Chapter 28 The Caravan Won’t Stay Long!

Qin Ming heard Shi Yu's words and looked at her as if she were a fool.

Qin Ming was angry and amused and said, "With your small body... forget it."

He patted the bed and it was clean.

Qin Ming breathed a sigh of relief and lay down lazily on the bed.

Although the bed was very hard, it was still no problem to get by for one night.

The bed was not big, and there were not many rooms in the inn.

Shi Yu shamelessly stayed on Qin Ming's bed.

Hugging the soft body, Qin Ming fell asleep as if he was hugging a huge pillow.

A dreamless night.

The next morning, Qin Ming woke up.

He habitually checked the system points.

After this night, Qin Ming's system points reached a new historical high!

"95610..."

More than 90,000 points!

Wait for about half an hour, and if Qin Ming has 100,000 points, he can draw generals again!

But Qin Ming will definitely not draw generals.

He now has enough for Guan Erye!

Guan Erye can increase the morale of his 10,000 soldiers by 10%!

Then what Qin Ming has to do now.

Must be to continuously increase the population!

First develop 10,000 Qingjia soldiers!

The 500 Qingjia soldiers he has now are still too few!

Not only do we need to develop the military force, but we also need to keep up with other aspects of logistics!

Before the troops move, the food and grass must go first!

You can see the importance of food and grass for marching and fighting!

Not only food and grass, but also other places, Jinsha City is also in short supply.

This huge Lingnan has long been regarded as his own territory by Qin Ming.

And this Jinsha City, naturally, must also develop rapidly.

Qin Ming walked on the streets of Jinsha City.

Jinsha City is his first stop in Lingnan.

It also made him realize what kind of place Lingnan is!

There are few pedestrians on the streets.

Like the vendors hawking in Beijing, the shops on both sides of the road, these can be said to be everywhere in Beijing.

Crowded, surging!

The prosperous and lively atmosphere is almost overwhelming!

But in Jinsha City, it is completely different!

Qin Ming took Meng Fan to look all the way, but did not see a shop!

Not to mention the vendors hawking on the street.

The whole Jinsha City exudes a sense of dead silence and desolation.

If it weren't for what Meng Fan said, Qin Ming would probably really think that this is a dead city!

Looking at the house with the door closed, Qin Ming was puzzled.

Where are the people?

In this huge Jinsha City, it is impossible for every household to stay at home, right?

With doubts, Qin Ming asked Meng Fan beside him.

After all, Meng Fan is the chief clerk of Jinsha City, and he has been in Jinsha City for more than ten years.

He was also a little strange in his heart.

Although there are few people walking around in Jinsha City on weekdays, it is not as empty as today!

It can't be that they knew that His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince was going to inspect here.

Then they all shrank back?

Seeing the questioning look from Qin Ming, Meng Fan wanted to cry but had no tears.

Suddenly, a light flashed in his mind.

He clapped his hands suddenly.

"Your Highness, I remember it!"

"Today, it seems that the young and middle-aged people in the city have all gone to the neighboring city to attend the market!"

Seeing that Qin Ming was still a little confused, he patiently explained.

It turned out that there was such a day every month in Jinsha City.

The young and middle-aged people in the city would carry their loads and take things they didn't need to other towns to exchange for the food or other things they needed.

Qin Ming happened to catch such a day.

"Trade?"

Qin Ming's eyes flashed, and he whispered.

"Is there no caravan coming to Jinsha City?"

Carrying loads to trade in neighboring cities is time-consuming and laborious, and you may not get any benefits.

But the caravans are different!

With caravans settled in Jinsha City, trade will be more convenient than ever!

The simplest thing is that the people in the city no longer need to carry heavy burdens and walk a few miles or even more than ten miles.

They can also buy the goods they want in Jinsha City.

Meng Fan smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Sixth Prince, stop joking..."

"Which caravan is blind to come to our Jinsha City?"

"In the past ten years, many caravans have come to Jinsha City, but they have never come here again after they came once..."

"Now, there will be no caravans coming here for several months or even years."

Qin Ming looked at the scene around him and sighed softly.

This is natural.

If there are no exclusive products in Jinsha City, it is indeed difficult to attract the attention of the caravan.

In other words, even if a caravan stays here out of kindness.

But it will definitely not stay for long.

Qin Ming's mind flickered with thoughts.

Looking at Qin Ming who was in deep thought, Meng Fan stopped at the right time and calmed down.

He didn't dare to disturb Qin Ming at this moment.

But at this moment.

A scream came from not far away.

Qin Ming quickly reacted and looked at Meng Fan.

Several people quickly rushed to the place where the sound came from.

The scream came from a thatched hut.

The thatched hut could not stop the Qingjia soldiers beside Qin Ming.

After breaking into the house, the men saw the scene in front of them.

Qin Ming frowned.

There was not a single decent piece of furniture in the thatched house.

Straw and cotton wool were piled together to form a simple and dirty "bed".

There were two people lying on the bed, one big and one small.

The little girl was thin, her rags and linen clothes were not enough to cover her body, and tears rolled down her dark eyes.

She gently shook the woman on the bed and cried.

"Mom... wake up, mom!"

The woman was pale and thin, her half-open eyes were gray, and her body gradually became cold.

Facing Qin Ming and others who suddenly broke in, the little girl had no reaction.

She just kept shaking the woman on the bed.

She thought that the other party would struggle again and reach out her hand, touch her face and answer her.

But no, she could only feel the woman's body getting colder and colder.

Her crying and wailing.

Meng Fan looked at the scene in front of him and felt a little bit reluctant.

But after so many years of experience, he has long been accustomed to the experience in front of him.

It's better now.

Wait until winter, hungry and cold.

Every night in Jinsha City, people are constantly freezing to death and starving to death!

But what can he do?

In the past ten years, how many county magistrates have taken office, and how many are willing to stay in Jinsha City?

Only he, the chief clerk, is willing to stay in Jinsha City.

Why?

It is because he can't bear to see the people in Jinsha City living like zombies!

But even if he tries his best, he is just a small chief clerk.

Because in terms of official position, he is just a small ninth-rank official.

He has the intention, but he can't do anything.

When he lowered his head, he felt someone coming forward.

It was the Sixth Prince Qin Ming.