The two people seemed to be familiar with each other. Additionally, they should live in the farmlands and villages near Youzhou City. Those farmlands and villages were also under the jurisdiction of Youzhou City. The greater part of the population under the jurisdiction of Youzhou City lived in the surrounding farmlands.
"As the new year is coming, all of my mutton were gifted to my old clients. The moment they arrived at the market, they had been sold out. Therefore, I have to go back!" The old man pulled down his sheepskin hat as he said with a cold breath, "Why are you alone today? Where's your elder brother?"
"My elder brother is very strong. He didn't stop fighting these years. Last night, my eldest uncle came back and told me that the new archery institute in the town was recruiting some archers with a good salary of more than 10 gold coins a year. If they were good, they might even be a constable officer. Therefore, my elder brother had a try. My elder brother went there before daybreak today. If he was lucky, he would be able to work for the government. Today, this cart of mushrooms and cabbages is ordered by Steward Liu of Aroma Building. My elder brother doesn't need to help me. I will send them to Aroma Building. The lads of Aroma Building will help me unload them! "The young man said as he moved his steam truck forward.
"Hahahaha, you are quite diligent. Next year, Uncle Man will also act as a matchmaker for you. I will find you a beautiful and capable wife!" The old man joked. After saying this, After saying that, the old man waved his hand, "Fine. Hurry up, if you're late. If you're late, Steward Liu's face would not look good! "
"Ah, thank you, Uncle Man. Alas, Uncle Man, take it easy on the way. I will drink with you when I come back!" The young man driving the truck was beaming with joy. He extended his hand out of the window and greeted the old man before driving into the city.
The old man driving the cart took out a small metal wine flask from his bosom and took a small sip of wine. After that, he drove the ox-cart out of the city.
When that young man drove his vehicle into the city gate, Zhang Tie was also on the pedestrian passageway beside that vehicle and was going to enter Youzhou City.
Zhang Tie wore a woolen cloak with a hood, which covered not only his head, but also his face and all the parts below his eyes. In this cloak, Zhang Tie was not afraid of being recognized.
The soldiers at the city gate were inspecting the vehicles to see if they carried any prohibited items. However, most of the trucks that entered the city were carrying things like vegetables and meat. It was easy to see if there were any prohibited items at a glance, so the vehicles moved very fast. In this city gate. There were eight lanes in and out of the city, so it wasn't too crowded.
Among the traffic, about 80% of the vehicles were small and medium-sized steam trucks or tractors. Of course, there were also some animal-drawn carts. Besides long-horned yaks, which were the most common animals in Youzhou Province, the animal-drawn carts were pulled by long-horned yaks. There was also a kind of tall and strong reindeer. Occasionally, they could even see one or two rhinodrake horses pulling carts.
At the sight of the rhinodrake horses, even the soldiers at the city gate couldn't help throwing a few more glances at them to see whether they were military horses or not. All the rhinodrake horses in the military horse farm were marked. Commoners couldn't use them, nor would they be sold to commoners. However, there were some wild rhinodrake horses in the wilderness of Youzhou Province. Some of the newborn foals of these wild rhinodrake horses would be captured by the locals of Youzhou Province. Although capturing a rhinodrake horse was risky, it was also something for them to show off.
Most of the rhinodrake steeds captured from the wild would be sold to the military horse farms for breeding, but there were also a few that were kept by people. Most of the people who kept the rhinodrake steeds were escorts who lived in the wilderness.
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem Wild Escort was a profession that Zhang Tie heard about after coming to Youzhou Province, Taixia Country. This profession was a combination of pioneers, hunters, professional animal catchers and part-time herbal medicine gatherers. If necessary, these people could draw maps in the wild and explore the terrain of unreclaimed regions. In order to make a living, these people would occasionally act as hunters and hunt something for sale in the wild. However, what they liked to do most was to serve major clans and rich people by catching some exotic animals or pets designated by those major clans and rich people in the wild. Pharmacists were also their customers. As for pharmacists, in order to make some special pills or medicaments, they would always entrust escorts in the wild with the raw materials of animals and plants. Even when the city was being built, these escorts would also be employed to drive away some dangerous wild animals in the periphery of the city.
As Zhang Tie knew that escorts were very active in the wild of Youzhou Province, he had his thunder hawks go to Liaozhou Province.
"You're not allowed to enter the city with your face covered!" When Zhang Tie entered the city, a soldier who was checking the pedestrian passageway stopped him and told him solemnly.
Zhang Tie pulled off his hood and exposed his face.
Zhang Tie thought that he would be recognized; however, after throwing a glance at him for a short while, the soldier directly waved his hand and let him in.
"It turns out that I'm delusional." Zhang Tie mocked himself inside as he revealed a smile. Closely after that, he pulled off his hood.
Not until Zhang Tie entered the city gate for half a minute did the soldier suddenly realize something. Scratching his head, he muttered, "Yi, I feel that young man looks a bit familiar; however, I don't know him. What's wrong?"
Over 2 months ago, when Zhang Tie became famous in Youzhou City, many people had seen his look in the mirage. However, due to the angle of the observer, the angle of Zhang Tie in the mirage was 45 degrees from top to bottom. Therefore, this soldier only felt that Zhang Tie looked a bit familiar; however, he couldn't remember who Zhang Tie was.
Who could imagine that the dean of Provincial Court of Youzhou Province, the Tiger of Youzhou Province, could appear outside a city gate of Youzhou Province without any reason in such a bad weather without a single attendant on his side.
Not far from this city gate, Zhang Tie had seen a boisterous trading market. Most of the vegetables and meats that were transported into the city from outside the city were sold here...
Although it was just the beginning of the day, the trading market had long been boisterous. Bargaining sounds could be heard everywhere in the trading market, which was just a few cents or a few copper coins...
Hearing the boisterous voices, Zhang Tie didn't feel bored; instead, he felt cordial.
When he was in Blackhot City, he used to buy rice and grains in such a market by tricycle...
In the crowd, a kid pushed to Zhang Tie's side and bumped into Zhang Tie. Closely after that, he disappeared...
Zhang Tie revealed a smile as he watched that kid disappearing in the crowd...
'How could a pickpocket in Youzhou City lay his hands on the dean of the Provincial Court of Youzhou Province? What a hilarious thing in the world... '
Of course, what was more interesting was that when the pickpocket put his hand on Zhang Tie's body, Zhang Tie ran his spiritual energy and took out a purse from Castle of Black Iron. After putting over 10 gold coins in the purse, he "stuffed" the purse into the pickpocket's hand...
The pickpocket thought that he had made it. After taking the purse, he pinched the purse and disappeared in the crowd like a loach without looking back. He didn't know that the purse was given to him by Zhang Tie; neither did he know that Zhang Tie had attached a tracing tentacle to the purse and each gold coin in the purse in such a split second.
Zhang Tie just felt it was fun to do this. Of course, as he had not come to Youzhou City for over 2 months, he also wanted to check the efficiency of the Provincial Court of Youzhou Province. By the way, he also wanted to contribute to the security of Youzhou City as the new year was coming. As the pickpocket was still young, it was not too late to draw him out at this moment. He could walk on the right path in the future.
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