Chapter 56 wozi

The teenager lay on his father, cried bitterly, and kept kowtowed to the people who approached them, begging passers-by to save his father.

But such a plea had no effect. Passers-by passed by them numbly, as if they hadn't seen this scene.

Gradually, the weak man lost his last glory in his eyes. Although he seemed to have a breath, he was no different from the dead man.

At this time, several refugees who looked slightly stronger saw the man lying on the ground and slowly surrounded him, but they did not save him, let alone give any help to the crying teenager, but surrounded him and began to remove his thin clothes from any man. This is already the last so-called property left on this man.

The teenager cried desperately, took their hands, begged them not to take off his father's clothes. His father was not dead yet and begged them not to do so.

But several men turned a deaf ear and continued to move at hand, removing his clothes from the man lying on the ground and wrapping them around them.

A man on the mound couldn't help cursing: "Grandma, what kind of world is this! I really can't stand it! People are not dead yet! Is it a human thing to strip his clothes and his son by his side? His accent is also a local accent from Shandong, but it doesn't sound like the accent of Dengzhou.

The person led by

nodded and lamented, "At this time, people are no longer human! That's all right! Help this child today, otherwise the child will die here! Ma Qi, go down and drive those people away and bring the children back. It seems that the rebels will not come today!"

The man who was just talking next to him answered immediately after hearing it, "Yes! I'm going!"

Before he finished speaking, he shook the horse's rein, hit the horse's abdomen, and the horse rushed from the mound to the official road. When the horse's hoof sounded, the refugees on the road were frightened and hurried to avoid it, including those guys who were cling to the fallen men on the ground, also quickly stood up to hide.

The horse, who urged Ma Qi to sit down, rushed to the official road like a whirlwind, raised his whip and slapped at several guys who picked up their clothes, and scolded, "You bastards are not human beings. Get out of here quickly! Go as far as you go, and let me see you, and I will kill you bastards!"

Several guys were screamed and ran away from rolling and crawling. Ma Qi took the horse to rein, stopped beside the fallen man and the teenager, and jumped off the horse cleanly and neatly. His feet did not even shake, just like a nail, nailed to the frozen ground. I know that this person must have been a cavalryman before, and he is still that kind of fine riding, and his riding skills are quite superb.

After Ma Qi jumped off the horse, he squatted down, probed the breath of the man lying on the ground, put his finger on the man's neck, probed his pulse, then sighed, shook his head slightly and said to the teenager, "Kid, don't cry! Your father is no longer there! Follow me, and I'll take you to a place where you can live!"

In fact, the teenager also knew that his father was no longer able to do it. After listening to Ma Qi's words, he choked and nodded. After all, it was a troubled time. The teenager followed his father along the way and saw many such scenes, so he quickly controlled his emotions. Although he was still sad and difficult for himself, but Or knelt on the ground quickly and kowtowed a few times to Ma Qi.

The teenager also knew very well that no one could save his father. Now Ma Qi is willing to save him, which is his great blessing. With this Ma Qi, he can live. Otherwise, he himself knows that with his feet, even if he goes to Mouping County, he may not get food. I will starve to death.

Ma Qi did not bury the teenager's father, but dragged him into the roadside ditch, covered his body with snow grass on the roadside, and then took the teenager on horseback, turned over and sat on the teenager's back, took out a small piece of cake from his arms and handed it to the teenager.

When the teenager saw this cake, like a hungry wolf, he grabbed it and ate it desperately. Suddenly, he was choked and almost choked to death on the spot. Ma Qi quickly slapped him on the back and said repeatedly, "Kid! Eat slowly. After you go back, there will be something to eat. You won't be starved to death! Don't you chop to death now, won't I be kind-hearted?"

Some refugees near the road looked at this scene, and their eyes were full of envy and even jealousy. They looked at the small piece of miscellaneous grain cake in the teenager's hand and swallowed their saliva. If they hadn't been afraid of this tiger Ma Qi, they would have come up to grab the miscellaneous grain cake now.

After Ma Qi got on the horse, he glanced at the dozens of refugees gathered around him and suddenly shouted, "You have heard it clearly for me. Even if you go to Mouping County, there is no one to give you food. If you want to live, listen to me!"

