194. 108 Parting Ways
Tian Da Niu still dared to fight, originally thought that Yun Xuan was not here in Baohe Village, and Jiang Chuye was not there, and no one was his opponent, but now that he saw Jiang Chuye and the knife in the other party's hand, he really started to do it, don't look at the thousands of people on his side, and there may not be many people who come forward to do it.
The other party is different, in order to keep the food alive, they have to work hard, and it is difficult to say which side of the odds is.
In that case, why did he have to rush up and be cut?
Tian Daniu has also seen the world, and Mei Niang said that this is to save face for him, although the other party also does not want the villagers to die with him, but this result is not bad.
Tian Daniu seemed to smile heartily, "My sister's words are reasonable, and I recognize my sister as my own sister." ”
Mei Niang gave him a blank look, she wanted to be her brother, and he deserved it!
Signaling the people behind her to get out of the way, Mei Niang made a gesture of please, Tian Da Niu still wanted to set it off, but Mei Niang looked at the sky with her eyes, and Jiang Chu kept throwing the knife coldly.
Tian Daniu touched his nose in embarrassment and took people away.
Looking at the direction in which Tian Daniu and the others disappeared, Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye were thoughtful.
Tian Daniu's direction is also towards Xin'an City, obviously she has the same goal with them, and the people who also hold such a purpose don't know how many Lu Dao there are.
Not to mention whether Xin'an City can accept so many people, even if Tian Da Niu is in Mei Niang, she can't rest assured that the villagers who escaped with her will be sent under Tian Da Niu's nose.
Now that it is a troubled time, whether the city lord of Xin'an City is a good official is still a matter of two words, even if a good official has a population of tens of thousands under his nose, a moment of negligence may cause irreparable regrets.
Mei Niang decided to discuss with the villagers and then said that she could put all the people in her own family in the space, but what about others?
If she doesn't dare to say that the secret of the space will not be exposed, she can't take this risk, the only thing she can do is to try to find a more stable living environment for these villagers who believe in her.
Mei Niang handed over the decision of whether to go to Xin'an City or not to those villagers, and a small half of the villagers chose to follow Mei Niang and then find a place to go to, these villagers are mainly from Baohe Village.
The other half think that Tian Da Niu is no longer a cow, and the cow has to listen to the city lord if the city is bullish, and it is Mei Niang who has a grudge against him, so many villagers can still remember who is who is revenge? Instead of running to a distant place where you don't know tomorrow to find a place to stay, it is better to go to Sin'an City.
Mei Niang didn't force her to stay, no one had the obligation to protect anyone to the most rear, and no one needed to listen to anyone's orders, since these people were willing to go, she also raised her hands in favor, and the chance of following her to be rejected from the next city was much smaller.
The villagers who were going to leave turned into a group and walked in the direction of Xin'an City, while Meiniang took the villagers of Baohe Village and some of the villagers who were willing to follow Meiniang to continue on the road to the next new city of Lu.
Walking more than 200 miles south from Jian'an City is Yongcheng, for fear of encountering officers and soldiers who dare not take the main road, and the mountain road is difficult and dangerous, first of all, you have to pass through the Jiashan Col that once collapsed, and it is basically impossible to climb over from the mountain.
Although there is a war in the west, there is a Xinyue city there, because of the war, there is a vast and sparsely populated area, as long as the most difficult defense line of the Cangjian country is not breached, Xinyue City is safe.
Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye were a little worried about such a decision, it can be seen that the villagers are resolute, and it is useless for Mei Niang to say a few words, and it can only be like this in the end.
As long as she sends people over, she doesn't have to worry about everything in the future.
For those remnants of the soldiers who disappeared, the villagers didn't dig deeper, they were all looking at Tian Daniu and others at that time, probably they escaped, only the few who were stoned to death were buried, otherwise it would not be a trivial matter for the plague to occur again.
After the rectification, count the number of people, continue on the road, target Xinyue City, and set off again this time, counting the Yun family's team, there are only more than 300 people.
Since Xiao Chen's left with Tian Da Niu, Chen's eyes have become more and more unpleasant, and he has scolded and scolded Da Chen from time to time along the way, and Da Chen has endured them one by one, who has not let himself have a capable little uncle.
Chen's mouth was dry when he scolded, but the big Chen was not as smooth as the little Chen, and he couldn't even say a nice word, and he didn't even bother to scold after the worst.
Mei Niang didn't stop it when she heard it, for her, the three sisters in this family are almost all the way, compared to the big Chen family and the little Chen family, the Chen family is still a little humane, at least when the sisters came to defect, the family didn't eat and didn't drive people out.
If the positions are reversed, the Chen family will not be able to eat, and they will go to the big Chen family and the little Chen family, and eighty percent of the doors will not be allowed to enter.
Because Xin'an City is on the way to Xinyue City, if you want to go to Xinyue City, you have to pass through Xin'an City, otherwise it will take at least five more days to climb the mountain and cross the mountain, and you dare not guarantee that anything will happen in these five days.
After the last, this group of people still decided to go to Xin'an City, but fortunately, Xin'an City still allows passers-by to pass, but it is necessary to charge a certain toll, which is nothing for Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye, as long as it can be solved with money, it is not a problem.
In the position of five miles away from Xin'an City, the team stopped at a place with water and made a fairly hearty lunch, regardless of whether it was from Baohe Village or not, the full rice tube was enough to eat, and five chickens were specially killed and stewed, although for three hundred people, these five chickens were not enough to stuff their teeth, but also moved those who had not smelled meat for a long time to tears.
