Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 87 Follow me, there is a way out
After a while, a servant girl who looked about 30 years old was brought out by the boy.

"Matchmaker, the Elder Master has something to do with you." The boy said to the matchmaker.

The matchmaker looked at Zhao Wen, bowed and said, "Is there something wrong, sir?"

Zhao Wen pointed to Zhao Xiaoni who was sleeping, and said, "Take her and her mother to take a bath, put on clean clothes, and give me some warm meals. I will pay for all the expenses."

The matchmaker looked at the girl and then at the girl's mother. Although she was a little puzzled, she still followed Zhao Wen's instructions, picked up Zhao Xiaoni on the table, and walked towards the back hall.

An hour later, the matchmaker came out with Zhao Xiaoni and Xiaoni's mother.

At this time, Zhao Xiaoni was wearing a gray dress. Although it was not good, it was much better than before.

The dirt on his face was also cleaned off. Although his complexion was sallow, he was not as depressed as before, and his face was full of vitality.

Zhao Xiaoni's mother stood behind Xiaoni, her clothes were also clean and tidy.She looked at Zhao Wen, and hurriedly knelt down to kowtow to Zhao Wen.

Zhao Xiaoni also hurriedly knelt on the ground, "Thank you, Xiaoni, for taking me in. In the future, Xiaoni will also repay the kindness of the old man."

Zhao Xiaoni said in a sensible way, but being sensible is a bit distressing.

"Kneeling for what? Hurry up!" Before Zhao Xiaoni knelt down, Zhao Wen hurriedly helped Zhao Xiaoni up from the ground, squatted halfway in front of Zhao Xiaoni, wiped the tears from her face, and said softly.

"Get up too, don't kowtow to me in the future, I hate this." Zhao Wen looked at the woman and said.

"Thank you, my servant, thank you, my servant!" The woman hurriedly thanked Zhao Wen.

"Xiao Ni thank you Eldest Master!" Zhao Xiaoni smiled and said crisply.

"Come with me!" Zhao Wen took Zhao Xiaoni's little hand and walked out.

Seeing that Zhao Wen loves Zhao Xiaoni so much, Zhao Xiaoni's mother also breathed a sigh of relief, with a sincere smile on her face.

"Okay, let's go too." Zhao Wen took Zhao Xiaoni's hand and walked towards the tethering post next to Yuan Fuxiang.

"Uncle Zhao, do you think we sent you these nitrates, or did you pull them back yourself?" A chubby boy pulled a cart full of nitrates to Zhao Wen. He bent over with a flattering expression on his face. road.

"You put it here, I will pull it back by myself." Zhao Wen said in a deep voice.

"Come on, Mr. Zhao, then I'll put it here for you." The young man tied the reins of the horse to the horse stake next to him, turned and left.

Zhao Wen picked up Zhao Xiaoni who was standing on the ground, put it on the cart, untied the horse's reins, and sat on the shaft by himself, holding the horse's reins tightly with his left hand, and flicking the whip in his right hand, driving the horse to move forward slowly. go.

Liu Wu untied the horse's reins on the horse post, rode on a war horse, dragged the reins of another war horse with his right hand, and followed behind Zhao Wen.

Zhao Xiaoni's mother hurriedly snatched a horse rein from Liu Wu's hand and held it in her hand.

Liu Wu didn't want her to do it at first, but he couldn't be more stubborn, so he had to let her go.

The carriage slowly headed out of the city, and after passing the city gate, the flow of people on both sides of the official road increased.

When Zhao Wen came, all his thoughts were on the glass mirror, and the horse was riding so fast that he didn't bother to look around.

Now, the carriage was slowly pressing down on the potholed road, and Zhao Wen sat on the shaft, so he had time to look around.

Both sides of the road are covered with shacks built with thatched grass. Countless people dressed in rags, with dark faces and skinny faces are standing, squatting, or lying on the road, with lifeless eyes staring at Zhao Wen's body carriage.

A stench permeated from both sides of the road. Under a big tree not far away, a blackened corpse was covered with flies. Several wild dogs stared at the corpse with green light in their eyes. corpse.Just wait for no one to pay attention, then go to tear the corpse.

The elm trees on both sides of the road have also been stripped of their leaves and stripped of their bark.Only the bare trunks are left, slowly dying on the ground.

Suddenly, a big man rushed out from the side of the road, and he directly stopped in front of the carriage.

"Applause!!!"

Zhao Wen hastily grabbed the horse's reins, for fear of knocking the man into the air.

Liu Wu hurriedly flicked the whip in his hand and ran to the front of the carriage.

Liu Wu waved the whip in his hand, making a crisp sound in the air.

