otherworldly happiness

It’s the harvest time of another year. In this harvest season, Li Jian originally planned to take another family leave and exchange the things in the space for silver. After all, who doesn’t love white silver, let’s deal with it Check the inventory, some things in the space can’t be put down, just like chickens are afraid to let them hatch their chicks now, otherwise the space will be full of chickens, there is no way but to pick up the eggs at any time, so as not to let the hens If you find it, you won't be able to hatch the young ones.

I was about to go back after finishing my work that afternoon, but was stopped by Mr. Liu

"Boy Jian, don't go yet, come here and let me talk to you," Old Liu said while looking at Li Jian with a smile

Li Jian saw that his expression didn't seem like a bad thing. He had a good relationship with these military doctors this year, especially Mr. Liu. Yes, after all, relationships are always coming and going, and the peaceful days now are all thanks to Mr. Liu. If you don’t believe me, look at those who came from the same group who went out to cruise and escort, and there were no casualties in the head-on conflict with the pirates. I don't know what's going on this time, I still plan to finish these three years

Thinking of this, Li Jian turned around and asked respectfully, "Mr. Liu, why did you say it so solemnly? What can you say?"

"Hey, don't run away today, boy, don't you want to take a vacation? After I finish talking, you can think about taking a rest." After finishing speaking, he was dragged into the house, and now everyone went to eat, and there was no one there. , after the two sat down, Mr. Liu said

"It's nothing serious, just to tell you, tomorrow I will go to Dashanlingzi in the north with me, no, if you want to go, go back and pack your clothes and bring more money."

"That Dashan collar, don't we often go to Daqingshan?" Li Jian asked

"It's not that, let me tell you clearly, what happened this time is like this, most of the medicinal materials we use here are from the civilian port dealer more than ten miles away to the south, such as ginseng, the critical moment But life-saving, can not be used, but this year there is civil strife in the north of Dashan collar in the ginseng production area, and the ginseng harvested there is less than every year, and some ports are occupied and cannot be transported out. Three people died on the last voyage The one who fought that time was the vagrant pirates from the north, but you also know that there are only a few ginseng whiskers here, and now there is no way, so I reported to the general, so I want to take advantage of the season of ginseng harvesting to organize people to go to the collar. On the border of the south of the mountain, I asked the locals to see if I could dig ginseng. After all, there are also "ginseng" who eat this bowl of rice. , there are a few uninhabited mountains over there, it is not our boundary here, I am afraid it will be a little messy, "

Mr. Liu didn't look like he was smiling anymore, and asked very seriously.

"Then are you going?" Li Jian asked

"I'm definitely going. If I don't go, how do these little brats know where to go and who to look for? It's a place with strong folk customs. Many of them are hunters and visitors who live in the mountains. It's impossible to have no acquaintances."

Li Jian knew that this was a matter of life and death, and he couldn't be careless, but his eyes lit up when he heard about ginseng. In this day and age, ginseng seeds can't be bought if they have money. After all, the medicinal materials used are wild, like modern ginseng. It can already be planted artificially. It is said that ginseng seeds are processed before planting. It seems that wild ginseng seeds are eaten by a kind of bird. After eating, they can be planted alive and germinate after being processed and excreted from the bird's digestive tract. Specifically, Li Jian I don’t understand, but my own space must be fine. The key is that we all know that we can’t grow ginseng seeds. Even if we have money, there is nowhere to buy ginseng seeds. This time the opportunity has come. There will always be people in the ginseng producing area who have these seeds. If it doesn't work, isn't it possible to go up the mountain and dig by yourself? I must go. Besides, Mr. Liu is getting old, so I don't feel at ease.

Thinking of this, Li Jian and Mr. Liu are out of line, and said with a playful smile.

"What a big deal, I won't serve you, who will grow behind your back, no one will protect you, you can't go up the mountain at this age"

Before I finished speaking, I was knocked on the head by Mr. Liu, "Who is the old one? We didn't have you, a little bastard before. Didn't we go up the mountain as usual and ask you to recite it once? You see that you have remembered it until now. What's the matter? I will recite it for you." come back"

"How can it be? Who dares to say that you are old," Li Jian underestimated in a low voice

"Okay, brat, go back and get ready, but don't talk nonsense with others. After all, the money you brought this time is not old or young. You should pay attention. We will set off before dawn tomorrow, so come early." Mr. Liu urged

"Hey, I got it, I can't miss it, how many of us are going, and how do we go?" Li Jian asked

"Take a carriage, more than 30 people, don't forget to bring more money"

"Okay, I'll go back and get ready." Li Jian hurried back after speaking

Li Jian got up early the next morning, took the package of clothes, and when he walked to the gate of the barracks, he saw that there were already more than 20 people waiting, and one of them was a general. The general is quite serious, so I don't know what's going on here, but I'm a small soldier, just follow orders to protect myself and Mr. Liu, and don't meddle in other things that have nothing to do with me. After all, the more you know, the more you die. faster.

