Everyone looked at the two bare hills in front of them and the gravel valley between them, and they were all dumbfounded.
"Old man, is this really Broken Gold Beach?"
The old farmer who led the way said slowly, being honest and kind, and not impatient.
"Yes, this is Broken Gold Beach to the north of Xiaojin Village in Nanxi County."
After saying that, he glanced at everyone, with some sympathy in his eyes.
"Did you not give anyone any benefits when registering your household registration? How come you were assigned here?"
Everyone looked ugly. Although the two clerks put them together, they didn't offend the people behind the scenes. people.
Li Laoer managed to maintain a smile and brought two meat buns to the old man.
This is the dry food I bought in the city yesterday to eat on the road. I have nothing to do as a favor at the moment, so I can only take it out.
The old man was very happy, and Le Diandian went back to find his grandson.
There were more than 90 people in the village, old and young, and they were silent for a long time in front of the two hills. In the end, it was the village chief who spoke.
"Everyone, don't worry. No matter how bad it is here, it's still better than in the mountains. At least there are no wolves, no bandits, and no barbarians. As long as we put our efforts in one place, we can always live a better life."
Li Laoer He also hurriedly said, "Uncle is right. The food Mr. Ye gave us earlier is enough to feed our whole village for two months. Let's build a shed first, settle down, have a full meal, and then think of a solution."
Li Laosi and Liu The escort leader also stood up. They were young after all. Although they had numerous wounds, they were almost healed in just a few days.
At this moment, they immediately mobilized their hands and went up the mountain to cut down trees to build sheds, chop wood for fires, and move stones to stack earthen stoves.
For a time, except for a few seriously injured people, everyone in the village became busy.
When night fell, a few simple shacks were erected at the foot of the mountain. Porridge was cooked on the earthen stove and pancakes were pasted.
The women even dug a lot of wild vegetables nearby and brought them back, washed them and simply mixed them, which was quite refreshing.
Everyone ate in silence, feeling no peace of mind as the dust had settled. Instead, they were hanging in the air, not knowing where to go from now on.
Jiayin was held in her arms by her mother, and she ate the japonica rice porridge in small sips. Because minced meat and chopped wild onions were added, it tasted very good, so she insisted on eating more than half of the bowl.
Tao Hongying was so happy that she discussed with her family, "Tomorrow I'll go to a nearby village and bring back some radishes and cabbages. If I have a hen, I'll buy one too. Fu Niu and my mother should take good care of themselves."
Li Laosi nodded and said. , "You guys go, I plan to go a little further and visit the new capital city. We are
new here and don't know anything. We always want to inquire about the news and see if our place of residence can be changed." After hearing this, Liu Biaotou said, "You go ahead, I'll guard here."
Li Laoer also said, "I'll go to the city too. When it comes to inquiring about information, I'm more familiar with it than you."
After dinner, a few people The people found the village chief and Uncle Zhao, discussed it for a few words, and finally decided.
Mr. Wen and Mrs. Cui sat by the campfire and wanted to say something, but they were not people who made empty promises and swallowed their words in the end.
Early on the next morning, Li Laoer and Li Laosi brought two young people from the village into the city.
There was no big green mule to travel for thirty miles. The four of them walked for an hour. When they entered the city, it was already three o'clock in the morning.
Weizhou Mansion was originally just a relatively prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River, but it suddenly became a new capital city. The impact and changes it suffered cannot be explained clearly in one sentence.
The courtyard in the city originally cost five hundred taels, but it immediately increased to two thousand.
Food, salt, and various supplies have skyrocketed.
Many original people complained so much that they simply sold their yards and moved to the countryside with a sum of money.
In this way, after slowly changing for half a year, the city was almost completely occupied by wealthy families from Kyoto, as well as civil and military officials and their families.
A grain of dust of the times is like a mountain when it falls on the heads of ordinary people, but for these wealthy families with centuries of wealth and power, dust is just dust.
In Xindu, people are still coming and going on the shopping streets.
Women in New Year's attire, with their mouths and noses covered with fans, walked past with charming smiles.
The young master in a wide robe and long sleeves swaggered through the market while swinging a folding fan.
Young Master?
Li Laosi grabbed his second brother and the villagers who were still in a daze, and quickly hid behind a wonton stall.
"Second brother, I saw the bullshit General Jiao who refused to save him that night. You go shopping first and ask for news. I will follow and have a look. We will meet at the gate of the city in two hours."
After that, he didn't do anything . When the second brother nodded, he turned around and disappeared.
Li Laoer glared angrily. This younger brother was too courageous to run around here.
But there was nothing he could do. He quickly found a medicine shop and bought some medicinal materials that Miracle Doctor Zhang was in short supply. Then he went to a butcher's shop and bought some stick bones and pork. Finally, he found a lively small teahouse at the gate of the city and sat down.
There were people from all walks of life in the teahouse. One said someone was quarreling with another in the city, and another said someone was killed in a gang fight in a village outside the city. It was all chaos.
Not to mention that Li Lao Er frowned more and more as he listened, but Li Lao Si followed Mr. Jiao all the way to a bluestone alley behind the shopping street.
The alleys are very clean, and red lanterns are hung at the door of each house.
Mr. Jiao and his three companions knocked on the door of one of the courtyards while laughing, and immediately a young woman wearing thin clothes welcomed them in with a smile.
Li Laosi raised his eyebrows and understood that the fireworks place in the city was not a brothel, but a secret prostitution yard.
He wandered around, and when there was no chance, he went around to the back.
There is actually a small river behind this yard. There are trees planted along the river. There are paths leading to the river from the back door of every house. This is where you can usually do laundry or take a boat ride.
He thought for a while, then hid in a tree and stared at the small courtyard.
He had been waiting for more than an hour. Seeing that the sun was already somewhat westward, he was even about to give up.
As a result, at this time, Mr. Jiao finally went to the toilet in the backyard to drain the water.
He couldn't bear it anymore, so he touched it directly. When no one was around, he picked up the laundry stick and knocked Mr. Jiao unconscious with one blow.
Mr. Jiao was half drunk. He never thought that someone would plot against him. He collapsed and didn't know anything.
Li Laosi carried the man and jumped out of the yard, stripped him naked, stuffed his underwear into Mr. Jiao's mouth, wrapped his clothes around his head, tied his hands and feet, and then gave him a beating with a hammer.
Mr. Jiao was beaten awake, rolling on the ground begging for mercy, roaring like a slaughtering pig, but unfortunately it was all stuck in his throat.
Soon, he fainted from the pain, and then woke up from the pain again...
until Mr. Li was exhausted, Mr. Jiao's body was bruised and purple, and there was no good flesh left.
Li Laosi gave him a final blow with a mallet, knocking him out completely. Then he took off the clothes that were wrapped around his head, threw him into an empty boat, and untied the rope that tied the boat...
The boat lost its fetters and moved along. The river water floated away.
On the board of the ship, the naked Mr. Jiao was half-dead. He had no idea that his "industry" would soon be revealed to the eyes of the entire Xindu...
Li Laosi quickly ran to the gate of the city and met Li Laoer and others. Successfully After leaving the city and walking to a deserted place, he laughed loudly.
"Second brother, I just took revenge on everyone!"
"Revenge? What's going on?" Li Lao Er and others were curious, but Li Lao Si couldn't stop laughing.