Abandoned Prince Survival Guide

Xiao Yu pretended to eat the fruit indifferently, but actually pricked up his ears to listen to what the priest said, wanting to know what those bandits exchanged with Sairen for the soul-severing grass. Listening to the name, this soul-severing grass should be what Yang Ying said poison.

The priest said, "I brought salt and rice."

Ju Mo frowned and asked, "No iron?"

The priest shook his head: "No."

Ju Mo said: "The salt that was changed last time is still there. We are not short of salt. Let them bring iron utensils. If there is no iron utensils, they will not be replaced."

The priest agreed and went out.

Xiao Yu now understands that the alliance between the bandit and the Sairen is actually not that strong, they just get what they need.If it's just a matter of interest, Xiao Yu is sure to instigate Ju Mo's rebellion.But he didn't act rashly. Firstly, he didn't know the situation of the village, and secondly, he didn't know Jumo himself. One was not good, the cooperation failed to be negotiated, and instead, he put himself in it, which was not worthwhile.

Xiao Yu still followed the original plan and asked Pei Linzhi to carry the burden of the salesman and sell in the stockade.It's not likely that an outsider will come to the village in a year, let alone a shopkeeper, who brought so many novelty and fun things. Xiao Yu didn't shout a few times, and people surrounded him one after another, clamoring to ask for help. Change something.

If Pei Linzhi hadn't stopped him with a pole, Xiao Yu's stall would have been looted.

Xiao Yu said: "Everyone, don't crowd, come one by one in line."

Sairen didn't know what queuing was, so Xiao Yu personally guided them to line up.It was hard to get these people to line up. Xiao Yu opened the box, took out the things in the bamboo basket and put them on the ground, and let people choose them one by one. If they liked something, they would trade with the things they brought.

Xiao Yu had to estimate the value of the other party's things. Many people brought useless things, such as beautiful feathers and animal teeth. These may be their precious trophies, but to Xiao Yu, they were nothing value.

What he collected were mainly medicinal materials and animal fur, as well as some dried meat, and he also exchanged for fresh meat, but he couldn't collect it, after all, this kind of heavenly meat stinks when taken home.

Those who exchanged things were overjoyed, but those who didn't were extremely disappointed.Especially the children, looking at the windmills whirling in the wind, the rattle drums rattling, and the delicious rice cakes, can only be envious. Their parents are busy exchanging necessities such as ironware and needles and threads. I don't care about changing them for food and play.

Finally, everything that Xiao Yu brought was replaced except for the child's toys and paper.He started to pack things with Pei Linzhi, sorted and collected the animal furs and medicinal materials they got in exchange, and put them into bamboo baskets. There were still many that couldn't fit, so they tied them up.

At this time, a child came over, holding two dark brown stones in his hand: "Can I exchange this with you for that?" He pointed to the rattle.

Xiao Yu glanced at it, but did not refuse directly, but picked up the stone, looked at it seriously, and planned to refuse.But he felt that the stone felt unusual, very heavy, and heavier than ordinary stones. The key point was that there seemed to be a reaction between the two stones, which seemed to be able to attract each other. Xiao Yu's heart moved: Could it be magnetite?

Xiao Yu picked it up and examined it carefully. The section was indeed shiny with metal. He suppressed the excitement in his heart and asked the child, "Where did you pick this up?"

The child was only five or six years old, and said, "My elder brother picked it up from the mountain. Can I change it?"

Xiao Yu nodded: "It can be exchanged." He took the stone and gave him a rattle and a windmill: "What's your name? Can you take me to your elder brother?"

The child was overjoyed, holding the rattle and the windmill, he was extremely excited: "My name is Agou. My elder brother has gone hunting and is not at home."

Xiao Yu was a little disappointed: "Then when will your elder brother come back?"

Agou said, "I'll be back when it gets dark."

When Xiao Yu heard this, he was not in a hurry. He probably won't leave today, and he still has a chance to see the other party: "Then tell your elder brother, I'll go back and look for him. Tell me where your home is."

A Gou pointed to his own house, but it was not far from the village owner's house.

When the other children saw that the child had exchanged stones for toys, they all got excited and hurried to find the stones.Soon, these children all dispersed.

Xiao Yu packed up his things and was about to go back to the village master's house. At this time, the children who had been going back and forth came back one after another, holding stones in their hands, and wanted to exchange windmills and rattles with them.

