Chapter 214: Purchase grain to rescue disasters

After the heavy snow, the streets of the northern area of ​​the fortress were covered with half a foot thick snow, and dozens of slaves were cleaning up the snow under the command of city officials.

Since the fortress was subject to martial law and military control, there were not many pedestrians on the streets, and only the fully armed city guard patrols. Most of the shops on both sides of the streets closed the doors, and only carefree children played and played snowball fights in groups, turning the cleared snow into big snowmen. Their innocent smiles and crisp laughter became the only bright colors in this cold winter day.

"Miss Vivian, I told you that there must be nothing fun here..." Han Fei said helplessly: "We'd better go back first to avoid worrying Lord Marquis."

"It's rare to come out, I won't go back!" Vivian smiled and said, "But there is really nothing fun here. Why don't we go outside the city and see if our manor is frozen in Greemu Lake!"

After the meeting in the meeting in the chamber was over, Han Fei was entangled by Vivian just as he was about to return to his residence. He must take her to the city. After obtaining the consent of the Marquis, Han Fei took her around.

At Vivian's request, the two rode Wojin together (Wojin burst into tears - my life is so bitter!). In order to resist the severe cold, she put on a thick fox fur coat and leaned against Han Fei's solid chest. As comfortable as she could be.

"Outside the city?" Han Fei shook his head and said, "It may not be very safe outside the city. Now it is time for military control and martial law. It is easy to get back when you go out. It's better to go back. At worst, I'll let Wojin play with you for a day at home."

"No!" Miss Vivian had a temper: "If you don't accompany me, I will go back and tell my father that you bullied me and asked you to go to the mountain to mine!"

This little girl! Han Fei is not afraid that she will really complain, but now is the critical moment for him to investigate the barbarian intelligence, so he really doesn't want to cause trouble.

"Okay, okay, let's go out to take a walk by Greemu Lake, but we have to come back before noon!" Han Fei said.

"That's great!" Vivian cheered with a smile. She suddenly turned around and kissed Han Fei on the face and then quickly turned back. Her pink and pretty face turned a blush.

Han Fei was slightly stunned, shook his head with a wry smile, and clamped his legs and shouted: "Go!"

Wojin immediately spread his legs and rushed forward like an arrow from the string, heading north along the main avenue, and soon left the fortress.

From Greemu Lake to Kuanglan Fortress, all are tribal and civilian settlements. On both sides of the road are continuous earthen houses and simple tents. Many of them completely collapsed in the heavy snow, and there were chaotic scenes everywhere. The herdsmen and civilians who had lost their homes set up fires on the open-air snow, and the roadside was full of frozen corpses.

Compared to this place, the northern part of the city is also a paradise!

The roads that were originally dirt roads were particularly muddy and dirty, with traces of ruts running through the ground. There were also old and weak civilians begging and selling themselves beside the road. They were shivering in thin and worn sheepskin clothes, looking at the passing caravan pitifully, begging for some food or hoping to be taken in by the caravan.

Such a scene made Vivian, who was originally interested in seeing the beautiful snow scene, change her face. She said in surprise: "Why are there so many beggars? Didn't the Duke send someone to help them build tents and distribute food?"

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

There is another layer of Han Fei who did not say it. The nobles in the fortress city would not care about the lives and deaths of these tribal civilians. Duke Ascott was very kind to send personnel to rescue disasters and relief. Maybe some of the materials were embezzled by the responsible officials.

Seeing Vivian and Han Fei riding on the roadside with their battle pets, more than a dozen ragged civilians surrounded them, but they did not dare to surround them too close. One of them had a pale face and a barbarian woman holding the child tremblingly, "Great lady, please pity us, my child hasn't eaten for two days."

The little girl in her arms looked at the majestic Wojin with a horror, and pulled her mother's clothes with one hand and said softly: "Mom, I'm not hungry yet..."

Crystal tears immediately filled Vivian's eyes. If she hadn't come here, she wouldn't have known that there would be someone who lived so hard: "Aders..."

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 rob it, otherwise don't blame me for being polite!"

The Titan's gold coins are very large, one is worth three gold coins issued by the human nation. Such a gold coins are enough for them to buy food for a month.

