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The people of the Cathay Kingdom have an almost pathological attachment to their homeland. When they are young, no matter how famous they are outside, when they are old, they will find a way to return to their hometown to die.If something really happened and they couldn't return to their hometown by themselves, they would ask someone to take their body or ashes back to their hometown before they died.

This is something everyone in the world knows. Many nobles guessed that when the Kingdom of Cathay was strong, it didn't like to expand abroad, or it might have something to do with their nostalgia for homeland.In any case, a large empire without aggression will put many people at ease.

The Kingdom of Cathay is very rich. Whether it is silk, porcelain, or paper, these are luxury goods in other countries. Merchants in other countries have to exchange gold with the same weight for paper, and gold with ten times the weight for porcelain. , A thousand times the weight of gold was exchanged for silk, and a large amount of gold and silver poured into the Kingdom of Cathay. Unfortunately, such wealth was only concentrated in the hands of a few people.

So now the Kingdom of Cathay is in war.It stands to reason that businessmen generally avoid doing business in war-torn countries, but Jedra seems to have his own ideas.

After hearing the boy's words, Chen Xiansong fell silent. The word "hometown" has no meaning to people in the 22nd century. At that time, it was already a real global village. It would take no more than five hours to go anywhere. Time, since he was a child, he has been traveling frequently. Under the protection of Sister Bai, he has seen deserts, climbed snow-capped mountains, surfed waves, and played glider... Because the wing suit is too dangerous, the new human beings prohibit natural persons under the age of 25 from going there. try.

So Chen Xiansong couldn't understand the so-called nostalgia, only silence.

The young man took his silence as acquiescence, and he helped Chen Xiansong cover the wooden cage with a black cloth again, but still left a small opening for general use and conversation. The flower boy is only valuable if his skin is fair, and he is tanned. It is waste.After doing all this.He asked slowly: "You Zhentan people are very powerful. Although you often have civil wars, you are still the most powerful country. You are polite, and the Sun Temple often helps you. But I don't understand why you always like to overthrow yourself. The emperor, even if that emperor did nothing wrong, I heard that your Cathay Kingdom changes a family to become the royal family every two or three hundred years, and every time you kill them."

"How do I know these things?" Chen Xiansong smiled wryly.He is not a real Cathayman.At this time, his stomach was rumbling, and he asked, "Can you give me something to eat?"

The young man walked to the side and brought half a piece of black bread and a water bag. Chen Xiansong took it from the wooden railing and asked with a frown, "This is too little. I can't get enough."

"It's okay if you don't have enough to eat." The boy laughed.

Chen Xiansong just thought about it with his knees for a while, and he understood that this was done deliberately because he was afraid that these slaves would escape.He stuffed the black bread into his mouth.Chew slowly.He had seen little knowledge about this on the Internet before.The longer you chew, the easier it is for food to be absorbed.The other party made it clear that they wanted to starve the slaves so that they would not have the strength to escape until they were sold.In the limited time of this kind of food, it is very important to increase the attractiveness.

The wild roads of this era are all made by people.There is no cement, no asphalt road, let alone asphalt, and it is generally extremely uneven.The carriage wobbled as it walked, and occasionally shook a few times. At this time, the thick untreated fur on the carriage acted as a buffer, and even if there was some unpleasant smell, it seemed less annoying.

Chewing the black bread until the sweetness of maltose came out, Chen Xiansong slowly swallowed the mushy food in his mouth, looked at the young man outside, and said very carefully: "I am really thinking deeply. Or, if you can send me back to the territory, the reward of hundreds or thousands of gold coins will definitely not be less, why don't you believe it."

"After you've told the same joke once, it won't be funny when you hear it a second time." The boy said flatly, "Also, my name is Molly. If you need anything, you can call me by my name."

For ordinary civilians, the status of a soul thinker is too high, and it is rare to see him at ordinary times. If he said that he was a small nobleman, maybe some people would believe him a little bit, but saying that he was a soul thinker... In his absence Wearing the soul thinker's robe, no one would believe it without the presence of an entourage.

"Okay, let's put it another way." Chen Xiansong recalled the time when he met Aslan just after he came out of the underground protection center, and he had some calculations in his heart, so he continued: "You sell me, probably How much is it worth?"

"Father said that it would be more valuable to sell you to the nobles of this country." Molly looked at the middle-aged man in the distance and said adoringly: "But he also said, you escaped near here, presumably your original master You are also a noble in this country. If we sell you locally, if we accidentally bump into him, we can only return you, which will be a big loss, so it is better to transport you back to the Kingdom of Cathay, although it will It’s cheaper, but no matter what, it should be worth three or four hundred gold coins.”

"It's so cheap!" Chen Xiansong felt a little helpless. There were tens of thousands of gold coins in his home, and he still had a mess of knowledge in his head. Thinking that I am in trouble now, but only worth three or four hundred gold coins, I can't bear it.

"It's not cheap anymore." Molly said very hurt: "The net profit we made from the trade between our two countries has never exceeded one hundred gold coins. Just one piece of your goods is worth us three or four times. The total profit of the transaction is higher, so my father said that he was lucky to pick you up. It is even more lucky that you survived the fever. I have always wondered why men who sell their butts earn more than those who work hard More, worth more."

