Chapter 18 Exploring the Capital and Preparing Military Rations
People live in the world for food and clothing, and they go from place to place
The cold and warm spring and autumn look at the three meals in the morning and evening
Food and clothing exhaust the will of life, and wealth will accumulate for future generations
The six desires and seven emotions are thoroughly understood, and all kinds of states in the world must be complete
The next day, everything in the army was arranged, and Yu Jia went to Yinshan alone. Hide yourself in a hidden place. It is a natural cave, which is spacious and curves deeply. The entrance of the cave is overgrown with withered grass, which just blocks the entrance of the cave, and there are a few rays of sunlight shining in, making it seem that the cave is not too dark.
Yu Jia sat cross-legged on a flat boulder not far from the entrance of the cave, and then her spirit came out of her body. The divine consciousness manipulated the spirit, and the spirit sped south at a strange speed.
Why did Yu Jia choose such a place? The release of the spirit is an extremely dangerous thing, his body is still very fragile, and after the spirit is out of the body, the body cannot protect itself. At this time, someone found out that the body was moved, and it was a very dangerous thing.
This time, the spirit has to go to the capital for nearly a thousand miles, and I don't know how long, in case someone disturbs it, the consequences are unimaginable. For the sake of safety, Yu Jia chose this secluded place.
Under the control of Yujia's divine sense, the spirit hurried south. Yu Jia didn't expect that the spirit was so fast, and this speed was much faster than the main body. It took just over an hour for a thousand years. When you come to Kyoto, you will come to the Hyakkudo Pharmacy.
Someone asked, what is Yu Jia doing in Baicaotang to prepare food? Buy medicine? Of course not. Yu Jia didn't stay in the capital for a few days and didn't know any acquaintances. The only one who has dealt with him is only with the shopkeeper of Baicaotang, which is considered familiar, after all, he has done a business with him.
When he was separated from the shopkeeper Tong, the shopkeeper once said that he could find him if he had something. For a promise at that time, Yu Jia specially came to the door. By this time, the pharmacy was already open. It's still early, there are no customers in the store, only the shopkeeper is standing in front of the counter, and a few guys are cleaning.
Yu Jia picked the curtain and entered the door, and said loudly: "The shopkeeper Tong is early, I haven't seen you for many days, are you old?" At this time, Yu Jia's spirit was already condensed like the body, and her divine sense was strong, as the arrival of the deity, she acted freely and was naturally able to speak and ask questions.
The deity is a thousand miles away, and everything here can be perceived. As soon as the shopkeeper raised his eyes, he saw Yu Jia, hurriedly got out of the counter, stepped forward and saluted: "What kind of wind is this, blowing Brother Jiang here? As the saying goes, if you have nothing to do, you will go to the Three Treasures Palace, and the shopkeeper knows that this lord will not come to him without anything. The shopkeeper is also an old man, and his eyesight is naturally not ordinary.
Invited Yu Jia to the inner hall, and went out after serving tea. After a few words of greeting between the two, Yu Jia said straight to the point: "I came to visit today, the younger brother does have an urgent and very tricky matter, please help the elder brother!"
When the shopkeeper heard this, it seemed that it was indeed a difficult thing for this powerful lord to ask for him, and he hurriedly replied, "I don't know what my brother is asking for?" Yu Jia said: "Now that the border is covered with heavy snow, the soldiers lack food and clothing, and they are very miserable. Now that the Chinese New Year is coming soon, the food in the army will be cut off in a few days. You can't let all the soldiers spend this New Year with a deflated stomach, right? So please ask my brother to be in the capital and help me raise some food. Of course, money is not an issue, and besides, I still have precious medicinal materials in my hands. If the money is not enough, the brother is willing to use medicinal materials to offset the bill."
When the shopkeeper heard this, he hurriedly said, "Brother said that you laughed, you don't have to say anything about your character." Although you and I only have one-sided friends, my brother is absolutely at ease with your character. I wonder how much my brother plans to prepare?"
