Li Zicheng cautiously approached the refugee camp. Behind him, dozens of "fully armed" soldiers were as cautious as he was, with their eyes full of vigilance.
A long gun and a suit of cloth armor that didn't fit very well. Compared with the officers and soldiers in the city, such equipment was really shabby. However, these soldiers did not feel their shabbyness, but their faces were full of
confidence.
That's right, with such equipment, these dozens of people are enough to dominate this refugee camp. When Wang Er gathered the refugees, his men didn't even have this equipment.
The camp was filled with a strange smell. The poorly clothed refugees looked blankly at this group of people walking into their camp. They did not stop them, did not run away, and did not even have a trace of curiosity. It was as if these people had
People with weapons have nothing to do with each other.
The camp was very big, even bigger than when Li Zicheng was there a few days ago. Based on the impression in his memory, he headed directly towards the place where Wang Er was. In his expectation, there might be a hard fight, and he even
They were all prepared to retreat immediately if they were surrounded.
However, nothing happened.
Not even Wang Er's minions jumped out to intercept them. Except for the numb and indifferent eyes of the refugees everywhere, not a single Wang Er's minions were seen in the entire camp.
etc!
Li Zicheng realized something was wrong. He looked around. The soldiers behind him continued to advance. From the sunlight falling around these people, he suddenly realized what was wrong.
There were old and weak people around, women, children, and even children, but there were not a few young and strong people in sight.
In the distance, Li Guo had grabbed an old man nearby and was asking him something. Li Ran was at the end of the team, guarding against the approaching refugees. An extremely relaxed feeling suddenly came out of Li Zicheng's heart. He knew that he had just arrived.
good.
"Let's go, everyone is gone, only those of us who can't walk are left!"
The old man who was caught by Li Guo looked at Li Guo with blank eyes: "Master, please give me some food, just a little..."
"Let's get some food..."
The surrounding refugees also shouted, but the shouts were weak. If they hadn't all stared at people like Li Zicheng, they would have felt that the shouts were not much louder than usual.
"If you want food, go to the city to get it. The government is giving porridge to the city every day!" Li Zicheng shouted loudly: "Who knows the news about Wang Er and his people? Come out and tell me!"
No one paid attention to him. Everyone looked at the city in the distance and fell silent one by one. No matter Wang Er or the city giving porridge, it seemed that they couldn't arouse their interest.
"I know you are hungry, but if you continue to stay here, you will have no other consequences except starving to death!"
Li Zicheng looked around: "Two miles, at most two miles, can be climbed by crawling. As long as you get to the city, you will not die of hunger. In this world, if you don't live by yourself, you still expect others to send you food."
Did it come from your mouth?"
There was silence all around, no one bothered him.
Li Zicheng turned around and said to his people: "Let's go back to the city and report to the commander. The things here are no longer within our control!"
…
In the city, the prefect's Yamen.
Li Yongsheng looked at the two people in front of him with some anxiety. One of them was Lord Song Gun, the magistrate of this mansion, and the other was Lord Jiang, the commander of the Nanhai Guard who had recently become more famous in Yan'an than Lord Song.
He felt a little unsure. He was just a sixth-grade salt transport judge. He really couldn't figure out what matters were worthy of these two big bosses personally coming to him for an interview. If they wanted salt, they could go directly to the government office.
Just take the note and move it to the salt warehouse. At this time, Li Yongsheng would directly challenge the government office because of this matter.
"...This matter is related to the safety of Yan'an Mansion and the future of you and me. Therefore, how to proceed with this matter. Although Judge Li reported it to the Hedong Salt Transport Envoy Si Yamen afterwards, at this moment, the matter cannot be delayed.
of!"
Song Gun slowly told Jiang Wan and his thoughts to Li Yongsheng in front of him and said: "I remember that in addition to the current salt field, there are several abandoned salt fields in Yan'an Prefecture. If more manpower is added, it may not be as good as the current salt field.
There is a lot of salt produced in the salt field, but the salt must be harvested after all!"
"Is this going to resettle the refugees?" Li Yongsheng was a little stunned. He didn't expect that such a big thing would eventually fall on him.
"That's probably what I mean, but more importantly, I want to use salt in exchange for food!" Song Gun didn't mince words: "Although my prefect's Yamen has no right to instruct the Si Yamen to interfere with the salt transportation, at this moment, there is an extra bag.
Salt may be able to save a few more lives, so I don’t care about so many..."
"Yan Yin must be opened by Yan Yun Yamen!" Li Yongsheng thought for a while: "This cannot be given to you, Mr. Song!"
"These are natural!" Song Gun nodded: "How the imperial court regulates salt tea, Song will naturally not violate it!"
Li Yongsheng looked at the young commander, who smiled slightly and seemed not to care what they said.
"If this is the case, I have no objection!" Li Yongsheng nodded: "It's best to pick some smart people to familiarize themselves with the salt field for a few days, and then go to the old salt field. In addition, the prefect's Yamen should also send people over.
Help take care of these people. Ever since the refugees besieged the city, most of the salt men here have been taken away by you, sir, and I don’t have many people left!"
Song Gun nodded and turned to look at Jiang Wan: "Let me just say that Yan Si knows the priorities. What happens next depends on Jiang's command!"
"Produce salt first!" Jiang Wan nodded: "The prefect's yamen will collect and manage these refugees. The salt transportation yamen will let these people know how to do things as much as possible. The sooner we see salt, the sooner our food will arrive.
How about the food supply in the city? I don’t need to remind you two!"
"There is no big problem in producing salt!" Li Yongsheng asked with some worry: "Are there really any businessmen willing to come to Yan'an Prefecture? Even in normal times, few people are willing to come, let alone now!"
"The refugees outside the city are no longer a problem!" Jiang Wan said with a smile: "My people have found out today that the bandits who deliberately caused chaos and threatened the people have left the refugees outside the city and fled to other places. If
If the salt field can be started smoothly, these people can be resettled, and my troops and horses can clear up the area around Yan'an Mansion, at least the area around Yan'an Mansion should be considered safe!"
"That's very good, that's very good!" Li Yongsheng smiled and nodded, but he was muttering in his heart. The Commander Jiang in front of him may be a good fighter, but he doesn't seem to be doing well in business. This is not safe at all.
There is no money to be made in this matter. When those grain merchants are full, they have to go to Yan'an Prefecture. In Shaanxi, the price of grain is sky-high now. It is not profitable to sell it anywhere.