Fang Shuwen felt a burning sensation in his face as he listened to what Chang Sheng and Guo Feng said. It seemed that he had been pretending to be stupid in the palace for too long. He had been trapped in the palace all year round and had no idea about the sufferings of the people. He could not see the problem on his own.
It was still too superficial at the time.
Fang Shuwen snorted coldly and jumped off his horse: "Let's go in first and see what the situation will be like when we go back."
The three of them jumped off their horses one after another, holding the reins of their horses and walking toward the temporary city gate. As soon as they reached the city gate, the three of them were suddenly surprised.
At the city gate, groups of victims with sallow faces and unkempt hair were lying outside the city gate, looking into the city with longing eyes.
Chang Sheng glanced at the city gate and saw the number of victims. There were at least two to three thousand people. He had only paid attention to the houses in the city just now, and he didn't even notice that there were so many victims at the city gate.
There were so many victims that some soldiers had to gather at the city gate.
There were about forty soldiers guarding the gate of the city.
Chang Sheng's eyes quickly glanced over the faces of these soldiers. There were too many differences in realms. Chang Sheng could tell at a glance the strength of these soldiers. They were all in the physical training realm. Even the leader among them could not see clearly.
Specific strength. In this way, that person is at least a person in the sublimation realm.
In this way, the number of these soldiers was much smaller than that of the victims, but it was more than enough to frighten this group of unarmed and hungry victims.
However, what are these victims doing at the city gate? Why don't they enter the city?
Chang Sheng was wondering, but the soldier whose strength he could not see clearly, at least the Ascension Realm, had come over with two men of the Forging Realm.
"Young masters, do you want to enter the city?" The Ascension Realm soldiers looked at Chang Sheng with a smile on their faces.
"Nonsense, if we don't enter the city, what are I doing here!" Chang Sheng cursed in his heart, and Guo Feng had already spoken: "Yes, we are going to the city. I wonder what this military master has to say?"
Guo Feng asked with a smile, already holding a few grains of silver in his hands. These soldiers would definitely not come over to ask them questions for no reason. They probably saw that the three of them were dressed like rich young men, so they wanted to ask for some favors.
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The soldiers in the Ascension Realm took a step forward, approached Guo Feng, and said softly: "I can't give you advice, but there are rules in this city. If you want to enter the city, you must pay the city fee."
"Entry fee? This is what it should be." Guo Feng was not surprised. He raised his hand and handed the silver he had prepared long ago to the soldiers in front of him.
The Ascension Realm soldier didn't even look at the silver coins in his hands. He squeezed them casually and handed the silver coins to the two soldiers behind him. However, he stretched out a hand, twirled his thumb, index and middle fingers, and made a sign asking for money.
action.
"Guys, this little money is not enough for three of us to enter the city."
As the Ascension Realm soldier spoke, he raised his hand and pointed at the large group of victims around him, and said mockingly: "As you can see, the current period is very special. The whole city of Minchuan is full of victims. It would be better if there were fewer people.
Our benevolent prefect will naturally let them all enter the city."
As he said that, the Ascension Realm soldier sighed and said: "It's a pity that the magistrate originally had the idea of saving people and let all the victims flood into the city. But these bastards, they don't work hard, they are lazy and have no quality.
All day long, I just sneak around and fight with robbers, causing chaos around the city. The prefect had no other choice, so he issued a new law, requiring you to pay a city fee when entering the city."
"Oh, that's it, so if you want to enter the city, how much entry fee do you have to pay?"
"One hundred thousand taels of silver per person!" The Ascension Realm soldier stretched out three fingers and said: "You three young masters, you will naturally have to pay three hundred thousand taels of silver. In addition..."
The Ascension Realm soldiers looked at the horses held by Chang Sheng and the others, with a hint of greed in their eyes: "In addition, the horses will be paid at half price. If the three young masters want to bring the horses in, they will have to pay a total of four
One hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver."
As soon as the Ascension Realm Soldier finished speaking, the voice of the Ancient Heavenly Demon rang in Chang Sheng's mind: "The prefect here is really talented."
"That's right, the price he's asking for is really high. One hundred thousand taels of silver. It's not easy for those wealthy families to come up with this money. One hundred thousand taels of silver doesn't seem like much. However, it can't stand up to the large number of people.
.Now the disaster is serious. Many big families and aristocratic families have been affected by the disaster. There are not few wealthy people who have fled."
Chang Sheng was full of anger and said to Gu Tianmo: "The prefect's approach seems very good. It seems that there are too many people. In order to prevent the city from being too chaotic, we selected high-quality people to enter the city.
.But the basis for his selection of people is money! Only rich people can enter the city, but who said those rich people are people with high quality? The prefect is obviously trying to make money in a different direction."
