Chapter 160: War in Nanyue
But some orders are very far away, and it takes at least several months to a year or so to complete one order. The price for each such order is very generous. However, not everyone can run such an order.
In addition to the guarantee from the business, there also needs to be a guarantee from the local government, and a guarantor. So it is very likely that there will be no orders in a year.
Shitou's job at the pharmacy was temporary, and when the pharmacy no longer needed him, they simply let him stop coming.
After he stopped working as a handyman in the pharmacy, Shitou followed some people he met later and helped people run orders in Beishui City.
However, he always ran for the nearest orders. Although he worked very hard, he could only make enough money to survive. It was almost impossible for him to save money.
Later, a merchant from the south came and wanted to find some people to run long-term orders, so Shi Tou and several of his friends were recommended by the trading company.
If he could return safely after completing such an order, he could earn about 20 taels of silver per trip, which was more than he could earn even if he completed nearly a year of work.
Moreover, a brother who had handled such long-term orders before told him that if he performed well and was liked by the boss, the reward he could get might be more than his wages.
However, because he went to help Ma Yuan and missed the departure time for the runner, the original merchant from the south was replaced by someone else.
Maybe Shitou was luckier at that time. He thought he had missed the chance and would never have another chance to run a long order. But in the evening, he met a customer from the west who was also looking for someone to run a long order.
Many people were willing to take the order from the customer from the south because not only did he offer a high price, but the dangers in the south were relatively less and people would be safer there.
Now there are very few people willing to go to this long order from the west. Not only is the price 30% lower than the previous order, but the road to the west is also relatively more dangerous.
Shitou did not despise the order. He was the first one to decide to go, and in the end, he really followed the customer. There were five other people going with him.
He worked diligently on this order for almost a year.
In the end, he was the only one who came back alive.
"You've been running for three years?" Shan Li thought that was too long. He knew about running for work. In Beishui City, among ten strong young men, four were soldiers, three were running for work, and the remaining three were hunting and farming at home.
But even if it is a long-term order, it will only take a year or two at most. No one can run an order for less than three years.
''No. The work of running the order was completed in less than a year.''
"Then why did you return to Beishui City just now?!" If Shan Li remembered correctly, he had just returned to Beishui City when Fengxue Tower caught him.
"That's because I encountered war and was blocked on my way home." Shitou seemed to remember something particularly terrible, and his body began to tremble slightly.
"War?!" Shan Li's mind was spinning rapidly. "The last place you went to on your errand was Nanyue!"
Shitou nodded.
That’s right, he was trapped at the junction of Nanyue and Dachen for two years.
The other five people who had run away with him basically all died there. He thought he would never get away, but he didn't expect that he would come back alive by some strange coincidence.
However, before he even remembered to go back to his hometown, he was caught here by these people.
Shan Li knew about this war.
Not only does he know, it can also be said that this war has a certain relationship with him.
After Yicheng fell, Nanyue got the news immediately. They thought there was an opportunity, so they quietly launched several small-scale tests at the border between Nanyue and Dachen.
After discovering that Dachen was struggling to cope with the situation, Nanyue became even bolder.
It went from being a test to a real declaration of war.
It was just that Nanyue was affected by the terrain, and they didn't have any outstanding generals. So after two years of intermittent fighting, there was no real winner.
The reason why it took three years to take back Yicheng was also related to the war. The troops and food were tied up. Therefore, the battle for Yicheng was very difficult.
After Dachen recaptured Yicheng and won the battle with Dayan, Nanyue also withdrew its troops immediately without any hesitation.
Such behavior is unworthy of calling oneself a country.
Unexpectedly, Shitou was trapped in Nanyue.
"Besides asking you to help hide things, did Ma Yuan tell you anything else?" Shan Li thought it was unlikely, but it didn't stop him from asking.
"No, Brother Ma didn't say anything extra to me." Shitou tried hard to recall, but he couldn't remember anything extra.
Shan Li stood up at this time and winked at Feng San.
Feng San immediately understood what his master meant and hurriedly led his men out.
There is only one City God Temple in Beishui City.
And it's already dilapidated.
I heard that this City God Temple was very popular in the early years, but later, for some unknown reason, robbers killed someone there in the middle of the night.
The City God Temple, which was associated with evil and miraculous spirits, was gradually abandoned.
If people want to burn incense and worship Buddha, they would rather go to a temple farther away than to the City God Temple.
The current City God Temple has long become a gathering place for all kinds of beggars and vagrants.
I don’t know if the things are still there after such a long time.
When Shan Li left the prison, he ordered people to take Shi Tou down from the rack and check his wounds to ensure that he would not die.
The moment he went out, he also took away the half-burned incense stick by the door.
Feng Sigeng was amazed behind him, "This stone is very stubborn. I tortured him twice before, but he didn't say a word except for his life and age. The master is really amazing. He told me everything after just a few casual words."
Shan Li threw the extinguished incense into Feng Si's arms and said, "It's not me who is good, it's my wife who is good. Keep this, maybe it can be used in the future."
In this incense, the bed sheet was mixed with the ecstasy drug obtained from Song Qingci. It has an effect similar to the truth serum pill, but it is not as life-threatening as the truth serum pill.
He was just trying it out and didn't expect the effect to be so good.
Shan Li's words completely confused Feng Si.
The lady is still far away in the capital? How can this be related to the lady? ! Although he didn't understand, he just had to do what the master told him to do.
Song Qingci had never thought that the messy things she had given Shan Li would actually come in handy. Shan Li had even developed a new way to use them, combining the Ecstasy and incense together to make them more effective and last longer.
In some ways, Shan Li is really very smart.