Chapter 308: Refugees!
Lu Chen was thinking about it, only to hear a sudden 'wow' sound behind him. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info saw a man leaning against the side of the boat and vomiting wildly. Lu Chen was stunned, and then he looked at the others, but saw that several people were also pale, and they had been holding back and not throwing up.
After seeing the appearance of these people, Lu Chen immediately ordered to go down, and if anyone felt that he wanted to vomit, he would go to the side of the boat and vomit into the river. He actually ignored the point of seasickness. After all, most of the soldiers who came with him were from the north, and some of them even saw ships for the first time. Thankfully, though, there aren't too many people who get seasick. Otherwise, it is estimated that by the time they rush to the territory of the Jiannan Jiedu envoy, these people will have already vomited and lost their combat effectiveness.
Lu Chen found some light fruits for these people to eat, so that their minds would be clearer, and it would be at least a little good for seasickness.
They walked on the ship for a whole day and a half, until they saw that the seasick soldiers really couldn't hold it anymore. Lu Chen then ordered to go down, first go to the shore and stop for half a day, and wait for these people to recover some physical strength before continuing to hurry.
After hearing Lu Chen's order, those seasick soldiers looked at Lu Chen one by one with a look of gratitude in their eyes. They also knew that time was running out now, after all, the Yizhou Taishou and the Shannan West Dao Jiedu envoys had begun to prepare for the big war. But even so, Lu Chenyi still stopped hurrying for them. This also made them a little ashamed in addition to gratitude, if it weren't for them, Lu Chen wouldn't have needed to stop halfway at all.
Seeing the guilt on these people's faces, Lu Chen comforted, "You don't have to feel guilty, seasickness is the reason for your personal physique, just wait for you to take the boat a few more times." ā
Soon, half a day passed, when the last trace of the remnant sun in the distance disappeared. Lu Chen then ordered the team to continue to move forward, after all, it was very dangerous to stay on the shore at night.
They wandered on the Jialing River for three days and three nights. And those soldiers who were seasick at first gradually adapted to it later. Although they are still pale, they are no longer vomiting like before.
On this day, when they turned a big mountain, Lu Chen reminded, "Everyone should be vigilant. They have now entered the territory of the Shannan West Dao Jiedu Envoy. ā
They wanted to go to the territory of the Jiannan Jiedu envoy, and there was a section of the road in the middle that had to pass through the territory of the Jiedu envoy of Shannan West Road. Although he walked from the other party's territory, Lu Chen was not too worried. Now that the Shannan West Dao Jiedu envoy, I am afraid that all his energy is used in the battle with Yizhou Taishou, and he has no heart to manage a small team like Lu Chen. Besides, Lu Chen, they were now dressed up as several caravans traveling together. Shannan West Road Festival envoy can't embarrass the caravan for no reason!
After they walked a long way, Lu Chen, who was standing at the bow of the boat, suddenly stared. I saw that on the river bank in the distance, a group of people were walking slowly.
Seeing this scene, not only Lu Chen, but also the city guards on the ship also subconsciously held the weapons in their hands, and as the ship moved, after a while, their fleet approached those people. However, after seeing the appearance of these people clearly, Lu Chen's originally vigilant eyes were stunned. These people are not soldiers and horses of the Shannan West Provincial Jiedu envoys, nor are they mountain bandits or robbers, but some refugees.
The men, old and young, all dressed in rags, walked slowly into the distance. The wailing sound clearly reached Lu Chen's ears through the old man's home. After Lu Chen sighed lightly, he immediately ordered his ship to dock, while the other ships stopped in the middle of the river, waiting for Lu Chen's order.
When the ship where Lu Chen was located docked, those refugees suddenly showed panic on their faces one by one, and even knelt on the ground directly. Seeing this scene, Lu Chen said loudly, "You don't have to be like this, we are not here to arrest you!" ā
However, after hearing Lu Chen's words, these refugees not only did not get up, but shouted for mercy one by one.
Lu Chen, who had no choice but to walk down from the boat, walked straight to a little girl in her teens, helped her up, and asked softly, "Little girl, why are you running away?" ā
Unexpectedly, after hearing Lu Chen's words, the little girl's eyes turned red, and then she cried loudly. Behind the little girl, a woman suddenly knelt in front of Lu Chen, begging, "Adult, the child is not sensible, please don't embarrass her." Please spare us cheap lives! ā
Hearing this, Lu Chen sighed heavily, he pulled the kneeling woman up with force, and said, "We're just a group of caravans, besides, if I want to kill you, I don't have to wait until now."
After hearing Lu Chen's words, the woman, who was already pale with fright, relaxed slightly. She glanced at Lu Chen with some fear, and still asked with some suspicion, "My lord, is it really not the lord of the government?" ā
Lu Chen nodded with certainty. Seeing that Lu Chen really didn't look like he was here to hunt them down, the woman let out a long breath and said, "We fled from Hanzhou. Because a great war broke out between the Lord and the Yizhou Taishou, and our Hanzhou was close to the battlefield of both sides, the Yizhou Taishou raided several cities around us in order to cut off the grain route of the Lord of the Jiedu. Although some of the cities were held and the calamity was avoided. But there are also many cities that have been breached, and mourning people are everywhere, and our Hanzhou City is unfortunately one of them. ā
Hearing this, Lu Chen immediately sighed heavily, and said, "I didn't expect this Yizhou Taishou to be so unscrupulous in order to win, doesn't the imperial court care?" ā
Hearing this, I saw the woman smile in despair and said, "What does the court do?" Even the envoy of Shannan Xidao Jiedu was unable to suppress this Yizhou Taishou. The imperial court, which was thousands of miles away, was even more powerless. Besides, the current court is already full of wolves, where is the energy to manage the fight between them. It is estimated that the imperial court also knows that whoever wins on either side of them will be the same, anyway, it will be yang and yin! ā
Hearing what the woman said, a hint of surprise flashed in Lu Chen's eyes. He didn't expect this girl to understand the current situation of Datang so thoroughly. You know, this is in the Tang Dynasty, where men were superior to women. Women generally don't care about state affairs, otherwise there would be no common saying 'women are virtuous if they are not talented'.
However, this woman not only knew about state affairs, but also analyzed them so clearly and clearly that I am afraid that even ordinary officials did not know as much as she did. This made Lu Chen subconsciously ask, "Listening to your words and your knowledge, you don't look like ordinary people, why are you also in the refugee team?" ā
(To be continued.) )