Chapter 24
With this long-term transaction, Xu Yi will receive 800 cash in his account every five days. After excluding the cost, he can still have about 300 cash left. As long as they don't spend money indiscriminately, the money will be enough for him and Xiao Huang's daily expenses.
He is steadily gaining a foothold in Yanting County.
In the next few days, Xu Yi will gradually increase the training time when practicing boxing. Considering that this body is still developing, although he is now over 1.76 meters tall, it is quite different from what he was before.
He didn't dare to train too much and hurt his muscles and bones, so after adding an hour and a half, he stopped increasing the duration and reserved his strength for climbing mountains and collecting herbs.
Although he had been to Yilu Mountain and Jin'e Mountain, he had not explored the depths. The handlebars driving the ox cart told him that there were wild boars inside, which often came down the mountain to cause trouble and destroy farmland. They were so vicious that he advised him to He couldn't go alone.
"Only a hunter who often goes up the mountain can fight with that wild boar. Little Langjun, you are not strong enough. It can hit you seriously and hurt you as soon as it rushes over."
The person traveling with him agreed, talking about what he had heard. Gossip from the past: "The year before last, a farmer went up the mountain to cut firewood, but he was unlucky and met a wild boar, which was only one, and almost killed him. Although he was saved a life later, he was lame. My legs can't even do the work in the fields. "
Is it really that terrible?" another person exclaimed.
"No, my cousin's third uncle's son was there at the time. He said he had shed a lot of blood. The blood went all the way from the mountain to the village and couldn't be healed even if it rained!"
Xu Yi blinked: " ..."
The man paused and asked teasingly: "Xiao Langjun, do you still want to go?"
Xu Yi was silent for a while and nodded: "There are many dangers and opportunities, maybe I can dig it. What precious medicinal materials?”
“!” Why didn’t this man listen?
Others wanted to say something, but looking at Xu Yi's calm and composed demeanor, they subconsciously swallowed back the words that came to their mouths.
You are young, frivolous, and reckless. If you don't listen to everything you say, you will definitely suffer in the future.
Everyone fell silent, and Xu Yi's ears became quieter. He looked at the approaching mountains and took a deep breath.
To him, maybe the beasts on the mountain would be less dangerous.
In the early Northern Song Dynasty, there was a period of stability and peace after the country was just settled. For example, Tongchuan Prefecture, which belongs to Yanting County, has good weather and lives in peace and contentment. But it doesn’t mean that the vast land of the Northern Song Dynasty is full of such peaceful scenes. Further to the west, there is Jianmen Pass, which is known as the “difficult road to Shu”. Many homeless people and ethnic minorities come here year after year. Violate.
In the northwest, there is also Xixia, which has strong military preparedness and has always been eyeing it. Unlike the Northern Song Dynasty, which emphasized culture over military affairs, their important political strategies are all opposite, which shows that Xixia has huge ambitions and is not a good thing. What's more, there are still Liao and Jin, which almost form a tripod with the Northern Song Dynasty and the later Southern Song Dynasty.
And they harassed the people on the border from time to time, and the people there suffered greatly, especially in the northwest region where the land was dry and droughts often occurred. The common people lived a difficult life in which water and fire were incompatible.
Xu Yi was very glad that he came from Yanting County. At the same time, he was always vigilant and could not take things lightly in this era.
When practicing boxing and martial arts, of course one needs to find opportunities to verify the results of his training.
...
The ox cart slowly arrived at the foot of Yilu Mountain.
People in the car got off one after another, said goodbye to the handlebars, and separated.
Xu Yi, carrying a huge bamboo basket on his back, was particularly conspicuous as he walked on the quiet path. Today, he specially brought the machete he bought from the blacksmith shop.
This machete that I spent a lot of money to buy is quite sharp. When I swing it, I can easily cut the weeds and small shrubs in front of me in half.
With it, Xu Yi climbed up the mountain faster.
His main goal when he came to Yilu Mountain was Chinese medicinal materials. After climbing only half of the way, Xu Yi started to stop and go.
Once the bamboo basket was half filled, he no longer paid attention to the ordinary medicinal materials.
People traveling with me said they wanted to try their luck to find precious medicinal materials. It was not just talk. If you want to save money as soon as possible, relying on ordinary medicinal materials alone is not enough.
