Back To The Beginning Of Ming To Do Charity

Collecting grain is simpler than Lin Yuan thought. The aunt's surname is Zhao, and her man's surname is Zhang. Some people around her call her Aunt Zhao, and some call her Old Zhang's. She should. She calls her man from the field. When he came back, he warned: "Don't be stubborn, even if the price is lower, it's better than piling up all the time."

Her man was impatient: "Got it."

Aunt Zhao: "Remember it!"

The price is easy to negotiate, both sides are cheap, Jiang Gui wrapped up the old grain from Mrs. Zhao's house, bought some old grain from several other houses, and piled up ten carts.

We can’t afford to buy cattle, so we have to hire people to pull the cart back, or we can buy people.

"How much money is left?" Jiang Gui handed Lin Yuan a bowl of water, and Lin Yuan felt his throat dry. He calculated in his heart, and whispered, "There are 50 taels left."

They took almost all the money with them.

Jiang Gui: "Buyer."

Lin Yuan nodded. They have to go to another town to buy people. No one can buy them in this town. The food is stored here, and no one will steal it. They don't want old food themselves. Aunt Zhao fully agreed and promised to take these Food is promising.

50 taels doesn’t seem like a lot. Among the people who sell their bodies now, there are only two taels of silver for a man in his prime, and one tael for a woman and a child. You don't have to have both.

Lin Yuan is also not prepared to insist on modern morality. In modern times, human trafficking is of course a heinous crime, but at this time, human trafficking is for poor people who can't survive. They want to sell to a good master and survive.

The purpose and the times are different, so they cannot be viewed with the same moral concept.

Driving an ox cart on the path, Lin Yuan said to Jiang Gui, "Brother Jiang, what do you think will happen in this world? It's getting worse, or is it getting better?"

Jiang Gui looked at the front, his expression was a bit complicated, and finally he sighed leisurely: "It's getting worse, I'm in the yamen, and I know that the current emperor doesn't care about things, and there's a smoky atmosphere in his head. Before the accident, all the people in the prison are common people."

"There is human plague in the north, and when the northerners go south, the human plague will also go south."

Lin Yuan knew that human plague was an infectious disease, and it was a key reason for the demise of the Yuan Dynasty. Some modern scholars believe that human plague in the Yuan Dynasty was the Black Death in the West, but it has not been proved, it is just a guess.

In this era, the human plague cannot be cured, and the infected people can only linger on, lying down and waiting to die, allowing themselves to be surrounded by despair day by day.

It's just that Lin Yuan didn't expect the plague to come so quickly, which caught him off guard.

He thought it should appear in the last few years of the Yuan Dynasty's demise, but the reality is very different from his expectations.

"Fourth brother." Jiang Gui spoke suddenly. He touched his chin, as if a little embarrassed, "When something happened in Wucheng, your sister-in-law and I were afraid, afraid that you would not take us in."

Just as Lin Yuan was about to speak, Jiang Gui said again: "If you don't want to take us in, I don't blame you, it's fate."

In that case, if it was me, I might not even be able to agree.

Jiang Gui said: "Fourth brother, you gave my brother this life. If you have something to do, just tell me, and my brother can risk his life."

Lin Yuan smiled: "Third brother, we have to live a good life, think about the good."

"It's a good day if you can eat enough and wear warm clothes." Jiang Gui smiled.

Lin Yuan found that since the accident in Wucheng, Jiang Gui has become more reticent and more stable. His pressure is probably not small. The whole family of six is ​​on his head alone, so he is trembling and dare not steal. a little lazy.

Probably because he was afraid that once he collapsed, the family would not be able to stay.

Righteous brother sounds nice, but how reliable is it?

When Lin Yuan arrived in Baishan Town, he felt that his physical strength was exhausted. After walking for three days, he almost fainted from excitement when he saw the stone tablet at the entrance of the town. No wonder there were no outsiders in Liu Town. It's difficult, not to mention the bad road, it's still trembling. They are all walking on the ground and leading cattle on the road.

Compared with Liu Town, Baiyun Town is much more pitiful. The roadsides are full of beggars and poor people who sell themselves. There are no vendors on the street. The tea stalls and restaurants are closed. It is desolate. The scene is just a three-day journey, but one side is heaven and the other side is hell.

Fortunately, the inn was still open. Lin Yuan and the others went to open a room. Few people stayed in the inn, and the asking price of the inn was also low.

Xiao Er was a thin and yellow-faced young man. He followed Lin Yuan and the others affectionately, hoping that the guests would give him some rewards.

Lin Yuan knew that in a short time, money would not have much purchasing power, and the most important thing was food.

When the horn of rebellion sounds, food will become even more important.

So when Lin Yuan bought people this time, he was still planning to buy a strong labor force, to cultivate the land when he was free, and to fight against bandits when he was busy.

A street is full of people who sell themselves, some of them have encountered bandits, the whole family died, and they were the only ones left.

In some cases, the entire family takes to the streets, hoping to meet someone with good intentions who can buy them all.

Lin Yuan and Jiang Gui walked around a few times and decided who they wanted to buy. Young men and women had better have families, and it was best to have children waiting to be fed, or frail old people.

These people are the least likely to betray, because family members are always weak points, they don't just think about their own survival, but also let their family members live.

However, Lin Yuan also said that if he wanted to bring his family, he would not pay too much, he would only pay for them alone, but he could guarantee that their family would have food.

This group of people are willing.

There is no need to be displaced, and there is food to eat. As for whether there is money for selling one's body, it is actually not that important.

These people were going to leave with Lin Yuan and the others in the early morning of the next day. They didn't have any luggage, so they didn't need to pack, they could leave as they said.

They bought a total of 40 people, and they also included 80 people...

There were two people when they came, and a group of people when they left.

Almost everyone walked this way on foot, including Lin Yuan and Jiang Gui - there was no way, walking such a steep road with an ox cart, they basically didn't want to live.

These people were in awe of Lin Yuan, and they didn't dare to speak. They just walked forward with their heads buried. There was grain in the ox cart, which was just dry biscuits. There was no water, but there was a stream in the forest, and no one burned it when they were on their way. Even Lin Yuan drank directly by the stream.

The possibility of parasites and pathogenic bacteria in the running water is relatively small, so Lin Yuan can only comfort himself in this way before drinking water.

Ten carts of grain, one cart requires four strong men to pull.

Fortunately, there is still a cow, which is enough to force people.

It's time to go back, Lin Yuan's heart is like an arrow.