"Uncle Man, your mutton has been sold out so quickly?" Right at the gate of the city, a young man driving a medium-sized steam truck, waiting to enter the city, rolled down the window glass, stretched out his head, and faced a man sitting on the road. shouted the old man who had wrapped himself in a sheepskin coat and sheepskin hat on the bullock cart.
The two people seemed to be acquaintances, and they should live in the farms and villages near Youzhou City. Those farms and villages also fell under the jurisdiction of Youzhou City. Most of the population under the jurisdiction of Youzhou City lived in the surrounding area. among the rural areas.
"The Chinese New Year is coming soon. All my muttons were given to old customers and were sold out as soon as they arrived at the market, so I went back first!" The old man pulled down his sheepskin hat and breathed in the air-conditioning. He said, "Why are you alone today? Why didn't your brother come?"
"My brother has a lot of strength, and he hasn't stopped punching and kicking all these years. Last night, my uncle came back and said that the new archery institute in the town would recruit some archers. The salary is good, with a salary of more than ten gold coins a year. He will be successful in the future. Maybe I can still work as a pavilion director, so I asked my brother to try it. My brother went there before dawn today. If I'm lucky, I'll eat from the government. Today's cart of mushrooms and cabbage is from Manager Liu of Zhenweilou. I don’t need my brother’s help if I come to make an order. I can just take it to Zhenweilou, and the guys from Zhenweilou will help me unload the things!” said the young man in the car, seeing the car in front of him pass the inspection. One, and moved the steam truck he was driving forward.
"Hahahaha, I see you are quite diligent. Next year, Uncle Man will also be a matchmaker for you and find you a beautiful and capable wife!" The old man joked after saying this. The old man waved his hand, "Okay. Go quickly, if the delivery is late, Manager Liu's face will not look good!"
"Ah, then thank you, Uncle Man. Oh, Uncle Man, please take it easy on the road. I'll meet you for a drink when I come back!" The young man driving the truck looked beaming, stretched out his hand out of the window, and hit the old man. He said hello and drove into the city.
The old man driving the bullock cart took out a small metal flask from his arms and took a sip of wine. Then he drove the bullock cart out of the city.
When the young man drove his car into the city gate, Zhang Tie was on the pedestrian passage into the city next to the car, about to enter Youzhou City.
Zhang Tie was wearing a hooded fur cloak. The hood of the hooded fur cloak was pulled up, not only covering his head, but also basically covering his face and parts below the eyes. Zhang Tie, who is wearing a cloak, is not afraid of being recognized.
Soldiers at the city gate were checking whether the vehicles contained any prohibited items. However, most of the trucks entering the city are carrying vegetables, meat and other things. Whether there are any prohibited items can be seen at a glance, so the vehicles pass very quickly through the city gate. There are eight lanes in and out of the city, so it's not too crowded.
In the traffic flow, more than 80% of the vehicles are small and medium-sized steam trucks or tractors. Of course, there are also some animal-drawn vehicles. Except for the long-horned yak, which is the most common in Youzhou, the people pulling the animal-drawn cart are the same. There is also a tall and strong reindeer, and occasionally, you can even see one or two rhino horses pulling carts.
Seeing the rhinoceros-drawn cart, even the soldiers checking at the city gate couldn't help but take a second look to see if it was a military horse. The rhinoceros horses in the military horse farm had marks on them that ordinary people could not use. Horses will not be sold to ordinary people, but there are still some wild rhinoceros horses in the wilderness of Youzhou. Some of these wild rhinoceros horses and some of their newly born ponies will be sold by some local people in Youzhou. Capturing the rhinoceros horse is a life-threatening matter, but if you can catch it, you can show off.
Most of the rhinoceros horses captured from the wild will be sold to military horse farms for breeding, but there are also a few captured rhinoceros horses that will be kept by people. Most of the people who keep the rhinoceros horses are living in the wild.
