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After the heavy snowfall, the streets of the northern part of the fortress were covered with half a foot of snow, and dozens of slaves cleared the snow under the command of the city officials. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Due to martial law in the fort, the streets were deserted with few pedestrians, only heavily armed city guard patrols. Most of the shops on both sides of the street are closed, and only carefree children frolic in groups and have snowball fights, building the cleared snow into big snowmen, their innocent smiles and crisp laughter are the only bright spots in this cold winter.

"Miss Vivian, I told you that there must be nothing fun here..."Han Fei said helplessly, "Let's go back first, so as not to worry Lord Marquis." ”

"It's hard to come out, so I won't go back!" Vivien smiled: "But there's really nothing fun here, why don't we go outside the city, go to see our family's manor, and see if Gremu Lake is frozen!"

After the meeting in the council hall was over, Han Fei was just about to go back to his residence when Vivian pestered her, and he had to take her around the city, and after obtaining the marquis's consent, Han Fei took her around.

At Vivian's request, the two rode Wojin together (Wojin burst into tears—my life was too bitter!), and in order to resist the cold, she put on a thick fox fur coat and leaned against Han Fei's solid chest, as comfortable as she could.

"Outside the city?" Han Fei shook his head and said: "It may not be safe outside the city, and now is the time of martial law, it is easy to come back and trouble when you go out, so it's better to go back, it's a big deal I'll let Wojin accompany you to play at home for a day." ”

"No!" Miss Vivien lost her temper: "If you don't accompany me, I'll go back and tell my father that you bullied me and let you go to the other side of the mountain to mine!"

Han Fei wasn't afraid that she would really sue, but now was the critical moment for him to investigate the barbarian intelligence, and he really didn't want to make a fuss.

"Alright, alright, let's go out and walk around Grim Lake, but we have to be back before noon!" Han Fei said.

"Great!" Vivien cheered with a smile, she suddenly turned around and kissed Han Fei on the face and quickly turned back, her pretty pink face flushed.

Han Fei was slightly stunned, shook his head with a wry smile, and said lightly with his legs between his legs, "Let's go!"

Woke immediately spread his legs and rushed forward like an arrow from a string, along the main avenue all the way north, and soon left the fortress.

The area from Lake Glimu to the Mighty Fortress was populated by tribes and civilians, and the roads were lined with mud houses and rudimentary tents, many of which had completely collapsed in the snowfall, and there was chaos everywhere, with herders and civilians who had lost their homes setting fires in the open snow, and frozen corpses on the roadside.

Compared to here, the northern side of the city is also a paradise!

The dirt road was unusually muddy and dirty, the ground was full of rutted marks, and beside the road were old and weak civilians begging and selling, shivering in the cold wind in thin and shabby sheepskin clothes, looking pitifully at the passing caravans, or begging for some food or hoping to be taken in by the caravan.

Such a scene made Vivian, who was originally full of interest and want to see the beautiful snow scene, change her face, and she said in surprise: "Why are there so many beggars, didn't the Duke send someone to help them set up tents and distribute food?"

"This snow disaster is so serious, only some people can enjoy relief..."Han Fei shook his head and said: "Besides, the rescue materials may not be enough, there are too many people affected by the disaster!"

There is another layer that Han Fei didn't say, the nobles in the fortress city don't care about the lives and deaths of these tribesmen, Duke Ascot can be considered very merciful if he can send people to disaster relief, maybe some of the materials have been embezzled by the officials in charge.

Seeing Vivian and Han Fei on the side of the road, a dozen ragged civilians surrounded them, but they didn't dare to get too close, and one of the barbarian women with a sallow face and a child in her arms trembled and said, "Honorable Miss, please have mercy on us, my child hasn't eaten for two days." ”

The little girl she was holding looked at the majestic Woking with frightened eyes, and pulled her mother's shirt with one hand and whispered, "Mom, I'm not hungry..."

Crystal tears immediately overflowed Vivien's eyes, if she hadn't come here, she really didn't know that there was someone living so hard: "Ades..."

Han Fei nodded, took out a handful of gold coins from his pocket and threw them on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "Take one for each person, don't grab it, otherwise don't blame me for being unkind!"

The Titans' gold coins are worth three gold coins issued by the Terran nation, and one gold coin is enough for them to buy a month's worth of food.

Huang Chengcheng's gold coins collided with each other and landed on the snow, immediately attracting more than a dozen pairs of eager eyes, but Han Fei's warning worked, and the civilians stepped forward one by one to pick up the gold coins on the ground and thanked Han Fei and Vivien.

