There is Room For the Poor Daughter

"Girl, I feel that life here in Xiliang is more difficult than in other places!"

On the way back to the inn, Bi Shi was a little emotional.

Daohua: "It's the border after all, and it's definitely incomparable with the inland." After speaking, she paused, "Maybe the situation in this place is not bad. The further you go to the northwest, the worse the weather conditions are. , but also to be invaded by the Xiliao people from time to time, that day was really dire."

After seeing the grain store, Daohua went in to have a look.

Most of the shops sell some coarse grains, very few refined grains, and rice is also rare.

Daohua asked about the price, perhaps because of the low grain production in Xiliang, the grain here is at least 20% more expensive than other places.

After visiting several towns in a row, Daohua was no longer interested in getting out of the car. The supplies here were very scarce. In addition to buying some food, they could only buy some beef and mutton from the herdsmen.

As for vegetables, there are only pickles and dried vegetables in winter here, and there are very few choices. The only common ones are cabbage and radish.

There was nothing to see or visit, and Daohua let the team speed up.

There are many mountains in Xiliang. The more we go west, the more uneven the ground is. After a day's carriage, the whole person is about to fall apart.

Daohua was worried that Gu Jian's body couldn't stand it, so she would stop and rest for half an hour at noon every day, and let everyone get out of the car and move around.

In the blink of an eye, it has entered December. At this moment, Daohua and his party have come to the central hinterland of Xiliang, where the Xiliang Dusi is located.

The weather was getting colder and colder. After passing through Liangdu, Daohua did not go to the city to go shopping, but told Cao Chuan to buy some daily necessities.

After passing Liangdu and passing through the two Acropolis, you can reach Ganzhouwei.

In the days that followed, except for the time to get out of the car and move around, the team was hurrying on the road.

One day, the convoy stopped at the roadside to rest as usual, when suddenly, a group of bandits with weapons emerged from the nearby mountain.

There were more than 100 gangsters, and they rushed out with a bang, startling everyone.

But soon, the escort team calmed down, divided some to watch the carriage, and the rest greeted the bandits one after another.

The moment Daohua heard the rushing sound, she jumped off the carriage and ran directly to Gu Jian's carriage.

Meilan Meiju, Dongli Caiju, and a few Jin Lingwei left by Xiao Yeyang surrounded the carriage.

In the carriage, Daohua wanted to comfort Gu Jian and tell him not to worry, but she silently swallowed her master's calmer face than hers.

"Prince Prince, the gangsters were all captured by the guards."

Hearing Mei Lan's voice, Dao Hua was stunned for a moment: "So fast?" After speaking, she quickly lifted the curtain and looked out.

The gangster who was fierce and fierce just a moment ago is now lying on the snow and rolling in pain.

"Are they joking?"

Daohua was a little speechless, but soon her brows furrowed.

I saw that the gangsters were all ragged and skinny, because the weather was too cold, and their bodies were shivering. Among them, there was actually a seven or eight-year-old child.

At this moment, a bandit shouted at the guards, and the guards immediately raised their swords and wanted to chop down.

"Don't hurt anyone!"

Daohua stopped it aloud, saw the guards put down their swords, and said: "Bring people here, I want to ask questions."

Soon, the guards dragged the rough man who looked like the head of the bandit to the carriage.

Daohua looked at the man: "Why do you want to rob us?"

The rough man Wang Wu sneered: "Why, of course, I can't survive. If it's freezing cold today, and I can't find anything to eat, when I see you fat sheep passing by, I'm sure to rush up and take a bite."

Said, with regret on his face.

"It's a pity, the fat sheep's skin is thick, but it knocked our teeth."

Daohua asked again: "You occupy the mountains here as kings, and often rob passers-by?"

Wang Wu glanced at the carriage, but unfortunately, he couldn't see the people inside, probably because of Dao Hua's "don't hurt people" just now, he hesitated for a while, but still said: "You are unlucky, you are the first batch."

