The lord of the alliance city also specially mobilized eight hundred crossbowmen on the city wall. Anyone who dares to mess around will just draw the bow and shoot!
The victims had been struggling all the way and had long since lost their strength. How could they compete with them? In desperation, they had no choice but to retreat.
Because the food was already running out, they could only temporarily retreat thirty miles away, planning to rest for a day and solve the food problem first.
The victims wanted to buy food from the city, but found that food prices were rising rapidly.
Originally, ten copper coins could buy a pound of cornmeal, but now, the price has soared to one hundred copper coins!
Although it is expressly prohibited from above to drive up food prices, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below.
Grain shops implement a purchase limit of one hundred catties per day. If you buy more, you can only pay more. One hundred catties is simply a drop in the bucket for the people in the city, so most of them have to pay for purchases beyond the purchase limit.
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In first-level cities, grain stores would not dare to be so blatant, but in second- and third-level cities, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and there are aristocratic families and even powerful people behind the grain stores, so they are becoming more and more unscrupulous.
The people could only dare to be angry but dare not speak out.
Nowadays, everyone knows that food is the hard currency.
Next are medicinal materials, weapons, etc.
Because you can only talk about other things if you survive first.
The victims bought some food and continued on their way the next day.
After discussion, the guild members planned to take a detour to Qingquan City.
Qingquan City is the prefecture city of Fuzhou and is also a first-class city. Maybe they can have a chance of survival by going there.
Nowadays, there are frequent turmoils all over Fuzhou, and no place is safe. At least there is a Central Army garrison in Qingquan, so those people don't dare to be too unscrupulous.
However, Qingquan City is far away, at least tens of thousands of kilometers long, and it passes through Ganming and Fenglie, which are the centers of the riots. How can it be so easy to reach Qingquan City safely?
Some of the victims were shaken and decided to stay and find a way out.
In this way, the original number of people was directly reduced by one-third.
And the vast majority are ordinary people.
We can also understand that this journey of thousands of miles of migration is full of dangers. Who knows what we will encounter?
I don’t know whether they survived to Qingquan or not.
The people of the Sanhedrin counted the number of people, left some food for them, and left.
Ling Xuewei and Qingwu naturally followed the large army to Qingquan.
When they learned that the original destination of the two benefactors was Qingquan, the people in the guild were very happy.
After all, the presence of the spaceship can save them a lot of trouble. Otherwise, more than half of the people would be left behind.
Everyone was very grateful to Ling Xuewei for providing the spaceship.
The number of people has dropped sharply to more than 6,000, but everyone can board the spaceship. Although the space is very crowded and the speed is greatly reduced, at least there is no need to walk on foot, which saves a lot of trouble.
That night.
People camped in the wild.
The bonfire lit up the dark night and illuminated the surrounding area in red.
The aroma of food fills the air.
"Benefactor, here you go."
The man came over with a fragrant fish soup and handed it to Ling Xuewei.
This man's name is Zhang Hui, and he is the strong man she rescued that day.
During this period, it was Zhang Hui who communicated with Ling Xuewei on behalf of the guild and introduced their guild president to her.
The president of the guild is a thin old man, gentle and polite, and quite prestigious in the guild.
He also has great trust in Zhang Hui.
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Ling Xuewei for her help.
The little old man was well-informed and could see that Ling Xuewei had a quiet temperament, so he specifically told the people below not to disturb him if nothing happened. If anything happened, they could contact the green guard and let him convey the message on his behalf.
Ling Xuewei took the fish soup and said, "Thank you very much."
"where."
The man scratched the back of his head naively. After getting along with each other these days, he could also see that the young man in front of him was cold on the outside and hot on the inside. If not, there would be no need to worry about them at all and he would just leave them alone.
Through observation, he also saw that these two people were very capable and could handle swords. If they went alone, they could reach Qingquan in no more than two or three days, and there was no need to follow them and sleep in the open air.
It's not like he didn't think deeply that the two of them had other purposes, but they were just a group of powerless and moneyless victims of the disaster. They had nothing to lose. Who could gain anything from them?
"You don't have to call me a benefactor. I am Ye, Xing Qi. You can call me Ye Qi."
"It's too rude to call you by your first name... Why don't I call you Mr. Ye?"
"what ever."
The man was a little happy. He knew the name of his benefactor and the distance between him was shortened. He was naturally happy.
"I noticed that there don't seem to be many people in your guild." Ling Xuewei chatted casually.
"Yes, many people have been recruited into the garrison, or they have joined the noble disciples of aristocratic families. After all, it is easy to enjoy the shade under the big tree!" Zhang Huidao.
"Then why don't you go?" Ling Xuewei asked while drinking fish soup.
The fish soup was not delicious, and even had a fishy smell. But now that food is precious, it is already rare for ordinary people to have fish soup, and she will not waste it.
"Hey, I'm used to freedom and don't like to be restrained. Moreover, I joined the guild two years ago and have feelings for the brothers in the guild. Although the world is difficult now, I have great strength and good luck, so I can earn a lot.
If you have enough food and clothing to support your family, you won't join in the fun."
Through small talk, Ling Xuewei learned that there are more than a dozen people in Zhang Hui's family, including seniors and juniors, and the whole family is counting on him to support the family. Although the guild gives him a lot of money, and he has the ability, he can also go out.
I hunted some game to exchange for money to supplement my family's income, but I could barely support a large family.
Ling Xuewei learned that there were many people like him in the guild. Although life was difficult, they could still survive.
Compared with the dark and chaotic period four years ago, things are much better now. At least they don't have to worry about zombie attacks all the time.
As for those who join the aristocratic family, they just want to earn a good future and gain fame. He does not have such great ambitions and just wants to live a peaceful life with his family.
"My dad always said that I don't have any ambitions, and it seems he was right. But, I think it's good to be ordinary like this."
"You are right, being able to be with your family is a happy thing."
"Hey, the young master is talking about..."
By chatting with him, Ling Xuewei learned more about the guild's situation.
And the current situation.
After all, she is far away from the center and does not know the real bottom level.
Especially the intricate relationships between forces and nobles. How could she carry out the next plan without a thorough understanding?
After chatting with Ling Xuewei for a while, Zhang Hui was called away.
"Sir, it's time to rest." Qingwu walked over immediately.
"You should go and have a rest too." Ling Xuewei nodded.
