Volume 2 Ji Hui Ningdu Chapter 88 The world is difficult
Ningdu is located in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, rich in products, the four major urban areas are extremely developed in commerce, merchants from all over the world gather here, for trade and goods, and even some merchants go to some more distant places, bringing back some particularly popular spices and curiosities.
Trade is developed, naturally inseparable from logistics, Ningdu is so big, there are naturally many people engaged in the logistics industry.
In ancient times, there was no such thing as logistics, and here they were called dart boards.
Lu's dart board is a relatively large dart board in Ningdu, they mainly take the route from Ningdu to Minzhou, and they also transport some special products from Minzhou, and some overseas treasures exchanged by merchants who go to sea from Minzhou.
After Xu Xiang and Jiang Fu resigned, they first came to Linhe City. Since the road to Ningdu was not familiar, they asked around Linhe City if anyone happened to be going to Ningdu, so they could follow it.
I just happened to meet someone from the Huining Dart Bureau, and immediately took Jiang Shenyu and Yang Dianfeng to follow the Dart Bureau to Ningdu.
Since the dart board carried several large truckloads of goods, the speed was naturally not much faster.
Fortunately, the scenery along the way is not bad, and it is a good time to travel.
There were more than 100 executioners in the Huining Dart Bureau, and the leader of the team was a middle-aged man with a beard, named Liang Sitong, about 40 years old.
Followed by some cargo owners, they are in business, often have to go to various places to transport goods, if you walk on your own, you will inevitably encounter road cutting thieves, and hiring handymen also need wages, it is better to let the dart bureau help.
The dart game has its own way, and the ordinary path cutting thief can be sent away casually. Moreover, if you have to pass through many cities, you will inevitably have to deal with the city gate guards, and the dart board has many routes, and the up and down have already been sorted out, so they don't need to worry about it at all.
It has been more than ten days since I started from Linhe City, and I have stopped and stopped along the way. In addition to the people of the dart team on the avenue, you can also see many people in ragged clothes and thin faces.
At first, Xu Xiang looked a little unbearable, and kindly distributed their food to the people.
However, along the way, more and more displaced people were encountered, and the food they brought with them was not enough.
At noon in September, when the sun was high overhead, the team found a shady place to rest under a tree and eat some dry food.
Yang Dianfeng took out dry food and water bladders, only a few pieces of dough cakes as hard as iron, and there was no other food.
And the darts team and what they eat are also average.
Although they came from the previous city and replenished their food, along the way, Xu Xiang and Jiang Shenyu shared a lot of food, and there was not much left.
At this moment four or five men came from afar, dressed in tatters and with disheveled hair, and hurried weakly towards the place where they were resting.
"Alright, alright! Ladies and gentlemen, we haven't eaten anything for three days! "A man at the front of the team came up to the team and asked for food.
"Get out of here!" The executioner waved his hand with some disgust.
When the man saw that he was not coming, he begged for the other man.
But he also got the same result, he didn't give up asking for them one by one, and some not only didn't give it, but even kicked down the few begging homeless.
Xu Xiang picked up the bread and water bladder and was about to get up, Yang Dianfeng hurriedly stopped him and said, "Young master, our food is not enough, it will take another day to get to the next Xujiapu Town, and you will not be able to supply food until you arrive at Xujiapu, you ......"
Before setting off with the dart team, in order not to reveal his identity, Xu Xiang asked him to call himself the young master.
Xu Xiang looked at the bread in his hand, they really didn't have any food, and they would not arrive in Ningdu until they passed through Xujiapu.
At this moment, a little girl among the homeless people suddenly went limp, and she fell down from hunger.
"Hello! Whoa! The little girl's mother hurriedly hugged her and called her name vigorously.
Seeing this, Xu Xiang couldn't care so much at the moment, so he hurriedly rushed over and said, "I have food here, hurry up and save people!" ”
The homeless people looked at the dough in Xu Xiang's hand, swallowed in their throats, obviously they wanted to eat it, and hurriedly rushed over.
"Don't worry! I'll give it to you later! Save this little girl first! After Xu Xiang finished speaking, those people lowered their heads and looked at him timidly, as well as the food in his hands.
"Auntie, help her up." Xu Xiang squatted down and touched the little girl's forehead, her face was pale, and her lips were dry due to lack of nutrition.
It was obvious that she was overly hungry, but on top of that, she also contracted the wind chill.
Xu Xiang looked at the homeless people, and then said to one of the men, "Lend me your bowl!"
Chewing is the first step in digestion, and it is able to break down food and act effectively as saliva, which relieves the stomach of its work.
The little girl looks like this now, she can only feed some soft food such as porridge, and the dough in his hand is so hard that even if she eats it for the little girl, she can't digest it.
Taking the bowl from the man's hand, Xu Xiang crushed the dough hard, then poured in some water, used a branch to break the dough, personally supported the little girl's head, and fed her food.
