"Mr. Xu, since there is food on the ship, let's give them some, right?" Looking at the scrawny victims, Li You couldn't help but say, even if he knew that the food on the ship could only allow these people to live for a day or two at most, and if there was no relief from the imperial court, most of them would only die of illness and starvation; But it's always good to live one more day, isn't it?

"Brother Xian! Never! Without waiting for Xu Guang to respond, Qian Hua whispered in his ear, "Brother Xian, relieving the victims has always been something that only the imperial court can do!" Even the local big families can only give the grain to the imperial court first, and then the imperial court will come forward to give porridge! The reason is that they don't want others to regain the hearts of the people and plot against them! Now we are helping the victims in someone else's territory, which is a big taboo! Absolutely impossible! ”

"Is that just watching them die?" Li You was dumbfounded by his words, so there is still such a reason? Relief for the victims will be punished, and sitting back and ignoring the victims will be safe! What is the use of such a court?

In the future, there are many things where one side is in trouble and all sides are supported, so Li You also wants to do his part when he encounters these victims, but Qian Hua's words made him at a loss! He closed his eyes and prayed secretly in his heart, I don't blame me, I also want to help you, but if I get into trouble for you, it's not worth it!

"Sir! I don't want to eat, you take my children away! Just give him a bite to eat, and you can let him do anything! When the victims saw that Li You didn't move for a long time, they cried even louder!

Li You opened his eyes, only to see a hungry victim raising his child above his head with trembling hands, and the eyes of the victim next to him made Li You shudder, they looked at the child's eyes full of green light, as if a hungry wolf saw food.

"Mr. Xu! Subordinate this kid! Let Xiao Showa Shuang'er prepare some gruel! Li You took a deep breath, okay, I can't save so many people, but it's always good to save a few children!

"Yes, little sir!" Xu Guang sighed, took the child, and asked the victim to write a contract and order the victim to press his handprint, and gave him a little food when he was done, even if it was the child's body money.

"What's the child's name?" Reason asked, looking at the child with white lips and weak breathing with hunger.

"Sir, you can call him whatever you want! Sir, you are a good person! God bless you with a long life and a long life! The victim fell to his knees and cried.

As soon as they saw that he had food, the victims with children around him hurriedly sent their children over! Li You and the others were immediately surrounded by the victims, and in the end, it was Xu Guang who called the accompanying guards to squeeze out a way out! The consequence of this incident was that there were more than a dozen more children in Li You's team.

This incident also alarmed the officials on the dock, and they rushed over immediately for fear of the disaster victims, but they were sent away by Qian Hua in a few words! What is the big deal for a rich family to take advantage of the disaster year to buy a few slaves? Mr. Ma in the county has bought a lot of young girls recently, and they have seen a lot of these things, and when they saw that there was no accident, they lazily continued to go back to drink tea.

"Young master, those children drank some gruel and fell asleep! The doctor also checked their pulse, but they have been hungry for a long time, so they can recuperate for a few days! After coming to the inn and having a meal, Xiao Zhao came in and reported, "It's just that what to do with these children, I hope the young master will show me!" ”

"How many children did we take in this time?" Li You asked, slightly relieved to hear that no child had died.

"Seven in total, six boys, one girl!" Xiao Zhao skillfully helped Li You make tea while muttering, "Hey, these children are fortunate to have met the young master!" If you hadn't shown mercy, they would have starved to death in two or three days at most! Young master, how will these children be placed in the future? ”

"Come with us to Beijing!" This male-female ratio surprised Li You a little, but he figured it out in an instant, but after a disaster, when human traffickers are active, those girls have become their priority commodities, whether they are sold to the Qinglou or brought back to be trained into a thin horse, it is a well-paid business, and the boys are older and can work, so what's the use of being too small?

"Don't let them be idle along the way! When they are well, we will arrange for people to teach them to read and write! Out of the habit of later generations, Li You commanded.

"Reading and literacy?" Xiao Zhao's movements paused slightly, Li You's answer was somewhat out of her expectations, there was no such good treatment in the mansion before.

"Yes, young master, I'm going to study in Guozijian soon! In the future, there must be a scholar or something, right? "Literate people are better than illiterate people, right?

Now that Li You has decided, Xiao Zhao can't say much, and immediately agrees to act according to Li You's instructions, "By the way, young master, they are all from our Li Mansion now!" Please give them their names! ”

"Well, I want to see it!" Li You scratched his head for a while, the names of a total of seven people, six men and one woman, are not easy to choose! Well? Six men and one woman? Li You suddenly had an inspiration, "The six boys from oldest to youngest are called Li Yu, Li Chuji, Li Chuduan, Li Chuyi, Li Datong, and Li Chuxuan, and that little girl is called Li Buer!" ”

Well, I gave you such a name, don't really let me be a Taoist priest! Now that the name matter has been settled, Xiao Zhao went down to arrange it after serving Li You.

After experiencing such a thing, Li You and Qian Hua also lost the mind to continue to play along the road, unless they had to get off the boat to meet a certain elder along the way, otherwise they would keep moving forward!

And the seven children slowly recovered their health under the careful care of Xiao Zhao, and began to learn to read and write with Mr. Fuzhong's babbling.

These children, who are three or four years old and eight or nine years old, have lived a hard life, and they know that today's stable life is not easy to come by, so they all straighten their backs and listen carefully to the teachings of their husbands, for fear of angering the master's family and being kicked out of the house!

After walking on the canal for more than ten days, everyone got off the boat and changed the carriage and continued to rush to the capital, and after five days, the group finally came to the outside of the capital.

"Brother Xian, we can enter Beijing before tonight! Only after that, you go back to the house to rest for one night, and tomorrow morning, Brother Yu will accompany you to the Ministry of Officials and the Guozi Supervisor to do business; But if you go to Master Zhou's Mansion at night, you can only go by yourself! Qian Hua was afraid that Li You had never been to the capital and didn't know how to handle the procedures for entering the country, so he offered to help.

"In front of you, is the little lord of the Jiazhou family?" Li You was about to answer, when he suddenly heard someone shouting in front of him.