survival in the wilderness

Chapter 431
She ate very slowly. The buns were stuffed with scallions and meat, and the taste was average.The porridge is ground and boiled corn, yellow and orange, it is really thin.

When she came, she saw that there were harvested corn stalks in the field beside the town.

There are only buns and rice porridge in the restaurant, so there is no choice.In addition to steamed bun porridge, there are also optional steamed buns and flatbreads on the menu.

Along the way, Lin Yan understood clearly that steamed buns and pancakes were dry food for the journey.The restaurants along the road are like this.

Although the food is simple, the people in the restaurant are very satisfied, talking and laughing loudly, and the atmosphere is lively.

It is hot, adding more fireworks in the cold season.

The conversation between the two sitting at the table in front of her attracted Lin Yan's attention.

"We're coming to Ancheng soon. Manpower is cheap here. If we can open a store smoothly, we will definitely make money."

"What's the rush, we'll talk about it later. Ancheng is poor, so first inquire about the local situation. After all, this is not Sun City. I heard that the low-level people were not treated as human beings before. I don't know what the situation is now."

Cuihua, the proprietress of the restaurant, joined the chat, "I am from Ancheng, if you want to know anything, just ask me."

Cuihua was born and raised in Ancheng. At that time, she heard that Lin'an Town needed people, and that as long as she settled down, she could enjoy the benefits. She hesitated again and again, and decided to bring her two children.

There is no way, it is too difficult to make a living in Ancheng, Cuihua voluntarily came to Anzhen to open this restaurant in order to support her children and earn more money.

The restaurant house is given away for free, as long as you settle down, you can get it.The front is the store, and the backyard is the place to live.

Cuihua also went to learn steamed stuffed buns. When she first settled down, someone taught her the skills, so she chose cooking.

Although the restaurant is tiring, Cuihua is very satisfied.These two years have been the happiest days for her. Not only can she earn money to support her children, she no longer has to be bullied by others, and she doesn't have to be afraid of losing her life.

The two men who were chatting were not polite, and chatted with Cuihua hot.

Lin Yan ate slowly, his ears never idle.

The people living at the bottom can best reflect the governance level of the alliance.She has been to Ancheng several times, but she has no time to learn more about the lives of the people.

The three talked a lot, Lin Yan got what he wanted, got up and left.

The alliance seems to be developing rapidly, but the lives of more people have not been greatly improved, and they can barely eat.

The farther you are from Sun City, the more difficult life is for the people.

Lin'an Town, with a population of less than [-], stayed for five days, and Lin Yan was not idle, and searched the surroundings upside down.

Little people like Cuihua are very common.Those who can move out of Ancheng are just to survive.

The daily life of the little people makes the town of Lin'an full of fireworks and more lively.

Among them, Lin Yan focused on the more than 2000 soldiers stationed there, they were a line of defense.

In mid-November, the convoy arrived in Anseong.

When Shen Tianlin saw Lin Yan, he was stunned for a long time before he said, "Why are you here suddenly?"

In his cognition, the chairman of the alliance who commands ten cities and has a vast territory should manage all kinds of affairs every day, sitting in Sun City, how can he move around at will.Not to mention trekking thousands of miles away in the harsh winter.

Lin Yan laughed loudly, "City Lord Shen is still so careless. I'm not giving you a surprise, but it looks more like a shock."

She didn't believe it, Shen Tianlin didn't know he was coming, it was just her sudden appearance that made him unprepared.

"It's too unexpected that you appeared suddenly. Why didn't you notify me so that I can go to meet you?"

Shen Tianlin hurriedly got up and adjusted his facial expression. He is the lord of the city after all, it's too embarrassing.

He did receive the news. Lin Yan set out to come over and kept paying attention, but he didn't expect her to arrive suddenly.

"No need to greet, everyone is busy, I'll just come here by myself. City Lord Shen, when you first came in, the people in the City Lord's Mansion were in a hurry, what are you busy with?"

Shen Tianlin asked Lin Yan to sit down, and then said: "This cold season in Yuncheng is tough. Commander Shi Zhi ordered Ancheng and Hepingcheng to do what they can to support them. I am busy counting the situation in Ancheng to see if I can raise a batch of supplies. Support Yuncheng."

The neighbors of the three cities, Ancheng was the first to submit to the alliance, and its development is the best.The commander-in-chief ordered that Ancheng should help Yuncheng while ensuring its own conditions.

Lin Yan asked, "What materials have you raised?"

Shen Tianlin hesitated for a moment, and said: "You also know that Ancheng is not rich, and it is barely enough to eat. This is thanks to the help of the alliance. This time to support Yuncheng, at most ten thousand catties of grain and five hundred pieces of cloth can be provided."

