Jinwu City is on the edge of Yanghe County, Youzhou, less than a thousand kilometers away from Baohu City. For ordinary people, the distance from Jinwu City to Baohu City may be a bit long, whether by train or airship.
, it will take a long time, but for a knight, especially an earth knight like Zhang Tie, flying a thousand kilometers is like visiting the vegetable market away from home.
, even if he doesn't use the ability of the Divine Control Master, he can easily fly to Baohu City in less than an hour.
After the New Year, there has been no snow in Youzhou since the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, but the weather in Youzhou is still cold, especially in the past few days, when the snow has just melted, and the chill in the air is even worse.
Flying in the sky, the mountains and rivers under his feet were completely white. In a short time, just before two o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Tie flew over Baohu City and landed directly on a pedestrian area near the port in Baohu City like lightning.
In the alleys of sparse residential areas.
Zhang Tie, who fell into the alley, flipped up the snow-proof hood of his cloak and put it on his head, fastened the buckle, and covered most of his face at once, leaving only a small part of his eyebrows and eyes exposed for outsiders to see.
Apart from the feeling that Zhang Tie is not very old, it is impossible to know whose face is behind the hood.
With Zhang Tie's current reputation in Youzhou, especially in Baohu City, only in this way will he not be recognized by people as soon as he walks onto the street.
These days, Zhang Tie spends time with his family at home every day. Although he also gets some news from the outside, these news are always obtained indirectly and not intuitive enough. It just so happened that Zhang Tie wanted to take a look when he came to Baohu City this time.
How is the atmosphere in Baohu City? Since he is a knight and is in Taixia. If he does not plan to completely hide in the Black Iron Castle to isolate himself from the world, then there are some things that he has to pay more attention to. He is a small person in the market.
Zhang Tie also knew that some things and truths could only be seen more clearly and concretely in the market.
There was still a thin layer of snow on the ground in the alley. Zhang Tie walked out of the alley and walked onto the street outside, stepping on the snow.
This alley is relatively quiet, but the streets outside the alley are quite lively.
When Zhang Tie had just reached the entrance of the alley, more than ten meters in front of him, the door of a family living at the entrance of the alley opened with a creak. Several people came out, one of them was seeing each other off, and the other
People on one side want to leave.
"Second brother, Deming will be left to you. When my mother and I are not here, you can discipline him as you should. Beat him when you need to. Don't spoil him. You can call him on any dirty work in the restaurant.
Do!"
The people who wanted to leave were a middle-aged couple dressed simply. They looked like they were from the countryside outside the city. Although the couple was wearing clean clothes during the Chinese New Year, ordinary people could tell at a glance that they were from the countryside.
What are you doing? The man who spoke was the man who looked honest and courteous.
"Brother, don't worry. Deming is here with me. I treat him as my own son. As long as we have something to eat, he won't be hungry!" The people who gave him away were also a couple, but they were a little younger. Now
The face shape of the person who spoke is somewhat similar to the one who spoke just now. You can tell at a glance that they are two brothers. "I will slowly teach Deming to get familiar with things in the restaurant. I can also be a shopkeeper in the future!"
"With your words, I feel relieved!"
"We are all a family. Why are you and sister-in-law being polite to us at this time? Deming, come here and say goodbye to your father and mother. From now on in Baohu City, you will only be able to see your father and mother once in a few months...
…”
A sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy with red eyes came out, knelt on the snow at the door and kowtowed to the couple, "Mom and dad, don't worry, after I learn my skills from my second uncle and save enough money, I will
Buy a house in the city and bring you here..."
When Zhang Tie came over, the people who were saying goodbye all turned around and glanced at Zhang Tie. Zhang Tie walked calmly and did not stop. He did not want to give the impression that he was watching, just like a passerby.
He walked past the group of people who were saying goodbye and came to the bustling street outside.
Although the weather is cold, in Baohu City, after the Chinese New Year, the streets have become lively. After the third day of the Lunar New Year, the shops on the street have opened one after another. A few business stores open on the sixth or eighth day of the Lunar New Year.
It's auspicious that it's also open, but it's been very rare for it to open even after the Lantern Festival, which means the owner of the store may be out of state and hasn't come back yet.
On the main street of Baohu City, there are still some traces of the Lantern Festival three days ago. Exquisite lanterns are hung in front of each shop, and some lanterns are still hung on the branches of the roadside.
Zhang Tie walked leisurely, and he was not the only person wearing the same snow-proof hood on the street. Baohucheng is close to the seaside, and the sea breeze is even stronger in winter. People who go out to earn a living these days have to cover their faces if they don’t.
Apply fish oil, otherwise the wind will blow or you will have cuts on your face in two days. There are many people dressed like Zhang Tie in Baohu City. Is Zhang Tie's clothes other than exquisite and elegant?
Besides, he really didn't look too special, so no one paid much attention to him. There were also some people on the street with their hands and faces smeared with oil. They were probably people who were making a living on the dock or on the boat.
"Brother, let me call a car to take you there!"
