Chapter 17 Wushengmen is short of food!

Chapter 17 Wushengmen is short of food!

Reality.

Centipede Mountain.

Dawn arrives and the sky becomes slightly brighter.

Chen Jichuan opened his eyes and saw that Chen Shaohe in front of him had woken up and was alerting the surroundings with his eyes wide open.

"Why don't you sleep more?"

Even at night, even in the world of Dayan, Chen Jichuan would come out from time to time to take a look around to make sure there was no movement before continuing to enter Dayan. The last time Dayan came out was half a month ago, but in reality, it was half an hour ago.

Chen Shaohe was not awake at that time.

"Sleep well."

"I helped fourth brother look outside to be careful of being touched."

When Chen Shaohe saw his fourth brother waking up, his alert and serious face faded, and he grinned at Chen Jichuan.

Then he stood up and stretched his muscles that had been frozen all night. I was worried about waking up my fourth brother before, but now it doesn't matter.

"Not bad."

"Be careful."

Chen Jichuan nodded.

He was aware that in Dayan, he could immediately sense any disturbance in reality, so there was no need for Chen Shaohe to be on guard. But Chen Jichuan admired Chen Shaohe for being so cautious. Even if his efforts were useless, he would not dampen Chen Shaohe's enthusiasm.

Received praise.

Got recognition.

As expected, Chen Shaohe beamed with joy and asked, "Fourth brother, are you going to leave now?"

Chen Jichuan looked at the sky.

The sun has not yet risen and the moon has not yet set, but the sky is already bright, so I don’t waste time looking at the road: “Let’s go now.”

Centipede Mountain stretches for forty or fifty miles.

This is a straight line distance.

If a person is in it, the mountains are ups and downs, and the actual distance to be traveled is more than a hundred and fifty miles?

Yesterday, I ran thirty or forty miles first, then changed my clothes, washed off the dirt, shaved my hair, and ran another thirty miles. After calculating, there is still half the distance to run out of Centipede Mountain.

Seventy or eighty miles.

It was nothing to Chen Jichuan, who practiced "land flying skills" and could run hundreds of miles in one breath. Even if he had Chen Shaohe on his back and had the energy to recover his strength, Chen Jichuan would not worry about exhaustion.

"Come."

"Come up."

Chen Jichuan stood up without any ink, took the wild goose wing knife beside him in his hand, squatted in front of Chen Shaohe, and asked him to get on his back.

"Oh."

Chen Shaohe also picked up a wild goose wing knife and laid it on his fourth brother's back.

He knows.

With his physical strength, he was not qualified to worry about whether he would tire his fourth brother. Both brothers knew that between exhaustion and death, the former was nothing.

……

Another run.

On the way.

Chen Jichuan used his foot shooting skills to kick out flying rocks and kill a wild boar and two hares. After finding the stream and briefly handling it, they asked Chen Shaohe to light a fire. The two brothers had a hearty meal and continued on their way.

From dawn to early morning.

From early morning to noon.

Besides eating, Chen Jichuan spends all his time running around. By the time it was just after noon, I had already traveled seventy or eighty miles of mountainous terrain and arrived at the edge of Centipede Mountain.

After coming out of the mountain.

To the west is Jianling County and to the east is Liding County.

"Yangshuo."

Chen Jichuan continued walking north instead of going west or east.

Gradually, we can come across scattered villages and scattered villagers. Most of the villages are vacant, and the villagers have fled without a trace.

Counties such as Yongfeng and Liding have a relatively hot climate and developed water systems, so they grow two-crop rice. It was just after the summer harvest, so it stands to reason that there should not be so many villagers fleeing.

Confused, Chen Jichuan ran away with Chen Shaohe on his back.

Along the way.

There are more than a dozen families or dozens of people from a village, each carrying their luggage and heading north with depressed faces.

"Fourth brother."

"I see that many villages on the road are empty and there are many paddy fields. Why don't these people stay in the villages?"

Chen Shaohe lay on Chen Jichuan's back and asked curiously.

There are fields and land.

What are you running around for?

"The passing of a bandit is like a comb, the passing of a soldier is like a grate, and the passing of an official is like a shave."

"Liding County has just experienced a war. These people suffered hardships and had no choice but to leave their homes."

Chen Jichuan had some guesses in his mind.

Judging from the scenes in the fields along the way, this year's harvest is not bad. In this case, these people still abandoned their fields and fled, probably because of the military disaster.

In the past, the soldiers of Dachu had unclean hands and feet.

now.

How can the Wu Shengmen and Lishui Gang, an army formed by a group of mud-legged gangs, be any better?

"Bullshit!"

"Has a habit of causing harm to people!"

When Chen Shaohe heard this, he immediately understood and cursed.

Little did I know.

