Wear It with Space

Such things were too common for Shen Ling, so she had forgotten about it.

In the early morning of the next day, everyone was going to continue to set off, but when they had breakfast, the sky began to rain slightly. I thought that the rain at the end of spring would not stop like summer, but after breakfast, the drizzle turned into moderate rain, and it didn't mean to stop at all.

The butler frowned and looked at the pattered rain curtain outside the hall, "Miss, although the rain is not heavy, but I am afraid that the path is muddy and it will be troublesome for the carriage to get stuck in."

Shen Ling nodded and said, "Then wait until Yuqing is clear before leaving."

This wait lasted for several days. Due to the continuous rainy days, many businessmen who wandered north and south lived in the inn. They were idle in the hall and talked about the latest situation.

In particular, I mentioned a rebel army recently active in the nearby area. The leader turned out to be an ordinary farmer. Because his hometown was hit by a drought and could not bear the exorbitant taxes and taxes, he rose up, and his men gathered a thousand people. Because these people came from farmers, they quickly gained support from local farmers. With their help, this group of people robbed those rich and unkind big families, and the team grew a little bit.

Several businessmen were talking lively there, but the housekeeper was worried when he heard it. He looked at the door of the inn from time to time, and didn't know when his lady would be back.

It turned out that after Shen Ling stayed in the inn for two days, she felt bored and took Qiu He out to go out to relieve her boredom.

Although the town where they settled is not as prosperous as the county where Gu's family was before, there is also a small place where there is liveliness, and the cloth village restaurant, jewelry shop and spice shop have everything.

Shen Ling strolled around, but there was not much eye-catching. She was about to go home, but Qiu He pulled her sleeves down, "Miss, look there."

Shen Ling looked in the direction that Qiu He was pointing, and saw a man at the door of a drug store driving a mother and her son. He was still screaming, probably meaning that he owed them the drug store and did not return the money, but he came to see the doctor.

Shen Ling glanced at Qiu He. Although she didn't plead for the mother and son, there was a look of intolerance on her face.

The guy drove the mother and son out all the way before returning to the drugstore. The evicted woman was standing in the rain with her child in her arms, looked at the medicine shop with tearful eyes, and then walked back with tears in her eyes. Just before he left a few words, he was stopped by a pair of masters and servants.

The maid in the aqua-green dress held an oiled paper umbrella and asked in a very kind manner: "The eldest sister, is there anyone who specializes in pulping laundry nearby?"

The woman was taken aback for a moment, "Do you want laundry?"

The maid nodded and said, "We passed by here a few days ago, and we were stranded in the inn because of the rain. We simply took advantage of this time to wash the accumulated dirty clothes."

After hearing what she said, the woman said: "It's a coincidence that I do this for a living. I just don't know how much laundry you want to wash?"

The maid smiled and said, "That would be great. There are more than forty people in our party, and there are about a hundred clothes to be washed." She spoke and took out a piece of silver from her purse. You take the money first. When you come to the Yue Inn tomorrow, just say to find a guest named Gu, and someone will give you the clothes."

The woman couldn't wait, but thinking of her husband who was sick at home, she couldn't help but cheeked and picked it up, "Thank you, this little lady, I must look for you at the inn tomorrow."

Qiu He smiled and saw that the mother and the son didn't even have a rain gear to cover the rain, so he handed over his umbrella, or let the woman accept it.

Seeing that woman walk away, Qiu He returned to Shen Ling, "Miss, how do you know that woman is doing laundry for a living?"

Shen Ling said indifferently: "The woman is only twenty or so, but her hands are red and swollen, mostly because of too much laundry in the winter. Although we are kind to help others, but for no reason, how do other people know we are? To be kind is to take the opportunity to murder others, so we might as well pay her to help us. On the one hand, it can solve her urgent need, and on the other hand, it really saves us a lot of effort. Isn’t it the best of both worlds."

Besides, after the woman took the broken silver, she went to another drug store and asked a doctor to treat her husband.

That person was no one else, but Su Mozhi, a weak scholar whom Shen Ling had seen before.

In the past six months, due to the unstable current situation, Su Mozhi's private school enrolled fewer and fewer students, and received fewer and fewer students. A family of three lives by his wife Liu's laundry.

However, there were unpredictable circumstances. A few days ago, when Liu was washing the clothes, he accidentally washed a piece of clothing. Because the clothes were made of silk, Liu lost a lot of money and almost folded the family back in.

Seeing that there was no more rice to eat at home, Su Mozhi gritted his teeth for a few days when he borrowed money to no avail, and carried rice bags to the rice shop.

It's just that he wasn't born in coolies after all, and he was exhausted before working for a few days.

Liu had no choice but to go to the drugstore to ask for a doctor, and this was what Shen Ling had seen.

After the doctor showed him to Su Mozhi, he prescribed two medications, only to recuperate for a few days. Liu was relieved, sent the doctor out, and used the remaining money to buy some firewood.

When Su Mozhi woke up, Liu had already cooked the medicine, and there was a bowl of boiled rice porridge beside the bed.

Seeing him wake up, Liu helped him up. Su Mozhi asked after understanding what happened, he sighed for a long time, “I was persuaded to throw away my books and become a treasurer or a clerk. I’m not happy yet. I think they underestimated me. Now I even support my wife. I don't have any abilities, I know that I was wrong before." He said here, and couldn't help but drip a few tears.

Liu Shi was saddened by what he said, and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve.

