She eats very slowly, and the buns are stuffed with green onions, and the taste is average. The porridge is corn ground and boiled, yellow-orange-orange, it's really thin.

When she came, she saw that there were corn stalks from the harvest in the fields near the town.

There are only steamed buns and porridge in the restaurant, so I don't have to choose. In addition to steamed porridge, there are also optional steamed buns and flatbreads on the menu.

Along the way, Lin Yan understood clearly that steamed buns and flatbread were dry food prepared for the journey. The restaurants along the road are like this.

Although the food is simple, the people in the restaurant are very satisfied, talking and laughing loudly, and the atmosphere is lively.

It's hot, adding more fireworks in the cold season.

The conversation between the two people sitting at the table in front of her attracted Lin Yan's attention.

"It's almost Anseong, manpower is cheap here, and if you can open a store smoothly, you will definitely be able to make money."

"What's the hurry, I'll talk about it later. Anseong is poor, first inquire about the local situation, this is not Sun City after all, I heard that the people at the bottom were not treated as people before, I don't know what the situation is now. ”

The restaurant proprietress Cuihua joined the chat, "I'm from Anseong, you just need to ask me if you want to know." ”

Cuihua is a native of Ancheng, and when she heard that Lin'an Town needed people and that she could enjoy the benefits as long as she settled down, she hesitated and decided to bring her two children.

There is no way, it is too difficult to make a living in Ancheng, Cuihua voluntarily opened this restaurant in Anzhen in order to support her children and earn more money.

The house of the restaurant is given free of charge, and you can get it as soon as you settle down. The front is the store, and the backyard is where to live.

Cuihua's steamed bun skills are also specially learned, and when she first settled down, someone specialized in teaching the craft, and she chose cooking.

Although the restaurant is tired, Cuihua is very satisfied. These two years have been the most comfortable days for her, not only can she earn money to support her children, but she no longer has to be bullied or afraid of losing her life.

The two men chatting were also polite, and chatted with Cuihuare.

Lin Yan swallowed slowly, and his ears were not idle.

The people living at the bottom are the best reflection of the level of governance of the alliance. She has been to Anseong several times, but she has not had time to understand the lives of the people in depth.

The three of them talked a lot, and Lin Yan got what he wanted and got up to leave.

The alliance seems to be growing rapidly, but the lives of more people have not improved much, and they can barely make ends meet.

The farther away from Sun City, the more difficult life becomes.

Lin'an Town, which has a population of less than 10,000, stayed for five days, and Lin Yan was not idle, and touched the surroundings to the bottom.

Little people like Cuihua are all too common. Those who can move out of Anseong are just to live.

The daily life of the little people makes Lin'an Town full of fireworks and more vivid.

Among them, Lin Yan focused on the more than 2,000 soldiers stationed there, who were a line of defense.

In mid-November, the convoy arrived in Anseong.

When Shen Tianlin saw Lin Yan, he was dumbfounded, and he was stunned for a while before he said, "Why did you come suddenly?" ”

In his cognition, the chairman of the Alliance, who commands the Ten Cities and has a vast territory, should be in charge of every opportunity and sit in Sun City, how can he move around at will. What's more, it's a cold winter trekking thousands of miles away.

Lin Yan laughed, "City Lord Shen is still so unfrightened, I'm not giving you a surprise, how can it look more like a fright." ”

She didn't believe it, Shen Tianlin didn't know that she was coming, but she suddenly appeared, so he was not prepared.

"You showed up out of nowhere, it was so unexpected. Why don't you let me know so you can go and greet me? ”

Shen Tianlin hurriedly got up and adjusted his facial expression, he was the lord of a city, he was too embarrassed.

He did receive the news, Lin Yan came over, and he kept an eye on it, but he didn't expect her to arrive suddenly.

"There's no need to greet you, everyone is busy, I'll just come by myself. City Lord Shen, when he first came in, the people of the City Lord's Mansion were in a hurry, what were they busy with? ”

Shen Tianlin asked Lin Yan to sit down, and then said: "Yuncheng is difficult this cold season, Commander Shi Zhi ordered Ancheng and Heping City to support as much as they can, and I am busy counting the situation in Ancheng to see if I can raise a batch of materials to support Yuncheng." ”

The three neighboring states, Anseong was the first to submit to the alliance, and the development was the best. The commander has an order that Ancheng should help Yuncheng under the condition of ensuring itself.

Lin Yan asked, "What materials have been raised?" ”

Shen Tianlin hesitated for a moment and said, "You also know that Ancheng is not rich and barely satisfied, thanks to the help of the alliance." This time to support Yuncheng, a maximum of 10,000 catties of grain and 500 pieces of cloth can be taken out. ”

"It's good to be able to come up with that." Lin Yan also knows the difficulties of Anseong, which is in a transitional period. There are too many people at the bottom, and it is difficult to feed so many people on the reclaimed wasteland.

