Chapter 438: No money then yousre in a tough spo (1/2)
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He thought it would be a city built with bones or directly as a bone object, but it was not.
The main body of the city is conventionally built of stone. The main material is a large bluestone that looked very hard.
Because it is a two-story structure with four castles connected, the lower layer is dark except for the square. Most of the groundwater sources are rich, and some corners are covered with moss.
He doesn’t seem to understand the social stature of the upper level, but the Horn-people and the Hornless people on the level seem to be similar, and the Hornless people seem to be more better living.
Obviously, the Horn-people status is higher than the Hornless people, which can be seen by how most of the Horn-people are striding with their heads held high, and the Hornless people can be seen even more, so the two sides are on the same floor. But walking on the streets it is seen still very clear.
People like Hou Shi have become more cautious after entering the city, and even pay attention to avoiding the Horn-people and avoid touching them.
“Da-Ren, there are two herb shops on the first floor of the city, in the east and west respectively. Which side do you want to go to?” Hou Nu asked.
Yan Mo regained his gaze from the various bone objects worn by the Horn-people and turned his head. ”What is the difference between the two sides?”
Hou Nu seemed like he was waiting for him to ask questions. He immediately replied: ”The herbs store in eastern side is relatively well stocked. The horned nobles living on the second floor occasionally send people to their stores to collect herbs. The first shop is filled with most of the horned aristocrats and the Bone-Sculptor like to go to their stores. However, there are many groceries in the western herbs shop, and it is said that they often get some cherished herbs that others can't get.”
Yan Mo instantly decided: ”Go first to the herbal shop in the eastern side.”
”Yes, Da-Ren, we will go here.” Hou Nu walked in the side and led the way, Hou Shi walked in the back.
Yan Mo, ”Do you know who is behind these two stores?”
Hou Nu snorted and shook his head. In his capacity, it is not enough for him understand these things.
Yan silently, continued to ask: ”Is the shop opened by the Horn-people or by the Hornless people?”
Hou Nu laughed, he could answer this question: ”Of course the Horn-people opened them, all the people in the city who can open the store are the Horn-people, and we, the Hornless people, are not qualified to open stores in the city.”
This social status is low! Yan Mo couldn't think of them all the way, and the Horn-people who passed by wouldn't give them a second look. It’s true that people rely on clothes. When they change clothes, he and Yuan Zhan are no different from most of the Hornless people.
In order to avoid attention, he and Yuan Zhan deliberately suppressed their own momentum and walked as low as possible.
”Then we, the Hornless people, go to the Horn-people store to buy herbs, will they be willing to sell?”
”Da-Ren doesn't have to worry about this. The horned aristocrats often send the Hornless people slaves to do things, buy goods, etc. Those shops are used to trading with our Hornless people, as long as there are enough bone coins anyone is free to buy what they want.” Hou Nu didn't think there was any problem with the bone coin in Yan Mo hand. He thought that since it is a god, how much does the coin need that a god sent messenger can’t have?
But this problem is one of the important problems that Yan Mo needs to solve.
All the way through the streets, Hou Nu took them on a road that looked like a path, they even crossed a place that looked like a slum. But as Hou Nu once said, the security management of the Wuqian City was quite good. They didn't bump into thievery along the way, and they didn't even get robbed on the way.
However, they are still attracting some attention from people who are outsiders, not the Horn-people, but the Hornless people.
Hou Shi suddenly whispered in the back: ”Let's walk faster!”
Yuan Zhan and Yan Mo didn't ask much. On from the corner of the eye saw a few hornless youths at the intersection of the slums that they had just passed.
One of the young and strong looked at their backs and spit on the floor, oh: ”Mother’s egg, they are fast!”
Then he told other people around him, ”Go, follow them and see if these are to be found in our east market.”
The person who was told smirked and immediately followed the Yan Mo team.
Yan Mo turned back and asked Hou Shi: ”Do you know the man just now?”
Hou Shi was a little nervous. ”The man is the city officer of the Wuqian City Hornless people, and the Hornless people are afraid of him.”
”City officer?”
Hou Shi hates: ”The man is responsible for the sale of the Hornless people slaves and war slaves in the eastern side city and the western side city. The foreigners who come to the east city to live must get his consent, and they have to give him half of their income every day. Otherwise, no one can get out alive. If you hide things from him and don’t pay him the bones, you will not only be defamed, but you will even be killed or put in a cell.
”He is in charge of the eastern side market, what about the western side market?”
Hou Shi looked at Yuan Zhan, he did not understand, and looked at Yan Mo, Yan Mo gave him a translation, he did not dare to neglect, he answered: ”The western side of the city also has a city officer, but he does not have that kind of greed, I used to go to the western side to find a job. The city officer made people tell me to bring people from my village to the eastern side to live. I didn't go, he probably hated me.”
Yan Mo took the question, ”Is the city officer the seal of the Wuqian City Horn-people?”
Hou Shi nodded.
”Then the benefits they receive are also handed over to the above part?”
”I don't know about this. I know that Gou Ya of the East City has received a turkey from others.”