Su Mozhi wiped his tears, and his spirit suddenly lifted, "I can see it now. In troubled times, no matter how good a book is, there is no use. It is better to rely on a force and be an adviser than to open a library and teach. He paused and said, "Didn't you say that your second brother-in-law is now in the rebel army? Can you reach them?"

When Liu heard him talk about it, he hurriedly got up and closed the doors and windows, and whispered: "You ask what this means, do you want to take refuge in them?"

Su Mozhi nodded: "I figured it out. Rather than borrow money to survive, I might as well go out and make a fortune." In addition to studying, he has also read a few books of Romance, and now the rebels have risen all over the world, it is the general of the world. A sign of chaos, instead of being trapped at home, it is better to take refuge in one party early.

Liu did not think as much, but he was worried that once he joined the rebels in the future, he was afraid that there would be no good end. But she has always obeyed her husband. Since her husband has made a decision, she is not good at objecting, so she plans to wait a few days for her husband to recover from his illness and go to the country.

The next day, Liu came to the inn to pick up his clothes, and went back to hurry up and wash his clothes without going into details.

After the clothes were washed, the drizzle stopped for a few days, and it caught up with a sunny day.

After the clothes were dry, Liu carefully folded them and wrapped them in a bag and went to the inn. After Qiu He looked at the clothes, he gave her another piece of silver, which was regarded as the cost of washing.

With this money, Liu's hands were much more relaxed, and within a few days he brought some things back to her family's home.

Her family is located in the countryside, and a few dozen miles to the north is Meishan, which stretches for hundreds of miles. I heard that the group of rebels was stationed in the deepest part of Meishan.

After Liu conveyed Su Mozhi's meaning to his mother, he went back to town. Su Mozhi's illness was just right, and Liu was a little worried about him and the children at home.

When Liu hurried home, Shen Ling and his party were also on the way.

Although it has been sunny for a few days, the road is still a bit muddy, so the carriage is not moving fast.

Sitting in the carriage, Shen Ling felt a little irritable for no reason. There is too little spiritual energy in this world, and her physical aptitude is too poor. In short, she has entered the Qi training period for so many days, but the true energy in her dantian is pitiful, and it has hardly grown.

If these infuriating qi were used to deal with thirty or fifty people, it would be okay, but as the number of people increased, she would expose the flaws of her inability to succeed.

It seems that only through taking pills can increase one's own cultivation. Although taking a pill to improve cultivation might leave a lot of hidden dangers to the body, Shen Ling couldn't take care of that much. She glanced at the cultivation supplies in the space storeroom with her mind. The pill that she used during the Qi training period was not too much, but it was enough for a while.

It's better to increase the cultivation level as soon as possible, so that in the future, whether it is to defend against enemies or refine alchemy, it will be much more convenient.

When Shen Ling seized the time to improve his cultivation, the group of them finally arrived at the other village in Meishan after a long journey for several days.

It was just that the group had just arrived in Biezhuang, before they had time to catch their breath, there were two more feather arrows on the gate of Biezhuang, with a letter attached to them.

The Lu Guan who was guarding Biezhuang handed the letter to Shen Ling, bowed his eyebrows and said, "Those rebels have come to borrow food again."

Shen Ling opened the envelope, the handwriting on it was not very good, it was barely neat, but the tone was very arrogant, and it cost 500 catties of grain to open his mouth.

Shen Ling frowned slightly. She didn't expect that she thought she would stay away from the war when she arrived at Meishan, but she didn't expect to arrive at the door of the Thieves' Nest.

"Listen to what you mean, did they borrow food before?"

Manager Lu lowered his head: "Yes, I borrowed it twice before."

Shen Ling said, "Apart from the other village, have they ever borrowed grain from another house?"

Guan Shi thought for a while and said, "Except for Biezhuang, as long as there are people with money and food nearby, they have borrowed it."

"Are there anyone who doesn't lend them food?"

Manager Lu said carefully: "The Qiu family, the most powerful in this area, has never loaned them grain, but the fortress built by the Qiu family is so strong that it is not comparable to our Bezhuang."

"How much grain is left in Biezhuang?" Shen Ling asked.

Guan Shi said, "There are still dozens of stones of wheat, more than a dozen stones of rice, and more than 100 stones of coarse grains."

Shen Ling calculated roughly, one stone is equal to about 120 kilograms of grain. It seems that Bie Zhuang has saved a lot of grain over the years.

"Since this is the case, take five hundred catties of coarse grains for them." Shen Ling ordered, and first comforted those people before speaking.

Manager Lu responded and went to arrange food matters.

Shen Ling rested for a while, and when the manager Lu came to report back after finishing the work, he asked him how many acres of land there are in the vicinity of Biezhuang and how many tenants there are.

Guan Shi said: "There are more than 1,000 acres of land near Biezhuang, with a total of 200 tenant households."

Shen Ling pondered: "About how many young and strong laborers can there be in the two hundred households?"

Manager Lu bowed his head and calculated, "There are about three hundred people."

There were three hundred people, Shen Ling's index finger tapped on the table, plus those bandits, there were more than three hundred people, which should be enough.

"If you tell me to go down, say that Biezhuang is going to build a fortress. Each young man can earn 20 cents a day for his hard work, and he has three meals a day. In addition, if the construction is completed within two months, I will give each one a reward. Hundreds of money."

The fort that Shen Ling wants to build is not an ordinary fortress, but a fortress with formations inside.

Her current cultivation base is not at the first level of Qi training period, the true Qi in her body cannot support the operation of the defensive formation, and she is unwilling to waste spirit stones, so she came up with such a method. When building the fortress, use the gossip position and some simple formations to make the fortress stronger.