Yanjin Ferry.

Liu Mang and others went all the way north, but they just left the hinterland of the Central Plains and came to Hebei, and the prosperity of the past seemed to be burned.

They were greeted by a group of vagrants, with yellow faces and thin muscles, who always came up to ask for a few bites of food when they passed by the caravan.

"Childe, you must not give them food!"

"No matter how pitiful it is, it must be hard-hearted."

"As long as you give one, the others will come forward and ask for it."

The caravan steward Mi Wei, as Mi Zhu's eldest son, has already served as an official tiger general, but he is still like his father, dutiful for the business of the Han Dynasty.

"It's all said, it's like cousins outside."

Liu Mang understands the character of his cousin Mi Wei, who was once in Jingzhou, and Mi Wei is a well-known good man.

Now even he has to avoid these displaced people, which shows the tragic situation in Hebei.

"Cousin...... It's not that I'm hard-hearted. ”

"Before, because of the rebellion of Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang, the emperor of Wei was furious, so much so that he increased the tax revenue in Hebei."

"Where can ordinary people afford such taxes? So much so that many good citizens have all become what they are today. ”

Mi Wei sighed and said: "It's a pity that the Xin clan and the Zhen clan of Hebei didn't open a warehouse to release grain, and they also took the opportunity to buy the people's land. ”

When it came to the Xin family and the Zhen family, Mi Wei's face was full of disdain.

"Oh? Xin heard that there is a talented woman named Xin Xianying? ”

"As for the Zhen family, they are the relatives of the previous queen."

"The Xin family used to be Yuan Shao's former official, and it is understandable to act like this, but what the Zhen family did is really outrageous."

Liu Mang lay on the carriage, holding the sleeping Zhu Rong in his arms.

"My cousin doesn't know that the Xin family and the Zhen family are now fighting openly and secretly."

"Cao Rong heard of Xin Xianying's good name, and intended to call him into the palace as a concubine!"

"Don't look at Cao Rong's age, this guy has not harmed a girl from a good family."

"The Zhen family is afraid that Xin Xianying will enter the palace as the queen, so they will take it by force and fight for the interests of the family."

Mi Wei said indifferently, and Liu Mang saw the pitiful appearance of many homeless people through the window.

Many people are hungry, and even pick up earth and rocks to satisfy their hunger.

Zhu Rong was not asleep, but he couldn't bear to see this situation.

"Your son is starving! Great, I'll trade my daughter for it! ”

"This ...... Your daughter is only a few catties and a few taels, so let's exchange it for the old Chen family! ”

"! I said it before, why do you want to change the hexagram! ”

Hungry for thousands of miles, easy to eat!

When Liu Mang saw this situation, he couldn't bear it anymore.

"Cousin...... How much more grain is left? ”

"Cousin, I knew you couldn't see these ......"

Mi Wei sighed: "We can save these people, but we can't save the whole of Hebei!" ”

Liu Mang shook his head, "When I eliminate Cao Wei, let everyone in Hebei have something to eat!" ”

While speaking, Liu Mang had already jumped out of the frame, and Zhao Yun got out of the car at the same time as Tai Shici when he saw this.

"Ladies and gentlemen, how can the flesh and bones of relatives enter the womb of others?"

"There is still some food here, and I hope you will bury your relatives and let them be buried in the ground!"

"The dead are great, and today you have eaten the children of others, are you not afraid of karma?"

In a few words, Liu Mang finally awakened the conscience in the hearts of the displaced people.

Many people even wept bitterly over the corpses of their children, and Mi Wei motioned for his men to bring out food.

"If Hebei can't stay...... Why not head south for an opportunity? ”

Liu Mang took the opportunity to ask, and the homeless people beside him put the freshly made steamed cakes in their mouths regardless of the hot hands.

Many people ate the last meal but didn't eat the next, otherwise they wouldn't have eaten in the end.

Liu Mang couldn't say why he didn't eat minced meat, he could only try to point out a clear way for these homeless people.

"I heard that there is a shortage of farmers in Xuchang and Qian County, and Han officials will also distribute land."

"I've just set off from Xuchang, so you can go and give it a try."

Liu Mang's words brought hope to these people again.

It's just that more people sigh and sigh.

"Childe doesn't know, even if I want to go, I can't cross the river!"

"Hehe, the imperial court has long ordered that we and other displaced people are not allowed to leave Jizhou!"

"Life is a Jizhou person, death is a Jizhou ghost! Fuck the fuck, you just don't want us to go to Dahan! ”

Liu Mang was speechless for a while, he didn't expect Cao Rong to do so much.

It was Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi who rebelled against him, what does it have to do with these innocent people?

Cao Rong levied additional taxes, and even did not allow the people of Jizhou to cross the river and run away, which was clearly to take revenge on the entire Jizhou.

"Childe is a good person...... Bodhisattva's heart, let's go quickly! ”

"Yes, now in Jizhou, there are already a group of strongmen who have formed a rebel army to rob you merchants."

"Thank you Childe for the steamed cakes, this is a full meal we haven't had in a long time."

Many people were grateful, but Liu Mang only felt sad.

"Changqing, I regret coming to Jizhou with you."

Zhu Rong sighed: "It is said that the ceremonial state of the Central Plains is better than countless in the southern Xinjiang. ”

"But even in the southern Xinjiang tribes, there has been no such thing as eating soil and eating people."

Liu Mang touched Zhu Rong's forehead and said with relief: "This is just Cao Rong's doing, you see the territory of our Han Dynasty, the people are still living and working in peace and contentment?" ”

While speaking, Zhao Yun hurried over and reminded: "Childe, there are cavalry coming in the distance!" Looks like they're eyeing us! ”

Mi Wei urged: "Let's go quickly!" That group of people must be the horse thieves who specialize in robbing caravans in the mouths of the homeless people! ”

Liu Mang knew in his heart that there must be spies of horse thieves among these homeless people.

This is the only way to quietly signal the horse thieves to come and raid.

Liu Mang came on this trip, but he was not wearing armor.

After all, they are pretending to be caravans, and the weapons in their hands are only long swords.

"Folks! The people of our land of Yanzhao can't be ungrateful! ”

"Which bastard provoked the horse thief, I don't care now!"

"But the benevolent father who gave us a full meal must be safe and sound!"

An old man looked so respectful that he couldn't help but stare at Zhao Yun a few times.

"Let's protect our sons, and we must not let them be harmed by horse thieves!"

"That's what the village chief said! The people in our village are all first-class heroes! ”

"As a fellow countryman, how can you disgrace him?"

The homeless people who were still depressed just now, after eating a full meal, everyone burst out with amazing momentum.

"Childe, these people are all martial arts practitioners!"

Tai Shici said in a low voice: "The calluses in their hands are by no means caused by farming, but by a perennial dance with guns and sticks. ”

Liu Mang nodded, but how could a group of unarmed people be the opponents of that group of horse thieves?

"Captain Chun! We've retreated and retreated, and we don't even want the village anymore. ”

"I'm waiting for you to confess, and after hearing this, you will be relieved, and I hope to let go of Gongzi and his party."

The old man was neither humble nor arrogant, but Liu Mang still felt sad when he saw it with his own eyes.

The official of Jizhou is the biggest thief!