Mr. Qianhua turned around and ran, shouting at his men as he ran, "Hurry up and order people to go up the mountain to get water. Put everything that can hold water in it, chop the wood, and find someone who can make a barrel. The barrel can
Do as much as you can.”
After roaring, he suddenly remembered the purpose of his trip, and turned around and ran back, "Sir, this box of gold and this box of silver are the money I paid for buying wild boar husks."
After saying that, before Qi Bao'er could respond, he turned around and ran forward in a hurry.
The four people who came carrying the box were also frightened. They put down the box and ran away in the same hurry.
Along the way, although Mr. Qianhua has always been giving orders, we are not blind. Ever since Qi Baoer and the others joined this team, Mr. Qianhua has to go to this special team every time he has something to do.
, everyone nearby who was not blind noticed it.
The team that could be here were all wealthy businessmen from Yede City in the past. The most important thing they lacked was brains. After observing for a while, they could see that the handsome but cold young master was a capable person, and he would not treat them badly.
Disadvantage, the chance of survival is greater if you follow him.
So unknowingly, Qi Baoer's every move has become a benchmark for those wealthy businessmen.
At this moment, they saw Mr. Qianhua carrying the box over, but ended up running away in a hurry. Now everyone became anxious.
In the team a little ahead of Qi Bao'er's team, a fat woman in a carriage was leaning on the window and looking back. Suddenly, like a gust of wind, Master Qianhua was carrying dust as he ran.
He passed in front of the car window and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
The woman's face changed greatly, and she hurriedly pushed the middle-aged man who was fatter than her in the cart, "The official family, the official family is in trouble."
Such a hot day is particularly unfriendly to fat people. Liu Yuanwai felt like he was in an oven, with oil sizzling out.
Weakly, he opened his eyes, which were squeezed together with only a slit left, "What's wrong? We are all on the run now, and our homes are gone. Is there anything else that can be good?"
Although the house was often repaired, dilapidated and rebuilt again in the past, it was still the place where the Liu family's ancestors had taken root for generations. No matter how dilapidated it was, it was still a home.
The fat woman knew that this was his old habit again, so she pushed him angrily and went straight to the point: "Just now, that boy from the Qianhua family didn't know why he went to find that young man, and he didn't know what they said.
Then the kid from the Qianhua family almost ran away like a gust of wind, as if his butt was pricked by a needle."
Liu Yuanwai, who was originally indifferent, was startled when he heard the fat woman's words. He sat up suddenly and hurriedly got out of the carriage.
There were many wealthy businessmen like Liu Yuanwai. They didn't dare to go to the young master who knew he was extremely powerful just by looking at the guards. Therefore, Mr. Qianhua was soon surrounded by a group of people.
Immediately afterwards, all the wealthy businessmen dispersed, and each of them hurriedly returned to his small team to order others to imitate the others. Those who needed to get water, and those who needed to make large wooden barrels, made them fresh. Fortunately, Mr. Qianhua was a man of justice and did not monopolize it.
The carpenter.
In less than half an hour, the news that there was a shortage of water ahead spread throughout the entire fleeing team, so almost everyone continued running up the mountain. Anyone who could hold water, even a bowl with a corner missing, was filled.
They are very experienced when it comes to lack of water, so bringing an extra mouthful may save your life.
Because they wanted to bring more water, the team stayed for a longer time this time. They stayed at the same location to rest for one night, and then set off again the next day when the sun came out.
There are more than a dozen carpenters in the team, and they worked together all night to make dozens of large wooden barrels like bathtubs. There are trees on the mountain. Of course, if you want to make more, you can, but the problem is, can their team
They are quite qualified to be called an escape team. They are also very poor in terms of food, and they are not allowed to waste too much time on the road.
The team that set off again was much quieter than the previous few days. Looking back, almost all the faces of the refugees were covered with confusion and despair.
The country of Baal is a subsidiary of Zhuque. During the hundreds of years of the Baal Civil War, it was not that there were no homeless and displaced Baal people who fled to Zhuque. Some of those who fled to Suzaku have never been seen again, and some have returned.
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Let's not talk about returning home in rich clothes, but those who returned said that there was no shortage of food and drink in Zhuque, and there was no war, let alone blocking the Baer people. As long as they entered Zhuque, they would treat them as their own people.
Therefore, these refugees have always had hope in choosing to flee to Zhuque. They keep walking and walking. As long as they reach Zhuque, they can survive.
But now looking at the land after entering Suzaku territory, I heard that there was not a drop of water for at least three or four days ahead, and the Uucheng that represented hope had already become an empty city.
Hopes are shattered and the road ahead is unclear.
Ancestor Xuanqing reminded: "Let Yuchi and the others pay more attention to the back. There is hope that people can still have some humanity. If you can't survive, you can do anything."
Qi Baoer nodded, opened the curtain and called Yuchi over to talk.
Unexpectedly, the journey was quite smooth. All the way to Wucheng, the refugees behind did not cause any trouble to the group of wealthy businessmen in front, even though many people fell down while walking and never stood up again.
Six days later, the original refugee team of nearly 20,000 people entered Wucheng with less than 7,000 people left.
Not all the wealthy businessmen were in peace. Liu Yuanwai and his wife died halfway. They were not short of water all the way, but they still couldn't survive.
There were also other families whose elderly people were gone, and one family whose newborn baby couldn't survive.
Wucheng was indeed an empty city as Gongsun had found, and it looked like it had been empty for a while. The wind and sand had almost completely covered the original appearance of Wucheng, and suddenly it looked more like a sand city.
"Wucheng must have been abandoned." Mr. Qianhua has become so haggard in just six days that he looks as if he has aged ten or twenty years.
Everyone who was originally shocked when they saw this scene after entering the city, because Master Qianhua's words seemed to turn on a certain switch, started with the cries of women and children, and gradually formed a chorus of desperate cries.
No one could say anything out loud. They were too miserable, too tired, and too hungry and thirsty. Some people slumped on the ground with dejected faces and could not even cry.
The air of despair is permeating the air.
Suddenly, a woman who was close to the city wall got the strength from nowhere, stood up suddenly, and hit the city wall with her head. Her head was broken almost immediately and she lost her breath.
It was like a trumpet, and another person shouted, "Oh God, you won't give us a way to survive." And he also crashed into the city wall.
Immediately afterwards...
When Master Qianhua and others from the front learned about this and came over, no less than thirty corpses were already lying in a row under the city wall.
Mr. Qianhua's eyes turned red, he clenched his teeth and shouted with almost all his strength: "We are all alive till now. Less than two days ahead is Banshan Town. There are people in Banshan Town.
There is also Suzaku's army stationed there, and we will be able to survive when we reach Banshan Town."
His voice was filled with emotion, "We have endured so much hardship along the way, and we can live just by seeing it."