After leaving the grassland, after walking for another day, Lu An saw a town, a very small place, not even a town, only a large supply station, but it was a very important part of the route.

The only supply station on the road from Zuo'an City to the north on the southwest border of Dahan, and the only supply station after crossing the grassland, where water and food can be properly replenished, if this supply station is missing, basically all the caravans will not be able to hold the next city, because it will take half a month to go north to the next town, and it will take a month to get to Zuo'an City to the south, if there is no supply station, it will take a full month and a half to get supplies, which is obviously a bit difficult for ordinary caravans, generally speaking, one month is already the limit。

Therefore, the caravan will basically stay at this supply station for a day or two to rest and replenish what it needs.

After Lu An arrived here, he went to take a walk, although the place is very small, but there are a lot of people, and every shop is crowded and noisy.

Lu An took a look at the prices of the things here, and gasped, the prices were basically about twice as expensive, the most basic foods such as jerky and steamed buns.

Seeing Lu An's non-stop smacking of his tongue, he shrugged his shoulders, fortunately he had saved more before.

However, there is a little benefit here, that is, you can barter things, it is still more real, Hong Yan pulled a few carts of wool and cowhide for a lot of good things, and the joy blossomed, although he lost a little jerky, but this time no one was injured, and it can be regarded as saving them a lot of money for injury medicine.

When they got here, the outsiders like Lu An shared their own things with Hong Yan, because the next road was much easier, and Hong Yan had no intention of leaving them behind.

However, Hong Yan cared about Lu An very much, and kept asking Lu An if he was willing to continue to go with them.

Lu An did not agree or refuse, which made Hong Yan a little embarrassed.

After Lu An shook around, he spent a lot of money to buy a map, the map of the northern border, although it was very simple, but it roughly marked some important towns, which was still very useful to Lu An.

After carefully studying the map, he found that Hong Yan's direction did not match his own direction very well, and Lu An could only refuse Hong Yan's request and part ways with him.

After being rejected, Hong Yan was very melancholy, but there was nothing he could do, and finally at the time of parting, Hong Yan sent a large bag of goat milk wine to Lu An.

Lu An gladly accepted it, smiled and parted with Hong Yan.

After that, Lu An went on the road alone.

Stop and go along the way.

Half a month later, Lu An walked all the way to the next town, the largest and most famous town in the vicinity, Guofeng City.

The biggest feature of this national wind city is that the people are fierce, if you want to describe it, it is one word, chaos.

What can be used to describe the degree of chaos here, it can be described in two words, that is, methodical, on time and on point.

There were two battles a day, and there were five or six large gangs in the city, and countless small gangs would fight once a day at noon and in the evening for the territory.

It's this and that at noon, it's that and this at night, and it never stops.

Of course, there are still benefits to this win, these territories in the city are very oily and watery, every store can be called a black store, the profit is very large, just a steamed bun, it may cost five cents, when Lu An heard this price, his eyes were about to pop out, and he quickly shook his head and retreated.

The boss also looked indifferent, looking like he loved to buy or not.

After hitting the wall many times, Lu An could only admit it, endure it, and be willing to be a wronged leader.

Lu An sat in the store, eating steamed buns for five cents a piece in his mouth, his face was very gloomy, he couldn't understand why it was so expensive, this made him really unable to understand.

What made Lu An even more incomprehensible was that when it happened next, Lu An, who was nibbling on steamed buns, suddenly heard a commotion, and just wanted to probe to see what was happening outside, everyone sitting in the store suddenly picked up the guy and rushed out, including the boss.

Then I saw a large group of people confronting each other outside, the battle was very scary, the two gangs of people quarreled for a while, and then they started to fight without saying a word, and suddenly the swords flew sideways, and the screams were everywhere, and the fighting lasted for a while before it stopped.

Then a group of people outside dispersed, and returned to this small shop, continuing to eat, drink, this scene really scared Lu An not to speak, although just now it was considered to be a rain drop and thunder was small, tossed for a long time, and few people hung up the lottery, but the fierce folk style that started to fight without saying a word still surprised Lu An.