Yu Jia saw that Tong was in charge of the shopkeeper, and did not refuse, so she knew that there was a doorway, and hurriedly said: "10,000 quintals of grain, 500 pigs, 600 sets of cotton clothes, 50 sets of children's cotton clothes, some seasonal vegetables, chickens and ducks." If it's convenient, the more the better."
When the shopkeeper heard this, he said in his heart: Damn, so much? When the year is over, it is indeed a little difficult to ask for so many at once. But this master, since he came to find himself, naturally he didn't treat himself as an outsider, so he had to help.
After thinking for a long time, the shopkeeper said: "I don't know when my brother wants, I have to give my brother a few days" Yu Jia said: "How about five days? I have to rush to the camp before the year, and the soldiers are still waiting for the rice to be cooked." The rice is very urgent, and the others can be extended for a few more days. Anyway, this Chinese New Year's Eve, the soldiers always have to eat, hot dumplings"
The shopkeeper heard this, thought about it, and replied, "Okay, I'll arrange it," and immediately got up and went out. When Yu Jia heard this, she immediately said: "Don't be in a hurry first, wait for the brother to finish speaking" After saying that, he cast a spell and dragged the shopkeeper, let him sit down, and then said: "This matter is really urgent, but it is not too late." Right now, the younger brother is talking to the elder brother, not me. I don't have anything of value on me, and after five days, when my body comes, I will thank you with a lot of money. ”
When the shopkeeper heard this, he was very surprised. Is this clearly a real person? Looking up and down at Yu Jia, he was a little incredulous. Yu Jia saw that he was a little suspicious, so he smiled and said, "If you don't believe it, you can come forward and touch it." After hearing this, the shopkeeper stepped forward and grabbed it with his hand, Yu Jia's arm suddenly felt like he had grabbed something boneless, and he couldn't grasp it at all, so he immediately believed Yu Jia's words. I feel that this is really a god-man! Hurriedly said: "My brother is really a god-man! This is incredible!"
At this time, the shopkeeper Tong really felt a lot of emotion. Yu Jia said with a smile: "My Taoism is still a lot worse, and now I have just entered the threshold. Okay, let's not talk about this, brother, the little brother will come here to say goodbye, and after five days, the little brother will come to your place to thank you."
After saying that, he bowed his hand, and then turned around, and Yu Jia disappeared in front of the shopkeeper. Yu Jia also wants to show off, so that the shopkeeper can believe that he has magical powers, so that he can do things for himself with peace of mind. The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, where was Yu Jia's figure. Fang knew that the other party had already left. He said to himself: "What a fairy, unimaginable! unimaginable!" This matter that the gods have confessed, we must hurry up and do it.
So out of the inner hall, the shopkeeper Tong hurriedly explained to his subordinates: "Notify all branches, quickly send people to all parts of the countryside, collect grain, pigs, chickens and ducks, vegetables, how much I will collect, and come to report in three days."
"Yes, the shopkeeper, the small ones will do it" A guy went down to inform the branches. Then, the shopkeeper called another subordinate and instructed: "Zhang San, you go to the tailor shop in the city and arrange to make 600 sets of cotton clothes and 50 sets of children's clothes." Of course, the size is more standard size, which is worn by some soldiers, and then some enlarged. Children's clothing is made according to the size of more than ten years, remember to find a few more, and it must be completed in three days" This named Zhang San, promised to go down too.
Here, the shopkeeper Tong arranged for people to purchase materials for the time being. It is said that Yujia came out of the Baicaotang, traveled all the way, and went to the north. Don't be in a hurry, the spirit can't leave the deity for too long. Yu Jia has not yet cultivated to perfection, and if the spirit leaves the body for too long, it will damage the divine consciousness.
This journey took more than an hour, and finally the spirit returned to its place. It doesn't take long for the spirit to return to its place, and it always takes a while to get used to it. At this moment, I felt something on my upper body, one hand grabbed at my lower body, one hand on my left shoulder, and I was snorting.