Shen Tianlin thought about why Lin Yan came, and hurriedly said: "If you come here with supplies, you will definitely be able to solve the danger of Cloud City." ”

Cloud City was subdued in August, and there was not enough time to prepare. In the past, the powerful only knew how to enjoy, and coupled with their own lack of materials, it was too difficult to survive the cold season.

As far as he knew, every cold season, countless people in Cloud City froze to death and starved to death. This is not only the case in Cloud City, but also in other cities, where human life is low, and the powerful never pay attention to it.

Lin Yan didn't answer, she came with a convoy, bringing a large amount of food, cloth and other basic materials to solve people's livelihood, but it was still far from enough to save a city.

Due to the cold season weather, people cannot be self-sufficient, and can only rely on relief.

Especially before Yuncheng, the people were fierce, the private fights were chaotic, and the dead were normal. It's not that easy to change.

Shi Zhi led the army to be stationed in Cloud City, and it took a lot of energy just to reverse the trend.

Shen Tianlin looked at her face and said cautiously, "Is there something else in Cloud City?" "Otherwise, how could it be Lin Yan in person, everywhere she went, there were big things happening.

Lin Yan denied, "No, I just came over to take a look." You also know about Yuncheng, combined with the situation of Ancheng and Heping City, how does Lord Shen think to solve the problem of Yuncheng at the moment? ”

"Well, if you want to solve the problem, you just need to keep the people of Cloud City from starving." Shen Tianlin didn't believe it, she didn't know, but it was precisely this point that was the most difficult to do.

That's 300,000 people, and if they don't produce, not everyone can afford to consume food every day.

Lin Yan didn't know this, "According to the past situation, how did so many people survive? ”

Shen Tianlin: "...... The powerful naturally don't have to worry, the people at the bottom can only resist, and those who are hard can survive. The weather is bad in the cold season, and people are looking for a place to hold it still, with little consumption, so it is hard to boil. If you are in good health, you can live, and whether the elderly and children can survive depends on your fate. ”

"I heard that half of the forces in Cloud City took the initiative to join the alliance, and the other powerful people were all cleaned up. If the resources in the hands of the powerful people who have been cleaned up can be distributed, they can be alleviated. ”

Lin Yan smiled bitterly: "You don't know what you said about Shi Zhi, that's what he did." What is hateful is that the two great families of the Yun family and the Qi family do not have much food in storage, it is all silver and utensils, and they can be seen or not. ”

That's why she came with a lot of food. This year's wheat production has increased, and the alliance has a bumper grain harvest, so there is no problem in supporting a cloud city.

But it's a long way to go, and it takes time to get the food there. The road from Anseong or Pyeongseong to Unseong is not smooth and wide, and it is difficult for the convoy to get there.

Shen Tianlin echoed: "Yes, how smart Commander Shi Zhi is, how could he not think of this." Far water can't quench the thirst of the near, and materials can't be transported. ”

Lin Yan's eyes lit up, "You said, the materials are dead things that can't be sent, but people are alive, can you disperse some of the people?" ”

Ancheng is hundreds of miles away from Yuncheng, and people who are physically fit can hold it up if they want to come. Allowing these people to join the transportation team to travel between Sun City and Anseong will not only solve their own food and clothing, but also create greater value.

There are not enough cars and horses, and the rack cars that have been eliminated and replaced in the past can still be used, as long as they are used reasonably, everything is not a problem.

The more he thought about it, the more feasible he felt, Lin Yan hurriedly said, "I'll go see Shi Zhi, and you will go with me." ”

Unseong is located in the southwest of Anseong, and Pyongseong is in the northwest of Anseong.

Heicheng can't count on it, and it's good to be able to manage himself reluctantly.

In the ice and snow, Lin Yan's team walked with great difficulty. It took more than half a month to finally arrive in Cloud City.

As soon as you enter the city, you can't see a single figure on the street, it is deserted and depressed, and Anseong is completely two worlds.

Their group broke the silence of Cloud City.

The Xu family was close to the city gate, and they were the first to notice the movement outside.

Xu Yeshan went out and saw a long convoy of horses and ox carts and sheep carts, all of which were full of loads, and his eyes lit up all of a sudden.

The promised supplies of the alliance came. Before the cold season, there was a reception of supplies, and it was the same at that time.

But after the cold season came, he didn't have hope, the weather was bad, the road was long, who would risk his life to help Cloud City.

But at the moment when he saw the convoy, Xu Yeshan suddenly became firm, and Yuncheng was not abandoned.

With Shen Tianlin leading the way, the convoy came all the way to the temporary city lord's mansion, which was renovated from the original Yun family's mansion.

