The end of natural disasters: the daily life of child brides in ancient times

Chapter 398 Finding a way to enter the city

As he spoke, the refugee blew his nose, wiped it on the sole of his shoe, and then sighed again.

"Hey, if there's food to eat at home, who would want to be here in the wind?"

But soon, he remembered the vegetable pancake under his butt, and asked again:

"You want to go into the city?"

Seeing Lu Tianming nodded, a look of pride appeared on his face.

"Then you've come to the right person. I'm an honest man, and I promise I won't let you lose money.

Let me tell you, although the gate of Yangfeng County is closed.

But every one or two days, several groups of human traffickers would come out in turns to recruit people.

Others may not know, but I know that two of the groups of human traffickers do more than just human trafficking!

A few days ago, I saw with my own eyes a convoy of vehicles entering the county town through the side gate late at night.

I guess that's because they paid the 'city entrance fee'!"

As he spoke, the refugee looked envious.

“It would be great if I could go into the city too!

Not to mention anything else, Mrs. Liu is so kind-hearted.

Going to the city to beg is definitely better than living outside and starving!"

Seeing that he had gone off topic, Lu Tianming asked again:

"Brother, you said your home is nearby.

Then do you know which county it is if we go further south, and how long it will take?"

The refugee turned around, pointed to the road east of Yangfeng County, and said:

"Further south is Yongyuan County!

As for how long it takes, it depends on where you start from.

If you can pass through Yangfeng County and take the official road, it will probably take six or seven days to get there.

But if you can't enter the city, and you take the small road in the east, it will take at least fourteen or fifteen days!

However, your team has carriages, so it might be faster."

As he spoke, the refugee looked towards the caravan not far away. Seeing the elderly and children in the caravan, he said with some envy:

“Your team is really amazing, you can even provide for the elderly and children!

I've been here for so long, and I haven't seen many elderly people or children make it out alive!"

Lu Tianming felt that he had asked enough questions, and when he heard him say this, he said:

"No, I'm just barely surviving starvation! Thank you so much, little brother!"

As he spoke, Lu Tianming took his men to two other shacks.

After asking them both in detail, I got similar information.

More than one refugee witnessed the entry of people into Yangfeng County.

Moreover, from what they said, there are more than one group of human traffickers who can bring people into the city.

It seems that there is still hope for this matter.

After returning to the convoy, Lu Tianming briefly explained the situation.

Everyone had similar ideas, that it would be best if they could find a way to enter Yangfeng City.

Not only can you replenish supplies in the city, but you can also rest for a few days in the city.

They came out of Linshan Village. This series of events forced them to speed up their journey, but they were very tired.

Among them, Zhuzi's father wanted to go to the city the most. He was eager to go to the city to buy a cow!

Once he had a cart pulled by an ox, he would no longer have to push the cart on the road even at his old age.

Seeing this, Lu Tianming decided to wait here to see if he could get a chance to enter the city.

They were really lucky. After waiting for more than half an hour, the gate of Yangfeng County was opened.

A group of men, about twenty in number, walked out of the city gate.

Except for two people carrying food, the rest were all wearing big swords.

The man in the lead had a fair complexion and was wearing a silk dress.

As soon as he came out, his eyes were focused on the convoy where Lu Qingqing was.

I'm lucky today. It seems I won't go back empty-handed this time.

No matter what, he had to make some money before leaving, and he couldn't leave this wave of fat sheep to Jiang Lao San tomorrow.

Thinking of this, he took the lead and walked towards the convoy where Lu Qingqing was.

The group had just taken a few steps when a refugee, so thin that he could be blown away by a gust of wind, came over, bent his body and said with an apologetic smile:

"Master, this is my wife. She gave birth to two big fat boys for me. Please take her in. I guarantee she will be able to bear children!"

As he spoke, he pushed his equally skinny wife hard, trying to get her closer to the traffickers.

The woman was reluctant and refused to move forward.

But the man was determined to sell her out, and he threatened her fiercely in a low voice:

"If you continue to be stubborn, we'll both starve to death! If you don't obey me, don't blame me for finding someone to eat your meat instead!"

Hearing this, the woman remembered her child who had been replaced to eat meat, and tears welled up in her eyes.

The man took advantage of this opportunity and pushed the woman towards the human trafficker, as if he could sell her as long as he pushed her over.

The leading trafficker glanced at the woman and said with disdain:

"All kinds of people are trying to get close to me. How skinny they are!

Besides, he's not young anymore. If I take him back, I'll have to spend a lot of food. Get out, get out! "

Before he could finish his words, the guards around him raised their swords and drove away the skinny couple.

The leading human trafficker glanced at the group of refugees and felt that there was nothing good there, so he walked straight towards the convoy where Lu Tianming was.

He just saw that there were more than a few carriages in the team, and there seemed to be a lot of things on the carriages.

In addition, there are women, children, and even a few elderly people in the team.

Such a convoy definitely has money and food.

If you want to make money today, it will probably depend on this team of people.

Thinking of this, he raised his leg and walked towards the convoy where Lu Qingqing was.

But just after taking a few steps, many more refugees came up.

There are men who want to sell themselves, and there are men who want to sell their sons.

They shouted and praised people like commodities, trying to sell them.

The human trafficker just glanced at the appearance of those people, turned his head away, and raised his hand to signal the guards around him to separate them.

These days, human life is worthless.

When the disaster first started, it was still easy to sell the women and children who were taken in.

But over time, there were too many people selling their children, daughters, and wives.

In addition, after the disaster, food prices have risen a lot.

Once the food is collected and left over, the food alone will be a considerable expense.

Therefore, after a long time, he also began to become picky.

Those who sell children, regardless of gender, must have decent looks.

For those who sell women, besides being young, the more beautiful they are, the better.

Of course, those who are willing to sell their wives at this time usually have no food to eat.

People are usually very thin, but after working in this industry for a long time, you can tell what they look like just by looking at their facial features.

Like the woman just now, she is thin and dark, with ordinary facial features.

There aren't many places where I can sell it except those unfussy secret doors, and there aren't many places where I can collect it.

Besides, if you really want to sell it, you have to raise it for some time.

Just the food we eat is enough for us to have.

Add to that the connections in the county, and naturally there's not much profit to be made.

So he went out of the city every two days.

Although I may not be able to bring anyone back, if I'm lucky, I can find other ways to make money.

With the guards blocking the way, the leading human trafficker successfully arrived in front of Lu Tianming's convoy.

When he got closer and saw the appearance of Lu Tianming and Yao Xiancheng in the front, he felt less arrogant.

These two people gave him a feeling that was somewhat similar to the master of the Xu family whom he had met once before.