Chapter VIII Waibei City
Just as Xu Le was about to turn around and leave casually, he heard Yao Nian's voice behind him: "You want to buy a slave?"
Xu Le turned around in shock and saw Yao Nian, the giant man, look at him seriously. This was not something to hide. Xu Le nodded and said, "I am going to buy slaves. The fief is newly established, and there is too short of staff, so I have to add some."
Yao Nian looked solemn and continued to ask, "Do you have a shortage of people to farm and manage your fiefdom?"
Xu Le shook his head: "Yan Hou Nu Feng Ci, there are more than 20 slaves in Suizhuang. I want to farm and manage the people..."
If Nuke does not farm the fields, then it will be a strong Nuke Chong as the division. In fact, for Qin at this moment, there are fewer and fewer things to do as Nuke Chong as the division. The reason is that Qin's sphere of influence has been shrinking increasingly under the oppression of the surrounding enemies, and a large number of fertile fields have been abandoned. Although the fertile fields are thousands of miles west of Rongqi, Qin is now vaguely filled with people and fewer lands. Even the large clans like the Shi Family, the work of granting their subordinates is getting smaller and smaller.
But for the army, we have to distribute land that can support ourselves and our future families. But we have military achievements and rewards. It is a rare channel for the people to rise. The Qin State's power has shrunk, and the scale of the army is getting smaller and smaller. Even the native Qin people cannot fully accommodate it, let alone slaves as the army?
Why is Heyang Jun powerful? In addition to the strong Zhao supporting him and the Heyang fiefdom is rich, the Ruishi Army has always maintained oppression against the ghost side, constantly opening up new land, supporting the continuous expansion of private troops and attracting talents to participate in. In the long run, the scale effect will naturally become the dominant trend in Qin.
When he heard that Xu Le wanted to buy a slave, but it was not used as farm farming. Yao Nian looked a little disappointed and shook his head and stopped talking. Xu Le became curious instead and kept asking: "Brother Yao also runs a slave business?"
If this muscular blacksmith and an expert who is in the market is incredible, if Xu Le really does manage so many things, he will have to figure out his background no matter what he says. This person is really a story.
Yao Nian shook his head: "Qin's slave market is either engaged in Xiancheng businessmen or operated for Qi merchants. Where can I get a hand in the hands of people like me? I just want to find some way out for a group of children and find a stable meal for them. Xu Jun recruited his troops to fight, which was not suitable for these children. So let's give up this matter."
Looking at Yao Nian, who looked calm but slightly depressed, Xu Le wanted to ask something, but she gave up. Today, she had already made a lot of gains. Yao Nian responded to the guidance of Liu Jun and Su Ming in practicing. Although I don’t know if Yao Nian has the ability to really point out the two goods, it is much better than before. And for some reason, Xu Le believes that this giant man who gives people a feeling of peace like a mountain does have that ability.
You have enough of your own affairs, so don’t recruit other people’s affairs anymore. Let’s talk about it when you have the ability to meddle in other people’s business.
Xu Le didn't say anything more, and bowed to Yao Nian again. When he turned around, he couldn't help but ask again: "Brother Yao, you have such a friendship with Shi Youyi, why don't you ask him for help if you have something?"
Yao Nian shook his head and replied lightly: "Because I hate Shi's family."
This answer was beyond Xu Le's expectations, and he couldn't help but stayed silent for a moment. Yao Nian had already turned around, picked up an iron piece and put it into the stove, and pulled the huge bellows. With the whistling sound, the flames rose up, illuminating the strong muscles on his body.
Xu Le shook his head and was about to take his brothers out. When he heard Yao Niannao say without replying, "Go to the outside of Beicheng to find a man named Peng Chong, and I said that it was introduced by me. The strong and powerful people you want can be the slaves of the army, only he can have. The Qi merchants in the Nancheng City sell timid female slaves and sissy men, what use can they use?"
Xu Le didn't expect that Yao Nian gave him a last note, turned around and grinned, and the sun was very sunny: "Brother Yao, thank you! I'll find you to drink another day, and wait until I gain a foothold and have enough ability, let's talk about your troubles. Now I really can't help too much... I'm leaving!"
