Chapter 854
Chapter 854: Theft
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem
"Uncle Man, have you sold out your mutton? It's so fast!" A young man who was waiting for entering the city in a medium-sized steam truck lowered down the window and shouted towards an old man who was wrapped in a goat-hide coat and a goat-hide hat on an oxcart .
It seemed that they were familiar with each other . They might both live in the nearby farm villages and towns which were subordinate to Youzhou City .
"The new year is coming . I've sold them to my old customers at a discount . The moment they entered the market, they had been taken away!" The old man pulled down his hat before exhaling a cold breath, "Why are you alone here? Where's your elder brother?"
"My elder brother is strong . He used to practice battle skills . Last night, my uncle came back and said that some archers were wanted in the new archers' station in the town with the compensation of over 10 gold coins a year . He might be promoted to a village constable in the future if he had a good performance there; therefore, my elder brother has gone there before daybreak . If he's got good luck, he might be a civil servant from then on . As the snake butter and cabbages are ordered by Steward Liu of Dainty Building, my elder brother doesn't need to give me a hand . When I send them over there, the buddies of Dainty Building will help me unload them!" The young man replied as he moved his car a bit forward when he saw one more vehicle ahead of him entering the city .
"Hahahaha, brat, you look diligent . I will introduce a beautiful and able girl to you next year!" The old man teased . Closely after that, he waved his hand and said, "Well, hurry up, if you're late, Steward Liu will not show you a good look!"
"Thanks, Uncle Man . Uncle Man, watch out on your way back . I will invite you for a drink when I come back!" The young man revealed a cheerful look as he stretched his hand out of the window and bid a farewell to the old man . After that, he drove into the city .
The old man on the oxcart took out a small metal pot from inside his coat and had a small mouth of drink . Closely after that, he drove the oxcart out of the city .
When the young man entered the city gate, Zhang Tie was also going through the pedestrian passageway beside the vehicle .
Zhang Tie was wearing a fur cashmere with hood . After putting on his hood, he almost covered half of his face . Therefore, nobody could identify Zhang Tie at all .
The soldiers outside the city gate were just checking whether those vehicles carried contrabands or not . However, most of the trucks entering the city were carrying vegetables and meats, which could access to the city gate very fast . As there were 8 driveways entering the city, it was not crowded over there .
Above 80% of the vehicles were small and medium-sized steam trucks and tractors . Some were drawn by animals such as long-horn yaks and tall and strong david deer, even rhino-dragon horses .
At the sight of the vehicle drawn by a rhino-dragon horse, the soldiers outside the city gate threw two more glances at it in order to check whether it was an army horse . Rhino-dragon horses in army horse-breeding farms always had marks on their bodies, which could not be used by commoners . Those army horses would not be sold to commoners . However, there were wild colts in the wild of Youzhou Province, which were usually captured by local people . It was very dangerous to catch a rhino-dragon horse, even a colt . If someone caught it, he could show off his ability for sure .
Most of the wild rhino-dragon horses would be sold to army horse-breeding farms for mating . Few of them were raised by their conquerors, who were usually pioneers, professional hunters and part-time rhizotomists in the wild .
If there was any need, these people would draw maps in the wild; survey the topography in the wasteland or hunt something in the wild and sell them . However, they liked to serve major clans and rich people by hunting some exotic animals or pets in the wild at their requests . Pharmacists were also their customers . Pharmacists would always entrust them to seek for some animals and plants for refining some special pills or medicaments . These guys would even be employed to drive dangerous wildlife away from the region where a city was going to be built .
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