Xiaoyao Nongjiazi

Seeing that he was about to get out of the mountain, Zhong Qingran didn't identify the herbs anymore, and scattered with Jian Mingyu and the others to hunt.This place is not far from Fucun Village, so it is no longer inaccessible. Large beasts are hard to see, but no matter what, it is not like the outer area of ​​Lushan Mountain. It takes a lot of effort to beat even a small animal.

The trees in the mountains are towering, and the sun is covered by thick shade. Even at noon, it is not so easy to find a place to soak up the sun.Therefore, even though this place is already within the radiation range of Fucun, the ferocious beasts are either expelled or become delicacies on the villagers' table. This place is far from being conquered by the villagers. For the medicine prepared by the doctor, if you want to enter the mountain forest with a thick layer of humus soil, you really have to weigh it carefully.

In this vicinity, every few days, the village guards will come to clean up the area, but this is not guaranteed, it must be safe here.If the villagers want to enter it, they will inevitably invite their friends to join them, and then go to the village guards to apply for several village guards for protection.It is impossible to use the power of the village guard for free. In addition to applying in advance, some property must be given. This is also a way for the village guard to obtain legitimate extra income.

Of course, this is just a special regulation formed at a special time. When the population of Fucun rises in the future, this regulation will become invalid.

Before, Zhong Qingran was busy looking for all kinds of medicinal herbs on the overgrown ground. Jian Mingyu led the village guards to guard them. If the prey did not automatically hit the muzzle of the gun, they would not shoot. Now, this worry is gone. Into their field of vision, all the prey they set their sights on were scrambled.

When Zhong Qingran and his party went down the mountain, each of them carried a few prey in their hands.Based on the fact that the large wild animals here have all been slaughtered or driven away, all the people can hunt are pheasants and hares, not even a goat, but no one is depressed, they just do it casually, don't worry about it Little gains and losses.

For the village guards, meat is enough, who cares what kind of meat is imported?How could they have the ability to hunt by themselves?I don't even have the idea of ​​entering the mountain. At most, I wander around the outskirts of Lushan Mountain. I have no other people and lack of ability. I don't know who's prey is whose prey when I go into the deep mountains and old forests.

How good is it now?They have only been in Hanhai Prefecture for a few months, and they are no longer as hungry as before, and they always feel that they are not full all day long. Now, not to mention their strength, the younger ones have grown smaller a cut.Such a good day, have they ever thought of it?Those who can be selected into the village guards are those who do not know what is good and who are greedy. They are grateful, pay more attention to training, and do their best to complete the usual tasks.Whoever dares to slander the Zhong family in private, without Zhong Qingran and the others taking action, they will not be able to pass the level of Guangcun Wei.

Of course, Zhong Qingran is happy to see what happens. He doesn't want to build Fucun into a wealthy town, but the underlings seize power and pick the ready-made peaches. How disgusting is he, how incompetent he is?

At present, Zhong Qingran has the final say on the entire Fucun Village. Given the special circumstances of Fucun Village, if there is a chieftain system like Walin Village, except for the private property of the tribe, the rest of the harvest belongs to the chieftain, then the matter will be easy to handle. The problem is that, This is not the case in Fucun. The Zhong family property and the assets of the village are very clearly divided.But it's just a clear distinction. When doing things, there are many entanglements. Just like this time, Zhong Qingran called the village guard with a word. Could it be that the village guard dared to charge him?It is estimated that they do not even have this idea.

Zhong Qingran knew that they treated him as a leader.He didn't have any idea about this, and he didn't feel that he was taking advantage of the village.If we really want to find out, it is his greatest contribution to Fucun's success today. If he hadn't paid so much wages and property in advance, how could he be today?You know, the village still owes the Zhong family a lot of money so far. If he concentrates on collecting debts, there will be a large deficit in the village's account immediately. Even if all the income of the village is filled in, it will not be able to make up for this hole.

Not only these, Zhong Qingran also contributed the method of drying salt, which may not benefit much now, but when the population increases in the future, the village will have a steady stream of income.Don’t underestimate the salt. The salt tax alone in the Great Zhou Dynasty accounted for more than [-]% of the annual revenue of the treasury. Not to mention, the salt directly belonged to the village instead of being subcontracted, and the income would only be greater.Therefore, one must be cautious in choosing the person who manages the salt. If the person sitting in this position is eaten by moths, the consequences will be very serious.Fortunately, the scale of the salt farm is not large now, so there is no need to worry too much about it.

After leaving the dark mountain forest, looking at the gorgeous sunset in the sky, Zhong Qingran felt a little more relaxed, and walked briskly towards Zhong's house together with Mingyu after he had separated the wild things.

After dinner, the Zhong family went to the room.

"Grandpa, I'll go to Walin Village in two days to see if I can bring back some people." Zhong Qingran held a cup of tea to relieve his boredom.

