The next afternoon, Donner arrived at the South Gate with Matthew and a few guards.

Barricades were set up inside and outside the city, and four teams of soldiers on both sides of the city looked like they were facing a great enemy, holding spears and swords with fierce eyes, looking at every pedestrian who passed by.

Pedestrians had to line up one by one to get out of the city and into the city, and the soldiers looked at the pedestrians, as if they were going to rush over and kill people as long as there were refugees mixed in.

Donner slowly squeezed out of the city gate along the long procession, and when he reached the outside, he saw a scene of silence.

Outside the city gate, there were refugees in tattered clothes, yellow and thin faces, like skeletons, and outside the south gate, there were at least more than 500 people.

These refugees built straw huts along the roots of the city walls, using dead branches and leaves, as temporary shelters.

Donner saw that many refugees were dying, lying in these grass huts, those movable men went into the mountains and forests in the distance, looking for all the practical food, and the children saw pedestrians passing by, and immediately knelt down and begged with pitiful eyes.

Most of the passers-by did not see it, and very few kind-hearted passers-by only secretly threw down two copper plates or a piece of bread, and then left in a hurry, for fear of being seen by the surrounding refugees.

Because as soon as they are seen by the other refugees, they will all be attracted and surrounded by people, and I heard that two benevolent merchants from outside died in such chaos a few days ago.

Other women were looking for supplies, the garbage heaps outside the city, the clothes of the dead refugees, the dry firewood, the dead grass and leaves, everything that could be used in sight, like ants moving, moving them back to their own little huts.

Outside the grass shed, many small stoves are piled up with stones, and there are broken clay pots or other containers on top of the small stoves, which do not know what to cook or what, and they are black and mushy, exuding a disgusting smell.

Despite this, the refugees all looked longing, crouching by the small stove, swallowing their saliva.

"Let's go! Let's go back. "Donner can't stand it anymore.

Just come and go?

Ma Xiu was stunned and asked, "Commander, go back to ...... Go back?"

"Well, let's go!" said Donner. What else can you do if you don't go?

The group returned to the backyard of the store, where several craftsmen were making tables and chairs, and women were washing clothes with children.

Only Yuri was there, and the old alchemist asked in surprise, "Donner, why did you come back so soon?" ”

Donner hummed, didn't say anything, and asked, "Where's Jason?"

"At the shop, several customers came in the afternoon, sold a lot of glassware, and now he is entertaining a few others. Old Yuri told Donner.

Donner called out to Dark, who had come to the carpenter's side to lay his hand.

"Brother Donner, is there anything I need to do?" Duck asked.

Donner looked at the young man, very satisfied, he could do everything well, he was not lazy, he had a little free time, and he followed the craftsman.

Donner knew that he wanted to learn some trade, so he specially instructed the craftsmen not to hide it, but to do their best to teach it.

You must know that for craftsmen, craftsmanship is the foundation of their foothold, and it is extremely important to see, and it is generally not easy to teach it to outsiders.

Donner said, "Go to the store and tell Jason to get things done and come over for a while." ”

"Yes, sir. "Duck went.

After about half an hour, Jason returned, and he asked, "Commander, are you back?"

"Yes!" Donner nodded. Q: "Did you bring all the glassware and porcelain down?"

"Shipped off the ship. "As you instructed, we bought a warehouse on the back street, where all the porcelain was stored, and the glassware was in the store's warehouse." ”

"Have the personnel been arranged?" Donner asked in a deep voice, "We need to sell the porcelain as soon as possible." ”

"It's been arranged, Captain. Jason nodded.

"By the way, let Ke Duo buy food tomorrow, I need a lot of food. Downer continued.

"We're going home. Jason asked.

Donner shook his head and said, "No, I want to buy some food, make it into bread, and distribute it to the refugees outside the city, what do you think?" ”

Jason frowned after hearing this: "Commander, this ...... Why?"

"They are so miserable, many are starving to death. Donner sighed.

Jason was reluctant and objected: "But Captain, this is none of our business at all, these refugees are all the king's people, and they belong to the responsibility of the kingdom, and belong to the obligations of the lord and the lord of the city. ”

Downer explained, "I know all of this, but you can listen to me first. There are two reasons, the first is that we lack the population of Cancer Island, and it is too expensive to buy slaves from Kodo, so we can save a sum of money by recruiting from the refugees ourselves, and this money is also used to buy food and distribute it to the refugees. Second, we distributed food to the refugees and brought them back to Cancer Island, making them more grateful and loyal than the slaves we bought. ”

"Moreover, what is the second article of the program of our liberation regiment. ”

"Aid to slaves and all proletarians......"

"Looks like you remember!" said Donner, "although we are not strong enough to help everyone, but now the refugees outside the city, we have the spare power, we always rescue some, and if we unite them now, we will become stronger in the future." ”

Jason couldn't find a reason to refute it, so he could only agree.

Early the next morning, Ke Duo excitedly transported the wheat flour to the store.

Because of his recent excellent performance, the rich man has raised his salary by a notch.

For him, it was like a big pie in the world, and he thanked Dak, Donner, and this group of foreign businessmen countless times in his heart.

As soon as the wheat flour arrived at the shop, Donner arranged for the women to make bread in a dozen large steamers made by carpenters.

By noon, he had made about 800 loaves of bread, loaded them into carts, covered them with clean linen, and walked all the way to the south gate.

Donner walked in front, two teams of guards guarded on both sides of the vehicle, the smell of bread was unstoppable, and many pedestrians on the road looked at the vehicle with strange eyes.

From their discussions, it seems that they are all guessing what is on the vehicle, and how can there be a smell of bread?

Without squinting, the guards drove the vehicle all the way to the south gate, and Donner whispered to the two captains: "Let the brothers take out their weapons, watch the movements of the refugees, be on strict guard, and let them line up when distributing food to prevent looting and trampling." ”

The captain of the guard nodded, and asked the guards to take out the hidden scimitar.

Donner planted a bright red flag embroidered with a scimitar and a pickaxe cross sign on the vehicle.

The strange behavior of the convoy quickly attracted the attention of the refugees.