From Chief to Ball

The choice between drinking poison to quench thirst and dying today is always difficult, but the choice in the basement is extremely quick.

He opened the bag and shared a small pinch of white salt with each of them, and several people tasted it carefully in their mouths before making a decision.

When his daughter was born in the spring of this year, the best gift he received was not clay pots of fish, shrimp and pearls, or even a piece of jade that someone took from the owner's corpse, but a few pieces of underwear soaked in salty sweat, It is really delicious to cook a bowl of corn porridge in black salty water.

"If he wants to do something other than pity us, then even if we don't change it in two days, he will find a way to change it with us. If he just pities us, we have lost the salt of this winter at best, and there is nothing to do anyway. Another way."

After thinking for a while, he stood up and said, "Tomorrow I will go and see for myself and ask him directly what he is going to do. There are so many people with me, I am afraid that it is a trap. If it is really a trap, it means that I was caught. Nothing."

After he finished speaking, he grabbed a few pancakes from the oven and left overnight without waiting for everyone to say goodbye. Before he left, he just asked everyone in the cellar not to tell his story.As for the rest, he believed that Ze would take good care of his remaining unrelated relatives.

Two days later, the agreed valley.

There are many things in the valley, many useful or unseen things. These are the goods that Chen Jian carried on the sledge when he came.

Before he came, he had asked the people of Sucheng about the situation near Onozawa, and knowing that there were some villages and these villages had not been moved, he knew that this kind of gray area transaction was inevitable, unless those people in Onozawa had the almost perfect conditions like Xiacheng. Everything is self-sufficient.

He originally hoped to contact the fugitive slaves in Onozawa through the people in the villages, but since he met them directly, he saved a lot of trouble, and forced those villages to move away, which was quiet and convenient for what he had to do.

There is a lot of salt, and there are also a lot of common herbs. As for the various daily necessities exchanged from Sucheng, although rough, they must be perfect in Onozawa.

At least the eyes are dazzled by sighing, and I am afraid that the salt is poisonous, so I can only taste it first to see whether I will die; and I am afraid that the salt is not poisonous, so I eat other people's salt without taking anything, even if I take a bite, it is not me should do.

After thinking about it, he took off the broken leather on his body, found some grass to wrap around his body in the cold weather, put the broken leather next to the pile of salt, grabbed a pinch of salt and ate the pancakes.

The cold wind was blowing everywhere, and I didn't know when those people would come, so I felt stubborn, I just didn't wear the leather, and huddled in the cold wind and waited.

In the evening, Chen Jian led his people to the valley slowly, and heard a shivering cry from a distance: "I exchanged a handful of salt for you with a piece of broken leather."

Chen Jian looked at the bruises from the cold, sighed in his heart, and shouted: "Okay, the replacements are just right. Only these?"

Knowing that he is not dead, he feels a little embarrassed, and seeing that Chen Jian and others only appeared at night, and no one can hide anywhere here, it seems that this is really not a trap, so he said: "I just talked to them a few days ago. After the replacement, there is really nothing left to replace.”

Chen Jian laughed loudly and said, "It's not that there is nothing to change, is it because I am afraid that the person who changes will be caught by me?" He smiled awkwardly to cover it up, and Chen Jian had already lit a fire over there, and shouted at He: " Now it’s not a change, but seeing Xue Tian’s guests, it’s only polite to entertain them. There’s wine and meat, come and eat.”

Sigh nodded, walked over and sat by the fire, and warmed up for a long time before he recovered. Seeing that he was stubborn, Chen Jian didn't return the broken leather bag to him, but only handed him some wine and meat.

After taking a few sips, he couldn't help asking: "Ji Xia, I just want to ask you, what exactly are you going to do?"

"I'm soft-hearted, I'm afraid you don't have enough salt to eat."

"Ze said, you are not soft-hearted. Your heart is as hard as a rock."

"I didn't finish, I'm afraid many of you will die without salt."

He immediately got up and said, "We will not be slaves anymore, even if there is no salt to eat. These salts are just things that can be exchanged at will in the city. You use these things that can be exchanged at will to make us slaves again. We are very grateful ? We're not the idiots in the village."

Chen Jian shook his head and said: "Even if you want to be my slaves, I don't want to. How much work can you do as slaves? How many people can you support? Don't worry, I don't think so. As for what I want to do , I can’t talk to you, are you willing to change? I will continue to change with you. If you don’t want to change? I won’t change. You don’t have to feel that you owe me anything. Didn’t you do a good job before? You took a bite of salt Throw away a piece of leather. The exchange of this thing is all yours, don't feel like you owe me anything, if I really want you to do something in the future, I'll be happy if you don't want to turn your face without saying anything."

I have never heard such words, especially when Chen Jian said the sentence to feed a few people, I was shocked. It is always the master who feeds the slaves. How does this person say that the slaves feed the master?However, Chen Jian's words satisfied his appetite, so he said bluntly: "Then our exchange is what you like and what I want?"

"Nonsense, if I don't come, you can still trade with the people in the village. I drive the people out of the village, and then I will trade salt with you. If you thank me, I won't bother to talk to you."

He laughed loudly, and shouted: "Okay! Then I will exchange the first one first. Can you exchange the partner I captured a few days ago? We will exchange it here tomorrow. We will try our best to take out as many things as you want."

"There are 63 people in total, and I can only give you forty in exchange."

"why?"

