Zhutian: Starting from the Space-Time Merchant

Chapter 7: Following the Master, Eating Nine Meals in Three Days

The next morning.

Lin Dao, full of energy, rode his tricycle and came to Yonghe Time and Space.

There were still many people gathered outside the courtyard, including men, women, young and old.

Seeing Lin Dao coming over riding on the mechanical beast, everyone showed a pleading look.

Lin Dao shook his head and pretended not to see it.

He can't support so many people.

These people cannot be taken to the modern world to work illegally and work like slaves to earn money.

After someone asked him to open the gate, Lin Dao rode his bike directly into the yard.

"Everyone come here!"

Lin Dao called the women to come and line up.

Military coats and quilts were taken from the tricycle and distributed one set to each person.

"Put them all on."

Lin Dao asked, "Try on the size to see if it fits."

Soon, the yard was green.

Most of these women were thin, and they looked very funny in their military coats which were obviously too big for them.

"Hehe~~~"

Lin Dao laughed out loud without disguising himself.

The women didn't find it funny.

They were very happy, circling around each other happily, looking at each other, rubbing and kneading each other, making it very lively.

Military coats are indeed warm.

Moreover, it feels much more comfortable than the hemp clothes they wear.

It is also more beautiful.

Dyed cloth is also very expensive these days.

The women, wearing new clothes, happily carried their beddings and went to the left and right wing rooms to put them in.

When I came out, a big iron pot had already been set up in Lin Dao.

He took a Molotov cocktail and poured some gasoline on the dry wood.

He tore off a piece of cloth, lit it with a lighter, and threw it on the dry wood. The flame immediately rose.

“Don’t use snow water.”

Zhao Qingran instructed, "Snow water is not clean. There seems to be a well outside. Use well water for cooking in the future."

Half of the water in the pot boiled. Lin Dao picked up the bag of frozen dumplings, tore it open, and poured the dumplings in one bag after another to cook.

"Master." Jinlian, who was helping out at the side, swallowed her saliva, her eyes fixed on the dumplings tumbling in the iron pot. "Are you going to be jailed today?"

"Ah."

"There are meat, vegetables, and grains to provide you with nutrition."

Lin Dao stirred the dumplings in the pot with a colander.

When the water boils, take a wooden ladle and scoop half a ladle of cold water, then pour it around the edge of the iron pot.

After repeating this several times, Lin Dao picked up a frozen dumpling and took a bite. He could tell it was cooked. He knocked the edge of the iron pot with a slotted spoon and said, "Get in line and eat!"

Each person gets a bowl of steaming hot Lao Wan, and the rich aroma and taste fill the mouth and nose after one bite.

Many women burst into tears while eating.

In the past, meat-filled meatballs like this were often not available to eat even during the New Year!

It is really great to have the honor to follow the master.

Follow the master, eat nine meals in three days~~~
The courtyard gate was open, the aroma of food filled the air, and more and more people gathered outside.

Looking at the women squatting on the ground and eating prison pills, the people outside kept swallowing their saliva, their red eyes full of desire.

The thing that people who are in a semi-starved state for a long time can't stand the most is the temptation of delicious food.

Soon someone couldn't help it.

A young man of about sixteen or seventeen tightened the straw rope around his waist, raised his head and chest, and tried his best to look proud.

He walked into the gate, saluted and shouted immediately.

"Master Lang!"

"Sun family's eldest son, I am willing to die for my master!"

Lin Dao, sitting in the driver's seat of the tricycle, lit up Genliqun and puffed out clouds of smoke.

People inside and outside the courtyard looked at him with some curiosity.

"My dear, are you performing some magic trick? Why is there so much mist?"

A knowledgeable person immediately retorted, "Don't talk nonsense, it's not a magic trick. It's clearly the Five Stones Powder that only the rich and powerful can enjoy!"

Lin Dao turned around and looked at Sun Dalang who straightened his back and saluted deeply.

"Hungry, want some prison pills?"

Sun Dalang was not pretentious and nodded immediately, "I still have a young sister at home who is starving. I only hope that you can accept us brothers and sisters."

"From now on, Sun Dalang's life belongs to the master!"

Lin Dao laughed out loud.

"Not everyone can eat my food."

If they really arrested him as soon as he came, there would be so many beggars in Guangzong County that they would eat him alive.

That’s hundreds of thousands of mouths that need to eat every day.

The light in Sun Dalang's eyes dimmed in an instant.

He forced himself to endure, saluted Lin Dao, stood up with difficulty and was about to leave.

In this chaotic world, there are too many people who want to sell their lives, but there has to be someone willing to accept their offers.

"I can give you a chance."

Lin Dao's words made Sun Dalang, who had stopped and turned around, see the light in his eyes again.

Pointing to the nearby woodshed, Lin Dao smiled and said, "There are weapons inside. Go and choose for yourself. Leave the camp and bring back a Hu cavalry head, and I will accept you as my own."

The people outside the courtyard were all moved.

If the Hu cavalry were so easy to kill, the northern land would not have become their pasture.

Someone immediately persuaded Sun Dalang to give up, saying there was no need to sacrifice his life in vain.

Sun Dalang said nothing and simply walked into the woodshed.

When it comes out again.

He had a ring-handled sword and a pot of arrows hanging on his waist, and a bow on his back.

Lin Dao raised his eyebrows and asked, "Can you shoot arrows?"

"My family is a hunter family," Sun Dalang replied. "I learned archery from my father when I was young."

"After the trees were cut down, I was able to rest for a while."

Hearing this, Lin Dao suddenly remembered that a gathering of over a hundred thousand people would consume a huge amount of fuel, whether for cooking or heating.