Huang Chengcheng's gold coins collided with each other and landed on the snow, which immediately attracted more than a dozen pairs of eager gazes. However, Han Fei's warning played a role. The civilians stepped forward one by one and picked up the gold coins on the ground and expressed their gratitude to Han Fei and Vivian.

But what they did not expect was that the generosity of the two men attracted the attention of beggars and civilians in other places. They rushed towards the place where Han Fei was, and begging endlessly.

"Great Miss and Knight, please save us!"

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

The barbarians in the northern grasslands have a very difficult survival. Once they encounter natural disasters and man-made disasters, many tribes will drive away the elderly, weak and even children and let them die. Although it is extremely cruel, it is also a helpless move for the continuation of the tribe. Most of the civilians in these tribes are driven out in this way. If they cannot get relief or find a master family willing to take in, then not many people can survive this winter.

Soon, hundreds of civilians surrounded by three circles and three circles around Woking, and it was still increasing. Vivian had never seen such a scene. She was completely helpless and could only pull Han Fei and said, "Aders, they..."

Han Fei couldn't help but sigh. He didn't have any money. The spoils seized by killing the Tieqi warrior last time were sold for more than 100,000 gold coins, all of which were included in the ring of objects. However, they were all spirit crystal coins that were easy to carry. There were only a few dozen gold coins on them, so how could they deal with so many people? If they were given spiritual crystal coins, it would be too extravagant to bring disaster to these civilians.

"This won't work, let me think of a solution." Han Fei patted her little hand and said, "Don't worry."

At this time, another caravan came from the road ahead. It looked quite large. Han Fei felt aroused and said loudly: "You get out of here and don't block the way. Wait here for a while, I will give you food!"

The old and weak civilians looked at each other, but their awe of the nobles and knights still made them leave a path, waiting on the roadside with hope, waiting for a miracle to happen.

"Aders, what are you going to do?" Vivian said softly.

"You will know after a while..." Han Fei smiled.

Woking accelerated to rush the road, rushed over hundreds of meters and stopped in front of the caravan. Han Fei said loudly: "Where is your chief manager?"

The warrior who led the caravan couldn't help but be stunned for a moment and stopped immediately. Of course, he would not treat Han Fei and Vivian as robbers blocking the road. Vivian's beauty, Han Fei's demeanor and Wojin's mighty power, anyone could see that their identities were extraordinary.

As soon as the front stopped, the convoy behind also stopped. A middle-aged merchant rushed over from behind and saluted to the two: "Great Knight, beautiful lady, I am Banya, the manager of the Red Oak Caravan. Do you have any instructions?"

Han Fei asked in a deep voice: "I am Ades, the knight of the Rollo family, and the manager of Banya. Is your caravan transporting food? How many are there?"

Kuanglan Fortress has a population of hundreds of thousands, and the food consumed every day is an astonishing number. There is not much fertile land around the fortress, so a large amount of food is transported from the eastern part of the empire. In addition to the empire's allocation, a large part of it is made of iron ore produced in the fortress. The fur is exchanged for traders. Caravans transporting food are very common here. The grain trading industry brings rich profits to many caravans.

Faced with Han Fei's inquiry, Banya responded respectfully: "Most of them are, there are 85 heavy-load carriages in total."

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

"You..." Banya was shocked, but when he saw the hundreds of hungry people behind him, he immediately understood: "It turns out that sir and the lady are trying to help the victims! Let's do this, I only need the cost price, how about you charge nine thousand gold coins?"

A truck of grain was transported from the eastern part of the empire thousands of miles away, and the price was at least four or five times higher. Now that Kuanglan Fortress is suffering from snow disasters again, the price of grain will only be even more expensive, and Banya's offer is indeed not expensive.

"You can't be in vain, I'll give you ten thousand gold coins!" Han Fei said: "Let your people help distribute food to maintain order!"

A caravan with hundreds of carriages is considered a big caravan, so the guarding power is naturally quite strong. Otherwise, how can I resist the bandits and horse thieves who are rampant along the road?

After taking the heavy purse that Han Fei threw over, Ban Ya smiled and thanked her repeatedly, and immediately ordered the convoy to be taken to the side of the road, and then began to distribute food on the spot.

Bags of grain were moved from the carriage one by one, and a large number of hungry people immediately flocked to them, but with the assistance of caravan guards, the order was still very good. The first thing that was assigned to the food was the elderly, children and women who needed the most.
Chapter completed!