There are more than fifty cottages in Qingniu Mountain. Counting the old, weak, women and children, there are about five thousand bandits. Toad Village has tens of thousands of kilograms of grain, but it is a drop in the bucket and cannot feed these more than five thousand people.
Su Ying led Cheng Dalei into the backyard room, and when the stove started to burn, the room gradually became warm. Cheng Dalei took off his robe and sat cross-legged on the kang.
"Why did you think of meddling in this nosy matter?" Su Ying.
"Every day, people die in front of you. If you can't see it, that's fine. If you see it, you can't pretend not to see it."
Su Ying stared at Cheng Dalei's face for a while, filled the teacup in front of her, and said slowly: "Luoye City doesn't have the food you want."
"No food?" Cheng Dalei opened his eyes wide.
"The drought has lasted thousands of miles, and not only Luoye City is out of food, but the entire Youzhou City is out of food you want. Moreover, the price of food has skyrocketed, and even if you have money, you can't afford it."
"Can I steal it?"
"Robbing one or two hundred thousand catties of grain?"
"It's not very realistic."
"hehe."
"Is it really impossible?" Cheng Dalei.
"But it's not that there's no way, it's just that most people can't do it."
"Actually, apart from being a bit handsome, I'm pretty average."
"..." Su Ying.
…
"The only thing that can be exchanged for food in your village is those peppers. Luoye City is just a small place in Youzhou, and Youzhou is also a small place in the empire. The entire empire is poor in the east and rich in the west, and rich in the south and humble in the north. If you want to exchange food, just
We are going south." Su Ying dipped her hand in tea, drew a line on the table, finally stopped at a point, and wrote two words: Yangzhou.
If Yangzhou is ripe, the world will have enough. From ancient times to the present, Yangzhou has been the granary of the world.
"How far is it from here to Yangzhou?"
"It takes three to five months to walk through Jizhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou."
Cheng Dalei looked at Su Ying speechlessly, with a clear expression on his face and said: Aren't you talking nonsense? When I come back, everyone will almost starve to death.
"It takes so long to travel by land. Luoye City is close to the sea and can be reached by water. It can be reached in five days with a favorable wind. The round trip will take about half a month."
"Fifteen days?" Cheng Dalei thought for a while: "It seems like this is the only way left."
"This is when everything goes well, but the sea is choppy and ever-changing, including pirates, river bandits, and local powerful men. If anything goes wrong, there will be no return. Many people have taken this road in the past, but they narrowly escaped death."
Cheng Dalei straightened up and grabbed the robe on the kang: "Then it's settled. You help me prepare a big boat. I'll use it tonight."
When I walked out of the room, all the staff and cooks in the courtyard were there. In winter, the business in Hudi Lao had also become deserted. Generally speaking, they have been very busy recently.
"Master, I'm leaving now, why don't you stay a little longer?"
"Let's go, let's go, I can't rest anymore."
Cheng Dalei left Luoye City and quickly returned to Toad Village.
"Master, what are you doing in such a cold weather?"
Toad Village and Hehehu, because the weather is too cold, there is no daily training. The scattered people on the school grounds are all out to digest food after they are full.
"Get busy, brothers, I have to work."
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After Gao Feihu was injured, he has been in bed to recuperate. Recently, he has improved somewhat. But he is unwilling to leave the house. The key is that he does not know what to do if someone asks him for food.
Feihu Village is considered the largest force in Qingniu Mountain, but with so many people, they need to eat a lot of food every day. There is a severe drought this year, so there is no gain in grabbing things. Thanks to the exchange of several hundred kilograms of grain from Toad Village, they can survive for a while.
But until today, Feihu Village will soon run out of food. How will I survive this long winter?
Every meal time, countless pairs of eyes look towards the direction of Toad Village, drooling at the smoke rising from the kitchen there.
"Toad Village must have tens of thousands of catties of grain."
"I don't have to go hungry. I wish I could live in Toad Village."
Gao Feihu could always hear some such sounds, but he had nothing to do. If possible, he would also like to join Toad Village.
"Master, I have an idea..." Yu Qiuran walked into the room and said.
"Military advisor, you have an idea!" Gao Feihu's eyes lit up: "Do you have a way to get food?"
"No."
"What's the idea?"
"I sent a few brothers with quick skills to sneak into Toad Village while it was dark."
"Steal some food?" Gao Feihu's eyes lit up again.
"No, stealing is probably too much trouble. Let's burn down the granary in Toad Village. Then everyone will die together, and we will let them run wild."
Gao Feihu looked at Yu Qiuran for a long time: "Commander, you are quite ruthless."
"Liang Xiao is neither a gentleman nor a poisonous husband. Why should everyone starve to death while only Toad Village survives?"
"Burning people's granaries, this kind of immoral thing, will kill your descendants..."
"good news"
"good news"
At this time, the sound of gongs came from down the mountain. As soon as the sound reached his ears, Gao Feihu felt his head hurt.
I haven't heard this sound for a long time, why did it come out again? What is Cheng Dalei doing?
"Damn it, I'll go and see for myself. If he wants to do something weird again, he'll burn down his granary."
Gao Feihu was furious and rushed to Toad Village with Yu Qiuran in person. When he arrived, he found that too many people had gathered at the foot of Toad Ridge. The leaders of each village had arrived. It seemed that everyone did not have enough to eat these days.
Everyone has enough time to spare.
"Master Gao Village is here, Master Gao Village..."
Gao Feihu walked over and asked, "What's going on in Toad Village this time?"
"We have just arrived. We haven't figured out what happened yet, so we probably came up with some bad idea."
"Master Gao, let's discuss it and join forces to conquer Toad Village."
At this time, the gate of Toad Village opened, and everyone looked over, only to see Gao Feibao and Little White Wolf coming out first.
"Brother, Cheng Dalei didn't do anything to you, did he?"
"How dare he! Didn't you notice that I have gained weight? Brother, you have lost weight."
More than a dozen people were all white and fat. Gao Feihu looked at this scene and felt that he was worried about him in vain. Looking at his appearance, he should have been arrested in the first place.
Only then did Cheng Dalei come out and wave to the people at the bottom of the mountain.
"Everyone, everyone..."
"Cheng Dalei, what are you trying to do? What kind of medicine are you selling in the gourd?"
"Everyone, let me tell you some good news. Starting from today, porridge will be served in Toad Village."
The leaders at the foot of the mountain were still discussing in confusion. Suddenly, all the voices fell silent. Everyone suddenly came to their senses, and hundreds of pairs of eyes were looking at Cheng Dalei.
"Did I hear it wrong?"
"What he said is true. He shouldn't be playing tricks on us."
"Is he that boring?"
"have."
"Cheng Dalei, what on earth are you doing and why are you doing this?" Gao Feihu stared at Cheng Dalei.
"Why?" Cheng Dalei touched his nose and said extremely seriously: "Because I am a good person."