The woods near the camp were indeed bare.

Lin Dao stood up with a smile on his face and spoke loudly to the people outside the door.

"I'm putting this here."

"Whoever can bring me the head of a Hu cavalryman will be my heir!"

Someone outside the yard looked frightened.

The Hu cavalry were notorious for their ferocity, killing people as easily as cutting grass.

Taking their heads would be a life-or-death struggle.

Some people also stood up immediately and responded generously.

It is better to fight for your life than to starve to death.

Especially those who have families, their wives, children and parents at home are almost starving to death!
Lin Dao was very generous. He took out all the weapons he had seized in Sanhe Village and let these people take them as they pleased.

"I don't know how to use weapons or anything like that."

"Truth is still the most reliable. Seven steps away, truth is the fastest."

"Let's go to Harbour City this time and see if we can get it."

After all, Yonghe Time and Space is a time of chaos, and Lin Dao feels that relying solely on Molotov cocktails is not enough to protect his own safety.

He planned to find a way to get the truth to protect himself in the financial port.

After all, he really doesn't know how to ride a horse to fight, draw a bow and shoot arrows, etc.

If you want to keep doing business in such troubled times, you must have your own military protection and loyal guards.

Back in the modern world, Lin Dao was invited to a drinking party.

Modern world, roadside restaurants.

"Mr. Li, you are too polite."

Lin Dao, holding a wine glass, gestured to the owner of the labor protection supplies store, "Everything is in the glass, drink first."

"Brother, you are my big client."

Mr. Li drank the wine in his glass with a grateful look on his face.

“I can hardly keep my shop open.”

"Every time I see warehouses full of goods that can't be sold, I feel like dying."

These days, if you don’t have any connection with the factory, labor protection supplies are really hard to sell.

Lin Dao bought dozens of military coats and dozens of quilts at one time.

A big client without a doubt.

The reason I took the initiative to treat you this time is that I hope this big customer can continue to help clear out inventory in the future.

Lin Dao, who was eating, suddenly felt a little moved.

"Mr. Li, how much inventory do you have left?"

Mr. Li, holding the bottle, poured him a glass of wine. "I didn't count them carefully. The warehouse is full. There must be thousands of them."

"Brother, if you are interested in buying them all, I will give you the cost price."

"Hey~" Lin Dao smiled and raised his glass. "What do I need thousands of military coats and military green quilts for?"

He didn't want to appear too eager, otherwise he would be slaughtered.

The Yonghe time and space were in chaos and productivity was low.

In addition to food to fill your stomach, warm clothing, fuel for heating, cooking and boiling water are also business.

After eating and drinking, Mr. Li got into his Cadillac and invited Lin Dao to go for a foot bath and massage.

Although Lin Dao had drunk some wine, he was not dizzy yet.

He didn't dare to ride in a car driven by a drunk person, his own life was the most important.

Besides, he was not very interested in love.

Yonghe Time and Space.

Begging for life in the old camp of the army.

The atmosphere in the dock was not right and was filled with tension.

"What's going on?"

He glanced at the soldiers who were pouring rice into the bucket and measuring the volume.

Lin Dao handed Gen Liqun to the supervisor Qin Lang.

Qin Lang looked at the self-propelled rifle in Lin Dao's hand with envy, took a deep breath with familiarity, and showed an intoxicated look on his face.

"The Heavenly King asked us to beg the army to hand over the person."

Qin Lang sneered, "To beg for mercy, we need to hand over 3,000 young women to the army, and 30,000 young men to perform corvée labor."

"He may have forgotten that the Qihuo Army was founded through bloody battles with the barbarians."

"Every family in the Qihuo Army has a deep blood feud with the barbarians!"

The Qihuo Army was a group of refugees who had always been at odds with the various barbarian regimes in the north and often fought against each other.

Although it is a truce period now, he has openly accepted the amnesty offered by the Later Zhao Dynasty.

But in essence, the two sides are still mortal enemies.

At this time in history, the beggar army in Guangzong County was forced to surrender due to lack of food.

Use people to exchange for food to overcome the crisis.

But just a few years later, they supported Li Nong, an important official of the Later Zhao Dynasty who had escaped, and fought fiercely with the Later Zhao army.

With the support of Li Nong and the Qihuo Army, Ran Min destroyed the Later Zhao Dynasty and established the Ran Wei regime.

Unfortunately, the beggars' army had entrusted their services to the wrong people, and eventually, 200,000 of them were killed.

After understanding the whole story, Lin Dao's first reaction was.

'This can't happen!'

He had finally found a stable shipping channel. If the beggar army no longer lacked food, it would inevitably affect his business.

At that time, should the grain be sold to Shi Hu of Later Zhao, or to Murong Huang, the ancestor of Murong Fu, or to the literati and officials of the Eastern Jin Dynasty who were addicted to Wu Shi San all day long?

Although businessmen do business without borders, they themselves have nationalities.

Lin Dao would never sell supplies to the barbarians.

Similarly, those useless people in the Eastern Jin Dynasty are no match for them.

Looking at Qin Lang, who was intoxicated and puffing out cigarettes, Lin Dao secretly made a decision in his heart, "It's time to strengthen support for the Qihuo Army."

"You are begging for life."

Lin Dao said after careful consideration, "Are you going to obey Shi Hu this time?"

"How is that possible?" Qin Lang shook his head repeatedly. "I wish I could eat that bastard Shi Hu alive!"

Lin Dao nodded. "In that case, take me to see the Marshal. I want to increase my bet."

(End of this chapter)