Chapter 2687 Robbery
The news of the annihilation of the Magatai family has spread a lot. Although it happened in the Vought country, there are also people in the Beimabanji Confederacy talking about it.
Bing Zhixie changed into Yuko's costume and was walking with a family's carriage convoy, listening to them talk about this matter.
“Hey Yuko, aren’t you afraid of traveling alone? The famous Magatha family in the Water Country was killed by bandits half a month ago, and not even a single person was left alive. It’s terrible. ” In the carriage, a young boy stuck his head out and asked Yuko.
Yuko said indifferently: "I am just an ordinary traveler. I don't have anything valuable on me. The bandits kill for a purpose. What is their reason for hurting me?"
"Oh, you are so naive, bandits. They are bandits who kill without batting an eye. They are robbers. Bad guys don't give reasons for killing. Mom, dad."
There is also a lady in the carriage, There was a gentleman behind the car smoking a cigar.
The convoy moved neither fast nor slowly. In addition to the carriage occupied by the owner's family of three, there were two carriages and horses in front and behind, with servants carrying their luggage and supplies. They are not moving, they are just temporarily living in the southern city for a while. They have real estate there, but the murders in the Water Kingdom and the food robbery in the Xihai Kingdom in the north have frightened them. The south is closer to Disman, so the gangsters don't dare to be too rampant.
While the carriages and horses were walking, many refugees suddenly appeared on both sides of the road ahead. Some of them pitched tents and lived in the frozen field stalks on the roadside, and many more huddled together in the open air.
The driver at the front did not dare to go any further for fear of being robbed by these refugees, so he hurriedly ran to the back to ask if he wanted to take a detour.
At this time, the refugees saw the carriages and horses passing by, and they rushed up one after another and gathered around the carriages to beg for food and clothing.
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Shuguang Town is a relatively affluent town. The people in the town are not very rich, but they can be considered to have no worries about food and clothing. The town has a good and stable education, and the residents You can find a decent job in a nearby city or as a migrant worker. Following a natural disaster, the lives of tens of thousands of people in the town were changed. The decline of surrounding cities caused life in the town to plummet. Many people sold their property and left their hometowns, but more people were unwilling to leave this town. The hometown that gave birth to and raised them.
However, in the face of disaster, human persistence is insignificant. The wealthy town has become desolate, the vibrant town has now become dull, and the people who remain in the town are not very talkative. .
The shortage of food is the main reason why this place has become so dark. All the edible things nearby have been collected by the town residents. Not even a rabbit can be found, and not even a fish can be seen in the water. In fact, the damage to the town was not serious. Even the dust haze in the sky did not affect the place to the extent that it could not see the light. As long as there is food, they can live, at least a place where they can see the light of day and survive.
The local government has tried its best and made full use of the food that can be used for disaster relief. However, the country as a whole is facing food shortages. From the time of the disaster to now, the situation has gone from bad to worse. There are still countless victims in large refugee camps waiting to be rescued. Now, finally It is unsustainable.
On this day, the groggy sky shone on the groggy people. The mayor was worried about how to meet today's rations. A team of carts and horses came to Shuguang Town with a lot of food.
"The food is coming, the food is coming, Mayor, the food is coming." A town government employee and several people from the town came in a hurry.
Mayor Shuguang came out of the building and wondered: "Where is the food that came from here?"
"There is a lot of food on the streets at the east gate of the town, and there are There are dozens of cars of bacon, I saw it, it’s real.” The clerk shouted excitedly: “Everyone in the town is going over there, go and have a look.”
Mayor Shuguang took off his glasses, took three steps and two steps at a time, and ran to East Street. The residents of the town had blocked the East Street. He climbed to a high place and saw a long line of carriages and horses, as well as the people escorting the carriages and horses.
The town government staff directed the militiamen to push away the crowd and shouted: "Get out of the way, the mayor is here, make a way..."
It was hard to squeeze through. A road led the mayor to the food team.
"You...you guys are here to deliver food?" Mayor Shuguang saw that the bags on the front car had been opened, and there were loads of food inside. A look of excitement immediately appeared on his face: "Great, great, you are finally here."
"We are here, we are here to provide disaster relief." A silver-haired man sitting in front of the leading car said sadly to them with a gun blade on his back: "On our way here, we saw bones of people who died of starvation everywhere on the roadside. , there are many scenes of people cannibalizing people. It’s really tragic.”
"Yes, yes." The mayor and the surrounding people were so excited that they burst into tears: "We also want to escape, but where can we escape? Those who can escape have already fled, and the rest of us... ugh , let’s not talk about it, it’s all tears. Fortunately, we are not at the end of our rope, and we finally got you here. Please give us food as soon as possible.”