Seeing the few tea leaves floating in the teacup, Zhong Qingran's eyes darkened a little.This is the worst thing about coming to Hanhai Prefecture. There are not many crops that can grow normally in the natural environment, and tea trees are one of them.He has tea tree seeds in his hands, which may be planted in a glass greenhouse, but he doesn't know how long it will be before the tea can be harvested.

There are quite a lot of tea leaves at home, the problem is that he gets a portion of the profits for other people, so he can't bring them here, so just throw them away?This also led to the fact that even if there is a lot of tea in stock at home, they dare not use it vigorously.Fortunately, he doesn't like tea, he and Mingyu brothers are still young, it's not good to drink too much tea, Mr. and Mrs. Zhong and his wife are old again, they are not suitable for drinking strong tea, so the actual impact is not great.But this kind of feeling of being tied up is not so good. At present, they have to endure it. At least they still have tea, and the local residents may not even want it.

"Going to Walin Village?" Mr. Zhong's expression froze, and his face was a little dignified, "Thankfully, we are outsiders after all, and we don't know the situation of the locals. What we have heard is also from the mouths of Walin Villagers. Believe it, it’s really hard to say. Just because they have contacted us twice and made a deal with us, they can’t be negligent.”

Mr. Zhong was very worried. The locals came and they passed, which were completely different things.Fortunately, this time, they had the first official communication with the local residents of Hanhai Prefecture in the true sense.Not only Walin Village is wary of Fu Village, Fu Village is also the same, even more apprehensive than them.

"Grandpa, don't worry, with me and Qingran here, nothing will happen." Jian Mingyu's eyes were firm, and he spoke loudly. The voice of a young man who was on the verge of a voice changer was particularly convincing.

Hearing this, Mr. Zhong's expression softened.He knew that this third grandson's daughter-in-law was very capable. There were so many village guards in their prime in the village, and none of them could match her. In addition to Qingran's own ability, as long as he didn't encounter a large group of people who came up unexpectedly Don't worry too much about it.

"Grandpa, Walin Village is not far from Fucun Village. How can we call back and forth in three days? Besides, isn't there still some Bai and Minglei here? When the time comes, Mingyu and I will take one away. If there is any disturbance, we will not be able to escape." Their sharp eyes." Zhong Qingran added, continuing to reassure the hearts of the two elders.

"Oh, I don't understand this matter. I only know that this place is not as peaceful as the Great Zhou Dynasty. If you are not familiar with the place, you have to pay attention when you go to Valin Village, so as not to accidentally violate their taboos. If the two villages get into trouble, you will be treated poorly, too." Tong concealed the worry in her eyes, tried to put on a smiling face, and instructed them carefully, for fear that the two would be wronged outside.

"Hey, grandma, Mingyu and I will be careful." Zhong Qingran swore.

In the morning of the next day, Zhong Qingran went to the salt field to carry a large bucket of salt. For the next few days, he spent most of his time in the pharmacy, preparing common medicines with medicinal materials produced in Hanhai Prefecture.

This day was a rare and good day, the weather was sunny and sunny, Zhong Qingran and Jian Mingyu led a team of people and set off while the villagers saw them off.

This time it was Minglei who went out with the two of them. It flew around Dot Bai a few times, then rushed out, chirping happily, and led the way ahead.Walin Village is the nearest village to Fu Village. When Minglei first arrived, he found it. With it leading the way, the team can avoid many detours.

Today, the grassland is green, and Fucun is located in a remote place. The weeds here grow so well that it affects the running of the horses.Therefore, a group of people with goods, walking speed is not fast.

Zhong Qingran originally thought that the seaside should be a more suitable place to live, and the local residents of Hanhai Prefecture would settle there.But the facts are quite different. Perhaps there may be villages at the junction of mountains, seas and grasslands at the other end, but not in other places.

Like Walin Village, they live at the foot of the mountain. Similar to Fu Village, there is a small river passing by outside the village.However, these mountains are not tall, nor do they stretch for hundreds of thousands of miles, and are about the same size as the woods near the previous habitat of wolves.

This has a lot to do with the terrain of Hanhai Prefecture and the habits of the local residents.Regardless of whether they were from the Great Zhou Dynasty or Beisha, most of them were used to settling in enclosures rather than living a nomadic life with no fixed abode.Herdsmen can use leather to tie yurts, while local residents in Hanhai Prefecture are more accustomed to living in houses. It is precisely because of this demand that most local residents live near trees.

Most of the land in Hanhai Prefecture is grassland, and there are not many places with mountains and water. Fortunately, the people here have not multiplied wantonly due to various reasons. Otherwise, they would have been fighting endlessly for a convenient living place.

The closer to Valin Village, the sparser the weeds and the more traces of human activities.

