Ling Xuewei asked Qingwu to pay attention. Sure enough, late at night, a tent collapsed.
He fell down and trapped a few people inside. Fortunately, the injuries were not serious. Now everyone no longer dared to enter the tent, and just sat outside, far away from the tent.
That night, it was always a mess outside.
It wasn't until midnight that Qingwu came back to report.
The granary was empty, there had been no food for a long time.
After Qingwu's investigation, the grain was in the hands of the garrison leader. Based on the dust in the granary, he judged that there was nothing in the granary from the beginning, and it was very likely that the grain had been moved long ago.
In other words, there is obviously food, but it is not distributed to the victims? Instead, it is eaten by oneself?
Ling Xuewei narrowed her eyes slightly, "Pocketing relief food? How brave? What is the background of this garrison leader?"
Without the background, I would not dare to be so bold.
"He is a Fuzhou noble and a member of the Chang family."
"Fuzhou Changjia?"
Ling Xuewei didn't know much about this place. After Qingwu's explanation, she learned that one of the five nobles in Fuzhou was the Chang family.
This Chang family can be regarded as a noble with deep roots in Fuzhou. It has been developed for nearly a hundred years and has been entrenched here for decades. Its roots are so deep that ordinary people cannot afford to offend them.
Nowadays, nobles and aristocratic families have joined forces to suppress the guilds and corpse hunters. Since the prices of gold, silver, wealth and silk have been greatly reduced, the only hard currency is food.
The land in the hands of noble families has been greatly reduced. Coupled with natural disasters and frequent disasters, the output of the fields has been rapidly reduced every year. They are also secretly collecting food.
But it would be too much to focus on relief food.
The next day.
The snow stopped.
Everything between heaven and earth turned into white.
The flood receded, and in the freezing climate, dripping water turned into ice.
The city was completely washed away by the flood and was in a mess. The victims were crying and howling, but to no avail. Soon, there was another riot among the victims due to lack of food.
This time, the leader's face was not revealed at all.
He directly ordered his subordinates to suppress him forcefully.
Among the victims, there were also people from the guild who started fighting with the soldiers!
This time, there were countless casualties.
Seeing that the riot was about to expand, Chief Na Chang had to step in to appease them.
He told everyone that due to riots in many places in Fuzhou, unknown people had swept away all the relief food in the granary. Now there was no food in the city. If they wanted to survive, they had to go south.
Now the crowd was in an uproar.
Naturally, everyone refused to believe what Chief Chang said.
As a result, a turmoil broke out.
For the next two days, there would be riots every day, and more and more people were injured. The guild gained support from the people, and on the third day, it finally defeated the two thousand defenders and rushed into the army to seize food resources.
Leader Chang saw that the situation was not good and ran away with his men. The army was even looted by him, leaving nothing behind!
"Damn it! I think he is the one who stole the food from the granary!"
"You know this guy is not a good person!"
"What should we do now? There is nothing left in the city. If this continues, we will all starve to death!"
“There is still no word from the spiritual messages we have sent upwards, and we don’t know when support will arrive!”
"Don't expect it. The Chang family and the four nobles have joined forces to suppress us. How can they allow us to pass on the news?"
…
Ling Xuewei's eyes flashed as she listened to the discussions among the people in the guild.
Sure enough, this Chang family is not simple.
She also discovered that the man she rescued before was actually a member of the guild and a very important figure.
Ling Xuewei didn't stay long and left.
Back at the camp, her place was not affected. At first, after leader Chang fled, someone came to rob their tent, but was stopped by the man.
Moreover, the people whom Ling Xuewei saved before were grateful to her, so they treated her with courtesy. Soon everyone in the camp knew that Ling Xuewei was a "chivalrous person".
After all, when such a large spaceship appeared that day, it was difficult not to attract attention.
Two days passed quickly.
In the past two days, the situation has not improved, but has become increasingly serious.
Due to the sudden drop in temperature, coupled with landslides and heavy snowfalls, there is less and less food to be found. Many people are suffering from frostbite, and people are dying every day.
Soon, everyone decided to go south.
As a result, the mighty army began to migrate.
Before departure, the strong man came to him and said politely that he had something to ask for. Ling Xuewei could probably guess what they wanted to say. Sure enough, they hoped to borrow her spaceship.
"There are many old, weak, women and children in the city. It's a long way to go south, and we don't know what dangers we will encounter. We can't do it. They can't hold on, so I'm shameless and hope that you can lend a helping hand. If possible, we are willing to
In exchange for food..."
It’s also quite interesting.
At least they didn't ask her to do anything under the guise of common people.
Ling Xuewei originally just wanted to blend into the crowd and look for evidence of the rebellion of several nobles, so that she could annihilate them in one fell swoop in the future, so that they could be completely eradicated.
Qingwu reminded her that these nobles have been here for hundreds of years and have deep roots. If you want to eliminate them, you must hit them with one blow and never give them a chance to breathe.
That's why she did what she did today.
However, it would definitely not work for Ling Xuewei to watch the people suffer.
So, she was happy to go with the flow.
In this way, Ling Xuewei can be considered integrated into it.
The spaceship can accommodate 1,500 people. If you squeeze them in, it will be about 2,000 people.
However, the flight speed will be greatly reduced, but it is already very good.
Some old, weak, women and children were given priority to board the ship, as well as the injured and sick. As for those who could move freely, as well as members of the guild, they were on foot.
The spacecraft explores the path ahead, traveling at a speed of one hundred kilometers per hour.
There are eight to nine hundred people in the guild, and they have people who come up to organize discipline. Their presence saves Ling Xuewei a lot of trouble.
She observed that the people trusted the guild a lot, even more than the army.
In fact, most of the garrisons in various places are composed of people from noble families. Although some are transferred from above, they are still in the minority. Of course, the Central Army certainly does not exist, let alone the three major legions.
There are hundreds of third-level cities like this in the Eastern Region. In the first- and second-level towns, there may be central officers and governors stationed there, but there are no third-level towns.
Because of this, the power of the aristocratic families in first- and second-level cities was greatly weakened, so they reached out to third-level towns and even below.
After traveling for two days, they arrived at Fuzhou League City.
This is a secondary city.
When the victims came to the city gate, they found that the city gate was closed, and the League City refused to allow the victims to enter.
It turns out that a few days ago, there was an earthquake in the Luoqing River area in the north, and countless victims came. At the moment, there are more than 20,000 victims in League City, and it cannot accommodate any more.
"Our city lord has an order for you to return the way you came, or take a detour to Xing'an. There are no victims there, and you may be accepted."
