Zhou Dashan stumbled over, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, shouting, "Thank you for saving my life, benefactor. I am Zhou Dashan, the village chief of Zhoujia Village."
"I saw the notice from Beihuang City and brought the villagers here to make a living. My family is short of water this year and there is really no way to survive."
Jiang Sheng stretched out his hand, trying to help the man up.
Yang Er stepped forward and looked at him warily: "My master asked you to stand up and speak slowly. There is no need to kneel down all the time. He also asked the villagers to leave quickly."
Zhou Dashan nodded repeatedly upon hearing this and shouted, "Fellow villagers, pack up your things and let's follow our benefactor."
“…?”
"Sir, it's inappropriate to take them to our camp. They should go somewhere else. In case..."
He was thinking, what if there was an assassin who hurt the young master? Before coming, the princess said that if anything happened to the third young master, they would commit suicide.
Jiang Sheng raised his hand to signal him to stop talking, and said softly, "Everyone, pack up your things and follow me. You can prepare the wolf meat and take it with you on the road."
Zhou Dashan was surprised and said, "My benefactor, you don't want the wolf meat. It's all meat, lots of meat."
"Well, I don't want it. I'll give it all to you. Hurry up and cut up the meat and take it away. You can cook it and eat it on the way. If you work hard in Beihuang City, you won't lack food."
When the villagers heard this, their eyes lit up. Meat, that was all meat. They had suffered so much along the way.
After kneeling down, they stood up and took knives to cut the meat. Soon the meat of more than a dozen wolves was cut and put in backpacks to be taken away.
Jiang Sheng led the people to the river, pointed to the woods, and said softly, "There's a lot of dry firewood over there. If you want to cook jerky, you can go there and pick it up."
Zhou Dashan nodded repeatedly, and after arranging things, he came close to him and spoke cautiously.
"Did the benefactor come from Beihuang City?"
A murderous aura approached, and Zhou Dashan waved his hands repeatedly: "I have no other intentions, nor do I want to find out anything about my benefactor. I just want to ask if the notice from Beihuang City is true."
"To be honest, the entire Zhoujia Village has come this time. We are going all out. If there is no way out in Beihuang City, we will have no other choice but to die."
Jiang Sheng glanced at Yang Er. This assassin was a bit stubborn. He looked at everyone with murderous intent and wanted to kill them.
Yang Er received the gaze and quickly lowered his head without saying a word.
"Don't worry, Village Chief Zhou. I just came from Northern Wasteland City. Life there is indeed good. I'm just a refugee, so I won't be able to become a citizen of Northern Wasteland for a while."
"Generally speaking, you have to make meritorious contributions and accumulate work points to redeem the status of a Northern Wilderness citizen. Of course, you don't have to worry about accommodation and food, as they are all provided. However, if you want to buy a place, you need to redeem it..."
After hearing these words, the people of Zhoujia Village were dumbfounded.
Zhou Dashan murmured, "What the benefactor meant is that after we arrive in Beihuang City, we will be given a house to live in, and when we earn enough work points, we can buy a house."
"No, it doesn't cost money, just work points. Can I get a house in exchange?"
Jiang Sheng nodded and said affirmatively, "Yes, but the work points required are a bit high, about 100,000. If converted into work, it will take about two years."
"Two years... two years to own a house, my God, this is too good to be true."
"Yes, our trip was not in vain."
Zhou Dashan glanced at the others and called out, "Aunt Wang, look who's injured. Hurry and treat their wounds. Cook the wolf meat and take it with you."
"Starting tomorrow, let's hurry to Beihuang City. There will definitely be more people going there later. What will we do if we can't get a house then?"
The villagers nodded repeatedly and echoed, "Yes, we will listen to the village chief. Thank you for telling us so much."
Jiang Sheng waved his hand and returned to the previous camp to rest.
The next morning, the two teams parted ways, and the villagers of Zhoujia Village supported each other and walked towards Beihuang City.
*
Several horses galloped past and soon arrived at Ping'an Town.
Jiang Sheng entered the guest room, ordered hot water and started taking a shower. He felt relaxed all over. After washing up, he went downstairs to buy some things. He bought a lot of dried meat and pastries.
While no one was paying attention, I threw it directly into the space and started wandering around the town...
There was a noise coming from not far away. Jiang Sheng walked over and saw a girl being pushed to the ground. She was glaring at the others, and her pretty and delicate face was puffy with anger.
The stall owner yelled, "Your eyes are brown. You're from Beixia and must be a spy. Come on, find the officials and arrest him."
"What good things can there be in an empire ruled by a mere woman? She's so beautiful, there's no way she's not a spy."
Bei Yueli slowly stood up and hurriedly put on her veil as she saw more and more people gathered. She was so angry that she trembled when she heard this. No wonder the Queen Mother told her not to come out.
These despicable people actually dared to slander her like this. If she hadn't sneaked out, she wouldn't have been humiliated like this.
"presumptuous!"
"You're just a mere merchant. Who gave you the guts to actually speak to me like this? I just owe you a few companions, and the hairpins aren't enough to pay off the debt."
After saying this, she threw away a hairpin and turned to leave.
The merchant was unwilling to let her go and said stubbornly, "I don't care. Who wants your silver? Just let the government arrest you. The reward will be even greater than this."
As he spoke, his eyes were full of greed, and his gaze wandered over her. The prefect was most fond of women from other races.
If his brother-in-law hadn't mentioned it, he wouldn't have been able to seize this opportunity.
Jiang Sheng narrowed his eyes upon seeing this, and quickly stepped forward to block the person behind him. He had a smile on his face, but his eyes were indifferent: "Stop, how much silver does she owe you?"
The merchant's eyes rolled around as he said, "Give me one tael of silver and you can leave. If you don't, you can't leave."
Humph, he just didn't believe that anyone would be willing to pay for this foreign woman...
With a snap, the silver was thrown on the table with a crisp sound. The merchant was stunned for a moment, but before he could come to his senses, Jiang Sheng had already walked away with his men.
In the alley, Bei Yueli looked at him with clear eyes and made an awkward bow: "Thank you very much, sir. My purse was stolen, but this hairpin can pay off the debt."
Jiang Sheng waved his hand and said softly, "Young lady, you are from Beixia. Why did you come to Beihuang? Don't you know that the people of Dagan have aversion to women from Beixia?"
"I, I just sneaked out to take a look. If my veil hadn't fallen off, my identity wouldn't have been discovered."
“……!!”
Jiang Sheng said helplessly: "Looking at the lady's demeanor, she doesn't seem like an ordinary person. Do you have guards around you? Go find your guards as soon as possible and don't linger."
"The governor of Ping'an Town is not a good person. If a beautiful girl is captured, she will suffer."
Bei Yueli looked at him, a little shy: "I, I'm waiting for them. They will arrive in a day. I wonder if I could trouble you to take me in for a day."
"No, I'm leaving Ping'an Town tomorrow and don't have extra time to wait here. It's better for you to leave the city earlier."
A chaotic sound of footsteps was heard. Jiang Sheng's expression froze. He leaned against the wall and looked at the street vigilantly.
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