Xiao Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he checked them one by one. Some stones were very smooth, beautiful in color and shape. They seemed to be collected and played with for a long time, and some were ordinary stones. Xiao Yu accepted those smooth stones. , gave them a paper pinwheel, as for those random stones, they directly refused.

Xiao Yu held up the magnetite and said, "If you still have such stones, you can exchange windmills and rattles with me. Other stones cannot be exchanged."

He was anxious to know where the magnetite was found, and perhaps to find him an iron mine.But no one took out the same stone again. It seems that we really have to wait for Ah Gou's brother to come back to find out.

Originally, I wanted to come here to instigate against Sairen, but I didn't expect to have such an unexpected harvest.The magnetite is in the mountains, and it is impossible to bypass Jumer, so it is necessary to cooperate with these racers.As for whether to cooperate with the government, Xiao Yu has not yet considered it. In the era of cold weapons, the fate of a country is ironically related.

Xiao Yu didn't have a good opinion of the emperor's father in name. In his opinion, he didn't see many advantages in him except being arbitrary, self-willed and short-sighted. He killed the general Zhou Qi and caused Anguo to lose several strong generals. , as long as Xi Rong can catch his breath, the cavalry of the Rong army will definitely move south again. This is already a foreseeable future.

And Dong Rong is not a reliable ally, and may send troops to stabilize the country before Xi Rong.In addition, Rouran, which is far north of the East and West Rong, is also a potential threat. As long as there is a major natural disaster in the north and the nomads do not have enough food and grass, the wealthy Anguo in the south will be a fat sheep for these barbarians to slaughter .

This possibility is extremely high, because the winter climate in Yazhou is obviously colder than the modern day he lives in. When the original owner was in Jianye, the winter was also extremely long and cold. If he guessed correctly, it is now in the Little Ice Age.

If one day, Hu Qi rides his horse across the Central Plains and the South to overthrow Anguo's rule, Xiao Yu will not be surprised at all, nor will he feel that it is a pity.However, when Hu Qi went south, the An Dynasty was destroyed, and there were still tens of thousands of Anguo people who were enslaved and oppressed.On this point, Xiao Yu couldn't stand by and watch.

He didn't want to be Emperor Jingping's helper, but he also didn't want to let the people be enslaved. This is why he hasn't made up his mind whether to cooperate with the government.

Xiao Yu and Pei Linzhi, who were full of harvest, returned to Ju Mo's house. It was already dark, and the drowning child had recovered, and his mother specially asked him to kowtow to Xiao Yu to thank him.Ju Mo was grilling meat by the fire pond, and Xiao Yu only ate a small piece of venison at noon, so he guessed that raw meat should not suit his appetite.

Ju Mo said to Xiao Yu: "The benefactor's goods are already sold out?"

Xiao Yu replied with a smile: "Yes. The people in the village are very enthusiastic, and they will be replaced soon."

Ju Mo said blankly: "We lack too many things."

Xiao Yu said: "The stockade is not too far from Zhoucheng, why don't you go to Zhoucheng to change?"

Ju Mo glanced at him expressionlessly, did not answer the question, but just divided the roasted venison into two and put it on the leaves: "You can eat it."

Xiao Yu handed one of the pieces to Pei Linzhi and looked at it. There were no chopsticks or knives. Such a whole piece of meat could only be grasped with his hands, so he had to wrap the meat with leaves and start biting.

Ju Mo cut the meat from half a deer by the fire pond and distributed it to his nephew and sister-in-law, and the three ate it raw.

Xiao Yu was stunned for a moment, there was obviously a fire, why didn't he roast it and eat it?Doesn’t cooked meat need raw meat to be delicious?Besides, even if the deer was killed this morning, at this time, this kind of weather is not new, isn't it afraid of bad stomach if you eat it?

Xiao Yu ate his own meat silently, and saw the drowning child eating raw meat with relish, his body should be very weak, how can he eat raw meat, not only bacteria but also parasites.

Xiao Yu stopped: "Why don't you cook the meat too?"

The child replied: "Raw meat is better than cooked meat."

Xiao Yu thought to himself, can't you all taste the fishy smell?After hesitating again and again, he still couldn't bear it: "There are parasites in raw meat, and some of them will survive in people's stomachs, and people will get sick. Moreover, the weather in Yazhou is too hot, and raw meat is easy to spoil. It is safer to eat it cooked."

