Chapter 626 The famine shows the ugly side of human nature!
"I starved to death today when I was ugly, and I didn't get sick before..." said one of the middle-aged men weakly.
"I starved to death an hour ago and had never been sick before..." another middle-aged man said weakly.
After the two of them finished speaking, they stepped in and exchanged positions, put the corpse of the child on the ground into the sack again, and then led the sack out of the depths of the alley tremblingly.
All of this seems very calm, but the nature of human nature is hidden under the calm!
Change your child and eat!
Five days have passed away from food in Jinling City. In the past five days, hungry people passed by like locusts, eating the grass and trees within a radius of hundreds of miles of Jinling. The outside of the city was deserted and there was no trace of green. In the desperate hunger, it was extremely common to eat the child and eat. There were even hungry people who killed people and took meat, showing the ugly side of human nature.
Outside the west gate of Jinling City, the Qin army camp!
"Why don't you have enough food?"
"The porridge is getting thinner and thinner!"
"Stop complaining, the general drinks more sparse porridge than us, just like water!"
"Yes, any general or officer above the sergeant will not eat as much as us. If we have rice grains in our bowl, we will save the generals for us food. If you complain about this, it's really not a thing!"
"I hope the food will arrive soon!"
"Everyone bear it, the food is on the way!"
In the camp, countless Qin army soldiers and comrades gathered together, and each soldier had a bowl of porridge in his hand. Some soldiers looked at the bowl of porridge after drinking one of their own. Porridge was not a good thing, but in the eyes of these Qin army soldiers, this bowl of porridge was comparable to the delicacies of mountains and seas!
Many Qin army soldiers had to stick their tongues to lick the bowl after drinking the porridge in the bowl. This would definitely be laughed at by people in normal times, but when the soldiers and food were cut off, no one laughed at them at all. Instead, they were very envious, at least they still had something to lick.
Handsome tent!
In the commander's tent, five generals including Changjing, Zhao Hua, Ma Dadan, Aruk Go, and Luo Xing stood on both sides, while Bai Qi was in the position of commander, looking at the five generals under the position of commander without expression.
Whether it was Bai Qi or Du Changjing and others, they all looked solemn and looked ugly.
"I can hold on for a day. After one day, more than 100,000 troops will go hungry!" Du Changjing said in a deep voice with a serious expression.
"So far, no news has come from the court, nothing will happen, right?" Zhao Hua said with a worried look on his face.
"What can happen? Maybe the grain team has arrived in Yingkou!" Ma Dada said boldly.
Zhao Hua glanced at Ma Dabang and said speechlessly: "It's time, you still have to joke, it's not at all..."
"Brothers, the food is here!"
"ah!!"
"I'm finally here. Oh my god, if I don't come, I'll starve to death!"
"Brothers, we don't have to go hungry, the court's aid has arrived!"
Before Zhao Hua finished speaking, there were cheers and screams outside the tent. Bai Qi and his men and others were shocked when they heard the movement outside the tent. They looked at each other and then ran out of the tent without saying a word!
When Bai Qi and his men ran out of the tent, they saw countless soldiers running towards Xiyingkou, which was no different from a hungry tiger. Seeing this scene, Bai Qi and others also hurriedly stepped towards Xiyingkou, wanting to know if the food was arrived.
A short time later, Bai Qi and a group of generals from Du Changjing came to Xiyingkou. At this time, Xiyingkou was crowded. Countless soldiers stood on both sides of Xiyingkou and looked forward with extremely hot eyes. They saw a large number of people wearing civilians in public pushing a wheelbarrow full of food on the official road ahead.
The imperial court’s food aid has finally arrived!
Seeing the arrival of the imperial court's aid, the generals breathed a sigh of relief, and the big stone that was lifted in their hearts fell down.
"Let the soldiers disperse and don't block the way!" Bai Qi said coldly with a expressionless face.
"Abide by the order!" Five generals, Du Changjing, Ma Dadan, Zhao Hua, Luo Xing, and Aruk Go, raised their hands with solemn expressions to respond.
"The whole army obeys the orders, all return to their respective tents, waiting for the next military order!"
"The King of Wu has an order, go back all!"
"Scatter! Scatter!"
The generals quickly conveyed Bai Qi's orders. The soldiers gathered on both sides of Yingkou heard the orders and left helplessly. They turned around in three steps, and looked closely at the convoy on the official road ahead. About half a stick of incense was spent, all the soldiers on both sides of Yingkou dispersed, leaving only Bai Qi, Changjing, Ma Dadan, Zhao Hua, Luo Xing, and Aruk Go.
At the same time, the convoy originally on the official road was also approaching Yingkou, only a hundred steps away from Yingkou, and the convoy also stopped. Without waiting for Bai Qi and others to step forward, a young man in a black egret robe with a menstrual tusk robe walked out of the convoy and walked towards Bai Qi and others with big steps.
When the young man walked to Bai Qi's three steps in front of him, he knelt on one knee with respect and wrote a compilation: "The Ministry of Revenue and the official Xu Pin of the grain custody this time, I pay homage to King Wu, Guard Shangyang, and all the generals!"
"Get up!" Bai Qi raised his hand blankly.
"Thank you, King Wu!" Xu Pinzuo Ji thanked him, and then slowly stood up from the ground, and looked at Bai Qi carefully with a curious look.
Is this the legendary Bai Qi?
Bai Qi is famous and is the God of War in the hearts of countless people. Xu Pin is no exception. Now that he saw this legendary God of War, to be honest, Xu Pin was very excited, but he hid it very well and did not reveal it.
"How much food did you bring?" Bai Qi said a long story short and said straight to the point.
After the words came, generals such as Du Changjing also looked at Xu Pin. As generals, they knew very well that the court could not transport food at one time, and they were all transported in batches. If a batch of food was less than the consumption of the large army, then the army would not be able to wait for the next batch and would still go hungry.
"When King Wu said, the court allocated a total of 1,000 stones of grain this time. This is the first batch, each batch of 30,000 stones, and the arrival interval between each batch of grain will not exceed three days!" Xu Pin bent down respectfully and replied.
Hearing these words, Du Changjing and other generals breathed a sigh of relief again. According to Xu Pin's words, the second batch of grain will arrive tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. In this way, the army will no longer have to worry about the problem of grain!
The food problem has finally been solved!
"It's done well!" Du Changjing said with admiration, giving Xu Pin's ability acknowledgement.
After receiving the recognition of Du Changjing, Xu Pinru was relieved to receive an amnesty. This was the first time he took on an important task. Don’t be so nervous. You must know that if you don’t do well, you will not only lose hope in your career, but also lose your head if you don’t do it well.
Chapter completed!