Transmigrating into a Turbulent Era as a Soldier, Starting with Marrying a Wife

Hearing Uncle Fu's words, everyone understood.

Taking wine and meat to see their wives tomorrow was a matter of great pride.

Naturally, everyone wanted to buy some.

The men cupped their hands to thank Uncle Fu and hurried into the city.

Li Yuan did the same.

Taking his money, he headed towards Qingyuan County.

Qingyuan County was just a small town, not very big at all.

Most of the shops were concentrated on the main crossroads in the center of the town.

At this time, many of the soldier households who had received their settlement money were shopping here.

Most of them were auxiliary soldiers with 200 coins.

Fresh beef and mutton were expensive, and they naturally couldn't afford them.

The most the auxiliary soldiers could afford were some cheap offal.

Pork and beef intestines, liver, and lungs only cost 15 coins per catty.

Buying a few catties of braised offal was something these auxiliary soldiers could afford.

Most people also bought cheap wine, a pot costing 30 coins.

Although the taste was weak, most people only dared to buy a pot with a heavy heart.

Many auxiliary soldiers who bought wine and food asked the shopkeeper to wrap it carefully.

They carefully carried it on their bodies, ready to take it to see their wives tomorrow.

They spent almost all the remaining money on grain.

And they didn't dare to buy rice, buying cheaper mixed grains instead.

Among these soldier households, Li Yuan was considered one of the wealthiest.

In addition to the ten taels of reward money in his pocket, his elder brother had secretly given him 150 coins when he left home.

Li Yuan had a total of 10,150 copper coins.

He didn't plan to just buy wine and meat; he also wanted to buy some daily necessities.

Li Yuan first went to a cloth shop.

He selected one bolt of coarse cloth and one bolt of fine cloth.

The "bolt" was a common unit of measurement for cloth in the Great Liang Dynasty.

One bolt was about two zhang long, which was twenty chi.

This cloth was enough for his future wife to make a few decent clothes.

After that, he bought some oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and half a catty of coarse tea.

He also bought a braised Four Fragrance Goose and half a braised pig's head.

The wine was also a better-tasting clear wine, costing 50 coins per pot.

As for grain, Li Yuan bought one dou of coarse rice and five dou of wheat, totaling more than 70 catties.

Seeing that the goods were quite heavy and that he had to travel far tomorrow, Li Yuan simply bought a handy carrying pole.

He loaded the grain and various supplies onto it, which saved a lot of effort.

On the way back to the training ground from the market, he happened to pass the slave market in the south of the city.

The so-called slave market was a market for selling slaves and people.

This was not uncommon in this era.

Li Yuan looked over and found that many people were kneeling on the ground with straw markers inserted in their heads.

Most of them were people who couldn't survive and were selling themselves.

Now it was a year of famine, and many people who had run out of food had no choice but to sell themselves as commodities in order to survive.

Among them were many pitiful women, children, and orphans.

Li Yuan sighed, realizing that the common people were always so difficult, no matter the time.

Moreover, the Great Liang Dynasty was now plagued by constant natural disasters.

Just then, he saw a group of people surrounding a woman who was selling herself.

Li Yuan couldn't help but be stunned.

Because his ability, [Eyes of Discernment], had actually been activated at this time.

A faint light shone on the woman's body.

Li Yuan knew that this meant that this woman would be of great use to him.

Since that was the case, Li Yuan naturally had to go over and take a look.

The woman kneeling in the arena was indeed different from the others.

First of all, this woman was six chi tall, with healthy wheat-colored skin. Because she was looking down, her facial features were not clear.

She was wearing a coarse linen dress full of patches.

Her body looked to have a wide frame, unlike the usual weak woman.

Her hips and legs looked rounder and stronger than ordinary women.

On the half-foot of coarse cloth in front of her, the words "Selling myself to save my father" were written crookedly.

Li Yuan was a little curious, so he asked the old man watching beside him what was going on.

The old man sighed and said.

"This girl, it is said that her father has a sudden illness, and it would cost at least three taels of silver to ask the doctor in the pharmacy to treat him."

"Her family is a mountain household who hunts for a living, where would they get the money?"

"So this girl can only sell herself as a slave in front of the pharmacy to save her father."

Li Yuan asked puzzledly.

"Buying a living person, three taels of silver is not expensive, right?"

"Why is no one asking about her?"

The old man sighed again.

"It's because she is a mountain person."

"In this world, what kind of people are mountain people?"

"Nothing more than displaced refugees who have lost their land, and slaves who have escaped from their masters, who go into the mountains to beg for a living."

"People in the city can't trust these people."

"This woman is eager to save her father, she must first take the money to save her father before she will come back."

"Who can guarantee that if you give her the money, she will really come back?"

"Just now, the madam of the brothel in the city also came to look at her."

"This girl is too tall, and her skin is too dark. The men of Great Liang don't like such a tall woman. Buying her back can only be a rough maid."

"But now people are worthless. Buying a refugee girl to be a rough maid is only one tael and five silver."

Li Yuan nodded.

So that's how it is, that's understandable.

At this time, the woman kowtowed to everyone again.

"My father is seriously ill, and I have to sell myself to save him."

"I only ask for three taels of silver, and I will serve you like a cow or a horse all my life."

After speaking, she kowtowed again, her face already full of tears when she looked up.

Li Yuan looked carefully. The girl's skin was only slightly darker, but her face was delicate. She was definitely a little beauty.

Since his Eyes of Discernment ability told Li Yuan that this woman was useful to him.

Then what was there to hesitate?

So he walked up to the girl and said.

"Stop crying, I'll buy you then."

The girl looked up and saw a handsome young man standing in front of her.

Li Yuan took out three taels of silver and put it in front of the girl and said.

"You go and save your father first."

"After that, you can go to Hexi Fort, Dongxiang Village to find me."

"I am the centurion of the soldier households there, my name is Li Yuan."

The girl held the silver with tears in her eyes and kowtowed three times to Li Yuan.

"Thank you, benefactor. After my father is cured, I will definitely come to find you."

The girl got up and was about to leave.

Li Yuan shouted, "Wait a minute."

The girl's eyes froze.

She thought, could it be that this young master wanted to go back on his word?

Seeing that she was too tall and ugly, he didn't want to buy her anymore?

Unexpectedly, Li Yuan bought a few steaming coarse steamed buns from a cake shop next to him.

He wrapped them in paper and handed them to her, saying.

"I'm afraid you haven't eaten well for a long time."

"Take these few cakes with you, you can fill your stomach on the road."

Then he waved his hand and said.

"Go quickly, don't delay your father's illness."

The girl was already in tears at this time.

After kowtowing, she turned and left in a hurry.

Looking at the girl's distant back.

The old man shook his head and said.

"You, young man, I'm afraid you've been deceived."

"After she gets the money and saves her father, I'm afraid she won't come back."

Li Yuan smiled slightly.

"It doesn't matter, it's good to save a life. I only ask to have a clear conscience."