"23 days, in order to survive, I said something that shouldn't be said. I asked you that you had made an oath before and you were not allowed to say it. I helped Tiandi fulfill the oath."

Chen Jian clapped his hands. Someone poured out more than 20 severed heads from the basket, which had already been frozen. He nodded and said, "Good kill. What about the rest?"

"One piece of leather per person, save it up, and make up for it when you exchange it next time. You can also take these goods away, and exchange them here every fifteen days in the future, and count them together when the spring grass turns green. Now you I can't take it with me."

He probably had never seen such an exchange before, and his heart became more and more uneasy. It was obvious that this Jixia in front of him was planning to do something, but he didn't say what he was doing.

But after thinking about it, he thought to himself: "This exchange is exactly what you want and what I want. What is exchanged is the leather, not a promise, and I have no promise to do anything. If he says something bad in the future, just treat it as nothing. I heard it. The previous owner also said that we should be grateful to them for eating and drinking. If we all have such thoughts, then why should we run? Well, although this person is weird, since he killed more than 20 people, it seems that he is not Bad, the big deal is to turn your face and deny it in the future, and it's better than eating weakly these days."

After thinking this through, he got up and saluted Chen Jian: "Since that's the case, we want all these goods. We will exchange them together next spring."

"Can there be so many leather prey?"

"Yes! But there is one thing I don't change. Bird feathers can be used as arrow branches. I don't want the tail feathers I pluck to kill me in the future."

Hearing this answer, Chen Jian smiled imperceptibly. Since there are so many leather prey, it seems that there is at least an island or peninsula in the center of the lake surrounded by swamps, and the area is not small. Otherwise, where would there be these things?

I was happy in my heart, and I didn't notice the trap in Chen Jian's question. I only thought about these things, but it solved the survival problem of everyone in Onozawa. I got up anxiously and wanted to leave.

"Wait a minute, you've never seen some herbs; even if you've seen them, are there any that can cure diseases? I want to exchange something with you."

"what?"

"People! People who can cure diseases and use herbs!"

Chapter 37 Pines and Cypresses

"You don't need to refuse in a hurry. Onozawa is boundless. There are thousands of you who come here and you can't look down on one person, right? Blindfold your eyes when you go. If I make a move that is not good for you, I can kill him. That’s what’s called intercourse.”

He sneered and said: "This is the disgusting part of you meat eaters. If two people are sincere in their vows, why do they need to confront? If they are not sincere, can confrontation stop you from violating your vows?" ? Besides, we don’t have anyone to hand over to you.”

He didn't directly refuse. A witch doctor who can see a doctor is extremely important to Ono Zezhong's partners.Whether it is a witch doctor or a herbal doctor, after the emergence of private ownership, it is a family tradition, and knowledge is regarded as something that can be passed on by blood. Like those military nobles, the most difficult thing to tolerate is the dissemination of military technology and means of war. They are the same, monopolizing knowledge to maintain their special status in the city clan.

It was inevitable that there would be no physician among the slaves.Maybe there will be in Onozawa in a few decades, but the experience accumulated at the cost of hundreds of lives is definitely not there now.

It's just that Xie is a good hunter, so he knows that the food that is easiest to get must be the closest to the trap.Chen Jian wants to exchange and give them to the witch doctor. This is obviously a gift from the hungry wolf to the sheep, and it has no good intentions.But after thinking about it, those animals fell into the trap because they were stupid and didn't know the trap behind the tempting food, but they are not animals but smart people, they can eat the food and jump over the trap.

Plus, the food looks delicious.

While hesitating, Chen Jian took out a ball of cloth and shook it towards the groin and said, "You can try it. If you cover your eyes, it will be like a night when the sky is covered by dark clouds. You can't see anything. You are so strong. He walks the same way. If I really want to harm you, move all the surrounding villages away, and cut off your salt and herbs, even if you can’t starve to death, you will lose your strength, so don’t bother.”

He stated the pros and cons one by one, especially Chen Jian used the method of empathy to think of many unexpected details for him, and finally he finally agreed.

"I accept your offer. It's just... who's coming?"

The people here in Xiacheng were stunned for a while. Chen Jian didn't tell them about this matter at all the day before. It wasn't that Chen Jian didn't expect it, but that Chen Jian didn't want to say it in advance.

During the brief silence, Chen Jian turned around and asked, "Who is going? This matter is very important to me, but it is also very dangerous. I may die, or I may never come back."

The balance in the hearts of the accompanying few people who knew some herbal knowledge began to shake violently. Since this matter is very important to Jixia, it is very important to her future if this matter is done.Regardless of Xia City, this new city to be established did not choose this statement, it must have been appointed by Ji Xia.

But this matter is also very dangerous, no one knows what Jixia is going to do now, if he goes to Onozawa and Jixia has other thoughts, even if something happens to him, he will definitely die.What's the use of those good impressions if you're dead?

Just when Ye was about to ridicule these people for their lack of courage, a firm but trembling voice came out.

"I'll go. I'm Song's younger brother. My elder brother knows a lot of herbs, and I have learned a lot. I have no woman and no children, and my elder brother does not allow us to live separately, so I have nothing to worry about. So I It is most appropriate to go, I hope Ji Xia can allow it."

The pine leaves are like needles, and the cypress leaves are like scales. A sharp edge pierces the sky faintly, and only wants to face the sky regardless of the wind and snow;But even if there are differences, they are all evergreen all year round and not afraid of severe cold, so they are naturally brothers.