The shopkeeper accepted Huang Yuchen's ten taels of silver tickets, and asked him to take the house money alone, which was enough for a family of three to live well for more than two months, and the food and drink were all good.

However, Huang Yuchen didn't say anything, just smiled and nodded at the shopkeeper, disguising himself as a wronged boss, which is a better means of camouflage in this kind of place.

Subsequently, Huang Yuchen and the other three left the liquor store with the half-grown child, entered the street, and walked along the main street into an alley.

"That's it. The boy stood in front of a courtyard, turned back to Huang Yuchen and said a word, then took out the key from his bosom and unlocked the door and walked into the courtyard.

In fact, it is not far from the main street, and the city is not a big city, but the road is a little winding, and there are many alleys in the city, and there is only one main street.

Entering the courtyard, Huang Yuchen looked left and right, this is a simple courtyard structure, the small courtyard is not big, and there is no backyard, there are two main rooms opposite, and there are two wings on the left and right hands.

The courtyard was covered with snow, and the large tank filled with water was full of snow, and it seemed that no one lived in it for a while.

"How long has it been since there has been no one?" Huang Yuchen asked softly.

"Uncle I moved the year before last. The boy went to the main room, opened the door gently, and said, "No one has lived in it since." ”

Huang Yuchen followed the child into the main room, looked left and right, the furniture in the house was readily available, but a layer of dust fell on it, and the house was deserted and not popular.

"It's two main rooms, and there's everything in it. The half-grown child said: "There is a firewood room and a kitchen over there, and there are two side rooms opposite, so there must be no problem with the occupants." ”

"When you go out, turn left and you are a water shop, if you want water, let them deliver it, and out of this street is a grocery store and a grain store, which are always open. The half-grown child introduced the courtyard to Huang Yuchen.

"If you want to buy clothes or something, you have to go to Main Street, where you have everything, but a few of them are closed, just look for them. ”

After saying everything, the half-grown child stretched out his hand to Huang Yuchen, Huang Yuchen was stunned for a moment, and asked, "What to do?"

"The treasurer said, "Bring you here, and you will give me money." The kid looked at Huang Yuchen, and his cheeks were passively red.

"Huh. Huang Yuchen took out a silver ticket of five taels of silver from his arms, put it in the child's hand and said: "This is the house money for January, you still need to find some more people for me to clean this courtyard." ”

"Also, there is no charcoal fire in the house, and I also need to buy it, and I am not familiar with the place, so I will let you help me, little brother. ”

"That's fine. The child looked at the silver ticket in his hand, it was actually five taels, to say that such a small courtyard, it would not take three taels of silver to live in a month, he looked up at Huang Yuchen and said: "As long as the silver is enough, you can do anything." ”

"Hehehe. Huang Yuchen smiled and said, "Then you go quickly, you are going to stay today, find some people to help me clean up, when I am done, there is still silver." ”

"That's a good idea. When the boy heard this, he immediately ran out.

Huang Yuchen stood in the courtyard and looked left and right, and then jumped up and jumped onto the roof, and the surrounding courtyard also entered the bottom of his eyes.

The yard he was in was at the outermost end of the street, and looking inside, it seemed that there were not many families on the street, at least nearby

Four or five courtyards were empty, and there was no difference from this one.

Huang Yuchen jumped down and said to the shadow: "Senior, please go around and take a look, which courtyard near you has people and which ones have no people, you have to remember clearly." ”

The shadow didn't speak, and his figure flashed, quickly disappearing in place.

In terms of pure speed, Swift Shadow is definitely the top, even if Huang Yuchen increases his speed to the peak, he is not his opponent at all.

After about a stick of incense, the shadow returned and said to Huang Yuchen: "Three streets, populated, fourteen households, most of them are concentrated in the other two rows. On our street, only the other side of the street is out of the courtyard to have people, and the rest are none. ”

Hearing this, Huang Yuchen nodded lightly.

Ekang City is the largest city within a radius of 100 miles, but why are there no residents in it, as Fan Liao's base here, it is unlikely that everyone will be forcibly recruited, so before that, something must have happened that caused these people to leave their hometowns.

"The timing of their departure is inconsistent. The shadow said again: "The snow in the courtyard has traces of being cleaned, and a large number of courtyards are vacant, which should be a matter of the past two months." ”

Huang Yuchen was just about to say something, when there was a sound of footsteps in his ears, and he put a smile on his face and stopped talking.

After a while, the kid came to Huang Yuchen's courtyard with seven or eight people, and asked Huang Yuchen: "I brought it to you, what do you say?" ”

Huang Yuchen smiled and said, "I don't have the snow in the courtyard, the dust in the house, firewood, carbon, water, and food, and I have to bother the little brother to help me buy it." ”

"Well said, money. The child said, stretched out his hand to Huang Yuchen again, Huang Yuchen smiled, and took out a silver ticket of five taels from his arms and put it in the child's hand.