The footsteps sounded, and Xu Le and his brothers left without looking back. Yao Nian was still stumbled in the bellows that kept stalking there.
Although this young man who suddenly came to the door was full of vitality and confidence, he behaved with ease and freely, and he unconsciously felt a kind of affinity towards him.
But for more than twenty years of hard search and more than twenty years of hardship, he has long since left no hope for the future, and everything is just doing his duty.
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Qiyang is not as complex as Qiyin. Not only is the city several circles larger, but the population is ten times more than Qiyang. Inside and outside the city, all personnel and affairs are also ten times more complex and diverse than Qiyang.
In addition to one Bei City, Qiyang City also has another Bei City outside the city wall.
Since the Battle of Qianhaiyuan, the sphere of influence of Qin has greatly reduced. It turned out that in the west, the territory in the north was ravaged by Rouran, or was seized by the Zhao people in the chaos. Even the Qiyin Shuangying Pass have become the front line. After hundreds of thousands of Qin people escaped the Rouran Iron Cavalry and the Zhao people who took advantage of the situation, they flocked into the Qin mainland. Some of them were absorbed by lords everywhere - especially the Heyang Lord. However, there were still tens of thousands of Qin people who could not be resettled, so they could only rush near Qiyang, build sheds, dig ground nests, and rely on the marquis' relief and charity to maintain them.
Over the past ten years, this refugee camp outside the North City has become a continuous underground market. People in Qiyang call it Foreign North City.
Tens of thousands of people live in this life. The relief of the marquis’ house has long been cut off, and these tens of thousands of people are going to survive again. This foreign city has become a gray area of Qiyang City. Here you can find the cheapest women, hire the most vicious thugs, and buy goods that Qishang will not sell. Everything has a price here and can be sold, no matter where it comes from.
Even Qiyang City Guards never get into this place. They have their own rules and regulations. It is the other side of the simple, martial, brave and powerful Qin State. It is the decline of the Marquis' family over the years that has led to the situation in the Outer Bei City. In Qiyin, Heyang, and even in Xiancheng, there will be no such scene.
Over the past ten years, the nobles have also discovered the benefits of the existence of foreign cities to them, and have always acquiesced to the survival and growth of this gray area of Qiyang.
Xu Le and a few brothers stepped in between, and then came to another world.
As a whole, the Qin people had a good habit of being clean. The residences were surrounded by water, so it was easy to sweep and dust for a day. There were many Qin people who had to wash every day. Because the abundant water resources brought by Qishui and its tributaries further supported the Qin people's habit.
It is precisely because of the Qin people's hygiene habits that Xu Le and his friends came here through time and could basically stay there. They didn't feel that there was anything too uncomfortable to adapt.
But in this Outer North City, various buildings like shacks are stacked and entangled in a mess. The streets are narrow and sewage flows. On the road, you can see mice swaying across the street with unknown things.
Before entering this narrow intersection, you can see many men with fierce appearances, tied to their belts without a sheath, sitting or standing at the intersection. Their eyes were just scanning Xu Le and others walking towards him.
At the wound of the second-story building with a tilted top of their heads, a woman in disheveled clothes was holding a baby with her breasts exposed and feeding her. Her eyes were full of indifference when she looked at Xu Le and the others.
In the dark streets, a few more screams suddenly came from the dark streets and alleys, and then there was silence again.
Xu Le only felt that Liu Jun suddenly pressed himself tightly. When he looked back, the good boy Liu Ermi had already had a pale face and gritted his teeth. But at least he didn't scream, and he was much more than the top six.
Look at Su Ming and Cai Hengwen again. The two people who have experienced life-and-death battles are indeed different. Su Ming picked up his sleeves, revealed his increasingly strong arms, and looked at the men who were squatting and standing guarding the intersection without giving in without giving in. Cai Hengwen intentionally or unintentionally touched the hilt of the sword on his waist, with a cold expression.
Liu Jun said in a trembling voice: "Boss, can you enter?"
Xu Le smiled: "Since you are here? How can you not go? We only have this little property. Maybe we can find what we want here... We have to make careful calculations when starting from scratch!"
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Chapter completed!