Surviving the famine: I made my fortune by helping others

A quarter of an hour later, five men and three horses set off on time, carrying the deep expectations of four hundred and eighty people.

They rode their horses very fast and arrived at the city gate before the hour of You.

There were more people outside Yunshan County than when they first arrived in Shanglin County.

The refugees sat huddled together in the corner of the city wall, their eyes, which seemed particularly prominent due to hunger, staring blankly at the people entering the city, with all kinds of complicated emotions on their faces.

The few people who came on horseback were like a drop of water dropped into a hot oil pan, instantly attracting countless eyes.

When they look at people with their weather-beaten eyes, it seems that they can swallow everything into their stomachs in an instant.

When he got closer, Ye Chuyi could even hear the swallowing sounds coming one after another.

"father!"

Wang Chengde shouted and hurriedly pulled the old man who had fallen into the crowd out, "Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?"

Wang Chengde felt like he was frightened to death. In the blink of an eye, his father was pulled down by the crowded crowd. If he had not pulled quickly, his father might have been pushed away by the crowd.

"It's okay, let's go."

Wang Yongshou breathed a sigh of relief with lingering fear. Just in that brief moment, he felt as if several mouths were biting on him with such force that it seemed as if they wanted to eat him directly.

It's so scary.

The crowd was still pushing towards them one after another, and they were stuck in the middle and it was difficult for them to walk, let alone take care of the horses.

Just a few steps away, Ye Chuyi could feel several people trying to snatch the reins from her. If it weren't for the strong pulling force around her, the horse might have slipped out of her hands long ago.

But even though they failed, those people did not give up. They even moved closer to her more blatantly, and some even tried to pry her hands open.

If there weren't coffins guarding the surroundings with weapons, Ye Chuyi felt that they might rush forward without hesitation.

If there weren't coffins guarding the surroundings with weapons, Ye Chuyi felt that they might rush forward without hesitation.

Ye Chuyi endured it again and again, and finally pulled out the dagger from her waist with great difficulty, and then held it horizontally in front of her body without any concealment. If anyone dared to push towards her again, she would stab them upwards.

After learning their lesson, those people quickly retreated, but they could not stop more and more people from rushing up from behind.

"Miss, are you okay?"

Zhao Wenzhu shouted from afar, and as he spoke, he punched a man who was trying to climb onto the horse.

"Cousin, you are awesome."

While Du Jiayi was praising, he was eager to punch the people around him.

He didn't want to take action at first, but the people around him were so annoying. They seemed to think they were easy to bully. They either tried to snatch their horses or try to take something away from them.

Several times they almost stole the packages containing silver, which was the lifeblood of their entire team.

"These people don't seem to be ordinary refugees. If they dare to rob you, don't be polite. Ensure your own safety first."

After Ye Chuyi finished speaking, he stabbed a man in the back of his hand.

The people who started to squeeze up were both men and women, most of them were ordinary people, so it was difficult for her to take action. However, from the appearance of those men who looked strong and powerful, she could tell that they were definitely not ordinary people.

So when it came to the action, she naturally had no reservations.

When the five of them came out, they were carrying weapons. At first, they were just thinking about ordinary people, so they didn't take action. But now, once they let go, they quickly gained the upper hand.

The originally orderly scene turned into chaos because of their quick counterattacks.

The officials who had been watching from afar on the edge of the city wall finally could no longer sit still and came forward waving their spears and shouting.

"What are you guys doing? If you keep fighting, I'll take you all to jail. Just stay over there."

The officers cursed and stabbed people with their spears without any mercy, and they didn't care even if they knocked them to the ground.

"What are you guys doing? Are you looking for trouble?"

The chief yamen runner who spoke glanced greedily over their horses.

"Come and arrest them. They dared to steal horses from the government. They must be brought before the county magistrate to be punished."

A group of more than a dozen yamen runners rushed up instantly, some went to deal with people, and some went directly to take the horses.

"Boss, I don't think this girl looks like a good girl. She must have done something shameful in secret. Why don't we take her back and interrogate her thoroughly? I'm sure she will confess."

Being looked up and down by those lustful eyes, Ye Chuyi felt nauseous and got goose bumps all over his body.

"Didn't they say Yunshan County is pretty good? Looking at the appearance of these yamen runners, I can't see what's good about them. Maybe they are just a bunch of people who only know how to exploit the locals."

Ye Chuyi complained to a few people in a low voice, and glanced at those yamen runners with undisguised disdain.

"What are you talking about, bitch? Do you believe that I will make you pay?"

As the chief yamen runner spoke, he stepped forward to pull Ye Chuyi.

Although he didn't hear what Ye Chuyi said, he could guess from her eyes that it was definitely not something good, and he couldn't help but get furious in an instant.

"Sir, please calm down. We are just ordinary people passing by. We want to go into the city to buy some dry food. We didn't mean to offend you. Please forgive us and let us in."

Wang Yongshou walked forward fearfully, covered the thing in his hand with his sleeve, and bent down.

"You want to go into the city, hahaha!" The head of the yamen runners seemed to have heard something funny. He put away the things in his hands, turned around and laughed at the people behind him.

“Did you hear that? This old man actually said he wanted to go into the city. Who does he think he is? Hahahaha,” the head of the yamen runners laughed, and his tone suddenly changed. “You poor old thing, you can’t just enter Yunshan County whenever you want.”

"Sir, calm down. I have an ID card. I hope you will show me some mercy."

Wang Yongshou bent his waist even lower.

The chief yamen runner glanced at his village chief sign with disdain and threw it to the ground.

"A small village chief wants to go to Yunshan County. Can you afford the twenty taels of toll?"

"Two, twenty taels."

Wang Yongshou didn't even bother to pick up the dropped ID tag and raised his head in shock.

He had thought about the entrance fee he had to pay to enter the city, but he had never imagined that it would be as much as twenty taels. He did not have that much money on him.

"If you don't have the silver, just leave your horses behind, sir. I may consider letting you into the city."

He is so greedy in an open and aboveboard manner.