Xu Guangling and his party stayed in Jiuqu City for a few more days.
I supplemented what I had used on the way. Although the ones I had brought with me before were almost the same, they were still slightly different. For example, when putting up a felt tent, Xu Tonghui found that some parts were not easy to use, so he added them this time.
It didn't cost much money.
On the contrary, he sold some things that he had no use for before, so he had more income than income and still had a small surplus.
But these are small things.
There is another thing, it is also a small matter, but it actually caused quite a stir.
That is what happened when Tian Hao was accepted as a follower by a young master who was a monk.
Who is Tian Hao? He is just a rag doing odd jobs on the beach to make a living. How virtuous and capable is he to be favored by the monks?
The truth about his virtues and abilities was also spread out. Those who lived in Datongpu that day also regarded this as a huge and strange thing, and there was nothing to keep secret, so it was only the next day that this matter was revealed.
Rumors spread throughout Jiuqu City.
Even at the highest level, even the city lord’s palace and several major families in the city knew about it!
However, this was indeed not a big deal, so someone just casually asked about it, and after getting a preliminary understanding of the situation, they didn't ask any more questions.
On the other hand, the question of pheasants and hares that counted from thirty-five to ninety-four sounded quite interesting. It was used by several aristocratic families here to question their own children, as young as a few years old, to as old as
Teenage boy.
It is estimated that it may be listed as a long-term "family examination question" by them.
Then there were many people with similar identities to Tian Hao, who crowded the Sanjiang Inn.
The owner has made a small fortune these days. Normally, only 40 to 50% of the guest rooms are occupied, or even only 10 to 20% of the rooms are occupied in the quietest days. In the past few days, from the suites to the large and small bungalows, they are all fully occupied, and all the registered rooms are occupied.
Customers were queued up for several days!
Not only that, there were also many prominent people on the street who sent people to inquire about the news. Although the shopkeeper had to deal with it with trepidation, for fear of accidentally offending someone he couldn't afford to offend, those prominent people were the ones he usually fawned over.
Not available.
Although it is not a flattery now, in the end, there is some explanation.
Based on this, from now on among the various people on this street, including those who own inns like him, who will not look at him differently?
It is no exaggeration to say that just this matter will make his inn's business better than other inns in the future! And it won't just be good for one or two days, it will continue to be good!
The shop owner plans to not rent the shop where those two noble people live anymore!
In that Datong shop, we will only rent eight stalls from now on!
Xu Guangling and his party actually only stayed at this house for two nights. On the second day, a casual cultivator came to visit in person. Xu Guangling asked Xu Tonghui to come forward to deal with it. Of course, the person he was looking for was Xu Tonghui in the first place.
That evening, they left Jiuqu City.
After that, there was nothing much to talk about on the road and through the city, and they never stayed in Tongpu again.
Xu Tonghui felt heartbroken over the dwindling amount of silver in the package, while Tian Hao, the big man, couldn't help but feel lucky all the way.
Because Mr. Xu told him that the young master just went out and stayed in Xiatongpu out of curiosity, and he would never live there again! And Tian Hao, who had walked eight lifetimes of luck before meeting the young master, had eight lifetimes of luck.
Only by breaking out together can the young master keep him by his side.
Tian Hao himself felt the same way.
So along the way, he was extremely attentive, not only sharing Xu Tonghui's luggage, but also scrambling to do every camping matter.
Of course, he has not forgotten what the young master said when he accepted him. What the young master lacks is a cook!
So he began to learn to cook attentively.
Start with the simplest method of boiling water!
It didn't take long for him to be able to handle basic daily meal preparations decently, so the division of labor was formally established in the team.
In fact, it was Xu Tonghui who officially handed over the food and beverage matters to Tian Hao. From then on, he was no longer responsible for this matter. Even the dishes, buckets and other cooking utensils began to be completely handed over to Tian Hao.
Once passing by a forest, Xu Tonghui shot some birds at the edge of the forest. He was even lucky enough to catch a few pheasants, so their food suddenly became richer that night.
Tian Hao's experience in taking care of the barbecue beach finally came in handy. He had never grilled anything, but he had seen people grilling them up close. At this time, he got on the horse in a hurry and roasted the birds and pheasants with great effort.
He finally ate pheasant for the first time, and he roasted it himself!
Birds are very easy to roast. Although Tian Hao is not very skilled at roasting, he can roast them well. One of them was almost roasted into black charcoal, but even so, those birds still smell extremely fragrant.
It just tastes a bit like eating it.
Then, I don’t know what happened to the pheasant. Although he roasted it with great care, the roasted thing was still too bad. Let alone eating it, he couldn’t even tear it apart.
Tian Hao was extremely ashamed.
But the young master said, "Not bad, at least it's a good start, isn't it?"
Of course Tian Hao knew that he was still far away from being truly "good", so far away that he didn't know how far away, but the young master's words not only reassured his uneasy heart, but also made him secretly grit his teeth and decide that he must learn well.
!
In this way, without wind or waves, after about a month of trekking, they finally arrived at Annan County.
They did not enter the city directly, but spent half a day walking around the outside of the city.
"Twenty-one in total, young master, the situation in the city may be a bit complicated." After detouring, he stood at the gate of the south city again, Xu Tonghui said to Xu Guangling with a somewhat solemn expression.
The walls of Qingshui City are square and only have four sides.
But there is a saying in it, that is, the city lord's palace was responsible for the initial construction of these four walls, and then the three major aristocratic families were responsible for one side.
It can also be said that the four walls represent the four major forces in the city.
Whether Annan County is also like this is hard to say.
But just looking at the twenty-one sections of the city wall, there are old ones and new ones. The old ones look like they are hundreds of years old, and only minor repairs have been made to the broken parts. But the new ones have no age at all. You can tell that there are
It’s probably the same path as Qingshui City!
"Uncle Xu, please explain to Lao Tian." Xu Guangling saw Tian Hao's confused look and said to Xu Tonghui.
After Xu Tonghui finished explaining, Xu Guangling smiled and said to him: "This is Annan County after all. Compared with it, Qingshui City is just a rural area. However, there are only twenty or thirty powerful forces here, which are more powerful than I imagined."
There are even less.”
"You don't have to worry about anything. The more power there is, the more complicated the situation will be. But really speaking, everyone will not act rashly, but will act in accordance with some agreed-upon rules. In this case, most of the time, on the contrary,
It will be calm."
Tian Hao seemed to be listening to a book from heaven.
Not only did he not understand these things, but he also felt extremely unbelievable when he said such words to the young master.
The young master looks like he is only about ten years old! Maybe not even ten years old!
In comparison, the young master looks like a wise man who has experienced the world, but he looks like a child who doesn't understand anything!
He is incredible.
But Xu Tonghui didn’t.
After what happened on the way from Qingshui City to Jiuqu City, no matter how the young master behaved, it was normal for him.
It's normal, isn't it?
But he was still a little worried. This high city wall seemed to contain countless ferocious beasts. "Master, even if it's calm most of the time, what I'm worried about is those few times!"
Xu Guangling smiled and didn't say much, but just said: "Okay, let's enter the city."