Chapter 16

Jiang Jinshi's father believed that all pursuits were lowly, and only studying was noble, so after he went to join the army, he sent Jiang Jinshi to a private school to study, hoping that Jiang Jinshi could earn a scholarly title.

It was during his time at the private school that Jiang Jinshi got to know some classmates, among whom the one with the best academic performance was Tang Lin, who was lying on the ground at this moment.

In his memory, the two hadn't chatted much; Jiang Jinshi had the worst grades, and the teacher was already happy if he didn't disrupt the class. In contrast, Tang Lin was not only excellent in his studies but was also the proud student the teacher often talked about.

Tang Lin also saw Jiang Jinshi, and a strong desire to survive burst forth in his eyes; he had clearly recognized Jiang Jinshi.

Tang Lin lay on the ground with a face full of pleading, but Jiang Jinshi shifted his gaze quite naturally, appearing uninterested.

The human trafficker did not notice anything unusual and continued to introduce them to Jiang Jinshi attentively.

"This is a black good, sent from the brothel next door. His tongue was cut out, and his hands and feet have some slight damage."

Jiang Jinshi waved his hand, looking disgusted.

"Looking at these hands and feet, I'm afraid they are broken outright; that doesn't count as 'slight damage'."

The human trafficker, having been called out, was not annoyed; business is like this, it depends on whether you have the eye for it yourself.

If you don't have the eye for it and get fleeced, then you just have to accept it.

Jiang Jinshi didn't dawdle, pointing at the 'female Zhang Fei' and asking for the price directly: "How much for this one?"

The human trafficker did not hesitate, holding up two fingers to Jiang Jinshi: "Two taels."

Jiang Jinshi turned to leave, complaining about the human trafficker: "You've gone crazy for silver! She's almost dead; I'll have to pay for medicine if I buy her back."

The human trafficker enthusiastically grabbed Jiang Jinshi: "Don't be in such a hurry, customer! It's business! It's perfectly normal for me to ask and you to counter!"

Jiang Jinshi stopped in his tracks and said to the human trafficker: "Then give me a proper price!"

The human trafficker gritted his teeth, looking as if it pained him: "One tael, this is my bottom line."

"Five qian!"

"Impossible, I can give you at most one more qian off."

"How about this! Eight qian, and you throw in that dying kid for me."

The human trafficker hesitated slightly, then looked at Tang Lin, who was not far from death.

Anyway, if he died, he would still have to drag him off to be buried; letting this kid take him away would save him the trouble.

"Deal!"

The subsequent matters became very simple. Jiang Jinshi paid the money and could take the two away. The 'female Zhang Fei' still had a contract, while Tang Lin was a black good and had no contract.

He spent more money to buy a flatbed cart and ten large meat buns. It took quite a bit of effort to lift the two onto the cart, mainly because the 'female Zhang Fei' was truly too heavy.

After Jiang Jinshi left, the human trafficker's face blossomed with a smile.

These two were both dying people; the cost of medical treatment would far exceed the value of the two themselves. Naturally, they couldn't possibly pay out of pocket to buy medicine to treat them. It would be great if more such suckers came along.

When he went back, he would report to the boss that they had already died, and all eight qian would go into his own pocket—it was even more profitable than selling good goods!

Jiang Jinshi pulled the cart out of the city. At this moment, the number of refugees outside the city had increased slightly compared to yesterday.

Why not recruit people from the refugees outside the city?

Jiang Jinshi had already considered this point. First of all, there were too many people and too much gossip.

According to the system's task, what he was doing was a line of work that could cost him his head. In the early stages, of course, the fewer people who knew, the better. Don't look at how miserable the refugees are; if you tell them to become mountain bandits, they might not necessarily go.

Now the government distributes a free bowl of thin porridge every day, which is enough to keep these people without strength but not enough to die. With the hope of being able to survive, most people will not do things that cost them their heads.

If you ask him to be a mountain bandit with you, he might turn around and report you to the government to collect the reward.

Secondly, going to the tooth firm to find people who are dying but still have a desire to survive means they have already died once. Only those who are bold will dare to think and act, and they have also lost their awe of the government, which is the only way to form a unified front.

The only problem was that both of them had serious injuries. If someone else bought them home, they could dig a hole and bury them on the spot, but this problem was not a problem for Jiang Jinshi.

【Beep! Task progress 3/5, please keep up the good work.】

Jiang Jinshi, who was still pulling the cart, was a bit puzzled when he heard the prompt, and turned to look at the two lying on the cart.

Then he shook his head; it shouldn't be these two, he hadn't even mentioned it yet!

Then it must be that Luo Feng had made some progress!

This actually gave Jiang Jinshi a surprise. He didn't expect that in the time it took to visit the tooth firm, Luo Feng had already recruited one person for him. And if he didn't have to do everything himself, it would save a lot of trouble.

Pulling the two to the foot of a deserted mountain, Jiang Jinshi stopped the cart and wiped his sweat.

If he hadn't merged with the soul of Xiang Yu, this weak body would definitely not have been able to pull this cart. Tang Lin was one thing, but the 'female Zhang Fei' was conservatively estimated to be over one hundred and eighty jin.

Looking back, the two lying on the cart were even more miserable at this moment. Due to the bumps on the road and the fact that the wooden wheels of the cart had no shock absorption, Tang Lin had already fainted from the constant collision of his wounds.

The 'female Zhang Fei' was also grimacing in pain, but fortunately, her consciousness was still relatively clear.

He first took out the Black Jade Intermittent Paste from his bosom and applied it to the fainted Tang Lin. The problem of broken limbs was easy to solve, but Jiang Jinshi had no way to deal with a tongue that had been cut off.

He took off his coarse cloth jacket, tore it into strips with force, and then found a few relatively straight branches to firmly fix his arms.

Although the technique was very crude, none of that mattered, because Tang Lin had already woken up and was opening his mouth to howl, looking extremely happy.

Jiang Jinshi pushed away Tang Lin's reaching hand while continuing to fix Tang Lin's leg.

"The so-called four great joys in life are: meeting an old friend in a foreign land, timely rain after a long drought, the wedding night, and placing high on the imperial examination."

"I know you are very happy to see me, Brother Tang, but can you not hinder me from bandaging you?"

"We can talk about old times later, move your hand away first."

Under Jiang Jinshi's forceful measures, Tang Lin's leg was finally fixed. Jiang Jinshi even thoughtfully tied a butterfly knot at the knot.

Looking at his work, Jiang Jinshi nodded with satisfaction.

He really was a thoughtful and careful person! Knowing that scholars value their face the most, he even made a nice butterfly knot on the wound; it would definitely not be embarrassing to go out.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Jinshi reached out to undo his waistband, and the whole person hunched over to dig around.

Tang Lin and the 'female Zhang Fei' stared with wide eyes at this scene.

Finally, Jiang Jinshi felt the inner pocket sewn into his pants and took out the remaining half of the Hundred-Disease-Removing Pill from before.

Although Tang Lin only had external injuries, he would give him half a pill just in case.

If you are sick, it cures you; if you are healthy, it strengthens you!

Watching Jiang Jinshi walk toward him with the 'mud pill' he had just rubbed off his body, Tang Lin shook his head and struggled to shrink back.

If he could still speak, he would definitely shout out loud.

"Don't come over here!"

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