It is already early winter. If someone enters the Hejian Mansion, he will find that he seems to have entered another world. The closer he gets to the mansion, the more devastated he is. Occasionally, you can see teams of refugees dressed in thin linen.

The weather here is much colder than Fengcheng. Such thin clothes can withstand the chill of early winter. In addition, eating less, your body will feel even colder, and many people will die of starvation.

What you can see everywhere is that you cannot tell whether you are frozen or starved, or you are ragged and exposed with large pieces of skin, or you are stripped naked without any wisps. Everyone is thin and occasionally fat, which must be caused by the giant view that has been many days after death.

If you walk towards the direction of the city of Mansion, it seems like you are walking through hell and finally see groups of living people. Although they are just a little angry, at least they will not be exposed to the wilderness. There should be a special person near the city of Mansion to collect the bodies, burning and burying them to avoid causing plague.

The shacks built around are surrounded by porridge sheds, some are relief from the government, and some are charity organized by local gentry and wealthy households, which seems like a drop in the bucket.

But it is these porridge shed the lives of thousands of victims here without thinking about other ways. I don’t know whether this is good or bad. In short, the starting point is good!

Going further inside, you will reach the city gate. There are teams of soldiers here to prevent the disaster victims from pouring into the city. When entering and leaving the city gate, you must present the government order. If a noble person passes by at this time, a group of disaster victims will come over and shout without any power:

"Okay, please take me into the city. I can do anything!"

"I'm willing to be a slave, just one meal a day!"

"I can write, take me!"

"Uncle, I am still a girl, so I'll have some food."

"Uncle, do you want this little girl? Just give me some food!"

"Uncle, uncle!"

Refugees who rushed over like living zombies may even overwhelm the people. If they escape to the city gate by chance, the guards will be lined up in a row, with bows and arrows on them, and the leading soldiers may shout: "Stop!"

The refugees behind were like being nailed to the spot. If they didn't dare to step forward, hunger would never overcome their fear of death, because they no longer knew how many people had been shot.

If you enter the city gate, you will find that it seems that you have returned to the world from hell. It seems that drought and locust plague have little impact on the residents in the city. However, if you pass by the rice shop, you will find that there is still some food being sold, but the price of food has increased several times, and they are all marked as limited purchases.

The people in the city are under a lot of pressure, but compared to the victims outside the city, it is nothing. At least they can buy some food every day, so they may not starve to death. However, there are definitely many who lose their money after the disaster.

As soon as Zhang Wei's ship was at the port, as soon as the ship was docked, someone brought a bunch of soldiers over. The leader was dressed neatly and had a goatee. He could see the difference from the soldiers next to him at a glance.

"Which state is yours and who is under the seat? Is it a friend who transports food?" Goathu asked with his fists.

"I am ordered by the prefect of Fengcheng City to bring people to transport grain to provide disaster relief. How dare you ask this gentleman?" Zhang Wei also bowed and asked, seeing that this person should be the one who came to Hejian Mansion to pick him up.

"At the clerk of Xiahejian Prefecture, Zhou Boyan, hereby the order of the prefect, receive the sea-carriage food here!" The goathu breathed a sigh of relief and finally waited for the team to transport food. It seemed that there were five ships, which should be enough for the city to use for half a month.

He took out his tooth card and sent it to Zhang Wei by the soldiers next to him. Zhang Wei glanced at him and bowed again: "I have met Master Zhou in the Sanwu Yang family of Xiafengcheng!"

The other party was confirmed as the official clerk, the aide to the Hejian prefect, and the master was the honorable title of him.

Zhou Boyan smiled and said, "It turns out it is the Sanwu Yang family. What is your relationship with Yang Zhiyuan, the head of the Yang family?"

"It was my family's grandfather. I didn't expect that I was so destined to be my senior friend?" Zhang Wei was slightly surprised. He didn't expect that his father-in-law had a wide range of friendship and even the master of Hejian Mansion knew him.

