In order to save a few mouthfuls of food, the city let these old people fend for themselves outside the city made Mei Niang very angry, she brought enough food to the Cangjian country, not to mention that she could afford to raise these old people, even if she could afford to double the number of old people, but why was it so difficult to be implemented in the local area?

Or is there a shortage of food in the city?

Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye changed their appearance, pretending to be a couple in their forties, dressed not much different from the people nowadays, for the sake of image, they also rubbed the clothes on their bodies on the mud ground a few times, and there was no flaw in the dust on their bodies.

The only thing that is more eye-catching is the flat carriage behind them, at this time, there can still be a horse as a means of transportation, which will make people look twice, and the strength is almost waiting to be robbed of the horse and killed, but fortunately, the horse they use is picked up halfway, and it will not be too conspicuous.

There were two cloth bags on the flatbed, and I don't know what was inside, and there were half of them.

Far away, I saw two big words on the city gate: Rongcheng!

When I wanted to build this city, because there were not many materials, Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye only built the periphery of the city larger, so that it would be convenient to build houses in the city in the future.

I just don't know how the construction in the city has been after nearly two years, or is it still the way it was when they first built it?

When the flatbed carriage walked towards the city gate, the old people sitting around outside all looked at this side in unison, and everyone looked at the two suffocating cloth bags on the cart, although they didn't know what they contained, but they could guess that it should be grain.

It's just that they are not a welcome group, and it is already the grace of the city lord to be allowed to sit at the gate of the city, if they dare to make trouble here, it must not end well, in case the city lord is angry and no longer let them stay here, the children and grandchildren in the city will never see each other again.

Leaving the confines of Rongcheng, without the food saved by their own children, where can they find life-saving food?

It's not that no one feels sorry for their children and refuses to eat the food they have saved, but such old people are starved to death early, because the plague was rampant last year, and the dead are not allowed to bury them, and the final end is to accumulate the corpses together, and burn them with a fire, that is, to prevent the corpses from decomposing and bringing the epidemic, and to avoid being eaten by the hungry as food for the stomachs.

As for the firewood, it must be used sparingly, and I don't know how long the drought will last, if it continues like this, the trees will not grow, and there will be no wood for the fire in a few years.

Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye could feel the begging eyes of the old people, but they couldn't take out food for them to eat, and everything had to wait until they entered the city and knew the real situation in the city before making a decision.

Fortunately, it won't take much time, and they will definitely find a way to keep these old people alive!

Came to the city gate, there were two teams of guards standing on one side of the city gate, both holding spears and spears in their hands, seeing that Meiniang and Jiang Chuye were about to enter the city, they stopped the spears in their hands, "Enter the city or cross the city?" ”

"I don't know how to count entering the city, and how to count crossing the city?"

The guard looked at the outfits on the two of them and the carriage behind them, "If you cross the city for a pound of grain, you will need more to enter the city, but look at your horse is not bad, if you hand over the horse, not only will you enter the city, but I will give you another ten pounds of grain?" In the future, one meal a day will also be distributed in the city. ”

Mei Niang scolded her mother in her heart when she heard this, Rongcheng is really not an ordinary black, one meal a day? Who gave them the guts?

Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye have had the experience of Xin'an City, and they also know that the fees for entering the city and passing through the city are different, but at the beginning, they and Emperor Jiang said that they would enter the city for the people, not only did they not charge any entrance fees, but also provided at least two meals a day, why was it different when they arrived in Rongcheng? Or is it the same in other cities, just hiding it from the two of them?

In this way, I feel that Miss Linglong is good, no matter how brainless Miss Linglong is, at least the people in the city are doing well, and she is a good city lord.

Although she was angry in her heart, Mei Niang still had a smile on her face, like a country woman who wanted to enter the city but was afraid of being blackmailed, "This big brother, you see, our husband and wife have run all the way here, and there is only this horse and carriage left in the house, if the horse is handed over, what can we do in the future?" If you don't be accommodating again, won't we be able to pay the grain? ”

The guard sneered, "Deliver food? Can you hand it over? I see that you are worth more than that horse, and there are only a few broken boards left, are you a place to pick up rags in Rongcheng? If you want to enter the city, hand over the horse, or get out! ”

The corners of Meiniang's mouth twitched, and she said secretly: Fortunately, he didn't say that he wanted to grab the horse, it's still good.

Jiang Chuye pulled Meiniang's sleeve beside him, "it...... We...... Not into the city......"

With his submissive expression, he really looks like an honest peasant man who can't be on the stage.

