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The next morning, the four of them got up. Yang He had already discussed with Minister Yang last night. The four of them walked along the banks of Sui River and went to Suining, then to Suqian to see if there were any ships by the canal. Finally, they took a boat to Huai'an Prefecture City.

Then Minister Yang was busy preparing again. The pot for cooking was lost, so the pot of the pot had to be taken away. He followed Yang He's instructions and burned a can of clean hot water into the skin for the four of them to drink water.

Before leaving, the four of them drank another bowl of wild vegetable soup, and there was no wild vegetable to pick around.

Minister Yang has already cooked the rabbit meat and cut it into small pieces. If you save some food, you can eat it for a while.

Then the four of them left the reed house. Minister Yang carried a bigger bag on his back and walked in front of him with a copper stick in his hand to open the way, while Yang He held his younger brother and sister in his hand to walk behind.

Because it was a road, Yang He planned to go to the small village ahead to try his luck to see if he could gain anything.

The four of them walked along the hard dirt road. The surrounding area was full of hard ground and cracked everywhere. Even if there were any plants, they were all thatched weeds and yellow in style.

On the way, he found several mummies, all of which were ferocious in shape. Yang He led his younger brother and sister away from each other. First, he did not want the child to see this tragic situation, and second, he always felt a sense of fear in his heart, fearing that he would become one of them.

The result of entering Zhuangzi was disappointing. It can be seen that Zhuangzi had been collected by refugees along the way countless times, and all the useful things were taken away, and even the wells and pools could not be found.

Yang He looked at this small village, with wild grass and broken walls everywhere, and there were even traces of burning fire in the village.

There was a circle of short village walls around, but they were seriously damaged. Especially a large area collapsed on the west side, and some traces of battle could be seen. It seemed that an enemy attacked the village from here and then destroyed everything inside.

Who are the foreign enemies? Bandits, local bandits, soldiers and bandits are all possible. Some farms will even fight each other to plunder food and resources.

After leaving here disappointed, the few people continued to walk downstream, and then felt that there was more sandy land.

The road surface of this kind of land is extremely disgusting. On sunny days, the dust is everywhere, and it makes people lose their heads and faces after walking for a while. On rainy days, it is extremely muddy, and the mud can even reach people's waists because the soil is loose and it is very easy to collapse.

The more you walk down, the more this phenomenon occurs. When the wind blows, the dust in the sky gives people the feeling that it is in the desert.

This is also because the Yellow River frequently breaks, which brings large areas of quicksand gravel. This area of ​​Suzhou is not bad. Suining is the main place of the Yellow River to break through, and the silted sand in the territory can reach two meters deep.

In addition to sandy soil, there are also saline-alkali land and depressions everywhere. However, most of the water in the puddle ponds becomes stagnant water, with a strange smell of fishy smell from afar. There is also weeds around it, which often becomes a green spot for locusts, which often causes serious locust plagues.

This is also the reason for the silt of rivers. Every time the Yellow River surges and overflows, it increases the silt of the silt of the Sui River. In fact, by the early Qing Dynasty, the Laoba River channel that flows into the Yellow River was silted and abandoned.

Yang He and the other four took detours from time to time, bypassing the ponds by the river. In addition, there were no official roads along the river, so they couldn't walk much in an hour.

The surroundings are quiet and desolate, except for the withered and yellow, there is no one inhabited, and it seems that everything is dead.

Occasionally, I saw some refugees, all of whom were pale and thin, withered appearances, and looked like evil ghosts. Everyone was alert to each other and avoided each other from afar.

At noon, Yang He felt extremely hungry in his stomach. Wild vegetables were wild vegetables after all. Even if you add some meat, it would be at most a life-saving. It is impossible to provide much nutrients and protein.

He looked at Minister Yang and his younger brother and sister, and it was obvious that the three of them were both hungry. Yang He planned his itinerary and would take a break every hour and drink some water, but how could the water be enough?

He asked his younger brother and sister softly, "Ying'er, Qian'er, are you hungry?"

Sister Ying'er nodded vigorously: "Brother, Ying'er is so hungry."

In order to prevent the wind and sand from blowing into their eyes, Yang He wore a curtain on both children, and the thin and transparent gauze scarf hung on the four sides. It can be seen that they were tired and weak, but they kept trying to resist being obedient and not making a sound.

Yang He touched her head and felt sad.

Minister Yang raised his eyes and looked at him and said, "Young Master, why not just find some wild vegetables nearby and then find a waste village and a house to make fire and make rice."

Yang He nodded, and suddenly he exclaimed in unison with Minister Yang. Through the swaying weeds, there seemed to be a farmhouse in front of him, and there was smoke rising from the cooking stove over there.

