() Zhong Jinwei came from peaceful times and had never seen so many corpses with his own eyes. The visual effects were completely different from those seen on TV. He felt very uncomfortable. Listening to the man’s sigh, it was the first time that he felt...
The disastrous consequences brought about by Yuan Chonghuan, the big talker, were that many families were destroyed because of this.
He got off the horse and silently led the horse forward, which was a kind of respect for the deceased and hoped that they would be reborn in a peaceful and peaceful era soon.
No, I came here just to change this era, to change everything, so that everyone can have a house to live in, food to eat, and someone to rely on when they grow old. It must be done! It must be done!
Zhong Jinwei walked slowly and thought, and soon arrived at the boundary of Wang Gongchang. The outermost layer was guarded by soldiers from the Five Cities Military and Horse Command Department to prevent the refugees inside from spreading to the entire capital.
At this time, Zhong Jinwei could generally see the situation in the refugee camp clearly, and estimated that there were about 40,000 to 50,000 people in the entire refugee camp.
Most of the refugees were huddled together in the open air, warming themselves around some fires. The fires were not made of wood, but coal. Some of them were crowded in dilapidated and abandoned houses, which could be seen from the crowds of people extending outside.
, the people inside will only become more crowded, and there are people at the foot of the wall. After all, now is the legendary Little Ice Age, and the temperature is frighteningly low. At this time, even just a wall can block the wind, which will be a little better.
Although there are many people, it is not noisy. There are only some feeble scoldings from some patrolling soldiers inside and the intermittent crying of children and babies. If it were not for these sounds, the first impression would be that this place is a huge lifeless place.
That kind of humanoid sculpture venue.
Zhong Jinwei walked over with a heavy heart, but the guarding soldiers stopped him: "What are you doing? Don't go inside if you have nothing to do. There is nothing interesting to see. If you want to buy someone, turn left from here, in that row of houses.
People can choose whatever they want, and the prices are cheap.”
Zhong Jinwei didn't have the slightest intention of losing his temper. He casually handed the horse to Gu Baichuan and walked toward the row of houses the soldier mentioned.
Gu Baichuan was worried that Zhong Jinwei would go alone, so he showed the Dongchang waist badge to the soldier, then signaled Wang Peng to hand over the three horses to their care, and led Wang Peng to catch up with Zhong Jinwei, following him.
Guarding from behind.
Zhong Jinwei quickly walked to the row of houses, which were densely packed with people. When they heard the footsteps of someone approaching, they all raised their heads and looked over. When they found that they were not patrolling soldiers, they all begged:
"Master, you bought me. I can work and I am strong."
"Sir, it's better for me. I eat less and work hard."
"Master, I used to be a carpenter and I know my craftsmanship, so I bought you this."
"Master, I don't want money, I just want a bite to eat."
"..."
The voices were so noisy that Zhong Jinwei soon couldn't hear clearly what they were saying. He could only see a begging look on each of their faces, and their mouths were opening and closing constantly.
Zhong Jinwei's heart suddenly ached. He had seen such desolate scenes before. For him, even if he set up a street stall to make money by his own ability, he would not dare to do it for fear of losing face and being embarrassed. But now these people,
Just to survive, you can sell yourself at a low price. Who doesn’t want to live a good life! This is what life forces!
At the same time, he also understood why the urban management of Guochao had endless hawkers. Although people like these people couldn't live like this, it was still forced by life!
There were too many people inside, and Zhong Jinwei didn't dare to go in, so he slowly turned around and walked to the next room. Those people inside were very disappointed when they saw Zhong Jinwei leaving and stopped asking for help, but there were still a few who didn't.
He willingly continued to promote himself and kept lowering his requirements in the hope that Zhong Jinwei would turn around.
Second, the three houses are the same as the first house, filled with relatively strong or skilled people.
The fourth room started with some younger and more beautiful women, and the price at this time was a bit cheaper than what Mr. Liang said.
Zhong Jinwei no longer walked down, but walked around these houses and walked towards the place where refugees huddled in the open air.
Gu Baichuan and Wang Peng also followed silently without saying a word.
The refugees in the open air were different from those inside the house. When they saw Zhong Jinwei and the others walking over, they didn't react at all. They crowded there motionlessly, for fear that losing a little strength would make them hungrier. The only reaction was to follow Zhong Jinwei's movement with his eyes.
Move and turn.
It can be seen that many of these people are sitting in family units. There are old and young, men and women. However, there are not many old people and children.