Chewing the salty and crispy pickles, this meal was extremely enjoyable, and after eating, he poured enough cold water to continue to Xin'an City.
Mei Niang never thought that she would meet Tian Daniu and others who should enter the city outside Xin'an City again, and at the same time, she saw those villagers who were unwilling to continue to walk with Mei Niang and others and took the first step, blocking the city gate in the dark.
In the distance, there are more refugees gathered in piles, I don't know where they came from, and obviously they can't enter the city and guard outside.
When they saw Mei Niang and the others, the villagers who took the first step laughed very embarrassed, and they were embarrassed to come over, and Mei Niang also pretended not to see it, since they chose to separate, there was no reason to come back.
Tian Daniu was close to the defenders of the city gate with a smiling face, not to mention the grandson, the defenders just kept shaking their heads, saying that they would not let these people into the city.
Mei Niang asked Chong Zhijing and Er Ya to go over and ask what was going on, it is said that they left much earlier, Mei Niang and these people had a meal on the way again, even if these people are slow, they should enter the city, why are they still grinding at the city gate?
Not long after, Chongzhijing and Erya came back, and it turned out that if they wanted to live in the city, they had to charge a city entry fee, three hundred catties of food per person. After entering the city, the city also distributed a meal, and these foods only ensured that the people living in the city would not starve to death, and it was impossible to eat enough.
In addition to escaping the slaughter of the village, these people who came before were more likely to really not be able to eat, and they mostly wanted to try their luck here in Xin'an City, so that if the city lord had a good heart, they didn't have to wait to starve to death.
Such people don't say 300 catties of grain per person, even if they can't take out 300 catties of grain, and those who can take out 300 catties of grain don't necessarily have to flee to Xin'an City.
Fortunately, Chongzhijing inquired about the news, and each person who entered the city paid three hundred catties of grain, and those who passed by were not so harsh, as long as each person charged one or two pieces of silver.
Of course, don't expect to stay in the city, for in order to prevent anyone from sneaking into the city on this ground, no more than twenty people pass through at a time, and they must be guarded by a hundred soldiers.
Mei Niang calculated, one person and one tael of silver, they have more than 300 people, that is, more than 300 taels of silver, which is much more expensive than 300 catties of grain per person in previous years, but now the new grain has not been completed, most of the old grain has been eaten, and the grain is still more precious than silver.
More than three hundred taels of silver is a lot of money for others, but it is just a small amount for Mei Niang, so Chongzhijing paid the silver to the guards, and then crossed the city in batches.
Tian Daniu saw that Meiniang was so generous, and his eyes were extremely hot, and he wanted to follow him into the city and was held by two guards with a knife on his neck, and he didn't dare to be presumptuous.
And Xiao Chen was proud to think that she was hugging the thick legs of the big cow in the field, but she didn't expect that it would be such a result in a blink of an eye, she knew that this was the case, she would rather follow Chen and continue to be called by Chen than be exposed to the sun outside the city.
Moreover, Tian Daniu is obviously not enough food here, and seeing that the sun is about to sink to the west, he has not even the slightest intention of cooking.
Xiao Chen regretted it, but she didn't have the courage to run over to Chen to intercede in front of Tian Daniu, Tian Daniu glared at her, and no one dared to stop her.
Seeing that Chen was about to enter the city with Mei Niang and the others, she didn't know that the team led by Lu Dao Mei Niang was going to pass through the city, not to live in the city, anyway, the attraction to her to be able to enter the city was definitely huge.
"Mother, I just blame you, I have to go with Tian Da Niu, you see that Su Gongzi and they have all entered the city, no matter what, I also want to enter the city, I want to be with Su Gongzi."
Tian Ni pulled Xiao Chen's arm and complained, why didn't Xiao Chen want to follow him into the city?
Tian Ni's heart was already shaken and Tian Ni couldn't be afraid, rolled up her small bag, and pounced on her children and men with her, "Second sister, please, take us into the city together, I know that Lu is wrong, please, not in my face, but also in the dead father's sake, not in the dead father's sake, just look at your poor nephew......"
"Second aunt, you can take us with you, we don't fight for anything, we just want to be able to go into the city to have a bite of food." Tian Ni also shouted with Xiao Chen.
Tian Wang in the back also called Yueniang sullenly, but no one paid attention to their family.
Chen didn't look back, his back was straight, and the guards who counted the number of people shouted: "Line up, twenty people at a time, not more." ”
Xiao Chen's was stopped, and seeing Chen's back disappear, many people who originally left Meiniang's team and wanted to enter Xin'an City also crowded over, thinking that maybe they could also follow Xiao Chen's back into the city.
Mei Niang, Chong Zhijing and others were the last to enter the city, and Xiao Chen's family also followed behind the most man, and the guards counted the number of people, "No, four more, there are still four taels of silver." ”
Mei Niang smiled, "Brother Guard, these four are not together." ”
The guards came up and couldn't help but say, while the two of them put up the Xiao Chen family and threw them far away, "There will be a next time, kill!" ”
The villagers who were watching shrank their necks and obediently returned to their original places, and no one dared to step forward again.
Xiao Chen was dumbfounded, she didn't want to starve, she didn't want to feed mosquitoes outside the city, and she didn't want to be stared at by Tian Daniu with that kind of vicious gaze.
But it was too late to say anything, those people had entered the city, and she had no money or food, so she couldn't enter the city at all.