If I let you become a druid, would you join the Demon Sect?

Chapter 7 Buying a Dog
Hurry and hurry.

Gu Yan successfully arrived at the town at the foot of the mountain before sunset.

You need to show your ID card to enter the town.

The guard saw Gu Yan's mountain dweller badge and collected a penny for entry into the town. Seeing that he was young, he kindly reminded him, "You can only sell the bearskin coat on your back at a shop in the mountain market. If you try to sell it secretly outside the mountain market and get reported, you'll be arrested and forced to do forced labor."

"I know this, thank you for reminding me, big brother."

Gu Yan nodded in thanks and walked straight towards the inn in the town.

He and his father had been here before, so he was not unfamiliar with this town.

This town is called Huangtu Town.

There is a big market here, held twice every ten days, where the villagers from the surrounding villages go to sell goods and buy firewood, rice, oil, salt and other daily necessities.

These places are also the main places where mountain people pay taxes.

In the mountain market, firewood market, and herbal medicine shop, all people had to pay taxes and collect water for entering and leaving. In fact, the prices of those daily necessities were not cheap. After a round trip, the little money earned from selling the goods was lost.

It's probably the same at the fish market.

The government is too lazy to control these mountain people and fishermen, and they manipulate gangs to build markets to manage them. It is like outsourcing thugs and collecting taxes in another way.

Gu Yan's previous life had heard his father say that the situation in places with more plains was even worse. The mountains, forests and rivers there all belonged to someone. One had to pay to go into the water, to go up the mountain, and to chop wood. There were also head taxes and various labor services, which was extremely miserable.

Although it was difficult for them, the mountain people, to pass the imperial examinations, the military examinations, or engage in business, as long as they did not fight, they actually lived quite well. At least they were free and could often eat meat.

If there is a war, the mountain people will also suffer.

Because the mountain people are all high-quality soldiers.

Those who dared not to obey the conquest would be massacred village by village.

Although the mountains may seem big, the mountain people cannot do without firewood, rice, oil, salt and other things. Most of the time, they also need to eat, and it is impossible for them to rely on meat as their staple food. Therefore, as long as they do not want to be bandits or unidentified mountain bandits, they cannot escape the jurisdiction of the government.

The logic of the world's operation is a sophisticated network that covers everyone.

There are often small caravans coming to the town to collect mountain products, and they are also the main business group of the inn.

There are two inns in Huangtu Town, one is more affordable and the other is more expensive.

All Gu Yan had on him were a pile of detonators, some animal skins, a few taels of silver he had just harvested today, and some copper coins. As a poor man, he naturally couldn't afford to stay in a good inn.

A bad inn is not cheap either.

A bed in a common bed costs two cents.

I want a single room.

The worst room costs ten cents a day and only provides accommodation, without any services or meals.

Gu Yan paid for two days' rent.

The nights in the small town are very boring and there is not much entertainment.

After asking the waiter about the location of the mass grave, Gu Yan ate something casually and took a rest.

Early the next morning, Gu Yan went to the morning market.

In addition to eating and shipping, the main thing to look at is prices.

People eat for food.

Food price fluctuations are the best reflection of current environmental conditions.

After a stroll, Gu Yan discovered that the silver from the Lin Kingdom still had sufficient purchasing power in their mountain village.

One tael of silver = ten coins of silver = one thousand wen (one guan).

One cent could buy a thick pancake, two cents could buy a big pork bun, a stone of average quality rice (150 jin) would cost about five hundred cents, and a fat rabbit weighing three or four jin could be sold for twenty or thirty cents.

Of course, the market will fluctuate, but at least for now, an ordinary family of three can live quite well with an annual income of ten taels after tax.

This is also why the hunters were so happy yesterday.

One pound of pork equals eight pounds of rice. The unexpected income of two ounces per person is almost like picking up a wild boar weighing over a hundred pounds for free.

After visiting the morning market, Gu Yan was a little disappointed.