There are not a lot of coals in the circle, so the heat provided is also very limited. It's fine during the day, but if it comes at night, many people will freeze to death.
Zhong Jinwei knelt down next to an old man who seemed to be relatively gentle. The old man leaned on his son's arms, and his son should be back to back with his daughter-in-law. His daughter-in-law was holding a little boy of four or five years old in her arms, sinking heavily.
of sleeping.
"Old man, how many days have you been here?"
Before the old man could speak, his son said first: "Is there anything to eat?"
All the food was in Zhong Jinwei's stomach and he didn't bring it with him. Zhong Jinwei was a little embarrassed. After thinking about it, he reached into his arms, took out a piece of silver, and handed it over.
"I didn't bring anything to eat. With this little money, you can go buy some food yourself."
In later generations, when Zhong Jinwei saw beggars on the street, he would give them some money within his own ability. He did not give any more until he realized that those were basically professional beggars.
Now these are the real people who are suffering. Zhong Jinwei has no worries about food and drink, so naturally he will not be stingy with any money.
When the young man saw it, he immediately reached out and snatched it away.
When the people around him saw him, they wanted to rush over and ask for money.
When Gu Baichuan saw that something was wrong, he immediately stepped in front of Zhong Jinwei, pulled out half of the knife from his waist, and said viciously: "Who dares to move? Be careful that the knife doesn't have eyes."
Those people looked at the shining blade and sat there unwillingly. But they still begged: "Young Master, please do me a favor. We haven't had anything to eat for a long time. We are hungry and cold. Please give me some."
"Shut up. Whether you give it or not is the young master's business. Whoever wants to make noise again, I will recognize you, but the knife will not recognize you."
Although Zhong Jinwei had good intentions, there was nothing he could do with so many people.
After he calmed down, Gu Baichuan stepped back behind Zhong Jinwei.
The young man still suspected that he was dreaming and held the ingot of silver tightly, fearing that if he suddenly woke up from his dream, the silver would be gone.
His wife also heard the noise and turned around with her child in her arms. He suddenly took out a hand and hugged his wife. The whole family of four was hugged tightly by him. The young and strong man looked at
Tears welled up in his heart: "We are saved, we can live!"
The people around looked at the family silently, not knowing whether they were jealous or blessing the family.
The child also woke up, and the first thing he said when he woke up was: "Mom, I'm hungry."
His mother didn't say anything, but hugged the child hard, and her tears turned into beads and fell on the child's face.
At this time, Zhong Jinwei discovered that these people actually have feelings and are not that kind of wood carvings.
The old man struggled up from his son's arms and wanted to kowtow to Zhong Jinwei. When his son and daughter-in-law saw him, they also wanted to kowtow with their children.
Zhong Jinwei couldn't afford to be an old man kneeling down for him, so he quickly supported him, feeling sad. The old man supported him, but his son and daughter-in-law all knelt down and kowtowed to Zhong Jinwei respectfully.
The old man spoke first: "My whole family will not forget the grace of my son's life. I am willing to make cows and horses for my son to repay my kindness."
The old man saw the ingot of silver and saw that it was about ten taels of official silver. Such a large sum of money was given away casually. He knew that this young man's family would not be short of money and he was kind-hearted. Now
Since I have nothing, I can't go wrong by following him.
Zhong Jinwei kept saying no. If you really want to buy a servant, you can buy a lot of strong men and beautiful women in that house with just this ingot of silver.
The old man's life and death depended on Zhong Jinwei. His son was secretly surprised. With this money, it shouldn't be a big problem to re-establish the family business. Why did his father insist on being a slave? But he didn't dare to face it if he thought about it.
Speak out against.
Under the old man's repeated insistence, Zhong Jinwei also thought that in addition to maids, he would also hire other types of people in his house, so he agreed.
When the old man saw that Zhong Jinwei had agreed, he was very happy. He took the initiative to answer Zhong Jinwei's previous question and introduced the situation to him: "Sir, we have been here for two months. We heard that the Tatars came here.
, and fled to the capital. After the martial law was imposed in the capital, people from behind could no longer enter."
The old man also sighed a little, looked around, and then said: "After the Tatars left, many people here have left the city. Those of us who stayed behind were the ones around the capital who were most severely ravaged by the Tatars.
We have nothing left at home, and we will freeze to death and starve to death if we go back, so we can only stay here, hoping that the court can accommodate us and survive this winter."