Yu Jia's consciousness is outward, and she perceives that this is a woman. Here, if there is a woman at this time, she must not be a person, she must be a demon. Thinking of this time, Yu Jia suddenly opened her eyes, and her internal strength was lucky, and her lower body was as hard as a stone. The demon girl saw Yu Jia suddenly open her eyes, knowing that she had been discovered by the other party, and hurriedly used her left hand hard. Huh? It's like catching a rock. Seeing that it didn't work, the banshee suddenly opened her mouth and stuck out her tongue. Good guy, the red tongue spit out for a long time, and ran to Yu Jia's eyes, with a bad smell.
Yu Jia was also quick to react, tilted her head, dodged a blow from her tongue, and then raised her right hand and grabbed the banshee's tongue. As soon as her tongue was caught, the banshee became uncomfortable, uncomfortable, and kept twisting her body. Yu Jia exerted herself here, and the banshee was here, her body swayed violently, and gradually appeared in her original form.
Good guys, a big golden python. The whole body is golden, the scales are glowing with golden light, the body is the thickness of the root of an adult's thigh, and the body length is dozens of meters, coiled on Yu Jia's body several times. Yu Jia looked at it and it turned out to be a python essence. This python spirit has cultivated into a human form, and it seems that it has been cultivating for thousands of years. It is not easy to practice, so Yu Jia was moved by compassion and didn't want to hurt her life.
Yu Jia said angrily: "You python spirit, it is not easy to practice, why do you want to hurt people's lives?" At this time, Yu Jia's hand was still holding the python's tongue, you were holding someone's tongue, how could they talk? The python was uncomfortable, and tears came out at this time.
Yu Jia looked at her like this, and she was indeed a little pitiful, so she said: "I didn't intend to hurt your life, are you willing to submit to me? When this snake demon heard it, it was okay, there was still hope for life in the relationship, and it was really powerful to see that this product was really powerful, and it was not easy to deal with. So he nodded, and although his tongue was clutched, his head could still move.
Yu Jia saw that she could understand human speech, and knew that she understood what she meant, so she continued: "I will kill you, and in a moment, now you listen to me, take your body out of me, and I will let you go." Don't even think about running, I can let you go, and I can catch you again. Got it?"
The snake demon nodded again, and the snake body slowly loosened, slowly leaving Yu Jia's body, and the stretched snake body bent on the ground. Yu Jia saw that the snake demon was still very obedient, so she raised her hand and threw this snake spirit out of the battle. I didn't dare to throw too far, too far, this guy ran away, I don't know, can I catch up with her.
The snake demon's tongue is free, and it is much more comfortable. At this time, the snake demon also recovered its human body, half-lying on the ground, panting. Yu Jia took advantage of the faint sunlight in the cave to carefully examine this python demon:
A long black hair, draped behind his head, like a black waterfall, very neat, very white, melon seed face, facial features, a pair of charming eyes are very charming, a golden coat wrapped in a convex and concave body, a pair of bare feet, it is a standard beauty billet.
Goblins, refined into human form, of course, are all standard beauty, who wants to change into an ugly monster.
Yu Jia saw it, and said softly: "Why do you want to come here and hurt people's lives?" The banshee heard this, and quickly knelt down and replied: "Master, the little girl has never harmed anyone. This is the little woman's practice cave. After seeing the master come in, he sat there motionless, and did not leave for a while. The little woman watched for a long time from afar, and when she saw the handsomeness of the master's life, she fell in love. ”
When the banshee said this, she glanced up at Yu Jia, and saw that Yu Jia didn't react, so she continued: "At first, the little girl didn't dare to step forward, seeing that the master is also a cultivator, and the Tao must be profound. But after observing for a long time, he did not see the slightest movement of his master, so he had evil thoughts. Knowing that the master's cultivation had already entered the meditation at this time, and the body was the weakest, he stepped forward to restrain the master and forced the master to agree to the little woman to do the things of the man and woman, not wanting to be noticed by the master."
