frightfiction Chapter 21: Stockpiling of supplies around the world
Chapter 21: Stockpiling of supplies around the world
Seeing the tense preparations for war in the Central Plains, foreigners went out to inquire about the news.
There is no need to ask specifically, the news of stockpiling supplies has spread throughout the streets and alleys.
The foreigners were so frightened that they quickly sent the message to their own countries, but their own countries did not believe it at first.
However, the leaders of several countries exchanged the contents of the letters and found that the information sent back by informants in various countries was almost the same.
The Xia Kingdom in the Central Plains began to stockpile a large amount of various supplies, and increased the import of various vegetables, fruits and fuels from all over the world.
The export of food and other supplies was also stopped.
Everyone panicked and quickly announced a nationwide stockpiling campaign.
As a result, the whole world was mobilized because of Jiang Yue's small act of hoarding supplies.
This beautiful misunderstanding would save many people in the future, but Jiang Yue didn't know it.
She collected things as she walked because she was wearing men's clothes and a hat.
The shop owners all thought that this was a male immortal, and when they reported it to Emperor Mingde, the whole country was looking for a man.
But no one saw his face, and it was never found.
Another town owner came and said he had also encountered a fairy in his town. It was a woman, wearing a hat and a scarf, so her face could not be seen clearly.
Sometimes a man, sometimes a woman. Could it be that this is a deliberate transformation by the gods who don't want to be disturbed?
It was definitely impossible to find them, so Emperor Mingde ordered to stop the search for the immortals and withdraw all the royal secret guards.
He also ordered that private individuals were prohibited from disturbing the gods in private, otherwise their homes would be confiscated and their heads would be beheaded.
Now people were afraid to look for immortals, and when the news reached Jiang Yue and others, they stopped.
It has been mythologized and demonized.
The rumor was so incredible that Jiang Yue herself didn't expect it was her.
This is all a story for later.
At this time, Jiang Yue was following the exile team out of Pi County and heading south.
She and Xiaozhu carried two big bags, which looked like they were full of things, but were actually stuffed with cotton.
Everyone had a good rest last night, and our legs and feet didn’t hurt when we woke up this morning.
The journey was naturally much faster, and the exiles no longer had that sense of misery and decadence on their faces.
The health of your body really affects your mood.
For example, the current eldest branch of the Jiang family.
Last night, he thought it was indecent and embarrassing for the prisoners to follow Jiang Yue in stretching exercises, so he refused to do it.
When we got up early today and hit the road, everyone else was feeling relaxed, except for a few people in the big room who were crying out in pain.
No one sympathizes with them.
How happy I was to laugh at them last night is how painful it is today. They deserve it.
Even Old Lady Liu suffered from back pain from lying on the bus every day. The hard flatbed bus didn't even have a blanket, and lying on it every day made her feel uncomfortable all over.
As a result, she was now tossing and turning on the cart with a groaning sound. Several illegitimate sons of the second house were tossed around like pancakes by her, and the cart was almost unstable, and she was even more impatient.
Gradually, the second family and the team walked faster and faster, but the first family could not move as fast as their cart and was left to the back.
The officers behind saw that Dafang was walking slower and slower, and thought that he was trying to be lazy.
After a few lashes of whip, as expected, the team heard the howling of the eldest son again.
The chief officer raised his hand to stop the team, and the convicts looked back to see what tricks the eldest branch of the Jiang family had played.
The eldest wife of the Jiang family is really having a lot of fun on the road of exile. She gets beaten every day.
To be honest, although some of the officers escorting them were unreasonable, most of them were sensible.
Along the way, except for the first and second branches of the Jiang family who were beaten, only a few disobedient members of other families were whipped a few times, and they are now well-behaved.
If it were any other escorting officers who took pleasure in bullying the fugitives, they wouldn't know how many people would have died by now.
So far, only the Jiang family's grandson has died.
Only the eldest daughter of the Jiang family was beaten every day, and she seemed to be uncomfortable if she didn't get beaten for a day.
Jiang Jinyun was beaten again. He squatted on the ground and said aggrievedly, "Brother officer, it's not that we are lazy. It's just that I woke up this morning with unbearable pain all over my body and I really can't walk."
The officer pointed the whip at the others, "Then why aren't they in pain? How come everyone else can keep up, but you guys can't?"
Wang was unconvinced, "That's because they did something weird last night. That's cheating!"
The officer immediately whipped her again, "Cheating! No matter what method you use, as long as you don't feel any pain and don't delay your journey, it's fine! You said they all took the action, so why didn't you guys do it?"
This sentence silenced the Wang family members.
The chief officer was curious and asked the prisoner, "What action is she talking about? You look much better today than yesterday."
Jiang Yue was also embarrassed to perform stretching alone in front of so many people.
A bastard from the second branch of the Jiang family stood up and performed stretching exercises on the spot.
Several officers followed suit, nodding excitedly as they finished the routine. "Boss, it really works. I feel much more relaxed!"
The chief constable nodded with satisfaction. The constables basically walked and escorted the prisoners for several months.
When you reach middle age, you will suffer from various illnesses that cannot be cured by medicine.
The doctor also said that walking too much had damaged the joints and lumbar spine.
But this is how the officials make a living, except for the bosses who have made it big and can ride on horses or in carriages.
The others walked to the place of exile.
His master was an old official who walked all year round and didn't get enough rest at night, so he suffered from back pain in the morning.
He was sick all over and committed suicide last year because he couldn't bear the pain anymore.
He also felt sorry for his subordinates. Now that there was a good way to relieve fatigue, why not use it?
After the man left, he asked again, "Who taught you this routine?"
Everyone looked at Jiang Yue, causing her to almost choke before she could even swallow the fried dough twist.
Xiao Zhu gave her some water and patted her back before she swallowed the fried dough twist.
"Sir, this is something I figured out myself when I was a kid, always feeling pain the next day after working."
In the past few days, Jiang Yue always gave banknotes and pheasants and rabbits to the officials, and the chief official had also heard of this little girl.
Knowing that Jiang Yue, as the third daughter of the general's mansion, suffered humiliation and lost her mother at a young age, her life was very difficult.
We had a hard childhood, so it's normal to have some small ideas in order to live a more comfortable life.
"Well, that's great. Tonight, let's have my officers do this exercise with you guys to relieve your fatigue. Do you have any objections?"
Jiang Yue quickly shook her head. "Why would I have any objections? I'm very happy that my little trick can help everyone. And I'm very grateful to all the officers for taking good care of us along the way."
These words were said very beautifully, and the officers all laughed. The chief officer looked at Jiang Yue and nodded.
He turned around and told his subordinates that as long as Jiang Yue didn't run away, they should not stop her from doing anything.
Xiaozhu was not among those being exiled, so the officials had no way to stop her.
Jiang Yue felt grateful again, but the situation in the Jiang family's eldest wife was completely different.
After watching the entire process, the officer from the main house asked everyone in the main house, "Why didn't you follow the exercise last night? Did the Third Miss not allow you to follow?"
Just based on the attitude of the officer towards Jiang Yue just now, Wang and the others didn't dare to say that it was Jiang Yue's fault.
Everyone lowered their heads and kept silent, hoping to get away with it.