In the distance, Zhong Qingran saw a large farmland through the binoculars.Seeing the growth of the crops above, Zhong Qingran suppressed his smile and frowned slightly. He didn't know if the fields had been planted for too long and the fertilizers hadn't kept up, resulting in insufficient soil fertility, or it was just like this here.No wonder they have to plant so many fields. With such a harvest, if they don't grow more, there may be insufficient food.

Soon, Zhong Qingran and his party arrived near the farmland, but were stopped by the patrolling Walin Villagers.

This person had never seen Zhong Qingran and the others, so he asked someone to go back to the village to report to the superior.

Before Zhong Qingran and the others had to wait long, Wan Fei personally led the crowd into the village on a horse.

Although it is slack season right now, there are still people busy in the fields, weeding and fertilizing, nothing can be separated from people.

Zhong Qingran learned from the conversation with Wan Fei that many of the people running around in the farmland were slaves of the tribe.He was very curious, the population of Hanhai Prefecture was not large, where did these slaves come from?With this doubt, Zhong Qingran didn't keep it in his heart and asked directly.He didn't think such a question would offend the Valin villagers.

"Some of them are people from other tribes who can't survive, and the tribe has no ability to help them. Some of them are the losers in inter-tribal struggles, and the largest number are mountain people captured by big tribes." Wan Fei is not steadfast. Secret news, only a village like Fucun who has just established itself in Hanhai Prefecture knows nothing about these things, "Our village is only a middle-level village, without this ability, these people are bought with money."

"Mountain people? Live in the mountains?" A light flashed in Zhong Qingran's eyes.

"Well, I live in the mountains about three to five hundred miles to the north of your village. There are quite a few people, and there must be tens of thousands of people." Wan Fei was just hearsay, not only him, but no one in Walin Village. Pass.However, he thinks this should be true. The mountain people have a language barrier with them. Seven or eight of the ten sentences are chicken and duck, and their appearance is different from Beisha people.I just don't know why they live in the mountains, but let them, the refugees, occupy the vast Hanhai Prefecture.

Zhong Qingran was full of doubts, how could such a large number of mountain people be bullied by the big tribe?Is the population of the big tribes so huge?Zhong Qingran quickly denied this point of view.Walin Village, a medium-sized village, only has a few hundred people. Based on this, it is speculated that a large tribe can have thousands of people.Could it be that the mountain people live in scattered places, and that's why the big tribes took advantage of the loopholes and took advantage of the opportunity to plunder them?This time, Zhong Qingran didn't ask, this question was rotten in his heart.

Walin Village, like Fu Village, has also built a circle of walls. The houses in the village are different, and the most are wooden houses and thatched houses with mud walls. There is none.This is not to say that there are no craftsmen who can fire bricks and tiles in Hanhai Prefecture, it's just that they are extremely rare.

Among the small and medium-sized tribes that are plagued by bandits every year, it is good to be able to take care of the tribe. How can I have spare money to buy bricks and tiles from other tribes to build houses?It is true that the leader has great power, but he must also take into account the feelings of other tribesmen. The tribe is not owned by him alone. If there is surplus property, no one cares about how the leader spends it. After careful calculation, how could it be possible to spend money on these extravagant consumption?This is different from paying a lot of money to find a doctor for medical treatment. It is true that a house is a necessity, but a good house is not in this category.

Zhong Qingran and his party were led by Wan Fei to the home of the leader, Fang Lu. Jian Mingyu left a few village guards to guard the door, while the rest of them unarmed and unarmed to show their respect for their master.

The two sides sat down in turn on each side, Zhong Qingran asked the leader to present the gift he had brought, and after the leader accepted it, he began to say some greetings with basically no substance.After the atmosphere heated up, Zhong Qingran brought the topic to the slaves.

"Mr. Zhong, how many slaves do you mean to buy?" Few of the leaders who could be leaders were idiots. Fang Lu quickly understood the implication of Zhong Qingran's words.

"Boss Fang, you also know that we just came in from the outside, and there are not many servants in the village, so it is very inconvenient to do things. I can't send people around at will, can I?" Zhong Qingran made a look of annoyance, easily It made people feel that he regretted not bringing more servants over.However, this look only lasted for a moment, and he quickly recovered his mood, and he became the head of a village. How could it be possible for people to guess his emotions so easily?He understands the reason why too much is too late, "We have never dealt with big tribes. Chief Fang has lost a few servants, so he can go to other tribes to buy them. We can only buy from your side. I don't know what Chief Fang wants?"

Zhong Qingran spoke very sincerely, obviously to let Fang Lu take advantage of it.If Fang Lu doesn't know good and bad, and asks for prices, there is no need for Fucun to deal with them again.If they didn't even have this kind of foresight, Valin Village wouldn't be able to prosper.