"No need, we have been to Baohu City many times and we are very familiar with the roads. When your sister-in-law and I came here, we had already made an appointment with Li Dazhuang from Jingou Tunnel who came to Baohu City to deliver food. We are at Ximen
Where are you waiting for him? Just take his car and go back. You don’t have to send him off. Just go back..."
The street outside the alley happened to run east-west. When Zhang Tie came to the street outside, he turned directly to the west without hesitation and walked at a leisurely pace.
The sounds in the alley still reached his ears. Without looking back, Zhang Tie knew that the couple from the countryside had declined to see them off, but the sender still sent them to the alley. The people on both sides exchanged a few words.
After talking, they separated. The couple from the countryside walked thirty meters away behind Zhang Tie, while the person who sent him away returned home again and closed the door.
After walking behind Zhang Tie for a while and seeing that they were far away from the entrance of the alley, the woman of the older couple who had been silent just now suddenly said something.
"My sister-in-law didn't speak just now, so I was a little worried..."
The man was silent for a moment, and then nodded affirmatively. "Don't worry, the second brother is a man of his own opinion, and he can also make the decision in his family. When the second brother came to develop Hucheng, it was all helped by several brothers in the family.
He pooled his money to buy a small restaurant, for which he sold more than ten acres of land at home, and also sold a few of the cows I raised. As you have seen over the years, the second brother is not the kind of person who forgets his roots. He has helped me all these years.
He lives in the family, not to mention that he watched Deming grow up, and he is Deming’s biological uncle no matter what. He will not treat Deming badly!”
"Having said that, I'm still a little worried. After all, asking Deming to come to Hucheng this time is not just for three or five months. It's been a long time. It's inevitable that my second brother's family will have some thoughts..."
"Hey, isn't there nothing we can do about this?" The honest man sighed, "Those who are well-connected and capable in our village have been sending their children to the city in a hurry in the past two days.
After hearing that, several of them were sent directly to Youzhou City. After entering a school, Lao Cao sent his youngest son to Jinguang City to be an apprentice. Even the two people from Li Lezi's family were sent to Baohu City by his uncle.
In the sawmill, it is always safer in the city than in the countryside. In the past few years, it was fine in the countryside. It was relatively safe, but now it is dangerous to live in the countryside. I heard that the bloody people are in those states
, hundreds of villages, just outside the city, were fine the first day, but after one night they were slaughtered to death by the bloody men. Not a single person was left alive, and many people became the blood men's rations.
, the three to five meter high guardrails and walls outside the village can only protect against ordinary wild beasts and ordinary thieves. For the bloody man, he can just lift his legs and pass by. Ordinary villages cannot protect against them at all.
The bloody people have arrived in Youzhou these days, and I heard that many people died, so we have to find a way for Deming..."
"I'm just worried about Deming..."
"The world has suddenly become chaotic. It doesn't matter if Deming suffers a little. As long as he saves his life, everything will be fine. By the way, where is the set of jade ornaments you kept at home? I'll find a chance to hug the tiger next time.
When you go to the city, you take it with you and send it to your sister-in-law secretly. Don't let the second child know. This is your woman's family matter, so I don't need to teach you."
"Ah, that's what I left for Dehua to marry in the future. No matter how our family is, if we want to marry a daughter-in-law, we must have two pieces of decent jewelry!" The woman looked a little surprised and a little reluctant to give up.
"Dehua is in the army now, so he won't be needed for the time being. Let's take care of Deming's affairs first! As long as the two brothers can live well, that's better than anything else! No matter what, I'll find another chance when spring comes.
Go to the mountains to see if you can try your luck and find some wild ginseng..."
"I listen to you..." The woman was silent for a moment and nodded...
Zhang Tie knew that it was very dangerous to collect ginseng in a place like Youzhou, especially for warriors who had reached level nine, because in the mountains where wild ginseng could grow, there would be a lot of magical beasts.
Such a place is extremely risky, and there are many people who never come back.
Poor parents in the world!
Zhang Tie let out a long sigh in his heart. He never thought that even in a state far away from the Bloody Rebellion like Baohu City in Youzhou, the Bloody Rebellion in Taixia would have such a huge impact on the surrounding areas of Baohu City, which made
People living outside the city began to try every means to bring their family members to the city in order to find a safe shelter.
Looking carefully at the flow of people on the street, it seems that there are really more people than the last two times I came here.
If Youzhou is like this, then in cities in other states, wouldn’t there be more people trying to squeeze into the city? Although Taixia has many cities, the proportion of people living outside the city is even greater, accounting for almost all of Taixia.
Xia's population accounts for 70% to 80%. When the bloody people make a fuss, there is a lot of noise in various places. Everyone is rushing to enter the city. I am afraid that there has been trouble in some places.
Just when Zhang Tie was slightly frowning and thinking about something, a shout of abuse rang out from the inn in front, "You lunatic, you are still pretending to be an alchemist. Where can there be a poor alchemist like you in Taixia? You have no money."
What kind of inn are you staying at? Get out of here..."
As soon as the voice fell, a figure and a bed were thrown out of the door. (To be continued.)