"Girl, I feel like life here in Xiliang is harder than other places!"

On the way back to the inn, Bishi felt a little emotional.

Daohua: "After all, it is the border, and it is definitely incomparable with the inland." After saying that, he paused and said, "Maybe the situation in this place is pretty good. The further you go northwest, the climate conditions are getting worse and worse.

, and had to be invaded by the Xiliao people from time to time, those days were really in dire straits."

Later, when she saw a grain store, Daohua walked in and took a look.

Most of the items sold in stores are coarse grains, with very little refined grains, and rice is also rare.

Daohua asked about the price. Perhaps because of the low grain output in Xiliang, the grain here is at least 20% more expensive than elsewhere.

After visiting several towns in a row, Daohua was no longer interested in getting off the car. Materials here were very scarce. In addition to buying some grain, the only other options were to buy some beef and mutton from herdsmen.

As for vegetables, only pickles and dried vegetables are available in winter here, and there are very few choices. The most common ones are cabbage and radishes.

There was nothing left to see or do, so Daohua made the convoy speed up.

There are many mountains in Xiliang. The further you go west, the more uneven the ground becomes. After riding a carriage for a day, you will almost fall apart.

Daohua was worried that Gu Jian's body wouldn't be able to bear it anymore, so she would stop and rest for half an hour at noon every day to let everyone get out of the car and move around.

Time has entered December in a blink of an eye. At this moment, Daohua and his party have arrived in the hinterland of central Xiliang, where the Xiliang Dusi is located.

The weather was getting colder and colder. After passing Liangdu, Daohua did not go into the city for a stroll, but asked Cao Chuan to buy some daily necessities.

After passing Liangdu and passing through two acropolis, you can reach Ganzhou Wei.

In the days that followed, except when the team got off the car to stretch their bodies, the team was always on the road at a fast pace. At this moment, everyone wanted to arrive at Ganzhou Wei early and have a good rest.

One day, the convoy stopped by the roadside to rest as usual. Suddenly, a group of gangsters with weapons poured out from the nearby mountain.

There were more than a hundred gangsters, and they rushed out with a crash, shocking everyone.

But soon, the escort calmed down, and some of them watched the carriage, while the rest rushed to resist the gangsters.

The moment Daohua heard the sound of the charge, she jumped out of the carriage and ran directly to Gu Jian's carriage.

Plum orchid plums and chrysanthemums, Dongli picking chrysanthemums, and several Jinling guards left by Xiao Yeyang surrounded the carriage.

In the carriage, Daohua wanted to speak to comfort Gu Jian and tell him not to worry, but seeing that her master's face was calmer than hers, she silently swallowed her words.

"Prince Princess, all the gangsters were captured by the escort team."

Hearing Mei Lan's voice, Daohua was stunned for a moment: "So fast?" After saying that, she quickly opened the curtain and looked out.

The gangster who was so fierce a moment ago is now lying on the snow, roaring and rolling in pain.

"Are they here to make fun of you?"

Daohua was a little speechless, but soon she frowned.

I saw that all the gangsters were in ragged clothes, and they were as skinny as firewood. Because it was too cold, their bodies were shivering. Among them, there was a seven or eight-year-old child.

At this moment, a gangster shouted at the escort, and the escort immediately raised his sword to kill him.

"Don't hurt anyone!"

Daohua stopped her. Seeing the guard put down his sword, he said again: "Bring the person here, I want to question him."

Soon, the escort dragged a rough man who looked like the gang leader to the carriage.

Daohua looked at the man and said, "Why do you want to rob us?"

The rugged man Wang Wu sneered: "Why, of course I can't survive. It's freezing cold and I can't find anything to eat. When I see your fat sheep passing by, I will definitely rush up and take a bite."

He said with regret on his face.

"It's a pity, the fat sheep's skin is so thick that it broke our teeth."

Daohua asked again: "You dominate the mountain here and often rob passers-by?"

