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Chapter 78 Teaching

The atmosphere was once heavy.

Mrs. Su smiled, "Oh, look at what I'm talking about. You are merchants. Are you here to collect furs? It's winter, so I bought some furs and brought them back to the capital to sell. There are many merchants who are sure to make a profit. They will all come to us to buy furs, I know a lot of people who have furs at home, should I take you there?"

It was already the cold winter of November at this time, the north wind was howling, and the face was very painful, and the cold in the border town was different from the cold in the capital, but Ji Fushou and the others practiced martial arts, and the cold wind could withstand the cold wind. Wearing a thick leather jacket, exhaling hot air from time to time.

Ji Fushou agreed, and Mrs. Su took them to collect the furs. Sure enough, as Mrs. Su said, she was familiar with this place, and she knew which one had good furs. .

Ji Fushou estimated that these furs would be taken back and made into cloaks, and they could be sold for dozens or hundreds of taels, and tens of thousands of taels could be earned this time.

Since ancient times, business from south to north is the most profitable.

"It's noon, and it's all thanks to Mrs. Su who led the way to receive such a good fur. We would like to invite Mrs. Su to have a light meal and express our gratitude. I hope Mrs. Su will not refuse." Ji Fushou sincerely invited.

Mrs. Su agreed and took them to the best restaurant in the border town. Ji Fushou was the host of a private room. As you said, Xiliang people invade from time to time, so doesn't it mean that no one leaves the border town at all?"

Su Niangzi shook her head, "When it's not a war, the defenders can't help people coming in and out of the city gate. Some people raise cattle and sheep, and they will choose to raise them outside the border city when the water and grass are abundant. At this time, Xiliang people will not invade, because They are also busy driving cattle and sheep to graze and grow fat."

Su Niangzi glanced at Ji Fushou suddenly, "Some merchants will also go out to the border towns to find people from Xiliang to collect their furs."

Mrs. Su didn't intend to ask why the girl Ji Fushou was the leader of the merchants. Anyway, she did her job well after receiving the reward.

"But it's cold now, and it's dangerous outside the border town, so it's best not to go out."

For the sake of Ji Fushou's group's temperament and taste, Mrs. Su gave a rare persuasion, and she didn't care whether Ji Fushou listened or not.

Ji Fushou smiled and thanked her for her kindness.

After the meal, the two sides separated.

When he returned to the other courtyard, Ji Fushou suddenly asked Ji Sibo, "Sibo, do you want to go out to see the border town?"

Ji Sibo was stunned, "Auntie, didn't Miss Su say that it's dangerous outside right now?"

Ji Qiongzhi raised his heart and looked at Ji Fushou nervously.

"Isn't it dangerous when you join the army to fight in the future?" Ji Fushou asked back.

Ji Sibo pursed his lips.

"It's rare to come to the border town, don't you want to see what's going on in Xiliang?"

Ji Fushou said another lightly.

According to Mrs. Su, the Xiliang people are cruel and terrifying. She has seen Ji Sibo's dazed expression just now, and she doesn't know if he was frightened by the Xiliang people. The unknown is scary. Wait until he goes to the boundary of Xiliang , Seeing that Xiliang people are not what they imagined in their minds, they will no longer be afraid.

Besides, almost all members of Nighthawk are protecting them, Ji Fushou is still sure of their safety.

"Auntie, I'll go!" Ji Sibo said suddenly.

Ji Qiongzhi already looked anxious.

The corners of Ji Fushou's lips curled up, and he turned his head to tell Ji Qiongzhi, "Azhi, you stay here, and I will leave a bodyguard to protect you. Sibo and I will go out of the border town, and the other bodyguards will guard us."

Needless to say, there was no room for Ji Qiongzhi to refute at all, so Ji Qiongzhi had no choice but to agree.

Another day later, Su found a way out, donated 1000 taels to the local generals defending the army, and got a wooden sign. When Ji Fushou and the others were about to leave the city gate, they swung the wooden sign out, and the defenders attacked them. When they left the border town, they turned a blind eye. They saw a lot of businessmen who took risks for money. If they were lucky, they could make a lot of money and come back.

Ji Fushou and the others were one person and one horse, and they even brought a carriage. Ji Fushou dressed up in men's clothing, but this time he tried his best to conceal the characteristics of a woman, and even spoke in a low voice. I really can't see that she is a girl.

After leaving the border town, it became colder and colder.

What caught the eyelids was a vast land.

Ji Fushou began to teach Ji Sibo according to the trend.

"Sibo, do you know how to identify the direction in the wild, or in this vast land?"

"The easiest way is to look at the sun. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. You don't need my aunt to teach you this. But if you encounter a cloudy day, as it is now, the sun is covered by clouds."

Ji Fushou pointed to the sky.

"My aunt taught you in the woods before that the growth rings on the section of a tree stump can tell the north from the south."

Ji Sibo then continued: "On the tree stump, the intervals in the south are large, and the intervals in the north are small. Also, if it is an independent large tree, the branches and leaves are usually lush in the south, the bark is smooth, and the grass is dense, while the branches in the north are sparse and the bark is rough and humid. , with moss growing."

She rode her horse and stopped in front of a pothole, got off her horse, and called Ji Sibo to come to her, "Did you see this puddle?"

She took out another embroidery needle, and took out the grease from the carriage. After the needle was stained with grease, she gently put it into the puddle.

Slowly, the embroidery needle turned around and then stopped.

"Look, the direction the needle is pointing to is north."

At this time, they were not far away from the border town, and they could vaguely see the outline of the border town. Ji Sibo identified it, and was surprised to find that the needle was pointing north.

Ji Fushou took back the embroidery needle, wiped it clean with a handkerchief, put it back in the embroidery bag and put it away.

"In addition to using needles to identify, you can also look at snow accumulation. In areas such as ravines or rocks where snow is difficult to melt, it is always in the north-facing direction."

Along the way, Ji Fushou taught Ji Sibo several ways to identify the direction.

"Auntie, how do you know the direction at night?" Ji Sibo asked again.

"At night, we first look at the Big Dipper. There are seven stars in the Big Dipper, Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, and Yaoguang. They will connect the city like a spoon. When Tianxuan looks out towards Tianshu, there is a A very bright star, that star is called Polaris, and the direction Polaris points to is north.”

Ji Fushou squatted down, picked up a few stones, played with the shape of a spoon on the ground, and told Ji Sibo which star was Tianshu, Tianxuan, and which was Polaris.

At night, he set up a tent in the wild, and Ji Fushou pointed to the stars in the sky to teach him, and pointed to the moon and said: "The crescent moon appears in the western sky at dusk; the first quarter moon appears in the south at dusk, and sinks in the west at midnight."

On this day, Ji Fushou taught him a lot, from identifying the direction to finding water sources, and identifying the number of cattle and sheep from the dung of cattle and sheep on the grass.

(End of this chapter)