One Thousand and Forty-Eight, Courtesy First, Soldiers Later
Ren Xiaosu still had a lot of potatoes in his hand, but he didn't feed these refugees, not because he was merciless and heartless, but because only by keeping these people in a state of hunger, would he be able to successfully lead them to rejuvenate the Northwest.
When is a person most irrational? Is it time to be completely hungry? Not really.
Rather, it is when a person is completely hungry, only to find that they can eat right away.
Ren Xiaosu felt from the bottom of his heart that the Zhou family would not care about these people's lives, the Wang family also used them as weapons, and the Qing family could not take them away, so the only way out for the refugees was Daxing Northwest.
He won't let these people starve to death. Ren Xiaosu will immediately distribute the potatoes as soon as the steam train arrives in the northwest.
At that time, not only will people's lives be saved, but there will also be a lot of thank you coins...
Now that his gratitude coins have broken through the 8,000 mark, and he is only a short distance away from unlocking the third weapon, Ren Xiaosu thought to himself that this is a life-saving grace, so he must get one thank you coin per person.
And there are hundreds of thousands of refugees near the Zhou family. If you don't say anything, you can bring 100,000 people to the Northwest, right?
With 100,000 thank you coins, he might even be able to unlock the fourth weapon!
Thinking of this, Ren Xiaosu's eyes on these refugees became more and more intense.
However, when the refugees heard that they wanted to follow Ren Xiaosu, they hesitated. After all, this troubled world is full of dangers, and normal people instinctively consider whether there is some kind of conspiracy in which the other party gives free potatoes and takes them away.
"Where are you taking us? Is it far?" A young man hesitated and asked.
Ren Xiaosu grinned: "It's not far, at most one day."
Everyone figured that the place that can be reached in a day will only be seventy or eighty kilometers away, right? You must know that their current state is not going fast.
However, what they didn't know was that what Ren Xiaosu said could be reached in one day, that was by steam train. Zhou's was more than 2,000 kilometers away from Fortress No. 144 in a straight line. Even by steam train, it would take 23 hours to arrive. .
To be honest, when this group of people went to the Northwest, it would be unrealistic to go back to the Central Plains on their own. It can be said that there is absolutely no turning back...
At this time Ren Xiaosu said: "There are thousands of you here, even if you want to leave halfway, you can return at any time. There are only two of us, can we still stop everyone?"
What he has to do now is to coax these people onto the steam train. When the steam train starts to run at 120 kilometers per hour, Ren Xiaosu really does not believe that anyone has the courage to jump off the train.
If you really have that courage, you won't stay here hungry.
The refugee crowd looked at each other in blank dismay. Everyone still had a lot of worries, fearing that Ren Xiaosu would kidnap them to be human traffickers or something, and sell them to bandits or something.
Everyone's guesses are wild and unconstrained, in short, they feel that Ren Xiaosu and Da Huyou's purpose is not pure.
We are refugees, not fools, and we don't really run away with others just for a few potatoes. Who knows if there is really food in the place Ren Xiaosu took them to?
A young woman took a little girl by the hand and said, "You just helped drive away the person who bullied our mother and daughter. I believe in you and I will go with you!"
Ren Xiaosu nodded with a smile, then took out two more toffees from his pocket and stuffed them into the little girl's hands. He said to all the refugees around: "Remember, although I will take everyone away this time, if you still If there are people who do evil, please inform me in advance to clean them up, because our paradise does not welcome wicked people, lest someone become a black sheep."
In fact, this was a psychological hint. Ren Xiaosu directly put himself on the opposite side of the villain, and many people would subconsciously assume him to be a good person, and even label him a "knight-errant".
Suddenly, many people stood up: "We will go with you, but you must keep your promise, we will have food when we get there."
Ren Xiaosu said with a smile: "Don't worry,
When I get to the place, I will definitely be full. If I can't do it, so many of you can beat me together. "
Before that, he had discussed with Wang Yuexi about Zhou Yingxue's potato planting and the market economy. Everyone believed that Zhou Yingxue's potato planting was not suitable for large-scale promotion, so as not to affect the normal operation mechanism of the Northwest.
But potatoes can be used in emergencies. For example, in the current situation, using potatoes to feed so many people and let everyone rejuvenate the Northwest is definitely the best choice!
As long as we get through this year, the Northwest will become more and more prosperous from next year!
In just half an hour, almost half of the refugees decided to follow Ren Xiaosu, but Ren Xiaosu still felt that it was not enough. His goal was to take away 80%.
However, at this moment, there was too much movement on his side, causing Zhou's garrison troops to be alarmed.
Da Huyou has been watching all directions and listening to all directions. As soon as the garrison at the gate of the city made any movement, he whispered to Ren Xiaosu: "The people from the Zhou family are here, what should we do? Have you killed them?"
With the strength of the two of them, it is really no problem to deal with this garrison force of more than one hundred people.
Ren Xiaosu thought for a while and said, "Let's do the courtesy first and then the soldiers."
At this time, the soldiers of the Zhou family of the garrison had already approached with their guns and live ammunition. They looked at the crowd of refugees and shouted: "Scatter! Scatter! Don't gather crowds here to make trouble!"
As soon as the refugees heard this, they immediately scattered and went back to their temporary shelters. They also wanted to see how Ren Xiaosu would deal with Zhou's affairs. If these two people couldn't solve Zhou's affairs, then it would be fine to take them away. It's all empty talk.
However, the refugees suddenly noticed that Ren Xiaosu and Da Huyou were sitting by the campfire motionless, as if they were not afraid of these guard soldiers at all.
Hundreds of garrison soldiers discovered that Ren Xiaosu and Da Huyou were the instigators of this gathering, and immediately surrounded them. An officer came out of the crowd and said in a cold voice, "Are you refugees or spies? What's the use of gathering here?" Purpose?"
Ren Xiaosu thought for a while and said, "I'm not a spy, nor a refugee, but an ordinary Northwesterner. As for the purpose of coming here, I'm afraid you can't talk to me at your level. You can call Zhou Shiji or Zhou Shoushi to tell me." .”
The garrison officer laughed angrily: "The two old men Zhou Shiji and Zhou Shoushi are already dead, what are you kidding me about?!"
Ren Xiaosu was silent for a while, only to see that his right arm was suddenly covered with metallic armor, and then asked, "Then do you know how they died?"
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Thanks to the students of Long Er's family for becoming the new alliance of this book, the boss is generous!
there is another chapter tonight