But what they didn't expect was that the generosity of the two attracted the attention of those beggars and civilians in other places, and they all rushed towards the place where Han Fei was, and their begging voices were endless.

"Honorable Miss and Knight, please save us!"

"The snow crushed the house, and many of the tribe's livestock froze to death, and we were all driven out!"

The survival of the barbarians in the northern steppes is quite difficult, once they encounter any natural disasters [***], many tribes will drive away the old and weak and even children and leave them to fend for themselves, although it is extremely cruel, but for the continuation of the tribe is also helpless, most of the civilians of these tribes are driven out in this way, if they do not get relief or find a master who is willing to take them in, then not many people can survive this winter.

Soon, there were hundreds of civilians in three circles around Woking, and they were still increasing, where had Vivian seen such a battle, she was completely at a loss, so she could only pull Han Fei and say, "Ades, they..."

Han Fei couldn't help but sigh, he didn't have money, the loot captured by the last time he killed the warriors of the Tieqi family was sold for more than 100,000 gold coins, all of which were stored in the Gift Ring, but they were all spirit crystal coins that were easy to carry, and the gold coins on his body were only a few dozen, how could they deal with so many people, and if they were given spirit crystal coins, it would only bring disaster to these civilians, not to mention that they were too extravagant.

"That's not going to work, let me figure it out. Han Fei patted her little hand and said, "Don't worry. ”

At this time, another caravan came from the road ahead, which seemed to be quite large, Han Fei's heart moved, and he said loudly: "You guys get out of the way first, wait here, I will give you food!"

The old and weak commoners looked at each other, but the reverence for the nobles and knights made them make way and wait on the side of the road with hope, waiting for a miracle to happen.

"What are you going to do, Ades?" Vivien said softly.

"You'll find out later..."Han Fei smiled.

Woking sped up and rushed to the road, rushing a few hundred meters to stop in front of the caravan, Han Fei said loudly, "Where is your chief steward?"

The warrior who led the way in the caravan couldn't help but pause for a moment and immediately stopped, of course, he would not treat Han Fei and Vivian as robbers who stood in the way, Vivian's beauty, Han Fei's bearing, and Woking's might, anyone could see that the identities of the two were extraordinary.

As soon as the front stopped, the convoy behind also stopped, and a middle-aged merchant hurried over from behind, saluted the two of them, and said, "Honorable knight, beautiful young lady, I am Banya, the steward of the Red Oak Caravan, do you have any orders?"

Han Fei asked in a deep voice, "I'm Ades, the knight of the Luo family, the steward of Banya, is your caravan transporting grain, and how much is there?"

The Storm Fortress has a population of hundreds of thousands, and the amount of food to be consumed every day is an astonishing amount, and there are not many fertile fields around the fortress, so a large amount of grain is transported from the east of the empire, in addition to the appropriation of the empire, a large part of it is exchanged for ore iron and fur produced in the fortress area through merchant trade, and caravans transporting grain are very common here, and the grain trade industry brings huge profits to many caravans.

Faced with Han Fei's inquiry, Ban Ya replied respectfully, "Mostly, there are a total of eighty-five heavy-duty carriages. ”

"I want it all, you can make a price!" Han Fei said without hesitation.

"You..." Ban Ya was taken aback for a moment, but when he saw the hundreds of hungry people behind him, he immediately understood: "It turns out that the Lord and the young lady are going to help the victims!

A cart of grain has been transported from the eastern part of the empire for thousands of miles, and the price has increased at least four or five times, and now that the Raging Fortress has suffered another snowstorm, the price of grain will only be more expensive, and Banya's price is indeed not expensive.

"I can't let you be busy in vain, give you 10,000 gold coins!" Han Fei said, "Let your people help distribute food and maintain order!"

With hundreds of freight carriages, it is considered a large caravan, and the escort force is naturally quite strong, otherwise how can it resist the bandits and horse thieves who are rampant along the road.

After receiving the heavy money bag thrown by Han Fei, Ban Yaxi smiled and thanked him repeatedly, and immediately ordered the convoy to be brought to the side of the road, and then began to distribute food on the spot.

Bags of grain were brought down from the wagons, and a large number of hungry people immediately flocked to it, but with the assistance of the caravan guards, the order was still very good, and the first to receive the food were the elderly, children, and women who needed it most.

Vivien got off Woking's back and stood next to the carriage to distribute food to the victims who had lost their homes.

(To be continued)