Seeing this silver ticket, the eyes of the people who came with the child lit up, and they started working directly without waiting for Huang Yuchen's instructions.

The people brought by the children are men and women, most of them are not young, and it is very easy to sit up and sit up in this kind of daily work at home, but Huang Yuchen and Jiying Surong became an obstacle and were pushed out of the courtyard.

The three of them could only stand in the alley, watching the work in full swing inside.

"What are you going to do?" Shadow looked at Huang Yuchen, and then looked at the people working inside, some of them didn't understand Huang Yuchen's routine.

"If you want to live, you have to have the appearance of living. Huang Yuchen said softly: "The more people who know, the more people come, the faster we can integrate into it." ”

"A few taels of silver is already a lot for them, and if you spend money like this, you will be targeted. Shadow said.

"These small sums of money will only attract people from the market, and if they come to me, it would be better, these people are long-term residents of this area, and it is absolutely not enough to hear from one person if they want to find out what is going on in the neighborhood. ”

At this moment, Huang Yuchen's thinking was very clear, Ekang City was the first stop to return to the imperial capital, and he had to figure out the surrounding situation.

Who was the person who forcibly recruited soldiers in Chihong Mountain, how the previous battles took place, and what forces were in the vicinity, these were all things he had to figure out.

Moreover, the Xiwang Mansion entered the belly of the Heavenly Prayer Sect step by step, and Huang Yuchen had to find a way to disrupt the rhythm of their advance.

Since he can't return to the imperial capital quickly, he can only act like this now

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Zhuang Lexian is right, without strength, any words will be taken as a prayer rather than a request by others.

Soon, several dealers quickly cleaned up Huang Yuchen's courtyard, and the child came out and said to Huang Yuchen: "It's over, give me money, and I'll buy what you want." ”

Huang Yuchen was stunned when he heard this, the child in front of him had actually changed from a simple teenager to a profiteer in such a short time, this change was really an eye-opener for him.

"Hahaha, you're really insatiable. Huang Yuchen laughed and said, "The ten taels of silver I gave you are enough to buy this yard, I just asked you for some living things and cleaning the house, five taels of silver is more than enough, what do you want to ask me for?"

"Look. The boy also had a smile on his face, stepped forward, and said, "I have eight people here, everyone has to divide the money, you said that you don't know the place to buy everything, you want them to help, the place to buy firewood and carbon is not the same as the place to buy food, do you want to divide the people?"

"Do you want to move back after you sell it? Isn't it all money, I don't ask you how much you want, you give me five taels at a time, and then what do you want later, I won't ask you to collect the money for running errands alone, what's the matter?"

The child winked at Huang Yuchen, and there was a sly light in his eyes, which made Huang Yuchen dizzy.

Usually he knocks on other people's bamboo poles, but now on the other hand, this kid knocks his own bamboo poles, he looks at the child's smiling face, and the eyes that treat himself as a cash cow, Huang Yuchen suddenly smiled.

took out five taels of silver tickets from his arms and stuffed them into the child's hand, Huang Yuchen said: "Okay, go quickly, except for what I just said, the beds on the bed have been changed for me, all the previous ones have been thrown away, and the dishes and chopsticks should be new." Also, the wing room and firewood room are cleaned well, so as not to miss any corners. ”

"Hey, don't worry, it's easy to say anything when you have enough money. The child looked at the silver ticket in his hand, smiled, put the silver ticket in his arms, entered the courtyard and called the three of them to go with him, and the other few people were still busy in the courtyard.

Huang Yuchen walked into the courtyard, although he was pitted, but these people are still very quick to do things, the snow in the courtyard has been cleaned and piled up outside the door, and the house is also being cleaned, everyone is nimble, it seems that there has been no money for a long time.

Seeing the appearance of these people, Huang Yuchen felt a little curious, and he casually asked one person: "Friend, why is the courtyard around here empty?"

"Hey, there's not many people living nearby. While sweeping the floor, the man said to Huang Yuchen: "Guest officer, you don't know, this Ekang City, half of them are peasant households, half of them are military households, and the courtyards near here are basically military households, and when there is a war, they all have to go, so this courtyard is empty." ”

"Fighting, fighting with whom?"

"Then we don't know, that's what the city lord thinks, let's just think about working and eating, and don't think about anything else. The dealer man raised his head and smiled at Huang Yuchen, and continued to work with his head down.

It seemed that they couldn't ask for any key information in their mouths, so Huang Yuchen simply shut up.

After a while, the child came back with three people and two carts, and bought a lot of things.

When the car arrived at the door, everyone came out to help, and after about half an hour, the yard was finally cleaned up, the firewood rooms were cleaned up, the beds were replaced with new ones, and the house was spotless.