Everyone started from the unknown hill where they were originally, and walked and stopped all the way. Finally, they arrived at the foot of Qingfeng Mountain in the afternoon, but they were stopped before they could go up the mountain.
"Stop, what do you do?"
Several men wearing short jackets and holding broadswords were guarding the foot of the mountain, controlling the only access to the mountain. At this time, the leading bald man asked loudly.
Wang Dali took the hair hanging down in front of his forehead and took a step forward. He cupped his hands and said, "The seven of us are originally from Heyang County, Qinghe County. We are from the same hometown as Master Lu Village. When Master Lu Village went north to Handan, we and I
The seven of them also headed north together in order to escape the mortal servant."
One of the big men with a knife heard this and asked: "Are the brothers going to dig in the mines in the west?"
Wang Dali nodded and sighed: "My family is poor and can't satisfy the officials, so I was assigned to die as a miner to dig in the barren mountains and rivers.
Mining involves a narrow escape from death. Not one of the ten people who enter the mine will come back alive. Fortunately, we are all family members with no worries, and we are from the same clan, so my brothers and I escaped together.
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"In the past six months, although I followed Lord Lu all the way north, I could only beg in Handan City due to my courage and ability."
Having said this, Wang Dali showed a look of shame on his face: "Originally, my brothers and I planned to just hang out every day, but it's cold in the north and winter is about to come, so we decided to do it.
I have come to seek refuge with Master Lu, and I hope he will be taken in."
"Just wait, I'll report to Manager Qian." As he said that, the bald man ran towards the mountain, quickly disappearing on the road between the mountains.
Originally, Qingfeng Village did not accept these people of unknown origin. After all, it was the first time to establish a foothold here and the foundation was not stable.
However, after several big battles in the past six months, there were some casualties among the men, and the village decided to recruit some people.
About a quarter of an hour later, the big man from before came back again and ordered the few big men next to him: "You continue to guard, Manager Qian asked me to bring the people up."
"You seven, come with me!" After saying that, the bald man walked away first, and Chen Hongyu and the other seven quickly followed.
This big man probably knew that the seven of them were exhausted, so the speed was not very fast, which allowed the seven of them to barely keep up.
The middle man went all the way up the mountain, passed through several checkpoints, and finally saw a wooden house standing on the mountainside.
"Okay, this is already inside Qingfeng Village. Someone will come to take you to wash up and get clothes soon." After that, the bald man handed them over to another boy of seventeen or eighteen years old.
The young man first led everyone to wash up and get new clothes, and then continued to take them to the back mountain. While walking, he asked questions.
"Are any of you literate?"
"Me!" Chen Hongyu responded.
"Yes, yes, Xiaoqi used to be an apprentice in that medicine hall. Not only does he know a lot of writing, but he also knows a lot of pharmacological knowledge." Wang Dali said.
Hearing this, the young man looked at several people in surprise. Then he continued to lead them towards the north of the village.
"The north side of the stockade is where the people in the stockade are trained. Later I will send you to several military officers." The young man said.
"This must be a deliberate attempt to disperse the people. The seven of us were physically in need due to living reasons. In addition, by spreading the people out, there was no chance of connection, and there was no danger at all. This Qingfeng Village is really cautious.
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Chen Hongyu was thinking while mingling among the crowd.
The young man leading the way didn't talk to them very much. He just talked about some of the rules in the village and occasionally asked them some questions, which was a short exchange.
It didn't take long before Wang Dali and the other six people were dispersed, leaving only Chen Hongyu and the young man. The rest were assigned to several stewards by him when he passed several huge flat martial arts fields.
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"Besides the training ground, there is another place in the north of this stockade, which is the medicine garden of this stockade, which is under the jurisdiction of the medicine hall.
The reason why this medicine hall was set up on the cliff behind is because there are several unique medicinal materials growing on the cliff, which are very good for healing and so on.
Originally, this medicine hall has been short of manpower recently, but I didn’t expect you to be an apprentice in that medicine hall.”
Not long after, medicine fields appeared in front of them. Apprentices dressed in yellow and carrying baskets on their backs were gradually leaving the medicine gardens.
It was already dusk at this time, so these apprentices had already started to pack their things.
"Uncle Du!" The young man shouted before he entered the medicine garden.
At this moment, a middle-aged man was seen walking out of a room.
"What's wrong, Brother Qiu?"
"Didn't I send someone here for you? He was originally from Heyang County. He also worked as an apprentice in a small medicine hall and knew some pharmacology and writing, so I brought him here."
Brother Qiu turned around and pointed at Chen Hongyu and said to Manager Du: "Here, it's him!"
"Okay, you said that besides practicing martial arts this day, you were wandering around the village. Now you have even taken over the task of welcoming new recruits. Let's go, Uncle Du is still busy here!" With that, Manager Du waved his hand.
Signaling Brother Qiu to leave quickly.
At the same time, he led Chen Hongyu towards the house.
"Are you originally from Heyang County?"
"Yes, I am an apprentice in a small medicine hall in Dashan Town." Chen Hongyu responded.
"Then I'll take a test first." Manager Du said and began to test him on some pharmacological knowledge.
After some examinations, Guanshi Du was a little surprised.
This new kid already has some understanding of medicinal properties and pharmacology, and at the same time, he also knows how to handle many medicinal materials.
It just so happens that the medicinal herbs have started to mature recently, and the picked medicinal herbs need to be refined into various medicines, so the work is busy.
However, because the Lu family moved all the way, some alchemist apprentices who knew medicine were even killed by swords.
However, the training of a housekeeping apprentice who understands pharmacology is very time-consuming. Not only must he be able to read and write, but he must also understand some basic pharmacological knowledge and the meridians of the human body.
Therefore, he and the other two alchemists were a little busy. At this time, this apprentice who knew the properties and pharmacology of medicinal herbs could just share some of the tasks.
"There are two types of apprentices here. One is external apprentices, such as those who pick herbs in medicine gardens and cliffs, and the other is internal apprentices."
After some explanations from Manager Du, Chen Hongyu quickly understood the difference between the two types of apprentices.
Housekeeping apprentices are usually responsible for handling medicinal materials and learning pharmacology. They can be trained as apprentices to become formal pharmacists in the future. They can already handle some simple injury cases independently on weekdays.
The situation is different for foreign service apprentices. Foreign service apprentices are basically apprentices who know a little bit about picking herbs, and their training and learning are still short.
Therefore, most of them are responsible for physical labor such as picking herbs in the medicine garden, or even life-and-death risks such as picking herbs from the cliffs behind. Even the pay is far from comparable to that of housekeeping apprentices.
At this time, he had become an alchemy apprentice, which was much better than those foreign apprentices who had to go out to fight or risk their lives to collect herbs.