There were 36 people in total, six carriages, Mr. Liu and Dr. Han took the carriage, and two others put their luggage. Everyone else rode horses. Anyone who was tired took turns to rest in the carriage. There is nothing to say, these people usually don't come to cause trouble, after all, most of them have killed people and seen blood, and they all have evil spirits, and they are not so short-sighted.

Sometimes when you encounter a town on the road, you will find an inn and eat some hot soup and rice. Most of them camp on the road. It would be nice if you can get some small animals to roast and gnaw some dry food with you. The further north you go, the less the population , The towns and villages I saw along the way became less and less, and I spent most of my time shuttling in the wild, driving for more than ten days in a row. Said, the key is to sleep in the wild at night, there are always wolves howling and so on, so that I can't sleep well.

Seeing that everyone couldn't take it anymore, Mr. Liu proposed to the general:

"There are still 4.5 days away from where we want to go. Why don't we go to Jiangcheng, which is half a day away, to rest and talk about it. By the way, we can buy some salt tea cloth or something. We are going to a small town very close to the border. There are only a dozen or so small villages below, and there are not many families in each village. There are also a few households in each village, and the most twenty-odd households are scattered in the mountains. Let's take things with them It is better to exchange than to buy with silver, after all, there is silver in the mountains and you may not be able to buy things.”

"That's fine, you have experience before, you have the final say," the general readily agreed

This day they arrived in Jiangcheng in the afternoon, found an inn to rest, and agreed to have a free day tomorrow, and set off early in the morning the day after tomorrow

I took a hot bath at night, washed away the fatigue of these days, fell asleep very deeply, and went out in the morning refreshed, ready to go to the street to see and buy something, so that I can exchange some mountain goods. There should be no shortage of human skin, so let's get a good understanding of the market.

After another half-morning, I inquired about the prices, and found that cloth, ironware, salt, sugar, etc. are mainly shipped from the south, and the price is relatively high, but leather and mountain products are cheaper than those in Changcheng. It seems that Mr. Liu knows a lot After all, it is not economical to bring goods from Changcheng. Although it is cheaper, it still has to slow down the trip, so it is better to purchase here.

Others don’t dare to buy too many things, because there is no place to put them. After all, it’s a business, so you can’t bring too many things. Most people are all in one package. I’m not afraid of it. I’m afraid there will be a difference in price if I buy it here in that remote town. There are a lot of them, I bought some by myself, and if I can’t exchange them, the rest will be dealt with at the original price before leaving.

Mr. Liu asked him to bring more money, probably because he planned to let him bring ginseng or something light, after all, it didn't take up much space.Now that I have a place to install it, I'd better buy more.Be careful though, stay safe

Thinking of this, Li Jian started to buy. This cloth is not bad. Get ten pieces of strong ones, five pieces of that color, and who else. . . .I remembered that when I was a child, there were people who exchanged things for needles, and they all came by the root. Then I bought 5, and then I bought a few large bundles of threads.

In this way, I went back and forth to several stores to buy a few daggers, machetes, and two sets of bows and arrows. I bought a lot more arrows, as well as salt and sugar. I wanted to go to the pharmacy to see what good medicinal materials were available, and suddenly remembered the mountains. Generally, it is easy to lack the classics, and it is easy to suffer from big neck disease. Eating kelp can prevent and treat it. Besides, it is very cold and snowy in winter here, and there is nothing to eat. This is also a good dish. The kelp here is called kombu, and it is not expensive. The dry one is 10 cents a catty, and a catty can be soaked to make it better. In the military camp, it is 7.8 per catty by the sea. It seems that I don’t know if I don’t know it. I bought two-thirds of the kombu in several pharmacies. , only a few tens of catties, after all, the amount of medicinal materials used is not very large, so this day is full of rewards.

It wasn't until I was on the way to the town that I realized that this was the real mountain road. In some places, it was difficult for a carriage to pass. This time, everyone except the two doctors rode a horse because the carriage was full.

After finally arriving in a small town, there are only a hundred families in this town, and there is only one small family-style inn with a big yard in total. They live in a few rooms, and rent out the remaining 5.6 rooms to earn some money. As soon as you enter, it is full of large heated kangs. It looks clean, but after you get used to it, you know that there are not many people living there, and you don’t know how many times a year.