The boss spat out a few mouthfuls of blood and returned to the store, and found that Lu An's eyes were staring at the boss, so he walked over directly, threw the long knife on the table, put his legs on the stool, and asked Lu An loudly, "Just came?"

Lu Anmu nodded stunned.

"If you stay two more days, you'll be surprised. The boss wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said.

Lu An nodded again.

"Since you're in my shop, rest assured, I'll keep you safe. The boss patted his chest and said.

Lu An nodded again.

Seeing Lu An nodding non-stop, the boss muttered depressedly, "Could it be that he is a dumb person?"

Lu An suddenly embarrassed and coughed lightly, "I want to ask, why is this happening here?" After speaking, he pointed to the steamed bun, and then pointed outside.

"It's a big deal, isn't it just a fight? Once or twice a day, there will be no deaths, don't worry, it won't affect your appetite. The boss replied directly.

Lu An asked rhetorically: "I'm not asking about this, I'm asking why things here are so expensive, and no one cares about fighting every day?"

"Who cares, these half of the city are like this, as long as you make offerings to the city lord's mansion on time, they won't take care of you. The boss snorted coldly.

"Then why fight?" Lu An wondered.

"Why? Of course, it's for money, like my shop, which casually earns thousands of taels of silver a year, such a big amount of oil and water, who doesn't blush, phew, a bunch of miscellaneous pieces. The boss said viciously.

"The boss is amazing. Lu An sighed.

"That's nature, this street is all mine, oh, by the way, I forgot to introduce myself, Lao Tzu is the boss of this Changshui Street, and he is also the boss of the Changshui Gang, Jing Ming. Jing Ming smiled.

"It turned out to be the boss of the well, and he looked up for a long time. Lu An hugged his fists.

Jing Ming waved his hand and replied: "Although my Changshui Street is not big, our Changshui Gang is also one of the best gangs in this National Wind City, young man, let's live honestly." After speaking, he patted Lu An on the shoulder, picked up the knife and left.

To be honest, Lu An was really taken aback by Jing Ming's style, and he had a basic understanding of this national wind city, and kept shaking his head, I have to say that this place is really a bit bluffing.

Just when Lu An was stunned, two people suddenly came in, two ragged readers, each carrying a bookcase.

Why is he a scholar, because Lu An recognized the style of the two of them at a glance, it was exactly the same as Gu Yan, and he looked like a person who went out to study, but he was just a little miserable.

An old man and a young man, after entering the door, did not take a seat, but walked to the counter, saluted Jing Ming, who was rubbing medicine, and then looked at it, the old man smiled slightly, "This store, do you have leftovers?"

Jing Ming didn't raise his head, and shouted coldly: "Get out!"

The old man was embarrassed for a moment, his face twitched slightly, and the corners of his mouth moved, but in the end he still didn't speak, and led the disciples behind him to Jing Ming again, and then sighed, and was about to withdraw.

The old man took two steps, looked at Lu An, his face was instantly overjoyed, he walked over with his apprentice, and saluted Lu An, just wanted to speak, but was directly stopped by Lu An with his hand.

The old man's face darkened again, and he pulled his apprentice and prepared to leave.

Lu An pushed the two steamed buns forward.

The old man's eyes lit up instantly, and his face was full of joy, and he immediately pulled his disciple to salute again, only to find that the disciple next to him was staring at the steamed buns on the table, motionless, and said angrily: "Wei Yang, how can you be so rude, don't thank the son soon!"

The young man named Wei Yang held his stomach and swallowed his saliva, as if he hadn't heard this, and just stood quietly and stupidly, motionless.

The old man became angry in an instant, and directly took out a ring ruler from the bamboo box behind him, and said, "Thank you soon!"