< br>The silver-haired man was also filled with grief and tears. He called his men to prepare to distribute food. Choking with sobs, he said to the town residents: "I have suffered so much for you. You don't have to suffer now. Come and buy food."
"Buy?"
"Yes, don't you want to buy it?" The silver-haired man looked at them with a puzzled look on his face. The people shouted: "Yes, yes, buy, buy, let's buy. People have worked so hard to bring food here, how can we get it for nothing without spending money? We must buy it. Come out with the money, let's buy the food."
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The silver-haired man nodded happily with tears in his eyes: "We have distributed food to everyone, 100 gold coins for 1 catty of grain and rice, 300 gold coins for 1 catty of bacon. Come on, come on, don't grab it."
I was still in a mood. The excited people quickly calmed down. Someone pointed and asked: "How much did you just say?"
The silver-haired man said: "Grains and rice, starting from 100 gold coins per catty, including corn kernels, soybeans, millet and rice, the prices range from 100 gold coins to 100 gold coins." Between 150 gold. Meat starts from 300 gold, and the price varies depending on the type of meat."
"300 gold coins!" The people were furious: "We are here. In the past, the price of rice was only 3 silver coins. Now you sell it for 100 gold coins?”
A fierce woman next to you said with a smile: “You said it was normal before, is it normal now?” Damn it, how many people are starving to death outside? Do you think these foods are very expensive when we buy them? You can’t even buy them.”
Another strong man in charge of distributing grain said: "100 gold coins is already very cheap. Go and ask in other cities. We sell 1 catty of corn kernels for 200 gold coins there. By giving you this price, we are already doing charity. You can buy it or not. If you don’t buy it, we can leave.”
Some people said angrily: “You are obviously robbing money by selling it so expensively.”
Again. Someone said: "I heard that our king has paid money to buy food from Shengyuan. Why are you still asking us to collect money?"
"Your king? Your king has committed suicide. Now How can anyone care about this country? The rich officials have already run away, so who cares about your life and death?"
Everyone looked at the mayor: "Is it true?"
The mayor looked confused: "I don't know, there has been no news from the outside for a long time."
Holding a five-pound bag of grain in his hand, he yelled: "Buy it or not? Do you want to buy it or not? Don’t waste your time arguing here. Why don’t you save your energy and wait for death?”
< br>Everyone was talking about it, and suddenly someone shouted: "You, him, you are forcing us to die. Let's fight and rob them!"
A strong man in the front row He was impatient for a long time, and when he heard someone shouting, his blood immediately rose, and he rushed forward to grab the food. Unexpectedly, just as he took two steps and was about to jump onto the grain truck, a cold light flashed through him, and his body and head were separated.
"Robbing food?" The silver-haired man who looked sad before shook away the blood beads on the gun blade, and his expression turned grim: "We have good intentions to send you food to save you, but you actually You want to rob us, you bandits, do you still have the law?”
Everyone was frightened by the silver-haired man's sharp knife. Seeing that these people protecting the food were all strong and strong, holding sharp blades in their hands, they were all guys who were not easy to mess with. On my side, everyone was so hungry that their bodies were weak, and their chests were pressed against their backs. How could they have the strength to compete with them for food?
When the mayor saw this, he didn't care about the townspeople who were killed by the silver-haired man, and asked cautiously: "Can it be cheaper? This... is too expensive."
Fierce The woman immediately scolded: "It's cheap for your size, old man. Think clearly. This is life-saving food. It can save lives anywhere in the world. Can it be cheap?"
The silver-haired man hit Duan said: "Hey, what are you talking about? The mayor has already spoken, and we are doing good deeds, so we will help others if we can. If he says it is cheap, then it will be cheaper. The price of each item will be reduced by 1 gold coin, and we will also "I'm not a hard person to talk to."
The fierce woman scolded: "Okay, do you want to buy it? Our boss has given you a discount."
Someone said with a sad face: "I... I want to buy it, but I can't come up with so much cash."
The silver-haired man said: "If you don't have enough money, you can buy less. Or why not use the money at home?" Real estate, land deeds, treasures and jewelry can all be exchanged. As for the price, those things cannot be sold at high prices at this time. However, I still adhere to the philanthropic heart of saving people, so I will give you a higher price. Remember. If you want to sell a factory, land, or real estate, you must bring a house deed with a magic mark. Anything without a mark is fake. I don’t recognize it.”
How many episodes do the residents of Shuguang Town want to sell themselves? The family property that I had saved, but I couldn’t survive if I didn’t sell it, so I had no choice but to sell the property in tears at a low price, the value of which was less than a few hundredth of the original value, and all I could get in exchange was a few kilograms of grain and meat. The people who brought the food happily headed to the next town with boxes full of treasures and land deeds.
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(End of this chapter)