Chapter 276 You can’t rely on others, you can only get through it yourself

The man with the mustache said excitedly: "I'm here, my little boss, I didn't expect to see you here."

  Then he turned around and gave instructions to all the victims.

  "Put down your weapons!"

  This man was probably the leader among the victims. As soon as he spoke, the victims really obeyed.

  Seeing this, Shen Ningning also made an invitation: "Uncle, you have been so busy all the way, let's sit down and talk."

  When passing by Ye Changyi, the little guy said softly: "Ask the servants to take all the sweet potatoes to the kitchen and boil them into a big pot. Serve them porridge."

  Ye Changyi's eyes widened.

  Want to entertain these disaster victims?

  But seeing that Shen Ningning had already brought the man into the house, she had no choice but to follow the little guy's instructions and go down.

  When the victims heard that they would have hot meals to eat, they were immediately overjoyed.

  They all honestly found a place to shelter from the wind, rubbed their hands and sat down to wait.

  Jiang Zhi followed Shen Ningning into the house and stood by her side.

  The man with the mustache told the story of the bitterness along the way.

  His surname was Zhang, and he was a well-known wealthy businessman in Nanzhou. Because his clan was in the sixth rank, people called him Mr. Zhang Liu.

  At first, he and the wealthy businessmen who came to the capital returned to Nanzhou with the fruits sold by Shen Ningning.

  The fruit received a good response and sold extremely well.

  So just after the New Year, he wanted to come to the capital to buy fruits from Shen Ningning.

  But those wealthy businessmen all had families and were unwilling to leave immediately.

  The man with the mustache had few relatives left in his family, so he set off with the merchant ship just after the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.

  Unexpectedly, just after spring, when we arrived near Gyeonggi, we encountered heavy snow unexpectedly.

  For two months, he was forced to wait in the inn.

  All the money he brought with him was spent.

  Later, the inns were closed because they had no supplies.

  He was forced to live on the streets and fought with wild dogs for a bite to eat.

  Finally, he headed towards the capital with a group of disaster victims, hoping to find an opportunity to return to Nanzhou.

  But what's the difference between his current appearance and that of a beggar?

  Mr. Zhang Liu shook his head and sighed, holding the hot tea handed over by Shen Ningning.

  "In the beginning, I lived with these disaster victims. They were disorganized, and I suffered a lot."

  "Later, I found that they were like a group of uncivilized savages and needed a leader."

  "So I used some skills. Xiao Chongming became their temporarily trusted steward."

  "We all thought that it would be fine once we entered the capital, and the emperor would not leave us alone."

  "However, when we first arrived near the outskirts of Beijing and approached the Taiyu Mountains, But we encountered a group of city guards who refused to listen to our explanation and insisted on treating us as victims of trouble and killing them all."

  "We are all a group of unarmed people, without food or water, covered with diseases, and we still have to suffer such injustice. "

  Speaking of this, Mr. Zhang Liu slapped the table angrily.

  He said: "We can only escape, but we can't go anywhere in this vast mountain."

  "We just arrived at the foot of the mountain and heard that there was a noble house up there, so we wanted to rush up and try our luck."

  "We no longer dare to have extravagant hopes . It's time to go to Beijing. I just want to have a place where I can eat and not be cold."

  Shen Ningning pursed her pink lips, with a serious look on her face.

  She told the truth: "Uncle Zhang, we are also here for a temporary trip."

  "Not only is there not much food, we don't even have extra clothes."

  "Besides, the situation in the capital is not optimistic. It is the same as outside the city. People freeze to death every day."

  "Even the aristocratic family is no exception. This cold disaster came too suddenly and no one was prepared, so even if you can enter the city, I'm afraid you won't get the care you deserve."

  Mr. Zhang Liu was a little startled: "It turns out that the imperial court has almost no time to take care of itself."

  When he said this, the hunger and cold along the way finally urged this seven-foot-tall man to shed tears.

  "I can never go back to Nanzhou again."

  If he couldn't enter the city, he couldn't get the money, and without the money, he couldn't travel.

  Shen Ningning reassured: "It's not that absolute."

  "I can help Uncle Zhang enter the city, but it's easy to help you alone. How should we deal with so many victims?"     The little guy's words made Mr. Zhang Liu fall into silence.

  Although he is a businessman, he should give up trouble when necessary.

  However, along the way, what happened to the victims was also his experience.

  He suffers, and all living beings suffer too.

  Mr. Zhang Liu couldn't bear to leave them alone.

  "Little boss, I see you are also a capable person. You must have some skills. Can you give me some advice?"

  Shen Ningning glanced outside.

  Ye Changyi and her servants were eating sweet potato porridge with the group of victims.

  Several ladies also calmed down from their panic and helped distribute bowls and spoons.

  This group of people had enough to eat, and suddenly they stopped making trouble. Instead, they regained their sanity and knew how to express gratitude.

  Shen Ningning withdrew her gaze.

  "I can help you, but I don't want you to go to Beijing together."

  "I need you to take them out of here and back to Nanzhou."

  Mr. Zhang Liu's eyebrows jumped: "But my little boss, do you know that Nanzhou Although it is located in the south of the Yangtze River, it has been snowing for a long time.

  "Although it is not as serious as the capital, it is still covered with corpses and the snow is deep."

  "My business is not guaranteed. How can I be responsible for their livelihood if I take them back?"

  A bright look came over Shen Ningning's face.

  "Let me show you something." She said, asking Jiang Zhi to bring her sweet potato vines.

  Pointing to the small vine seedlings in the flowerpot, Shen Ningning said: "The vitality is here."

  Zhang Liuye traveled all over the country and never saw anything.

  He looked at it and said with some surprise: "How can sweet potato seedlings survive in such a cold weather?"

  Shen Ningning nodded: "They are raised from my sweet potato seedlings, so they are slightly more cold-resistant than ordinary ones."

  "However, the capital city It's really too cold and they grow slowly. In comparison, Nanzhou is much better."

  "I hope you will take this back to Nanzhou and train those victims to grow sweet potatoes."

  "Uncle Zhang, once. Once this is done, you won't have to worry about food."

  "This is a good thing that can benefit everyone in the world, but it will take time and hard work."

  Mr. Zhang Liu was silent for a while.

  He nodded: "Looking to the imperial court for relief is never a long-term solution."

  "I understand what the little boss means, let me find a way out on my own."

  "It's just that this road is destined to be difficult. However, I have been doing business so far, and I haven't had any difficulties. Experienced? As long as there is a chance of survival, I will try it. "

  "But are you afraid that I won't come back?"

  Shen Ningning laughed: "If Uncle Zhang is really such a person, he will not be reluctant to leave those people. Disaster victim."

  Mr. Zhang Liu secretly praised the intelligence of the little girl in front of him.

  The two immediately agreed.

  Shen Ningning gave him a hundred sweet potato vines and asked him to take them back to Nanzhou to cultivate them.

  They will also provide him with money and help him return from the capital to Nanzhou.

  He even planned to ask for grace from the emperor to clear customs for their group of people along the way.

  And Zhang Liuye's promise is that sweet potatoes will definitely be cultivated.

  Moreover, in the first three years, he would use these sweet potatoes to provide disaster relief and would never use them to obtain money.

  The two hit it off immediately.

  At the end of the sentence, Zhang Liuye said again: "My dear boss, have you ever heard of the rumors about the lucky girl Shen from the capital?"

  "If you recognize her, can you recommend her?"