"Husband, since this is your dear friend here, why don't I go out and meet you?"
When Yun Zheng returned to the back house to change clothes, Lu Qingqing asked curiously, her husband really didn't have many friends. The maids heard that except for the bald leader, the rest of them didn't have much personality, so she was very worried.
I want to see what the fuss is about.
Yun Zheng took his wife's hand and pushed up her sleeves to look at her jade-white arms. Lu Qingqing was a little shy. Just as she was about to pull down her sleeves, she heard her husband say: "You'd better not look at it. Women are so interested in those guys."
For us, they are not life-long partners. When food is plentiful, they are tools for carrying on the family line. When food is scarce, women and the elderly are the food to feed the family. Do you understand? The old monk is actually only in his thirties.
An old man ate the leftovers.
With your tender skin and tender flesh, those guys' first thought when they see you is to roast you on the fire and eat you."
Lu Qingqing's white arms suddenly had a layer of small bumps. He angrily withdrew his arm from her husband's hand and gritted his teeth and said: "You are the only one who can say such heartless words. If those people dare to be in our house,
If you eat human flesh, I will beat them all out."
After saying that, he rubbed his arms and prepared to go out. When he reached the door, he suddenly stopped. He walked back to Yun Zheng, put his nose on his mouth and smelled it, and then said viciously: "They say that birds of a feather flock together, don't you know in Lingnan?"
Cannibalism?"
Yun Zheng shook his head: "I'm picky about eating. I don't eat things that look similar to people, not even monkeys."
Lu Qingqing saw that Yun Zheng's tutoring was very good, so he left with satisfaction. Of course, the high-standard treatment prepared for Ye Sou and the others would inevitably drop.
Ye Sou, who has never eaten noodles, actually has a special liking for this thing. He not only likes noodles, but also likes steamed buns, steamed buns, flower rolls, and snacks. It can be said that he likes all food. Monkey talked a lot and stopped those people from flowing.
The act of eating up all the garlic with tears.
This is eating. The plates and bowls on the table are all clean. The savage who despised Yun Zheng for wasting food even licked the noodle bowl that Yun Zheng had eaten again. There were still a lot of noodle dregs on it... Yun
Zheng decided that Ye Sou and the others would use these bowls to eat in the past few days!
They didn't like living in rooms, but they were very happy with the wooden house. For this reason, Yun Zheng specially asked for Di Qing's wooden house so that he could reluctantly arrange for these people to live there.
Ye Sou is naturally different. Standing in Yunzheng's study, looking at the books on the four walls, his eyes are about to burst into flames. The two of them originally wanted to talk about something, but now they have to wait for Ye Sou to be satisfied.
Let’s talk about it later after satisfying our thirst for knowledge.
The old man reluctantly put down a copy of "Lianshan Yi" because he still couldn't understand the book.
"Don't look at me, I don't understand! It's just a show here." Yun Zheng said to Ye Sou nonchalantly. He couldn't understand what a group of guys who like to pick wild fruits from trees are so eager to learn.
Ye Sou was so angry that he trembled with anger at Yun Zheng's words: "Oh my God, this is the wisdom your ancestors left to you, and you actually let them gather ashes and grow worms on the bookshelf?
Did you know that every book and every sentence here was specially recorded by the ancestors and left to future generations. It is an unparalleled magic method to prevent future generations from traveling far away. It is also a pair of eyes left by the ancestors in the world.
Look at us stumbling around in the world like a loving father... What a prodigal son!"
Seeing the indignant Ye Sou preparing to open a dojo in his study, Yun Zheng said quickly: "Stop it, my ancestors left me too many things, so much that I will never be able to read them all in my life. If I
If you only study in this life, you will not be able to accomplish anything, and you cannot devote your limited life to the infinite career of studying.
If you like reading, it’s easy to handle. I’ll get you a large number of books to take with you when you leave..."
"Then I will give you all the food I brought!" Ye Sou said categorically. He has always been a very grateful person. It is for him to be able to exchange food that is more important than his life.
of the highest sincerity.
Yun Zheng remembered that Ye Sou brought a few snakeskin bags with him when he entered Yun's house, and exchanged a few bags of food for a room full of books. This was definitely equivalent to Ye Sou, because in the eyes of the Khmer people,
Food is priceless. The reason why he is not willing to exchange gems for books is because gems are not valuable in the eyes of the Khmer people. Using food is definitely a way to look down on himself, Yun Zheng thought bitterly in his heart.
The old man happily picked up a book and carefully checked his very clean hands before turning the book. Then he sat under the candle and prepared to feast.
"Don't be too busy reading. Tell me what you are doing in the capital this time. If you have something to do, I will help you and arrange it early. I may go to the west to fight in a few days.
I don’t have time to entertain you anymore.”
Ye Sou raised his head and looked at Yun Zheng in confusion and said, "My business has been done. Didn't you agree to exchange a room full of books for my food? The transaction has been completed. I plan to go back after reading the books for a few days. You should do it as soon as possible."