The names of the two city officers made Yan Mo speechless, but the name of the turkey still made him very interested. Maybe there is a turkey creature here?
Yuan Zhan held his palm on Yan Mo's shoulder. ”There is someone trailing us behind.”
Yan Mo didn't care: ”Go with them.”
Yuan Zhan saw that Yan Mo didn't care, and he was even lazier to pay attention to the followers.
There was no delay along the way, and they soon came to the east side market.
The scale of the East City is not as big as The Jiu Yuan's market, but when you look at their stores, you can feel the sense of years of history. Not to mention the shops themselves, only the buildings of those shops have been around for a long time.
The shops in the East City are divided into two sides. The road is not wide. It can only accommodate four horses walking side by side. There is a patio above the road, and there is a little light.
The market is still lively, and some of the Hornless people are bowing at some shops to sell some wild vegetables, dried meat, bones, etc., and those in the shops have not driven them.
There is even an open-air stall surrounded by many people. The lively people include the Hornless people and the Horn-people. There are rumors and screams in the encirclement, and occasionally loud curses.
Hou Shi said: ”There must be bones discerning over there.”
“Discerning of bones? Identifying bones? What a surprise?” It feels like vegetable picking. Yan Mo has discovered that it is the land of the Bone Sculpting people. The bone-making industry is particularly developed. They have only seen one-third of the streets and have seen no more than two objects. Each of them also has guests. Nowadays, there are open-air stalls. The bones of a gambling-like nature are all brought out.
Hou Shi, ”That will make someone happy or unlucky. Often people, especially some travelers from afar will bring some strange bones over, open a price that is not high or low, if you know the goods, you buy it yourself, and they will sell it to you. The bone objects store can make a lot of money, but it is still rare to pick good goods, most of them will be worthless coins.”
Yan Mo is so happy when he thinks about it, and the explanation from Hou Shi is probably about the same as mercenaries and mercenaries.
Yuan Zhan heard Yan Mo's curiosity and proposed: ”Would you like to go over?”
”Let's talk about it later, let's go to the herb shop first to see if there are any herbs I need.”
The facade of this eastern side herbal shop is quite large, and the name of the store is engraved on the door with the Bone Sculpting people language text.
Yan Mo learned language through the bones, and naturally the words and language of the Bone Sculpting people can be understood by him, but after thousands of years of change, the current Bone Sculpting people text he saw made him feel dizzy, out of the four words he recognized one word ”white”.
Stepping into the store, the store attendant only looked up slightly and looked at them. They didn't pay attention to them at a glance. They didn't look down on people, but they already had a lot of guests in the store. They were too busy to say hello, and they said that Yan Mo is dressed normally. His identity as the Hornless people is also not worthy of the store attendant ignoring other guests to greet them.
Yan Mo can't be so ignoring. He is very curious about the herb shop he saw in this world for the first time. He is thinking about watching it.
Interestingly, perhaps because there are too many herbs stored, this herb store is like a Chinese medicine room. Four rows of medicine cabinets are placed in the space of about 200 square meters behind the counter.
There are two large shelves on the front side of the store. The shelves are divided into five floors. Each floor has some open baskets, and the baskets contain fresh or processed herbs.
Yan Mo first went to these baskets.
Yuan Zhan made up his mind to follow Yan Mo, like a guardian, he followed silently for a while.
It's the first time that Hou Nu and Hou Shi have entered this herb store, they are a little bit embarrassed.
Yan Mo wants to formulate the Chinese Patchouli powder, a traditional Chinese medicine that not only treats cold and four seasons’ fevers, but also has good effects in treating malaria, cholera and diarrhea. If it is prepared well, it can be used as a standing medicine.
However, there is a problem here. The name of the herb he once knew is definitely different from the name of the herbs here, and some herbs may not be there, but other herbs with the same medicinal properties can be substituted.
Even if he drew pictures, according to the previous experience and letting Yuan Zhan look for the herbs, it may not be effective. Sometimes it is the kind of herb, but the shape can be changed according to the climate here, not to mention that some herbs look very similar, in fact, the herb discerning is fundamental.
If it weren't for him that he had studied the Bone Sculpting people's findings about a variety of herbs in his bones, he might have to pay a lot of money when he came to the store today, and it may not be necessarily rewarding.
Most of Yan Mo's herbs which are not known were the baskets. But it doesn't matter, he has The Guide.
After The Guide introduced the medicinal properties of those herbs, Yan Mo wanted to collect at least two strains. If it is fresh and has the best seeds, he can buy some back and let Yuan Zhan help him grow more and germinate and make more.
”You want to buy herbs? Which kinds to buy? How much?” A shop assistant sent the guests, he was talking to away, and came over and asked.
“How much do you sell these two herbs?” Yan Mo first asked about the herbs needed for his current treatment for cholera.
The store attendant signaled Yuan Zhan to move and let him pass, and Yuan Zhan took a step back.
”These two, one 20-bone coin, two 40-bone coin.”
Hou Shi and Hou Nu heard the price quotation and their eyes nearly popped out of their socket. Yan Mo only nodded and asked about the price of several herbs.