Mingzhou government office
"What? You said that all the disaster victims outside the city have disappeared?”
The provincial governor spoke in a stunned voice, his expression filled with disbelief. His gaze could not help but look down at the soldiers who were walking over to report.
"Yes, sir. The disaster victims have all disappeared. People have been leaving since yesterday. By this morning, there was no one left outside!”
The soldier spoke in a puzzled voice. It was obvious that he could not react to this situation.
Hearing the soldier's reply, for some reason, the Provincial Governor could not help but think of Li Chengdao. He had no choice. He was already a little puzzled. Now that such a thing had happened after only a day, as long as he was not a fool, he would naturally think of Li Chengdao at the first moment.
His expression was tightly furrowed as he spoke in a deep voice.
"Did you notice anything unusual? Or did someone move?”
"For example, did the person who left yesterday leave the city again or appear in front of the disaster victims?”
As soon as he finished speaking, he stared at the soldier in front of him, waiting for his answer.
"No!"
"There's nothing special about him.”
"Sir, you are talking about Young Master Li, right? He did not come again!”
The soldier was a little puzzled, but he still answered truthfully. The disaster victims were paying close attention to them. After all, just in case, if there were nearly 20,000 disaster victims who rioted, the Mingzhou government would definitely be in trouble. Therefore, he was almost clear whether Li Chengdao had come or not.
"No?"
"Then that's it. Leaving is actually a good thing for us. Go down. As for the situation, just sort it out and hand it over!”
He waved his hand and listened to the soldier's words. His instinctive vigilance was relaxed. Since no one was causing trouble, it had nothing to do with him where the disaster victims went. He didn't even have the mood to care about whether these people were dead or alive. He only needed to take care of his own land.
However, what he did not know was that while these 20,000 people seemed to have left, these two to three people were actually divided into hundreds of groups among the 400 to 500 people. They walked towards the seaside, and on the seaside, large ships silently picked these people up and brought them onto the ships. They became under Li Chengdao's rule. Under the coverage of the spiritual network, these people became Li Chengdao's subjects.
Of course, this mental network knowledge only ensured that these people would not betray them. Their minds were not controlled, and their consciousness was not erased. When they entered the ship one by one, everyone could not help but be shocked.
As these disaster victims were all southerners, they were naturally no strangers to ships. It was the same for big ships. However, the big ship in front of them still deeply shocked them. Not only was it more domineering, but it was also larger.
Of course, compared to the shock, they were more excited about the treatment they were going to receive. After boarding the ship, everyone was the first to satisfy their stomachs.
In order to avoid accidents and to avoid going too far, Li Chengdao had given out alms to a small number of people. They had barely managed to make ends meet. However, it was completely different when they arrived on the ship. The huge fish, rice, and wheat were enough to ensure that they were truly full.
As for how these rice and wheat staple foods came about, they were naturally exchanged for with salt. In order to keep the balance, Li Chengdao had put in a lot of salt. Although most of this salt had been used to open up the roads of the Great Tang, there was still a large surplus. Under these circumstances, it was naturally enough to exchange for many things, and the majority of it was food.
Of course, it had to be said that the previous preparations were extremely brilliant. Now that it was impossible and impossible to seize it by force, relying on the powerful clans, what they could do was almost the same as before. Although those people were indeed greedy, to Li Chengdao, salt was simply picked up for free, so he naturally did not care much. To be able to exchange so many resources, and to be able to do it quietly, even completely avoiding the navy, even the effect of this was unquestionable.
However, in order to avoid any real trouble, Li Chengdao quickly chose to set sail. He did not stop at Mingzhou, but began to head upstream.
He didn't choose to return immediately. Although he had obtained nearly 20,000 people, this number clearly hadn't reached his expectations. In fact, the ship wasn't even half full. Under such circumstances, he naturally continued to obtain more people.
However, it was obvious that Mingzhou would not be able to do so. Although there were definitely more than this number of disaster victims in Mingzhou, there might even be more than 100,000 of them. However, Li Chengdao did not intend to continue moving those people. After all, the ancient people were not fools. He had kidnapped nearly 20,000 people here. Even if they were disaster victims, they might not feel anything at the moment, but as time passed, they would be discovered sooner or later. If he still stayed where he was, it was obvious that he was looking for trouble. Therefore, he naturally had to change locations.
Li Chengdao had almost chosen the place to change to. It was Henan Road above Mingzhou.
From his previous understanding, Li Chengdao knew the general situation of the flood and the places affected by the disaster. Compared to Mingzhou, the flood that affected the entire Henan Province was the most serious. Almost several state capitals were affected. There were not only hundreds of thousands of refugees, but hundreds of thousands. Compared to Mingzhou, this was undoubtedly a bigger disaster and more likely.
Li Chengdao fixed his eyes on this place. The number of people transported was more than he had imagined. The carrying capacity of the Karak was also higher than expected. There were only a dozen ships carrying nearly 20,000 people. In this case, it was possible to carry 50,000 people. Therefore, Li Chengdao was willing to bring more people. After all, it would take too long to make a round trip. Even now, it would take almost a quarter. Naturally, the more the better.
Henan Province was undoubtedly able to satisfy his appetite. More importantly, he had another idea that could be implemented there.
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