idyllic tranquility

The law and order in ancient times cannot be compared with modern ones, and He Ning cannot completely entrust the safety of himself and his family on unknown guarantees.When disaster strikes, the first thing people have to rely on is themselves.If you want to protect yourself and the important people around you, you must increase the power of self-protection, and then consider relying on others for help.

This point, especially in a feudal society with shallow legal awareness and backward technology, will be infinitely magnified.After all, in the absence of fast information transmission channels and transportation methods, the efficiency of others' rescue is greatly reduced.

Therefore, in the four years since he came here, apart from researching farm tools and improving furniture, He Ning spent the most time and energy on developing weapons.Not for monetary gain, but to increase the bargaining chip for self-protection in such an era.

Since metal weapon products are under official control, it is very difficult for ordinary civilians like them to obtain a decent metal weapon, such as a broadsword or a sword.He Ning can only hope to develop wooden weapons, and the parts that must be metal can only be processed by others in the name of making agricultural tools.

Doing this once or twice is fine, but doing it more often or in larger quantities will attract attention and suspicion.In order to reduce unnecessary troubles, it is impossible for He Ning to mass-produce them.

Most of them are long-distance weapons such as bows, crossbows, and sleeve arrows, as well as some relatively inconspicuous small hidden weapons for self-defense like hairpins.

Among them, there are not as many bows as crossbows. After all, the operation of crossbows is simple and easy to use. It not only has low requirements for users, but also has a high hit rate and strong power.But the crossbow was too conspicuous, so He Ning made a few of them, except for experimenting with the effect, and taught He An how to operate them, and never took them out again.

Relatively speaking, bows are relatively common, and ordinary hunters can almost make them.He Ning made a few simple small bamboo bows, which can be pulled apart without much effort.I also tied a wooden board to the sweet-scented osmanthus tree at home as a target, because the arrow branches used were wooden tips without metal arrowheads, and everyone in the family used them as toys, even He Liu and He Xing would use them when they were interested. Shoot and play.

In addition to ordinary bows, He Ning also made two recurved compound bows. The materials are extremely particular, and they are powerful but require a lot of manpower. He An can only pull them apart. With his current strength, he is absolutely unsatisfied.

He Ning gave one of these two high-quality bows to Uncle He (that is: He Kui), thanking him for his care and teaching him the skills of hunting and setting traps.The other one can only be temporarily placed at home to collect dust.

As for the sleeve arrows, He Ning made two types: one type cannot be fired continuously, but it is small in size and easy to hide, and can be tied against the arm, which is also what he brought with him when he entered the city this time; the other type is based on the prototype of the plum blossom sleeve arrow. Yes, it can hold six pieces and shoot several arrows in a row. The disadvantage is that it cannot be tied directly to the arm, and it needs to be separated by a certain distance, and the concealment is limited.

This is He Ning's first real use of these weapons since they were made.Although he designed and produced them all by himself, he also sincerely hopes that there will be no day when they will be used.

Although the trip to Yiyang City this time was to purchase building materials, the price of good building materials was definitely several times that of ordinary building materials, which meant that they would not buy much.

Therefore, in order to save unnecessary expenses, there were only five people who went to the city this time, four big and one small, and He Ning was the only minor among them.

From the appearance, with a body that has not started to develop and a very delicate white face, no matter how you look at it, it is so thin and easy to push down, maybe you can take it as a girl if you don't know it.

But with such a small body, he has never been tired of following the steps of four adults all the way. Not only that, but if you observe carefully, you can find that this kid is not blushing or panting, as if he is not the one who walked three kilometers. .

This kind of physical strength and endurance made the other two adults in the same group breathe a sigh of relief, and at the same time showed appreciation.Seeing this, He Dazhu and He Kui, who were walking beside him, also felt honored.

The group of people walked by land and water, and when they arrived outside Yiyang City, the sun was already shining, around eleven o'clock.

On the way to the city after getting off the boat, the road was very wide and the land was compacted. There were not very dense forests on both sides.In such a forest, there are quite a few simple "tents" built with branches, straw ropes and rags.Such "tents have little effect on sheltering from the wind and rain, but there are many homeless refugees who have drifted here.

The closer to the woods near the city gate, the fewer such "tents", but there are more and more men and women kneeling there on both sides of the road, planting grass on their bodies, most of them are underage children.

