The four gates of Tai'an City have soup kitchens, but the soup kitchens are built in tatters, not to mention, the soup kitchens are really as level as a mirror, and you have to stare out your eyes to see a few grains of rice.

Many straw huts were erected outside the city, and countless victims were lying inside, all of them skinny and expressionless.

According to an old man's statement, although there is very little rice in the porridge, it is rice soup after all, and it can barely be drunk without starvation.

Liang Jia randomly separated Li Xiaogu and them all out to investigate what the situation was in Tai'an City.

He took Zhao Min and Xiao Chunzi to wander around the city, ready to find someone to ask about the situation.

The city of Tai'an is better, and many shops are still open as usual. There is a sign of the price of rice hanging outside the rice shop, two taels of silver and a bucket, I Nima, this price is more powerful than gold.

Because there was an army at the gate of the city, there were hardly any victims in the city, and although the people in the city seemed to be okay, it was obvious that the whole city was in a lot of depression, and there were not many pedestrians on the streets.

The three of them walked all the way from the north gate to the south gate, and then they saw a large number of people gathered in front of them, as if they were buying something.

"Childe, they seem to be selling children." Zhao Min beside him saw it clearly and exclaimed.

"Sell children? Let's go, go and see. ”

The three of them walked quickly, and saw two rows of people squatting on both sides of the street near the city gate, all adults with children of several years old.

Liang Jia roughly counted it, and there were almost a dozen couples selling children, and all of them were girls.

And here, gathered the stewards and subordinates of the big families in Tai'an City, who came to buy slaves. When they did not leave the city, they asked the soldiers to let some of the children to be sold near the city gate to make it easier for them.

Half an hour later, eight or nine children had been bought, all girls about ten years old. There were bursts of crying, and Liang Jia's heart was blocked.

The scene of selling children and daughters, I didn't expect it to be staged in front of him like this, and he didn't know what to do.

Of course, he can also spend money to buy all these children, but after buying them, will they all be sent to the palace? Perhaps, if you are bought by a big family to be a subordinate, you will not starve to death.

After the housekeepers of the big families who had bought the slaves left, the families of those who had sold their daughters also left. They also have children around them, all boys, some big and some young, and the youngest is still in their arms.

These people looked sad, kept looking in the direction their daughter left, and wept silently. Some children don't understand and cry out for their sister or sister with their mouths open.

Liang Jia was ready to leave, and he needed to do something.

As soon as he turned around and left, Koharuko suddenly stopped in front of him.

Liang Jia looked sideways and saw a dirty little girl stop, and then looked up at Xiao Haruko in horror.

"It's okay, let her come over." Liang Jia said.

After Xiao Chunzi got out of the way, the little girl took two steps timidly, raised her head to look at Liang Jia, and opened her mouth to say, "Shao...... Master, you ...... Buy me, my father, mother, and brother are starving to death. ”

Liang Jia turned his face to look over, and there was a family of three on the right, and the couple was still holding a child about a year old in their hands, looking at them in panic. I want to come up, but I am afraid of offending the nobles.

"What's your name? How old are you? Liang Jia squatted down and looked at her situation.

It seems that he was five or six years old in his previous life, his body was very thin, his eye sockets were deeply sunken on his small face, and his cheekbones were protruding.

"My name is Hong'er, and I'm nine years old this year."

"Nine?" Liang Jia was a little frightened, what does a nine-year-old child usually have to eat when he grows so young?

"Hong'er is nine years old, and she can do anything."

"Haruko, bring the money." Liang Jia said to Xiao Chunzi.

Koharuko took out the money bag from her pocket and gave her a broken piece of silver the size of a fingernail.

"Huh?" Liang Jia glared dissatisfied.

Xiao Chunzi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly explained with a smile: "Childe, you can't give too much, if you give less, they can survive this time, and if you give too much, it will hurt them." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Liang Jia didn't quite understand.

"Childe, look, so many people here see that you gave them money. These are the victims of the disaster, and they can do anything to eat. If you know that they have a lot of money on them, it is considered light to rob them, and they may kill people directly. ”

"And how long is that enough money for them to live?"

"Save a little, buy some coarse grains, and it won't be a problem for a month." Koharuko replied.

Liang Jia nodded, what Xiao Haruko said also made sense. After handing over the broken silver to Hong'er, Liang Jia touched her head and said with a smile: "Okay, you can use this money, go home, and the court will help you soon." ”

"Childe, you can take me." Hong'er took the broken silver, but knelt down directly.

"I don't buy you, even if I give you this money."

Hong'er's parents saw Liang Jia take the money and hand it to her, so they slowly walked over, knelt directly in front of Liang Jia, and begged Liang Jia to accept Hong'er.

"Childe, take it. If you don't take him, if the money runs out and the disaster is over, they will have to sell her. Zhao Min on the side persuaded in a low voice.

"No, I'm not going to let the situation spread."

"I know Childe will do this, but disaster relief is not something that can be done in a day or two. If you give them money, you can't guarantee that they will last for a month. If you don't buy her, he'll either starve to death later or continue to be sold. ”

"Okay." Liang Jia nodded, and then asked Xiao Chunzi for another small piece of broken silver, which was handed over to Hong'er's father.

"Take the money and go home, and don't lose it or waste it. Think about the fact that you sold your daughter, and then think that your son is so young, they all depend on you for their livelihood, and you have to take care of them. ”

Hong'er's father nodded and solemnly kowtowed to Liang Jia.

Liang Jia left with a girl named Hong'er, and the remaining three members of the family also slowly walked towards the city gate.

When he arrived at the inn, Liang Jia handed over Hong'er to Zhao Min to take care of, and he came to the room and asked Xiao Chunzi to get the beautiful woman in red out and prepare to release it.

I tried to ask a lot of questions on the way, but I didn't ask anything. This little girl's mouth is quite hard, except for the punishment, all the means have been used, and she has no clue at all.

Untying her acupoint, the beautiful woman in red rushed towards Liang Jia, but when she saw Xiao Chunzi stopping in front of her, she stopped stupidly.

"What? What kind of intrigue do you want to play? ”

"Nothing. I'm going to let you go, and it's useless to hold you. ”

"Really?"

"Of course."

The beautiful woman in red hesitated to the door, and after finding that he really didn't stop her, he ran away quickly, and a sentence floated in the air: "Today you let go of this girl, the girl who came to Japan will definitely make you regret it a lot." ”

Gotcha, this also frees an enemy!