HLnovel Chapter 935 Yuanbao Town
Chapter 935 Yuanbao Town
Of those who were initially infected, only two remained alive.
After this commotion, everyone silently packed their things and set off again.
In the procession, Bai Song sat on the carriage shaft.
Looking at the hints of green emerging from the fields in the distance, I felt a mix of emotions.
During the journey, Lu Qingqing asked Xiao Hua again.
I estimate that we should be able to reach a town ahead around noon today.
This town is a transportation hub in the vicinity, specifically for receiving traveling merchants.
Therefore, in normal years, there are many shops of all kinds in this town.
A large group of people also live around the town.
However, given the current situation, it's unclear how the town is doing.
Lu Qingqing walked along the road and around 7 a.m., she encountered the first group of refugees of the day.
There were quite a few refugees; at a glance, there were probably about a hundred of them.
Hearing the noise, they turned around and looked at Lu Qingqing's group.
His eyes lit up when he saw the carriage in front.
When he saw the bloodstained longsword hanging in front of Lu Qingqing's carriage and the long line of people behind the procession, he quickly suppressed the greedy look in his eyes.
The man in the lead shouted and called the people to the side of the road.
Seeing that the group of refugees had no intention of continuing their attack, Lu Qingqing drove the cart forward.
As he passed the group of refugees, he kept his hand on the long knife beside his leg and never let go of it.
Upon seeing this, the leader obediently stood by the roadside.
When he saw the large swords hanging from the waists of the soldiers behind him, he was even more glad that he hadn't made a move.
The road isn't very wide, and with people on the side, only two or three people can walk side by side.
This makes the queue look even longer.
The group of refugees on the side waited for quite a while before the procession had almost passed.
At this point, it was the turn of the last two horse-drawn carriages to pull the patient.
The leader's expression changed drastically when he saw the man driving the cart coughing repeatedly.
He then looked at the soldiers on the other side of the cart shaft and saw that they were also coughing. He quickly told his men to hide in the ditch next to them.
Those who have survived to this day are all discerning.
Before the soldiers could get close, the group of refugees had already gone down into the ditch.
Only when the soldiers were no longer visible on the road did the leader climb up.
Looking at the deep tire tracks ahead, he spat.
"Hey, these guys are really bold."
They even dared to bring along people infected with the plague.
I think getting infected is only a matter of time!
At this point, a thought came to mind.
"Brothers, your chance to make a fortune has arrived!"
Those people who dare to bring plague patients are probably doomed sooner or later.
That caravan had both horses and carts; look at those wheel tracks, they must have been carrying a lot of stuff.
They have a lot of people now, so we don't dare to greet them.
Once most of the people are dead, the stuff will be ours!
Come on, come on, keep up with me!
No sooner had the words been spoken than one of the refugees spoke up.
"Brother, those people have contracted the plague, a disease that has a death sentence!"
"If we follow along, what if we get infected ourselves someday?"
Upon hearing this, the leader's face turned cold.
"Li Lao Er, if you don't want to get rich, don't stop others."
Okay, brothers, whoever wants to get rich, come with me.
If you don't want to, then just go by yourself!
But don't blame me if you run out of food and water later on.
Upon hearing this, many people in the group hesitated.
In the end, only two or three people left.
The rest of the people followed the leading man, falling far behind Lu Qingqing's group.
However, at the very back of the line were people infected with the plague.
They were already very ill, and being able to travel was already their limit.
Even if they noticed the refugees behind them, no one cared.
The two groups walked one after the other.
However, the further you go, the more people there are on the road.
Lu Qingqing noticed that many families were traveling together, some with more than a dozen members, others with only three or five.
She asked around and that's how she found out.
Last year's sudden drop in temperature led to a complete crop failure.
All of them had run out of food at home.
Now that things are finally starting to heat up, I'm trying to make a living.
As for the destination, most people choose Yuanbao Town, the wealthiest town nearby.
This Yuanbao Town is the transportation hub that Xiaohua mentioned.
Lu Qingqing tossed two multigrain cakes to the man who had asked the question, and drove away amidst the couple's expressions of gratitude.
As soon as they left, the couple quickly stuffed the pancakes into their pockets.
Looking around, he saw refugees watching him from behind and quickly ran forward.
The refugees who were watching were wary of Lu Qingqing's group and did not dare to follow.
Before long, the couple disappeared.
Around noon, the group indeed arrived at a town.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the three large characters "Yuanbao Town" written on the plaque at the entrance of the town.
We've finally reached a populated area. I wonder if there are any doctors here who can cure the plague.
Many people, filled with hope, continued walking in with the group.
At this moment, at the front of the line, Lu Qingqing looked at the closed shops on both sides of the road, and her heart sank.
The carriage continued forward, walking half a street, but still couldn't see any shops open.
In fact, many of the shop locks were covered in dust.
Fortunately, relatively recent footprints can still be seen on the road.
This shows that people still live in the town.
At this moment, Old Man Zhuang, who was behind Lu Qingqing, called out to her.
"Qingqing, I think I smell medicine."
As he spoke, he took off his mask, jumped out of the car, and sniffed around.
Finally, a small path points north.
This road leads to a residential area.
Although Yuanbao Town is much larger than Fushan Town, their layouts are quite similar.
The two streets in front are lined with shops.
Behind the shop is a large residential area.
At this moment, Old Man Zhuang drove ahead in his car.
They walked in, smelling the medicine.
After walking around for a while, the group arrived at a long wall.
Seeing the courtyard wall, which was about four or five meters high, Old Man Zhuang stopped his carriage.
"Qingqing, the smell of medicine is coming from inside."
It seems everyone in this town has moved inside these walls.
Sun Laohai, standing behind, glanced at the wall and sighed silently, "Yuanbao Town is really rich!"
Look at the bricks they used to build the wall; they're all new bricks.
He stepped forward and knocked on it, feeling that the wall was at least two or three layers of bricks, and it was very thick!
At this moment, Bai Song, who was in the middle of the group, also came over.
He glanced at the high courtyard wall, told the others to step back, and picked over the soldier with the loudest voice in the group.
After the soldier shouted a few times inside, a head popped out from the wall.
The man's face was completely covered, and his panic was obvious as he looked at the large group of people outside.
Just as he was about to sound the alarm with a gong, Bai Song stopped him.
"Brother, we mean no harm."
However, while passing through Yuanbao Town, I smelled a medicinal odor.
"I wonder if we have a doctor here?"