324. 236 Catching a turtle in an urn
There are some things that Mei Niang is not easy to ask, so she can't ask Fang Kun directly: Hey, how did you kid give King Yong's city to people?
If you ask Fang Kun, she won't necessarily say it, and in case Fang Kun is a traitor, if she asks like this, it will be tantamount to exposing herself, anyway, she will go to the city guard mansion and slowly find some evidence.
Soon, he was led into the living room of the city guard's mansion, Fang Kun was not polite, and asked straight to the point how much food the husband and wife could donate, at this time Xinyongcheng had run out of food, if the food problem could not be solved as soon as possible, the people of the whole city would have to starve to death, and he didn't ask for more, he survived one day at a time, and then he would find a way.
In fact, he didn't expect the couple to donate enough food for the people in the city, after all, Yongcheng now has a population of several million, even if it is a catty of grain for every ten people, it will cost hundreds of thousands of catties of grain, that is, a harvest year is not a small number for the average rich family, let alone a disaster year.
It's just because people come to donate food, no matter how much it is, he has to thank him, no matter how much people have no obligation to help them support the people of Yongcheng, besides, some of them are solved, and the big head of the difference can only find a way.
Seeing that Fang Kun was in a hurry and didn't seem to be fake, and knowing that the people of Xinyong City were facing a situation of starvation, Mei Niang thought about it, stretched out three fingers, and Fang Kun's eyes lit up, "30,000 catties?" ”
Although it is not enough for the whole city to eat, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat, and part of the solution is part.
Mei Niang shook her head, "It's three thousand ......"
"Three thousand catties is fine, I don't know when the grain will come?" Fang Kun's eyes were darker, if three thousand catties were boiled into porridge, it would be enough for thirty thousand people to eat.
Meiniang rolled her eyes, "It's 30 million catties." ”
"Really...... True...... It's really ......" Fang Kun's eyes were straight at that time, and he didn't say a complete word for a long time, 30 million catties, saving some food is enough for the people of Xinyongcheng to eat for a month, thinking that at that time, King Yongcheng should also come back from the capital to ask for food, and the people of Yongcheng are finally saved.
Mei Niang smiled and nodded, "However, this grain is placed in a hidden place outside the city, and it needs to be transported by adults." ”
Fang Kun was unwilling, let alone let him send someone to carry it, even if he asked him to carry it himself, he was also willing, at that time, his face was full of walnut lines, so he was about to kneel down and kowtow to the two.
Mei Niang is not afraid that donating food will cause her any trouble, now the rumors of the gods are spreading all over the Cangjian Kingdom, Jiang Chuye did not pretend to be a god stick at the beginning, it is a big deal to return to the old business, anyway, the people who want to trouble them have to find them.
Fang Kun was in a hurry to ask for food, Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye didn't embarrass him, let him order a team of five carts and horses to transport grain, there are still many horses in the city, just because there is no forage hungry skinny bones, looking at the horses she brought out of the space starving into this miserable appearance, Mei Niang was a little sad, how fat and strong these horses were in the space at the beginning, they even had the miserable appearance of falling to the skin.
However, fortunately, these horses have a good foundation, and if they were born and raised outside, they would have become pots of meat long ago.
Although Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye changed their appearances, those horses immediately recognized that the two were different from others, and after being led in front of the husband and wife, they kept barking, which made those who were responsible for leading the horses puzzled, but they couldn't find the reason.
When the horses and carts were in place, Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye waved their hands, and the convoy set off.
Where they have any place to hide grain, it is just an excuse to send grain into the city, and the main purpose of such a fanfare is also to lure out the people who stole the grain from Xinyongcheng in the first place.
Tens of millions of grains can be smuggled away overnight, Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye both believe in the extraordinaryness of the people who steal grain, not to mention that there is a large capacity space like Mei Niang, at least there must be treasures that can be stored, otherwise, it is impossible to transport a lot of grain under the nose of King Yong.
The sun was shining violently, and there was not a trace of moisture in the air, and it was very hard to drive or take a car at this time, but when they thought that the purpose of this time was to transport back the food for the people of the city, everyone endured gritting their teeth and persevering.
Fang Kun didn't go with him, and he couldn't do without people about the affairs of Xinyong City, but he just handed them over and let his right-hand men follow.
Along the way, Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye sat in a covered carriage, the carriage was driven by Jiang Chuye, and the horses pulling the carriage probably sensed that the people sitting in this car were their own owners, although no one did it deliberately, the five hundred carriages seemed to be centered on the carriage driven by Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye.
Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye didn't say where the grain was hidden, and the people sent by Fang Kun didn't ask, after all, 30 million catties of grain, if you are not careful, you will not know who will go to you in the end.
Along the way, there was only the dull sound of cars rolling on the dirt road, and almost everyone gathered their strength to wait for the food to be moved.
Before leaving the city in the morning, each person drank only a bowl of half-dried porridge, which was still a benefit to keep them from starving on the road, and the people in the city can only drink a bowl of porridge water with almost no rice grains, and now the water is also very tight, and it is better to have water to drink than not to have none.