Ju Mo was expressionless: "I hunted this deer today, it's very fresh."

Xiao Yu said, "But it can't kill the parasite."

Ju Mo frowned: "Don't you eat barbecue?"

Xiao Yu ignored him and continued: "I was selling goods in the village today, and I found that there are very few old people. There should be very few people with long life in the village."

These words hit Ju Mo's pain point. His father died suddenly in his 40s. Very few people in the village can live past 50 years old: "Is this related to eating raw meat?"

Xiao Yu nodded: "It has a lot to do with it."

Ju Mo stared at him for a long time: "You are not a shopkeeper."

Xiao Yu said, "I'm just a salesman."

Ju Mo narrowed his eyes, and his eyes became very sharp: "You have thin skin and tender flesh, you can't see that you are a person who walks outside all year round. If you didn't happen to save Yan'er today, I would have kicked you out a long time ago. Tell me , where did you come from, what are you here for?"

Xiao Yu put down the meat in his hands and looked at his hands. He felt that they were much rougher than when he first arrived in Yazhou, but compared with the working people, they were indeed too thin and tender, especially when compared with Yazhou. compared to the locals.

Xiao Yu smiled: "The village master is wise. Let me show the village master something." He stood up, took out the two pieces of magnetite from his bamboo basket, and put them next to Ju Mo.

Ju Mo looked at the two stones without knowing why, picked them up and looked at them, with a puzzled look on his face: "What's so special about these stones?"

Xiao Yu said: "This is what the village owner wants, iron ore."

Ju Mo looked again and again: "You said this is iron ore? What do you mean?"

"I heard the conversation between the village master and the priest today. It seems that a lot of iron is needed. Now there is an opportunity in front of the village master. You can make iron yourself, and you can make whatever you want. Would you like it?" Xiao Yu said.

Ju Mo stared at Xiao Yu: "Who are you? What's the purpose of coming here?"

Xiao Yu glanced at Ju Mo's sister-in-law and nephew, and said, "Let's talk in another quiet place."

Ju Mo wiped the meat-cutting knife on his body and put it into the scabbard: "Follow me." He took out an oil lamp from the corner, lit it on the fire pit, stretched out his hand to carefully protect the flame, and went up Hang the feet.

Xiao Yu followed him upstairs, and Pei Linzhi followed closely behind.Ju Mo glanced back at Pei Lin, Xiao Yu said, "You idiot can't leave me, don't worry, he won't get in the way of anything."

When the two arrived in a room upstairs, Ju Mo put down the oil lamp and sat cross-legged on the floor, Xiao Yu also knelt down on the ground.

Xiao Yu said directly: "The owner of the village is right. I'm not a salesman, but a farmer. The purpose of my coming here is for the bandits in Tiger Village."

Ju Mo frowned and looked at him without speaking.

Xiao Yu continued: "A few days ago, I hired someone to drive an ox cart to pull goods and passed by Longhu Mountain. I was robbed by bandits. I lost a cow and injured a hired worker. I reported it to the official, but the government couldn't help the bandits. , Said that your village has contacts with bandits and provides them with support, so I came to you, and I want to know why you want to be accomplices with bandits."

Ju Mo slapped the floor and said angrily: "Fart! Who is accomplices with bandits?"

Xiao Yu said, "But the bandits have poisoned arrows provided by you."

"Then—" Ju Mo just wanted to defend, but stopped again, "So you are with the government?"

Xiao Yu denied: "Of course not, I just want to live a peaceful life and don't want to be robbed by bandits."

"Your accent is obviously not from Yazhou. You said you are a farmer, where do you farm?" Ju Mo glanced at him coldly.

Xiao Yu smiled and said, "I'm from Jianye. I only came to Yazhou last year. My family lives in Baisha Village, five miles away from the city. If the village owner doesn't believe me, he can go there and see if what I'm saying is true."

Ju Mo was silent for a long time, and then said, "What's the matter with the iron mine you mentioned earlier?"

Xiao Yu said: "There are iron ore veins in Longhu Mountain. Instead of asking for help, the village owner might as well dig the mines and smelt iron by himself."

Ju Mo looked at him suspiciously: "How did you know?"

"This stone is a clear proof that it was picked up in the mountains." He didn't say that the stones were picked up from the children in the village, but that they were picked up in the mountains. Most likely, Ju Mo would be misled into thinking that he picked them up of.

Sure enough, Ju Mo hurriedly asked, "Where is the vein?"

