Ye Feng didn't answer, but asked, "Why don't you ask what is the benefit first?"

"Since you have made an invitation, you will definitely give us conditions that we cannot refuse, at least so that we can live a better life than we have now." The middle-aged man replied without hesitation.

Ye Feng smiled and nodded: "Not bad." Our only requirement is not to keep idlers. We welcome all kinds of talents, and everyone can bring their families with them. ”

The middle-aged man nodded: "Okay." We need to think about it. ”

"Don't you ask what's in it?" Ye Feng reminded.

The middle-aged man waved his hand: "No need." He was afraid that the conditions he heard were too good, which would affect his judgment.

Ye Feng stopped the middle-aged man who wanted to go back: "Okay, I don't know what the situation of this little girl is?"

After the middle-aged man recounted, it turned out that the little girl was not from his village, but was separated from her family in the flood, and has been following them since meeting them.

At first, the people in the village were able to help her, but now that everyone has no food, she can only go out and look for it herself.

Next to her are people from Xujia Village, all of whom are protecting her, otherwise there will always be some inhuman hooligans who will rob her of food.

Ye Feng sighed after hearing this, this little girl was lucky, he didn't know how many people died in this natural disaster, he seemed to have seen the scene of starvation.

He said to the middle-aged man, "We can let her join the territory, the territory will raise her to adulthood, and can let her go to school, I hope you can help me explain it."

"Great! Thank you, thank you! The middle-aged man was overjoyed, they could not afford to raise this little girl, but still wanted her to have a good life.

He wasn't worried about Ye Feng lying, first, Ye Feng's side was strong, and second, their lives couldn't be worse.

The middle-aged man stumbled towards the little girl, seemingly more excited than he was to be able to join the territory himself.

Soon he led the timid little girl back to Ye Feng, told the little girl a few words, and returned to the village.

The little girl stood in front of Ye Feng at a loss, with tears in her eyes, feeling as if she had been abandoned.

Ye Feng was completely inexperienced, looked at the indifferent soldiers behind him, took out the pastries in his backpack, and handed them to the little girl: "Hungry, eat a little first."

The little girl didn't seem to dare to take it, but countless longing glances shot from the side, Ye Feng felt that if he took out the barbecue, he would definitely be torn apart by the surrounding crowd.

He could only smile as kindly as he could, and waited a long time for the little girl to carefully take the pastry.

Looking at the little girl who was gobbling up and the crowd around her, Ye Feng suddenly understood the sentence 'the economic base determines the superstructure'.

When food and clothing cannot be solved, the construction of civilization is just empty talk, and hunger will make people lose their manners, until they slowly lose their humanity.

After the little girl finished eating the pastry, she seemed to let down some of her guard, stood behind Ye Feng, and obediently did not ask for any more food.

Seeing that the people in Xujia Village couldn't discuss the results in a short time, Ye Feng walked over and said to the middle-aged man that he would come over tomorrow, and then led the team towards Zhang'an County.

It's just that this time there is a little girl at the back of the team, who is desperately following, making everyone unconsciously slow down a little.

Soon after, I entered the official road, and the road was not so difficult to walk, and the speed increased a lot.

Seeing a large number of people's activities along the way, Ye Feng suddenly felt that he had indeed done a good deed.

Previously, because of his attack, all the bandits in Zhang'an County moved away, and now these ordinary people don't have to face the threat of bandits and have more chances to survive.

After more than three hours, the city gate could be seen from a distance, and a large number of refugees had gathered around the city gate, and many soldiers were standing guard, as if they were not allowed to enter the city.

In order to avoid trouble, Ye Feng asked the soldiers to wait here, and he took the little girl slowly towards the city gate.

Few people have come and gone at the gates, and the few who are dressed in fancy clothes or in horse-drawn carriages are the only ones who come in a carriage.

Of course, the clothes on Ye Feng's body will not be bad, and he can easily pay the money and pass.

"Stop, beggars can't enter the city!" Suddenly, the soldier next to him stopped the person behind him, and when he looked back, he realized that it was the little girl who had been stopped.

Ye Feng took two steps back and said with a smile on his face: "This official, this is my sister." I got out of town a few days ago, and I only found it today. As he spoke, he quietly gave him a silver coin.

The soldier took it quietly and immediately let him go: "Okay, let's not take it as an example."

Ye Feng took the little girl's hand and walked into the city calmly.

The little girl seemed to be seeing so many people for the first time, maybe she was a little frightened just now, and she wanted to get close to Ye Feng, but she was afraid of soiling his clothes.

The main reason for entering the city today is to learn about the situation of the disaster, and at the same time to visit the old gentleman who lives in seclusion in the county seat.

None of this was in a hurry, so he took the little girl to a tailor's shop to choose a few clothes, and then chose a nearby inn.

After booking a room for the little girl to take a shower and change clothes, he ordered a few side dishes in the inn hall, and listened to the surrounding discussions while eating.

Xu is this inn is not of high grade, most of the dining is only a few small businessmen, and there are not a few people.

"Wang, I haven't seen you for a while. Where did you go to make your fortune some time ago? ”

"It rained heavily for nearly half a month some time ago, who would dare to run outside. In the past two days, I took advantage of the lack of rain to come and run, otherwise I would not be able to open the pot at home. ”

"Now that the price of food has skyrocketed, do you still have food in your hands?"

"No, they were all bought by the black-hearted Li Jiaqiang, and the price is fifty percent lower than the current price."

"Then you also made a little money, unlike when I bought a batch of cloth before, and now I can't sell it."

"But no, many people can't eat enough now, who will buy your cloth."

"What are you doing this time?"

"I just got rid of a batch of gouache and I'm ready to buy some hides. What about you? ”

"I just sold that batch of cloth cheaply, and I don't know what to sell yet. Since Lao Wang, you are so optimistic about animal skins, then I will also buy a batch of animal skins. ”

"That's good, we can cooperate when the time comes, and we can definitely sell it for a good price if we send it to the Central Plains."

"It's so far, there won't be an accident on the road, right?"

"There's no way, if you want to make money, you have to take risks, what other business can you do besides this? The two of us together are also more secure. ”

"Okay. Lao Wang, I'll listen to you this time. ”

"Yes. Cheers to our collaboration! ”

A cooperation was reached in a short period of time, and it seems that the business of these merchants has indeed been hit, and a natural disaster has plunged the economy into a depression.

Moreover, the grain business was now monopolized by local families, and small merchants could only seek other trade routes.

Ye Feng felt that the extremely high taxes of the formation dynasty of this disaster accounted for 60% of the responsibility, and the local families were responsible for raising the price of grain.

The so-called troubled times are all caused by people, and natural disasters only make them break out in advance.