Meiniang frowned and patted his hands, "What can you do if you don't go into the city?" The pot can't be opened at home, can you still kill the horse and eat meat when you go back? Why don't we go into the city, but no one will starve to death in the city. ”

Jiang Chuye pouted, snorted and blew the fake mustache on the top of his mouth, and finally nodded vigorously, "Listen to you." ”

Mei Niang turned to the guards with a smile again, "Big brother, we have decided, enter the city, when will you give us the ten catties of grain?" ”

After speaking, seeing that the guard seemed to take a long breath, he immediately said vigilantly: "Big brother, our husband and wife are honest people, you can't cheat us." ”

The guard saw that ten catties of grain could be exchanged for a horse, thinking about the last time someone else exchanged twenty catties of grain for a cow, and was rewarded with a hundred catties of grain by the happy captain, this time he changed a horse, and the captain was not sure how to reward him.

was happy, his face was brought out, he didn't want to be seen by this peasant woman, so he immediately turned his eyes sideways, "You mother-in-law, it's just a horse, the lord can't look down on it, these are all to be handed in, what nonsense, do you want to enter the city or not?" ”

"Go in, how can you not go in!" Mei Niang began to instruct Jiang Chuye to untie the cart dragged behind the horse as she spoke, but her mouth kept nagging: "Big brother, what about the ten catties of grain you said?" When will you give it to me? ”

The guard nodded to the side, and someone took a bag of grain and handed it to Mei Niang, Mei Niang took it and opened the bag and looked inside, it was all noodles mixed with bud grain sticks, and it was already good to be able to eat this at this time, so she didn't care about the bad food.

To tell the truth, this thing is thrown into the space to feed the chickens and chickens, and the amount is weighed, "Is it enough for ten catties here?" Don't try to cheat me! ”

The guard was afraid that Mei Niang would regret talking too much, so he asked someone to scoop a scoop of budding rice noodles, "This time it's just a lot more." ”

Mei Niang nodded, "It's not far off." ”

The guard stretched out his hand to Mei Niang, "Take it!" ”

Mei Niang reluctantly handed the reins of the horse to the guards, and then pulled up Jiang Chuye, who was deeply resentful of the horse, "Old man, you have entered the city." ”

Jiang Chuye shouted twice: "Che ...... My car! ”

Mei Niang let go of her hand, Jiang Chuye pulled the car that was unloaded from the horse by herself, and followed Mei Niang into the city, leaving the guards at the city gate who were holding the horse with an excited face, still dreaming of making a fortune.

The husband and wife entered the city, Mei Niang jumped on the board, Jiang Chuye pulled in front, and I didn't know where the new people were going to go to the city, anyway, the two of them didn't want to go to the city to live, just to take advantage of no one to pay attention to them, so they could inquire around, maybe they could find out the news of King Yong, of course, the premise is that King Yong really came to Rongcheng.

Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye didn't want to ask the guards guarding the city, the reason was that some of them were afraid that King Yong and the princess were secrets in Rongcheng, and those guards would not tell the truth, and it was more reliable to ask the people about some things.

But before he got far, Jiang Chuye didn't have time to find a place where no one was there to put the cart into the space, and he heard someone shouting behind him, and when he looked back, the guards chased after him, Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye didn't know what he wanted to take advantage of, and it was not good to pretend not to hear, so they could only stand in place and look at him, Mei Niang even held a bag of bud rice noodles in her arms, "Big brother, I can tell you Oh, this grain is exchanged for horses, you can't want to go back." ”

The guard's face was slightly embarrassed, but fortunately it was close to the city gate, and there were not many people around at ordinary times, even if someone noticed it, he couldn't hear what was said, and he rolled his eyes at that time: "What are you talking about?" I'm a dignified city guard commander who can still send you this food? ”

Mei Niang smiled on her face, "Then I can rest assured, it turns out that I am the commander, I am offended, don't rest assured." ”

The commander of the city guard immediately raised his chest, and the corners of his mouth drooped to the side, "I am not as knowledgeable as you are an ignorant woman. ”

Jiang Chuye said: "Then you ...... What's the matter? ”

The commander of the city guard rolled his eyes again, "Where do you live when you enter the city?" Is it difficult to sleep on this board car? ”

Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye suddenly made a bitter gourd shape, "Ask the Lord Commander to show you a clear way." ”

The commander of the city guard smiled, "I'm naturally here to show you the way, see?" Follow the direction of my finger all the way, about three miles is the city guard's mansion, you go there to ask, but now there are many people in the city and few rooms, I am afraid that I will have to share with people. ”

Mei Niang and Jiang Chu thanked the commander of the city guard at night, pulled the cart and continued to walk, and the commander of the city guard also ran back to the city gate to continue to be on duty.

Being said by the city guard, Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye really wanted to go to the city guard mansion to have a look, and by the way, they would meet the city guard who turned the old people away from the city.

Along the way, Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye also felt a lot about the construction of Rongcheng, it has been so long, it is said that no matter how slow the construction speed of Rongcheng is, it should form a certain scale, but this city, in addition to the houses they built at the beginning, there are also some simple sheds made of cowhide and sheepskin, or tarpaulin, such sheds are also full of people, and each shed of more than ten square meters must live at least 20 people.

It's okay to say during the day, they all go outside to bask in the sun, but how to lie down at night, it is estimated that you have to shout 'one, two, three' when you turn over, and then turn over together.