Then he took out a piece of bread and gave the rest of it to the other homeless people, and said, "When you eat, don't choke on it, but drink plenty of water." ”
"This son, he must have never come out to see the world, right? As soon as I met the homeless, I gave them food, and now I have even distributed all my own food, which is so simple! ”
"Yes! If you want to survive in this world, you can only care about the snow in front of your own house, and you can only care about the frost on the tiles of others. This prince must have never been out of the prosperous city, thinking that these homeless people were only occasional. As everyone knows, there are people everywhere in the world, what has he changed with the power of one person? ”
"Maybe he's a Buddhist! Aren't all Buddhists embraced compassion? Haha......"
"Eat your own, why do you care so much?"
The executioners were eating dry food, watching Xu Xiang's behavior and discussing a lot, Liang Sitong naturally saw it in his eyes, although he didn't agree with Xu Xiang's approach, but he couldn't control it, he could only scold everyone.
Jiang Shenyu looked at Xu Xiang's actions from a distance, and a bright light flashed in his beautiful eyes, this wise and quick-witted, kind-hearted, and worried man was her husband and the man she liked.
"Young lady, look! The young master gave all our food to those homeless people, what should we do? Yang Dianfeng said to Jiang Shenyu.
"Lao Yang, can you go find Liang Darttou and see if you can buy some food from them?" Jiang Shenyu said.
Yang Dianfeng walked over to the people of the dart team with some reluctance, found Liang Sitong, and proposed the idea of buying food.
Liang Sitong frowned, it wasn't that he didn't want to give Xu Xiang some food, but that their food was all rationed, just enough to support Xujiapu Town. So he took out his dry food and said, "I'm really sorry, Brother Yang." It's not that I don't want to give you some food, but we don't have much food, and this is my own share, so I'll give it to you! ”
Yang Dianfeng knows the situation of the dart team, and knows that these executioners are also ordinary people, if it weren't for making money, who would run darts!
And the dart board has rules for the food and lodging they will be provided with along the way, and it is really impossible for them to get some out of their rations.
"Thank you Liang Darthead! It's just that you gave us dry food, so what are you going to do? ”
Liang Sitong smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll get some from my brothers alone, it should be able to support Xujiapu!" ”
He sighed again and said, "It's just...... You'd better persuade your son-in-law. This homeless person is everywhere, and I really can't save it! ”
Yang Dianfeng smiled helplessly: "It would be nice if our son listened to persuasion...... Take the money. ”
Liang Sitong waved his hand and said, "A little dry food is not enough to worry about!" ”
Getting along along the way, Yang Dianfeng knew that Liang Si and this person could be regarded as a person who was enthusiastic and said the same.
It's not good to forcibly push the silver to him, so he said: "In this way, when I get to Ningdu, I will invite Liang Darttou to a drink!" ”
"Good!" Liang Sitong agreed with a smile.
Xu Xiang returned to the place where they were resting, and when he saw Yang Dianfeng holding dry food in his hand, he asked, "Where did it come from?" ”
"Liang Dart Head gave it." Yang Dianfeng replied truthfully.
"Did you give the silver?"
"No! I asked him to drink after I talked about Ningdu! Liang Dart Head is also good for this bite. ”
Xu Xiang nodded, and the three of them began to eat dry food.
At this moment, a woman in white walked over with a food box with light steps, and walked straight towards Xu Xiang and them.
The woman in white was stunning, and immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the dart team. She put the food box in front of Xu Xiang and said, "Eat this." ”
"Why are you here?" Xu Xiang didn't touch the food box, and continued to eat dry food and asked.
This woman was Qin Zhiwei, who had been following them before, but she left suddenly when she was in Linhe City, and she didn't show up for two days, Xu Xiang thought she was leaving, so he ignored it.
Now she is carrying a food box, and the food box still exudes the fragrance of food, which must have just been made.
That means that she has always followed herself. Because I knew that my food was divided, I got it.
It's just that in this wilderness, where does her food come from?
"I'm afraid you'll starve to death!" Qin Zhi said lightly.
"Oh, not really! Where do you get this food from in the wilderness? Xu Xiang asked curiously.
"I did it!"
Xu Xiang opened the food box, which has four layers and a total of three dishes, one is steamed fish, one is chicken, the other is green vegetables, and some fragrant rice.
The smell of food reached his nose and whetted his appetite.
"Where did the ingredients come from?" This place is full of woods, where do the fish and chickens come from?
"I got it from Xu's family."
Xu Xiang showed a surprised look on his face, from here to Xujiapu, if they walked, they would have to walk for at least seven or eight hours, that is, most of the day.
Even if you go horseback riding, it will take an hour or two, right?
"How?" Xu Xiang's eyes widened and asked.
"What are you doing with all this?" Qin Zhiwei frowned, obviously a little impatient.
"Since you can get the ingredients, then you can definitely get the herbs, right? It's hard for you to get some medicine for me to cure the cold? Xu Xiang remembered the little girl and said.