Martial Arts: Start by Obtaining the Wild World

Chapter 138 0137: Inducement and Proposal; Entering the City Again!
Cheng Zongyang didn't care. He paced back and forth slowly in the hut, as if talking to himself:

“Shi Jie, to be honest, the reason I came up with the idea of ​​longevity and martial arts cultivation was all for myself.

Every time I use it, I will lose three days of my life. Even if the person who violates the contract breaks the contract, I can take back the principal and interest, but there will always be people who won't break the contract, right? And the time is relatively long. If the person who signed the contract dies unexpectedly, is killed by the enemy, or dies of illness, it means that my life span will be wasted.

“This contract is extremely valuable, but you’re offering it for one point, just so I can use it, right?
Otherwise, this value is definitely not something that my current points can afford. So, your purpose is to harvest life and souls, or to harvest time.

Since we have the same goal, why not cooperate?"

After a moment, Shi Jie still did not respond.

Cheng Zongyang shrugged:

"I'm not threatening you, I'm seeking cooperation. It will benefit both you and me. As long as you agree to my way, we can split the lifespan 30-70. You get 70 and I get 30, or even 90-10. This way you can get more lifespan. As for your martial arts skills, you can't use them, so you can give them to me."

"If you agree with me, I will modify the template I prepared according to your ideas and see your conditions. When I come in next time, if there are no modifications, then I will know what you mean."

Having said that, Cheng Zongyang left the wilderness world.

It would be a pity if the most important breach of contract content could not be added with more benefits for individuals.

But he will use this template regardless of whether Shijie agrees with his inducements and proposals or not.

At least it is feasible to instill the clan concept of "God protects the Cheng family" and ensure the safety of the family.

If Shijie is willing to cooperate, then he will be able to make much more use of the template.

the next day.

Cheng Zongyang still enters the wilderness world after taking a medicinal bath in the evening.

However, when Cheng Zongyang summoned the contract template and saw the intact content, he knew that the stone ring did not want to cooperate. In other words, it could not reach an agreement with the host on other actions other than the transaction in the market hut.

To put it more simply, the platform is unwilling to cooperate independently with merchants.

Seeing that his inducements and proposals failed, Cheng Zongyang stopped worrying about it and continued to study how to change the template, especially the content of the oath.

This point does need to be detailed. To prevent the signatories from causing misunderstandings due to some trivial matters and also having their souls harvested by the rules of the wilderness world. That would be ridiculous.

Time flies by like a white horse.

In the inner mountain pass, it seemed that after a wildfire or the fireball that fell on that day, the weather gradually returned to normal.

The people living at the mountain pass in Tianduan Mountain once again lived a peaceful life.

Everyone is away from the still chaotic hustle and bustle of the outside world, as if time has stopped here and the troubles of the outside world have nothing to do with them.

Day after day, month after month.

As all the outsiders returned to Neishankou, it also gained a new name - Chengjia Village.

The foreigners here naturally became villagers of Chengjia Village.

Every day, some villagers go out to look for trees that have not been burned, cut them down and bring them back to earn contribution points; the woodworking workshops make some suitable wood into tools and furniture, which are then exchanged by the villagers for contribution points.

The salt workshop would transport the salt bags back to the village through a simple mountain road every three days for storage, waiting for the villagers to exchange some for home use, and the rest for pickling meat or storage.

Acres of new land were reclaimed, and while the villagers were earning contribution points, they were also preparing to rent land for spring farming next year.

Several acres of vegetable fields that were rescued have regained their lush green appearance before the disaster. It is almost time to harvest all kinds of vegetables, fruits and melons, and we are preparing to harvest some and save some for seeds.

As for the houses, almost all the original wooden houses have been replaced with rammed earth houses, which are rainproof and fireproof, and more warm.

And these old houses are ready to be left to the next batch of new people.

In the mountains and forests at the end of autumn and the approach of winter, the bleakness of the autumn and winter seasons is reduced somewhat by the emergence of green life from the scorched earth, and instead brings hope like spring.

The beginning of December.

When the first ray of winter sunshine penetrates the mist in the mountains and forests and sprinkles on the paths in the village, a few dewdrops sparkle with crystal light on the yellowing leaves of fruits and vegetables, like pearls of nature attached to them.

The branches of many scorched trees have grown lush, with black and green intertwined, like a visually impactful painting that contains the alternation of life and death.

The cold wind was blowing gently, and many villagers had already walked out of their mud houses, ready to start a new day of work.

Before winter comes, there are many new tasks, such as collecting dry firewood, making clothes, collecting wild fruits, etc. All of them are to prepare for winter.

"Yang'er, everything is ready. Is there anything missing?"

In the Hanoi area, where several large houses had been built, Cheng Zhou came out of the house and took out a backpack with a lot of dry food in it.

This place is now inhabited by the Cheng and Zhou families, and is separated from outsiders.

