Mei Niang listened to it and understood, originally she was afraid that this space would have a bad impact on the owner of the space after it developed to the most detrimental, but now she understands that since it is a tool of the federation to collect money, each space only corresponds to one owner, in order to make more money, the space researched by the federation must also protect its current owner as much as possible.

I also told S13 that I was not allowed to say these things to others, including Jiang Chuye, when I asked him today.

S13 quickly promised not to say a word, especially the matter of rebirth, which is a secret that Mei Niang can't tell the second person.

After Mei Niang finished asking, and then came out of the space to make up for a short sleep, Jiang Chuye and Yun Xuan had already finished breakfast and were tidying up their things in the courtyard.

Yun Xuan's glances between the two of him made Mei Niang like a thorn, and he kept thinking: Could it be that he knows what he said?

Anxiously eating the breakfast left for her, the three of them left Niufu and marched towards the greater town.

Before, Jiang Chuye successively found a few good horses to be stocked in the Meiniang space, and after this period of growth and breeding, from the first few horses, to today's dozens of horses, each of which is a rare horse outside.

Since the three of them went out, Jiang Chuye brought three horses out of the space from Rang Meiniang.

Jiang Chuye was a black horse, Mei Niang was a carmine horse, and Yun Xuan fell in love with the white horse covered in snow at a glance.

It's just that Mei Niang doesn't know how to ride a horse, so she swayed straight on the horse at first, and almost fell off several times.

In the end, I still bought a carriage and put it on, and the rouge horse pulled it for thousands of miles, and Meiniang drove the carriage herself, and the three of them set off.

She has been living in Baohe Village, and the farthest place for Mei Niang is to walk around the town, although most of the people are dirty and broken, with yellow faces and thin muscles, but when she really stepped out of the scope of her original life, she really felt the disaster brought about by the drought.

I can't believe it if I don't come out, but when I came out, I was really startled by the disaster outside.

Compared to the dirty and thin people in the town, there were hardly a few spirited people to be seen along the way, and most of them were skinny and bone-covered, like a pair of living skeletons.

Occasionally, I see a few people who still look like people, which shows that some of the people who can live in this kind of world are all powerful people, and those people are also looking at the three of them with a wary face, and the heart of guarding against others is indispensable.

After years of war, the treasury was empty, the imperial court was too busy to take care of itself, and it was not easy to increase taxes, and waiting for the imperial court to provide disaster relief was almost empty talk.

Only occasionally can I see a few small ravines that could only be described as backcountry, and occasionally I can see a few people with some colors on their faces. And many more villages are like battlefields that have been devastated by the Catastrophe, and some villages have even been ransacked, and dark blood stains can be seen on the roads.

From time to time, people are seen dying of hunger and thirst, and before those people die, some people with obvious purposes will gather around, and at the same time as they swallow the last breath, they will be carried away by those people.

Watching those people enjoy the joy of the New Year, it is intriguing where that person was carried to.

There are even people who are carried away like that before they can breathe.

Mei Niang walked all the way, looked all the way, her heart became heavier and heavier, she obviously had this ability but couldn't do anything, to put it bluntly, she didn't have the strength to protect herself, so she didn't dare to take risks.

Yun Xuan also became silent, he didn't dare to imagine, if the third uncle's family hadn't taken them home to live, would they have become like those people?

If there is no Shi Hai in the town, and there are gods to give food, I am afraid that the town will not be much better than these places.

Although the people of the town are also living a difficult life, at least they can still have a mouthful of porridge that will not starve them to death.

Can...... How long will this last? This is already the case for one or two years, and if there is another drought for three or two years, more people will die, and even how many people will survive?

Occasionally, passing by a few mansions with tall gatehouses, a large number of refugees would gather in front of the closed doors.

Some of them were hired guards in front of the home, all of whom carried large knives, and even if they were in good spirits, the fear in their hearts was written in their eyes when they faced the refugees who were eyeing them around.

Some mansions are in a mess, the doors are crooked, and the owner's family is afraid that something bad has already happened.

Along the way, there are many people who want to fight the idea of three people, but the people who survive in this troubled world are not blind.

Seeing that although the clothes of the three of them are not luxurious, they are clean and tidy, if they are not strong, how can they go all the way here in this kind of world?

And their three big horses, if there were no extraordinary means, those horses would have become a delicacy in other people's mouths, how good the horses are in these years?

Hungry and crazy, let alone horses, people can eat.

Even, several people witnessed a wealthy family who chose to leave out of desperation, bringing his wife and children and the guards hired by the family to leave with the family property.

But before they walked a few dozen meters away, those refugees who were blocked in front of the door and were already crazy swarmed up, and more than a dozen guards were finally pressed down and dragged away after cutting down dozens of them......

Half of the head of the rich man was cut off, and the blood of his wife and children stained the front of the car......

The two carts were smashed, only a sack of grain was turned out, the horses were slaughtered, and some hungry and thirsty men knelt beside the horses, and sucked the horse's blood from the bleeding wounds that had been cut, and from time to time cut pieces of horse meat and put it in their mouths......

