Chapter 244 Crisis on the Road
In the next few days, the ship continued to flow smoothly towards Huainan Prefecture.
But the more you go north, the more you see refugees.
Once, when a large ship was docking on the riverside to replenish supplies, a group of refugees even wanted to force the boat to grab things.
But the boatmen on the boat are not vegetarians. Those who are in their vocation are shipmen on the surface, but in fact they are all thugs. They all have the strength and some self-defense skills. How could those yellow-faced and thin-skinned refugees be their opponents? They were injured and kicked into the water in a few strokes.
Seeing this, the other refugees who wanted to rush up did not dare to come again. They retreated aside and looked at the people on the big ship with vigilance and longing. Some women and children knelt on the dock, kowtowed to the people on the ship, begging the nobles on the ship to buy themselves. The scene was extremely heartbreaking.
Chen Yuezhi and Jiang Xiao hid in the cabin and did not dare to show up, so they also locked Jiang Wan in the room.
"Oh, I'm guilty!"
They were soft-hearted and could not see the suffering of the refugees, so they had to hide in their rooms. They would always feel better if they couldn't see them.
After the boat started again, Jiang Pan came to their room.
As soon as he entered the house, Jiang Pan said, "I'm afraid this world will be in chaos. We must go back quickly after picking up Xiaobao."
Chen Yuezhi nodded, "I thought that when we escaped, life would be impossible, but I didn't expect that it would be even more difficult now. Jiangnan... I'm afraid we have to follow the chaos, so we have to prepare earlier."
Three more days later, the group finally arrived at the dock of Huainan Prefecture.
The situation in Huainan Prefecture is even worse. The docks are full of refugees from all over the world, and the shipowners dare not let the big ship beside them.
"Constable Jiang, look at this...or, I will give you the small boat tied behind the boat and you can row ashore. There are too many refugees, and I am afraid that once I dock, my boat will not be able to be kept."
The people and goods on this ship are not a joke.
Jiang Pan was not an unreasonable person either, so he nodded: "Then I have to ask the owner to take us forward for a while and go to a place with fewer refugees."
There are so many refugees here, and as soon as they dock, they feel like they are delivering vegetables to others.
The owner of the ship answered and asked the ship to continue moving forward. He walked out several miles before finally finding a place where there were no people and even a good way to dock.
Put down the boat, Yan Li jumped onto the boat and stabilized the boat, and then let the Jiang family get on the boat.
Jiang Wan jumped first, then Chen Yuezhi, then Jiang Xiao, and finally Jiang Pan.
There was no way to return the boat to the owner, so Jiang Pan stood in the boat and threw a few taels of silver onto the big boat, "You're going well."
The ship owner waved at them, "Be careful too."
The two ships parted.
Yan Li and Jiang Pan each took a handful of pulp and rowed the boat to the shore.
Jiang Wan was not idle either. She gave an order to the little pony to check the situation on the shore and see if it was safe.
They are lucky. There are no refugees in this place for the time being, so it is very suitable for docking.
After a few people got ashore, they tied the boat to the trees on the shore.
This ship is destined to be unstoppable, and I don’t know who will get cheaper.
Chen Yuezhi said: "I hope the person who picked it up can make a living by relying on it."
The few people didn't stop for too long, so they found a place to change their clothes and put on a few sets of torn clothes they bought on the boat.
There is no way, there are too many refugees, and they are dressed cleanly and too sarcastic. In order to avoid some trouble, it is best to disguise it.
After changing their clothes, they grabbed some mud and rubbed their faces, making themselves dirty, and then rushed towards Huainan Prefecture City.
As soon as he arrived on the official road, Chen Yuezhi couldn't help but grab the hands of his two daughters and whispered: "Don't follow closely, don't get separated. Especially for big girls, you must be more alert!"
Jiang Xiao nodded nervously and looked at the refugees around him, feeling a little panicked.
Yan Li, Gu Chenzhou and Jiang Pan stood scattered on both sides and behind the three women, so that people could prevent sneak attacks from both sides and behind.
Although the few people pretended, their figures were very different from those of the refugees, so soon some refugees noticed them.
But Jiang Pan and Yan Li kept airing out, and it was difficult to mess with at first glance. Gu Chenzhou also held a sword in his hand, so no one dared to mess with them for the time being.
Fortunately, they were not too far from Huainan Prefecture City here. After walking among the refugees for most of the day, they arrived at the foot of the city gate.
But how to get into the city has become a big problem.
The city gate of Huainan Prefecture City was closed at this time, and on the city tower, rows of guards carrying bows were waiting for battle and could shoot arrows at the refugees at any time.
In this case, even if they have wings, they cannot fly in.
Jiang Xiao looked at the closed city gate and the soldiers on the city wall, and tears were so anxious that he burst into tears.
After finally getting to the place, she couldn't get in. When she thought that Xiaobao was not far from her, she was so anxious that she wanted to knock on the city gate.
Chen Yuezhi held her tightly, "Big girl, don't do anything randomly. Once it causes a commotion, the soldiers on the city tower will shoot arrows. This is not a joke!"
Jiang Xiao suppressed his impulse, "Mom, I know, I won't do anything randomly. But how can we get in?"
Chen Yuezhi was also worried that the Huainan Prefecture guards against refugees were like this, and it was impossible for them to use normal channels to enter the city.
Jiang Wan looked at the situation and said to the few people: "Let's go somewhere else. It's useless to squeeze in here. We don't want to go in through the city gate. Maybe the defenders in the city will massacre refugees in a while."
Jiang Xiao was so scared that his face turned pale, "How dare they...they are all human lives..."
Jiang Wan chuckled, "People are worse than dogs in troubled times. In order to save the people in the city, it is not new to massacre refugees outside the city."
Several people squeezed out of the refugees, stepped on the night, and walked away from the crowd.
After walking for a while, Yan Li and Gu Chenzhou whispered: "There is a tail behind, don't look back and keep moving forward."
Chen Yuezhi was so scared that she grabbed the hands of her two daughters, so nervous that she was about to pop out of her throat.
The footsteps behind were very loud, and there were quite a few people coming.
"There is an earth kiln in front of you, let's go there."
Yan Li was very familiar with this belt and led a few people to the earthen kiln.
The tail behind also followed closely behind.
When he arrived in front of the earthen kiln, Yan Li kicked open the broken door and made sure there was no danger inside. Then he let Chen Yuezhi and his daughter enter.
As soon as they entered, the tails chased after them.
"Now, see where you run, be more aware of your feelings, hand over those three women, and we will spare you three of you!"
Yan Li and Gu Chenzhou looked at each other, too lazy to talk nonsense to these people, so they picked up their weapons and rushed towards them.
Jiang Pan stayed to guard the gate to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the opportunity.
Chapter completed!