Yang He looked at it carefully and said, "Depending on the situation, the farm was abandoned, how could there be people? Minister, let's go over and take a look, but be careful."

Minister Yang responded loudly, clenched the copper stick in his hand, Yang He also pulled out his sabre and touched the other side.

The road is a field path, almost flooded by the weeds on the abandoned farmland on both sides. The terrain here is relatively low-lying, so the weeds are very lush. After walking for a while, I saw the village becoming clearer. It was indeed a abandoned village with collapsed buildings everywhere, and many houses only have wall foundations left.

Not far from the village, Yang He saw a stone sign on the side of the road: "Du Xu."

"It's indeed abandoned."

I don’t know what Yang He said, but after walking for so long, I haven’t seen a normal village.

When we approached again, Yanghe saw the collapsed wall, and the suspension bridge at the entrance and exit was also quietly placed.

Seeing that the scale of this dike is quite large, there are deep ponds outside, made of stones, which can be irrigated by drought, flood can be stored and flooded, and can be used to plant mulberry and fish. I believe that it will definitely take a lot of effort when building the dike.

Looking into the Yanghe River, the villages in Huaibei are in the low-lying places along the river and ditch, and often build embankments around villages or fields. In this way, villages and fields can be protected after the flood season arrives. The locals call it "dike".

There are water quilts, tree quilts, and earth quilts, which are all used to prevent waterlogging, and now they are more effective in preventing bandits and thefts.

Obviously, this siege building that took the villagers a lot of effort did not work.

There are still several ancient cypresses near the suspension bridge, but there is no leaf on the tree and the trunk is also bare, so it has obviously been stripped of it.

Minister Yang looked around the suspension bridge and saw that the smoke in the cooking stove was still rising in the dike, he said, "Young Master, I'll go and see the movement first. I'll call you in when it's okay."

Yang He shook his head and said, "No, let's go in together."

Minister Yang wanted to say something, suddenly there was a sound of footsteps and speech coming from the west of the dike wall.

The two were shocked, and Yang He quickly pulled his younger brother and sister behind him.

The two of them were on guard, and soon a group of people in ragged clothes and disheveled faces appeared in front of them.

This group of people, men and women, young and old. The old man had wrinkles on his face and his clothes were full of holes. His empty eyes revealed his despair for life. The young man also looked haggard, with dry limbs as thin as skeletons.

Everyone has a good face, is weak and has no clothes to cover up.

It turned out to be a group of refugees who had not seen them before, but were blocked by the dike wall.

The group of people seemed to have arrived outside the dike early and saw the curling smoke inside.

But there is no entrance to the suspension bridge in other directions. Although there is a collapsed wall outside to enter, I am also wary and hesitant, debating whether to send someone in to explore first. I was shocked when I suddenly saw Yang He and the others.

These people immediately showed a look of alertness, and all the women and children hid behind the men.

Both sides were on guard. As they gradually got closer, the other side saw that there seemed to be a scholar and two children here, not a bad person, so they felt a little relieved.

Yang He was also relieved. He heard that they had a similar accent. They might be the same people who fled the famine in Lijia, and most of them were women and children. They were all weak and very weak.

He also saw a scholar in his heart. He was in his forties or fifties, gray hair, lazy scarf, patched robe, wrinkles on his face, and extremely vicissitudes of vicissitudes. Another person was wearing a corrugated hat, with a bit of the look of a man in the government.

Several children with dusty faces were hiding behind them.

Seeing that there were dozens of people in this group, there were more than a dozen men, all carrying wooden sticks. Yang He was alert and had no interest in talking to these people.

His eyes turned around on the lazy scarf and corrugated hat, and said, "Sir, let's go in."

Minister Yang held a bronze stick and glared at the other side hard, responding loudly: "Yes, young master."

He held a copper stick and walked towards the suspension bridge first.

There was a commotion there.

In fact, after seeing Yang He's appearance, the lazy scarf and corrugated hat were already thinking about coming over to have a chat, but he saw that Yang He looked cold, but he didn't dare to come over.

Lazy Shouhun is a scholar who knows what Yang He dresses up mean.

It represents a student of seventeen or eighteen years old. Looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, there are very few people who can win fame at this age. They are lazy to live to the age of 40, but they don’t even pass the exam for a scholar. They know the importance of this fame.

Moreover, Yang He had a sense of majesty in his every move. Although he was a little unkempt, he could not hide the lucidity of his demeanor.

He holds a sharp weapon and looks both civil and military, which makes people even more awesome.

His servant didn't seem to be an ordinary person, so the two of them wanted to speak, but they didn't dare.

However, after seeing Yang He bring two children in, a group of people kept up unconsciously.
Chapter completed!