Cheng Zongyang took the backpack and said with a smile, "That's enough. I'll be back in two days. By the way, mother, keep an eye on Zongliang and ask him to read more books. Don't keep thinking about the two young wives. They can't run away."

Cheng Zhou rolled her eyes at her son and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? All right, I'll keep an eye on you. Also, don't act tough when you go to the county."

"Okay, I'm leaving." Cheng Zongyang smiled.

Having said that, Cheng Zongyang waved to his second uncle, eldest uncle and younger uncles, then went to the storehouse and took away more than seventy taels of gold sand that he had accumulated over the past three months.

Say goodbye and leave, heading out of the mountain.

As winter approaches, the salt-making workshop has stopped in order to avoid accidents. In the past few months, several thousand kilograms of salt have been produced, but Chengjia Village cannot consume it all at this stage. So it will not be too late to continue production after the beginning of spring next year.

If you accumulate more, you may be able to try selling salt later.

But the gold rush is still going on.

Outside the mountain, Cheng Zongyang put the things into the wilderness and looked outside with a sad face. It was bleak, and all he could see was a piece of black scorched earth.

A fire burned everything outside the mountain.

There was still no rainfall outside the mountain, so no new buds could grow. But fortunately, the weather was getting cooler and no longer hot.

But compared with the inside of the mountain, the outside of the mountain seems like an abandoned world with limited vitality.

But Cheng Zongyang also knew that as long as there was a heavy rain, everything would be over. But he didn't know when this rain would come.

Walking on the country road, Cheng Zongyang headed north, thinking about the situation in the county.

In the past three months, he only went to the county once, and that was to deliver medicine powder to Li Lu.

The county town was also lucky. Although a few fireballs fell into the city, damaging and burning many houses, the casualties were limited. Overall, the losses were not great.

But the last time I went to the county, I also learned about the shocking changes in the outside world.

In September, thirteen royal families he had never heard of broke through the border between Xiangyang and Linchuan, penetrated into the hinterland, and successively occupied many counties in order to force Emperor Liang to hand over something.

It was impossible for Emperor Liang to compromise, so he gathered a large army and many warriors to suppress and expel them.

But the Jin State in the north also sent hundreds of thousands of troops and also demanded something. Thus, the war to siege Daliang broke out!
Yufeng County under Qianye County, although located in the Tianduan Mountain range, is also the closest to Linchuan. Naturally, Yufeng County has become extremely unstable.

County Lord Luo certainly had no time to break the rules, so he could only ask the Rotation Bureau to forcefully suppress all family forces headed by the Wang family, thus stabilizing the internal stability of the county.

But even so, even if the war has not yet spread to Yufeng County, the collateral impact is huge.

Prices are completely out of control and supplies are becoming scarce.

Although Luo Dingran continued to dig deeper wells in the original wells so that there was still water available in the city, the severe situation could not be alleviated much.

However, the county was guarded by warriors like Li Lu and other yamen runners, assisted by county soldiers, and any unstable factors were either killed or captured, so people's hearts were basically stabilized.

The premise is that the army of the Thirteen Royal Clans did not come to attack!
Nowadays, it is easy to leave the county town but difficult to enter. There are restrictions on entering the town. If you want to enter the town again after leaving it, basically no one can enter except official personnel or acquaintances.

Cheng Zongyang doesn't have this problem.

At the city gate, Cheng Zongyang took out the internal pass token that Li Lu had given him last time and entered the city smoothly.

The road was still bleak. The shadow of the approaching war hung over everyone's heart, and they were afraid that the war would come at any time.

Cheng Zongyang looked along the way and found that except for a few official fixed points for selling grain, all other shops were closed.

This is also Luo Dingran’s policy, which is to reduce unnecessary trouble!

When he got to his house, Cheng Zongyang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his house was still intact. He went into the house, took out the prepared sack from the market hut, and left home to go to Li Lu's house.

Although Li Lu is a public official now, he can still buy rice, but he can forget about meat and vegetables. Not to mention that it is winter now, and vegetables and meat are even scarcer.

What he prepared was dried meat and some dried radish.

The amount of radishes harvested was not large. After all, apart from some left for villagers to exchange, the rest had to be kept for seeds. This time he only brought ten kilograms of dried radishes and thirty kilograms of fresh meat. It was a small token of his appreciation, and he would not take more.

Coincidentally, Cheng Zongyang arrived early and Li Lu was not on duty yet.

Li Lu was extremely excited to see Cheng Zongyang again, whom he hadn't seen for two months.

"Hurry up! I haven't seen you for a long time, I really miss you... Oh, you took things again! I, I have always received your kindness, I don't know how to repay you!"

While Li Lu was happy, he also saw what Cheng Zongyang was holding, and felt grateful and ashamed.

"Haha, Uncle Li, there's no need to say more. You're not an outsider. Oh, you've made a breakthrough!?" Cheng Zongyang was surprised when he felt the change in Li Lu's aura.