Judging from the prices, the surrounding area is still very stable, with no drought, flood or war. It seems that I can only plan my identity issue well.

After leaving the morning market, Gu Yan came to the mountain market with the package.

Yesterday’s market had passed and it was early in the morning, so there weren’t many people in the mountain market, but there were still small vendors on the streets, such as dog dealers.

When those puppies saw Gu Yan approaching, they wagged their tails happily.

Considering the research on the ancestral dog training skills, Gu Yan decided to take a look.

Seeing that there was a business coming, the old dog seller perked up: "Sir, these are all descendants of high-quality mountain hounds. One penny each, you can pick any you want... Hmm? Are you a mountain dweller?"

The old man wilted when he saw the animal skin coat on Gu Yan.

Mountain people all keep dogs, so why would they need to spend money to buy puppies?

Unless they are the offspring of those powerful mountain people, they cannot be sold at a high price.

Gu Yan ignored the old man and just looked carefully at the puppies wagging their tails at him, then felt a little disappointed.

There were three cages, all of which contained tea dogs, and their quality was average, not even as good as the dogs bred in the village.

There are two kinds of patrol dogs here.

One type is called a tea dog, which is similar to the native dog in Gu Yan's previous life, that is, the Chinese pastoral dog. The characteristics of this type of dog are that it is omnivorous and easy to feed, loyal to its owner, smart, highly domesticated, and has no shortcomings, but its combat power is not high, and it can only play a supporting role.

Tea dogs are also the breed of dogs raised by most mountain people.

The other type is called mountain dog, which is somewhat similar to the Shandong thin dog in Gu Yan's previous life, which is the prototype of Xiaotian Dog, but is larger and more ferocious, with a large mouth and many sharp teeth, and a strong bite force. When standing up, it is as tall as an adult, but its body is very flexible and has great endurance. Once formed into a dog team, it can even hunt wolves and tigers.

The only drawback of mountain dogs is probably that they are very wild and difficult to control. In addition, mountain dogs like to eat raw meat with blood, which consumes too much food, so most people cannot afford to raise them.

Gu Yan's family had a mountain dog, but it died in the mountains along with his father.

There weren't many people who kept this dog, and there wasn't even one in the village, otherwise he would have taken the dog and run away with it when he went down the mountain.

He looked at the old man and asked, "Can you get some mountain dog pups?"

"Mountain dog?"

The old man who was selling dogs took a look at Gu Yan's clothes and noticed the bearskin on his back. He nodded hesitantly and said, "I often go up the mountain to collect dogs, so I can get mountain dogs. However, mountain dogs love meat and especially raw meat with blood. They are very wild and may even bite their owners if not raised properly. Only the gentlemen in the county like to raise them. Are you sure you want them?"

"Yes." Gu Yan nodded: "But I want the cheapest and most cowardly one!"

Experiment? Of course, the effect can be best demonstrated by experimenting with a cowardly dog.

It’s definitely not because he is short of money!
The old man smiled again. "Okay, a good mountain dog costs over ten taels each. Since you want the cheapest and most cowardly ones, I can only find you something less expensive. So, let's go to the management office to sign a contract, and you give me a deposit of one tael first."

A good dog is hard to find, but there are always a few bad dogs in a litter.

This kind of dog is more common in county towns.

There is no way, there are many masters there, and many of them raise mountain dogs for fighting.

Finally, the two signed a contract with the mountain city manager, paid a deposit of one or two coins, received the certificate, and agreed to go to the old man to pick up the dog in a month.

"The dog has already been ordered. I'll test the dog training techniques to see if they're reliable. If they are, I'm afraid the world isn't that simple. I'll have to be more cautious."

Gu Yan thought about it and quickened his pace.

He still had a lot of things to do today, and after that he had to go to the mass grave to work part-time.

Very busy.

Eh.

The villain track is so competitive.

If you don't work hard, and have no power or background, you can only be a small-time punk, and you don't even have the qualifications to be a villain.

(End of this chapter)