Lin Yan did not take the carriage, but followed on both sides on foot, carefully observing Cloud City.

This is the first time she has come to Cloud City, it may be the cold season, the whole city feels bleak and dilapidated, there is no fireworks, and it is very cold.

People who live here don't feel happy.

Lin Yan sighed, there is a long way to go.

When entering from the city gate, someone had already delivered a message to the City Lord's Mansion, and when the convoy arrived, Shi Zhi was already waiting at the gate.

His eyes lit up as he looked at the long convoy.

For more than a month, it has been extremely difficult, and people have come to urge it every day, and the entire Cloud City is like a sky-swallowing beast, which needs endless supplies to feed.

Shi Zhi made full predictions and preparations before laying Cloud City, but the reality was more terrifying than expected.

Who would have thought that the Yun family and the Qi family had been rampant in Cloud City for many years, accumulating a lot of wealth, but there was no food.

The moment he learned the true situation, Shi Zhi couldn't wait to pull out the helmsmen of the Yun family and the Qi family and whip the corpses, he really didn't know what their heads thought.

How important food is for survival, and it is incredible that the great family who controls the life and death of a city does not store food.

After listening to the analysis of Guan Yun, Xu Yeshan and others, Shi Zhi understood that Yuncheng was a special existence.

The whole city depends on mining for its survival, and it lives by striking iron, and the surrounding area is mountainous, and there is no land suitable for farming, so it can only be exchanged for food from the surrounding cities with the tools it is made.

Cloud City, which seems to be wealthy, is actually the most difficult for people. In the past, before the arrival of the cold season, people were desperately trying to store food for the cold season, hunting, and robbing methods.

Suddenly faced with such a situation, Shi Zhi reported the situation to the Court of Arbitration as early as September and waited for the alliance's material assistance.

The first batch of materials was delivered, and Shi Zhi personally checked it and made careful calculations, but even so, it was still overstretched.

Cloud City is in trouble, and Shi Zhi is thinking about how to solve the problem every day. He even thought about taking someone to Ningcheng to rob it, but in the end he had to dismiss his thoughts.

The situation in Ningcheng is not much better than that of Yuncheng, it can be said that the entire Tianduan Mountain forces are facing the same dilemma in the cold season, lacking food and clothing. Those who live at the bottom can only resist.

At the moment of seeing the convoy, Shi Zhi's tense heartstrings were finally loosened.

When Lin Yan saw Shi Zhi for the first time, she only felt that she was dazzled, is this still the Shi Zhi she knows, the whole person is emaciated, wrapped in old cotton clothes, and looks very thin.

She stepped forward to take a closer look, reached out and touched his arm, "Shi Zhi, why did you become like this, skinny skinny, what's the matter?" ”

Shi Zhi was silent, looking at Lin Yan with a solemn look in his eyes.

Lin Yan chuckled in his heart, "You speak, what's the matter, even if you lack food and clothing, you can't starve yourself to death." ”

In her eyes, Shi Zhi is the person who can take on great responsibilities the most, steady and reliable, it should be a landslide in front of him without changing his face, what is the situation that can make him feel like a different person.

Seeing Lin Yan's anxious look, Shi Zhi glanced at the convoy and said in a deep voice, "Go in and say." ”

When he came to the meeting hall, it was cold and biting, not much different from the outside, Lin Yan: "Shi Zhi, you treat yourself so harshly, it makes me feel very distressed." ”

She knew that the situation in Cloud City was not optimistic, but after seeing it with her own eyes, she felt even more profound and more difficult than she imagined.

Shi Zhi smiled bitterly, "I don't want to do this either." But seeing that people are dying every day, the death toll is getting worse day by day, and so many people are starving and suffering, how can they be at ease. ”

"You're finally here, and this has been the case since the beginning of the month, you see."

Taking the book handed over by Shi Zhi, Lin Yan glanced at ten lines, and the more he looked at it, the more ugly his face became.

The death toll has been rising, from a dozen a day at the beginning, to hundreds a day, and it is difficult to breathe just by looking at the number changes, let alone seeing these people lose their lives.

Yuncheng is really strong, and he fights privately every day, and there are not a few bloodshed deaths.

Such a chaotic place of hunger and poverty is incompatible with the other cities of the alliance, and it is naturally laborious to manage, she understands why Shi Zhi is so emaciated.

"I'm sorry for you, you rest for a few days first, and I'll take over." Lin Yan really couldn't bear to squeeze Shi Zhi, and if he continued to work so hard, if he fell, the consequences would be unpredictable.

This mess in Cloud City is really a hot potato.

Shi Zhi nodded, "With you, I don't worry." ”

He didn't dare to hand it over to others, but Lin Yan was different, she would definitely be able to resolve the predicament of Cloud City.

(End of chapter)