With Li Lu's aptitude, he actually broke through to the eighth level in about three months, which means that his daily progress was about ten points, which was similar to that of his uncle.

His elders and two peers were also promoted to the eighth rank, just a little faster than Li Lu.

"Hahaha, thanks to you." Li Lu brought Cheng Zongyang into the house and asked his wife to pour tea while he said happily: "Half a month ago, I was appointed as the head of the police by the county magistrate! Now I am the only head of the police!"

Cheng Zongyang clasped his fists and congratulated with a smile: "Then congratulations, Uncle Li! This way, Uncle Li will become the county lord's confidant."

Li Lu waved his hand: "No, the county magistrate just saw that I am familiar with Yufeng County. I don't know what to do when the county is stable."

"Brother Yang, it's cold, have a cup of tea to warm yourself up." Mrs. Li Wang walked in with a cup of hot tea, with a smile on her face.

"Thank you, auntie." Cheng Zongyang stood up, took it and expressed his gratitude.

"You go and take care of the things first. Zong Yang and I will have a drink at noon." Li Lu immediately instructed his wife.

"Okay! I'll go now." Li Wang also nodded happily.

Her husband's current status and changes were all thanks to Cheng Zongyang, so she was naturally very polite and considerate to him. Moreover, he would bring dozens of kilograms of meat every time he came, which was so rare!
Cheng Zongyang did not refuse. After Li Wangshi left, Cheng Zongyang asked about the situation:
"What's the current situation in the county? How have you found out about the Thirteen Royal Families? What about the war?"

These things are related to some future plans, so Cheng Zongyang naturally wants to know more about them. This is also what he asked Li Lu to find out last time.

Over the past few months, the situation in the county has been changing again and again, and has never been stable. It was like this when Chang Younian was here, and it was also like this after Luo Dingran came.

He was glad that he did not settle down in the city and avoided many human disasters.

Li Lu prepared to inform Cheng Zongyang of all the information he had learned from various sources during this period.

These were the information that Cheng Zongyang had told him to know in advance. After he became the head of the police, he would naturally be able to obtain information from more places.

That’s the benefit of status advancement!

Cheng Zongyang nodded from time to time and listened carefully. He also interrupted from time to time and asked questions, and then let Li Lu continue.

"…So, the county is relatively stable now, but supplies are still scarce, and we don't know when the food will run out. Once it runs out, the county will be in complete chaos!"

After listening to the situation in the county, Cheng Zongyang asked Li Lu not to speak in a hurry, but to digest it first and analyze the current situation.

Finally, he glanced at the entrance of the main hall, and seeing that no one came in, he whispered to Li Lu:
"The city is in such a short supply of supplies right now. If I can get some food, is there any way I can help?"

Li Lu was shocked when he heard this and asked in a low voice, "What to eat?"

He didn't expect Cheng Zongyang to say such a thing. There was so much food that he could sell it?
Cheng Zongyang said, "It's because of my master. Luoyang is near the sea, and the drought didn't have much impact, so there's no shortage of food there. So he brought a lot of dried sea fish, but I don't know if anyone here eats them?"

"Hey! As long as there's food to eat, why worry about no one eating it?"

Li Lu said, "Now the county magistrate keeps asking for food from the county town, fearing that the county will run out of food and the people will riot! But the county town is close to the battlefield, and most of the food is supplied to the front first, so there will naturally be less food in the back. How much can your master get?"

The mountains are high and the roads are long between the prefectures and cities, and it is impossible for ordinary merchants to transport goods thousands of miles to sell in the disaster area.

First, the journey is too long and unsafe; second, the transportation cost is too high; third, the people in the disaster area have no money and it is difficult to sell at a high price. Fourth, the big families have their own channels and will not spend a high price to purchase the goods of the merchants.

Therefore, it is basically rare to see private merchants selling goods across regions.

Now I was very surprised to hear that the master behind Cheng Zongyang could actually transport the goods.

Cheng Zongyang thought about it and realized that the first batch of dried fish that had been dried and stored in the Wilderness World weighed about three thousand kilograms.

After a 5000- catties sea fish is made into finished dried fish, only about - taels are left. This kg of dried fish is more than sea fish.

If there was not enough space, the number would be even greater after drying.

But the second batch is still drying, and the drying area has been expanded. It will take another half a month to complete. It is estimated that there will be 5,000 to 6,000 kilograms, which is more than the first batch.

Winter is different from summer, but winter also has its advantages. At least there is no smell, there is less rain, and even if there is no sunshine, more things can be dried.

"About 3,000 kilograms." Cheng Zongyang said uncertainly: "If it sells well, he will get more for the second batch. But the question is, what is the current price?"

Li Lu was also quite surprised when he heard three thousand jin.

This number is already extremely high.

After thinking for a while, he said, "I really don't understand this. I'll go ask your aunt first."

Having said that, Li Lu walked out.

(End of this chapter)