It was the setting sun again. Under the setting sun, the small river in front of the village and a large area of ​​farmland were visible at a glance, which looked quiet and natural, but only Chen Xu knew that living in this seemingly peaceful place was destined to be poor and poor for the rest of his life and could face death at any time.

If you develop well, you must leave this remote mountain village and go to the big city to contact more people, learn more, and collect more information, so that you can find a way out in the huge turmoil of the dynasty change in more than ten years.

But this path has to be followed step by step.

After all, it only took two days since he woke up.

What he has to do now is to arrange the home, then go out and have a good look, go to the town, go to the county, go to the Nanyang County and even the Xianyang Capital, use two thousand years of cultural accumulation to find the path he should take, and live well in the troubled times.

In the next few days, Chen Xu did not accompany Chen Jiangshi and Xing'er to the river beach to weed the farmland, but instead went to the river to fish at night, and went to the nearby mountainside to cut trees during the day.

He had already thought about it. It would be meaningless to plant a hundred acres of 100 acres of crops that could only be harvested by God’s eyes. Under all the complicated and harsh taxes, he would never be full or warm in food. Therefore, he needed to make money. He asked Uncle Ma that the price of grain in the market town is about 40 coins per stone (about 30 kilograms), and a dou of salt ten coins per bull (Note: One dou is about 2,000 milliliters in later generations, and salt is slightly heavier than water, so one dou is about 2.6 kilograms). Moreover, although the Qin Dynasty emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce, salt and iron were not monopolized by the state like later generations, and other businesses were even more restricted. As long as there was no rebellion and taxes were paid on time, the government would not be too harsh. Of course, the government did not encourage business, so the tax on business was very high, because in the eyes of people in this era, it was believed that merchants would not produce any value and would not benefit the country.

But only Chen Xu knew that if a country wants to be prosperous and strong, business development is the only way to go. Farming will only become poorer and poorer. When business is highly developed, farming can make money and farmers will also be motivated to farm.

However, if he expressed his views now, he would definitely be beaten to death by the evil people who were deceiving the crowd by Qin Shihuang. He would also have to torture him with five punishments and then break up and abandon the market, and the three tribes of the barbarians were killed.

So a young man with lofty ambitions was very sad.

Although the bronze axe is sharp, it is far less hard than the iron tool, so it is very blunt to cut trees.

Therefore, Chen Xu would sit alone in the yard to sharpen his axe after dinner every night, and Niu Dashi would occasionally bring his younger brother to visit him. However, when Chen Xu thought that he would ruin his ungrown sister in a few years, he was very disdainful and unwilling to talk to him. Niu Dashi was very depressed and didn't know where he offended this brother-in-law.

Time flies, three days pass, and Chen Xu grinds a few big blood bubbles on his hands, and scars are everywhere on his body. However, with his unremitting efforts, he cut down more than ten big trees as thick as thighs. Just cut them down for another two days, almost the trees that build a thatched hut. As for things like thatch, they are everywhere in the mountains and fields.

"Aoao~Aoao~"

Just after cutting down a tree, Chen Xu was sitting on the ground panting and holding a bamboo tube to drink water, suddenly there seemed to be a burst of wild beasts crying from the valley on the side.

Chen Xu stood up in a little horror and listened.

There are indeed intermittent roars in the mountain wind, but they sound very shrill, just like the screams made during the Chinese New Year in the countryside.

He listened for another two minutes in shock and suspicion. He seemed to scream weaker and weaker. Finally, he gradually lost his hearing. Chen Xu also felt relieved and sat down.

Maybe it's a wild boar!

But it's not right!

Chen Xu immediately stood up again.

He did not hear the sound of wild beasts fighting. How could the wild boar scream? Could it be that a wild boar fell from the mountain and fell to death?

Do you want to go and have a look?

After a long battle between heaven and man in Chen Xu, he still gritted his teeth and held the axe, carefully clenched away the thorns and slowly walked along the hillside to the valley on the side.

The reason why I am so careful is that although this hillside is not far from the village, there are almost no people coming up in this era, and it is almost rare to visit. Except for the trees, all of them are crazy growing thorns and vines that have no way to go, and poisonous snakes and wild beasts may appear at any time.

But under the stimulation of wild boar meat, Chen Xu still threw away the possible dangers behind him.

After eating light and unflavored fish for several days, he felt that he would vomit if he continued to eat it.

Although the wild boar is rough, the pork belly is roasted until golden and sprinkled with a little chopped green onion. The most important thing is that the wild boar has a lot of fat and can refine oil. It is fragrant when cooking with oil.

At this time, the Qin Dynasty did not have vegetable oil that could be eaten, so they could only eat animal oil. Chen Xu's family hadn't seen meat oil for several years.

Also, if it is really a wild boar, then the endless amount of skin and flesh will definitely be enough to bring to the market for a lot of money.

Because no matter what era, meat is an indispensable food in life, so the value of a wild boar is much more valuable than that of a few stones of food.

It took more than twenty minutes, and the torn clothes were basically strips of cloth. Chen Xu finally climbed to the edge of the valley, then stared at the big eyes and looked carefully. His eyes were full of plants. Apart from the trees and vines, there were flowers and plants of various colors and wild melons and fruits. He found nothing except that.

However, the quietness in the valley made him a little creepy, because he had never seen any birds jumping around.

After repeated searches, I finally saw some broken branches and vines in a exposed rock wall.

Chen Xu couldn't help but feel happy, and then he held the axe tightly and slowly touched it, not even daring to shake the thorny and wild grass.

In such deep mountains and forests, let alone a wild boar, even a snake can kill itself.

More than ten minutes later, Chen Xu finally touched the rock wall near the location, and then gently pushed away the thorns in front of him, and a cave appeared in his eyes.
Chapter completed!