The first thousand four hundred and forty-two chapters leave home
And the old fox Nanwang climbed onto the high branch of the Gongsun family. The little princess of the Gongsun family became his daughter-in-law. It can be said that he also controlled the wealth of the Gongsun family.
To fight a war, wealth is indispensable. With the support of the Gongsun family, it is no wonder that King Nan is so swollen.
With the Gongsun family, the world's richest businessman, taking sides, the originally barely balanced situation in the world was instantly broken, and every country became nervous. After all, everyone has ambitions, and no one wants their country to disappear from the map.
Southern country, border town.
On the road, you can see the chaos of war and gunfire everywhere. The city defense is much tighter than when we came here. In contrast, the roadside no longer sees the same people as before, and it looks very depressed.
Folks are always the first to get the news, and many people have been rooted in the situation for many years. Any clues can arouse alerts that things are about to change.
There are almost no merchants on the street, and most of the merchants on both sides of the street have their doors closed.
At this time, no one has the leisure to travel around and have fun, and most of the guests received are not that simple. No one wants to get angry, so thanking guests behind closed doors is the wisest way to protect yourself.
Even if the few shops are open, they are deserted. There are not many pedestrians, and there are even fewer people staying in the shops. The shops that are still open are probably because they are in a tight financial situation, so they take risks and keep the shops open.
There was uneasiness everywhere. Even though the war was still brewing, it was already like this before it started. Ye Fuxun was puzzled, but Bai Yuxian had no doubts.
The two of them saw Murong Che in a depressed inn. This inn was one of the few that was still open. To be precise, it was one of Murong Che's subordinates.
"haven't seen you for a long time."
Ye Fuxun saw the awkward young man, but the relationship between the two was more of companions, so he bent his eyes and smiled.
Murong Che just replied with a cold face, "Why didn't Zhuo Lang come?"
"The power has not yet completely stabilized. Without me, Alang needs to be in charge."
It turns out that Zhuo Lang can now stand alone? Ye Fuxun thought with some emotion that it had only been a month or two since she left Mantama, and the world had already changed to such an extent.
This inn has not had a single customer for a long time since they came in. Ye Fuxun was very puzzled. They had stayed in this inn when they came here. Although the business was not booming at that time, it was still packed even when there were many people. Why is it so depressed now?
"Did you buy them all?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the shopkeeper coming from the counter with tea in his hand. Hearing Ye Fuxun's words, he quickly said: "Your Excellency, you think too much. The world has changed now. There are indeed many fewer customers. In this way."
It’s been a while.”
Indeed... Ye Fuxun took a look and saw that there was no waiter. The shopkeepers had already served tea and poured water with their own hands. It was really sad.
When I came to this inn before, I could still hear the greetings of the two waiters, which was very lively. However, they had changed their costumes and were the most ordinary people. Of course the shopkeeper didn't recognize them.
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"I saw many shops were closed on the way here. It's not easy for you to still keep the shops open."
Ye Fuxun sighed with emotion.
The shopkeeper sighed, with a gloomy look on his face: "In fact, there are elders and younger ones in the family. If it weren't for the occasional money coming in, the younger one would have closed the shop and fled, not just for this food.
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Rather than money, most people would choose to save their lives and leave their homes to find a more complete residence.
But this means having to start over again.
In fact, it is not that urgent. The war is still brewing. Although it may break out at any time, it has not actually broken out yet.
In order to make a living, some of the remaining people, like shopkeepers, stayed in such border towns to at least be able to support their families.
Wealth and wealth can be found in danger, not to mention that the danger has not yet come.
For them, starting over would be tantamount to losing their lives, so they might as well stay here.
"What would you like to eat, noble man?"
Ye Fuxun wanted to say that he could just fill up his stomach with some dry food, but he didn't want to see the menu in the shopkeeper's hand, so he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and said, "Do you still have a cook here?"
The shopkeeper scratched his head and said with a naive smile: "Although Zhuo Jing's craftsmanship is not as good as that of the chef who paid a lot of money, he can still be regarded as good at eating. If the nobleman doesn't dislike it..."
No matter how difficult the situation is, it is not that he has never experienced it. Ye Fuxun has nothing to choose from. It is not easy to have a hot meal in such a border town.
I ordered some home-cooked dishes to fill my stomach, and asked the shopkeeper to prepare some dry food to eat on the road.
"Okay, I'll go to the kitchen and ask my chef to cook it for you." The shopkeeper smiled when he saw that Ye Fuxun was spending a lot of money. One day's expenses were almost as much as the previous month's.
The shopkeeper's wife cooked some home-cooked dishes and served them to the table together with the shopkeeper. The lady looked like an ordinary woman, honest and honest.
I have never seen anyone like Ye Fuxun, White Jade Immortal Murong Che, and he was so shocked at first glance that he almost thought he was seeing a god, and he couldn't move his feet immediately.
The shopkeeper patted her: "What are you looking at? I'm offended."
The woman quickly took a step back, with an apologetic smile on her face: "I'm sorry, the young lady looks like a fairy, so I didn't react for a while."
Ye Fuxun rarely saw such an upright woman. She didn't mean any harm, so she covered her lips and smiled and said: "It's okay. It's not easy for you two to support such a big inn. Why don't you consider hiring another waiter?"
Woolen cloth?"
Since he was Murong Che's man, Ye Fuxun naturally regarded him as one of his own.
But the shopkeeper sighed: "You don't know something. Nowadays, young and strong young men are being arrested to serve as soldiers. In our store, the former Xiao Chen is still a fifteen-year-old young man.
He has been staying in my shop for a year. He is so thin that he can’t even serve tea. A few days ago, he was arrested and sent to the army. How can a child of that age defeat others when he goes to the battlefield? "
Speaking of this, the shopkeeper's eyes were a little red. Although he was just a waiter in the store, he had developed some feelings after being together for a year, but he was helpless.
Even if he, a small commoner, is unhappy, how can he fight against them?
He kept chattering, but Ye Fuxun and his group listened quietly while eating their food.
After a long while, the shopkeeper seemed to realize: "Oh, there are too few people in the store. It's hard to find customers, so I said more."
Ye Fuxun longed to hear more words from the shopkeepers. Only the true words of these common people could best reflect the true situation of a country.
This is something that the aloof King Nan will never understand.