Defeat natural disasters with farming

The first thing that caught Ye Yu's eyes was a low city gate. This is not so much a city, but a larger settlement, because the city wall is not tall, and it is even a simple earthen wall. The word Dongcheng reveals some clues.

Ye Yu learned from Wu Zichu that the four subsidiary cities of Wangsi City were named after the southeast, northwest, and guarded in the four directions of the main city. As long as they reach one of them, they will be not far from Wangsi City, and they can reach it in a day at most.

Wu Zichu looked at the city plaque in the east city and let out a long sigh of relief. They had been marching in the wild for more than half a month, and they couldn't eat well or sleep well. Now that they entered the east city, they could have a good rest.

So he discussed with Shen Fu: "It's getting late, how about we sleep in Dongcheng for one night and start tomorrow morning?"

Shen Fu nodded, and replied: "It should be so, but I don't know if there is an inn in Dongcheng?"

Wu Zichu didn't answer him directly, but instead said mysteriously: "You will know when you go in."

Hearing this, Ye Yu was curious. When they got closer, they found that there were many people queuing up at the gate of the city. Under the orange-red sunset, there were about 30 people standing one by one. The ones with bamboo baskets, some driving donkeys, and some carrying prey, are all different, but they look full of smoke and fire.

When Ye Yu followed the queue, he heard the people in front of them chatting. They probably didn't know each other, but they hit it off quite well.

First, the young man with a basket of grain on his back said: "Although it didn't rain a while ago, the river has dropped a little, but what makes people incomprehensible is that the taste of the wild fruit has become very sweet. It was a bit sour at first, but now No more, it tastes sweet, and the selling price has become higher, but after I sold it to the gentlemen in the inner city, I exchanged several catties of grain and came back, so I won’t be hungry recently.”

The person chatting with him seems to be a team, all young and middle-aged men in their 30s and [-]s, and one of them answered with a muscular body: "We are also hunting, and the prey does not seem to be affected by water shortage. It is not yet autumn." , all of them are fat and strong, and the meat yield is really not low, and they have made a lot of money recently."

The food man glanced greedily at the two wild boars they were carrying on their backs, "You guys have a good harvest today, are you going to send it to the butcher?"

The muscular man replied: "Yes, after the slaughter, we will sell it directly for a lot of money. We also have to buy food. I don't know why our food production here is so small. What we grow at home is really not enough to eat."

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Ye Yu summed up a few pieces of news from their conversations. The first is that Wangsi City is short of food, the second is that hunting is prevalent, and the last is that they have their own currency system. I don’t know if it is the previous currency. Does big money mean copper coins?

Just as he was thinking carefully, it was their turn to register. The content of the registration was simple, where they came from, how many people there were, and what was their purpose. They had Wu Zichu around, so the registration was very fast.

Wu Zichu took out a token from his pocket and displayed it in front of the soldiers. As soon as the man saw the seal on it, he quickly invited them in, "Since you are invited to participate in the rally, there is no need to line up."

Wu Zichu waved his hand, "Follow the rules."

It took a lot of time for them to register, mainly because there were so many people, it took a while to write just a name.

Taking advantage of this time, Ye Yu and Shen Fu asked the soldiers a few questions. After all, they figured out the process of accepting defectors in Wangsi City. First, the registration. The registration of permanent residents is much more detailed than that of non-residents like them. Many, densely packed with a piece of paper, if the visitor is illiterate, he has to be questioned by the registrant. They answer, and then write it on the paper. The questions include what they are good at, where they lived, why they came here, and so on.

Next, they will be allocated according to their registered specialties. For example, those who can read are very popular. Not only can they do some clerical work, but they can even enter Wangsi City to work, or carpenters, blacksmiths, etc. Craftsmen will also be assigned to corresponding workshops.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t have any crafts, the government will allocate the minimum rations to them to ensure their survival, but these are not free, but need to be deducted from taxes in the future. In addition, a piece of wasteland will also be allocated , No food tax was collected for the first three years, and the rest depends on their fortune. It would be great if they can grow food for the whole family.

However, according to those who registered, most of the people who grow them are not enough to eat, so they can only go out to hunt as a supplement. Fortunately, there are many mountains, forests, waters, and various prey here. As long as they are a little careful, they can catch enough for their own food. .

Speaking of which, Wangsi City is located in the Central Plains, and the environment here has changed a lot since the natural disaster. Originally, because the climate became colder, the vegetation gradually disappeared, the water pool also decreased a lot, and the corresponding animals also disappeared. It's rhinos and elephants.

However, after the drastic change in the weather, these land animals reappeared and became common animals in the water marshes. From time to time, some people could see elephants migrating and rhinos entering the water.

Wangsi City is really quite a big city, Ye Yu thought to himself, it is different from the hoped city that was rebuilt from a village, to be honest, this is the most typical city.