When He Ning and the others passed by, they also encountered a figure like Ren Yazi. As soon as he appeared, the people who planted grass on both sides seemed to see the hope of life, and swarmed up, fighting for each sentence. to sell yourself.But Ren Yazi showed impatience, picking and picking like cabbages, and swearing and swearing at the same time, as if he was not very satisfied with this batch of "goods".In the end, they reluctantly chose three girls and two boys, and only paid each of them a bag of old food.But the five children who received the food were very happy, and after giving the food in their hands to the family members in the "tent", they followed Ren Yazi and left.

Compared with Beili Village and Dingzhong Town, there are more refugees here.

Along the way, the five of He Ning felt very heavy.

The He family also moved because of the disaster year. The difference is that they left with their family property, and the fellow clan members helped each other, so they did not fall into the state of refugees.

Although the He family has already taken root in Beili Village and has multiplied for several generations, the elders of each household will take the trouble to tell the younger generations about the difficulty of the migration journey, one is to let them know that the good days are not easy to come by; The second also makes them understand: decisiveness, unity and tenacity can make people reborn in adversity.

Therefore, in the face of these refugees, the people of the He clan will understand those refugees' desire for life and confusion about the future better than others.

When they left the "population trading market", although none of the five people spoke, they all calculated in their hearts how to save the money they carried with them, so as to buy more food and save one more life.

Under the city of Yiyang, there are high blue brick walls, majestic, majestic guards, well-equipped, sacred and inviolable.

In Yiyang City, the roads are flat and wide, the houses are scaled, and the street planning is reasonable and orderly. Pedestrians wear neat clothes and high-quality fabrics.The juggling on both sides is also exciting, with lively and interesting cries one after another, one variety of food stalls is better than the other, and the fragrance of each stall is overwhelming.The scene was so noisy and hot that it was impossible to describe it in a word.

Undoubtedly, this place is very prosperous and has a high temperament. In comparison, Dingzhong Town, which used to be considered prosperous, seems to be compared to being short and poor in front of Yiyang City.

Even the five people, who were still heavy-hearted just now, entered the city gate and suddenly changed the world, and were dazzled and dazed by the elegant demeanor of this big city full of flowers.

But looking back, it was precisely this kind of prosperity that made the hearts of the five people who walked along the way mixed.Outside the city, people were starving and dying, and inside the city were singing and laughing.Should they pity those refugees who were born in the wrong place?Or is it to blame this group of people who have been in bloom and blooming like brocades for being colder than frost?Or should I blame the officials and gentlemen who live in the city for treating human life like nothing?

This is the first time He Ning came to this world and faced the cruelty of this era.

This is not a battlefield, no blood, no smoke, no broken limbs.But for no reason, He Ning just felt that there was blood everywhere.

What is crueler than the sword is the indifference of the human heart.

Seeing that it was already noon, the five of them were not in the mood to eat, so He Kui took everyone to an inn where he stayed every time he went to the city.

This inn is small in size, only two floors high, with a small courtyard at the back. Although the price is higher than the ones in the town, it is still considered fair.This kind of scale can be counted among the best in Dingzhong Town, but in Yiyang City, it is estimated that it is not even a three-star hotel, and people with some status would never choose to live in such a place.

But this kind of inn is a place where people from the north and the south do small business, those who go to other places to find relatives, those who go to the rivers and lakes, etc., where all kinds of people of the same religion and five streams gather, and they can meet all kinds of people.

For He Ning, this is simply an excellent place to inquire about news.

A group of five of them came to the inn without booking a separate room, but booked five common shops, asked for some water from the boy in the store, and spent lunch with the dry food they brought from home.

After everyone finished their lunch, He Kui discussed with everyone that he could go to the place where the materials were sold as soon as possible to inquire and see each other. (Buy more life-saving food for the refugees outside)

All four agreed with this.

After a short rest, everyone left He Ning to guard the luggage (very few) in the inn as agreed, and the other four people in groups of two to inquire, and agreed to return to the inn before dark in the afternoon to exchange the news they had inquired.

After the four adults left the inn, He Ning packed up the few luggage that they didn't have, and put it into a cloth bag to carry with him.

When he came to the lobby of the inn, He Ning found a table in the corner and sat down, poured a glass of white water and put it in front of him, but his eyes seemed to be looking out of the window not far away, but in fact, he kept secretly watching the inside of the inn from the corner of his eye. The ears of the people coming and going were also stunned, not letting go of a piece of gossip.

At this time, it was already past noon, and there were only a few tables of people who came to eat in the store.

He Ning was not in a hurry, sometimes sipping his saliva, sometimes lowering his head in thought, not attracting attention at all.

The diners came and the diners left, but He Ning was still sitting there.

The people staying in the store came, and the people staying in the store went upstairs, but He Ning was still sitting there.

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