The Chen family, who were feared like tigers at the beginning, are no different from these ‘bandits’, ‘soldiers’ and ‘officials’.

Chen Jichuan knew it well.

Shake his head.

Avoid these people and continue moving forward.

"Fourth brother."

"Why don't you ask them about the situation outside?"

Chen Shaohe held it in silence for a while, and finally couldn't help but ask.

It's rare to meet people.

I was just inquiring about the changes outside the Black Prison in recent years. Why did I avoid it instead?

“It’s so eye-catching.”

"These people look like they are from the same family at first glance, and most of them are from the same village. They are all familiar with each other. We two strangers ran over and asked questions, but they would not pay attention to us and might even drive us away."

What Chen Shaohe can think of, Chen Jichuan can naturally think of.

But he had more on his mind.

In the black prison, I have been isolated from the world for six years. It is necessary to find someone to inquire and become familiar with the outside world. But it’s important to find someone to understand.

In addition to paying attention to the problem of "unknown faces", it is also best to find some knowledgeable people to inquire.

I'm afraid these villagers don't know much.

It is best to find people in the county, even people who are literate, so that you can get a lot of real and effective information.

Chen Jichuan dressed lightly and obeyed.

Even with Chen Shaohe on his back, he was still very fast.

Passed many refugees along the way.

As evening approached, I finally came across a group of scattered refugees gathered together. After observing for a while, I found that these people were either in groups of three or three, or in groups of five or six. They were all somewhat distant from each other, and they were obviously not familiar with each other.

"This is it!"

Chen Jichuan put Chen Shaohe down, and the two brothers pretended not to know each other and sneaked in one after another.

……

"Brother Zhang."

"Come over and have something to eat together?"

Bao Zhongliang looked at 'Zhang Liao' not far away and said hello.

Not that he was compassionate.

It's because his big family left in a hurry and brought enough food, but there were no birds in their mouths. Seeing 'Zhang Liao', who had just joined the team later in the evening, holding two pheasants that he got from nowhere, he was so greedy that his mouth watered. I saw him looking left and right again, quite embarrassed. He rolled his eyes and waved to 'Zhang Liao'.

"Ah——"

"Okay, thank you very much."

Chen Jichuan pretended to be happy and ran to Bao Zhongliang's family, scratching his head and giggling: "The fire dumplings were left on the road. I hunted pheasants and couldn't cook them properly."

Said.

He raised the two pheasants on his hand.

"Hey."

"What's the matter? It's fate that we met each other. Come on, give Brother Zhang a pair of bowls and chopsticks."

Bao Zhongliang asked a maid to bring Chen Jichuan bowls and chopsticks, and then added a bowl full of rice with a few pieces of bacon on top. He said with shame: "In the wilderness, bacon is the only thing that makes do. Brother Zhang, don't dislike it."

"No, no."

Chen Jichuan waved his hands hurriedly, then felt a little embarrassed after thinking about it. He quickly took out the two pheasants in his hands and said, "Brother Bao, let's stew these two chickens too."

"Oops."

"Why is this so embarrassing?"

Bao Zhongliang said he was embarrassed and quietly winked at the maid at home.

"On a hot day."

"This pheasant will stink if you don't eat it. It's a pity."

The servant girl laughed playfully, took the two pheasants, and said, "Brother Zhang, wait a moment, I'll boil water and help you stew these."

"Okay, okay."

"Thank you, auntie."

Chen Jichuan laughed in his heart, but still pretended to be stupid on his face. He took the bowl of rice and shoveled it into his mouth shyly.

While devouring it.

On the other hand, he was observing Bao Zhongliang's family.

Said it was a family.

In fact, Bao Zhongliang is the only one. In addition to him, there are two maids, two powerful men. The former is a servant at home, and the latter is a nurse at home.

Bao Zhongliang is relatively rich. Although he wears ordinary clothes, it can be seen that he is deliberately concealing it.

Wealth should not be exposed.

"Where are Brother Zhang from? Are you going to the north?"

Seeing Chen Jichuan eating silently, Bao Zhongliang had nothing to say.

"Yeah."

"My family used to live in Yongfeng, but moved to Jianling a few years ago. My parents have passed away, and I am the only one left. Now that there is a war in Jianling, I am afraid of death, so I want to hide in the north."

Chen Jichuan looked careless.

Whatever Bao Zhongliang asked, he said.

"Build a mausoleum."

“It’s really chaotic there, so you’d better leave early.”

Bao Zhongliang smiled at Chen Jichuan and said proudly: "Not long ago, when the war broke out in Liding County, I moved all my family to Yangshuo. If I hadn't been reluctant to part with the two houses in the city, I wouldn't have been able to wait until now."< br>

"Is Liding County also at war?"

Chen Jichuan asked.

"The fight is over."