"It's good to be able to show these." Lin Yan also knew Ancheng's difficulties and was in a transitional period.There are too many people at the bottom, and it is difficult to feed so many people in the reclaimed wasteland.

Shen Tianlin thought about why Lin Yan came, and hurriedly said: "You brought supplies, and you will definitely be able to solve the crisis in Yuncheng."

Cloud City will be conquered in August, so there is not enough time for preparations.In the past, the rich and powerful only knew how to enjoy themselves. Coupled with the lack of supplies, it was too difficult to survive the cold season safely.

As far as he knew, countless people died of freezing and starvation in Yuncheng every cold season.This is not only the case in Yuncheng, but also in other cities. Human life is cheap, and the rich and powerful never take it seriously.

Lin Yan didn't answer. She came with a convoy, bringing a lot of food, cloth and other basic materials to solve the people's livelihood, but it was still far from enough to save a city.

Affected by the weather in the cold season, people cannot be self-sufficient and can only rely on relief.

Especially before Yuncheng, the folk customs were tough, private fights were chaotic, and dead people were nothing more than normal.It is not so easy to change.

Shi Zhi led the army to station in Yuncheng, and it took a lot of energy just to turn the situation around.

Shen Tianlin looked at her face, and said cautiously: "Is there something else in Yuncheng?" Otherwise, how could it be that Lin Yan came in person, and wherever she went, there were big things happening.

Lin Yan denied, "Nothing, I just came to take a look. You also know about Yuncheng, combined with the situation of Ancheng and Pingcheng, how does Lord Shen think to solve the problem of Yuncheng?"

"Uh, if you want to solve the problem, you just need to keep the people of Yuncheng from starving." Shen Tianlin didn't believe it, she didn't know, but it was precisely this that was the most difficult to do.

That's 30 people. Without production, the food consumed every day cannot be afforded by anyone.

Lin Yan didn't know this, "According to the past situation, how did so many people survive?"

Shen Tianlin: "...The powerful don't have to worry about it. The people at the bottom can only fight hard, and those whose lives are hard will survive. The weather in the cold season is bad, and people just find a place to hold their hands. The consumption is less, so it's just so tough. If you are in good health, you can live, but whether the elderly and children can survive depends on fate."

"I heard that half of the forces in Yuncheng took the initiative to join the alliance, and the other dignitaries were cleaned up. If the resources in the hands of the cleaned up dignitaries can be distributed, it can be relieved."

Lin Yan smiled wryly: "You said Shi Zhi didn't know, that's what he did. The hateful thing is that the Yun family and the Qi family don't store much food. They are all silver and utensils. Can you see it or not? .”

Because of this, she came here with a large amount of food.This year's wheat production has increased, and the alliance's grain harvest has been bumper, so it's no problem to support a cloud city.

But the distance is long, and it will take time to transport the food.Whether it is Ancheng or Pingcheng, the road from Pingcheng to Yuncheng is uneven and wide, and it is difficult for the convoy to pass.

Shen Tianlin echoed: "Yes, Commander Shi Zhi is so smart, how could he not have thought of this. The water can't quench the near thirst, and the supplies can't be transported."

Lin Yan's eyes lit up, "You said that the materials are dead things and cannot be delivered, but the people are alive, can you disperse some of them?"

Ancheng is hundreds of miles away from Yuncheng, so even those who are able to come here can survive.Letting these people join the transportation team to and from Sun City and Ancheng will not only solve their own food and clothing, but also create greater value.

The carriages and horses are not enough, and the shelf carts and other things that were eliminated and replaced before can still be used. As long as they are used reasonably, everything is not a problem.

The more he thought about it, the more he realized that it was feasible, Lin Yan hurriedly said, "I'll go to see Shi Zhi, and you will also go with me."

Yuncheng is located in the southwest of Ancheng, and Pingcheng is in the northwest of Ancheng.

Pingcheng can't count on it, so it's good to be able to take care of himself.

In the ice and snow, it was extremely difficult for Lin Yan and his team to walk.It took more than half a month to finally arrive at Yuncheng.

Once entering the city, there is no one to be seen on the street, it is deserted and desolate, and Ancheng and Ancheng feel like they are in two different worlds.

Their team broke the silence of Yuncheng.

The Xu family was close to the city gate and was the first to notice the movement outside.

When Xu Yeshan went out, he saw a long convoy entering the city, including horse-drawn carts, ox carts, and sheep carts, all loaded to the brim, his eyes lit up immediately.

The supplies promised by the alliance have arrived.Before the cold season, I received supplies once, and it was the same at that time.

But when the cold season came, he gave up hope. The weather was bad and the journey was far away. Who would risk their lives to save Yuncheng?

But at the moment when he saw the convoy, Xu Yeshan suddenly became determined, Yuncheng was not given up.

