"This is..."
"My name is Xiao Jin, and this is my wife." Xiao Jin said.
Su Ying felt that he just introduced himself, so the sentence after that seemed a bit redundant?
"Xiao Jin..." Murong De's gray brows knitted together, and a look of realization appeared in his eyes, "I didn't expect to meet His Royal Highness the King of Qi from Chu here."
“It’s not been that long ago.”
Murong De did not ask the reason in detail. If a prince of a country came to the northern wilderness, he could only be exiled. If a prince was exiled, it must be no small crime. There was no need for him to ask in detail and offend others.
"If you don't mind, please come sit down for a while."
Su Ying wanted to learn about the situation in the West District from him, so she did not refuse.
Murong De's house is not here, but at an intersection behind the tavern. It is a wooden house that looks relatively clean.
Murong De invited them in.
The wooden house is simply decorated, with just a main room and a bedroom, and only tables, chairs and cabinets inside.
"My house is simple, please don't despise it."
"Having come to this damn place, it's enough to have a room like this from Uncle Murong."
Murong De took a few clean porcelain bowls and poured water for them.
"Yes, it took me a lot of effort to get a house like this one." Murong De slowly told them about his experience.
He was also exiled from the Southern Country. According to the time conversion, he was a few months younger than them when he arrived.
"I had just arrived and it was difficult to stay anywhere else, so I was brought here. There used to be a restaurant here called Chenfeng, and they said that all newcomers could eat meat. Someone took me there, but I saw that the meat was not good, so I didn't eat it and made an excuse to leave."
"Oh? Uncle Murong also found something wrong with the meat?"
Murong De nodded. "I've been a chef for so many years, I've seen all kinds of meat. At first glance, that meat looks like beef, but if you look closely, you can see that it's actually human flesh. I don't eat that stuff."
"That's right."
"Later, the Dust Wind Restaurant suddenly collapsed, and all those weird people in the West District were arrested and disappeared. The West District became a little more stable, but this place has been eroded by those people for many years, and it is rotten to the core. Those who are capable and smart have already run away, and the rest are useless and are just waiting to die."
"Why don't you leave, uncle?"
"Me?" Murong De shook his head. "I am alone and helpless. What does it matter whether I live or die?"
Su Ying disagreed with this and said, "There will always be a meaning for a person's existence. There is no need to be so pessimistic."
Murong De smiled and looked at He Shouyi, "It is indeed a great honor to see my old friend again before I die."
"You old man, when did you become a depressed old man? Madam brought us here today to get rid of the maggots attached to the bones in the West District. Even if we are in the Northern Wasteland, we must live well."
"That's right." Su Ying took out a large bottle of potion from her body. "This medicine can completely cure those people's illnesses. It is colorless and tasteless and can be dissolved in any liquid. Only ten drops are needed for each jar of wine. I hope Uncle Murong can let those people drink this medicine."
Murong De looked at the medicine bottle on the table with some surprise. Seeing the determination in Su Ying's eyes, he really believed that what she said yesterday was not a joke.
"Madam, you have to think carefully. Even if these people are healthy, they still may not be able to get up."
"If you can't help it up, throw it away. The Tiger Camp doesn't need this kind of trash."
Murong De looked at the determination in Su Ying's eyes and laughed, "Okay, I'll put the medicine in the wine and let those drunkards drink it."
"Each sick person can only have one cup at most. If we are short of manpower, let Uncle He stay and help you."
He Shouyi wanted to refuse, as he had a whole family at home waiting for him to have dinner.
Su Ying said, "Don't worry, uncle. Mother Zhao and the others are here."
He Shouyi thought about it and didn't refuse. After all, he also wanted to reminisce with his old friend. "Okay, Madam, don't worry. I will definitely take care of this matter."
"good."
Su Ying said a few more words to Uncle He, then left the West District with Xiao Jin.
In the next few days, He Shouyi and Murong De brewed wine day and night. Fortunately, Murong De had some stock, otherwise it would not be enough.
In order to allow those sick people to drink medicinal wine, Murong De simply lowered the price to only one copper coin for a Gu, but each person was limited to one portion, and he would not sell more than that. For a while, the outside of the wine shop was crowded with people.
In order to avoid conflict, Xiao Jin brought people to maintain order the next day.
"Jiang Yang, take a team to do the household registration." That is to record how many people are in each household, so as to count the population of the entire West District. After all, no one can answer how many people there are in the West District so far.
Xiao Jin spent three days assisting Murong De and his team in distributing all the medicines, ensuring that everyone with health problems had taken the medicine.
Jiang Yang also took people to count the number of people in the west district. There were about three thousand people in total, half of whom were adult men, less than three hundred were children, and the rest were women.
These days, Chu Yun temporarily suspended classes for the children and began to concentrate on writing down the contents of the laws that he remembered.
Su Ying sat aside and looked at the laws written by Chu Yun. According to the situation of that era, they were basically very reasonable. If she thought there were some things that were wrong, she would discuss them with Chu Yun and finally decide whether to make changes.
After Chu Yun filled another page of paper, he was so tired that he put down his pen and turned his elbows. He looked at Su Ying who was sitting next to him and said, "What's the use of just having rules? If those people can't even fill their stomachs, they will do something that violates the rules even if they risk their lives."
Su Ying frowned when she heard this. This was also the question she had been thinking about these days.
If she wanted to put this place in order, she would have to make them willing to obey. Although her fists were strong enough to suppress them, this was not a long-term solution.
"What's your idea?"
Chu Yun sometimes admired Su Ying. Generally speaking, people like her who had strong abilities would find it difficult to listen to other people's opinions. But he found that she had a good point. As long as it was a field she was not good at, she would actively listen to other people's suggestions.
"Based on human nature, apart from a very small number of people, most people want to live a stable life."
"yes."
"Before, when the three countries were still opening their ports, we could still find a way to sell some things in exchange for the things we wanted, but now that the three countries are closed, we have no hope of circulation. For now, all we can do is circulate internally."
"Go on."
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