There are a few proverbs in the northwest region: Auntie Mizhi Sui Dehan, no need to ask or look at it, the young man is just running away, and it would be a pleasure to woo Auntie Mizhi!
The water and soil in the Mizhi area are good, and the women they raise are particularly beautiful. For example, Diao Chan, one of the four beauties in ancient times, is from Mizhi.
Suide men are tall, handsome, and powerful, and the invincible Marquis Wen - Lu Bu is a typical representative!
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"Da da da!"
In the afternoon, on the avenue outside Suide City, a group of riders were galloping. The leader was a young man in black, riding a green-maned horse with a wild goose feather sword hanging from his waist. He was handsome and energetic... He was no one else. It's Qin Feng!
Why did Qin Feng come to Suide, hundreds of miles away, when he wasn't staying at Seven Kills Fort?
It’s a long story.
In the first year of Chongzhen, there was a severe drought in the northwest. There was not a drop of rain for seven or eight months in a row. Countless crops in the fields died of drought, and grain production was severely reduced. Coupled with the oppression of corrupt officials, the hungry people rebelled and the entire northwest region fell into chaos. A pot of porridge.
The Yulin area was also affected by the drought, and the most serious disaster was at the Yulin Youwei-Zhenbei Qianhu Station!
There was no other way. The Qianhu Station in the north of the town was too close to the Mu Us Desert. The land was barren and there was severe water shortage. Although the military households tried their best to divert water to fight the drought, the grain production was still severely reduced, less than 30% of normal years.
The harvest was so small. After paying for the grains, there was even less left. Even if the military households only ate one meal a day and drank porridge every meal, they would not be able to survive next autumn's harvest.
Without food to eat, people will starve to death!
What should we do? Do we expect the officials above to provide disaster relief?
There's no way to count on it!
In fact, after the drought occurred, 18 thousand households and more than 180 hundred households in Yulin Town jointly petitioned General Jiang Rang many times, hoping to reduce the amount of grains that need to be handed over this year. Distribute some more relief food to help military households tide over the difficulties.
The answer given by General Jiang was: 'You can't miss a grain of food, and there is not a grain of relief food. As for the starving military households, just find a way to get through it by yourself! '
The dignified commander-in-chief of the town is so mean and unkind, it is really chilling!
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In places where the drought is not serious, you can barely survive it by gritting your teeth, but the drought in the Qianhusuo area in the north of Zhenbei is so severe that you can't survive it even if you break your molars.
In desperation, Dong Qianhu summoned his hundreds of households to discuss countermeasures. How can we tide over the difficulties?
After deliberation for a long time, we finally came up with a solution: in recent months, the Qinglong River has produced a lot of gold sand. We can take out this gold sand and send people to other places to buy some food and help the military families tide over the difficulties.
Not a bad idea!
The problem is that the situation in the northwest is too chaotic now. There are rebellious hungry people everywhere and the roads are seriously blocked. If you want to successfully buy back food, you must send a wise and courageous person there.
Who can take on this important task?
Everyone, including Dong Qianhu, agreed that Qin Feng had to take action in this matter.
In order for the villagers not to go hungry, Qin Feng did not refuse, but he was not a businessman and had no experience in how to purchase and transport food. What should he do?
After thinking about it, I have to find someone to help me, that is Little Tutu—Xue Jinyu!
The Xue family is one of the three largest Qin merchants in the northwest. They own dozens of large caravans and specialize in military supply business. If they are willing to help, it is easy to buy thousands of stones of food. Not only is the price lower, but it can also be delivered to your door. !
So, Qin Feng selected ten soldiers who were highly skilled in martial arts and skilled in bow and horse, and went with him to Suide City to ask for help from Xue Jinyu, the little rabbit.
"Brother Feng, I heard people say that the mutton soup and fried steamed buns in Suide City are particularly delicious. Let's try them after we enter the city, right?"
"Haha, you kid, you really deserve to be called a mouse. You think about eating all day long. No problem. After entering the city, the mutton soup and fried steamed buns will be enough to eat!"
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"Brother Feng, we have traveled a hundred miles in one go, and we are all exhausted. Should we rest first before entering Suide City?"
"Okay, let's get off your horses and take a rest!"
In addition to ten soldiers, Qin Feng also brought two people, one was his good brother Mo Zi, and the other was Dong Qianhu's son Dong Tianbao.
The only son of a dignified official from a thousand households served as a personal soldier for an official from a hundred households. This kind of thing was probably unique in the entire Ming Dynasty.
At first, Dong Tianbao was very resistant, thinking it was too low of status, but Dong Qianhu changed his son's mind with just a few words:
'Son, if you stay by my father's side, you will be an official of a thousand households at most in the future, and it is difficult to have a greater future. But if you stay by Qin Feng's side, learn with humility and make friends sincerely, your future will be unlimited... Opportunities Don't lose it, it won't come back again, you have to think clearly! '
Dong Tianbao thought about it for a day and a night, and then became a soldier beside Qin Feng!
Qin Feng was also kind to him. He kept him by his side, trained him carefully, and even asked him to call him Brother Feng like a mouse.
Enough chatter, let’s get back to the main story!
The group of people dismounted and sat on some big rocks on the roadside to rest. They took out water bottles to drink from, and some people took out dry food to satisfy their hunger.
Suddenly, Qin Feng pricked up his ears and looked wary.
"Brother Feng, what's wrong?"
"Listen, there are wolves howling in the northwest, many of them, they are wolves!"
"Wolves?"
"Yes, there are still shouts. Someone must have encountered a pack of wolves. Come on, let's go over and take a look!"
"promise!"