Wang Wu glanced at the carriage, but unfortunately, he couldn't see the people inside. Maybe it was because of Daohua's words of "Don't hurt anyone" just now. He hesitated for a moment, and then said: "You are unlucky, you are the first batch."
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Daohua: "You just arrived?"

Wang Wu said ‘hmm’.

Daohua was silent for a moment: "Tell me the reason why you became bandits. If the reason is pertinent, I might consider letting you go."

Wang Wu's eyes lit up and he said eagerly: "Are you true to your word?"

In fact, he didn't want to rob this convoy, but he had no choice. The tribe had been without food for several days, and the weather was so cold, so he had no choice but to give it a try.

As soon as they fought, he knew that he was facing a tough situation. He thought he was dead, but he didn't expect that things would take a turn for the worse.

Dongli glared at Wang Wu: "Reply well."

Wang Wu has no choice but to talk about how the Wang family fled here.

"We are from Kangdu Town, Jinwei Wei. As soon as winter started this year, the Xiliao people came. Because the soldiers from the guard arrived too late, the entire town... The Xiliao people massacred the entire town."
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Having said this, Wang Wu's eyes couldn't help but turn red. He choked and spoke again: "Fortunately, the gentleman in our tribe noticed something was wrong in advance and took us away overnight, so we saved our lives."<

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In the carriage, Daohua, Gu Jian, and Doctor Ge were all shocked by the massacre.

I knew that Xiliang was not at peace, but I didn’t expect that a massacre would happen.

"You bastard, what did the commander of Jin Weiwei do for a living? He actually let the Xiliao people massacre the entire town?!" Gu Jian was furious.

When Wang Wu heard Gu Jian's furious voice, he was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that there were other people in the carriage. Thinking of the extraordinaryness of this team, he thought for a while and continued:

"In fact, in recent years, people from Xiliao have invaded us frequently, burning, killing, looting, and massacres of towns and villages happen every year."

Daohua: "No one cares?"

Wang Wu sneered: "The guardsmen in Xiliang are just decorations, and very few of them can actually kill the enemy. When encountering people from Xiliao, most of them will only be killed."

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Daohua: "Aren't there still border troops?"

Wang Wu: "I don't know about the border troops."

Daohua was silent for a moment: "Is everything you said true?"

Wang Wu straightened up: "If any of what I just said is false, there will be a thunderbolt from heaven. Who would become a bandit if they were not desperate? Nine out of ten bandits in Xiliang are alive

I just went up the mountain if I didn’t want to go down.”

Daohua looked at Gu Jian: "Master, what do you think we should do with them?"

Gu Jian didn't want to interfere: "You can figure it out."

Daohua thought for a moment: "Being a bandit is not the right path after all. I will leave you two carts of food later, enough for you to survive this winter."

Wang Wu was really stunned. He didn't expect to encounter such a good thing as pie in the sky.

Daohua continued: "I will also give you a few bags of seeds. Xiliang lacks everything except land. As long as you work diligently to cultivate the land and sow seeds next spring, it will not be difficult to survive."

Wang Wu slapped himself twice to make sure he was not dreaming, and then he stuttered and asked: "You...really gave me food and seeds?"

Daohua: "I don't give you my things for free. My people will pass through this road frequently in the future. If you let me know that you are still here or continue to engage in robbery in other places, I will send you as soon as possible."

The army is coming to destroy you."

Wang Wu quickly shook his head: "No, definitely not. This time I brought people out to rob you, and I did it secretly without telling the clan master. If he knew about it, he would definitely punish us according to the clan rules.

, there will never be a next time."

Daohua: "I hope you keep your word." After saying that, she called Guyu, "leave them a bag of wheat seeds, two bags of corn seeds, grain...three carts of coarse grains."

Corn does not have high soil requirements and is cold and drought tolerant, so it is very suitable for planting in Xiliang.
Chapter completed!