After the registration was completed, they entered the city gate together. The East City was quite lively, but the establishment system was average, and the houses were quite simple, and each was planned next to the main road. They did not attract the attention of others when they came in. For the people here, more than 50 There are not too many people, and it is not uncommon to see a group of people going out to hunt in a few days.

Wu Zichu led them to the inn. This inn was opened by the government, and the area was quite large, so it could accommodate all of them.

Because of the hot weather, they slept in Datong bunk, one room could accommodate twenty people, and three rooms for a group of them would be enough.

As for the rent, they don't need to pay for it. The Lord of Wangsi City ordered that they will basically be free of charge for food and lodging after they come here, and the government will pay for it later.

"Then what should we do when we buy other things?" Shen Fu asked.

Hearing his question, Wu Zichu immediately replied: "When you arrive at Wangsi City, you can use grain or other things to exchange our currency at the counter. Support barter."

After speaking, he took out a big coin to show them. It was a coin very similar to the copper coins of the Jokha Kingdom, with a round square hole, and the word "Wangsi" was cast on the outside of the square hole.

"There are silver taels and gold ingots, but we don't need them, copper coins are enough." Wu Zichu gave them a copper coin and said.

Shen Fu took the copper coin and nodded.

While they were talking, Ye Yu gave the waiter a small bag of corn noodles, and then asked him to boil a bucket of hot water and bring it up. During this time, at most, he just wiped his body. ?

After taking a shower, he felt that his whole body was several pounds lighter, and then he went out to eat.

The taste of the rice is mediocre, but the advantage is that there is soup and water, and it is basically stir-fried vegetables, so it is pleasant to eat.

The waiter who brought the meal shook the rag and said with a smile, "If you had come earlier, you would have eaten the rhino meat that we managed to catch. We just finished eating it a while ago."

Ye Yu waved his hands when he heard this, "No, these are enough."

Even if they still have rhinoceros meat, he wouldn't eat it. These are protected animals in modern times, and he can't get over that hurdle in his heart. As for other animals like roe deer and gazelle, he doesn't feel this way, and he doesn't know why. .

After Ye Yu finished speaking, he began to eat. There was a dish of dried bamboo shoots and duck stew on the table, which was especially delicious. The dried bamboo shoots tasted chewy, crispy and full of the old duck's soup.

After eating and drinking, a group of people went back to their houses, and Ye Yu and the others were no exception. Before the curfew, they sat on the bunk and chatted for a few words before falling into a deep sleep.

The next morning, Ye Yu was woken up by the noise outside. When he woke up, he saw Ye Minghui and Ye Shuan hadn't even slept, and they were looking out of the window with excited faces.

He yawned and asked Chu Xufeng, "What's wrong?"

Chu Xufeng poured a cup of warm tea and handed it to him, and then replied: "Representatives from two cities came over just now, and they are all outside now."

"Oh?" Ye Yu immediately regained his energy when he heard this. He could get up straight away with the coat he wore to sleep last night, so he quickly moved to Ye Minghui's side with a cup in his hand, and looked out together with him.

There is a big courtyard outside this inn. They ate in this courtyard last night. Now there are more than 100 people standing inside, crowding the courtyard to the brim. Each has a leader, which seems to be a bit tense.

Ye Yu looked at it for a while, and suddenly lifted his spirits. There was a person in the group on the left who looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

When he was thinking about it, Ye Minghui beckoned to the waiter and asked him, "What's going on outside?"

The waiter was the one who took Ye Yu's corn noodles yesterday, so he quickly told them the reason.

"The people on the left are from Huaiyang City, and the ones on the right are from Le'an City. They came one after the other. We don't have enough Datong shops in our inn, so we discussed with them whether to go to another private inn. It is also free, but no Thinking that they didn't even agree, and they just wanted to live here with us, the quarrel started, and it hasn't stopped until now."

Isn't this a very common thing?

After hearing this, Ye Yu couldn't help but wonder, it doesn't matter where they live, and they won't let them spend money.

Unexpectedly, it was Wu Zichu who answered his doubts. He explained: "Huaiyang City is adjacent to Le'an City, and there are usually frictions. This kind of thing is not uncommon."

It turned out that there was an old grievance, and Ye Yu could understand it now. After all, if you don't fight for steamed buns, for them, whoever gives in may lose.

Thinking of this, he discussed with Uncle Shen in a low voice, and seeing that he agreed, he said to the waiter: "We should leave, call someone to clean up the room."

The shop waiter responded readily, "Hey."

After they got up and washed, they were ready to go out for breakfast. When they arrived in the yard, those people hadn't left yet, and they were still confronting each other. They didn't start to look at them until they saw them come out.

Shen Fu nodded to the leaders of the two parties, but didn't say much.

Just as they were about to leave, they heard a hesitant voice from Huaiyang City on the left.

"May I ask you, but Chen Fan? Brother Fan?"