The rainbow breaks and the rain falls, and the mountains are covered with light clouds.
The mountain scenery in autumn is magnificent and colorful, but it also implies murderous intentions. Venomous insects such as mountain leeches and snake-skin bees become active, and wild boars and black bears go out to forage. If you are not careful, you will lose your life.
Most herb collectors only move around in the outermost areas during this season, gathering some hazelnut mushrooms and wild vegetables, preparing some firewood, and preparing to withstand the cold winter.
However, the more this happens, the higher the price of seasonal medicinal materials in autumn and winter, so there are still medicinal collectors who venture into the mountains...
Jiang Ming met two people by chance in the mountains and learned from them that the situation in the town was becoming more and more lively. About half of the herb collectors were "invited" away by the gentlemen of the city. It was said that they were taking the young men with them.
Cutting mountains and paving roads, collecting herbs...
It seems that there is a war somewhere, and the demand for medicinal materials has increased greatly.
"It's so rude." Thinking of this, Jiang Ming couldn't help but shake his head.
The medicinal materials in the mountains seem to grow randomly, but in fact they all have unique growth environments. Such a large number of people digging into the mountains to create roads is devastating to the survival of the medicinal materials.
In addition, those gentlemen may not be like the herb collectors who "cut the weeds without removing the roots" and "dig the holes and bury them well." If nothing happens, even if not a blade of grass grows, they probably won't be much better...
However, none of this affects Jiang Ming. He hides in the mountains to keep his ears clean. He ponders the breathing method of Fuhu Fist every day. When he is tired, he drinks tea and reads, and sleeps. The autumn wind blows outside the cave, and sometimes the light rain falls, and his life is like this.
A mountain idler...
"It's not okay to keep doing this. We still have to build a house."
People tend to get itchy hands when they are idle. Jiang Ming couldn't bear to look at the messy cave. He likes to live a leisurely life, but he doesn't like to be a miserable caveman who has to travel far away just to have a baby.
What's more, I don't know when the situation in Ping'an Town will be stable. Jiang Ming doesn't plan to go back for a while, so he might as well build a place to live.
"If I were in my hometown, there would be nowhere for me to build randomly, but now I finally have a chance..."
"But I don't have any tools, and I don't have any oil, salt, rice or noodles... It's time to go shopping in Fucheng."
After coming to this world for several months, Jiang Ming has never been to Dayunfu City, but he also wants to visit it.
He thought for a while, picked up the medicine basket and walked out of the cave...
It had just rained, and the wild mushrooms in the mountains were growing all over the ground, as if they were grown at home.
Jiang Ming picked a basket full of hazelnut mushrooms and returned home with a full load, ready to take them to the city to sell. Wild products in the mountains can also be sold at a certain price in the city.
You have to pay a city fee to enter the city. People at the foot of the mountain usually bring some mountain goods to sell when they enter the city. If you enter the city empty-handed, you will attract attention.
Now is not the right time to carry medicinal materials, so Jiang Ming can only get something else, but these hazel mushrooms are the most delicious when used to stew chickens, so there is no need to worry about selling them...
Early the next morning, Jiang Ming set out with a medicine basket and a few strings of copper coins. After descending from the mountain, he bypassed Ping'an Town and went straight to Dayunfu City.
He took away all the money at home and had nothing but a few salted fish pickled in jars, so there was nothing to go back to see...
After walking along the loess road for nearly two hours, the tired Jiang Ming saw a city crawling in front of him. The bluestone city wall was more than ten meters high. It reflected the cold luster under the sun and looked very impressive.
At the gate of the city, there was a long queue. Most of them were villagers from the countryside or traveling merchants doing small businesses. They groveled and paid money to the soldiers guarding the city at the side gate to enter the city.
As for the main entrance, it was where dignitaries passed. Carriages rolled past, and the soldiers guarding the city nodded and bowed to see them off.
Jiang Ming followed the team and slowly moved to the city gate. He handed over two copper coins and was then let into the city.
As soon as I walked through the doorway, I saw some posters posted on the left front wall, with several sinister faces painted on them.