Even...... The bodies of the rich man, his wife and children were also surrounded by such people......

At this time, Jiang Chuye clenched the knife in his hand as if he was used to it, and no one stepped forward to hit them.

If there is someone who can't open his eyes, Jiang Chuye will definitely kill the killer and kill him with the fastest and most drastic means to deter other people with other thoughts.

Even if there is only one Jiang Chuye, he has the confidence and strength to protect the people he wants to protect, otherwise he would not want to take Meiniang on a trip in the troubled times.

As for the others...... Jiang Chuye is not hard-hearted, but the only person he can take care of is his own people.

For the sake of people he doesn't know, put the people he wants to protect in danger, he can't do it!

Mei Niang looked sad, but she did not dare to abuse her compassion, she knew that once she made any gesture of help or sympathy, more refugees would hold on to her as a life-saving straw.

If she can't meet the hopes of those people in the end, she will definitely end badly.

People in despair are the craziest, maybe they are not vicious by nature, but in the past two years of disasters and pressure, they have witnessed too many tyrannical and murderous scenes, in order to protect themselves, they have long faded the original kindness in their bones.

It's all about being alive.

In order to live, what does it matter if everyone else dies?

It can be said that people who have not experienced this firsthand will not understand.

Yun Xuan didn't leave Mei Niang's left and right, and hugged the big knife that Mei Niang gave him in the name of Jiang Chuye tightly in his chest, always guarding his surroundings.

Most of the time, they will settle in the local government yamen, and the refugees are crazy, but the government is still the safest place unless it is absolutely necessary.

Every time, as long as one pound of rice and grain, three people can live well in the government for one night, and even if there is one more pound of grain, there will be a team of officers and soldiers to personally escort them out of the city, such treatment makes Mei Niang hard to believe.

Now that the government is so poor, what can they expect them to do for the people?

I've seen a few officials and masters, all of them are all yellow-faced, even if they are usually greedy for a lot of gold and silver, what's the use? There is no bread, neither gold nor silver.

Along the way, I occasionally saw people handing out food, but it was not porridge, but steamed steamed buns mixed with bud rice and added with some steamed buns for some unknown reason, each person was only half the size of an adult's fist, black and hard choking, when there was no water, this kind of dry food swallowing is a problem.

Finally, after seven days of walking, the three of them reached their destination.

On weekdays, Jiang Chuye rode alone on horseback, and in seven days, he could go back and forth in three days at most.

This is a relatively calm city in the troubled times, and the word Yongcheng is hung above the city gate.

The city gate was tightly closed, and the refugees consciously set aside a narrow path in front of the city gate.

Jiang Chuye and the three of them came to the city gate and showed the token to the defenders on the city gate, and after that, the city gate was opened a crack that only allowed one carriage to pass through for the three of them to enter.

After that, the city gate closed behind him, and there was some darkness in the city gate hole that was blocked from sunlight, and Mei Niang got used to it before she could see the situation in the city.

is very different from the chaotic situation outside the city, the city is peaceful, and it is somewhat similar to the town where Shi Hai is located, at least it can be seen that the people in the city are not bad, and it can be said that it is a pure land in the troubled times.

After the three of them entered the city, they attracted a lot of curious glances along the way, and even people who knew Jiang Chuye smiled at him, unlike those eyes outside who seemed to pounce on him at any time and tear people apart, these people were just simply curious and friendly.

This situation made Mei Niang's heart that had been suppressed for many days relax, and she hoped in her heart: the national situation may not be too bad.

From time to time, I saw a long queue in front of some buildings, but it was not a porridge shed for disaster relief, and many people who came out of it had a piece of paper in their hands, and the paper was printed with red stamps.

Seeing that Meiniang was puzzled, Jiang Chuye explained to her: "Those people ...... Waiting...... Deliver errands. ”

"On an errand?"

Mei Niang noticed that almost everyone in the queue had more or less things in their hands, but the things in each long line were different.

Jiang Chuye smiled: "In the palace...... Consular ...... Do...... Change the food! ”

"Listening to you say this, this prince still has some skills." Mei Niang listened and became interested in this well-organized prince who could govern Yongcheng.

According to what Jiang Chuye said, it should be to let the people in the city go to the palace to receive the assigned task, and then receive food according to the degree of completion after the task is completed.

On the one hand, it can prevent some people from having the idea of getting something for nothing, and on the other hand, it can mobilize the enthusiasm of the whole city, so that everyone will work hard in order to eat, and those who want to be opportunistic will fade away.

Moreover, looking at the officers and soldiers walking around the city from time to time, the guards in the city are much stricter than the small town of Shihai, and there must be few people who have the courage to have some crooked thoughts.

Not to mention, this prince can still provide food for the people at such a time, and he can also come up with this kind of governance method, which should be regarded as a capable person.

Listening to Mei Niang's praise of the prince, Jiang Chuye just said 'um' and didn't talk much.

Mei Niang also noticed that not only those long queues were registered by officers and soldiers, but also many shops were also working under the control of officers and soldiers.

Presumably, working here is like getting an errand for food.