C6 The Opportunity Had Arrived

From that day onwards, there was an extra beggar on Leping County. This beggar was only thirteen years old, his clothes were tattered, and he did not have any clothing covering his body, so he could be said to be a beggar, but in his hands, there were no bowls or alms bowl, and he only had a roll of food on his back that he never put down. What was even more strange was that this young beggar did not even sleep on this mat, but held it tightly in his arms.

Ever since Chu Lan had given her most precious virtue to Yang Xi in the forest, Yang Xi felt even more responsible. Since Chu Lan had given her most valuable virtue to Yang Xi in the forest, Yang Xi felt even more responsible. No.

These two things were the difference between a wife and a concubine. In ancient times, when people took a wife, their requirements were naturally very strict. However, for concubines, their requirements weren't that strict. However, there was one thing that couldn't be different from concubines' looks. As for whether she was a virgin, it wasn't that important. It could even be a song.

Chu Lan's sacrifice was due to her infinite trust in Yang Xi. She believed Yang Xi would definitely come back to marry her. However, this was also one thing and the stakes were too high. It was related to Chu Lan's happiness. If Yang Xi didn't return in time, Chu Lan could only be a concubine for the rich, and love would become out of reach for her.

Due to the drought in the entire country and the locust plague in Bing Zhou, Yang Xi's begging was extremely difficult. He never had a full meal, and most of the time he was starving. However, Yang Xi had never regretted his decision this time. He believed that he would definitely find an opportunity.

Sure enough, the opportunity was with Yang Xi, located in the county where Leping County was used. Yang Xi only entered the county after a month. After all, it was a place where the Leping County was treated, so it took a long time to open up the food. When Yang Xi arrived, he discovered that countless refugees had gathered here, waiting for the relief of the authorities.

Yang Xi didn't come to Ji County just for the government's relief, because this relief was only temporary and would not last for a long time. Moreover, once the locust plague passed and production resumed, these refugees would all return to their hometowns. At that time, Yang Xi would have nowhere to go, so Yang Xi wanted to enter the Steel Manor, even if he was a servant.

After nearly a month of waiting, the opportunity had finally arrived.

Because of the increasing number of refugees, there was a certain number of grains per day. It was distributed according to the number of people registered in the county, so there was a phenomenon of porridge being distributed in small numbers. It was not that everyone was able to receive rice, but there would always be people who had queued up for a long time, so the grains had already been distributed.

This was because the entry of refugees from outside the country had robbed the food that was supposed to belong to the local refugees. Therefore, daily, there would be conflicts between the local refugees and refugees from outside the country. However, the scale this time was very large. There were thousands of people, and under the instigation of someone, the refugees stopped fighting and reached an agreement. They were going to snatch food from Prefect's residence.

However, after experiencing this incident, Prefect, Wang Bo, also had a trace of fear towards these refugees. Originally, Wang Bo had planned to continue to end this week's war after harvesting crops this year, but because of this incident, Wang Bo hardened his heart and decided to end the war early.

Since they weren't completely prepared yet, Wang Bo had ordered some people to seal off the news, but the news still spread out, causing a huge uproar among the refugees. Since there were layers of soldiers and officials guarding the Wu Steel Manor, the refugees didn't act impulsively like last time. Instead, they sent a few representatives to enter the Wu Steel Manor and Wang Bo's theory, although there were still people inciting them in the dark.

There were a total of six old men in their sixties. The moment these six old men were about to enter the Wu Steel Manor, Yang Xi appeared out of nowhere and suddenly appeared in front of the Wu Steel Manor's front door. Yang Xi reached out and grabbed the hand of an old man. The old man was slightly surprised and looked at Yang Xi. Yang Xi's face was full of pleading as he whispered to the old man: "Grandpa, let me go in with you."

Seeing that it was a child, the old man didn't mind. He nodded his head and grabbed Yang Xi's hand with a flip of his hand. Then, he led him towards the Wu Steel Manor. The guard saw the sudden appearance of a child and was about to ask, but the old man quickly replied, "Sir, the little old man's body is not well. This is my grandson, he's here to support me."

