strayed into fairy mountain

Chapter 102 [Changing ideas along the way, blending into mortals]

The sun was so fierce that people who were exposed to the sun were slumped.

Zhang Jingxu was drowsy, leaning against the carriage and yawning, moving aside from time to time, trying not to squeeze herself into others.

This is a carriage specially designed for long-distance travel.

The feet and teeth of the ancient car and boat shop are five relatively low-level businesses.Although the business is low, it is closely related to life. The so-called existence is reasonable, and the business of horses and horses is indispensable.

Those who can do this business are basically tough people. After all, it is a long-distance trek for a living, carrying travelers across the county on a boat. Not only must be careful of bandits along the way, but also face the danger of night fog .

Therefore, if the character of the coachman is not strong enough, it will be difficult to get along in the carriage business.

The job is hard, but the money is not much.

Because low-end carriages can only attract ordinary customers, and those who are a little richer will definitely not choose them. Just imagine, more than ten people are crowded in the carriage, not to mention the cramped space, the smell alone is unbearable.

If seasonal issues are added, for example, in the scorching midsummer right now, the sun burns like a stove, and the inside of the car is like a steamer.

So, this crime is not something ordinary people can bear...

But then again, there is no unbearable crime in the world, especially the poor people in this era, they will never leave their hometown unless they have to, and once they leave their hometown for a long journey, they must encounter major events that they have to go to.

In ancient times, when traveling far away, all kinds of accidents might happen. Moreover, the nighttime of this world is dangerous. Ordinary people would never dare to go alone.

The only option is to ride in a chariot.

But once you take a carriage, the cost is inevitable. For ordinary people, many people can't afford the money for the carriage.

So under such circumstances, the business of spelling appeared.

The coachmen who do this kind of business are more similar.

Most of them were a strong man with a strong and fearless character. Because he didn't want to hide in the fields for food, he sold all his belongings, and borrowed money to buy two horses... …

If you have a horse, you need a cart, and the cost of the cart is even higher. The coachman who has just entered the industry has already spent all his money, so he must have no spare money to build a carriage.

The money earned by the business cannot be divided equally between the two sides. Although the coachman has to send people and horses, and the expenses of eating and chewing are very high, the way to share the profit after making money is that the escort agency that sends the car takes the majority.

Escorts generally share [-]% of the profits.

Seventy percent of this is pure profit.

Seems exploitative, yet the coachman is more than happy.

After all, it was a long journey, and no matter how tough a man was, it would be difficult for him to take care of the journey. If something went wrong, all his belongings would be lost.

And if you cooperate with the Escort, the two sides can be regarded as complementary and mutual assistance. The Escort saves the cost of buying horses and hiring a coachman for the journey. It only needs to send an escort to protect the safety of the car. After making money, it will share the bulk of the profit.

With the protection of the Escort on the side of the coachman, he can boldly solicit business with confidence. As long as he can fill a car with guests, he will definitely make money after transporting it.

Actually earning not much, just a hard-earned money, but it is better than digging in the ground, starving in times of famine.

Therefore, the coachmen who make a living in this business are satisfied with their business.

The drivers are satisfied, and the guests are even more satisfied.

Although carpooling is necessary and the road is crowded, it’s a lot of suffering along the way, but carpooling saves money, and there are bodyguards in charge of protection. For the poor who have to travel long distances, this is simply the most suitable choice in the world.

The car and boat shop is not a car, because the long-distance trek is too dangerous, even with escorts, it is weak, so passenger carriages rarely go on the road alone, at least five cars and six cars are needed to set off.

Five or six carriages go together to form a small convoy. The most important thing is that each carriage has a bodyguard, adding up to five or six bodyguards.

This is already a very good combat power.

Coupled with the strong physique of the coachmen, they are basically men with strong personalities. If they encounter bandits and bandits, the coachmen can help the bodyguards fight together... The way of holding a group to keep warm is nothing more than life.

In a small convoy of five or six vehicles, there must be at least six to seventy individual passengers in a convoy. This is not a small scale, and the gathering is full of yang.

The sun is strong, and the number of people is nearly a hundred, which is enough to camp in the wild at night, without having to find an inn every night.

After all, if you want to stay in an inn, you have to spend an extra amount of money. Whether it is a driver, escort or passenger, they are basically the lowest level of suffering, so if you can spend money, you don’t spend money.

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Zhang Jingxu chose this team because he has been a little tired recently, not physically, but psychologically.
Or to be more precise, it is a kind of mental fatigue brought about by being alone for a long time.

Walking through the fog at night, washing and redeeming ghosts, although his merits are improving rapidly, he will inevitably feel lonely...

Humans are a gregarious species, and it is impossible to live alone forever. Although practitioners often live far away in the mountains, they suffer loneliness silently in order to live forever. Even the legendary immortals, sitting alone for hundreds of years or thousands of years ago, seem to be uncommon. Usually, it doesn't feel boring.

But for Zhang Jingxu, his current state of mind is not immortal, he has just set foot on the road of immortality, and his state of mind is still a mortal.

The most important thing is that he walked through the fog at night on this road, saw too many ghosts, and heard too much misery. He redeemed the ghosts and let them dissipate in relief, but his own heartstrings But it was getting more and more collapsed, and a dark and indifferent indifference was faintly growing.

Zhang Jingxu knew in his heart that this was because he had heard so many tragic things about ghosts that his mind was greatly impacted and began to affect his kind thinking.

If it continues, it will even affect his character, turning him from a broad-minded person into a person who will take revenge.

This is likely to be the first hurdle on the road to cultivating immortals, and it is likely to be the evil thoughts referred to in the "Book of Taoism"...

The species between the heaven and the earth, as long as there is spirituality, there will be good and evil. Under the supreme principle, there is no absolute good and evil, so every living being is good and evil, and it can't be changed even if it is cultivated to become a fairy.

Immortals also have good and evil hearts, and good immortals also have evil thoughts. Unless they can transcend to the extreme and can cut out their own evil thoughts, they must face the coexistence of good and evil and find a way to let good thoughts suppress evil thoughts.

For immortals, there are many ways to do it.

But for practitioners who have not become immortals, the best way is to integrate themselves into the crowd.

Loneliness is easy to breed darkness, and living in groups can resolve loneliness, so after realizing this, Zhang Jingxu changed her way of walking alone in time.

Coincidentally, a group of horses and horses passed by, so Zhang Jingxu paid the money and boarded one of the cars.

Escorting the poor on a long journey is also a matter of merit.

Zhang Jingxu even faintly discovered that the harvest was better than killing evil spirits.

Most importantly, these mortals brought him a great opportunity.

(End of this chapter)