"The rich people smelled of wine and meat, and they had frozen bones on the road."

In the past, Ning Qingtian's understanding of this sentence was limited to textbook knowledge.

After all, in his world, a person is willing to work. Even if he eats poorly, he can at least eat enough.

It was not until he came to this world that he deeply realized that this was not just a poem, but a vivid life.

For example, when he walked across the street corner, he saw several hungry people on the side of the road. Most of these people were women and children, with pale faces, skinny skin and bones, and obviously scarred on their bodies.

Some people even have loess in their mouths and hold loess in their hands. This tragic situation made Ning Qingtian feel sank.

In the past, these hungry people were thrown into mass graves outside the city before dawn.

But today is different. Since Ning Qingtian led the Liangshan team to occupy Anqing Mansion, no one dealt with these hungry people.

Seeing Ning Qingtian standing in front of these hungry people, Qi Yuanshou sighed and explained the reason for this situation.

"This year, the flood in Jiangnan has caused more money and grain collection, and the money and grain must be collected from the people. Some poor family members have to be defeated by this, so they can only become beggars. But others cannot eat enough, so where can they give money and grain to others?"

The scene in front of you, combined with Qi Yuanshou's speculative words, made everyone else unable to help but have their own thoughts.

He Chunhua, who had been following Ning Qingtian, felt very worried when she saw this scene. If she hadn't met the leader of the village, I'm afraid that the three siblings would be like these people at this time.

For Yan Bailu, seeing this scene at this moment, her heart, which was originally rebelling for revenge, had some other thoughts added to her heart.

"Let's go, the grain collected by the government has not been transported away this year. We can send some back to the people, at least so that they can guarantee that they will get through next year's harvest."

Ning Qingtian looked back at the thoughtful people behind him, and then went to the granary in the city first.

Seeing this, the others hurriedly followed.

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"Wow, Ning Qingtian, I have never seen so much food in my life. It's really, really..."

Di Yun, who had already led the five hundred Liangshan men to take down the granary in advance, saw Ning Qingtian and his group coming, and quickly met and said.

Ning Qingtian smiled faintly and then asked,

"How about it? Have you notified the people about getting food?"

Seeing that he was so calm, Di Yun then restrained his emotions and said in a singular manner.

"Brother Ning, don't worry, how could I forget what you told me? I have sent a hundred of our scattered brothers to inform the people of all the doors and households in the city. I believe that they will arrive in a while."

Ning Qingtian nodded and looked at the mountains of grain in the granary. Roughly estimated that there were about 100,000 stones of grain in this granary alone.

There are three or four granaries of this size in the entire city, and there are only a few hundred thousand stones of food in total.

If all this food can be transported to Liangshan, then the entire Liangshanpo will not be afraid even if it is besieged by the court for a year or two.

As the saying goes, if you have food in your hands, you will not panic. In this way, you will have the confidence to initially confront the court.

This is also the reason why he decided to break through Anqing Mansion this time, and it was not just a momentary aura.

Of course, it would be even better if we could recruit a group of people to go up the mountain while accumulating food.

It is of use, both men, women, young and old.

After all, Liangshanbo was in a period of vigorous development at this time, not only were there shortage of soldiers, but other personnel handling logistics.

Most of the people at the foot of the mountain are good at farming. Even those women and children who seem useless can cook and wash clothes after going to Liangshan.

Of course, these are secondary.

The most important thing is that Ning Qingtian wanted to give these people a way out with his meager strength.

Thinking of this, Ning Qingtian said to the leader who assisted Di Yun, who was following Di Yun,

"It's good. According to the old rules, each household will distribute ten stones of food, and it's best to attract some people. As long as you are willing to go to Liangshan, we will have to do whatever you want, both men, women, and young."

"No problem, everything is followed by Brother Ning. I promise to complete the task well."

Di Yun lifted the spear in his hand and bowed his hand to take the order.

Just as the few people were talking, they saw that people were already coming here one after another outside the granary.

Seeing this scene, Qi Yuanshou couldn't help but say with some emotion,

"It seems that Liangshan's name is quite good."

"Sir, I'm too proud. Why don't we go in and check out the granary together now?"

Faced with Qi Yuanshou's praise, Ning Qingtian just smiled indifferently. This situation was already within his expectations.

After all, for the people, as long as they have free things to receive, they will try to verify whether the news is true or false in order to make a living.

What's more, Liangshanbo has done this kind of thing again and again. These people have heard of it in the past, so naturally they will not be too suspicious at this time.

Looking at the student who was dedicated to serving the people in front of him, Qi Yuanshou felt that it was good to have a bandit student for the first time, and he also began to worry about the future of this student for the first time.

Qi Yuanshou touched the white beard under his jaw, and looked at the student who had not yet realized the seriousness of the problem at this time and said,

"There is no need to look at the granary. There are three granaries in Anqing Mansion, namely Taiping, Wannian, and Ping An, and you can stockpile 350,000 stones of grain. What you should worry about now is how to transport the more than 300,000 stones of grain back, and how to deal with the 3,000 troops that can come from outside the city at any time. Once they react, you, the more than 1,500 Liangshan people holding farm tools, may not be able to go back."

His words instantly woke Ning Qingtian up from the joy of getting food, and asked in surprise,

"Sir, do you think of the three thousand army? Where did the three thousand army come from outside Anqing Mansion?"

Not only him, but Yan Bailu also opened her eyes wide and looked here. She had never heard of this.

Qi Yuanshou glanced at the two of them, and then revealed a piece of news that surprised both of them.

"There is indeed no three thousand troops outside Anqing Prefecture, but if you walk north for another hundred miles, a battalion of troops under the King of Zhenbei is always stationed there. If they learn about the fall of Anqing Prefecture, the battalion of troops will immediately come to take over Anqing Prefecture."

Seeing that Ning Qingtian and Yan Bailu were frowning and not talking, Qi Yuanshou thought about it and continued,

"According to the speed of the infantry in the Song Dynasty, they will take at least two days to reach a hundred miles. In addition, the message is transmitted back and forth, that is, within three days we must transport all the food to Liangshan and then temporarily evacuate it."

After hearing this conclusion from Mr. Ning Qingtian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and said,
Chapter completed!