Fang Lu knew that Fucun had a lot of money, and it was a bad idea to have a bad relationship with them. With a bad neighbor, they would live in fear, and maybe they would be beaten at the door one day.Even if Walin Village wins, the loss will be extremely heavy. Without certainty, friendship is the best choice. Of course, they will not be afraid of trouble. The scale of Fu Village is not large, and the population may not be as large as them. It's short, and it's the truth to be cowardly before the fight is started.

"This matter is simple. I can give you some slaves, but the number will not be many." Fang Lu made a decision after thinking for a while.

"Boss Fang Dayi, on behalf of Fucun, I would like to thank you." Zhong Qingran relaxed, with a smile on his face.

After the two parties agreed, they began to bargain on this issue. After a long period of back and forth, Zhong Qingran and Fang Lu finally negotiated.

Zhong Qingran and his party didn't stay for long, and left with others after lunch. After they left, there were quite a lot of things left behind.

"Boss, the arrival of Village Chief Zhong can be regarded as a solution to our village's urgent needs." Wan Fei was very excited. After sending Zhong Qingran and his party away, he trotted into the meeting room of Fang Lu's house, looking through the medicine pack and sea ​​salt.

"I didn't expect that they would have such a complete set of manpower. I thought it would be great if their village had masters who fired bricks and tiles and masons. Who would have thought that there would be a doctor following them." Xi Se said with great emotion, "Look, this salt is white and delicate, much better quality than the sea salt we picked up ourselves, not to mention these medicines, but I don't know if Village Chief Zhong is exaggerating."

"Probably not." Wan Feiban straightened his face, "He didn't need to do such a shallow thing. This time he lied to us, wouldn't that make the two villages turn against each other? It's not good for him. Salt and medicine, in the It's popular everywhere."

Fang Lu nodded slightly, he thought so too, otherwise, how would he dare to accept these medicines casually?As long as Zhong Qingran didn't make a mistake in his head, he wouldn't do such stupid things that would cause endless disasters.

"Chief, the salt crystals we pick up have to be saved every year. Most other tribes are also under the control of those big tribes. One of the important reasons is salt. If people don't eat salt for a long time, they will lose their strength. Our village is not bad. At least we can go to the seaside to collect salt crystals. In addition to meeting the needs of the tribe, we can save some money and occasionally go to other tribes to exchange things. Those tribes who don’t know that there is salt at the seaside are not so lucky. Not only do you have to be exploited by bandits, but you also have to spend money to buy the minimum amount of salt, life is hard." Fang Lu was very lucky, he was very grateful to his ancestors who provided this method, without him, the life of the clan would not be as easy as it is now .Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered something, "Mr. Zhong is willing to trade these salts, does it mean that they still have a lot?"

Fang Lu fell into deep thought, and after a while, his eyes lit up: "No matter what, they don't lack salt in their hands, I'm sure of that. I just don't know if they brought it in from outside, or they discovered the salt mine here."

"If the leader's guess is correct, that's good news for our village. I think people in Fucun are easy to deal with, and they don't use force to bully others. Although our village is self-sufficient in salt most of the time, it's only barely. If it is enough, we must save as much as possible. There is not enough salt, and even the horses cannot fully function.” Wan Fei was full of regret.

The soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, these words are too appropriate in Hanhai Prefecture.The importance of horses can be seen, but to drive horses to work or act as war horses, salt must be replenished from time to time.In order to maintain the force of the tribe, Walin Village would rather the tribe eat less salt than keep the horses vigorous.

This is also the helplessness of the tribes. After the horses exercise vigorously, the salt will be taken out of the body by sweat. The longer the running time, the more salt will be lost. If the salt is not replenished as soon as possible, the horse will not run fast and the body will not be as strong as before.How can a weak horse be better than a vigorous one?Only cavalry can be called force on the grassland, and infantry is really hard to use.

It's not that the infantry is not good, but Hanhai Prefecture is different from other places. There is not a large population here. When two tribes are fighting, there are only a few hundred people who can play at most. Not only doctors are scarce here, but even weapons are the same. The defenders resisted in front, the archers swept the formation, and the cavalry charged, and the infantry could be rushed to pieces.

Knowing the situation in Hanhai Prefecture, all the tribes tried their best to train cavalry, and almost didn't consider infantry.Everyone is cavalry, one side has strong soldiers and horses, and the other side has weak soldiers and weak horses. Before the battle starts, the two sides will decide the winner. Which tribe would like to see such a scene?

But the fact is that he is so helpless, in the case of insufficient strength, he can only endure and compromise.The key is that no one is stupid, you will bear it, and the tribe that exploits them dares to take advantage of it, so that they can't tell their suffering.

The two sides can be said to be fighting wits and courage. If there is no deterrent force of bandits, many tribes may resist, and the big tribes will block and exploit them in many scarce materials.

It can be said that the big tribes have stuck the throats of many tribes without a single soldier, and the minds of their leaders should not be underestimated at all.