The road to immortality for a hundred generations

Chapter 77 Slums

As a super large county with a total population of nearly 200 million, the imperial city is divided into several parts.

Outside the city are farmlands, and some farmers, woodcutters, hunters, fishermen and the like live nearby.

The imperial city is divided into five parts: east, west, north, south and the middle.

In the middle is naturally the imperial palace, which is the center of power and rule in the imperial city. The emperor, his descendants in the harem, as well as the eunuchs and maids will live here.

Next to the palace is the guard camp. They will patrol the palace during the day and return to the guard camp to rest at night.

In terms of Feng Shui, it is generally believed that the South has good Feng Shui, so important officials and wealthy businessmen live here. Various high-end shops and luxury residences can be seen here.

In the culture of the Wei Dynasty, the west symbolizes peace and stability, so it is a gathering place for civilians.

There are all kinds of small merchants, small temples, schools, and markets.

The north is usually regarded as a barren and marginal area by the Wei Dynasty, so there are a large number of poor people here who work hard for three meals a day.

For them, having enough to eat is already a kind of happiness, and entertainment is almost unthinkable.

As for the eastern part of the imperial city, there are a large number of imperial guards stationed there.

The number of imperial guards was limited, and they were mainly responsible for the personal protection of the emperor and members of the royal family. They were generally not responsible for fighting.

The Royal Guards Army was an orthodox army directly under the emperor, a trusted army. Although they did not often fight, due to their sophisticated weapons and armor and strict selection, they were an army that could rival or even surpass the distant frontier armies in the early and middle dynasties.

Of course, if corruption becomes serious in the late dynasty, even some local armies may not be able to defeat it.

Casinos, brothels and the like are usually opened in the civilian areas in the west. Even if they reach out to the slums in the north, their base camp is in the civilian areas.

But human traffickers are different. Even some powerful human trafficker organizations have their base camps in slums.

The chaotic environment of the slums is a natural barrier for human traffickers, and it is very convenient to escape.

In most cases, the forces of human traffickers are basically huddled in slums. Occasionally when they reach into civilian areas, they are cut off or even uprooted by various forces and the government.

But now, with the high-end forces in the imperial city basically wiped out, the human traffickers who got the news suddenly became rampant.

Originally, they would hide it a little and make excuses in the slums, but now, they don't even bother to make excuses, and just snatch it away if they like it.

At this time, the civilian areas adjacent to the Hehe slums naturally suffered.

Especially now that a series of orders have been issued in the palace, which has caused the Yamen servants to be very busy, and has made human traffickers even more rampant, who are already free from the suppression of major forces.

Originally, most of the human traffickers' forces were accomplices in committing crimes. Some people looked out, some robbed people, and some protected them.

Now, some brave traffickers even dare to commit crimes alone.

The benefits also attracted poor people who were not originally traffickers.

They also started committing crimes, robbing people and then buying them directly to traffickers at low prices.

Although I don’t make much, I can keep busy for a month or two.

It has only been six or seven days since the Xingyue Palace Incident, and the number of human traffickers has increased several times.

"Dad! I'm hungry!"

In a dilapidated adobe house, a little boy cried and rubbed his belly.

"Son, the small piece of dry food you just ate is the last food in our family."

Wang Tian resisted the hunger in his belly and held his son tightly in his arms, "Keep it up, wait a little longer, and I'll sneak out at night to see if I can get some food."

The son cried out that he was hungry, so why wasn't he hungry?

But now that the slums are so chaotic, what can he, a little thief who makes a living by stealing, do?

Not to mention whether his son will be safe after he goes out, even he himself is at risk of being kidnapped.

In today's slums, except for some rogues, almost every household has closed its doors and windows, relying on food stored at home in an attempt to hide for a while.

But the problem is, as a precarious civilian, who has enough food?

At least in the morning, my son ate half a scoop of water and only half a piece of dry food. However, he had only eaten a little to satisfy his stomach in the past few days. Yesterday, he didn't eat anything all day long.

Fortunately, there is still half a tank of water at home, otherwise I might not even have the strength to speak in the past few days. "But Dad, I'm really hungry. I feel like I'm going to starve to death by night."

the little boy sobbed.

"Grumble~"

The little boy's stomach rumbled, as if to verify his statement.

"Again,"

Wang Tian was about to speak, but his stomach also started to growl, and there was a series of screams that he couldn't stop.

At first, he just barked and screamed, but Wang Tian felt something was wrong.

He felt as if his stomach was cramping and twisting together.

"Ah~! Ah!"

Wang Tian screamed, the hand holding his son subconsciously dropped, and then he curled up against the bed.

The sudden scream made the little boy tremble, and he quickly turned to look at his father.

"Dad, what's wrong with you? Dad, dad, what's wrong with you!"

The little boy anxiously pushed his father who was huddled together.

"Water, water!"

Wang Tian shouted feebly, large beads of sweat dripping from his forehead onto the bed.

"Okay, okay, dad, just wait, I, I'll get you some water right away."

The little boy jumped out of bed in a panic, scooped up half a ladle of water in the water tank with a ladle, and hurried back.

"Here! Dad!"

"Good! Good!"

Inexplicably, Wang Tian suddenly felt that the twitching in his stomach seemed to have stopped, and his strength gradually returned.

He quickly stood up, took the water ladle, and drank it all.

"Ah~"

After half a scoop of water was down, Wang Tian relaxed completely.

However, the faint residual pain in his stomach warned him that it was not an illusion just now.

"No, we can't wait any longer. If we wait until night, I'm afraid I'll get hungry and have stomach cramps again."

Wang Tian shook him off, placed the water ladle on the edge of the bed, and forced himself to put on his shoes and get out of bed.

"Dad, where are you going?"

The little boy looked at his father's actions and asked worriedly.

"Son, aren't you hungry? Stay at home and drink water if you can't bear it. Don't go out."

Wang Tian asked, "I'll go out and see if I can get some food."

"Well! Dad, you must come back early!"

As soon as he heard that his father was going to get food, the little boy's eyes instantly lit up.

"Remember, don't go out. If someone knocks on the door, hide under the bed and don't make a sound."

"Well, Dad, I know."

After seeing his son blocking the door with a block inside, Wang Tian still felt uneasy, so he locked the door from the outside.

"I'll just go out for a while, nothing will happen."

After comforting himself, he turned and walked away.

(End of this chapter)