Chapter 26 A gust of wind blows towards us
Su Luo finally understood why the fire burned so vigorously. However, in a few hundred years, this thing would be in short supply and its price would skyrocket. What could be done now?
Seeing Su Luo holding the oil can in a daze, the town representative hurried over to introduce, "This is oil."
Su Luo rolled his eyes, 70% forbearing and 30% concealing, "I know."
"Except for being inedible, it's very useful." The town representative was afraid that Su Luo would go back on his word , so he turned around and asked all the townspeople to join him.
The townspeople naturally did not want to embarrass themselves, so they all started talking at once.
"It can light an oil lamp."
“It can be used as a candle.”
"Torch."
Su Luo waved his hand, "These three are all classified as lighting, are there any others?"
"Lubricate the axle."
"Runmen page."
Su Luo raised his hand again, "Understood, lubricant."
"For firewood."
"Cook."
“Cooking.”
“Steamed sweet potatoes…”
Su Luo felt that if he didn't stop them, these people would be able to name a thousand or eight hundred dishes to prove the use of oil as a "fire source". These people were too cunning, and they said a lot, which sounded a lot, but they were all useless. And it was a bit wasteful. If someone used crude oil as firewood in a few hundred years, it would definitely be the first target of the Americans to attack. The reason was: it was shameful to waste natural resources. The second reason was that if you want to burn something, I have to do it. I'm going to make you look bad.
Zhou Chongwen was not afraid that Su Luo would regret it, because the rice had already fermented and she had already eaten a lot of it. He came here just to comfort her, so he sighed and said, "It's really useful."
Su Luo was speechless and resigned to her fate. Why did others have Baidu uncle by their side when they traveled through time, but she was left with nothing in her head? Anyway, the oil was oil, so she would transport it back first. Who knows, maybe one day she would be struck by lightning and her brain would open up, and she could extract gasoline and plastic, and invent cars and aircraft carriers. At worst, couldn't she go back and sell oil candles?
Without further ado, Su Luo immediately organized the town's strong men to transport oil and load it onto trucks. Because the town was badly burned, they had to use pots and pans dug out from the ruins to load nearly ten trucks of oil. Needless to say, it was definitely a loss. Fortunately, the town representatives were not treacherous and promised that as long as they did a good job of reconstruction, there would be reports later.
Su Luo finally felt more balanced, and he selected ten capable and smart drivers, whipped his horse, and left Taoyuan Town. The whole town, young and old, stood up to see him off, and shouted with tears in their eyes, "Lei Feng, go slowly~"
Zhou Chongwen seemed a little heavy for some reason. Su Luo knew that he was still worried about the situation in the town, so he sighed, like sympathy, but more like relief. No one would remain indifferent to such a situation, but they had already done what they should do, and their capital was all lost.
Fatty Xue came over. It was obvious that he was much more open-minded. He was only worried about whether he could sell his building materials. He asked Su Luo when he would come again so that they could travel together.
Su Luo asked him to help him sell this batch of oil first. Fatty Xue was very embarrassed. It seemed that even if this thing was used as a fire source, it was not a hot commodity in the city.
This deal was a complete loss. Su Luo couldn't help but lament that he had no talent for business. Zhou Chongwen was sentimental for a while, and finally got rid of his sadness. He sighed, "Every time there is a disaster, a large number of refugees flee the famine and scatter all over the place. With the vast territory of the Ming Dynasty, there must be countless places like Taoyuan Town."
Fatty Xue was sitting in the driver's seat, humming a little tune. After hearing Zhou Chongwen's sigh, he echoed, "That's right. There are too many places like this, and the court can't manage them all."
Su Luo also sighed, "In the final analysis, the people are too dependent on the land, and most of the land ownership is in the hands of royal relatives and landlords. Farmers work hard for a year, and their income is barely enough to make a living. When disaster years come, there is naturally no surplus food to eat. Only when the mountain of feudalism is overthrown can the farmers see the dawn."
"What mountain?" Zhou Si asked carefully, "Where is it located?"
It looks like he wants to give it a push.
"Pushing the mountain is not our job, you should take a rest."
Zhou Si was still not giving up. "Will overthrowing it improve people's lives? Is it related to Feng Shui metaphysics?"
Su Luo felt that there was a communication barrier with this guy. In fact, it was impossible to communicate this matter clearly to anyone in this era. If he did, he might be arrested as a rebel and go to jail without any worries about food and clothing.
So Su Luo changed the subject and said that the weather was really nice .
As a result, Su Luo became even more mysterious in Zhou Chongwen's eyes. He pondered for a while, then came over and said, "Your calligraphy doesn't really suit you. I've thought of a new one for you."
