Under the enthusiastic help of the chief of Lijia Village, the villagers all came and gathered around the door to look inside.

Liu Bei first asked the important question, asking who had any pigs, dogs or sheep, no matter how big or small they were.

If you have chickens or ducks, buy one. The price is quite high.

However, after asking around.

There are no chickens or ducks to lay eggs.

In bad years, when there is not enough food to eat, poultry and livestock are definitely the first to be eaten.

Liu Bei was a little disappointed because he failed to help Li Mengxi accomplish his task.

Although Lijia Village is not big, it can maintain the normal survival and production of a village. Although there are not many materials and tools, there is no shortage.

Because he was weaving armor recently, and weaving armor required needles and threads, Liu Bei paid attention to buying needles and threads.

Three needles, two long and one short, and a small windlass were wrapped with fine linen thread on a branch. Liu Bei gave him twenty coins.

Give someone fifty cents with scissors.

Awls are also women's production tools, used to hold shoe soles, and men can also use awls to penetrate baskets.

For two awls, Liu Bei gave him sixty coins.

The money must be too high.

Then, an adze and two saws.

One plane and two small chisels.

There were also several pieces of linen, but none of them were complete.

There was also a jar of wine of unknown quality.

When Liu Bei came with the old man, he saw that the bamboo basket the old man was carrying was well made, so he bought the old man's bamboo basket at a high price of forty coins.

Baskets are now of great use in the army. One is for holding things, and the other, more important function is that the soldiers of Guan Yu's tribe need some racks and baskets to help carry things. Li Mengxi calls them carrying tools.

Liu Bei took the bamboo basket and looked at it again and again. The basket needed to carry the utensils was larger than this one, and this bamboo basket was a little small.

Liu Bei clearly remembered when he was chatting with Li Mengxi yesterday. Li Mengxi mentioned that the number of tree baskets that could be made every day was limited. The reason was that due to limited materials, there were not many branches suitable for making baskets. If there was bamboo, the bamboo would be broken.

If the strips are thin and light, the basket will be light and good.

There are bamboo baskets here, which means that there is a bamboo forest not far from Lijia Village.

Liu Bei then asked the old patriarch if there was a bamboo forest near the village.

The old man said, it's not far, just five or six miles away.

Liu Bei hesitated when he heard that the bamboo forest was five or six miles away.

It was too far away, and it was impossible to drag the civilian husband over and then run five or six miles to chop bamboo. The rangers were already far away from the team. If the civilian husband was dragged over again, it would seriously affect the march.

The old man saw that Liu Bei wanted bamboo, and he enthusiastically said that he would take Liu Bei to find bamboo.

Liu Bei found it too far and was unwilling to go.

I bought a bunch of things. I didn't buy what Li Mengxi needed urgently, but he bought a lot of other things.

When he was about to leave, Liu Bei got on his horse and bowed his hands to the old man on the horse, "Old man, please say goodbye."

The old man waved his hand in farewell.

"Drive!" Liu Bei lightly kicked the horse's belly, said "Drive lightly", and rode away.

The sound of horse hooves gradually faded away, and the old patriarch and his clan members stood at the entrance of the village. They stood there for a long time and still did not disperse.

In ancient times, transportation was extremely underdeveloped and population mobility was limited. This limited population mobility resulted in widespread isolation in ancient society.

In a village where no outsiders are seen all year round, having outsiders come to the village is as rare as celebrating the New Year.

This group of cavalrymen left after shopping, and refused to stop even if they were asked to stop for a meal.

Because of this visitor from afar, every household in the village made a small fortune, and everyone was beaming with joy.

The villagers were still whispering to each other. After everyone left, someone remembered and asked the person next to him, "Hey, where did this person come from?"

"People say they are Zhuo County volunteers who are conquering the Yellow Turbans and passing by our village," said the old patriarch.

Someone asked again, "Then when you come to our village, you say you just want to buy food, but you buy my scissors. What are you doing?"

"Are you interested in making clothes?"

"Then who knows."

Not only were the clan members strange, but the old clan leader also found it a bit interesting when he thought that other people had bought the bamboo baskets he had made.

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Liu Bei hurriedly and slowly caught up with the army with his rangers.

Relying on a few cavalrymen to buy everywhere, they could not buy a large amount of supplies, and could only supplement the supplies that were scarce in the army.

If you really want to buy a lot, buy piles of wheat straw, or several carts of hemp, etc., you can only do it in a village close to the main road, where the people and horses can rush there and return the goods after buying.

Able to keep up with the marching team.

In addition, unless it is a village close to the main road, there is no possibility of purchasing bulk materials.

You Qi met passers-by again and again, told them that you wanted to buy something, and asked them to lead the way, but the passers-by always refused to take them, even if they gave you money, for fear that they would bring the bad guys back and bring disaster to the whole village.

Liu Bei personally went out to do what the riders could not do. When he met a passerby, he came up to talk to him. Not only was he willing to take Liu Bei to his village, but he also enthusiastically stayed with Liu Bei until he finished his meal.

Of course, it may be because Liu Bei came from a lower-class background and was a shoe weaver and mat seller. Because he was a small businessman and had met many people, he knew how to do business and had stronger communication skills than ordinary soldiers.

This may be one of the reasons why Liu Bei was able to communicate successfully.

But the more important reason is the charm of personality.

Mr. Lu Xun once said that when a poor person becomes a master, he will be more impressive than the master.

The same applies to today.

Most of the soldiers in Liu Bei's army were ordinary farmers in the countryside before joining the army.

But after joining the army, you can hold a sword, a gun, and even more, you can ride a tall horse. With swords and soldiers in your hands, the people look up to them. Many soldiers who are originally kind and honest will involuntarily become arrogant by relying on force.

A little more high-spirited.

Therefore, when encountering villagers on the road, the attitude of the riders is not very good, and they are yelling and shouting. How can these honest and honest farmers look like they are loyal and honest?

He came from a lower class and had enough force. Instead of bullying others, he still treated others as before. Liu Bei is one such person, and Guan Yu is also one. These two people are extraordinary and have great magnanimity. They will not be bullied just because of their hands.

If you hold a knife in your pocket, you will feel superior to others.

As for Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei used to be a powerful man, so it is understandable that his attitude towards others is not so good.

When Liu Bei saw a passerby, he was afraid of frightening the people, so he would dismount his horse at a distance and walk over on foot. Even if the person was an old man from a rural village, he would not lose the slightest courtesy.

I was used to dealing with the common people at the bottom, and I didn’t think that my status was any higher than that of ordinary people. In any case, compared to the other princes of the late Han Dynasty who were of noble birth, Liu Bei had his own unique personality charm.

You see, it's just a matter of finding a village and going to buy something. It's such a simple thing. After several attempts on the tour without success, Liu Bei went out in person and succeeded once.

Although it was only a small matter, it was enough to show the huge difference between Liu Bei and ordinary soldiers.

The difference in ability is also a difference in personality charm.
Chapter completed!