Wilderness is also a profession that Zhang Tie only heard about after coming to Taixia Youzhou. This profession is a combination of pioneers, hunters, professional trappers and part-time herb collectors. If necessary, these people can come Drawing maps in the wild and exploring the terrain of uncultivated areas. In order to make a living, these people will occasionally act as hunters and go to the wild to hunt something to sell. But what they like to do most is to serve wealthy families and wealthy people. , go to the wild to capture some strange animals or pets designated by wealthy families and wealthy people. Alchemists are also customers of these people. For alchemists, in order to refine some special elixirs or medicines, they need some raw materials from animals and plants, and they often entrust the Wild Darts to do it. Even when a city is being built, these wild darts will be hired to take on the responsibility of driving away certain dangerous wild animals in the surrounding areas where the city is built.
It was precisely because he knew that the Wild Darts in Youzhou were very active that Zhang Tie asked his Thunder Falcons to go to Liaozhou.
"You are not allowed to enter the city with your face covered!" When Zhang Tie entered the city, a soldier checking at the pedestrian passage stopped him and said to him seriously.
Zhang Tie pulled down his hood and exposed his face.
Zhang Tie thought he would be recognized, but to his surprise, the soldier glanced at him twice, waved his hand, and let him in.
It turned out that he was being sentimental. Zhang Tie secretly laughed at himself, smiled, and then pulled up his hood again.
It wasn't until Zhang Tie walked into the city gate for half a minute that the soldier who was checking him suddenly remembered something, scratched his head inexplicably, and said to himself, "Hey, why did the young man feel like that just now?" The person looks familiar, but I really don’t know such a person, what’s going on!”
When Zhang Tie became famous in Youzhou City more than two months ago, many people saw his appearance in the mirage. However, the Zhang Tie observed in the mirage was different from the angle of the observer. The reason is that the angle of observation is within a conical range of 45 degrees from top to bottom, and it is impossible to have a very clear close-up of the front. Therefore, this soldier just felt that Zhang Tie's appearance seemed a bit familiar, but But he couldn't remember who Zhang Tie was.
Who would have thought that Yizhou Tingwei, who is known as the Tiger of Youzhou, would appear outside a city gate in Youzhou for no reason in such a weather, without even a single entourage around him, and he would walk in with a few steps. Arrive at Youzhou City.
Not far from entering the city gate, there is a lively trading market. Most of the vegetables and meat brought into the city from outside the city are sold here...
Although the day has just begun at this time, the trading market is already bustling with people, and there are voices of bargaining everywhere. The amount of dispute is just a few cents, or a few copper coins...
Listening to the lively voice, Zhang Tie didn't feel annoyed, only felt friendly.
Because when he was in Black Flame City, he often rode his family's tricycle to buy rice and grain in such markets...
Among the crowded crowd, a child squeezed towards Zhang Tie, bumped Zhang Tie, and then disappeared...
Zhang Tie smiled and watched the child quickly disappear into the crowd...
A small pickpocket in Youzhou City actually picked up Youzhou Tingwei. This is the most ridiculous thing in the world...
Of course, what’s more interesting is that when the little pickpocket stretched out his hand, Zhang Tie originally had nothing on him, but in that ten thousandth of a second, Zhang Tie’s spirit moved. He took out a wallet directly from the Black Iron Castle, put more than ten gold coins in the wallet, and then "stuffed" the wallet into the hands of the little pickpocket...
The little pickpocket thought he had succeeded, got the wallet, pinched it, and without looking back, disappeared into the crowd like a loach. He didn't know that the wallet was given to him by Zhang Tiesai, and what he didn't even know was that in that ten thousandth of a second, on his body, on the wallet, and on each gold coin in the wallet, Zhang Tie has been attached with a tracking touch.
Zhang Tie did this just for fun. Of course, since he has not been to Youzhou City for more than two months, he also wanted to take a look at the efficiency of Youzhou Tingwei Temple under his jurisdiction. By the way, the Chinese New Year is coming, and for Youzhou Contribute a little to the security of the city. The little pickpocket is still young. If we find an opportunity to pull him out at this time, it is not too late, and he can take the right path in the future.
Zhang Tie didn't take this matter to heart...