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"Father, when will our family be able to become a nobleman?" After returning from Gero, Molly stood in front of Jedla and asked with an unwilling expression: "What are the conditions for becoming a nobleman, and how long will we have to work hard?" Can it be achieved?"

"You'll know when you grow up." Jedra was counting the gold coins in the bag. After a while, he frowned: "Molly, why is there less money?"

Speaking of this, Molly recounted the incident with an aggrieved face. Jedra snorted, with a bit of anger in his expression, and it was more Nai. He touched his son's head and said slowly: "Now you understand why our family has always been in business. When our ancestors were soul thinkers, the family had a big business, and the lord of a city had to look at our ancestors' face, but unfortunately nothing happened in our family. Talents have declined so far. Fortunately, the ancestors of the soul thinkers predicted today a long time ago, and left a method on how to return to the noble class. When we save enough gold coins, our family can buy back the title and become a noble family again .”

Molly asked, "How long will that take?"

Jedra hesitated for a moment, then lowered her..."[

Chen Xiansong was next to him. Hearing this conversation, he felt the deep sorrow in Jedra's heart. Which father doesn't want his child to be superior to others and live a happy life.But they can't. For the glory of their ancestors, they must work hard and fight. This world is cruel. When one person goes up, another person must come down. The suppression of merchants by the nobles is actually a disguised form to protect their own status.Jedra understood very well that the accident that the nobles would find an excuse to kill him if he didn't pay attention just now may accompany his son's life in the future.

Molly was quite dissatisfied with his father's answer, but there was nothing he could do.He is still young and can't understand many things.

Businessmen are a well-rounded group. They will not offend anyone easily. When someone helps them, they will be very grateful and say a lot of good things.But they are profit-seeking people, and when favors and interests conflict, they will give up their all-round and exquisite features.It can be said that Chen Xiansong saved the life of Jedlar's son, but he was unwilling to thank him, because once he did so, he would be considered to owe the other party a favor, and Chen Xiansong is a cargo, and he owes a favor to the cargo. Maybe the other party will take the opportunity to raise the price, and even have the capital to negotiate, which may damage his interests. For businessmen, this is a big taboo.

Jedla didn't want to thank him, but Chen Xiansong didn't feel that the other party needed to thank him. In his mind, he was just saving himself.

After such an incident, Molly looked very depressed, and Jedla seemed to be normal, but Chen Xiansong still felt the anger in his heart.It's just that anger turns to anger, but there is nothing to do. Even if they are declining nobles, even if they lose their fiefs, they still have titles, and they are not people that businessmen can offend casually.

The matter gradually spread among the caravan. With such a problem, no one was in the mood to stay and rest.Jedla ordered the caravan to set off. After handing over the pass, the guards of the border city let it go. Chen Xiansong walked under the tall city gate, and he saw a green grassland, white clouds, blue sky, and green ocean.

It was the beginning of summer at this time, and due to the abundant rain, all the plants on the grassland were extremely vigorous, and their verdant green color was extraordinarily 'bright'.After entering his nostrils, there was the smell of grassland. Chen Xiansong, accompanied by Sister Bai, had traveled to many tourist attractions and the prairie before, but it was this prairie that made him feel relaxed and happy.

The reason is that there are too many human beings in the 22nd century.Almost all the earth is full of people. In order to prevent the earth from being overcrowded, a birth restriction order had to be issued. If there are too many people, how the new human beings usually protect the environment will eventually be affected.Compared with the grasslands of the 22nd century, this grassland is a little more 'wild'.

This kind of special self-cognition of scenery generally only exists in natural people... Then natural people can use artistic means, such as painting, or written description to express it. At this time, new human beings can indirectly harvest what they want from natural people's literary and artistic works. artistic atmosphere.

Chen Xiansong was the only one who felt amazed at this grassland. The other people in the caravan looked indifferent, but they were even more surprised by Chen Xiansong's expressions and actions.

"It would be great if I had paper and an inkstone on hand." Chen Xiansong licked his lips: "Suddenly I became very excited about painting."

Wherever there are lush plants, even in summer, the temperature will not be too high. The reason is that the plants absorb part of the sunlight and heat to convert the energy needed for their own growth, so even at noon, the sun is shining, and everyone I didn't feel how hot it was, but there was a little breeze blowing, which made me feel refreshed.

Mo Li stood beside Chen Xiansong, watched him open his hands, and listened to his words, he couldn't help but asked: "You can still draw, you already know how to write, and you can do calculations, this knowledge is considered noble I don't think the heirs can learn everything, could it be that Hua Nan really learned everything since he was a child."

"I told you I'm not a flower boy." Chen Xiansong curled his lips, Huaxing who just got up was immediately disgusted by this guy and disappeared.