"I'm not a flower boy who sells ass." Chen Xiansong lay back on the fur. His body was very healthy under the conditioning of new humans for nearly 20 years. Although the disease came and went quickly, it didn't go slowly.But he was still a little weak, and even hungry, his body was limp, and he didn't have much strength to use, nor was he very energetic: "Your name is Molly, since you are a businessman, how about we start a business?"

"Oh? Let's hear it." Mo Li still has a good impression of Chen Xiansong.He is the youngest boy in the team. Chen Xiansong is born with a baby face, looks fair and tender, and looks much younger than his actual age. He thinks the two are about the same age, and he doesn't feel too lonely when they chat .

"I know how to settle accounts. I also know the general language of the mainland." Chen Xiansong recommended himself: "I know some strange knowledge, you release me, I will help you keep accounts, teach you characters and arithmetic, and follow the caravan Let's go, you are only responsible for my food and drink, and leave until I pay off my three or four hundred gold coins, what do you think?"

"You know how to calculate and write?" Mo Li's eyes lit up, and he said as a matter of course: "That's right, Huanan has been trained by elites since he was a child. He pays great attention to sentimentality, and I heard that he knows one or two skills... It is said that all of them can Blowjob, um, wait, let me talk to my father."

Molly trotted up to Jedlar.Not long after, the latter jumped off the shaft of the flatbed truck.Walk to Chen Xiansong's carriage.Walking side by side, he asked calmly: "Boy, listen to my son, you can speak mainland Chinese? Is it true or false? How many words can you speak?"

"Know four to five thousand commonly used characters." Chen Xiansong looked at the middle-aged man and felt that he had something to say: "Although I dare not say that I am very proficient, but there is absolutely no problem with basic reading and writing. If you don't believe it, you can test it one time."

The middle-aged man immediately took out a sheepskin bag from his arms, and then took out a few sheets of white paper written in the common language of the mainland (Chinese characters) from the sheepskin bag.He squeezed it in through the gap of the wooden railing, and then he said, "Read the words on it. Although I can't read, I know the meaning of what is written on it."

Chen Xiansong took it over and took a look, and found that it was a contract. The content of the contract was very simple. It mainly said how much gold coins Party B owed Party A, and how long it would take to pay it back. Servant, the contract cannot be terminated until three generations later.At the bottom of this contract is the official seal of certification of the Association of Deep Soul People.

After Chen Xiansong finished reading the contract, Jedra nodded: "Well, that's right, it seems that he can indeed speak the common language in mainland China. In this way, we can indeed make a deal. First of all, let me talk about my personal thoughts ,how do you feel?"

"Please say."

"You are the goods I bought, and I saved your life. If it weren't for the herbs I got, you might not survive the fever, you can't deny that."

Chen Xiansong nodded, he seemed to see a long fox tail growing from the back of Jedra's buttocks.

"I saved your life, logically speaking, you should be grateful to me." Jedra smiled softly, the corners of her mouth curled up like an arc: "Then send me some gold coins, some wealth, and I will be grateful to you." It should not be too much. But I know that if you have no money, you will be free of money, so as a well-educated person, you must know how to be grateful, and it is only natural that you teach my son to learn characters for free."

Hearing this, Chen Xiansong smiled wryly: "Uncle, you are really a competent businessman."

"It's just family skills." Jedra: "But I won't take advantage of you completely. When you teach my son to learn words, you don't have to live in a cage anymore. You eat the same food as us. But I will not pay you a copper coin, at night, in order to prevent you from escaping, we will still lock you in a wooden cage, if you can accept these conditions, our transaction can be executed immediately."

Chen Xiansong frowned: "From what you said, it seems that you will still sell me as a flower boy in Cathay Kingdom?"

"Of course!" Jedra smiled: "You are worth at least three or four hundred gold coins, and I would be stupid not to sell them."

"But learning characters doesn't happen overnight." Chen Xiansong looked at the dull-eyed young man who looked very simple and honest, and he said slowly: "It takes about a month or two to go from the Kate Kingdom to the Cathay Kingdom. , during this period, how many words can he learn?"

"It takes at least five years to be able to read and write fluently." Jedra nodded: "I have heard of this, and I have heard of it even more. To do this, it usually takes thousands of dollars to the teacher. The tuition fee of one gold coin. And you can't stay with us for five years, no matter you are a flower boy or not."

Chen Xiansong frowned again.Indeed, as long as he has a chance, he will try his best to return to Huishi Village. Xiao Min must be very anxious now, worried about him. It will take a long time to teach a student to read and write books fluently. About this point , Jedra sees more clearly than him.

"One or two months, I think it is enough for Molly to lay a good foundation for learning characters." Jedra turned his head and looked at Chen Xiansong: "And you will get a certain amount of freedom and sufficient food, so you won't be hungry Belly, what do you think of this deal?"

No matter what, eat your stomach first, and don't consider other things for the time being.Chen Xiansong nodded: "OK, deal." (To be continued...)

ps: Hearthstone, Sword Spirit, and Guild Wars 2 are all coming out, tsk tsk tsk, how can I write a book with peace of mind.