Chapter 181 She is as gentle as she looks

Because everyone is in the carriage, as long as the horse is not tired, they can keep going.

It wasn't until the gate of the city that everyone realized that there were fewer refugees in Jingzhou than in the capital, about 1 people, but these people didn't look as good as the refugees in the capital.

After all, Jingzhou is the place where the drought is the worst.

If the Gulan Mountains were only somewhat dry, then Jingzhou hadn't had a drop of rain since the beginning of spring.

The weather is so hot that the river has been dried up, so where does the water come from to irrigate the crops.

Pei Shu'er got out of the carriage and spoke to the refugees.

"If you want to survive, follow us."

"Our place is not so dry, and the land is vast and abundant, which is very suitable for planting."

As soon as the words came out, everyone looked up.

Some people question it, but most of the people here are simple.

"Dare to ask my little lady, where is this place?"

Pei Shu'er said: "The extreme northern border, when we get there, everyone will have land, and they don't have to worry about settling down. The crop yields there are higher than here. Even after paying taxes, everyone can have enough to eat."

As soon as the words came out, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. The extreme north is two to three thousand kilometers away from here. Everyone has escaped the famine and knows how difficult it is to escape the famine along the way.

The number of people who died is unknown. If everyone followed now, it would be such a long distance. I am afraid that there would be more people who died.

Some people shook their heads when they heard it so far away, and Pei Shu'er talked about the situation of Gulan Mountain.

"Except for the cold spot, there is no drought over there. Don't worry, everyone, if you get there, as long as you work hard and listen to my words, you won't be hungry."

Some people were shaken, and everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. Some stood up, while others were still sitting, but their expressions were full of struggle.

For those who were willing to follow Pei Shu'er, she asked Di Liu to register, and then asked Di Qi to distribute some food to these people.

Those who were unwilling to leave were moved when they saw the food, swallowed their saliva, and stood up involuntarily.

After discovering that those who were willing to follow were not full after eating one pancake, they were issued again. After eating four pancakes in a row, but the girl didn't criticize them harshly, everyone's eyes lit up.

This master is a good one, she is not harsh on her subordinates, she is as gentle as she looks.

More and more people stood up and went to Di Six to register.

This time, because of the attraction of food, they recruited a total of 200 people.

According to the number of people, Pei Shu'er asked Di Liu to buy a carriage. Those people kept asking about Gulan Mountain, and Pei Shu'er picked up some nice things to say.

After all, you have to fool people. No, if you persuade them to go to Gulan Mountain, then you must have reservations.

When the carriages arrived, they bought a total of twenty. The carriages were relatively large. Each carriage cost 30 taels of silver. Adding the 70 taels of silver for the horses, the total was 100 taels of silver.

Twenty cars is 1000 taels of silver.

And this money, Tang Zan spent it without even blinking an eye.

Pei Shu'er thought of the money he just collected, and she spent one-tenth of it just after leaving one city.

With the addition of these people, we had to buy some food along the way.

Everyone thought they were going to walk with their feet, but they didn't expect to use a carriage to pull people. Everyone was instantly impressed by the wealth and magnanimity of these people, and 50 more people joined.

For this reason, eight more carriages were bought, and the three empty carriages were filled with food and kitchen utensils.

People rest almost all the way, but horses never rest along the way.

Because the horses are all first-class, even if they are pulling a carriage, they can reach 20 kilometers per hour.

One day plus cooking time, you can run 440 kilometers.

Every time a post station is reached, a batch of horses will be changed.

And on the way, they will stop to rest and make something to eat.

At this time, men are looking for wild vegetables or wild fruits, and they can even fetch some water along the way.

They fetch water every time they encounter a river, but there are too few times when they encounter a river.

When I was exiled last year, it was not a famine year at all, and the rivers around did not show signs of drying up.

But it is different now. This year is really too dry.

Even if some rivers have water, there are some dead animals around.

And it stinks.

This kind of water, Pei Shu'er has been admonishing and exhorting, absolutely not to have it.

If you encounter a source of drinkable water along the road, you must first set up a pot to boil the water.

The work of boiling water and cooking is done by the women, and everyone cooperated very well along the way.

Pei Shu'er also secretly fetched some water, put it into the space while no one was paying attention, and then took the opportunity to leave.

There is a large water boiler in her space, and she pours all the water into the water boiler, and then she comes out of the space again.

When the water in the space was boiled, she left to put the water in a water bag or a wooden bucket in the space, so that it was easy to take out.

After the water was boiled, everyone continued on their way without stopping.

Along the way, there are some women with children.

They were a little worried at first, whether these people might be the teeth of human trafficking.

It wasn't until I came into contact with them that I discovered that not only were these people not bad, but they were even particularly good.

Of course, if someone wants to leave along the road, they will not stop them, and they can stay as they please.

It is such a Buddhist attitude that actually makes many refugees have a good impression.

It also dispelled the worries that these people were human teeth.

After all, no one would care so much about those who escaped, so they would definitely send someone to chase them.

And those little babies were not taken care of alone.

She was also given milk powder, baby bottles, and even hot water by that Mrs. Pei throughout the day.

Where have they seen this strange thing before?

And those little babies who were about to starve to death, after these days of feeding, their skinny faces are also swollen, looking white and tender, so cute.

It is even fatter than those children from rich and noble families.

And those women also learned to weave straw sandals, straw hats and coir raincoats during these few days.

During the day when the carriage was on its way, Pei Shu'er took a few people outside to move straw.

Everyone doesn't know where she found the straw, after all, there are not many crops now.

But no one asked stupidly.

There are now 300 people in the team, and the ones that everyone weaves first are those of Mrs. Pei and the two hostesses.

Then came those menacing drivers.

Because there were not enough drivers, some people were selected from among the refugees. Of course, they all had experience as grooms and were honest.

As for the man, he was also asked by Pei Shu'er to collect seeds along the road. It would be even better if he could catch the prey.

Of course, because there are too many people now, Pei Shu'er wants to maintain the order of the team, so fifty men were selected to maintain order. These people are all skilled but obedient.

Pei Shu'er judged this based on her micro-expressions and her usual performance.

(End of this chapter)

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