The guard was a little flustered from calling Yang Xi "sir" and seeing that Yang Xi was only a thirteen year old kid, he waved his hand and didn't stop him.

Yang Xi told himself that this was his only chance and he must grasp it well.

Amongst the thirteen prefectures of the burly man (the Jiao prefecture was not yet under the jurisdiction of the burly man, so the Silee region only had thirteen prefectures), Bing Zhou, due to the geographical location and the border of Qiang Hu, war often occurred, and the economic situation had always been the poorest among the thirteen prefectures. The majority of Bing Zhou officials had been demoted because they had offended ten of the regular servants, this was true for Ding Yuan, and this was true for Wang Bo.

Therefore, the scale of the Leping County's Wu Steel Manor was not big, and could not even compare to the manor of a large county like Ji Zhou. However, even so, Yang Xi was already very surprised by what happened here. He had come to the Terminal Han Dynasty for five years and lived in a poor village for these five years. Now that he saw the scene in Wu Steel Manor, Yang Xi felt that this place was heaven.

When the six of them arrived at the living room, Wang Bo was already waiting there. Wang Bo was about 41 years old, but there were some wrinkles on his forehead. He looked worried. Seeing the butler bring in the refugee representative, Wang Bo swept away the worry between his brows and relaxed his brows.

Seeing Yang Xi following behind him, Wang Bo was stunned for a moment before reacting to Yang Xi's words without saying anything.

At this moment, the six of them greeted Wang Bo together, "This commoner greets the lord."

Wang Bo sat upright and did not move. He merely waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite, sit."

"Thank you, milord." The six of them said in unison.

After the ceremony, the six of them each found a seat. As there were only six people who said that they were refugees, there were only six seats in the hall. There were three seats on each side and there weren't any seats for Yang Xi. Thus, Yang Xi stood behind the old man.

After sitting down, the old man who brought Yang Xi in stood up first and said, "Sir, this year, there was a drought in the whole country, and there were no locusts or crops. If it were not for you saving us, we would have already starved to death. We will always remember your life, this time we will be able to meet you in person, I thank you on behalf of all the refugees." With that, the other five elders stood up as well. The six of them stood up together and bowed deeply towards Wang Bo.

Then, the other five elders sat down, and the remaining elder continued, "Last time, it was because of provocation that a refugee entered Prefect's mansion to steal food, causing the lord to feel empty. We felt very sorry for that, and this old man apologized on behalf of all the refugees." With that, the old man bowed again.

"However, because we recently heard that Sir had brought an early end to Zhou Ji due to the last matter, we, this old man and the others must not do this. Otherwise, more than half of these forty thousand refugees will starve to death here." The old man finally revealed the purpose of his visit. Moreover, it seemed that this old man was once a private school teacher, so his words were very tactful.

"It's not that Wang Bo does not want to continue to help everyone, it's just that there are more and more refugees. As the number of refugees increases, we can only hope that everyone will understand Wang Bo's difficulties and go back to the various villages to gather more food. According to Lord Liu Steelding's orders, every county must open up their stores in order to help the victims, and Wang Bo has long ordered all the counties in Leping County to open up their warehouses to feed the victims. Could it be that the counties did not follow his orders, but to the best of our knowledge, every county is open up their rations."

The old man sitting opposite of the old man stood up and said: "Master is right, we are all from different counties of the Leping County. According to this old man's knowledge, all the counties are indeed storing food in their stalls, but the food that we get from each day is not enough, so we have no choice but to come to this county.

Wang Bo couldn't help but feel that something was strange, "Wang Bo also sent people to check everywhere, and the food distributed by each person every day is no different from that of Lihe County. I wonder why all of you have to leave your hometown to come here to ask for food?"

Hearing Wang Bo's words, the six elders looked at each other, and the old man who had brought Yang Xi in said, "Sire, according to the news that this old man has obtained from the refugees outside the city, the amount of food distributed by each county is not even half of the amount distributed in the county. Although many families receive food every day, there are still people who starve to death, so everyone left their homes and came here."

When Wang Bo heard this, he couldn't help but look at the butler with doubt in his eyes.