As the boat docked, foodstuffs such as rice, grain, wine, and meat were transported to the shore in batches.

Instead of Yipinlou greeting the cultivators who were traveling on the long river, the homeless people, who had long been hungry and weak, spontaneously gathered from far and near.

Faced with big men with knives, they didn't dare to step forward easily.

But a pair of green eyes stared at the food they dreamed of, and their breathing became heavy.

At this moment, there is nothing else in their world, only the most basic physiological instincts. Whether it is a dying old man, a man with a strong skeleton, or a child as thin as a dried fish, they are all staring at the food and swallowing their saliva motionlessly.

From their faces, Zhao Ning understood that if he didn't distribute food at this time, he was afraid that these people would pounce on them like wild beasts, whether they had knives or not, they would bite the food and not let go. Where in the world is more justice than eating, for a group of people who are about to starve to death, food is everything.

"Let's give out the food. Zhao Ning waved his hand.

Under her arrangement, Yipinlou and the cultivators of the Long River Boat Trip divided the food into two equal portions, and the cooked food such as meat patties and rice grain and dry food were matched with each other to ensure that each homeless person could not only fill his stomach immediately, but also have follow-up rations.

Give more to the young and strong, and less to the old and weak, women and children.

This is not because Hu Honglian wants to buy the young and strong to look down on the women and children, but to ensure that after they leave, the young and strong displaced people will not rob the old and weak of food. If the food is evenly distributed, the young and strong will definitely bully the weak, and the women and children will not be able to guarantee even basic food rations.

Before leaving, the homeless people who received the food kept bowing down and thanking the practitioners of Yipinlou and Changhe Boat Travel, and many women with children burst into tears, and many knelt down on the spot. There are also some young people who are in good health and take the opportunity to ask Hu Hong if he needs manpower, they can do anything, they can endure hardships, and they don't want any wages, just want a bite to eat.

Zhao Ning saw that after some men left the crowd, they couldn't wait to snatch the food from the hands of their wives and children brutally, and they chewed and ate it viciously, but only gave them half a piece of bread;

He also saw several women who had taken food and kept stuffing it into their mouths, undressing their clothes while swallowing it quickly, and carrying their backs to the crowd to feed their babies in their arms, all of whom had not eaten for several days and had not had milk for a long time.

The homeless people scattered around the country are like cats and dogs, and they are no different from the yellow weeds dumped by the lake. They struggle to survive in this world, small when they are born, silent when they die, they seem to have no impact on the world, and few people really care about what they live like.

But they are actually the same as Zhao Ning and Yang Jiani, the same as Fang Dawei and Jia Su, and even the same as the emperor.

They are all human.

"Have you seen it clearly?" Zhao Ning suddenly asked Hu Honglian.

"See it clearly. "Hu Hong's eyebrows and eyes are slaughtered.

"Then let's do things. "Yes. ”

The men who had just snatched the food from their wives and children, the old and weak, were pulled out of the crowd one by one, and they were greeted with punches and kicks if they resisted a little; those who took care of the elderly and children for the first time to eat were politely invited to Zhao Ning.

"In extraordinary times, extraordinary methods are practiced, and these people are directly killed. Hu Honglian pointed to the group of people in front of him, and there was no emotion in what he said.

Zhou Ying, who had not yet set off to return to Yunzhou City, was stunned and hurriedly dissuaded: "Although these people have behaved a little despicable, they are not guilty of death, right?"

Hu Honglian sneered: "I can take back their food and expel them directly, but what about after we leave? They will sneak back and snatch the food of the old and weak women and children without a bottom line, and it will be the latter who will die at that time! I will never do this kind of thing if I don't kill Boren but die because of me." ”

After that, he ignored Zhou Ying, and waved his hand down.

"No, don't kill me, I know it's wrong......"

"Who are you, why do you kill us, what right do you have to kill us?!"

"You are committing a crime, and the government will not let you go!"

"Spare your life, spare your life......"

No matter what the reaction of these men was, the knife in the hand of the Tsing Yi swordsman swung down.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Zhou Ying was dumbfounded, turned his head to Hu Honglian and glared angrily, pointing at her arm and trembling, as if he wanted to scold the other party. But before he could speak, Hu Honglian said coldly: "Tsing Yi man, remove the evil knife." We kill the wicked, not the rich. We will not move the good people, nor will we let go of the wicked people. ”

Zhou Ying was speechless.

Then Hu Honglian walked in front of those who had just behaved well, and put on a kind face, "Congratulations, you can take your family with us, as long as you keep your heart and work hard, you don't have to worry about running out of food, and you don't have to worry about your family being sick and having no medicine." ”

Among these people, there are men and women, young and strong and half-grown children, they were stunned at first when they heard Hu Honglian's words, and then they were all overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed down and thanked them.