With Shen Tianlin leading the way, the convoy came all the way to the temporary city lord's mansion, which was remodeled from the original Yun family mansion.

Lin Yan did not take the carriage, but followed on foot, carefully observing Yuncheng.

This is her first visit to Yuncheng, it may be the cold season, the whole city feels bleak and dilapidated, there is no smoke and fire, and it is extremely cold.

People who live here must not feel happy.

Lin Yan sighed, there is a long way to go.

When entering from the city gate, someone had already sent a message to the City Lord's Mansion. When the convoy arrived, Shi Zhi was already waiting at the gate.

Looking at the long convoy, his eyes lit up.

For more than a month, it has been extremely difficult, and people come to remind him every day. The whole Yuncheng is like a swallowing beast, which needs endless supplies to feed.

Shi Zhi made full predictions and preparations before taking down Yuncheng, but the reality was more terrifying than expected.

Who would have thought that the Yun family and the Qi family had run rampant in Yuncheng for many years and had accumulated a lot of wealth, but they had no food.

The moment Shi Zhi learned the truth, he wished he could pull out the helmsmen of the Yun family and Qi family to whip their corpses. He really didn't know what they were thinking.

How important food is for survival, it is unbelievable that a big family that controls the life and death of a city has no food.

After listening to the analysis of Guan Yun, Xu Yeshan and others, Shi Zhi realized that Yuncheng is a special existence.

The whole city relies on mining to survive, making a living by blacksmithing. The surrounding area is mountainous and there is no land suitable for farming. It can only use forged utensils to exchange food from the surrounding cities to satisfy its hunger.

The seemingly affluent Yuncheng is actually the most difficult for people to live.In the past, before the arrival of the cold season, people desperately stored food for the cold season, hunted, and robbed with unlimited means.

Suddenly faced with such a situation, Shi Zhi reported the situation to the Arbitration Court as early as September, waiting for the alliance's material assistance.

When the first batch of materials was delivered, Shi Zhi personally checked and calculated carefully, but even so, it was still stretched.

Yuncheng is in trouble, and Shi Zhi thinks about how to solve the problem every day.He even thought about taking people to Ningcheng to rob, but he finally had to give up the idea.

Ningcheng's situation is not much better than Yuncheng's. It can be said that the entire Tianduan Mountain forces face the same predicament in the cold season, lacking food and clothing.Those who live at the bottom can only fight hard.

At the moment when he saw the convoy, Shi Zhi's tense heartstrings finally loosened.

When Lin Yan saw Shi Zhi for the first time, he felt dazzled. Is this the Shi Zhi she knew?

She stepped forward to take a closer look, and stretched out her hand to touch his arm, "Shi Zhi, why do you look like this, skinny, what's going on?"

Shi Zhi remained silent, looking at Lin Yan with serious eyes.

Lin Yan's heart skipped a beat, "Speak, what's going on, even if you lack food and clothing, you can't starve yourself to death."

In her eyes, Shi Zhi is the person who can take on great responsibilities the most. He is stable and reliable. He should not change his face when the landslide is in front of him. What kind of situation can make him feel like a different person.

Seeing Lin Yan's anxious look, Shi Zhi glanced at the convoy and said in a deep voice, "Go in and talk."

When I came to the meeting hall, it was freezing cold, not much different from the outside, Lin Yan: "Shi Zhi, you treat yourself so harshly, it makes me feel very distressed."

She knew that the situation in Yuncheng was not optimistic, but after seeing it with her own eyes, she felt that it was even more difficult than she imagined.

Shi Zhi smiled wryly, "I don't want to do this either. But seeing that people die every day, the number of deaths increases day by day, and so many people are starving and suffering, how can we feel at ease."

"You are finally here. This is the situation this month. Take a look."

After taking the notebook handed over by Shi Zhi, Lin Yan glanced at ten lines, and his face became uglier the more he looked at it.

Shockingly, the number of deaths has been rising steadily, from a dozen a day at the beginning to hundreds of people a day now. Just looking at the changes in the numbers makes it difficult to breathe, let alone seeing these people lose their lives with their own eyes.

Yuncheng was really tough, and he kept fighting with weapons every day, and there were not a few bloody deaths.

Such a chaotic place of hunger and poverty was incompatible with other cities in the alliance, so it was naturally laborious to manage it. She understood why Shi Zhi was so thin.

"It's hard for you, you rest for a few days, and I'll take over." Lin Yan really couldn't bear to squeeze Shi Zhi, and if he continued to work so hard, if he fell down, the consequences would be unpredictable.

This mess in Yuncheng is really a hot potato.

Shi Zhi nodded, "With you here, I don't worry."

He dare not hand it over to others, but Lin Yan is different, she will definitely resolve Yuncheng's predicament.

(End of this chapter)