Su Luo blinked, "What word?"
Zhou Si said: "Isn't your name 'Lei Feng'? It's too fierce and not suitable for a girl."
Su Luo was stunned for a while and asked him what new name he had given himself.
Zhou Si said: "Danhong is a good word. Her face is like red clouds and she is like a red flower."
Su Luo refused without thinking. The ancient people were all masters at naming, and any name they gave would be well-known. Zhou Si asked her puzzledly what was wrong with it, saying that this was a compliment to her beauty and kindness. Fatty Xue shook his head and said that the first compliment was too fake.
Su Luo kicked Fatty Xue off the carriage, and the unexpected incident occurred.
In fact, this had nothing to do with Fatty Xue's fall from the carriage. It was just a coincidence that he just fell off the carriage and the leading carriage stopped. Su Luo stood on the carriage and took a look, thinking that trouble was coming and he had met a strong man.
Strong man is a term used by educated people. The scientific name is robber or bandit, and the common name is bandit or bearded man.
Su Luo and the others were gathered together by the twenty or thirty strong men who blocked their way with swords. Su Luo kept saying, "God, you are playing tricks on me." It seemed that he had given her a cheat code everywhere, but he always strangled her at the last moment. It was like giving her a cheat code and throwing her into the game, and then telling her that the game was the second-generation enhanced version, and her cheat code was for the first generation.
This group of strong men did not look like they were forced to become bandits due to financial difficulties. Some of the leaders were riding horses, and their errand boys were all dressed better than Su Luo. Su Luo could not help but sigh, wishing he had known what business to do earlier. He should have found a mountain to rule it and become the king.
At this time, Fatty Xue showed the emotional intelligence and IQ that a profiteer should have. He raised his hand and shouted, "My lord, spare my life. I am just passing by."
The strongman leader with a big sword on his waist jumped down from his horse in a proud manner. He had broad shoulders, a narrow waist, long straight legs and a very good figure. Looking up, he actually looked good too, with a bronze complexion, thin cheeks, long eyebrows and eyes, and he tilted his head and pursed his lips, giving him a kind of ruffian style that would be popular in the future.
He walked up to Fatty Xue and raised his eyebrows, "Your caravan?"
Fatty Xue immediately pointed at Su Luo without any justice. Just as Su Luo was about to step out resigned to his fate, he saw a back in front of him.
Zhou Chongwen stood in front of Su Luo, frowning and looking at her coldly, which was quite manly. This made Su Luo feel somewhat warm in her heart, but also included the contradictory psychology of not knowing whether she would be taken back to be the wife of the leader of the bandit group. The rules of time travel told everyone that if you encounter this situation, don't resist. The seemingly barbaric mountain king will surely bow down to the heroine in the future.
The strong man king seemed to be somewhat disdainful of Zhou Si's stepping forward. After all, the situation was under their control. What was the point of you blocking them? Of course, this kindness was to be appreciated.
So after a tug of war between the King of Strongmen and Zhou Si, the anxious Su Luo was finally pulled to the front, waiting for her future fate. The King of Strongmen stroked his chin and looked at her for a long time, then stuffed her back behind Zhou Si and turned back to call his brothers to receive the goods.
Su Luo almost vomited blood, and kept comforting herself that everyone had different aesthetic tastes. Didn’t you hear Zhou Si just praising her face for being as red as a red flower?
"Those are worthless things." Su Luo was extremely sad, "They can only be used to light candles."
The leader of the bandits refused to listen. "I have been following you for most of the day. If it was not valuable, would you be willing to take the time and effort to transport it out of the mountain?"
Su Luo wanted to cry but had no tears, and had no idea how to explain, so she started by talking about the harmfulness of this thing, saying that it would catch fire if it came into contact with fire and could not be extinguished by water. A small town in the mountains was burned to ashes in an instant.
The leader of the strong men became even more curious and said, "I have never seen a fire that cannot be extinguished by water, which proves that this thing is valuable."
So Su Luo watched helplessly as his last bit of capital was taken away, including the twenty taels of silver he had on him. Fatty Xue shouted, "Leave the carriage behind." The carriage was rented in his name.
The leader of the bandits jumped on his horse and turned around to ask, "Do you want a knife if there is no carriage?"
Fatty Xue was silent, and the strong man said to Su Luo, "If you report to the authorities, report the name of Chuanfeng Village. I am Yichuanfeng, the chief of Chuanfeng Village. I heard that eighteen businesses have joined hands with the government to offer three thousand silver coins to break into my village. Do you want to join in the bet?"
