Chapter 69: Making a living
“Fifty copper coins, I can only give you so much.”
The butcher shop owner with a sinister face looked at the rabbit meat in front of him and curled his lips and said: “We There is no shortage of meat, and since there are no wounds on your rabbit, and the arrows have all passed through it, the fur can still be sold for some money...otherwise I wouldn't even bother to take it."
Fu Qingzhou and Tang Jiao met. After passing the meager copper coins, they looked at each other with helpless eyes.
Winter is approaching, and there are few wild animals in the mountains.
What's more, Shu Land is not as good as Bailu Mountain, with a large population and naturally many hunters. In addition, Fu Qingzhou is not a local hunter and is far less familiar with the surrounding mountains and forests than Bailu Mountain. After struggling for a long time, he only managed to get a few rabbits.
They are now in a town on the edge of the official road called Luotie Town. There are many people and the business is quite developed. There must be a large number of farmers raising livestock nearby, so the butcher shop owner said this is the place. No shortage of meat.
But the only way he knows how to make money is hunting...
"How about looking for the magic sticks around?"
Fu Qingzhou wants to pick them up. The job is done.
"The magic stick?" Tang Jiao was a little curious: "Why can you make money by looking for the magic stick?"
Fu Qingzhou smiled, walked with her on the street, and briefly chatted about his past killings of the magic stick.
After hearing this, Tang Jiao thought thoughtfully: "Brother, you killed those bad guys, didn't you use them to receive the reward?"
"Receive the reward?"
< br>Fu Qingzhou's eyes widened: "Is there any place to receive the reward?"
"Yes!" Tang Jiao explained: "When I traveled all the way from the capital to southern Xinjiang, I often saw bounties posted in villages and towns. If a knight caught the evildoer with a bounty on his head, he could claim the bounty."
"Back then..." She lowered her head: "I was also robbed by bandits on the road. I was saved because a few knights killed the bandits in order to offer a reward."
Fu Qingzhou suddenly realized.
Compared to modern society in ancient times, public security is difficult to cover in all aspects. If the official force value is high, then the civilian force value is also high!
In martial arts novels, they would be gangsters, flower-picking robbers, forest heroes... everywhere.
The government will naturally suppress bandits, but big towns can afford to support some masters, but small places cannot.
Therefore, many villages that are harassed by bandits and villains will put up bounties. The local people will collect money to make the bounty and find some knights to come and help solve the problem.
Of course, big towns will occasionally encounter troubles that they cannot solve, but then what they should look for is the big sects or some famous and powerful people with higher cultivation levels. For this kind of thing It's not Fu Qingzhou's turn either.
Thinking of this, Fu Qingzhou blinked: "That's a good idea. We can definitely become bounty hunters! We've also opened our martial arts skills, right?"
Tang Jiao was a little embarrassed. He nodded: "Well... that's it."
"It's okay, that's better than nothing."
Fu Qingzhou waved his hand: "Let's go and look for the bounty in this town. Do you know where to find it?"
"Yes. !”
Tang Jiao knew that she had helped her elder brother, and nodded vigorously: “There is usually a special notice board posted near the Yamen.”
The town is not big, and the two of them are very friendly. I quickly found the bulletin board not far from the Yamen Gate.
The several pieces of paper pasted on the bulletin board are yellowed and tattered, but at least the words on them can still be read clearly.
"The thieving monk in the east of Shu, the Dharma, is offering a reward of one hundred taels of silver...to have a minimum cultivation level of five realms?"
Fu Qingzhou's eyelids twitched.
He changed the reward sheet and looked at it: "The Qiluo Palace traitor, a woman, I don't know her appearance, I only know that she can sing and dance well, I'm offering a reward of three hundred taels of silver! Cultivation... I'll go to the Sixth Realm? !"
Tang Jiao also looked at the reward and read out: "Brother, you two are not from this town. The one I saw seems to be issued by the town. It seems simpler?" About fifty miles south, there are more than a hundred horse bandits, with three leaders, all of whom are in the fourth realm. Each head is rewarded with fifty taels of silver; the remaining horse bandits are rewarded with five taels of silver each. "
Her eyes were bright: "How about this?"
Fu Qingzhou hesitated.
Horse bandits are not the same as ordinary bandits.
You must know that it is difficult for ordinary bandits to have enough money and food to raise many horses, but horse bandits are different. They can be called horse bandits. Then there are at least 20 or 30 horses among more than a hundred people, and they are mobile. It will be much stronger.
And most of these people are gathered together, so it's not just a matter of adding up their combat power.
More importantly, fifty miles south of the town... is in the opposite direction to Langhuan Mountain where I want to go.
“Forget it, let’s take a look again, is there anything else?”
Fu Qingzhou decided not to consider this reward for the time being.
The two of them looked around, but found nothing.
This town is not too far from the capital city of Shu, and there are no deep mountains or forests around it that would allow bandits to occupy it. Most of the bounties are posted conveniently by the capital city of Shu.
“Are we really going to find these horse bandits?” Fu Qingzhou touched his chin, hesitating.
At this moment, a man wearing a policeman's uniform strolled up to the Yamen Gate: "Are you two... young heroes who want to accept the reward?"
Fu Qingzhou rushed He cupped his hands and said with a wry smile: "I want to earn some money through the reward, but the reward here is too difficult for my brother and sister, I'm afraid they won't be able to do it."
"Oh, it doesn't matter. ”
The policeman chuckled: "Didn't some kind of dragon Dabei appear near us a few days ago? This caused people from all over the world to come one after another. They also made money, so they gave us many old cases. Solved."
"What you are seeing now are some of the most troublesome bounties. Considering that you are young, it is normal that you cannot do it."
Fu Qingzhou was sweating on his forehead.
The reason why it took me so long is this...
“But, it’s not impossible.”
The policeman changed the subject and said: "Our town is close to the official road, so there are naturally many people from the Jianghu who pass by; but if you walk more than thirty miles northeast along the forest road, there are some villages there, and there are many bandits near them. We've been there several times but haven't been able to eradicate them. There should be some rewards."
"Besides, those bandits only dare to harass small villages, so I'm afraid they don't have much ability. If you are willing, you can give it a try. ."
Fu Qingzhou was overjoyed: "That's great, thank you, the catcher!"
"Haha, it's easy to talk about." The catcher Fu Qingzhou and Tang Jiao walked away leisurely. They looked at each other with joy in their eyes.
Although the two of them didn't take much rest, they immediately started on the road. According to the policeman's instructions, they did not take the official road, but entered a hill in the northeast direction and followed the forest road.
Fu Qingzhou currently only has a crude longbow that he made temporarily in the mountains and forests in order to make money for hunting, but there is no other way. He can only hope that someone in the next village can lend him some weapons.
More than thirty miles is not far, but it still took a short time.
Soon, as the shade of the trees became lighter and lighter, the front gradually opened up, and a large area of golden farmland came into view.
The fields are full of water and the rice leaves are in full bloom, and the sun shines through the trees and the smoke is low.
As late autumn arrives, it is the harvest season. Many farmers in the fields bend down to pick up rice, and the setting sun reflects the warm light.
But it is also during this season that bandits are most likely to go down the mountain to steal food.
(End of this chapter)