After walking for about a quarter of an hour, Xu Yi changed direction, no longer climbing up, but walked towards the mountains behind.
The dense shrubbery is quiet and secluded, with insects chirping and birds chirping from time to time, as well as the subtle sounds of small animals stepping on the branches.
"Sususu."
"Sususu."
Xu Yimeichuan frowned slightly and tipped the machete in his hand warily.
Suddenly he raised his head and looked towards the crown of a tree, and saw two jumping monkeys.
Xu Yi was looking at them, and they were also nervously looking at the humans who suddenly broke in here.
Because there were wild boars in the mountains, few people came in a long time ago. Except for Orion, there is no one else who would risk his life to go into the mountains.
This man was different from those he had seen before. There was a large round bamboo basket behind him, and he was wearing a short brown suit of rough linen for easy movement. There were cloth strips tied around his feet, and the loose trouser legs were tied tightly.
He didn't carry a bow or a straw, and he held a dark iron knife in his hand.
When he looked up, his slightly delicate cheeks were sharp, and a pair of black eyes flashed with a chilling air.
The monkey on the tree seemed to be frightened, chirping and running away with its companions.
Xu Yi let out a little breath, regained his sudden aura, and returned to his usual gentleness and composure.
A trace of sticky sweat oozed from the palm of his hand...
After walking for a while, Xu Yi sniffed the smell in the air. In the bushes, the smell of corrosion was particularly strong. In this smell, he still smelled a quiet scent. Sweet honey aroma.
It's a familiar scent.
It looks like agarwood, but not like ordinary agarwood!
Xu Yi suddenly became energetic. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" compiled by Kou Zongxi of the Song Dynasty recorded: "Agarwood is found in all counties in Lingnan, especially in Pinghai prefectures." Therefore, this agarwood is mainly distributed in the Lingnan region in our country. , Yunnan, Hong Kong, etc.
In Sichuan, there are records of wild agarwood in Mengding Mountain, but I have never heard of wild agarwood in Yanting County. [Note 1]
Xu Yi was slightly excited. The agarwood that people often refer to is actually the secretion produced by agarwood after it is injured, insect infested, or diseased. It takes a long time to settle before it can emit its aroma.
Xu Yi could smell such a clear fragrance, which either proved that the agarwood on the tree was of the highest quality, or that it was the flowers blooming on the agarwood tree.
Agarwood trees bloom in March and bear fruit in May and June. Its fragrance is not like this, it is more light, so this fragrance cannot be emitted by flowers.
Xu Yi cast his gaze on the dense tree crowns around him, exploring the path while searching.
After a while, he finally saw the agarwood tree with many wooden lumps!
The trunk of this agarwood tree, which has experienced years of wind, frost, rain and snow, is tens of centimeters thick. There is a thick and extremely dense layer of agarwood deposited on the corroded bark. The quantity is not large, which shows that the agarwood on it is of high quality. How high.
Xu Yi doesn't play with incense, but he plays with medicine. The quality of the agarwood used for medicine is usually average. Among the many agarwood he has seen, none is as good as today.
Although I don’t know the grade, it must be top quality.
Xu Yi thought about how to remove the agarwood on it so as not to harm this agarwood tree that might be older than him.
He put the machete back into the bamboo basket, unloaded it and placed it on the ground. Then, close to the incense door, he used the tip of the sickle to carefully follow the position of the incense door and scrape off the agarwood on it.
This piece of agarwood weighed two kilograms, and it was not easy to achieve this weight. He carefully put it into the bamboo basket, and then continued to choose another fragrant door...
He took three pieces from the tree in succession. Xu Yi saw that there were still many on the trunk, pursed his lips and did not continue.
Finding so much agarwood at one time is unsettling in your hands, and selling it will easily arouse greed in others. As long as this agarwood tree is still here, he will come again.
Thinking of this, the reluctance in Xu Yi's heart also dissipated.
At this moment, a rustling sound came from behind Xu Yi. He turned around suddenly, and a brown-gray figure rushed towards him.
Xu Yi's eyes flashed, and he quickly stepped away to the side. After narrowly avoiding it, he held the sickle in his hand in front of him.