Chapter seven hundred and ninety seventh ghost town
Gu Qingxi was also blushing with anger and coughing. Of course she saw the exaggerated clothes of the Sardine woman, which was so shameless, and she took the initiative to grab his hand, which was simply shameless.
Zhang Xiaowu hurriedly supported her and fed him some medicine. When the other Sardinians saw this, they quickly retreated and sounded the alarm. Soon, a group of Sardinian cavalry surrounded them, about ten people, led by a Shifu
He is long, holding a battle axe, and is wearing front and rear plate armor, but it only protects his chest. He wears a horn-shaped helmet on his head, which only protects the top of his head. It seems that the decorative effect is greater than the actual effect.
Trotting behind the pair of Sardinian cavalry was a man who looked to be in his thirties. His face seemed to be from the Central Plains, but his eyes were smaller and his cheekbones were higher. This man was not qualified to ride a horse, so he followed.
The Sardinian ran here and panted for a long time when he stopped. The Sardinian dismissed this and seemed to be watching his joke. The man calmed down his breathing before asking in unskilled Chinese:
"Who are you? Why did you come back to Sardin's territory?"
"Are you Han?" Zhang Xiaowu felt that his Chinese was a bit strange.
"I'm from Beiyi." The man said, "Jin Youdao is from Beiyi."
The Beiyi people and the Han people have the same appearance, but when the Han people expanded their territory, they mixed with other ethnic groups, resulting in the Han people's appearance being more diverse, while the Beiyi people have a relatively single bloodline, but they retain the most primitive appearance genes.
Zhang Xiaowu introduced himself: "I am Zhang Shouzheng, this is my wife Zhang Gu. The two of us were originally people living in Mucheng. We fled to the Central Plains for refuge due to the war a few years ago. Now I heard that Mucheng has regained its vitality and there are no more people."
There was a war, so I came back to take a look and find some ways to survive."
The translator looked him up and down and asked: "Are you coming back to settle down, or is it for other purposes? I don't think you are an honest person."
Zhang Xiaowu said with a smile: "Does this world still allow honest people to live? They are just people who are struggling to survive. If we are held accountable, there will be no good people in the world. We hope to come back to live, but we are planning to sell the horses from Saibei to the Central Plains. I heard that this
The single business is very profitable.”
"Horse dealer? It's not common for a husband and wife to be a horse dealer." The Beiyi translator told Captain Sardin to listen. The Captain looked at Zhang Xiaowu and then at the woman he was bringing, and seemed to believe him.
After hearing what he said, he spoke a long string of incomprehensible Sardinian words.
The Beiyi people translated: "There is no longer a wooden city here, but it is called Sardin City. If you mention the name Wooden City again, you will be imprisoned in the dungeon for ten days to reflect. In addition, since you are originally Sardin City
People who want to come back now, our king will give you special permission, but you need to learn Sardinian and Sardinian writing, believe in the religion of the Sardinians, and from now on only Sardinian is allowed to be used in the city, otherwise you will not be allowed to come back.
were allowed to enter the city."
Zhang Xiaowu frowned. This group of Sardinians seemed to be using their culture to eliminate all traces of the Han people. Including the young Han male servants of the Sardinian women, they seemed to have gradually begun to become Sardinian.
The tenth captain glanced at Gu Qingxi who was behind Zhang Xiaowu, and said a few more words. The translator hurriedly said: "Sardinians do not allow patients to enter the city, your wife is not allowed to enter the city, and they are not allowed to eat food from the Sardinian Lake.
Lake water.”
Zhang Xiaowu held Gu Qingxi's hand. It was impossible for him to give up taking care of her, so he asked: "Apart from Sardinia, are there any other places to live outside the city? I need to think about it."
The translator said: "You can stay temporarily in the ghost town outside the city. After you have considered it, you can enter Sardinia and swear allegiance to King Sardinia. My friend, Sardinia is a man's paradise. Once you enter the city, you will never want to leave again.
Already."
"Where is the ghost town?"
"It's about eight miles southwest of Sardinia."
"By the way, why is it called a ghost town?"
"It is to commemorate Zhang Xiaowu, the famous holy Han general and ghost general who drowned in the sea a few years ago."
Zhang Xiaowu: "..."
The distance from the city of Sardinia to the ghost town is too long. It only takes half an hour to ride on a horse. There is no city wall here. The whole town is built around a small lake. This lake is smaller than Lake Sardinia.
There are a lot of trees, but it is also the town's only hope for survival. There are even more woods around it than in Sardinia, but most of the trees here are thorn trees. Perhaps only thorn trees are more suitable for the wilderness.
Although the town is called a ghost town, it is under the management of the Sardinians. A Sardinian centurion is responsible for managing the town. There are more than 30 Sardinians and more than 30 people of various ethnic groups under the centurion, but they operate under a unified
In Sardinian, the tallest building in the town is a four-story wooden arrow tower, and the buildings in the town are diverse, including tents, wooden houses, stone houses, and even brick houses. Of course, this is the best brick building.
The tile-roofed house is the house of a Sardinian centurion.
To enter the ghost town, you only need to pay a safety deposit of one silver coin per person. The silver coins of the Sardinians are alloy currency made of about one-third of silver and two-thirds of other metals, but it is not easy to exchange silver for silver coins.
Instead of three, it was one to two. Zhang Xiaowu endured the loss and exchanged twenty silver coins, and paid a safety deposit to ensure that he would not commit murder or arson in the town. Then the Sardinians gave each of them a wooden identity card.
There were no inns or houses to rent in the ghost town. Zhang Xiaowu could only spend ten silver coins to buy a tent, and another five silver coins to buy other supporting items. Looking at the three silver coins left in his hand, Zhang Xiaowu shook his head and said helplessly: "
Why are things so expensive here?”
Gu Qingxi couldn't help but laugh: "I didn't expect you would be in trouble for money, sir."
Zhang Xiaowu laughed: "It's not that I'm embarrassed about money, it's just that I feel a bit resentful about spending the money. The Sardinians are simply the Jews in this world, and they are so good at making money."
The small lake in the ghost town is called Wild Horse Lake. It is said that it got its name because wild horses drink water here. The right to use the lake water is exclusive to the Sardinians. The price is not expensive, a bucket of water costs one copper coin. According to the Sardinian count,
Fifty copper coins are exchanged for one silver coin, fifty
A silver coin is exchanged for a gold coin, and the price of a copper coin is about two cents. In a wasteland where water sources are scarce, two cents for a bucket of water is not expensive, but every household needs water, and the pockets of the Sardinians depend on it.
The people will be able to cheer up.
Just like buying mineral water, a bottle of mineral water that costs one yuan may seem inexpensive, but the profit is astonishing. It is simply a business without money.
He had no choice but to exchange fifty silver coins and handed them to Gu Qingxi. Gu Qingxi, who was already the hostess, did not refuse. In fact, she also had some savings, but Zhang Xiaowu never let her spend them. With some spare money, she
They bought some food in the ghost town, as well as some wooden stakes and ropes. The two simply used the wooden stakes and ropes to circle around the tent as their own house and yard.
After watching the strange couple busy looking forward to the other neighbors around, no one came forward to help, but stared at them with skeptical and speculative eyes.