You continue to walk forward to Xishan Village, ten miles north of Mouping County, where our Master Liu gives you porridge to survive. Whether you can go or not depends on your own ability. As long as you go, you will not be hungry!"

After saying this, he stopped talking nonsense. He shook the rein and shouted, "Bang...!" The horse ran back to the mound and nodded to several brothers. Several people also nodded slightly and took a look at the black and thin teenager held in Ma Qi's arms. Everyone turned the horse's head together and shook the rein. The horse immediately spread its four hoofs and galloped in the direction of Xishan Village on the ice and snow.

These knights are the scouts of sea wolves in Xishan Village. These people used to be horses or deserters recruited by sea wolves in Shandong. Everyone can ride horses and are skillful. Some time ago, they had special training on Haitan Island for a while and regained their ability to fight immediately. This time, with two The platoon was sent to Liu Yi here together. Now he acts as a scout of Xishan Village and comes out early every morning to observe the situation on the official road to prevent the sudden attack of the rebels.

When they returned to Xishan Village, hundreds of refugees had gathered outside Xishan Village. After each of these refugees arrived here, they first got a bowl of hot porridge. After eating it, they regained their spirits and felt a little hot, so that they would not be frozen to death or starved to death at night.

Then the sea wolf steward will screen them and inquire about their identities. As long as there is someone to protect them, they can be taken refuge in the earthen of Yangma Island. However, if they want to enter the earthen, they must sign a deed of sale. In the future, they should listen to the instructions of the people here and let them go. They will go wherever they go. They don't leave for the time being, and they have to work in the earthen before they can eat.

At this time, the vast majority of these refugees have no longer care about this. Although they have sold their deeds and are no longer free, they are the most alive now. At present, it is freezing. There are soldiers and rebels everywhere, as well as thieves, and no one to help them. Sooner or later, they will starve to death. Death, although they have to listen to others in the future, but after all, they can be given a bite of food here so that they won't starve to death.

Moreover, there are houses in the earthen, which can save them from the cold and avoid freezing to death in this ghostly weather. This is a great good thing, so most people choose to stay, sign a deed of sale, and become the servants of Liu Dashan.

As for those who were unwilling to sign the deed of sale, the sea wolf was not polite. After giving them a bowl of porridge, they expelled them from here and no longer continued to provide them with food. As for what they will do in the future, it is their own business. At this time, it is not a way to be kind-hearted. The sea wolf wants to stay. Only those who are willing to listen to their arrangements, they can't save everyone.

Fortunately, after Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde led the army to capture Dengzhou City, they obtained a lot of grain and silver. In order to boost the morale of the army, they were not in a hurry to force soldiers to go out to grab grain, so after they took Dengzhou City, they stopped for a period of time, so that Liu different on the Xishan Village had better prepared. Between.

In just half a month, LiuDi has received 3,000 to 4,000 refugees in the enclosure of Yangma Island, and will send some refugees every day to recruit more refugees in all directions to come here. The news spread quickly, and people spread by word of mouth. Soon, people know that as long as they can go, as they can go. When you get to Xishan Village, you can live and have food to eat.

Gradually, more refugees began to pour towards Xishan Village. The refugees who had gathered outside Mouping County also rushed to Xishan Village and were accepted into the Tuweizi one after another.

Fortunately, the earthen was built very large, which was enough to accommodate tens of thousands of refugees. Although the house was insufficient, a lot of earth ditches were dug out in advance before freezing. After there were more refugees, the previous soil nest could no longer accommodate more refugees, Liu Di ordered the new refugees to save the past. The wood is put on the ditch, covered with straw, and some flues are built with soil. At the mouth of the fire pond of the flue, there will be a fire, and the heat will follow the flue and gradually warm these long earthen nests.

Although it is not too warm in the earth nest, at least above the freezing point, it is more or less wrapped in some clothes, covered with some clean straw underneath, and it will no longer be frozen to death.

This method can solve a big problem. A large number of new refugees are filled into the soil. Although there is a danger of epidemic, the weather is very cold now, but it will not be too serious. Moreover, the requirements of refugees are not high, and it is warmer to squeeze together. In a 50-meter-long soil nest, it can Hundreds of people are stuffed in, but it's warmer.

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