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Chapter 67 The Fleeing Man from Youzhou

Hearing the word Youzhou, Ran Tong was still surprised a moment ago, but now he thinks it is reasonable.

Because she happened to pass by Youzhou and Bianzhou, two cities close to Chengjing when she came back two days ago. Now Chengjing is no longer the capital of the Mahayana Dynasty, and has lost the protection of Kyoto. Regardless of their life or death, the two cities before played a role in defending against the enemy. A large number of troops were stationed in Youzhou and Bianzhou. Although they were chaotic, they also gave the two cities a lot of trade and economic activity.

But now, the capital of the country has moved south to Qizhou, and the troops in Youzhou and Bianzhou have also withdrawn wantonly. For the Mahayana Dynasty, the world is peaceful now, so there is no need to station troops here. It may not take long. In order to save military pay, Qi Jingyu may not have disarmed.

In this way, even the troops stationed in Youzhou and Bianzhou, the two "stepmother-raised" cities, have left, and they have directly become poor places that no one cares about.

The disparity between the rich and the poor is terribly large, and many people start to travel around for food. If not, no father would sell his daughter to Qi Tianzhe's brothel for food.

But Ran Tong did not expect that these refugees had nowhere to go, and came to the border of the Northern Territory to seek a way out.

Fortunately, my manor is here. If there is no manor, every refugee who comes to the Northern Territory will die.

"Take me to see."

Brothers and sisters Ran Tong and Abu Aqin followed Zhang Peng to the building area to the east of the warehouse.

This is the place that Ran Tong hadn't used the workbench system to repair and transform before he left, and it is also the most messy and dirtiest area in the whole manor. A long time ago, these places were the old sites where the army was stationed for food and grass.

But as soon as he got close, Ran Tong was still touched by the scene in front of him.

There are people with haggard faces and yellow faces everywhere, their faces are numb and their lips are chapped. Among them are not only old, weak, women and children, but also many young men.

These people sat in this area casually. Zhang Peng warned them not to wander around, because they had to wait for Ran Tong to come back. Zhang Peng didn't even give them any decent meals. In the manor, I have been hungry for two whole days.

But they dare not leave, even if they are hungry here, it is better than wandering outside. There are more than 1000 people in their wave, but there are only so many people left on the road of wandering.

At this time, when these people saw the girl walking in front of Zhang Peng, some smart people suddenly thought of something, because Zhang Peng had told them that they had to wait for their lord lady to send and arrange them.

Seeing Zhang Peng being so submissive to this girl now, how could they fail to see Ran Tong's status and identity?

"You...you are the Lord Lord!"

An old man knelt down on the ground with a thud, and bowed to Ran Tong: "My lord, please do me a favor, give me a stutter."

At this time, all the refugees from the side rushed over in a swarm. They were dressed in tattered clothes, their hair was unkempt, and their bodies were dirty and smelly.

Abu immediately took a step forward, holding the handle of the steel knife in his hand, ready to pull out the blade at any time.

And Zhang Peng also frowned, and immediately scolded.

"Stay away from the lord, be careful of your dirty hands!"

For Zhang Peng, these refugees were still a little afraid. They didn't know why the brothers in the manor all showed a vicious look. Everyone had a fierce look in their eyes, and they didn't dare to act rashly.

After Zhang Peng stopped drinking, the people slowly shrank back, not daring to speak.

Ran Tong sighed.

Originally, she planned to order people to bring some food to fill their stomachs first, but looking at the state, Ran Tong did not do this for the sake of safety. If the food came, let alone Zhang Peng, it would probably be a jackal, tiger or leopard They won't answer when they come, and no one can stop them at that time.

"Old man, you get up first."

Ran Tong gently helped the old man in front of him. Zhang Peng next to him wanted to remind him, but seeing that Abu next to him didn't make any gestures, he didn't say anything.

A Bu followed Ran Tong as before, but after returning from Chengjing this time, the atmosphere between A Bu and Ran Tong changed a little, but Zhang Peng couldn't tell what changed, but at this time A Bu didn't stop him, he also It's hard to say anything.

The old man was trembling, and he kept saying things like "please give me something to eat." His expression was in a daze, and he seemed to have been hungry for a long time.

Ran Tong looked at the people in front of him, and suddenly spoke.

"Can you answer some questions for me?"

People were bustling and talking, like beggars begging for food, but now they all closed their mouths and looked at the girl in front of them.

The old man also came back to his senses. As a representative, he nodded.

"My lord, may I ask..."

Ran Tong: "When did you come out of Youzhou?"

The old man thought for a while and replied, "It should be seven days ago."

Ran Tong nodded, seven days ago, Ran Tong's carriage should have just arrived in Chengjing at that time, so she had never met Li Butler when they returned to Chengjing, so the time counted.

"How many of you are there?" Ran Tong asked again.

"Our wave...a total of more than 1000 people." The old man sighed.

But Ran Tong caught a detail, the old man said their wave.

Ran Tong immediately asked about the word eye, and the old man nodded and explained.

"We can't stay in Youzhou anymore. There is already a famine in the city. The people have no food. They moved away from the capital. The officials refused to open the granary. We have not had enough food for more than half a month. If you stay any longer, you will starve to death." The old man said: "As early as half a month ago, many people in Youzhou and Bianzhou ran away, but most of them went to Chengjing, which was useless. …Chengjing didn’t even open the door to let us in, they even shot us with arrows when they saw us.”

The old man sobbed as he spoke.

"We know that going to Chengjing is a dead end, and we are going to die anyway, so we want to come to the Northern Territory to try our luck..."

The old man himself did not expect that there is such a huge manor hidden in the wilderness in the frontier of the Northern Territory, which is said by the world to be barren.

And judging from the appearance of the people inside the manor, they should have no worries about food and clothing.

"I see." Ran Tong beckoned to Zhang Peng at this time, and whispered in Zhang Peng's ear.

"Second brother, wait a minute and ask the cooks to prepare some food."

"My lord..." Zhang Peng wanted to say something, but after thinking about the development of the manor, he saw that among the more than 400 people, there were fifty or sixty children who were still around ten years old. The baby in the swaddling baby also nodded: "I see, I will arrange it right away."

With Zhang Peng's departure, Ran Tong changed the subject at this time.

"Everyone, you can eat if you want. I wonder if you brought anything with you when you ran away?"

Meals are not free, Ran Tong is not a saint, the manor does not support idlers, and if he wants to be sheltered, he not only has to contribute to the manor in the future, but also needs to hand over the things he brings.

The old man was taken aback for a moment, and then hurriedly began to talk about it. He turned around and touched the people left and right.

"Yes, yes!!" As soon as the old man heard that he could eat, he quickly asked the people present to pile up all the things they brought with them when they fled famine.

"It's all here!"

Ran Tong looked, his eyes gradually brightened.

Although there is no food, there are many treasures inside!
(End of this chapter)