In the years of famine, the knife in my mother's hand is not bad either

"Shall we chase after them?"

The chief steward in the carriage listened to the young eunuch's question and said thoughtfully:

"Follow me!"

"promise!"

As soon as they finished speaking, they followed closely behind the group of villagers from Wangjia Village.

The villagers of Wangjia Village looked pale as they saw the dozen or so large horses and the armed men on the horses that suddenly appeared behind them.

I couldn't help but quicken my pace.

Even if dozens of people are walking side by side, no one wants to be the last one.

A timid rustling sound came out of his mouth:

"Who are they? Cavalry?"

"No, they are dressed so luxuriously, how could they be cavalry masters?"

"Is that the merchant's guard? They won't attack us, right? After all, we have our belongings with us... If they stop us..."

"..."

As they spoke, they seemed to be hesitant to speak, and kept looking back, fearing that the people following behind would hear them.

Cowardly and spineless.

However, the village chief was prepared after seeing the cavalrymen circling around them on horseback.

He called the hunters in the village and a dozen people from the previous patrol team, a total of more than 40 people quietly fell to the back of the team.

After seeing the dozen or so cavalrymen on tall horses and the carriage following behind them, the situation became tense.

"Who are you?" Village chief Wang Dakuo shouted at the eunuchs riding horses behind him.

The villagers who had fallen behind the team quickened their pace again and completely disappeared from the surveillance field of the horsemen on horseback.

The village chief Wang Dakuo and others were left behind and slowly followed the back of the team to confront them.

Looking at the young and strong men who suddenly appeared, they held bows and arrows in their hands and even pulled the bows at themselves and others.

The eunuchs were immediately annoyed.

His hands were touching the scabbard!

You know, they are the emperor's close ministers, and they are treated with courtesy by high-ranking officials wherever they go. But now they are treated so rudely by a group of rural ruffians?

How can this be tolerated!

"Wait!"

Just when the atmosphere between the two sides was tense and a fight was about to break out at any moment, a shrill voice came from the carriage.

When the eunuchs heard the sound, they immediately withdrew their hands from their weapons.

Village chief Wang Dakuo also signaled the hunters holding bows and arrows to adjust the direction of their bows and arrows and not to aim at people to avoid missing them.

"We are passing through the Salt Lake together, and we have no ill intentions."

"I only intend to follow you out of the salt lake. I have no intention of engaging in any action. Please forgive me if I have disturbed you!"

"Please give me some favor!" The shrill voice from the carriage came again.

His polite demeanor made Wang Dakuo feel good about him.

The other party was a cavalryman, with bulges under his luxurious clothes, obviously wearing armor.

He would definitely not be intimidated by these dozens of people, but the nobleman in the carriage did not use his power to intimidate others. Instead, he directly stated his purpose.

He is worthy of being called an open and honest gentleman.

But no matter how good his feelings were, Wang Dakuo knew his identity and had to consider the villagers.

Remind the other party:

"Since you have no ill intentions, then follow me."

"But the strong men in our village may have to go with you. There are too many women and children migrating, so I am a little cautious. I hope you won't blame me."

"There is no reason to blame you. It is a great fortune for the village to have you as an elder." The shrill voice came from the sedan again, and it could be heard that he had even stronger kindness towards Wang Dakuo's thoughtful look.

"I'm ashamed to say that I have an unwelcome request. I hope you will consider it."

Something to ask for? Wang Dakuo frowned slightly when he heard this.

How can a farmer like them help such a noble man?

"Please speak!" Wang Dakuo pondered for a moment and spoke.

"We have reached the salt lake and our water bags are empty. We hope the elder can give us some water." The shrill voice came again from the sedan chair.

When they heard that they needed water, everyone in Wangjia Village immediately looked nervous.

Along the way, apart from finding a little water source on Yunshan Mountain in Beiyun County, they never saw any other water source that could be used for replenishment.

