Monks

Chapter 530 Eight Soldiers and Civilians

The man finally surrendered, not thinking about the place name: "It's quite far anyway, what are you going to do in the city?" Zhang Afraid said: "Take a walk around."

"It's leisurely enough, I said why empty-handed, how was the harvest last year?"

"Harvest? I don't farm the land." Zhang Fear was very patient and polite. It was extremely rare for him, a master of middle-level Nascent Soul cultivation, to talk to ordinary people like this.

"Not farming? Then what kind of work do you mean? Hunting?" The man's questions are endless.Afraid Zhang really wanted to say, let me go, but he couldn't bear to spoil other people's interest, so he continued to cooperate: "No hunting."

No farming or hunting?The man became more and more curious, and before he could ask further questions, a whistle sounded from the other side of the river, and a man ran quickly on the loess road, shouting as he ran, "Enter the lake, enter the lake, officers and soldiers have called for ships."

A voice disturbed the boats on the river, and there were five small boats on both sides of the bank, and some people showed their heads and asked, "Is it true?"

The person who reported the message cursed: "If you don't believe me, just wait." As he spoke, he jumped into a small boat, untied the cable and rowed downstream.

The man's face also changed: "Brother, go back, there is no boat today, so you are unlucky." As he spoke, he jumped into the small boat on the shore, and the sailors in the boat were already "handling" their oars and were ready to go. The boat, Lima, headed downstream.

Zhang was afraid he couldn't laugh or cry, what's the matter?I just wandered around and wanted to get back on the boat, but the officers and soldiers came to conscript the boat?Luck back to this extent?Looking at the sky and the ground, he pondered: "Which school is the best at arithmetic? I don't know the birthday, and I don't have to count the horoscope, I can only look at the face." After pondering for a while, I didn't have a clue, and decided to go to the nearest city to find a fortune teller to do the math. .

He was thinking about it here, and there was a sound of horseshoes on the dirt road on the other side of the river. A dozen war horses galloped to the river with soldiers on their backs. Run, go back." A group of people ran back with a rumble of hooves.

Zhang is afraid of being confused, what is this for?The soldiers of a country should protect the people of a country. Why do the people fear the soldiers and the soldiers scold the people?

He was also bored, and he should go to Yong'an Lake as soon as possible, but the incident aroused his curiosity just now, so he decided to stay at the ferry for a while.An hour later, two people came from the direction of Daqian Village, an old man and a young woman, each carrying a load of baskets, filled with some fresh vegetables, and it looked like they were going to sell them in the city.When he got to the ferry and didn’t see a boat, the old man said dejectedly: “It’s a waste of time, there is no boat.” The girl was a little anxious: “Why is there no boat?” Putting down her burden, she ran to the ferry to look left and right, and then came back disappointed .

Seeing Zhang Ai, the old man came over and asked, "Young man, when did you come? Did you have a boat when you came?"

Zhang Fear said: "There was a boat when I came, but when the officers and soldiers came, the boat ran away."

The old man sighed and said to the girl, "Take a break and go back."

The two of them each had a shoulder to shoulder, and the girl pouted, 'rubbed' her shoulders and shook her arms, her face full of displeasure: "Officers and soldiers are really annoying." Breathe a sigh of relief.

The girl didn't speak any more, she lowered her head and fiddled with the basket with her feet.Zhang was afraid to look at the basket, which was nearly half a meter high, stuffed full of vegetables, at least fifty catties, a load of one hundred catties, and said inwardly, "The girl is really strong."

Seeing the disappointed look on the old man's face, the girl looked unhappy and thought about it and said, "How do you sell the food? It looks pretty fresh."

When the old man heard that he might be a customer, he hurriedly answered, "It must be fresh. I grow and eat what I eat at home. If it weren't for fear of spoilage if I couldn't eat it, who would go all the way? Look at this leaf, it's still covered with dew. 'Where's the water?'