He looked at the big man fiercely, and shouted angrily: "You fellow, do you want to find death? My lord is the garrison of Longmen Fort. He is a fifth-rank martial arts general. How dare you stop my lord's carriage?"

The big man didn't wait for Liu Wu to finish speaking, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowing his head non-stop.

When the people next to him heard that Zhao Wen sitting in the carriage was an official, they hurriedly backed away as if they had met a tiger or wolf.

As if the man didn't hear what Liu Wu said, he kept kowtowing.

The dust on the yellow ground was splashed by him, and the front of the carriage was filled with dust.

"What's going on?" Zhao Wen jumped off the carriage, frowning.

The man raised his head and looked at Zhao Wen, weeping bitterly, "I beg the elder to save my mother, my mother is about to starve to death. If the elder can save my mother, I will sell my life to you. "

A man of eight feet was forced to such a fate.

Liu Wu also jumped off the horse. He waved the whip in his hand and was about to whip it at the man.

"Your mother is about to starve to death, what does it have to do with us? Get out of here quickly."

But the man didn't seem to care at all.

Zhao Wen hurriedly stopped Liu Wu, and at the same time gave Liu Wu a look.

Zhao Wen squinted his eyes and looked at this man. He was wearing a sackcloth and a short jacket full of big holes, and a pair of dark arms were exposed.

Although there is not much flesh in his arms, judging from his dark complexion, this person must have been a good fighter before.However, because of hunger, I lost a lot of weight.

"If I save your mother, you will sell your life to me?" Zhao Wen asked.

The man's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said: "As long as the elder can save my mother, I will hand over my life to the elder. I will do whatever the elder asks me to do."

"Let you kill people, how dare you?" Zhao Wen looked at the man and said in a deep voice.

"Kill!" The man was stunned for a moment, with a little panic in his eyes, but the panic was fleeting. After a few breaths, the man's eyes gradually became firmer, and he said: "As long as the elder can save my mother, the elder will let me save my mother." I will kill whoever I kill, even if it is the Heavenly King Lao Tzu, I will go too."

Zhao Wen clapped his hands and shouted: "Okay, you can follow me from now on. Here are some dry rations, you can take them."

Zhao Wen took down a sack from the carriage, which contained some white flour steamed buns and some fried noodles invented by Zhao Wen.

The man kowtowed heavily at Zhao Wen, then rolled up the sack on the ground and ran towards an extremely low shack.

Seeing this, the refugees on both sides of the road also slowly surrounded them.

"As long as the old man can give me a bite to eat, then I will sell my life to the old man." An extremely thin man shouted at Zhao Wen.

Around his neck was a dirty little girl who looked only five or six years old.The little girl looked at Zhao Xiaoni who was dressed cleanly in the carriage, her eyes were full of envy.

The refugees looked at Zhao Wen with longing in their eyes.

Standing on the shaft of the chariot, Zhao Wen looked at these refugees, cleared his throat, and shouted: "I am the garrison of Longmen Fort, and I am a fifth-rank military general appointed by the emperor. My current station is just a few meters away. Longmen Fort, which is more than a hundred miles away, as long as you want to survive, then follow me. I can't guarantee that you will have big fish and meat, but a full meal can still be provided."

As soon as Zhao Wen's words fell to the ground, the crowd fell into silence.Immediately afterwards, countless people hugged their heads and cried.

After such a long time, I finally met a great kind person.Finally, there is no need to wait to die. There are still good people in the entire Ming Dynasty.

"Live Bodhisattva, live Bodhisattva."

"Master Qingtian, this is Master Qingtian."

"There is a way to survive, there is a way to survive."

For a moment, countless refugees knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Zhao Wen with tears in their eyes.

Several people who were lying on both sides of the road waiting to die also struggled to get up from the ground, kowtowing to Zhao Wen non-stop.

Both sides of the entire official road were filled with excited shouts.

Looking at these excited refugees, Zhao Wen said in words that he could only hear: "From ancient times to the present, these people have not asked for much, just to have food to eat and clothes to wear. However, such a simple and unpretentious requirements cannot be met.

They do the heaviest work and pay the heaviest taxes.They dare not get sick, and when they get sick, they can only stand up.Even some inexpensive medicinal materials cannot be afforded.

Those in power took their hard-earned money and squandered it on the Qinhuai River, squandered it on luxury houses, and squandered it on one meaningless thing after another.

The powder floating on the Qinhuai River is all the blood and sweat of these people.But when did these people in power lower their heads and look at them? "

Zhao Wen finally understands why the peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty was so large and prosperous.

(End of this chapter)