Yu Jia pondered, feelings this demon also has this hobby? So he said: "You snake demon, your cultivation has been enlightened, why haven't you gotten rid of the six desires in the world?" The banshee saw that Yu Jia was not angry, so she boldly said: "I think I have been practicing here for more than 3,000 years, and I couldn't transform into a human form two thousand years ago, but I don't have this thought." It has been more than a thousand years since he changed into a human form. For thousands of years, living alone in the mountains has indeed been lonely. For thousands of years, no one has been born, and no one has ever been seen. Now that I see the master appearing, I can't help but want to be in my heart for a while, and ask the master to forgive my sins" The little demon said very sincerely, and Yu Jia also encountered this for the first time, and I really don't know what to do?
So Yu Jia hurriedly changed the topic: "Now that I have accepted you, are you willing to be loyal to me?" When the snake demon heard this, he immediately said: "Since it has been surrendered by the master, it is also the fate of the little girl and the master, and the little girl is willing to serve the master."
Yu Jia said: "The branch of the snake dragon. You have dragon blood in your body, but you haven't awakened. When it comes to awakening, it will naturally get rid of the ranks of demons and be included in the immortal class. At that time, the practice of men and women may bring a period of edification to the world. Since I have taken you, I will naturally help you. Get up, it's not too early, then you can go back with me."
The banshee bowed and replied, "Yes, master." Walking out of the hole, the two walked slowly. At this time, Yu Jia spoke again: "Do you have a name?" The banshee replied: "I am a goblin, I have been alone here for more than 3,000 years, where did I get my name?"
"Well, I don't know the master, what is the name of the little girl?" replied the banshee happily. Yu Jia thought for a while and said: "You are sincere in cultivating the Tao, you have not entered the mortal world, your mind is still simple, you have not lost your true nature, since you and I have become married, I will give you a name called Yuan Zhen, Yuan is your surname, and it is really your name, how about it?"
The banshee whispered: "Yuan--really, good, good, thank you, master, the little girl finally has a name" (okay, this Yujia changed a banshee to a national surname, and a few decades later, the Wei State implemented Han rule, and the Xianbei emperor changed the Yuan surname to the national surname) The two talked, and soon came to the camp.
In the distance, the soldiers saw that the general had returned with a woman, and they were all very strange. Look at this woman again, she looks too beautiful and charming. I don't know what's going on, and I'm talking about it.
Yu Jia didn't listen to what they were talking about. Just kidding! As soon as the divine consciousness is placed for hundreds of miles, the wind and grass can be heard, and these soldiers can still escape his perception when they speak? Yu Jia went straight to Yuan Zhen and entered his tent. Came to the tent, let Yuan Zhen sit casually, and when both sides sat down, Yu Jia said: "Right now, I have an urgent matter to do. It was quite troublesome, but now with you, you can share my worries!"
Yuan Zhen hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "I don't know what the master wants the slave family to do?" Yu Jia said, "That's the case----" So he told Yuan Zhen in detail about raising military rations, and then said: "Can you read?" Yuan Zhen said shyly: "I don't know." Yu Jia said in a long voice: "Oh - so? Then I'll draw a simple sketch and see if you can get to know it."
After that, Yujia came to the desk and began to sketch. Painted a lot of pictures, very detailed. The first is the road map, which is the road map from Wuchuan to the capital, and what important landmarks along the way are clearly marked. The other is a topographical map of the capital, and the routes are clearly marked, and no matter which gate Yuan Zhen enters, he can find Baicaotang.
After the drawing, Yu Jia handed the picture to Yuan Zhen and asked Yuan Zhen to look at it carefully, and explain in detail what he didn't understand. Yuan Zhen is an enlightened old demon, and his natural mind is also very dexterous. It didn't take long to figure it out. Yu Jia then asked, "I don't know how long it will take you to travel a thousand miles?"
