The empress is also very hot today

Chapter 7 Bandits
As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning. If you want to "expand the territory" in this barren land, the first and most important thing Ran Tong needs to do is to find ingredients.

Food is the most important thing for the people, and food can guarantee everything in the future, just like a building needs a good foundation.

The kitchen in the Naihe manor is already empty. Even if the workbench system can turn the moldy and spoiled ingredients into delicious food, no one can guarantee that there will be no problems when eating, and even those rotten and moldy ingredients are also gone. There was not much left, and this was not the way to go, she had to make sure there was something to eat in this place.

"Miss, this is the vegetable field."

Ran Tong and a girl who looked not much older than himself were walking in the field overgrown with weeds. The surrounding soil was so hard that the feet were hard, and the two girls had to drive with a wooden stick in their hands before they could continue walking.

The area of ​​this place is not small, but it is no longer within the walls of the manor. However, according to the old doctor, the land where the manor is located belongs to the junction of the empire and the grassland tribes in the north, but at this moment it belongs to the northern border of the dynasty. The land that King Xun had laid down from the offenders before had an area of ​​several thousand square kilometers. Apart from the canyons and mountains, there were more than 2000 square kilometers of plains for people to live in.

Converted according to the size of the mask in the real world, it is also as big as a city-level area.However, because it was rumored that this place was a barren land, the empire did not invest much energy in building it, and did not even name this territory.

But according to what the emperor said when they were exiled, all the land within these thousands of square kilometers actually belonged to them.

Today, this place is the official territory of Sikong Qingwan.

But now I can't even eat enough, so what's the use of the land.

"Miss, this area and this area are both vegetable fields, but there are no vegetable seeds, and the land is too dry, so there is no way to grow vegetables."

Qingqing is one of Sikong Qingwan's maids. She is only responsible for taking care of the young lady's daily life on weekdays. Unlike some personal maids, her work is much harder. The young lady who can't speak is also timid on weekdays. Don't say that strangers should not be close Sometimes even King Kaixun can't get close.

On weekdays, the young lady didn't spend much time with her, but now many of the young lady's maids and personal maids either left or died, and only this Qingqing was left by her side.

Looking at the dry and cracked ground in front of the two girls, Ran Tong couldn't help but look towards the sky. The hot sun was already so hot before it reached the top of the head. I'm afraid this place is located at the equator.

"Sister Qingqing, if this is a vegetable field, is there a water source nearby?"

"There is such a river, Miss, please follow me."

The second daughter walked about a kilometer in the other direction of the vegetable field, and Ran Tong could hear the sound of water flowing from a distance away.

But after getting closer, I found that this is a "Yellow River".

Yes, this river is filled with a lot of silt. Although it is much smaller than the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers in the real world, there is not much silt inside. If you use a bucket to get a bucket of water, I'm afraid not [-]% of what is picked up is sand.

"Miss, this river water is useless at all. The water we use recently is a small stream at the west end, but the sun is too poisonous recently, and it is almost dry."

Just when the two of them were at a loss, a familiar figure suddenly hurried over from a distance, his petite body swayed like a small paper boat in a torrential rain.

It's Alan.

"Miss!!!" A Lan still shouted at the top of his voice, "Miss is not good!!!"

Ran Tong and Qing Qing glanced at each other, although Alan was usually an incoherent little girl with a loud voice, if she yelled like that, nothing good would happen.

"Alan, you are in such a hurry, what happened?"

"Miss is not well, the manor... is here, a group of robbers are here!"

"what?!"

……

Inside the manor.

There were quite a few people standing inside the mottled city walls, but compared to some old and weak women and children kneeling on the ground, this group of strong men with murderous weapons looked unfriendly. Flipping over something.

A certain sound was constantly being made, which made the women, children and old people who were kneeling on the ground tremble in fright.

The leading man was riding a horse, with a terrifying scar on his dark face.

"I'm telling you, if your housekeeper doesn't come out again, I'll chop you all up and feed them to the dogs!"

Having said that, this scarred face still set his eyes on the inside and outside of this huge manor.

"This place where the birds don't shit has been uninhabited for many years, but today I can catch a big fish."