Next to the text of the list, a low-level official was reading loudly, probably for the illiterate people.
"Jia Shen, the great flower-picking thief, raped and murdered three women, and has been on the run to this day... He is six feet tall, and his face is pockmarked... Whoever is caught will be rewarded eight hundred!"
"Hundreds of people massacred Wei Yan, committing many crimes, burning, killing, and looting... If there are clues, the government will reward you with a reward of 500 yuan... Those who are caught will be rewarded with 50 taels of silver..."
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Jiang Ming listened as he walked, with a look of surprise in his eyes. What on earth did this poor man do to slaughter hundreds of people, so that he could attract a reward of fifty taels of silver from the government?
"I'm afraid I'll lose my life to earn this money." Jiang Ming shook his head, guessing that he was probably a warrior, otherwise it wouldn't be worth the government's huge investment.
The city is very prosperous. After all, it is the main city of a city. There are rows of shops on both sides, teahouses and restaurants, rice shops and salt shops...
There is also Qinghe Tower, where the top star is Miss Xueer who is talked about by many people every day...
Vendors squatted on the street, selling various gadgets or local specialties.
Jiang Ming watched them in a hurry, went to a nearby trading market, and sold all his hazel mushrooms to a merchant who received the goods, and received fifty copper coins.
He was just pretending, so he was too lazy to set up a stall and sold it at a low price...
Next, he visited several ironware shops, found the cheapest one and bought an axe, then bought a bag of crushed tea leaves from a street stall, and then some rice, flour, oil and salt...
"Um?"
Jiang Ming was walking and stopped in front of a large house with a look of surprise.
On the plaque on the door of the house, the three characters "Hunting Tiger Village" are dancing with dragons and phoenixes, which is extraordinary.
At this time, the door was open, and through the door one could see a large open space inside, paved with strips of azure bricks, and several muscular men, bare-chested, busy around a table.
On the table, there was a large and colorful tiger lying on its back, with its eyes closed. It had been dead for a long time.
At this time, the big men were skinning and cutting the flesh...
"As expected of a good hunter from Tiger Hunter Village, he was able to hunt such a big tiger. Gee, it's worth a lot of money..."
"That's right, the owner of Hunting Tiger Village is a first-rate warrior..."
"Hey, this is just to show off, to attract those young and energetic guys to join the Hunting Tiger Villa. The door is usually open..."
Around the gate, many pedestrians stopped and talked about it.
Jiang Ming took a few more glances and felt a little flustered in his heart, not because of the tiger, but because... Old Zhoutou once said that he learned the Fuhu Fist here at Yehu Village.
"Since the owner of the village is a first-class warrior, it means that Yehu Village must have a more complete martial arts method..."
But now that he is not even a warrior, it is a bit early to think about this.
Jiang Ming shook his head and continued walking forward.
Not far from Liehu Village, there is a medical clinic called "Jishitang". There is an endless stream of customers and business is booming.
"When did you stop being a herbal collector? It would be a good idea to open a medical clinic..."
Tasting hundreds of herbs every day in Yunmeng Mountain, Jiang Ming's knowledge of medicinal herbs has far surpassed that of ordinary herb collectors.
If you study hard and practice hard in the medical field, you may not be able to become a famous doctor in time...
"Well... I'll learn it when I have time."
The road to eternal life is long and there is no end in sight. It is also a pleasure to learn more, see more and experience more...
In the east of the city, a wealthy family celebrated their birthday and invited a theater troupe to perform. Jiang Ming and a group of prostitutes crowded against the wall and listened to three or four plays. It was not until the sun set that he left with a basket full of medicine.
city gate.
At the gate of the city, a few beggars with unkempt hair and unkempt appearance were wandering around casually, but their eyes kept scanning the people entering and leaving the city.
"He seems to be a poor guy here to sell mushrooms... He should be carrying rice and noodles, not much oil or water." A beggar glanced at Jiang Ming and whispered.
"Bah, bad luck..." The others were too lazy to take another look, looking for the next target.