After hearing his explanation, Ye Yutong smiled and said, "So that's it.
Uncle Tietou, go and tell them that if you want to follow them, then pack your things and leave together at night.
There is no guarantee that they will not go hungry when they get there. "
Afraid that they might still have any doubts, I told them why so many people were needed.
"We feed a lot of livestock on the mountain and open hundreds of acres of land, which requires a lot of manpower. Ping An, my eldest brother, and my second brother are going down the mountain this time. Firstly, I'm here to see you, and I'm also planning to take some people back."
Tietou quickly stood up and said, "Okay, I'm going to ask them now if they want to go with us?"
Since they came to Zhuangzhai, they have had good relations with those families. If they were to be separated, they would really be reluctant to part with them.
Shitou was silent for a while and said: "Peace, Tongtong, how many more people do you need? I also know many good brothers on the dock.
I estimate that there are more than 20 people who can go with them. Including their parents, wives and children, there may be 60 or 70 people. "
Li Yunze nodded cheerfully, "Okay, Uncle Shitou, you can inform them, but you have to make it clear to them that you will leave tonight."
"That's no problem. Those people are not as good as us. We came early, and at least there is a village to settle down. They don't even have a place to live. They just built a shack near the dock, and the whole family dug wild vegetables against the mountain. Live by peeling bark.”
Ye Yutong roughly calculated that there were probably one or two hundred people in total. The old man didn't know how many there were. It seemed that he had to prepare more food.
There are only five thousand kilograms of sorghum noodles in the space, which is ten kilograms of grain per person per month. We have to go on the road for two months, and even these five thousand kilograms of food are not enough.
How about letting them take the fine grains collected in the brothels with them, so that they can be fed to the elderly and children.
Li Yunze explained: "Uncle Shitou, I will leave the food to you and Uncle Daming when the time comes. You can make arrangements on the way."
Shitou said solemnly: "Okay, I understand."
Ye Yutong took out another two hundred taels of silver from his satchel and said, "Uncle Shitou, if you meet the right person on the road, you can take it with you or buy it. Don't worry about the crowd, we can afford it."
Shitou looked at the bag of silver and asked in surprise: "There are so many of us and it's not enough? Do we need to buy more people?"
Ye Yutong nodded, "If you see those pitiful ones, just buy them! We don't lack that one bite either."
Li Mingze told them the route he wanted to take in detail. In case they forgot, he also drew a geographical map.
"Uncle Shitou, after you arrive at Qingshan Town, go to this address to find a man named Xu Laoliu. He will arrange for you to go up the mountain."
Li Yunze handed him the picture and token, and said: "When you go to find Xu Laoliu, you and Uncle Ming go quietly and don't let outsiders know. And don't tell the people in the town that you are going up the mountain. "
In fact, it would be closer to let them go to the northwest.
But without their help there, Uncle Shitou and the others might not be able to find their way up the mountain.
Moreover, King Liang is arresting strong men again. If these people are captured, it will be even more troublesome.
We still need to discuss it with Uncle Lin when we go back. We should also set up a point at the mountain pass here so that we can take care of anything in the future.
Shitou saw that he was so careful in his explanation, so he kept these in mind and put the token and the drawing on his chest.
The two of them finished explaining these things and prepared to go to the city gate.
Shitou also wanted to go to the dock to inform his brothers, so he went there with Ye Yutong and the others.
The old man was talking to a few old men there. When he saw the two of them, he stood up and greeted enthusiastically, "Two young brothers, are you here?"
He pointed at the other people and said: "Let me introduce to you, this is Mr. Ouyang, this is Dr. Sun, and this is Dr. Xu. We are all willing to follow these two young brothers."
Ye Yutong and Li Yunze greeted them one by one and asked the old man, "Old man, how many of you are there in total?"
The old man said cheerfully: "Fifty-eight, these are the ones I like, and there is absolutely nothing to say about their character."
The number of people was about the same as Ye Yutong estimated. Seeing that these people were not too old, the two of them were very satisfied.
"Okay, old man, you guys should rest first and meet at the foot of the mountain in the south at midnight."
Li Yunze and he re-determined the time and place to meet, and the two went up the mountain.
"Ping An, after all, there are more than 200 people. We will need a lot of food on the road."
Ye Yutong was a little worried. In the past, he was worried about not having enough manpower, and when there were more people, he was worried about not having enough food.
Li Yunze said nonchalantly: "It's okay, just give them the five thousand kilograms of sorghum noodles and some fine grains.
These victims are struggling to survive down there, and it is impossible for them to have food for every meal. When the time comes, tell Uncle Shitou and ask them to dig some wild vegetables on the road and find some food for themselves.
Don't worry when you get to the mountains, there are wild vegetables and fruits everywhere. Uncle Lin has food stored there, so I'll ask him to bring some over when the time comes. "
Ye Yutong thought the same thing. Although there were many of them, it was not safe to carry so much food on the road.
It would be better to separate the food here and bring a little for each person so that it is not conspicuous. Then eat it with wild vegetables and it should be no problem to last until Qingshan Town.
By the time these people reach the mountains, the sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn should be ripe, and there will be no shortage of food.
"It takes ten days to ride a horse from here to Jincheng. Let the second brother work there alone, and the eldest brother can come with us! I think he and Song Yichen are getting along well, so let the two of them take this time to cultivate their relationship. ."
Li Yunze glanced at her with a smile, "Okay, I'll go back and talk to my eldest brother. We won't be riding horses anymore. Let's get a carriage out. This way we can put more things in, and we can drive the carriage in turns, so we won't be so tired. ."
Ye Yutong thought this was a good idea, so he brought out a larger carriage and chose two horses to pull it.
When you are tired, you can lie down and sleep in it, which is more comfortable than riding a horse.
"Then go in and clean up now! Send Uncle Shitou and the others away tonight, and let's start on our way.
I see that Song Yichen is quite anxious. Since everyone has agreed to send him to Jinzhou, let's put this favor in place. "
"Tongtong is absolutely right."
The two found a hidden place and entered the space.
Ye Yutong went to the basement to pack food for the road. She made a lot of food before setting off, but she didn't eat much during the trip.
During this time, the second brother also steamed a lot of steamed buns, black flour steamed buns, and steamed buns and flatbreads.
She filled half a bag of fried noodles, which weighed about ten kilograms.
Black flour steamed buns, flatbreads, steamed buns, some of each.
I also took some dried meat and baked biscuits, as well as the jujube paste cake made by my second brother.
Finally I got another jar of pickles.
There are also some boiled salted eggs and salted duck eggs.
Li Yunze was packing up the carriage, and his mouth twitched when he saw the two baskets of food she brought up from the basement.
But he said nothing and continued to examine the wheels of the carriage.
This carriage was collected at Tongpan Mansion.
Ye Yutong thought the car was too high-profile, so he and Ye Mingxuan asked him to tidy up the appearance.
It looks dusty now, and apart from being a little bigger than an ordinary carriage, there's nothing special about it.