Yuan Zhen thought for a moment and said, "In the past, in the mountains, it didn't take much time to practice the art of flying for hundreds of miles. It's almost an hour," Yu Jiaxi said: "Great, now I am ready to send you to the capital Baicaotang." You go to the shopkeeper Tong and help him complete the preparation of military rations as soon as possible. I promised the shopkeeper Tong that I would go to the capital in five days to thank you in person."
After hearing this, Yuan Zhen said: "It's all up to the master's dispatch"
Yu Jia said: "I'll fix a book first, and you hand it over to the shopkeeper Tong." When he sees the letter, he will understand the purpose of my sending you."
After that, he began to write a letter, and after a while, the letter was written, and he put it in the envelope, and it was written on the envelope: Baicaotang Tong shopkeeper personally opened. After writing, he took out three thousand taels of gold from the small world, and took out two hundred taels of silver. Then he took out two more ginseng plants and a reishi mushroom grass.
Yu Jia said to Yuan Zhen: "This is three thousand taels of gold, this is Ganoderma lucidum, these two things, and they will be handed over to him after the preparation of the materials of the shopkeeper Tong." Three thousand taels of gold is the cost of purchasing these belongings, and this Ganoderma lucidum is used as a gift of gratitude. Got it?"
Yuan Zhen looked at Yu Jia and said, "Understood, master" Yu Jia saw that she did understand, and continued: "These two ginseng strains are for you. These are all immortal grasses that are more than three hundred years old, and they are helpful for awakening the blood of the Flood Desolation True Dragon in your body. I don't know how much strength your body can withstand, so I'll give you two first. Take a little bit today and see what the effect is? This is two hundred taels of silver, for your journey and the days of entanglement. This ingot, it is ten taels. When you eat and buy things, you have to use money. Ask the price first, then pay, and if there is more, the store will give you change. Got it?"
Yu Jia said in detail, I am afraid that Yuan Zhen has never been out and will be deceived. It's not that I feel sorry for those few taels of silver, Yu Jia knows that since Yuan Zhen goes to Baicaotang to eat and live, the shopkeeper Tong will definitely arrange it for Yuan Zhen, and Yuan Zhen doesn't need to spend a penny at all. But Yu Jia also wants Yuan Zhen to go out to exercise and hone it, so that he can be of great use in the future.
Yuan Zhen pondered Yu Jia's words, and then said: "Understood, master" Yu Jia said: "Okay, then let's eat first, and tomorrow morning, you will hurry again." I wonder what you can eat?"
Yuan Zhen smiled: "Don't worry, master, since I have become a human body, it is naturally the same as the food that people eat." You can do anything, but you can't drink alcohol for the time being, and you can't eat anything too spicy. The rest is fine."
Now Yu Jia was relieved. When he came to the dining table, he raised his hand, and a few dishes came out. In the small world, there are still some things, all of which are cooked food: roast chicken, elbows or something, and a few steamed buns. Yu Jia took out another jar of wine, and then said: "Let's eat first, if it's not enough, I'll give it to you" Yuan Zhen was not polite, and sat down to eat.
Yu Jia drank wine and served food, and the two chatted while eating, but there was no food or sleep at this time. I had a good meal. After eating, Yu Jia asked Yuan Zhen to rest for a while, digest and digest, and then said: "I'll go out first and explain some things to my subordinates." When I come back, you can take some ginseng and absorb the aura. I'm by the side, giving you the Dharma Protector. Remember, don't mess around before I come back, or you'll die. I won't be able to save you then."
Yuan Zhen hurriedly got up and said, "Yes, master." I won't mess around" Yu Jia saw that she was very well-behaved, nodded with satisfaction, and turned to go out.
This is exactly what it is:
The doppelganger lacks skills and is anxious, and it happens that the python demon is willing to surrender himself
The spell is superb, and the ability to devour the fairy grass is boundless
The golden snake transforms into a dragon girl, and the sparrow falls on the branch and becomes a phoenix
Charming and delicate, lonely and lonely, looking forward to becoming a pair