"Yes, yes, you are a soul thinker." Molly snorted: "I don't understand why the nobles spend so much effort training you, aren't you just a man who sells his ass and teaches almost everything? You, decent people like us can't learn anything."

Today, Mo Li seems to have a lot of opinions on Chen Xiansong, and he has conflicts in his heart, and he doesn't even have much energy in learning characters.

When others misunderstand themselves, normal people will explain, but after the explanation, the other party does not believe it, Chen Xiansong is unreasonable.As someone who came out of the 22nd century, he didn't have any special views on homosexuality, but if he said he was selling his ass, that would be unbearable.He rolled his eyes at the other party, then hid back in the cage of the carriage, covered it with a black cloth, and fell asleep soundly.

Seeing Chen Xiansong ignoring him, Mo Li blushed a little with anger, but thinking about it, the other party was still his teacher in name, and in the social atmosphere of Kate Kingdom where teachers respected teachers, bumping into a teacher was considered an outrageous act. Just think about it.

In the evening, Chen Xiansong woke up, and the caravan also settled down. The grassland is humid at night, and the temperature will drop very low. There are not many element crystal pillars in this place, and they are far away. If you don't make preparations, It might freeze people alive at night and make them sick. [

The mercenaries took out their tools and mowed all the grass beyond the knees of the surrounding people. There are many insects in the grassland that bite people, and occasionally there are poisonous snakes staying in the grass. This can prevent the above situation as much as possible.Chen Xiansong also wanted to help, but was stopped by Jedla. His reason was simple: "Flower boys only need thin skin and tender flesh. Every time you grow a callus on your hands, my gold coins will decrease." Up to a dozen."

Well, Chen Xiansong had no choice but to give up.Now everyone in the caravan thinks he is a flower boy, and he can't explain it clearly.

After dinner, Chen Xiansong was teaching Mo Li the basic strokes. The latter just nodded, indicating that he heard it, and then began to wander. Chen Xiansong taught for a while, and had to throw the wooden stick in his hand, and asked: "Forget it, it seems that you can't listen, little guy, what are you thinking, thinking so engrossed."

Mo Li originally had an impatient expression, but suddenly he raised his head and asked, "You are a flower boy, so you must have seen many nobles since you were young. Can you tell me what the nobles usually do."

"I'm not a flower..."

"You just need to tell me what the nobles are usually doing." Molly interrupted Chen Xiansong impatiently: "Who cares what your identity is, anyway, we will sell you when you arrive in Cathay Kingdom gone."

"Okay." Chen Xiansong shrugged, he thought for a while and said: "The nobles I have come into contact with, how should I put it, are quite talkative, but some people are usually very good with you, but when they encounter benefits , or when there is a problem with your position, it will directly become your enemy, and the speed of change is so fast that sometimes you can’t even believe it.”

"Then what do they usually do?"

Chen Xiansong thought for a while and said: "Generally speaking, it is to attend banquets everywhere, expand contacts, or deepen connections with other nobles. Young nobles are somewhat different from old nobles. Young nobles prefer to flirt around. See Are there any daughters of other nobles who are suitable for marriage with me? Some of the elderly nobles are in retirement, and some are calculating how to increase their family property or power."

"Sounds like doing everything." Molly looked envious: "But it's true, other people are nobles, not us poor businessmen. When our family was prosperous before, the clansmen must have lived like this. Why? I wasn't born at that time."

Then the two chatted casually, and when it was completely dark, they were ready to start resting.Before going back into the cage, Chen Xiansong looked at the female slaves locked in the cage. Although they still looked malnourished, with the two or three extra black bread Chen Xiansong spent, Their expressions improved a little bit, especially that girl, every time she saw Chen Xiansong, she would look at him gratefully.

At noon the next day, they arrived at the first border city of the Uva Kingdom... Fusitul, which means the pearl on the grassland.

After paying the entry fee of one gold coin, Jedra led the caravan familiars to find a hotel with a sad face. Although this hotel doesn't look very good, it is very big. In its backyard There are many freight carriages parked, and it is a well-known merchant hotel.

Jedra intends to live here for two or three days, and sell the two carts of weapons and armor he brought here in exchange for other commodities. Although military supplies are more valuable in the Kingdom of Cathay, the Kingdom of Wuva has This is a very unpleasant regulation, all military equipment is only allowed to enter but not to exit... Fortunately, the price purchased by the military is also considered fair, which did not arouse strong resistance from the traveling merchants.

Jedra wants to go out to discuss business, so naturally she has to bring her youngest son, Molly, and teaching by example is the best way of education.It's just that he didn't expect that it was because of taking Molly out that a disaster would be caused instead. (to be continued...)