Deng Yifei kept hearing similar words, but he dared not say anything.
If you don't have the ability, you will definitely not go hungry. As a disciple of Tianyunmen, Deng Yifei knows very well that in the past thousand years, not only the number of monsters in the southern region has decreased on a large scale, but the number of ordinary beasts has also decreased.
When the number of victims is large, they are like locusts. They will eat up all the beasts in the mountains and fields, and they won't last long at all!
Besides, with their current physical fitness, whether they can run past the beast is a problem.
As for finding food, that was even more impossible.
Autumn has long passed, and winter is also passing, and there are almost no crops and food in the world.
Even if it is begging, there is not much hope.
If it is a single person, there may be kind people who are willing to give some food, but if it is a large group, hundreds of thousands...
The gates of the city will not be open to them either!
"Master Sword Spirit, do they really have no way out?"
"Look at the Western Qin Kingdom, look at the aristocratic families in various places, there is no other way!" Chen Hao said affirmatively, "Although the Western Qin Kingdom has recruited a large number of soldiers in recent years, there should still be food reserves. There is also food in their hands, especially the big family, which controls a large part of the land, if these forces don't show up, they can only die, or rely on stealing or robbery!"
If it was the plane of Chen Hao's previous life, Chen Hao could still say that these people can rebel and raise the flag of rebellion...
But the problem is that the force in this world is too powerful, and martial arts experts are far superior to ordinary people!
Due to the monopoly of advanced cultivation methods and cultivation resources, the vast majority of martial arts experts are gathered in the hands of major forces, and among casual practitioners, there are few masters.
Even if 100,000 or a million refugees gather together and face the powerful families, sects, and imperial courts of the Heaven-shattering Realm, Supernatural Power Realm, or even Domain Realm, they will only be slaughtered!
Therefore, gathering people to rebel and raising the stakes is just a joke in this world, just like the riot in that small town, it was quickly extinguished.
Unless there are aristocratic families and sects who are willing to jump out and take the lead in making trouble!
However, Chen Hao has seen a lot of things like aristocratic families and sects. If there is no benefit, they will never stand up.
The Western Qin Kingdom showed no signs of collapse.
"But now they've..."
Chen Hao said softly: "So, for the time being, no one cares about their lives!"
"Um!"
"Don't worry, the West Qin Kingdom should take care of it, but it will take a little time. Whether they can last until then depends on their luck!"
Deng Yifei talked for another three days, and finally arrived at Shangjiucheng.
Before arriving at Shangjiu City, Deng Yifei saw densely packed refugees outside Shangjiu City, and smelled a strong smell of blood.
The gate of Shang Jiucheng was not completely closed, but half open.
Two rows of well-dressed city guards guarded both sides of the city gate with bloody blades, looking indifferently at the many refugees.
Under their feet, lay more than a hundred corpses.
The gate of the city was empty, and no one entered or exited the gate at all.
Outside the city gate, there were three small porridge stalls, and Deng Yifei could see the steam coming out of the vat.
The queue of refugees was very long, and there were more than a dozen warriors guarding the soup kitchen at each stall, maintaining the order of the refugees. There were also several corpses piled up under their feet.
When Deng Yifei rushed to the vicinity of the city gates, another chubby man in his forties with a friendly smile came out of the city gate with thirteen warriors, and he fought a battle with the city guards. He said hello, came outside the city gate, glanced at the refugees, and shouted loudly: "Our country of Zhou needs to recruit some maidservants, as long as there are ten to thirteen-year-old children, ten for each male and female, and they need to sign a contract of sale. Anyone who wants to, can come to me!"
The refugees became a sensation in an instant, and even those refugees who were waiting in line for the porridge had left the line.
Almost all parents with children rushed towards the middle-aged man.
The first person who rushed to the middle-aged man pushed the child in front of him: "My lord, what do you think of my son? He is very smart, and he can do any job neatly!"
A refugee raised his daughter over his head and shouted loudly: "My lord, my daughter is very well-behaved and obedient. You can buy her!"
Someone stretched out a dirty hand, spread out two gold coins and shouted: "My lord, this is my last bit of money, I will give it all to you, as long as you take my child away and give him a bite to eat... "
"..."
The martial artist behind the middle-aged man stopped these refugees, but the noisy sound and the smell made the middle-aged man frown.
"Get away from me all of you, line up, come one by one, don't be crowded, or I won't accept any of you!" The middle-aged man's cultivation base is not weak, he is a warrior of the real yuan state, he roared, powerful All the refugees immediately calmed down, "Rules stand here first, those who don't obey the rules and don't line up will be shot and killed, and those who don't intend to sell, just get out of here!"
The city guards looked over there, indifferent.
The refugees pushed and shoved, and soon formed a line.
"Is this child ten years old? How do I look at it? He's only seven or eight years old?"
"My lord, he is ten years old, but he is too hungry. If you feed him, he will grow taller after a few days!"
"No, the next one!" The middle-aged man rubbed his brows, summoned the warriors around him, and ordered, "You guys go through the screening first. Boys who are not 1.6 meters tall and girls who are not 1.5 meters tall, don't bring them to me!"
Not all children between the ages of ten and thirteen meet this requirement, but the middle-aged man still wants to go through the screening, otherwise, these refugees will definitely deceive him.
Anyway, there are so many people, and there are still many left after screening.
Deng Yifei stopped and watched for a while, watching them pick boys and girls like they were picking animals, and finally reached the city gate.
He can't control this matter.
What's more, selling yourself as a domestic servant is better than starving to death outside!
"Stop, who are you?" Deng Yifei was stopped by the city guards.
"I'm a disciple of Tianyunmen, here to do the task!" Deng Yifei took out the identity plate of Tianyunmen and handed it to the city guards who stopped him. The city guards glanced at him and nodded at him, "You go in, After entering the door, go straight to the right, and at the end is the camp of our city guards, when you get there, tell them that you are here for a mission, and someone will arrange for you!"
"Thank you!"
"You're welcome!"
The city guard said very politely.
Entering Shangjiu City, Deng Yifei felt as if he had entered another world.
On the street, there are indeed a lot of beggars, but the pedestrians and vendors on the street still make Shangjiu City look a bit prosperous, which is out of tune with the scene outside the city.
According to the instructions of the city guards, Deng Yifei found the camp of the city guards. After revealing his identity, he registered his name and sect, and was taken into the camp by the person who received him, and handed over to a city guard in his twenties. army soldier.
The city guard had a serious face and looked very serious. When he saw Deng Yifei, he immediately asked:
"What's your name, and which sect do you come from?"
"Outer disciple of Tianyun Sect, Deng Yifei!"
Hearing that he was a disciple of Tianyun Sect, the face of the young city guard suddenly softened a little: "Have you eaten yet, and it was hard work to come all the way?"
(end of this chapter)