Nowadays, Yipinlou and Changhe Boat Company are expanding rapidly, and they are in great need of manpower.

After doing this, everyone began to take a small boat back to the boat - the shore of the lake was shallow, and the building boat and the large cargo ship could not come close, so everyone got on and off the big boat in batches.

Zhao Ning was the last to return to the ship. Before he left the shore of the lake, there were still many homeless people on the shore, and there were no wicked people or very kind people, so they could only stay here and wait for the Yunzhou Assassin's Mansion to help.

"Do we ignore them?" Zhou Yingyu couldn't bear it. Although they gave food to these homeless people, they could only ensure that they would not starve to death, and on such a cold day, I don't know if these people have a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

Zhao Ning did not answer.

Huang Yuandai touched the few whiskers on his chin and said seriously: "The only one who can save everyone is the lord of the world, the emperor, no matter how much we have the heart, we can only save part of it." So if you want to be saved, you must have a strength, either strong or good-natured. If they don't have any strengths, why should others help them?"

Zhou Ying glanced at Huang Yuandai seriously, his eyes were a little weird, but he just nodded in the end and didn't say anything. Huang Yuandai smiled casually, he knew what Zhou Ying's eyes meant.

In today's matter, Huang Yuandai has completely stood on Zhao Ning's position when considering the problem and speaking, and the so-called "we" refers to Zhao Ning's forces. He spoke naturally, showing that he had quickly adapted to his new identity. This is very different from Zhou Ying.

Before he decided to vote under Zhao Ning, the "we" in his mouth always referred to him and Zhou Ying.

Back on the boat, everyone continued their journey.

There were only a few displaced people on the shore, bowing down to thank the back of the building ship and the cargo ship leaving, expressing their heartfelt gratitude. Most of the people sat on the ground indifferently and didn't move, as if Zhao Ning and the others had nothing to do with them anymore, and they didn't give them enough food just now to support them until the government relief came.

People always suffer from unevenness, and the treatment is different, and people's hearts are naturally no longer the same, a group of people were taken away by Zhao Ning, and they will have no worries about food and clothing in the future, compared with these people, the people who stay in place are the objects of abandonment, and they still have goodwill towards the people who abandoned them, and it is undoubtedly very difficult for them to admit that they are not as good as the people who were taken away.

Some people even began to complain and arrange the Tsing Yi people who had just helped them, saying that the Tsing Yi people were not, and most of them were women. Their dissatisfaction became even stronger in their conversations with each other, as if they had stood on the opposite side of the Tsing Yi people, and they had inexplicable hostility towards each other.

And these people are not evil people.

Zhao Ning returned to the hall and did not continue to feast with Huang Yuandai and the others, because the food was gone. He chose to meditate. Zhou Ying had also left the brigade and headed north, and quickly rushed back to Yunzhou City under the escort of some cultivators.

The displaced people who have just been collected are placed on the cargo ships of the Long River Boat Company, and then they will receive "training", mainly to tell them their new identities, new rules, things to do, and so on. Depending on their qualifications and age, some people will be assessed for their cultivation, while others will only be ordinary buddies.

Hu Honglian is familiar with these things, so naturally Zhao Ning does not have to take care of them personally.

......

In less than ten days' journey from Dayozawa to Bianliang City, Zhao Ning saw four groups of displaced people, small 100 people, and more than 1,000 people—that was outside Caozhou City. The Caozhou government opened a porridge shed to help the refugees, and the situation is not too bad. But only Caozhou City has a porridge shed.

Although Yipinlou and Changhe Boat Company need manpower, they don't need so many people, and the loading capacity of the fleet is also limited. Moreover, even if Zhao Ning has the heart to help more displaced people, the most needed by Yipinlou and Changhe Boat are still young and young, and many old and weak women and children are actually unable to manage it at all.

Along the way, the busiest is still the Tsing Yi swordsman. After the manned size of the fleet reached the upper limit, it could not bring much food, in order to prevent the displaced people from starving to death, and for the government to be able to do things, Tsing Yi swordsmen did not send less.

However, there are also restrictions on the dispatch of Tsing Yi swordsmen, and before they start, they always have to figure out which local big families are most evil, which requires multiple visits and on-site investigations. In addition, Yipinlou and Changhe Boat Line also seek to open a rudder along the way, and the tasks are complicated, and Hu Honglian and Chen Yi are very busy.

Later, Huang Yuandai also had to help.

In short, the journey to Bianliang, which originally took only about ten days, took twice as long for the fleet.

After entering the boundary of Bianliang, there was only one building ship and one cargo ship left in the fleet, and the rest of the people were scattered along the road to carry out their respective tasks.

It was also in this situation that Zhao Ning encountered a large-scale attack at night.