People's lives were at stake and could not be ignored. Qin Feng immediately jumped on his horse and ran straight to the scene of the accident. The others followed closely, and at the same time they drew their bows, arrows, swords and guns in preparation for battle.
After running for a while, an abandoned temple appeared in front of me. It was in dilapidated condition due to the erosion of wind and rain. The temple gate, walls, and side rooms all collapsed. Only the main hall was still intact. There were several people inside holding swords, guns, and sticks. Guarding the door tightly.
They were surrounded by twenty or thirty tall and strong wolves with sharp teeth and claws. They howled and lunged forward to bite... What was even more terrifying was that the eyes of these wolves were all blood red and their tongues were hanging out. There is a long, disgusting drool dripping out!
Nowadays, the drought is severe, countless people have died of starvation, and corpses can be seen everywhere. The northwest region has turned into a hell on earth and a paradise for wild beasts.
Jackals, tigers and leopards are everywhere eating corpses. If they eat too much dead human flesh, their eyes will turn blood red and their personalities will become more violent!
Obviously, these beasts were tired of eating dead human flesh and began to covet living human flesh, so they besieged humans in broad daylight!
"Help!"
"Whizzing!"
Qin Feng gave the order, and everyone drew their bows and arrows, and shot at the wolves. In an instant, more than a dozen wolves were shot down, and the rest howled a few times, and all fled with their tails between their legs.
The crowd refused to give up and chased after him on horseback, shooting more than a dozen wolves to death one after another. Only one particularly strong wolf king was still running away desperately.
This wolf king was not only tall and long-legged, but also very cunning. He rushed towards a mound. The horses were not good at climbing hills, so naturally they couldn't catch up with it.
What should I do, let this man-eating beast escape?
Don’t worry, there is a way!
"Boo!--Boo!"
Qin Feng put his little finger to his lips and blew several extremely loud whistles.
Immediately afterwards, a huge golden eagle flew over from a distance. After hovering in the air for several times, it dived down at extremely fast speed towards the fleeing Wolf King, who immediately let out a scream.
It turned out that the golden eagle's sharp claws had blinded one of the Wolf King's eyes and half of his face, and blood suddenly spurted out.
Whoosh! ——Whoosh!
Next, the golden eagle took advantage of its speed and continuously attacked the wolf king, grabbing a large piece of flesh every time... After doing this for more than ten times, it threw the wolf king to the ground, who was no longer able to struggle, and grabbed The skull was broken, the fur was torn open, and large pieces were eaten.
"Haha, Lightning, good job!"
Qin Feng stretched out his thumb and shook it vigorously a few times, then led everyone back to the ruined temple.
All the besieged people came out. There were seven people in total. The leader was an old man in blue robe, about fifty years old. He was slightly thin, with a white face and long beard. He had an easy-going temperament and a strong bookish air!
The remaining six people were all followers of the old man in blue robes. In the fight just now, three of them were bitten by the evil wolf on their arms and calves, which were covered in blood.
These evil wolves have eaten dead human flesh and their teeth are very poisonous. Once bitten, the wound will easily fester and even kill someone!
Fortunately, Qin Feng had a way to let the three of them endure some pain, use a dagger to cut off the bitten flesh, then clean the wound repeatedly with water, and finally apply the golden sore medicine, so there was no serious problem!
As for those wolf carcasses, after skinning them, they dug holes and buried them all... wolves that had eaten dead human flesh, no one was interested in their meat!
"I, Mu Yi, came from the capital to visit friends in the northwest area. I was tired from walking on the way, so I took a rest in this abandoned temple. I didn't want to attract a pack of wolves to attack me. If my friend and others hadn't come to the rescue, I might have been killed this time. It's dangerous.
The grace of saving my life should be repaid generously. Unfortunately, I went out in a hurry this time. I didn't carry much silver with me, only a trivial amount. I hope all my benefactors won't dislike it! "
While talking, the old man in blue robe asked his entourage to fetch a small baggage with more than two hundred taels of silver in it, and delivered it to Qin Feng.
Qin Feng quickly waved his hand and refused: "A gentleman does good without asking for anything in return. Old gentleman, please don't do this. Take your money back quickly!"
"Well, a little money is really not enough to repay the kindness of saving my life. Please tell me your name and place of origin so that I can repay you generously in the future!"
"Well... I am Xiao Shiyi, a native of Qingyang Mansion. I have been fond of fists, kicks and sticks since I was a child. I opened a escort agency and led a group of brothers to make a living..."
Qin Feng did not ask for anything in return, so he used a false name and place of origin again.
If you follow this guide, you will definitely find an empty and lonely place, hehe!
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I wanted to take a rest on the roadside and go straight to Suide City, but now I was delayed a lot of time in order to save people.
Seeing that the sun was going down, it was estimated that the gates of Suide City had been closed, and the city would definitely be inaccessible. There was no inn nearby to stay in. After some discussion, everyone decided to spend the night in this ruined temple. .
There was also a group of old men in blue robes who did not dare to walk at night for fear of encountering wild beasts again, so they also stayed in the abandoned temple. They both happened to have a companion!
Next, everyone gathered dry firewood, lit a bonfire, took out the grain, rice and cooking utensils they carried, and set up pots to cook... No need to go into details!
After eating and drinking enough, it was completely dark. After driving for several days, Mouzi, Dong Tianbao and others were already tired. They spread the wolf skin in a corner of the hall and lay on it to sleep. Soon they began to snore. Voice!
Qin Feng was full of energy and didn't feel sleepy at all, so he sat next to the fire and acted as a night watchman to prevent wild beasts from attacking again at night!
