Back to the Three Kingdoms and become a python

"My lord." Cui Lan raised the basket: "My lord must be hungry."

Lin Bei is really hungry. Since shedding his skin, Lin Bei eats a little more than before. This is the inevitable result of his increase in size.

"It's getting cold, my lord, wait a moment, light a fire immediately, and warm up your lord."

After the other Orion met with Lin Bei, they were not polite. They were familiar with each other. Those who should wash their faces, or took off their shirts, jumped into the river and rubbed their bodies. Jiulang said: "My lord, the injured head The legs of the little proboscis are almost healed."

Lin Bei didn't speak, and Jiu Lang didn't mind, and continued: "My lord doesn't know, but the little long-nosed beast is so cute. Everyone in the village likes it very much. My old man still wants to take it home to raise it."

Cui Lan said with a smile: "The small proboscis is much more popular than the big one."

This is true. Baby elephants are smaller and easier to subdue, and people are more willing to trust animals raised from childhood.

"My lord, will every family in our village need to raise proboscis beasts in the future?" Wooden asked in a voice.

Lin Bei nodded and shook his head again, it is not necessary, but as long as the biogas pool is completed, the follow-up effect will be quite good. At this time, even if every family raises elephants, it is not a burden, Lin Bei will not force it, but if the family does not have Proboscis, then the waste needed for the digester has to go to the house of the elephant owner.

At this time, the red jiao crawled out of the taro field with a toad in its mouth.

The appearance of the red jiao was too conspicuous, and it was impossible for the Orions not to see it. The moment they saw the red jiao, the Orions were startled. Cui Lan stood up, and then subconsciously looked at Lin Bei.

The hunters haven’t encountered any beasts here in Lin Bei for a long time. When a species suddenly appeared and it looked like a long bug, the hunters would naturally feel that it had something to do with Lin Bei. After seeing Lin Bei’s performance, the hunters said to themselves Sure enough, this long worm is indeed related to adults.

"My lord, is this... my little lord?" Cui Lan pointed at Chi Jiao and asked.

"It's so beautiful." Jiulang sighed in admiration, feeling that he had never seen such a beautiful snake.

Compared with the performance of the hunters, the red jiao was much more excited. He stood up suddenly, and threw the toad in his mouth to the ground. The snake spit out the letter and made a hissing sound. Prelude to an attack.

"My lord..." The Orions were startled, not because they were afraid of being attacked, but because they were frightened by Chi Jiao's reaction. It seemed that this little lord was not very friendly.

Cui Lan and the others couldn't read, so Lin Bei couldn't explain it, so he could only get close to the red jiao, calm the red jiao, and then gesture to Cui Lan. For the time being, the red jiao is not close to them.

Although Cui Lan can't get close to the red dragonfly, but Cui Lan and the others have already tacitly accepted that this scarlet long insect is a small adult, and they are still in awe, especially when they see the two claws under the red dragon's belly, this kind of awe is even deeper , because this little adult is more like the legendary Jiao.

Chapter 1 Recruiting Civilians

In the evening of that day, the rotating convoy of Zhen's business from the Central Plains slowly drove into Hepu County. An Zhongzhi and Bian Ji, who had just entered the city not long ago, watched the process. The person in charge of the region for the past three years even personally greeted the convoy at the gate of the city.

"Those guards are really elite." An Zhong praised straightly.

In addition to those who specialize in business, the rest of the convoy is the huge guard team of Zhen's Trading Company. There are about three hundred people wearing swords. elite.

Bian Ji nodded, with a look of understanding on his face.

Bian Ji is a famous person in Hepu County, and he even has good friends with the prefect. He knows much more about the Zhen family than An Zhongzhi.

The Zhen family is a big family in the Central Plains, the head of the world's grain merchants, with over ten thousand members, and even more servants and vassals. The guards, clerks, and shopkeepers of Zhen's business firm all have to be members of the Zhen clan, and no outsiders have ever intervened. It may be an exaggeration to say that the Zhen family is monolithic, but the Zhen family is indeed extraordinary.

In the past few times, Zhen's Commercial Firm also rotated every three years, but each time the number of convoys was not large, and the same was true for the guards, usually only about a hundred people, but this time, the number of guards actually reached [-] people.

If it was in the past, Bian Ji didn't know much about the situation in the Central Plains, so maybe Bian Ji wouldn't think about it, but Lin Bei told him that the Central Plains will be in chaos next year, and the Zhen family has stepped up their guards, so there are not many Mrs. Bian. thought about it.

"It seems that the Central Plains is in chaos, so the Zhen family has to increase the strength of guards for their respective businesses, and at the same time show their power. Although these guards are not as good as the elite armored soldiers in the army, they can still fight and kill. Zhen's There are nearly a hundred commercial firms, and there are [-] guards in total, which should not be underestimated."

In this era, it is not uncommon for wealthy families to raise soldiers privately. Small gentry families must have at least a dozen thugs, and big families have more thugs. Hundreds of thousands are quite normal. The big family has [-] family soldiers. Bian Ji thinks that this is not the final number. Of course, this is also the Zhen family. It is because they collect and sell grain that they can support such a family soldier. Other big families will be inferior in comparison.