"I can't say that for the time being. We can jointly mine and smelt iron, but the premise is that the bandits must be eliminated first. Otherwise, this iron mine will become your nightmare. Do you think those bandits know that there is an iron mine and will Let it go easily?" Xiao Yu said.

Ju Mo said coldly: "Then why should I believe that you are different from the people in Tiger Village?"

Xiao Yu smiled and spread his hands: "At least I won't rob my house, I will rely on my own ability to make a living. The iron mine is in the Longhu Mountain. This is your territory. It's up to you who you want to cooperate with?"

After a long time, Ju Mo said, "I won't deal with bandits."

Xiao Yu waved his hand: "You don't need to deal with it, as long as you don't help the bandits. By the way, from now on, don't provide any poison to the bandits."

Jumo was noncommittal.Xiao Yu said again: "I heard that the village owner had a falling out with the government. In fact, I can understand that your living conditions are too difficult. If you don't have enough food and clothing, you don't have the energy to pay taxes. I think the village owner must I also really want to improve the living conditions of the people in the village, now is an opportunity, with iron ore, do you still have to worry about not having enough food and clothing in the future?"

These words really hit Ju Mo's psychological defense line. As the owner of a village, his goal is to let the people in the village live a life full of food and clothing, and to strengthen his village.However, the soil in the mountains is barren and cannot be cultivated, so they can only rely on hunting and gathering, and these are all dependent on the sky, and he obviously feels that the prey is getting harder and harder to hunt, and his compatriots are struggling on the verge of starvation every day.

Ju Mo pondered for a long time without saying a word, and Xiao Yu didn't say anything more, this needs to be figured out by Ju Mo himself.Sitting there, he fell asleep very quickly. After walking such a long distance today and working all afternoon, he was really exhausted.

Pei Rinzhi noticed that his head was dozing off little by little, so he came over a little bit, supported him, and let him lean on his body.

Ju Mo finally recovered from his own thoughts, heaved a long sigh, looked at Xiao Yu who had fallen asleep defenselessly, shook his head lightly, and said, "You guys can sleep here tonight." After finishing speaking got up and left.

There is no couch or bedding in this room, presumably it is not a bedroom.Pei Linzhi picked up Xiao Yu, found a corner sheltered from the wind, blew out the lamp, and fell asleep on the floor.

The mountains are obviously cooler at night than the seaside. After sleeping until midnight, Xiao Yu felt the cold, and subconsciously grabbed the quilt to cover him. However, there was no quilt. He felt the heat source beside him, and hurriedly leaned over.

Pei Linzhi slept very alertly, he woke up as soon as Xiao Yu approached him, guessing that he was cold, so he turned sideways and hugged him in his arms to keep him warm from the wind.

It was a good night's dream. Xiao Yu was awakened by the sound of footsteps. The biggest problem with the bamboo and wood sling is that it makes too much noise. When someone walks upstairs, everyone can feel it.

Xiao Yu opened his eyes and found that he was sleeping on the floor, facing the wall, but his back felt warm. When he turned his head, he saw Pei Linzhi.To his embarrassment, he felt the change in Pei Linzhi. As a man, he naturally knew what was going on.

He moved a little forward, then sat up, and when he lowered his head, Pei Linzhi also opened his eyes, and Xiao Yu smiled embarrassedly: "Silly brother, are you awake?"

Pei Linzhi nodded, sat up without saying a word, apparently this sleep did not make them forget their identities.

Xiao Yu originally planned to go to Agou's brother last night, but he changed his mind. He decided not to go to the mine veins until Ju Mo agreed to his proposal. Anyway, the iron mines will not run away.

Xiao Yu and Pei Lin went downstairs, Ju Mo was sitting cross-legged on the ground cutting wooden sticks to make arrows, seeing them coming down, he put down his work: "When do you plan to leave?"

Xiao Yu said: "I was about to say goodbye to you, and we are going to go back now. What happened to my proposal last night, the village master?"

Jumer said, "I have to think about it."

Xiao Yu nodded: "The matter is very important, and it is right to think carefully. But please hurry up, come to Baisha Village to find me when you have made a decision, and ask Xiao Langjun's house when you arrive, and someone will guide you. My house is very easy to find. "

Ju Mo nodded, but didn't stay for dinner: "I will."