"The Lishui Gang couldn't defeat Wu Shengmen, so they withdrew a few days ago."

Bao Zhongliang curled his lips.

Chen Jichuan was curious and asked: "Since the battle is over, why does Brother Bao still want to leave?"

"You don't know that."

"I am in Li Ding. I was originally in the grain business. Now Li Ding has been taken over by Wu Shengmen. All the grain business has been taken over by the government and we are not allowed to get involved. If I stay, won't I have to drink from the northwest wind?"
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A flash of shrewdness flashed in Bao Zhongliang's eyes, and he said to Chen Jichuan: "You just need to go to the north. There is no shortage of food in the north. Unlike the south, the Jinyang sect sells food out, and the poor in Wushengmen use arrows. , Guntou, go to Jinyang Pai to exchange for food. If you want to go south, just wait until you get hungry."

It turned out to be in the grain business.

Chen Jichuan's heart moved. After hearing Bao Zhongliang's words, he learned a little more about the Jinyang Sect, Wushengmen and the Lishui Gang.

But at the same time.

There are more doubts in my heart.

There were extra arrowheads and gun heads for sale in Wushengmen. Chen Jichuan knew that there was a black jail after all, and the iron ore was inexhaustible.

All that is wasted is manpower.

Wu Shengmen only had three counties before it. If you want to feed five thousand Wu Sheng's troops, it is understandable that they are short of food.

But the Jinyang Sect only occupied Lingui and Quanyi counties. Before he went to the black prison, he had never heard that the harvests in these two counties were any better than those in Yongfeng and Muhua, and where could the grain be sold to them? Wu Shengmen?

"Is there a cave similar to the Black Hell?"

I have doubts in my heart.

Worry about being exposed.

Chen Jichuan was not in a hurry to ask.

Fortunately, Bao Zhongliang was a businessman and was very talkative.

In addition, what they talked about did not involve any secrets, so Bao Zhongliang didn't pay attention and said carelessly: "Brother Zhang, don't look at how powerful Wu Shengmen is now, as far as I'm concerned, everything you don't eat is bullshit. Wushengmen hugs the iron mine , and the alliance with the Jinyang faction, they can still get food in the short term, but you see, when the Jinyang faction's troops are strong and the horses are strong and Wu Shengmen is no longer needed, give him a move to cut off the food, and Wu Shengmen will be blinded immediately. .”

The pheasant is stewed.

The fragrance wafts out.

Bao Zhongliang chuckled and kept talking to Chen Jichuan while eating: "If you want to say it lasts for a long time, it has to be the Jinyang Sect and the Lishui Gang. The Jinyang Sect has a peach garden, and there are fields there, and there are a lot of them." It can produce oil, and there is absolutely no shortage of food. The Lishui Gang also has a unique secret method that can produce fertilizer. After using it, the yield per mu is 70 to 80% higher than that of the best paddy fields.”

Taoyuan.

fertilizer.

Chen Jichuan listened carefully and murmured in his heart: "The Jinyang Sect's 'Taoyuan' may be the same as the Wushengmen's 'Black Prison', both in another dimension. As for the Lishui Gang's 'Fertilizer'——"< br>

Chen Jichuan still doesn't know what the name is.

Bao Zhongliang ate happily, his mouth was full of oil, and he said: "People nowadays are not stupid. Look at them, every household was robbed of food by Wu Shengmen, and they simply dragged their families and moved there Yangshuo, save yourself from hunger in the future.”

Bao Zhongliang is a legal merchant.

Everyone else here is also a citizen of Liding County.

A few days ago, Wu Shengmen and the Lishui Gang competed for Liding County, which happened to be during the summer harvest season. The Lishui Gang first collected summer taxes. Not long ago, Liding County changed hands and Wushengmen came to collect grain again.

Tough tactics.

Many people had no food left at home, and there were rumors in Liding County that Wushengmen was the most short of food. Those who originally wanted to stay in Liding did not care about the difficulty of leaving their homeland. They gritted their teeth and went north.

"Wushengmen."

"Not for long."

Chen Jichuan thought of Bao Zhongliang's words and shook his head in his heart.

In today's world, no matter how much food you have, it's not as strong as your fist. Wu Shengmen has countless arrows and spears. If there is a shortage of food, just grab it.

As long as the decision is good enough.

It may not be possible to take down the Lishui Gang or even the Jinyang Faction and unify Shi'an County. By then, with both the Jinyang Sect's 'Taoyuan' and the Lishui Gang's 'secret recipe', Wu Shengmen might actually be qualified to dominate the world.

"Wushengmen."

"Lishui Gang."

"Jinyang Sect."

Chen Jichuan listened and thought.

He turned around and took another look at the inconspicuous Chen Shaohe not far away. When he turned around, the chicken and chicken soup in the pot were completely empty.

……

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