The car walked for most of the day, and I don't know how far it was, but no one would ask how far Meiniang and Jiang Chuye were.
And Jiang Chuye, who was in the same car, was discussing where to lead people? They had sensed that there were suspicious people on the left and right sides of his convoy, and those people had been following the convoy since they had left Xinyong City, presumably knowing the news that they were going to transport grain, and were just waiting to rob them halfway.
Mei Niang and Jiang Chu were in high spirits, not afraid that they would rob them, but afraid that they would not follow.
Finally, in the evening, the convoy was blocked by a river that was almost dry, because the riverbed was a little deep, and there was no bridge over the river, it was difficult for the convoy to move forward, so Mei Niang stopped the convoy and pointed to a big mountain on the opposite side of the riverbed: "The grain is there." ”
As soon as the people of the convoy heard that the food was close in front of them, they all came to the spirit, and they all threw themselves into the river where there was not much water, although the water was less than water, and after a day's drive, they did not bring out much water, and they were exposed to the sun for a day, and now their thirsty throats are going to smoke, and they are pouring into the water is a fierce irrigation, and they can't care whether the water is clean or not.
After drinking, I filled the water bag I had with me, and then I started to worry.
The riverbed is much lower than the ground, and the carriage must not be able to pass, so should it be carried by people little by little?
At that time, each car carried five people, and with the addition of six people in total, five hundred cars were three thousand. Each car is loaded with 1,000 catties of grain, that is, 500,000 catties, which is very difficult to carry a little bit of people on their backs.
But thinking of not having to go hungry anymore, these people gritted their teeth and said 'back'!
Meiniang didn't rush to let them carry the grain, but the so-called grain was just a casual remark, and the grain hadn't been released yet. Let the people of the convoy rest here first, she and Jiang Chu went in to explore at night, and the people in the convoy had no opinion, since they said that they were donating food, naturally there was no reason to lie to them, but they had been hungry for a long time, and their hearts were full of hope for food, and they stared at the couple who crossed the riverbed and walked into the mountains.
Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye could naturally feel the gaze of the torch behind them, and they both felt a little guilty in their hearts, obviously they could easily fill the granaries in Xinyong City, but they had to choose this way of tossing people, they were really afraid that they would be stolen again as soon as they filled the granary.
After feeling the aura they felt during the daytime rush, they were already sure that those people were hiding in Xinyong City, and they believed that as long as they filled the granary here, that side would be emptied.
If they can't fundamentally solve these 'thieves' who hate them more than hamsters, they don't want to cheapen the food they take out to others, even if it is nothing to them.
All they have to do now is catch turtles in the urn! Fundamentally put the nasty 'hamster' to the nest.
The couple didn't go fast, the main purpose was to keep the people they wanted to follow so that they wouldn't be lost, so they kept going to the mountains, fortunately, this mountain is not very high, but it is continuous, but there is no big cover to make people lose it.
Through the breath, you can sense that there are five people behind you, the footsteps are very soft, and the martial arts are good, of course, there is no comparison with Jiang Chuye, even Mei Niang can easily deal with them.
The mountain terrain along the way was relatively stable, and gradually they came to a mountain col, Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye quietly glanced at each other, and they both thought that this was a good place for an ambush.
Turning around a large mountain rock, the couple took advantage of the mountain rock to cover the sight of the people behind them, and released several well-trained monkeys from the space, these monkeys are already smart, and after good training, they can already be comparable to human masters, and because of the convenience of their bodies, they can do many things that humans can't do.
They took a few large webs made of spider silk, and quickly and silently set traps on the surrounding trees, leaving only the road when they came out, the spider silk was so thin that it was difficult to spot when it was dark, and then they waited for the people behind to throw themselves into the net.
The couple only looked at it twice and then retreated outside the trap and flashed into the space, as long as those people entered the encirclement, the monkeys would block the exit again, and they were not afraid that those people would be able to escape, besides, even if they escaped, wouldn't there still be them and the couple, with their current speed, would those fish that slipped through the net still outrun them?
Sure enough, almost inaudible footsteps came, stepping on the dead leaves and making a slight breaking sound, if you don't listen carefully, you will think that there is a weak animal passing by, Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye both pricked up their ears, they knew that the prey was about to enter the net.
One...... Two...... Three?
Mei Niang looked at Jiang Chuye suspiciously, "What about the other two?" ”
Jiang Chuye was also listening, "Don't care, catch it...... Again! ”
There were a few low roars outside, which soon turned into terrible screams, "Monkeys, where are so many monkeys?" ”
"Ah, where did the cobwebs come from? Why is it so sticky? ”
"Don't scratch me." ……
Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye didn't care about the three people who were entangled and let the monkeys toss, they came out of the space to identify the direction of the other two's breath and chased after them, as for the three people who were trapped by the monkeys, as long as they didn't have their orders, they shouldn't be played to death, as for whether they would be crippled...... Then it depends on their luck.