When I rushed to the wharf, sure enough, large and small merchant ships were lined up, so that there was no end in the row, and there could be at least hundreds of them, and the spectacular scene provoked all the nearby residents to run out to watch.

Lin Ruan didn't waste time, and quickly arranged for people to go to the valley to transport the grain out.

There was a lot of food this time, and Wu Yue transferred thousands of people out of the barracks, and it took two days to load all the food.

And the fruit tree that Lin Ruan wanted, Wu Yue also asked people to find it, and put it on the boat that Lin Ruan wanted to take.

When everything was ready, Lin Ruan ordered the fleet to set off.

The escort group, composed of nearly 5,000 soldiers, was very majestic, and everyone knew that this was the grain ship of the county lord of Fuyou.

Along the way, Lin Ruan also felt the enthusiasm of the people everywhere for her, and every time she passed through a town, she could see the people spontaneously organizing a team to thank her.

Lin Ruan's mood couldn't help but be a little excited.

If it had been when she had just crossed over, she would probably only be looking out for herself.

But now she thinks about a lot of things.

This may be what the sage said, if you are poor, you will be good to yourself, and if you are good, you will help the world.

She also finally understood why so many people wanted to be heroes, and this feeling of being admired by all the people was really amazing.

Maybe other heroes don't think so, but she is! She's not someone who likes to do good deeds without leaving a name, and she likes the feeling of being remembered.

Just like last time, when Lin Nguyen first went to a province, he would hand over the grain to the local prefect and ask them for the detailed account book of the last grain distribution.

It was food that she had worked so hard to get, and she didn't want to be filled with some greedy officials.

And she also has to hand over these account books to the emperor.

The first city to pass by, Lin Ruan carefully checked the account book, and randomly asked many local people about the grain collection, and determined that there was no discrepancy with the data on the account book, and he was very satisfied.

As soon as Lin Ruan entered the Xuanhe Mansion, he noticed that the atmosphere was obviously inferior to the previous mansion. The common people were listless, and along the riverside she found many new graves.

Lin Ruan felt that something was not right, the food she had sent before was divided according to the population of each state capital. Huaiyang Province was the most populous of the five affected provinces, so it was divided into 200,000 stones.

The other four state capitals have smaller populations, and they are close to some other state capitals that are not so seriously affected, although life is sad, it is not as difficult as Huaiyang Mansion, so the remaining more than 300,000 stones are equally divided among these state capitals.

Now it has been about two months since she last delivered food, and according to her plan, the food will definitely last until she delivers food again.

And now there are so many new graves in this prefecture, which means that some people have starved to death, and there are not a few.

Lin Ruan's eyes were cold, the food she sent last time was only afraid that it would be privately detained by the local officials here.

The rice she sent was all high-quality rice, which was in better condition than the usual grain on the market, and it was hard to guarantee that there would be no black-hearted corrupt officials with bad intentions. That's why at that time, she asked the prefects of each prefecture and city to make a record of the release of grain. In the last prefecture, I randomly visited the local people and asked them about the distribution of grain.

Unexpectedly, the officials of Xuanhe Mansion dared to be so bold!

Lin Ruan ordered the fleet to dock at a place still some distance from Xuanhe Mansion, and he took people to get off the ship first and went to the nearby towns to inquire about the situation.

When he arrived at the city gate, Lin Ruan found that the city gate was closed and there was no pedestrian.

This situation is wrong at first glance.

Lin Ruan asked Fei Xu and Luo Hua to fly up to the city tower with him and entered the city smoothly.

The images he saw after entering the city made Lin Ruan furious.

I saw that the city was full of hungry prisoners, and on the roadside were kneeling children with grass knots on their heads. This is the common people's life can't go on, and they have to sell their sons and daughters to change their lives!

For a moment, Lin Ruan even felt that he had returned to the end of the world, when those who were extremely hungry tried everything they could, even selling their bodies just to exchange for some food.

Lin Ruan's master and servant were not wearing much wealth, but they were not short of food and drink, and at first glance they were people who had a good life, and as soon as they appeared in this town, they immediately attracted the attention of the people.

A bold man dragged his children and pounced on them, "Nobleman, it is good, buy my child, a child only costs five taels of silver, please buy them." The family can't live anymore, so I beg the nobles to be kind, buy them, and give them a way to live. ”

The two children were hungry and small, and looked at Lin Ruan and the others with tears in their eyes.

Lin Ruan held back the anger in his heart and asked, "Fellow, how did you make it like this?" Didn't the county lord of Fuyou send you grain two months ago? As long as you save a little food, it's enough for you to survive until this time. ”

The man gritted his teeth and said, "Then the county lord might as well not send us food!" ”

Lin Ruan was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why do you say that?" ”

The man's face was full of hatred, "If you don't send us food, at least we can go to other places to escape the famine." Now, those dog officials have swallowed the grain and locked the city gates to prevent us from escaping, so that the evil things they have done will not be known to the outsiders! We are not from this city, but from the countryside, and we are all deceived by these dog officials into coming to this city with the matter of distributing food, and then we will not let us out. You look like you're from outside, and you don't know how many people have starved to death in this city. ”

Lin Ruan said: "We came by boat along the river and saw many new graves by the river, so why don't you take advantage of the funeral time to flee elsewhere?" ”

The man sneered: "Run? How to escape? As long as there are people who starve to death in the city and want to mourn, the government will send a group of bastards with knives and sticks to guard the funeral people's homes, as long as they find that they want to escape, they will be beaten and killed, who dares to escape! The only official who couldn't look past it and wanted to stand up for the people was killed by them. ”

After Lin Ruan heard these words, a monstrous anger rose from the bottom of his heart.

These dog officers who are careless about people's lives!

The man was so hungry that he couldn't help it, and when he said this call, he felt even more dizzy, and begged the three of them: "Noble, please do well, buy my two children." They are all good and obedient children, they eat less, they work hard, you can call them as you like if you buy them, if they dare to disobey, you can just beat and scold them. ”

The two children hugged the man's leg tightly and cried quietly, "Dad, don't, we don't." ”

The man couldn't help crying: "Nier, Dan'er, you are obedient, follow the nobles, so that you can survive." Dad is useless, he can't support you, don't complain about Dad. If you are left behind, lest one day you will be taken captive. ”

The two children cried and said, "Dad, we won't leave, we won't eat, we won't shout hungry anymore, don't sell us." ”

Rao is a cold-hearted person like Fei Fu Luohua, looking at such a scene, he feels unbearable.

They knew very well what it meant for the man to be taken captive.

Hungry people can really do anything, including cannibalism.