Zhou Boyan waved his hand and smiled, "A few years ago, Ling Yue talked with the prefect many times. I had the honor to meet him several times. Ling Yue was extraordinary and you could tell at a glance that he was not an ordinary person! But Ling Yue may not remember me."

Remember that everyone who interacts with the prefect is his professional quality as a master. A teacher like Zhou Boyan is naturally in control and is slightly surprised. He remembers that Yang Zhiyuan is a rich man, but he didn't expect that he would still be trusted by the prefect of Fengcheng and hand over such a task to the Yang family.

"Senior is also very dignified. I believe that if Yue saw him, he would definitely remember him. Unfortunately, he was in Fengcheng and had to continue to raise food. He could not leave and could not meet him. He would definitely be very regretful."

People carry people in the flower sedan chair, but Zhang Wei naturally picked up something nice. A master, Yang Zhiyuan, may not be able to remember it, but no one takes this kind of thing seriously, it is just a greeting.

"But don't say it! My old face is said to be red!" Zhou Boyan teased a few times and said seriously: "Let's hurry up and transport food. If you send it a moment earlier, you can save more people!"

Zhang Wei nodded and agreed. Then, the people on Zhang Wei cooperated with Zhou Boyan's people to load the grain on a carriage and transport it to the river ten miles away, and transported it to the vicinity of the city with large sand trays. The soldiers were naturally arranged to guard the sand trays to avoid losing it in the middle of the way.

Seeing that the grain transport had already started, Zhang did not propose to visit the city. Zhou Boyan naturally invited him to accompany him, so he would report on the subsequent grain transport with the prefect and get the return ticket for this grain transport.

The port is about a hundred miles away from the capital city, and it takes about four hours to float. The two sat on the sand tray and chatted. Zhou Boyan was even more prepared. There was a mud stove on the sand tray, and he even took out good tea and invited Zhang Wei to taste tea together.

In this way, the two of them savored the fragrant tea while praising each other. They were very happy to chat, and two hours passed without realizing it.

"Enemy attack!" At this time, almost halfway through the journey, the soldiers on the sand platoon suddenly shouted to warn: "It's the horse bandits who are here to steal the food!"

Zhou Boyan immediately fell on the boat in shock. Zhang Wei frowned slightly. He followed the soldiers' gaze and saw a black knight running towards him a few hundred meters away from the shore.

The river they floated was not a big river. The sand row was only three or four meters away from the shore. And when they arrived here, they were about to reach the narrowest part of the river.

Sure enough, the group of horse bandits followed about a mile along the shore, and the narrowest place was in front of it. A huge net appeared under the stone bridge there. At this time, the sand tray was already very close to the shore, and it was only one zhangyuan. The knights on the horse also showed their flying claws and threw them out to the sand trays in the river.

The soldiers on the sand platoon showed their weapons and knocked them from time to time. However, if they were caught on the platoon or on the food, they could only knock them off with force and could not easily cut the rope. This rope was specially made, and could not be cut off in a few strokes, and was very tough.

After a while, a sand platoon was dragged to the shore one after another. The soldiers guarding the boat fought with the horse bandits, fighting back and forth between the two sides. Unfortunately, after the sand platoon was dragged over, they often faced a row of people on the shore, and soon occupied the sand platoon. From time to time, soldiers were either killed or fell into the water or jumped away.

The horse bandits seemed very skillful. After fixing the sand tray, only a few people were left to guard them, and then they went to grab other sand trays. Not long after, the sand trays were stagnated in the water. The front was stopped by fishing nets, dragged to the shore one by one, and occupied by the horse bandits.

At this time, Zhang Wei was depressed. Among the major forces in the world, he had provoked the Cao Gang, but nothing happened when he went to the capital last time. Unexpectedly, this time he came to Hejian Mansion, he encountered another force:

Horse bandits in Hejian!

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The disaster in Hejian is urgent,

Transport food to Hejian,

Sand rafting enjoys leisure

The horse bandits ambushed halfway.
Chapter completed!