The next day, the temperature dropped suddenly.

Going out early in the morning, walking on the beach against the terrible north wind, Chu Fan wrapped his long shirt with thick cotton again and again, but the wind still drilled desperately into the mouth of the leader of the clothes, and he shrank into a ball from the cold.

Sure enough, the climate of this Xiaoice River at the end of the Ming Dynasty is extraordinary! It's just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and when the cold wave comes, it's as cold as winter. Chu Fan remembered that when he visited the post bar in his previous life, he saw a post analyzing that the demise of the Ming Dynasty, the climate of this Xiaoice River accounted for a large part of the reason, he didn't think it was right at the time, but now he has a personal experience, he suddenly feels a little reasonable - it is so cold and evil, it is strange that the crops can grow well!

However, Chu Fan's good mood was not affected by the cold, and the air he breathed was cold, but his mood was like a hot fire - he found Ah Bian, a way to make money, and he could definitely brighten the eyes of the blind Wang Ting's test; What makes him even happier is that as long as this secret is kept, the silver of the Wa Kingdom will flow into his pocket like flowing water in the future.

Taking Ge Bi from Wanzikou, they did not take the avenue leading to the south gate, but chose a path near the sea and went straight to Dengzhou Water City.

After the two walked out of about seven miles, they came to the east of the city by the Shahe River, Chu Fan paused for a moment, and his good mood was gone.

I saw that on the beach on both sides of the Sand River, all kinds of "houses" were densely built, and there was no end in sight - if it was said that as long as there were places where people could live, they could be called "houses".

Two pieces of wood prop up a beam, on which straw or rags are placed, and a few planks are sparsely installed around it, which is considered a room, and such a crude house is already a "mansion" on the river beach; Most of the shacks don't even have a roof, and the beams are made of straw and rags directly in a "human" shape, and the two feet are fixed to the ground with wooden sticks, and some simply press a few stones; The most, and even more pitiful, is the dry base - a pit is dug out of the ground, a log is inserted diagonally on the edge of the pit, and straw rags are put on both sides of the wood like a shack, even if it is a "home"!

Chu Fan shrunk his neck and looked at the "roofs" that were dyed white and yellow by the frost that fell last night, his mood became heavier and heavier, how could these shacks that were so big that they could reach into their fists could stop this terrible north wind?

There is no need to check the memory, Chu Fan already knows the identities of these people. They used to be small landlords, rich peasants, petty traders, tenants, hunters...... In short, it is the general public like most Han Chinese; Once, they also had their own homes, large or small, with men farming and women weaving, which was extremely warm; Once, they used their hard hands in that black land to earn a reward that could feed and clothe themselves; Once upon a time, they also lived a nourishing, decent, and dignified life!

Today, however, everything they have is plundered by the wild boar skins of the Tunguska!

The only thing they hold may be the same name - Liaodong Wanderers!

The word displacement, Chu Fan didn't have a personal experience, even if he was driven out by the royal court this time, their family still had an ancestral house to shelter from the wind and rain. But this shocking scene in front of him made him truly experience the misery and despair behind the words displacement!

Just as he was looking at these "houses" and was engrossed, the sound of Xi Suo sounded in the dry base in front of him, and after a while, a small head came out between the two rags that were used as "doors".

It was a little girl, about six or seven years of age, with big round eyes that were dazed and numb, and her filthy hair was clumped together and covered with dust and grass clippings; On the little face that was blue from the cold, there were gray-black stains all over the horizontal, vertical and horizontal; Half of his shoulders were exposed between the two rags, and he looked like he was wearing only a single coat, shivering in the cold wind.

The little girl saw Chu Fan at a glance, and wanted to retreat with some cringe, but when she felt the sympathy and kindness in Chu Fan's eyes, she stopped, and looked at Chu Fan with her big crystal clear eyes full of pleading, like the promotional photo of the "Hope Primary School" that caused a sensation in his previous life.

Chu Fan's nose was a little sour, and he couldn't help but reach into his arms, took out the two green onion flatbreads that Zhang had baked for him early in the morning, slowly walked to the front of the dry base, and gently placed them in front of the little girl.

Looking at each other, the corners of Chu Fan's mouth turned up and smiled.

The little girl smiled too, and her big crystal clear eyes were bent into two beautiful crescents.

"Alas!" A long sigh came from behind him, "Let's go, young master, don't let Liu Gongzi wait for us for too long." ”

Chu Fan touched the little girl's head, then got up and went back, followed Ge Bi to continue walking, took a few steps, when Chu Fan turned his head to look again, the little girl had already come out, kneeling on the ground with a pancake in ragged clothes, and kowtowed to him upright.

Suddenly, Chu Fan felt that his nose was sore, and there was liquid under his eyes desperately surging upward, he quickly turned around and walked away as if he were running away along the path.

Until he crossed the small bridge on the Sand River, Chu Fan's mood had not completely calmed down.

Just after crossing the small bridge, a loud shout in the river beach in front of them made the two stop.

"The surname is Xia, ** get out of here!"

In front of a shack on the riverbank, a soldier in a sailor's uniform shouted loudly with a swaying waist knife, and two companions beside him, also carrying knives, staring at the shack with nervous expressions.

"Whew!" The curtain of the shack was lifted, and a seven-foot-tall man with a wooden stick in his hand rushed out bare-chested, judging from the thin fluff on his lips, he was less than twenty years old, but those cold eyes revealed a recklessness and ruthlessness that was not commensurate with his age.

"Shhh Chu Fan vaguely heard Ge Bi gasp behind him, but his attention was quickly attracted by the scene in front of the shack.

The soldier who was the first to shout was obviously frightened by the sudden appearance of the sturdy man, and took two steps back and shouted, "The surname Xia, yesterday at the dock, you beat Li Laosan in the east of the city?" ”

The sturdy man squinted at the soldier and said coldly, "It's me who beat it, and the dog's day doesn't treat people as human beings!" ”

The soldier seemed to be waiting for him, jumping to his feet and saying, "Hey! You are very fat, do you know that Li Laosan is the younger brother of our Master Huang? …… You don't pee and take pictures, is that what you pickled penny men can touch? …… I came to get you on the order of Master Huang! If you know each other, just follow me, right? ”

The noise in front of the shack caused a commotion around him, and soon seven or eight young men of one and a half sizes appeared from several nearby shacks and dry bases, and gathered around the sturdy man, and when they heard his mean words, their eyes were full of anger, and the wooden stick and kitchen knife they carried in their hands were eager to get out of the water.

When the three soldiers saw that there were many people on the other side, they immediately became a little stunned, and they talked about the scene in their mouths, but there was a smear of oil under their feet.

It is not surprising that the displaced people of Liaodong and the locals are in the same boat—a large group of strangers who come to their homes will be in their hearts.

Chu Fan watched the sturdy man disappear into the shack, but he sighed for these poor people in his heart, and then took Ge Bi and walked quickly along the path under the city wall towards Shuicheng.

After entering the water city, the two went straight to the garrison camp, and at a glance, Liu Zhongwen had been waiting there for a long time, and Chu Fan only knew that the sail of the arranged eagle ship had broken a hole and was now being mended, so the three of them had to stand in the garrison camp and wait, and it didn't take long to hear a noise at the gate of the camp, but it was a group of soldiers who escorted a person into the camp.

After Ge Bi saw the person's appearance clearly, his face changed drastically, and after hesitating for a while, he knelt down in front of Chu Fan with a "plop".

"Two sons, I have something to ask for!"