Who would have thought that there would be bandits and bandits occupying the mountains as kings in this place, and how could these bandits have thought that one day they would find a group of exiled dignitaries in this dilapidated manor.

The old doctor and the other dozen or so female servants knelt together, trembling and daring not to let out a breath. Although they really hoped that the young lady could save them, they didn't want the young lady to come out.

The blood on the knife edge of this group of bandits must not be good stubble.

From the time they were exiled from the palace to here, they had been robbed several times by robbers and bandits, and they were almost out of experience. Before this robber showed his identity, the old doctor took the lead and knelt down.

Time for a cup of tea is over.

"If this lady of your family doesn't come out to talk to me again, none of the people present will die."

Just as the old doctor was about to answer something, there was a pleasant voice from a distance, as crisp as a lark's song.

"There is a distinguished guest visiting, and my daughter is far away to welcome you. I don't know what your business is here."

People followed the prestige, and they saw that A Lan, who had reported the news earlier, came back with her two daughters.

The man on the horse frowned: "Oh? You are the eldest lady in charge?"

He looked Ran Tong up and down, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"If you have something to say, just talk to my little girl."

The man with the scarred face jumped off his horse, grinning with a sinister tone.

"To be honest, we came here this time to borrow something to use back, but the brothers have been searching for a long time at your place, and there is not even a stutter left."

Hearing this, the girl Alan put her hands on her hips and yelled: "We haven't eaten enough for several days, so there is nothing left for you."

Although the voice was loud, she did not forget to move back and hide behind Ran Tong.

"That's your business. Either you see edible food today, or I'll kill a few people to amuse you. There's no reason to let the old men go home empty-handed!" The scarred man shouted: "Brothers, don't you think so? !"

"Yes Yes Yes!"

The crowd behind them seemed to echo loudly, but their voices were soft. They seemed to be a group of stragglers who had been hungry for a long time.

Ran Tong didn't speak until their voices fell.

"Your Excellency, do you think that we have hidden something?" Ran Tong spread his hands: "We really have nothing. If you don't believe me, you can search it casually, but the result may disappoint you. If you want to kill at that time, you have to do whatever you want."

Dao Scar's face froze for a moment, he is a big boss, how can he pick up this kind of words, he didn't know how to answer for a while.

Seeing the hesitation on the scarred face, Ran Tong suddenly said again.

"However... there are few people in this frontier, and the birds don't shit. It's not easy for each of us to live. I know that your Excellency and the brothers are also living a tight life. Why did you get so angry after getting acquainted?"

"Little girl is young, but she has a lot of witty words, but you also know that if you want to survive in this barren mountain and wild place where birds don't shit, you need to be ruthless. To tell you the truth, the northern border is king The dens are not limited to my family, the fat man in Nanshan, the machete gang in the north, and the butcher gang on the inner sea in the west will hang around nearby. Everyone is out to make a living. If I don’t rob you, others will, even if you are here Nothing, I have to grab something to go back today."

As he said that, he chuckled: "Xiao Nizi, I happen to be short of a supporter, would you like to come with me?"

As soon as these words came out, Ran Tong didn't express much, but the old doctor who was kneeling on the ground, A Lan and others by his side looked ashen.

They had just felt a ray of light about this endless day, but the sky suddenly gave them a blow in the head!
But looking at the scarred face, Ran Tong began to think about it.

Leaving aside this person, the bandits standing in other places all have sallow complexions, and almost have malnutrition written on their faces, and the horse under the scarred face... this horse is as thin as Like a donkey.

Thinking of this, Ran Tong smiled slightly.

"Rather than kidnapping me and becoming Mrs. Yazhai, how about I give you a proposal."

"Suggestion? Let's hear it."

"No rush." ​​Ran Tong strode forward and helped the old doctor and the others up one by one in front of the bandits.

Afterwards, Ran Tong whispered something in the ear of an old woman, and the old woman understood, turned and went into the kitchen.

"I suggest we talk about it next time. Brothers, you are all hungry. Come, let's have something to eat."

After saying that, the old woman dragged out a large pot of steamed buns from the kitchen!
(End of this chapter)