Some people in the village even saved some of their urine for reuse at Shen Qian's suggestion.

How can we distribute the precious water evenly to them?

"I am not the only one in the village who has water. I will call her over. If she is willing, she may share some with me."

"If you don't want to, I hope you won't make it difficult for me." Wang Dakuo thought for a moment and did not refuse directly. Instead, he planned to tell Wang Shen about this matter.

It is up to Wang Shen to decide.

"Please go away, elder." The person in the sedan responded politely.

Wait until Wang Dakuo leaves.

A young eunuch on horseback came up to the sedan chair and whispered into the sedan chair:

"General Manager, why do you need to treat a group of country folk with such courtesy?"

"Just reveal your identity and ask them to donate water. How dare they refuse?"

"Little Li." Upon hearing this question, a chuckle came from the sedan chair:

"You've been with Zajia for three years, right?"

Without waiting for Xiao Lizi's response, the voice in the sedan continued to ask:

"When have you ever seen a miscellaneous person use his power to oppress others?"

"They are just innocent people who were affected by the disaster in Daliang. Now they are forced to leave their homes. It is our fault. How can we oppress the victims after making a mistake?"

Hearing the question from the sedan chair, Leo secretly criticized in his heart: When have I seen you before? You use your power to oppress others every day!

But he only dared to criticize it in his heart, but did not dare to say it out loud. He only listened to him complimenting with his eyebrows lowered and his eyes pleasing:

"Grand Steward Gao Yi."

"Little Leo can't catch up even if he tries his best!"

Even though it was flattery, Leo made Liang Zhaozhong in a very good mood at the moment!

......

At the front of the team, the village chief Wang Dakuo hurriedly followed.

After seeing the water cart that Shen Qian was riding, he started jogging.

When he arrived at the waterwheel where Shen Qian was, he grabbed the edge of the waterwheel and took a few deep breaths.

After his breath stabilized, he said:

"Wang Shen."

"There are more than ten cavalrymen following behind our village. They are wearing inner armor and luxurious outer clothes. They don't look like ordinary merchants."

"They want us to share some of the water."

"You're the only wealthy family in the village, so I came to ask for your opinion."

Shen Qian frowned as she listened to the village chief's description.

In their previous life, it was too late for them to escape famine.

The cavalry only encountered barbarians.

For Shen Qian, this was a complete emergency.

Before she could speak, Wang You and Wang Liang beside her immediately became unwilling:

"No!"

"Mother, we don't have much water ourselves, how can we just distribute it evenly?"

"Yes! If you want to buy it with money, you can consider it!"

Looking at Wang You and Wang Liang vying to make a decision for her, Shen Qian raised her eyebrows slightly:

"It seems that my fifth and sixth children have grown up."

"I can already make decisions for my mother."

"Why don't you two go over and discuss it with them?"

Faced with Shen Qian's proposal, Wang You and Wang Liang immediately shrank their necks.

That was a table of luxurious cavalry masters.

Their calves trembled just by looking at it, so how could they dare to go to the cavalry master to discuss the matter of selling water?

Seeing the active Old Five and Old Six lower their heads again, Shen Qian snorted coldly.

Patted Xiao Qi:

"Let Niu Niu and Da Huang stop on the right."

"Okay~" Xiaoqi responded, jumped out of the car, and reached out to hold Niu Niu and Dahuang.

The two cows were unusually docile in Xiaoqi's hands and stood obediently by the side.

Seeing that Niu Niu and Da Huang were behaving well, Xiao Qi went to get some grass and gave it to them to eat.

Village chief Wang Dakuo seemed to have thought of something and added to Shen Qian:

"correct!"

"The man in the sedan chair spoke in a shrill voice."

"It doesn't sound like a man's voice, but it's different from a woman's voice."

Listening to Wang Dakuo's supplement, Shen Qian's left eyelid kept twitching:

A shrill, androgynous voice?

Could it be that I met a eunuch?