Just prepare the book for me."
This time it was Yun Zheng's turn to be in a daze. He couldn't help but look at the snakeskin bags in the corner, and then looked at Ye Sou, wondering what he meant.
The old man suddenly laughed, pointed at Yunzheng and said: "Do you think I have to exchange a few bags of food for a room full of books with you? Khmer people never harm their friends, I brought a lot of food
, very many, as many as thirty ships."
Yun Zheng stood up suddenly, looked at the old man and said: "Khmer people don't know how to farm, you can only hunt, how can you get so much food?"
Ye Sou seemed very happy, patting his chest and saying: "You gave us countless weapons, do you still remember?"
Yun Zheng nodded. The weapons of the Jiaozhi people were of very poor quality. It was not too much to call them iron pieces. Han Niu had bent many knives with one hand. That thing was too heavy and it was not cost-effective to transport it back to the Song Dynasty. See for yourself.
The old man liked it, so he let them take as much as they could. When he came back from Cochin, all he brought was gold, jewelry, and shells, but the Khmers brought women, food, and weapons.
"The King of Ayutthaya and Li Rizun fought for two full years, but there is still no winner. Li Rizun did not defeat the King of Ayutthaya quickly, so more people rebelled. Li Dezheng had six sons, although one was killed by Li Rizun
, and there are five more. Now these four people are rebelling, so Jiaozhi has been at war and is in very short supply of weapons.
The weapons we got back from Cochin were not easy to store in the jungle, and many of them were rusty. Then we exchanged the weapons for a lot of food. As a result, the food was not easy to store in the jungle, so we had to go to Yongzhou to ask for it.
Asked Mr. Yu Jing, he said you were short of food, so I shipped it to you."
Yun Zheng laughed, patted Ye Sou on the shoulder and said: "What do you want to do? Speak clearly. If you don't know how to give bribes, don't follow others. There is not much food in Tokyo, but you want to ask for the establishment of a country.
Forget it, thirty shiploads of food are only 300,000 kilograms at most. This amount of food is only enough for one million people in Tokyo for one meal. It's not enough to eat. You'd better stop being so pretentious. I'll do it if you ask me.
If not, I will buy your grain at the market price and not let you make the trip in vain."
Ye Sou might be blushing, but his face was too dark to tell, so Yun Zheng waited patiently for him to speak.
"I want to lead the whole clan out of the jungle!"
"Then you can leave. Who is stopping you? There are only five to six thousand people in your clan, which is just the population of a town. Who will pay attention to you when you come out?"
"We have no land!"
"Buy it with money. I know you actually made a lot of money. Land in Lingnan is cheap. It shouldn't be difficult to buy tens of thousands of acres of land, right?"
"Damn Yu Jing won't sell it to us, and he won't even give me food in exchange for those deserted wastelands."
"That's natural. You are not from the Song Dynasty, so you can't buy land in the Song Dynasty. The laws of the Song Dynasty have long stipulated that non-people of my race are not allowed to buy property. Later, they were relaxed a little and allowed to do business in the Song Dynasty. However, I want to
Buying and selling houses and land is still prohibited."
"Children in the Song Dynasty can all own property..."
"He is a native of the Song Dynasty. This is the right he has since he was born. You have not contributed to the Song Dynasty, and naturally you have no right to live in the land of the Song Dynasty. Do you think anyone can easily become a native of the Song Dynasty?
You know what a low price Nong Zhigao paid to become a Song Dynasty person. If you want to become a Song Dynasty person, you must first be recognized by our ethnic group, otherwise who would be willing to raise a large group of people."
"We are self-reliant..."
"Stop telling these jokes. Do you think you can live peacefully in the land of the Song Dynasty, and you can be self-reliant without relying on others to support you? Who will provide you with protection? Who will give you a stable environment? These are the flowers of the Song Dynasty.
The army and officials who have invested huge sums of money are here to provide it for you, so this is very difficult."
"But I heard that some officials are very corrupt..."
"That's because he has bad luck. Just like you Khmer people living in the forest, they are all bad luck..."
The old man held the table and said with difficulty: "How can I become a Song Dynasty person? This matter must be completed as soon as possible. Nowadays, there are wars everywhere in Jiaozhi country. There is no peaceful place. Countless Jiaozhi people are pouring into the forest.
Life is becoming more and more difficult day by day. Our race is the richest race in the jungle. Now there are many races preparing to attack us. There is no way to save food if it is left in the forest, so I will transport it here to you.
You are our last hope, my friend!"
The old man finally lost his honest and deceitful look and told the plight of his people in detail. There are actually many races in the forest, and the Khmers are just one of them. In the past, everyone was equally poor.
At that time, no one would cause trouble to anyone, but now there have been changes. The Khmer people have become rich, and very rich. This makes everyone unbearable. Why do you have to eat and squat every day?
On the trees, we have to go all over the forest to find food?
So the friction between them and the Khmer people became more and more intense... (To be continued)