Wang Quan did not kill all the refugees. After all, they were all people who could not survive. After chasing for a while, killing more than 30 people, they killed them and stopped chasing them.

Although he let go of the rest of the refugees, if Wang Quan was asked to recruit these people as guards, he was worried that these guys had eaten human flesh and robbed other people. If they wanted to use them, they had to go through a period of hard work and grind away their bandit energy before they could use them. Wang Quan did not have so much time to train people. If he wanted to recruit people, he could only recruit a group of honest, innocent young and middle-aged people who were willing to listen to him.

As I passed by, I saw trees, even the trunks, and the leaves and bark were eaten up long ago.

"Help! Help!" A woman's horror scream came from the front.

Hearing the shouts, Wang Quan looked along the dry river, but saw more than a dozen ragged refugees running in front, some of whom were holding children in their hands. A group of people behind were chasing. It seemed that there were more than 30 people chasing, each holding wooden sticks, hoes, and hatchets in his hands.

More than a dozen refugees who were running for life saw Wang Quan and his group and ran towards them.

"This husband, save us! They are going to eat us!" A refugee who ran closestly knelt in front of Wang Quanma and begged. The sound seemed to be a woman. However, looking at her face, her face was covered in greasy, she couldn't tell her original appearance, and her clothes were so dirty that they couldn't tell her original color. If she hadn't heard the sound, she wouldn't know that she was a woman at all.

The escaped refugees came one after another, including five men, and the rest were women and children.

Wang Quan had already taken down the bow and arrow, and shot an arrow at a guy chasing the refugee. Only a sound of the bowstring trembling sound was heard. The guy who had eaten too much human flesh and had a green light like a beast in his throat was arrowed, and he groaned and fell backwards.

The six men under his command also took out bows and arrows, and they all shot them without any slightest.

Seven people shot arrows in succession, and in a blink of an eye, all thirty people chasing the refugees were shot to death.

"Thank you, my husband, for your great kindness!" More than a dozen rescued refugees knelt on the ground and kowtowed to thank them.

Wang Quan looked at the refugees and saw that they were all dressed in rags, pale faces, black clothes, and the children, all of whom were dry in shape and thin as skeletons.

My brother is right, natural disasters and man-made disasters, and people are living in poverty. The huge empire of the Ming Dynasty has long been full of dangers. A few days ago, the refugees who wanted to rob us, as well as the group of refugees who were just shot, and the horse thieves who were rampant everywhere, are potential threats. As long as there are bandits to recruit them, they can immediately gather a powerful force. What's more, there are Jiannu outside the Ming Dynasty, and I don't know how long it will last.

Although the caravan only has strong men and no need for women or children, Wang Quan couldn't bear it and decided to take all these refugees.

More than a dozen refugees looked at the bag on Wang Quan and his horse's back. These people were obviously in extreme hunger for a long time. If they had not met Wang Quan, they would have starved to death if they were not eaten.

"Build the stove and cook, just treat it as a good thing for us." Wang Quan said to the six brothers.

Someone went to pick up firewood, some took a big iron pot from the horse's back, and some took a bag from the horse's back and poured out the grain from it.

This is a tributary of the Yellow River. Although the main river channel is dry, there are still many puddles left. Wang Quan asked to fetch water to wash rice and cook. After a while, the big iron pot was boiled with steaming porridge mixed with mixed grains and rice.

About half an hour later, the porridge was cooked, and Wang Quanren divided the porridge and each refugee was given a large bowl.

There were a few wild vegetable leaves floating on the mixed grain porridge, sprinkled with wild green onions, exuding an attractive aroma. The refugees who received the porridge couldn't wait to pick up the bowl and drank the porridge in big mouthfuls. After a bowl of porridge, they dispelled the long-term hunger and suddenly felt full of strength.

"My husband is a good person!" A woman blew the porridge. When the porridge became a little colder, she gave it to her child first. Seeing a pair of children drinking porridge, a loud noise was made in her mouth, the woman's tears fell.

The fragrance of mixed grain porridge attracted more refugees.

Before we knew it, more than 200 refugees had gathered around us, including men, women, young and old. The new refugees looked at the steaming pot on Wang Quan's side, and their eyes showed a look of desire.

"Friends, come here! Everyone has their share!" Wang Quan greeted the refugees enthusiastically.

Hearing Wang Quan's shouting, the refugees hesitated for a moment. At first, they were a little scared, but soon all came up.

"Everyone lined up, come one by one, the children were lined up at the front, the old man followed by the child, the woman followed by the old man, and the strong man was at the end!" Wang Quan shouted.

Among the group of refugees rescued before, several strong men volunteered to stand up to help Wang Quan and the others maintain order, and let the refugees line up to receive the porridge.

Looking at the refugee who picked up a bowl of porridge, Wang Quan's confidant Zhang Shiwen attached himself to his ear and asked softly: "Boss, if you help these refugees like this, don't delay the big brother's affairs. We just need to recruit strong men to serve as guards. You have recruited so many people from the boss, most of whom are useless women, children, elderly and weak."

"But I can't watch these people starve to death! Saving lives is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Don't worry, my brother's affairs will not be delayed. I have my own arrangements to save these people first. We will find a place for them to settle down, and they can also grow food to repay us."

"The boss is giving porridge like this, but how many days can our food last? If we exchange silver for rice and grain, we only have seven brothers and we don't carry much gold and silver."

"Don't worry, I have my own way and won't let everyone be hungry." Wang Quan said confidently.

This time when he went south, most of the gold, silver and treasures were handed over to Zhao Feng's caravan. Wang Quan and the six brothers only brought a small amount of silver and gold. They were originally going south to recruit people to expand the caravan, and it was a good thing to rescue a group of refugees. Wang Quan had already made up his mind and decided to take the refugees south first and find a place for them to settle.

It is actually not difficult to find a place to resettle refugees. In the past two years, the Central Plains have been in chaos and many villages have been affected by war and bandits. Find an abandoned village with a good location, build it, and build it into a solid village, and then you can resettle refugees. These refugees can farm for themselves and produce food.

At present, the potatoes and sweet potatoes that Li Guodong is looking for have been found, but they are not suitable for planting in the north. So first breed them in the south and cultivate them suitable for planting in cold areas before they can be sent to the sand ditch for planting.
Chapter completed!