Zhang was afraid to smile, he was just abusing the kindness of good people, just wanting to help others, he took out two taels of silver: "How much can I buy with these silver?" The old man looked at it and said hurriedly: "There are too many, I have to pay for all of them." I don't have any change for your money." As he spoke, he took out a small cloth bag from his waist, and there were only dozens of copper coins in it.

Zhang Fear said: "Then buy them all, and you don't need to change the money, just put the vegetables here."

The old man disagreed: "I can't let you lose money." Zhang Ai said: "You won't lose money. No one in the world likes to lose money, and I'm not stupid." Very neatly: "If he is willing to buy it, just sell it to him. It's not about stealing him or robbing him. What are you afraid of?"

The old man was a little embarrassed, and babbled for a while, and finally put away the money with gratitude, piled up the vegetables carefully, got up and asked, "I don't know when the ferry will come, so it's not a problem to wait, I'll accompany you." Do you want to chat?"

Zhang was afraid that the officials and the people who were trying to understand what happened would be upset, so he asked directly: "Why did the officers and soldiers conscript the ship?" The old man became cautious: "Why do you ask this?" Zhang was afraid that the old man had misunderstood, and smiled: "Just curious , If you are in trouble, you don’t have to say it.” The old man touched the money on his waist, thought for a while and asked, “You are not from the local area, are you?” Zhang Paien said.

The old man was still hesitating, and the girl next to him said, "What are you afraid of, what can't you say, the common people don't know? Officers and soldiers recruit ships to go to Yanghu to suppress bandits. No personnel, a bunch of bastards."

Zhang Fear chuckled, he was laughing at his own great luck, Zhang Tianfang was right, he might really be the reincarnation of a degenerate god, good things never happen to him, bad things happen every day.

The old man laughed when he saw Zhang Ai, and his daughter also spoke, and for Yinzi's sake, she simply explained in more detail: "The lower reaches of this river is Yanghu Lake, which is very large, and most of the lake is composed of islands and lakes. Reeds, there are many islands, the reeds are tall and dense, there are many aquatic plants, and there is a large swamp, which is not conducive to the passage of large ships. There are many water bandits on the island, and the officers and soldiers are suppressing bandits. Large ships cannot enter, and small boats cannot beat others. Every time, the damage was heavy, so the officers and soldiers began to confiscate the boats of the fishermen on the rivers and lakes, and they didn’t pay for them, isn’t it a scam?”

It turned out that this was the case, and Zhang was afraid to nod his head to show that he knew.For a cultivator of his level, he has already left the world of mortals, and will not easily interfere with secular affairs, such as the matter of officers and soldiers suppressing bandits, it is really uncertain who is right and who is wrong, no one wants to live with their heads up, even if Even the king of murder is forced to a certain extent before he dares to kill.

The old man saw that Zhang was afraid of nodding, thinking he agreed with his statement, and continued: "Let's just talk about it. If you don't 'force' people too much, who would want to be a thief?"

When Zhang was afraid to hear it, there was indeed a story, but he didn't want to ask any more. Things in the world are always like this, and the more you know, the more you will be disappointed.But he didn't want to ask, but the old man continued to tell: "A few years ago, the government said that there was a mine in the north, and they recruited people to dig the mine. If they dug out the kind of stone they said, they would give five taels of silver for each piece. Everyone heard it and didn't go to it." It’s a fool. If it wasn’t for my age, I would also like to try it. Let’s put it this way, at that time, more than 20 good guys went to dig rocks in the mountains. At the beginning, someone really dug out rocks. If you are lucky, one piece a day , I can dig out 30 yuan a month. No matter how bad my luck is, I can dig three or two yuan a month. This is money. This stone is dug every day and paid every day, registering the name and quantity, and paying the bill once a month. It’s so easy After working for a full month, everyone waited to receive the money, but when the money came out, one stone became fifty Wen, of course everyone disagreed..."