Ninety Thousand Miles Across the Weird World

Chapter 119
Shang Qing'e and his party were all riding tall horses, and Li Jun was riding a donkey, holding a yellowish-brown dog in his arms, with thin skin and tender flesh, looking frail.

Out of tune with the whole queue.

Shang Luo and other big men didn't pay much attention to Li Jun, but Shang Qing'e was full of sympathy, riding a horse and Li Jun's donkey side by side, chatting with each other, and didn't care about the defense between men and women.

But most of the time, Shang Qing'e spoke alone, and Li Jun listened.

Shang Qing'e has a pretty face and a nice voice, but she has a weak head and has no defense against people, so she babbled a lot.

Li Jun has a good temper, even if he was impatient, he didn't show it in the slightest.

He absently observed his surroundings.

However, seeing the abandoned millet in the field, Li Jun couldn't help feeling a little regretful and puzzled.

The food in this world is very precious, and in some places it is even more precious than gold and jewelry. Jewelry is only good-looking, but food can actually save lives.

Especially after the fall of Jiuyuan, there are zombies everywhere, food should be more precious.

Why?

A large piece of millet was not cut, and it rotted in the ground, allowing the grain to swell and germinate?
wrong……

Li Jun suddenly realized that something was wrong. The ground was dry and cracked, like the texture of a tortoise. The cracks were very deep and devastated. There was a severe drought here.

It's just that the season is in late autumn and the weather is cool, so Li Jun didn't notice it for a while.

In a year of severe drought, the vegetation flourishes and the grains germinate without water. These... ominous omens!

Li Jun was full of doubts, and said through voice transmission: "I always feel that something is wrong, haven't you noticed that the ground is dry?"

The dog grunted, and said disdainfully: "It's strange that there is wool, isn't it a zombie? Zombies have cultivated to the level of drought, and they can cause red land for thousands of miles. Now that fellow Xingliang is no longer flying stiff, but a drought."

He San held his donkey's head high, and walked briskly while talking, "My lord, if you want to rain, the little one will make a cloud and spread the rain immediately. It can rain as big as it is, and the drought leader has to obey."

He San was complacent, walking side by side with the beauty, he was in a good mood.

However, Shang Qing'e didn't pay attention to the donkey at all, all her attention was on Li Jun.

Shang Qingmo sighed.

"The country is about to perish, and there will be evildoers. My brother is an outsider. Have you ever noticed anything unusual in this place?"

After a moment of silence, Li Jun asked, "How's the rain this year?"

Li Jun fell into a deep sleep for a long time. He only remembered that there was a heavy rain in Jiuyuan before he fell asleep, but he didn't remember it afterwards. According to the degree of dryness of the land, it should have never rained.

Xingliang, has he really become a Hanba?
Shang Qing'e shook her head.

"There was very little rain this year, and there was no harvest in many places, and many people died of starvation. There were many refugees fleeing famine on the official roads, but this time there are no more. Alas, evil spirits are rampant, and bones are wild.

There was also a famine in our Merchant Fort. If it weren’t for our strong foundation, people would have starved to death. The world is difficult, and human life is as cheap as a dog. "

Li Jun glanced at the millet in the field, the grass, the tender shoots, the lush trees beside the official road, and occasionally hares and pheasants appeared.

"This...famine?"

Shang Qing'e smiled wryly.

There was helplessness in his eyes, and compassion in his eyes.

"No matter how much food is produced in the field, if you can't pull it back, it will be in vain. There are zombies and ghosts everywhere. Everyone dare not go out. They hide in the fort all day, and the food is getting less and less."

"Sister Qing'e, you also know that there is chaos outside, why don't you let the castle owner worry? No matter how little food is in the castle, it will be enough for us to feed for several years. By then, Master Wang will have put down the chaos of zombies. What are you worried about? ?”

Shang Luo interrupted suddenly.

Shang Qing'e chuckled.

"You only care about your own survival. What about those castle farmers? You know better than me what's going on in the castle. I'm not afraid to tell you that I ran out this time because I was angry with the owner of the castle."

"What do you want?"

"I don't want to do anything, I just hope that the owner of the castle will send someone out to get food, so that the residents of the castle will not starve to death, and then the merchant castle will become empty."

"You want everyone to die?"

"Ha ha."

Shang Qing'e stopped talking.

After listening for a long time, Li Jun recognized the name.

The merchant fort is currently closed, and the gate of the fort is not easily opened.

Not only the owner's family, guards and other upper-class people live in the castle, but also many tenant farmers, castle residents, servants, long-term workers and other subordinates.

It is said to be a fort, but it is actually equivalent to a small town. Although the sparrow is small, it has all internal organs.

There is no shortage of food in the upper floors of the fort, but the lower people are on the verge of starving to death every day.

However, for the sake of safety, the owner of the castle not only didn't send people out to get food, but also didn't allow anyone to go out, even if he died of starvation, he didn't allow half a step out of the castle.

Madonna Shang Qing'e's heart was overflowing, and she couldn't see it, so she ran out secretly, seemingly willful and playful, but in fact she was just resisting the castle owner in her own way.

Everyone followed the official road and soon arrived at Merchant Fort. Li Jun's eyes were wide open.

Merchant Fort is located about ten miles beside the official road, covering a very large area, with high walls of loess barriers hidden among trees.

Looming, the gate of the fort did not open directly, and everyone walked in along the suspension bridge. As soon as they entered the merchant fort, the environment changed drastically, with an earthy tone, no trees, no green at all.

Under the high khaki wall, there is a large iron pot, in which porridge is boiled. The porridge is so thin that people can be seen. There is a long queue behind the pot. Many ragged people are looking at the pot, Waiting for the porridge.

After Li Jun and the others came in, they looked at him one after another, especially Li Jun, who received the most greedy looks. If it wasn't for Shang Luo's presence, these people would rush up and swallow him alive.

"Get out of the way, out of the way, the eldest lady is back."

"All dodge, don't look directly at the eldest lady."

Shangluo led a dozen men in black clothes, holding whips in their hands, and waved fiercely at the thin Fort residents. Their eyes were merciless, as if they were looking at a group of animals. Indeed~ In the eyes of the landlord class, the ancient tenant farmers were just animals. ?

The tenant farmers are under the management of the landlord.

Since ancient times, the imperial power never went to the countryside.

Landlords, especially those who have formed a certain scale, can be called aristocrats.

Li Jun feels that the imperial power in this world is very weak. On the top, there are Yin gods who control the lifeline of the dynasty, and on the bottom, there are clan forces, and there may even be cultivating sects that rule together.

The Sima Dynasty must have been miserable, right?
Shang Qing'e lowered her head, not daring to look at these ragged townspeople, who did not look like a lady of Shangbao at all, just like an ordinary weak woman, Li Jun shook her head secretly.

If this kind of woman lives in a prosperous age, she can be carefree and express her heart to the Virgin.

It's a pity that in troubled times, there is no room for even the slightest bit of sympathy and pity. Li Jun doubts, can she really be up to the important task of being the next owner of Merchant Fort?
Judging from the information obtained so far, the castle owner must be a ruthless person. Why would he choose Shang Qing'e as an heir?

How do you look at it, Shangluo is more suitable?

Moreover, Shang Luo is still her brother.

(End of this chapter)