Daohua: "Did you just come here?"

Wang Wu's cocky 'um' sounded.

Daohua was silent for a while: "Tell me the reason why you became bandits. If the reason is pertinent, I might consider letting you go."

Wang Wu's eyes lit up, and he said eagerly, "What are you talking about?"

In fact, he didn't want to rob this convoy, but he had no choice. The tribe had been out of food for several days, and the weather was so cold that he could only give it a shot.

As soon as he fought, he knew that he had encountered a tough stubble. He thought he was dead, but he didn't expect it to turn around again.

Dong Li glared at Wang Wu: "Talk back well."

Wang Wu had no choice but to talk about how their Wang family escaped here.

"We are people from Kangdu Town, Jinweiwei. As the winter started this year, people from Xiliao came over. Because the soldiers of the guard station arrived too late, the whole town was massacred by people from Xiliao."

Having said this, Wang Wu's eyes couldn't help but turn red, he choked for a moment, and said again: "Fortunately, the gentleman in our clan noticed something wrong in advance, and took us to escape overnight, and we just saved our lives."

In the carriage, Daohua, Gu Jian, and Doctor Ge were all taken aback by the events of Tuzhen.

I knew that Xiliang was not peaceful, but I didn't expect the massacre to happen.

"You bastard, what did Jin Weiwei's commander do, and let the people of Xiliao slaughter the entire town?!" Gu Jian was so angry.

Wang Wu was stunned when he heard Gu Jian's furious voice. He didn't expect that there were other people in the carriage. Thinking of the extraordinaryness of this team, he thought about it and continued:

"Actually, over the years, the people of Xiliao have invaded us a lot, burning, killing, looting, and doing everything. Things like Tuzhen and Tu Village happen every year."

Daohua: "No one cares?"

Wang Wu sneered: "Xiliang's guards are all decorations. Very few can really kill the enemy. When encountering Xiliao people, most of them are only killed."

Daohua: "Isn't there a frontier army?"

Wang Wu: "I don't know about the frontier army."

Daohua was silent for a while: "Is everything you said true?"

Wang Wu straightened his back and said, "If one of what I just said is false, the sky will hit five thunders. If it's not desperate, who would be a bandit? Nine out of ten bandits in the Xiliang realm are alive. If you can't go down, you can go up the mountain."

Daohua looked at Gu Jian: "Master, what do you think should be done with them?"

Gu Jian didn't want to intervene: "You can do it."

Daohua thought for a while: "Being a bandit is not the right way. I will leave you two trucks of food later, enough for you to survive this winter."

Wang Wu was really stunned. He didn't expect to encounter such a good thing as a pie from the sky.

Daohua continued: "I will also give you a few bags of seeds. Xiliang lacks everything, even if there is no shortage of land. As long as you plant the land honestly next spring, it will not be difficult to survive."

Wang Wu slapped himself twice, making sure he wasn't dreaming, and then stammered and asked, "Are you really giving me food and seeds?"

Daohua: "I don't give anything for nothing. My people will often pass through this road in the future. If you let me know that you are still here, or continue to do robbery in other places, I will send it immediately. The army has come to destroy you."

Wang Wu hurriedly shook his head: "No, definitely not, this time I brought someone out to rob you, all without the knowledge of the gentleman in the clan, if he knew about it, he would definitely punish us with clan rules. , there will never be a next time.”

Daohua: "I hope you'll keep your word." After speaking, Gu Yu was called, "Leave them a bag of wheat seeds, two bags of corn seeds, grain. Three carts of coarse grains."

Corn does not require high soil quality, and is cold and drought tolerant, so it is very suitable for planting in Xiliang.

Gu Yu asked people to unload three carts of grain and put them on the side of the road, and personally handed over the wheat and corn seeds to Wang Wu: "Seeds are hard to come by, don't let my girl down."