and these grain stores in the town have also been looted." ”

"Even the crops in the surrounding villages have been destroyed, and if they can't find food, the monks are better, but the old people and children can't survive. ”

Qin Wen pondered for a while and said: "Then there are still towns or villages around here that have not been affected by the rebellion, we can go over there first to buy some emergency, we don't have much food to bring this time, and when the caravan flows are normal in the future, even if the fields near here cannot be cultivated, I can also let them bring in a batch of grain from other places." ”

Dong Hou's eyes fell on the map, but after looking at it for a long time, he sighed and said: "The capital is relatively better, but I heard the displaced people who passed by here last time say that now the grain in the capital has also implemented the wartime supply system, and it should be impossible to buy it in large quantities." ”

"And some towns in the north have been defeated by the Ziyang Kingdom, it is not easy to pass, it is estimated that it is impossible to buy grain, these towns in the south are basically like Lishan, even if there are some towns where there are many high-level monks have not been affected by the rebellion, but most of their food is kept for their own consumption, no one knows how long this war will last, and the grain should not be sold. ”

Qin Wen also looked at the map, thinking that what Dong Hou said made sense, so he frowned slightly and said, "Then what should we do now?" Otherwise, I will send people to a few nearby countries to take a look, I am from the country of He Blade, and I see that the food on their side should be relatively abundant, so it is better to send someone over there to buy some first. ”

Dong Hou hesitated for a moment and said: "When there was no war before, the borders of the two countries were open, and basically you could get to the country of He Blade by paying some fees to enter the city, but now it is estimated that it has been closed over there, and it is not easy to get in. ”

Qin Wen shook his head and said: "This matter is easy to do, you go back now and gather all the food in the town, try to distribute it to women, children and the elderly as much as possible, and the injured should also be properly supplied, I will send someone to the country of the He Blade to buy food now, by the way, it is best for you to send a monk who is more familiar with the country of the He Blade, so as not to delay too much time on the road." ”

Dong Hou knew that the monks sent by Qin Wen were at least high-level monks at the top of the Xuan Master, and the ordinary army did not dare to stop them at all, and they naturally came and went freely on the national border, so he thought about it and said: "That uncle of mine used to go to the country of He Blade often, and he was very familiar with the situation over there. ”

Qin Wen nodded and said: "Okay, you can find him now, it's not far from here to the country of He Blade, I'll deploy manpower again, and strive not to have any problems on the road, by the way, you still have to do a good job in the defense of the town, our monks are too few now, and patrolling is not a way, you will divide the monks into several teams first, and then inquire about the situation at important intersections." ”

"Once you find that a large number of officers and soldiers or mountain bandits are coming around the town, come to my side as soon as possible to send a message, I will send monks to let them retreat, and the town will add some more monks, but not too many, you can take in some wandering monks according to the original population of the town, it is best to find those who can stay, it doesn't matter how high or low the realm is." ”

Dong Hou agreed, and hurriedly walked out of Qin Wen's courtyard, it was Qin Wen who called Han Shang into the main hall, told him what he had discussed with Dong Hou just now, and then said: "This time to buy food, I am going to send the three Xuanshi Upper Rank Monks of our caravan, with their realm, there should be no danger." (To be continued......)