Chapter 368 Good Boss
Chapter 368 Good Boss
Although it is said to be outside the city, there are actually quite a few mountain roads leading to Zhongzhou.
But now, these mountain roads and natural barriers are densely packed with houses and buildings, like a densely populated emerging town.
Looking at the densely populated villages and towns built on the mountains, Langguan and the second in command seemed extremely excited.
It had been a long, long time since they had seen so many people gathered together, and it had been a long time since they had seen a village with a prosperous population.
Now that they see such a densely populated village again, they feel like they are still alive in the world of the living.
But unlike Langguan and Erdangjia, Tian Lin and Master Tingyu did not have such emotions.
The two of them came from a world with abundant spiritual energy and no wandering spirits, and it only took a month or two.
I don't have any hatred for the end of the world, nor do I have any feelings about the scenes of human gatherings.
On the contrary, where there are people, there are bound to be disputes. Tian Lin and Master Tingyu just want to leave this world, but have no intention of getting involved in disputes.
"This place is too dirty and smelly. It doesn't seem like a place where cultivators live."
Master Tingyu covered his nose, as the scene before him brought back unpleasant memories of his past cultivation.
"This should be a place where Qi-refining monks live. After all, these monks have low cultivation levels and need to eat, drink, defecate and urinate just like ordinary people. And this is not the real Jingzhou, and there is no court management yet, so the current dirty and messy scene has resulted."
A few cocks crowed, Tian Lin turned his head and saw a woman going out and throwing urine on the street.
The foul smell of urine blew in the wind and stunk the entire street.
But it was obvious that the people living on the street were already familiar with the smells, so they didn't think there was anything wrong.
From this we can infer that these people have lived here for quite some time, otherwise they would not be so accustomed to it.
“There are words at the entrance of this village!”
When they got close to the village entrance, Tian Lin and others only saw the three words "Daoxiang Village" written on the gate.
But if you look closely, this village only smells of feces and urine, and no rice straw is grown. Where does the rice fragrance come from?
Tian Lin reminded them that there were words, but he didn't want Master Tingyu and the others to look at the three words "Daoxiang Village", but just wanted them to look at the words engraved on the two pillars of the gate.
"No mortals are allowed to enter, and no outsiders are allowed to trespass."
It would be fine if outsiders were not allowed to trespass, but the fact that mortals were not allowed to enter reminded Tian Lin of the four words "there is a difference between immortals and mortals".
He looked at Master Tingyu, who said:
"That's nothing strange. There are too many people coming here. Although the house can be expanded, the land is not enough. This village is obviously only for monks."
Tian Lin said: "If that's the case, what should we do with the newborns in the village? It's not possible that newborns should be abandoned outside the village, right?"
Tian Lin had only heard that when gods and demons gave birth to children, the newborn offspring would have cultivation abilities from the womb.
I have never heard of a cultivator giving birth to a child who is a Qi-refining cultivator as soon as he is born.
According to the rules of this village, those newborns are also mortals, so they cannot stay in the village.
"What are you talking about newborns? These days, it's already hard to support yourself. Apart from those wealthy families, who dares to have children?"
A voice rang out in the village, and an old man came out, glancing at Tian Lin and the others and asked, "Are you Hua Hua Lang?"
As the boss, Master Tingyu immediately stepped forward and said, "I am Wang Da, from Zhuzhou. The four of us have just arrived in Zhongzhou."
Just as Master Tingyu finished speaking, the old man over there swung a whip at him.
The old man was only a cultivator in the late Jindan stage, and in the eyes of Master Tingyu, the power and speed of his whip were not enough.
He could have easily avoided it, but he held back.
Keep a low profile! He is now playing the role of a man in the middle stage of the Golden Core, not an old man in the Nascent Soul stage!
If I easily dodge the old man's whip, wouldn't it arouse suspicion?
With a "snap" sound, the old man's whip landed on Master Tingyu's face.
Master Tingyu suppressed his anger, covered his face and asked the old man, "Why did you hit me?"
The old man was straightforward. He pointed at the two pillars of the gate and said:
"You clearly saw the words 'No Trespassing', yet you still dared to step into the village? As the guardian of this village, who else should I beat if not you?"
Master Tingyu was speechless and could not help but ask, "Just half a foot under the gate, is that considered trespassing? You are really bullying me."
Although he said that, Master Tingyu still took two steps back and stood in a row with Tian Lin and others.
Before that, he bowed and took two steps forward according to etiquette, so he stepped into the village land.
Now, if he took two steps back, he would be outside the gate and would not have to worry about being whipped again.
"I'm not bullying anyone, it's just the current situation."
The old man explained to Master Tingyu: "You are new here and don't know the rules of the capital. If you want to ascend to heaven, you must have a Beijing household registration. And if you want to have a Beijing household registration, you must have a proper civilian household registration.
How many years have the villages outside the capital been fighting over the registration of a household? Among them, there are hundreds of thousands of Jindan cultivators who have died, if not millions. There are thousands of Yuanying cultivators who have died, if not tens of thousands.
So the words on the doorpost are a lesson learned from blood. If they say no outsiders are allowed to trespass, then you are not allowed to take even a single step into the village.”
He said a lot, and his words were a bit chaotic. But Master Tingyu and Tian Lin and others roughly understood that if they wanted to enter the inner city of the capital, they had to become local country people.
To be considered a local countryman, one must have a residence of one's own in a village.
But the current situation is that the villages are already full of people.
Naturally, the people in the village are unwilling to give their houses to outsiders and allow them to become formal villagers.
Hua Hualang, who had just arrived from outside the village, did not want to be a refugee and wanted to take over the village.
What to do? Then it is inevitable that there will be a fight to the death.
What Master Tingyu did just now was an overstepping of the boundaries.
If he had entered without the villagers' permission, they would have thought he was a robber. So the whipping seemed to be justified.
"Then how can we, the outsiders, live in the village and become villagers?"
Tian Lin asked the old man, and the old man said:
"For those of you who are new here, the court officials will naturally come to visit you. Once you have registered your household registration, you will naturally be able to queue up. When a villager dies or moves to the capital, leaving a vacant house, you can move in according to the queue number."
Tian Lin asked him again: "Where is the manager? Why can't we see him?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of horse hooves was heard in the distance.
The sound of horse hooves startled many people, because in this apocalyptic era, cattle and horses are food and had long been eaten to extinction.
Nowadays, apart from the imperial court, only the aristocratic families can afford to use cattle and horses.
When everyone looked in the direction of the voice, they saw a man on horseback riding towards them. He said, "Why are you guys here instead of going to register with me? Who is the leader?"
Master Tingyu quickly stepped forward and said, "I'm the boss!"
The young man heard what he said and brought the whip down heavily on Master Tingyu's face: "Good boss, your son of a bitch is disobedient!"
(End of this chapter)