In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

To be honest, Wu Han was somewhat apprehensive about going to such a far place to collect goods. He knew a thing or two about the situation outside the city: refugees were everywhere, and bandits and highwaymen were as numerous as hairs on a cow, so all sorts of dangers could happen at any time.

But Chen Dao was giving him far too much. Not only did he give him a profit of 100 coins for each white-feathered chicken, but he also found buyers for him. All he had to do was go to Chenjia Village, bring the chickens back, and he could earn a considerable profit...

As a peddler, Wu Han simply couldn't refuse this kind of business, so no matter how dangerous it was outside the city, Wu Han had to make the trip.

"Do you need our help with security?"

The three Zhang brothers exchanged glances and then made their promises.

"Brother-in-law, don't worry, we'll definitely make sure you get back safely."

“Brother-in-law, you can definitely leave this to us without any problems. We can definitely protect you and the goods.”

"Even if we die, we'll protect you, brother-in-law!"

"..."

The three brothers were not afraid of going outside the city. Because their parents were still in a village outside the city, they often went out of the city to return home. Occasionally they would encounter thieves, but they always managed to escape unscathed.

"I definitely believe you."

Seeing the three brothers' stance, Wu Han nodded and continued, "Don't worry, as long as this deal goes through, your brother-in-law will definitely not be stingy. He'll give each of you at least this amount."

Wu Han held up two fingers, and the three brothers' eyes lit up immediately. Two fingers meant it wasn't 20 coins, but 200 coins!

200 coins was no small sum for the three of them; after all, they could only earn 30 coins a day even if they worked hard.

A trip outside the city can earn 600 coins...

At that moment, the three brothers secretly made up their minds that they would risk their lives to protect their brother-in-law and the goods.

"Dinner's ready, come and eat!"

At this moment, Zhang Ya poked her head out from the kitchen and called everyone to come and eat.

The three brothers, who had rushed to Wu Han's house early in the morning, were already hungry. They hurried into the kitchen and ate with Wu Han and his wife.

After breakfast, each of them put on their weapons, and Wu Han pulled out his only donkey cart. The four of them then headed out of the city together.

After the donkey cart left the city, it entered a main road lined with dense woods on both sides. Wu Han and the three Zhang brothers looked at the woods with serious expressions, wary of thieves who might appear at any moment.

"There are quite a few refugees here!"

Looking at the listless refugees walking along the official road, Wu Han felt heavy-hearted. When he left the city earlier, he had noticed the large number of refugees gathered outside the city and saw many corpses of people who had starved to death outside the city. He thought that was shocking enough, but he never expected that there would be just as many refugees on the official road.

These refugees may have thought that the county town was where their hope lay, but they had no idea that even if they reached the county town, they would not be able to enter the town, let alone get any food from the government.

The donkey cart moved slowly forward. Perhaps because there were no goods on the cart, it traveled relatively quickly. In just over half an hour, Wu Han and his three companions arrived at the entrance of Chenjia Village without incident.

"stop."

However, just as Wu Han was about to enter the village, he was stopped by a young man.

But then a young man standing under a tree at the village entrance stopped the donkey cart and demanded, "Who are you?"

The young man was none other than Chen Gou.

Since the last incident where refugees attempted to enter the village, village chief Chen He has taken measures to prevent such incidents from happening again. He arranges for a able-bodied young man from the village to guard the village entrance every day to keep an eye on the situation and prevent refugees from entering the village again.

Although Wu Han and his three companions did not appear to be refugees, Chen Gou did not dare to let his guard down and stopped them.

"This young man."

Wu Han, a businessman, hurriedly stepped forward with a smile and said, "I am a peddler who came at the invitation of Brother Chen Dao. May I enter the village?"

"You can't enter the village!"

Upon hearing Chen Dao's name, Chen Gou's expression softened slightly, but he still shook his head and said, "The village chief said that no outsider is allowed to enter the village without permission. If you are looking for Brother Dao, I can help you call him out."

"Then I'll trouble you, little brother."

Wu Han didn't intend to force his way in; he just smiled and said...

"Alright! You wait here, I'll go in and call Brother Dao for you."

After signaling Wu Han and the other three to wait at the village entrance, Chen Gou dashed into the village and disappeared from their sight in the blink of an eye.

Looking in the direction where Chen Gou disappeared, Zhang Huo, the youngest of the three Zhang brothers, frowned and asked, "Brother-in-law, this village doesn't look very wealthy. Do they really have the white-feathered chickens you mentioned?"

On the way to Chenjia Village, Wu Han had already told the three brothers the details of the deal, so the three brothers knew that Wu Han was coming to Chenjia Village to buy white-feathered chickens.

only……

The three brothers looked past the village entrance and into the interior of Chenjia Village. They saw that Chenjia Village was no different from their own village. The village was deserted and looked extremely desolate. It did not look like a wealthy village at all, and it did not look like the white-feathered chickens that their brother-in-law had described.

Let's wait and see.

Wu Han was also somewhat uncertain, but since he was already here, he should at least see how things went, besides...

Brother Chen doesn't seem like a swindler. He wouldn't lie and make me come all this way for nothing, would he?

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When Wu Han arrived at the village entrance, Chen Dao was feeding chickens and counting their numbers.

Two days later, another 7 chicks hatched, bringing the total number of yellow-feathered chickens to 47, including 15 adult yellow-feathered chickens, 29 juvenile yellow-feathered chickens, and 3 blood-feathered chickens.

The reason why the number of Blood Feather Chickens has not increased is because Chen Dao has been eating one Blood Feather Chicken every day to practice his boxing for the past few days. He is both raising and consuming Blood Feather Chickens, so their numbers will not increase.

Of course, Chen Dao could have chosen to breed a large number of Bloodfeathered Chickens at once, but he did not do so because the breeding efficiency of Bloodfeathered Chickens is far lower than that of Yellowfeathered Chickens. At least so far, Chen Dao has not seen any Bloodfeathered Chickens lay eggs.

Therefore, instead of breeding large numbers of blood-feathered chickens, it is better to keep the adult yellow-feathered chickens for further breeding, and then breed them in large numbers once the flock is large enough.

As for now... a small amount is enough for my own martial arts practice!

"At this rate of growth, the flock will probably soon exceed one hundred yellow-feathered chickens!"

Chen Dao silently calculated in his mind that nowadays, 3-5 yellow-feathered chicks are born every day, and 2-3 yellow-feathered chickens also reach adulthood every day. This number is quite considerable, and it will continue to grow.