noffsinger Chapter 944 Sending People to Find Water
Chapter 944 Sending People to Find Water
The guard who spoke first looked a little embarrassed when he saw that the man didn't want to talk to him.
But considering that Old Li and Master Chen had a good relationship, he still forced a smile and continued the conversation.
"Yes, we can't let any more people into the city."
However, that's what I heard.
Yesterday, the second son of the Zhou family had a meal with our eldest son at Jufangzhai.
It seems that Young Master Zhou will send someone out of the city tomorrow to fetch his wife's family of relatives!
Old Li's face darkened when he heard what he said.
"His wife's family and relatives are all rich people that Zhou Bapi found outside."
They charged them a high entrance fee before bringing people in.
I suspect that the plague that broke out in the city before was caused by that stranger who came into the city with a belt that week!
Damn it, if that kid dares to do that again, I'll definitely have to talk to Master Chen!
The guard breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.
After thinking for a while, he added.
"Old Li, I only heard about this, it may not be true."
When you talk to Master Chen, don't mention me.
You know my family situation; I only have my widowed mother left, and she's still relying on my salary to support her.
If our boss blames me and I lose my job, my mother and I will really starve to death!
When Old Li heard him say that, he glanced at him and said coldly:
"I understand, I won't betray you!"
After hearing this, the guard gave a genuine smile and thanked Old Li.
Silence soon fell again on the city wall.
Outside the city, Lu Qingqing and the others were fast asleep, completely unaware of what was happening on the city wall.
An hour later, people in the camp began to wake up one after another.
It wasn't that they woke up on their own, but rather that someone else came up behind them.
These days, they encounter refugees from time to time, and everyone in the camp has gotten used to it.
While there's nothing to be alarmed about, we should still be on our guard.
Since the number of refugees was not too large, the people on duty only woke up those around them.
A dozen or so people stared at the four vagrants pushing their carts past.
Watch them walk close to the roadside, keeping a safe distance from them.
I didn't relax until they were far away.
Unsurprisingly, the four people were driven away after they reached the city wall.
The four knelt down and begged, but it was no use.
The soldiers were used to this kind of thing and were already fed up with it.
Before they could say anything more, he raised his bow and arrow as a threat.
The four men had no choice but to push the cart back several dozen meters away.
Looking at the people in Lu Qingqing's group not far away, he didn't dare to get too close to them.
The four of them chose to stop at a spot further away on the other side of the road.
The place where they stopped was only a few dozen meters away from Lu Qingqing's camp.
You could say that you could see what the other person was doing just by looking up.
Upon seeing this, the guards at the camp became even more vigilant.
I only relaxed a little when three of the four people opposite me lay down to sleep and started snoring.
Around 3 PM, everyone in the camp woke up.
Bai Song observed the location of the city wall for a while, and seeing that the guards on the wall were not moving, he knew that there was no point in looking any further.
They realized that their water reserves were only enough for the soldiers to last for about two days.
After thinking about it, I decided to go and look around the neighborhood to see if there was a water source.
As is customary, there are usually water sources near cities.
After all, even if a city has a small population, it still has tens of thousands of people.
With so many people needing water, wells alone are definitely not enough; there would usually be a river flowing through the area.
With that in mind, he found Lu Qingqing and Sun Laohai.
After discussing it, the three decided to send more than a dozen people to find water nearby.
As for the area, follow the path to the south for three to five kilometers.
By then, we should be almost in the mountains.
If it's not there yet, it will be getting dark by then.
We'll have to come back first and figure out a solution tomorrow.
Because the path was narrow and rugged, it was impossible to catch a carriage, and there were mountains to the south.
Although most of the mountain roads are dry now, there may still be damp spots.
Since it was inconvenient to travel with a horse, the people who went to find water decided to walk.
In preparation for the possibility of finding water, everyone carried a bunch of empty water bags on their backs.
On this trip, Bai Song sent out a large number of soldiers, a total of eight people.
Five people also came from Sun Laohai's side.
Among them were Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang.
Originally, Bai Song wanted to keep one of them.
If danger arises in the camp, there will be someone capable to back you up.
But Qin Lang was worried about Lu Qingqing traveling alone, so he insisted on coming along.
These days, Bai Song has experienced too many life-and-death separations and has long lost the joking mood he used to have.
He instructed Yan Xu, who was leading the team, to be careful when he led his men away.
Whether or not water is found, try to return before dark.
After Yan Xu agreed, he prepared to lead his men to set off.
Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang also carried empty water bags and followed.
As a result, before the two of them could take more than a few steps, Xiaobai, who was tied up, started crying anxiously.
Seeing how desperately it was pulling on the rope to keep up, I couldn't bear it and decided to take it with me.
Old Zhuang originally wanted to appease Xiao Bai and keep the guy.
But even offering it its favorite soybean meal couldn't appease it.
No matter how much Old Man Zhuang tried to coax him, Xiao Bai simply ignored him.
When Old Man Zhuang approached, he even snorted at him.
Coupled with that expression, it had a rather swearing tone.
This really infuriated Old Man Zhuang.
He'd been feeding him like crazy for months, but this guy didn't treat him like one of his own at all!
He picked up the soybean meal that had been knocked to the ground and fed it to the horse next to him, thinking that Xiaobai would be jealous.
Little did he know, at that moment, Xiaobai only had eyes for Lu Qingqing.
Seeing that she didn't come over, it even pawed at the ground in frustration.
Lu Qingqing looked at the anxious expression on its horse's face.
Suddenly, I remembered the scene in the city when that young master forcibly took it away.
Sigh, the road is difficult, so be it!
At worst, she'll just be careful and make sure he doesn't fall.
Afterwards, Old Man Zhuang watched as Little White left without looking back, and angrily cursed it as an ingrate.
On the other side, not long after Lu Qingqing and her group walked south, they were discovered by refugees on guard duty in the southwestern wilderness.
The man quickly called over the leader of the refugees.
The leader of the refugees observed them and saw that they had a bunch of water bags on their bodies, so he guessed that they were looking for water.
In their haste, they moved to a more secluded spot to hide.
Only after Lu Qingqing and the others had gone far away did the group of refugees emerge.
Someone spoke up: "Brother, there are only a dozen or so people. Should we follow them?"
The leader of the refugees glanced at him sideways.
"Idiot, use your brain. Did you see what they were carrying?"
I've followed them for so long, and it's not just for a horse and those tattered water bags!
The real big profits are all over there at the city gate!