Wei Yang reacted at this time, and when he saw the old man holding the ring ruler, he was startled, and hurriedly saluted Lu An and said, "Thank you, son." ”

Lu An smiled and replied, "Eat, don't be so particular." ”

The old man instantly became serious, and replied with a righteous and awe-inspiring face: "Son's words are wrong, and he knows how to repay his kindness, and this food grace cannot be repaid for the time being, but can only be repaid with courtesy." ”

Lu An hurriedly interrupted, pointed at Wei Yang's mouth full of saliva, pushed the steamed bun forward, and said, "Eat it." ”

Wei Yang nodded, glanced at the old man, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and didn't dare to stretch out his hand.

After the old man nodded, Wei Yang took the steamed buns, and handed one of them to the old man, and then devoured it himself.

The old man sighed lightly, wiped the corners of his eyes gently, and ate miserably.

The old man's crying directly embarrassed Lu An, who was sitting, and he didn't know what to say, so he could only pretend to take a sip of tea.

Lu An couldn't help but observe the two of them, the clothes on their bodies were very worn and old, and there was even a sour smell, the bookcase on his back was made of bamboo, and it was almost polished to a shiny, but the bookbox was very clean.

Although it is this poor and sour picture, the backs of the two of them are still very straight, and it can be seen that the bookcase behind them is very heavy, and the shoulder straps have tightened the young man's clothes, but even when the young man is nibbling on steamed buns, he still straightens his body and does not bend at all, and Lu An, who is watching, keeps nodding, maybe this is the backbone of the so-called reader.

However, these two scholars are really the worst Lu An has ever seen.

The two finished eating the steamed buns and saluted Lu An again.

Lu An, who watched this scene, felt a little unbearable, so he invited the two to drink a glass of water and take a rest.

Jing Ming glanced at the two of them when they were seated, but he didn't say anything, and let the two beggar-looking people stay in the shop.

The old man solemnly took the tea handed over by Lu An, drank it all, and showed a look of satisfaction, "After three months, the old man finally drank the tea with a taste." ”

"Master, you are embarrassed to say that you have been drinking two tea leaves for two months. Wei Yang sarcastically.

The old man didn't blush at all at the apprentice's ridicule, and said with a smile: "Let the son see the smile, in Xia Li Li, Mu Zi Li, the reason of the avenue in the book, I don't know the name of the son, if this success is achieved, the grace of this cup of water will be reciprocated by a spring in the future." ”

"Lu An, double mouth Lu, safe An. Lu An replied with a smile.

"Oh? Lu Zi, the backbone, the backbone of the avenue, is very similar to what Childe did. Li Li praised, and Wei Yang beside him was obviously stunned after hearing these two words.

Lu An was very surprised by this answer, and asked rhetorically with a look of incomprehension, "What?"

Li Li smiled and did not continue.

Wei Yang suddenly leaned over and whispered to Lu An: "Don't pay attention to the son, the master always likes to pat people's ass." ”

Lu An smiled and nodded, not taking this stubble.

Li Li didn't hear Wei Yang and Lu An's whispers, but he was still full of smiles, "I see that Lu Gongzi shouldn't be from this country wind city, right?"

Lu An asked rhetorically, "Why did Mr. say this?"

"Because the old man has stayed in this national wind city for several days, he has never seen such an elegant scholar here. Li Li sighed, and then showed an expression of hatred for seeing each other.

Lu An smiled awkwardly, "Really, I'm not elegant." ”

Li Li's eyes glanced slightly in the direction of Jing Ming, and then the whole person leaned closer and said: "There are people like him in this city, five big and three coarse, which is really indecent, indecent." ”

"Where is that gentleman from, and why is he staying here?" asked Lu An puzzled.

Li Li sighed and said in a low tone: "This matter is a long story, so it's okay not to say it." ”

Wei Yang's face was full of complaints, he couldn't hold it back, and directly rushed to reply: "Master, if you don't say it, I'll tell you, this time has really been miserable." ”

Li Li wanted to reach out to stop it, but he did it manually, tangled it for a while, and put it down again, with a default attitude.

Wei Yang saw that Li Li did not object, so he began to pour bitter water directly at Lu An.

This story makes Lu An both sympathetic and pathetic about the plight of the two, but also full of respect for what Li Li did.