Zhen's motorcade drove slowly into the business. After a while, there were many more carriages at the entrance of the business. These were all the merchants in the county who came to visit Zhen's. The rotation every three years would cause a huge turmoil in the merchants of Hepu County. Some merchants took advantage of the opportunity to rise, but some merchants were suppressed. As for whether to rise or be suppressed, it depends on the public relations actions of these merchants these days. This is also the busiest time in Hepu County. In the banquet, all the celebrities from Hepu County were invited. In the past few years, Bian Ji was always a guest.

"Let's go." Bian Ji said bluntly to An Zhong. He has no feelings for Hepu County now. He just wants to finish the business here and go back to Longtan, because Bian Ji now thinks it is very interesting to work with adults, which is far more interesting than in Hepu County. The silence in Hepu County has become more and more fulfilling.

.......

Xu Shu and several merchants came out from the side door of the firm.

None of them are from the Zhen family. They followed the Zhen family either because they were planning to run a business, or because they had other desires. For example, Xu Shu, who was planning to study for a great sage, heard a demon dragon coming out of Nanyue on the way. Then he came, and when he arrived in Hepu, he couldn't stay there any longer.

At this time, there were many carriages parked at the gate of Zhen's Commercial House, and there were many coachmen. These were all coachmen from various merchants, and they knew each other on weekdays. Laughing loudly, these coachmen are probably the happiest when they are talking about this all day long.

This is the traffickers and pawns. In martial arts novels, you have to go to the inn to inquire about the news. Here you have to ask these people. Their news is much better than most people.

Xu Shu and the others found a coachman who looked younger. This age is outspoken and the most likely to leak his words.

"This little brother invited."

"Ah, the big brothers invited me, what's the matter?"

"I'm a traveling businessman following Zhen's firm. I accidentally heard a piece of news about the land of South Vietnam. I don't know if it's true or not, so I want to ask my brother?"

"what news?"

"I heard that a demon dragon appeared in the land of Nanyue? Is this true?"

The coachman laughed immediately: "Of course it is true."

"Oh?" Xu Shu and the others originally thought that these people would be secretive, but who knew that they would be able to ask casually: "Is there really a demon dragon?"

"Naturally." The young coachman nodded with a smile, and said frothyly, "This matter has to start from Xishan Township."

"This is from a few hunters in Xishan Township. They saw that monster dragon when they went hunting in the mountains. This monster dragon is eight feet long, knows people's words, understands people's affairs, and can't eat people."

A peddler asked strangely: "Why do monsters have a reason not to eat people?"

The young coachman shook his head and said: "I don't know, anyway, that monster dragon did not eat people, but started doing business with people."

"Business? Merchant?" Xu Shu asked in surprise.

"Yes, at that time people from Xishan Village were asked to catch locusts in the fields, saying that five liters of locusts would be exchanged for one mountain of goods. In just two days, the villagers of Xishan Village caught about six or seven thousand liters of buckets, and the monster dragon kept its promise. The mountain goods were given to the villagers."

"Hearing what you said, that demon dragon is a good one? What happened next?"

"Later, this monster dragon asked a master in the village to build a school, saying that there should be no discrimination in teaching, as long as they are old enough, anyone can enter the school. I will tell you a few people. When the Xishan Township school is completed, I plan to go to the school too. .”

"Is there still this?"

"This is absolutely true. Now the people of Xishan Township are building a school, and it is said that every day the monster dragon will capture wild animals such as cattle, sheep and deer to feed the people who are studying in the school. Recently, the people of Xishan Township have caught Dozens of long-nosed beasts were killed, which was also done by the demon dragon, because of these things, the people of Xishan Township are planning to build a shrine for the demon dragon and worship it every day."

"Is this all the work of the demon dragon?"

"Of course, oh yes, even the treasurer of Zhen's family has been to Xishan Township several times, and he has also met Yaolong. Since the few of you are with the people of Zhen's business, just ask casually and you will know Is it true?" The coachman thought that several people didn't believe it, and finally threw out even the treasurer Zhen's.

"So, that monster dragon is not only harmless, but also kind to people?"

Hearing what the coachman said, Xu Shu felt incredible. No matter it was folklore or superstitions, monsters are all heinous. They do evil to the world and bring disaster to the common people. Cannibalism is even more common, but now this monster lives in peace with people. , and what the coachman said, this demon dragon still seems to be helping people, which really overturned Xu Shu's cognition.

Xu Shu and the others were afraid that the young coachman's words would be unreliable, so they asked several coachmen present. Although they all had different descriptions of the demon dragon, they all agreed on what they did to the demon dragon. In the end, Xu Shu and the others I have to be convinced that this monster dragon is really different.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, and Xu Shu and the others were hungry, they wanted to find a place to fill their stomachs first. As soon as they walked to the street, they heard a small official beating a gong, and shouting while knocking: "The prefect orders , Xishan Township under its jurisdiction needs to build roads, and specially recruits [-] peasants and [-] craftsmen. As long as you go, all meals will be prepared by Xishan Township, and you will be paid [-] yuan a day. The east gate is waiting."