Xiao Yu took out all the remaining rattles and paper pinwheels: "Give these to the children in the village to play with, and return these small stones to them." Except for the medicinal fur and the two pieces of magnetite, they Nothing else was taken.

Ju Mo looked at the things he left on the ground and remained silent.

Xiao Yu said: "Whether we cooperate or not, I hope that Ju Mo Village Master can visit our village." He knew that Ju Mo was a man with conscience and pursuit, so he went to their village to see the current situation of his children Compared with the current situation of the children in their village, he does not believe that he will not be touched.

When they packed their things and were about to leave, Ju Yan got up: "Is the benefactor leaving?"

Xiao Yu looked back at him, smiled and said: "Yes, I have to go back. Ju Yan, don't take a bath in the deep pool in the future. The water at the bottom of the pool is cold and cold, and the legs tend to cramp. If you cramp, you will drown. Next time If you drown again, you won’t be so lucky this time.”

Ju Yan nodded: "I see, benefactor."

Xiao Yu said again: "In the future, if you have a chance, you can come to my house to play with your uncle. We are by the sea, and there are many shells, fish and shrimps. There are many children who are about your age in my house, and I can take you to play together."

Ju Yan turned to look at his uncle: "Is it okay?"

Ju Mo was noncommittal, but said, "Ju Yan, send your benefactors out of the village. Bring them some fruit."

So Xiao Yu, accompanied by Ju Yan, left the village and started his return journey.The things that came back were more and heavier than when they went. Xiao Yu also carried a bundle, but after climbing a certain distance of the mountain, he couldn't lift it anymore. Pei Linzhi took it and put it on his shoulder.

"Silly brother, don't you feel heavy?"

"Do not."

"Silly brother is too powerful."

Even though they left the village, they didn't talk too much about the affairs in the village, and kept their heads on the road just like when they came here.After going down the mountain, the sun was already high. After eating some fruits given by Juyan, a group of passers-by walked out of Longhu Mountain together.

Fortunately, they didn't run into robbers, Xiao Yu had already figured it out, if they encountered a small group of bandits, they would not be afraid, but if they encountered a large group of bandits, they would throw away their things and run away.

When I returned to the village, it was already afternoon, and before I entered the village, I was greeted by Ji Hai and Meng Sigui, and when they saw their figures, they ran towards them.

"Lang Jun, Master! You guys are here. Why didn't you come home last night? We thought, thought—" Meng Sigui's voice was crying, and he rushed forward to hug Xiao Yu.

Ji Hai didn't speak, seeing that their eye circles were a little red, he silently took the bundle of fur from Pei Linzhi's shoulder, and helped Master share it.

Seeing them, Xiao Yu felt relaxed and said with a smile: "What's the matter, everyone is crying, with your master here, how can I have something to do. You see, I also brought back a lot of leather, everyone has clothes in winter wore."

Immediately afterwards, more children came over and surrounded them. The teacher kept yelling, and Ji Shan also ran over to take over Pei Linzhi's burden.

Xiao Yu looked at the group of excited children, laughed and said: "Okay, you don't think it's bad, I didn't take a shower yesterday, I stink all over, quickly prepare water for me, I want to take a bath."

Yu'er hurriedly replied: "Mr. Sir, the water is all boiled, I'm going to pour water for you now."

After taking a bath, the wife of the Wu family had already prepared the meals. Xiao Yu and Pei Linzhi were eating without knowing what kind of meal it was. The children crowded in the living room and looked at them as if they were looking at some outsider.

Xiao Yu asked amusedly, "What are you looking at me for? Are you hungry?"

The children all shook their heads.

Niu Niu asked: "Teacher, where did you sleep last night?"

Xiao Yu said: "Last night I slept in the hanging arms of Sairen's house in the mountains."

"What does Sairen in the mountains look like?" Niu Niu asked again.

Xiao Yu said: "It's the same as all of us, with one head, two eyes, one nose and one mouth. Are you all gone, and you have no work to do?"

Min Chong said, "Everyone go to work."

So the group of children dispersed.

Min Chong came over, picked a mat and sat down: "What do you say?"

Xiao Yu gave a rough overview of what happened yesterday, and said, "I don't know if it counts as fulfilling the mission. I feel that it's going well. Let's wait for the news."

Min Chong said: "At least [-]% sure, it depends on whether the village owner will come in the near future."

Pei Linzhi said, "I think it will come."

Xiao Yu looked at him and said with a smile: "I also think he will come, it just depends on when."