Chang Sheng was talking to Gu Tianmo, and the anger in his heart grew stronger: "Now that the country is suffering from natural disasters, the prefect here does not think about how to help the disaster relief as much as possible. Instead, he tries every means to make money, regardless of the lives and deaths of thousands of people, even the city.
No entry is allowed. Officials like this deserve to die. If the country is full of officials like this, how can the country be strong?"
Chang Sheng was talking to Gu Tianmo, and the nearby crowd was already approaching them. Some of them who still had the strength walked over, and some who didn't have the strength simply used their hands and feet to crawl towards here.
"You gentlemen, please do your best and buy the villain."
"Young masters, please buy the villain. I have been working as a carpenter for ten years. You will definitely not suffer any loss if you buy the villain. As long as the villain can have a mouth to eat, it will be fine." "Sir, the villain will."
Write and learn to read.”
"Sir, this villain once..."
Suddenly, groups of victims saw the three brightly dressed Chang Sheng and rushed over here. If it weren't for the soldiers with long swords hanging on their waists, I'm afraid they would have robbed them directly.
In Chang Sheng's two lives before and after his reincarnation, he has met many people who promote their own products, but this is the first time he has met people who promote themselves and let others buy them, and there are so many people at one time.
It’s not just about promoting yourself, it’s more about promoting the disaster victims who are selling their children.
"Young Master, look at my daughter, she is only eleven years old today. Not only is she very agile in her hands and feet, but she is also a beautiful child that everyone loves..."
"Master, my son is only seven years old today. He has been hardworking since he was a child. As long as you give him some food, he will be yours..."
"Master, please buy my child. You will need someone to take care of you when you go to the city. To buy someone from here, you only need to pay ten thousand taels of silver..."
Each of the victims, either male or female, promoted themselves or the children around them. They didn't know whether these children were their biological children or the children of relatives.
"Pa..."
Suddenly, Chang Sheng felt the corner of his clothes being grabbed by someone. He looked down and saw a little girl with pigtails in the sky. The hair in front of her forehead had long been scattered. There was dirt everywhere on her body. She looked like she was only eight or nine years old.
His little hands grabbed his clothes.
"Big brother, big brother, you buy Xiaozhu. If you buy Xiaozhu, mom will have food to eat. Mom has not eaten for three days."
The little girl who called herself Xiaozhu grabbed Chang Sheng and looked at Chang Sheng with her big black eyes, full of desire for life.
Chang Sheng looked at the little girl in front of him, and he was full of surprise. Many people had directly approached him, Guo Feng, and Fang Shuwen to promote them. However, because he grabbed the black iron rod, and with Guo Feng and
We came together with Fang Shuwen, and the salespeople went directly to Guo Feng and Fang Shuwen. After all, they seemed to be easier to deal with. And he deliberately lagged behind, looking more like a follower.
In this way, no one would look for me, but unexpectedly, it was a little girl who found me first, and she wanted to promote herself.
There are many people who recommend me, and there are also many people who recommend children, but this is the first person who recommends me while I am still a child.
How can a child who is only eight or nine years old promote himself and let others buy him away?
Chang Sheng was curious, lowered his head and looked at the girl in front of him carefully.
The girl is the same as the victims here. She is very dirty, but through the dirt on her face, you can vaguely see that she is a very cute little girl. I believe she does not need to dress up as long as she cleans herself and changes her clothes.
Dressed in clean clothes, she will definitely look like a pretty little girl.
How could such a little girl promote herself? Was she forced by the adults in the family? Or was the little girl sensible enough to take the initiative?
Chang Sheng felt strange, but when the little girl saw that he didn't answer, she couldn't help but become anxious. She grabbed the corner of Chang Sheng's clothes with one hand and shook her: "Brother, buy Xiaozhu quickly. Xiaozhu is very good. 4. Don't buy it anymore.
Xiaozhu, when my mother sees it, she won’t let her go.”
Although the little girl pulled Chang Sheng and shook her, her body was too thin, and she obviously hadn't eaten enough. After shaking for a few times, she found that the big brother in front of her was not shaking, so she added a little more strength.
Suddenly, her whole body started to sway, and it looked like she was holding on to Chang Sheng's clothes while swinging. She looked so cute.
"Chang Sheng, this little girl is interesting and she looks very cute. She will most likely be a beauty when she grows up. It doesn't cost much to buy her anyway. If I were you, Chang Sheng, I would just buy her without even thinking about it.
Let's talk after you come down." When Gu Tianmo saw the little girl's appearance, he immediately became confused in Chang Sheng's mind.
"Well, this little girl sounds cute and very lovable." Chang Sheng nodded when he heard this, but did not immediately agree to buy the little girl: "However, this time we go out to provide disaster relief, it is still useful to bring this little girl.
There will be many inconveniences, especially the fact that we may encounter people sent by the third prince to cause trouble, as well as those remnants of the previous dynasty, and there will be many dangers along the way. If we take this little girl with us, I'm afraid we will actually harm her."