Cultivation of Immortals Begins with Drilling Wood To Make Fire

  Chapter 285 [Sword Immortal in Shu]

  The climate in Sichuan is humid, and the vegetation on both sides of the road is dense.

  There is a flat road in front, and the two sides are slightly wider. Some people set up a shed with thatch and big bamboo, sell some big bowls of tea, and set up a few benches and small tables for pedestrians to rest.

  The charge here is not expensive. A bowl of tea only costs one yuan. If you pay two, you can refill the bowl indefinitely.

And those who spend a lot of money can buy here the tea that the store picks and frys by itself—twenty yuan a catty, which is cheap, large in quantity, and tastes good—the tea in the tea shed and the raw materials for making tea eggs are all made of of this tea.

   Come down from the plank road in front and pass a small town.

  Many business travelers have already sold a batch of goods in that small town and returned some of their capital. Since the road to Shu is difficult to get across, such a transaction can earn a lot, and the expected income is good, which makes the business travelers very interested, and often spends a few more coins to buy one or two eggs to eat.

  Fang Chang also followed the crowd and sat in the tea shed.

  He has always been well-off, so he ordered two tea eggs in addition to a bowl of tea, and slowly peeled and ate them while listening to the chatter of the people around him.

  In the large coarse porcelain bowl, the store grows and collects the fried tea itself. It is slightly bitter and tastes not very good, but it is better than fresh, because the tea in previous years was only used to boil eggs. The shape and color of the tea eggs are different, and the size is also slightly different, because they are purchased from the village, and there are differences in the breed and feeding of chickens.

  There are a lot of people sitting next to it, because this is still an important traffic road, not only to Guanzhong, but also pedestrians and business travelers to other towns behind, all pass through here.

  Due to geographical barriers, the accents of Shu and other places are not small, so the difference between the people of Shu and those who came from Shu Road can be easily heard. But when everyone meets, it is fate, and sitting around is boring, so they talk to each other enthusiastically regardless of whether they know the people around them well.

  It was close to noon, and some people took out dry food from the package and soaked it in hot tea to eat. Those who were more affluent would buy two tea eggs as a dish - after all, there was salt in it.

"Bashu is a good place." A pedestrian with two bundles crossed over his body took two gulps from a tea bowl, and then wiped his mouth with his sleeve: "Don't look at the mountainous road here, but if you go further inside If you walk a hundred miles, you can see the best land in Sichuan.

"The farmland is vast, and floods and droughts are up to people. As long as a family of three has five acres of land, one season of farming can produce enough food for two seasons. Now that the world is full of chaos, it seems that central Sichuan is a rare and quiet place. At least there is plenty of food here. , everyone can eat enough."

   "And there is no shortage of Yanchi tea farms here. There are many fish in the water, many fruits on the mountain, and there is a state capital that is good at sericulture on the east side. There is no shortage of food and clothing. Good place, really good place..."

  A man from Shu heard the meaning of his words and asked curiously:

   "According to what this elder brother said, the world outside is very unstable now? What's going on?"

  The communication between Shu and the outside world has always been poor. When things from the Central Plains spread to Shu, there is often a big delay. In addition, the life here is comfortable, so people have little energy to pay attention to outside affairs. Even if there is a big news, it has lost its timeliness.

   Hearing someone talk, this person instantly became energetic.

   "That's not it!"

  He hurriedly put down the teacup he was carrying, gestured and said:

   "Let me tell you, if you can hide in Shu, you can hide in Shu now. The signs of troubled times outside are already clear. Fortunately, Shu is a safe place, and it is still safe."

"The emperor is still fatuous and ignores government affairs, but any order will lead to complaints from the people, and he will be harsh on the officials. He will be exiled and exiled into the army at every turn. Even the big households in the local area will often suffer from expropriation. And the imperial examinations have also been punished. , Whether it is from a humble family or a high-ranking student, there is nowhere for the outstanding students who have graduated from school to go."

"There are more than a dozen anti-kings who have occupied the territory and are well-known. Many of them are local prefects who led the army to rebel and then attacked each other. The rest of the rogues and grass bandits are countless. Thieves Passage is like a comb, soldiers pass like a grate, where there is chaos, the people suffer unspeakably."

  People who came through Shu Road from outside shook their heads and sighed.

  Those with a Bashu accent all became concerned, asking each other for details, and occasionally shaking their heads and sighing together.

  For a while, there was a heated chat in the tea shed, and Fang Chang also heard a lot of news from them.

  However, it is easy for human beings to stay in the same line when chatting, and if a group of people chat, the topic is easy to deviate. Soon, the topic of discussion in the tea shed turned into asking about occupations. Then, the people of Shu began to recommend the beautiful scenery of Shu to the outsiders next to them.

A young man boasted: "When you come to our Shu land, you must visit the fairy mountains. I have heard that there are many sword immortals here since I was a child. Although few people have seen it, it may not be without reason. Maybe you will be attracted by the sword fairy. , dragged up the mountain and accepted as an apprentice."

But the old man from Shu who was walking with him next to him said, "Shut up quickly, you are just fooling people, people everywhere say that there is a sword fairy here, but has anyone really seen it? No one has seen it. And all of them have A person with a family is dragged up to the mountain to become an apprentice, what should the family do, starve to death?"

  Beside him, a businessman who has traveled between Shu and Guanzhong all the year round said with a smile:

   "This kind of thing is better to be believed than not to be believed. And not long ago, in the small town called Sanjia Village outside Shuguan, it was said that a sword fairy appeared and killed two monsters."

   "I heard that the corpses dug out from the monsters' strongholds can be piled up into hills, all of which are extremely miserable, and the ogre monsters only eat the left leg, and don't want it elsewhere."

  In an instant, the attention of the people in the tea shed was attracted.

  The crowd listened to him narrate a lot, the strange talks and rumors they heard from all over the world, as well as various strange things and rumors that happened in the world. There was chaos everywhere, and this kind of thing happened quite a lot. After being artistically processed by the narrators from all over the place, it added a lot of attractive interest, and everyone listened with great interest.

  Many people have an appetite because of this, and they add an extra penny to the store and add a few bowls of tea.

  Some people also want to serve two tea eggs, taking advantage of the interest to eat.

  Fang Chang also smiled when he heard it, but he didn't say anything, he just stayed in the corner and listened, and no one noticed him for a while.

   After the rest, everyone continued on their way in the afternoon, and went north and south according to the direction of the destination.

  There are many bamboo forests in Shu, and roads pass through them from time to time.

  The bamboo forests on both sides extend to the sky and connect above the road, forming a green corridor. Passing through it, it is shaded and comfortable. There are many birds flying around, singing bursts.

  Someone who knew the way said: "It's still easy to walk here, and in ten miles, we will go on the plank road again."

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  (end of this chapter)