"Finally, we've arrived at Changfeng City."

Seeing the huge city creeping ahead with its ancient walls, Lu Yan really had some hot tears in his eyes.

It had been half a month since he came to this world, and he had followed the army of stragglers into exile for half a month, during which time, he had been on the verge of death several times and narrowly survived.

For example, there was a time when he was almost killed by other exiles in order to grab a few wild vegetables.

He sighed more than once, he was considered one of the unluckiest travelers, right?

That's right, he originally came from the Earth, was a floundering author, working during the day and coding at night, perhaps because of too much exertion, he fainted one night while coding, and once he woke up, he soul-transfigured to a teenager with the same name in the other world.

The original owner's hometown suffered a natural disaster, bare ground thousands of miles, plants withered, not only no harvest, even the bark of wild vegetables have nothing to eat, do not go only starve to death, can only migrate to other cities.

The original owner followed his parents into exile, and on the way, he got a serious illness, and had already died, and it happened that he was turtled up by Lu Yan, and inherited most of his memories, so he didn't show his face during this period of time.

"I wonder if the gatehouse of Changfeng City, will take us in?"

The one who spoke was an old uncle, everyone called him Wu Bo, with dark and dry skin, full of white hair, skinny skin and bones, obviously only about fifty years old, but paler than a seventy year old on Earth.

His voice was thick with worry, and his eyes were all confused about the future, and helpless.

"It's hard to say."

The one who answered was Lu Yan's father, Lu Qingshan.

Lu Qingshan was around thirty-five years old, with a square face, because he was a hunter and hunted all year round, although he had been in exile for thousands of miles these days, and was exposed to the elements, his body was still quite strong.

At least, compared to these exiles it was so.

Lu Yan looked around, the surrounding black pressure is full of stragglers, Lu Yan estimated no less than ten thousand people.

An indescribable stench wafted through the air, it was disgusting, but Lu Yan was used to it.

The stragglers looked blankly at the city in front of them, waiting for their fate to be judged.

It was common for stragglers to be rejected, and some gates not only refused to accept them, but would also send soldiers to drive them away, and if they didn't comply, it was normal for their heads to be chopped off.

If the gate valves of Changfeng City refused to accept them, they would have to go into exile again and head to the next city.

However, with their stored food and physical state, most of them would die on the way before they could travel to the next city.

Rumble!

Suddenly, the earth trembled slightly, and a rumbling sound came from Changfeng City.

The sound came from far and near, and in an instant, it came close, and only then did the people see that it was a cavalry, only about a hundred riders, but when they galloped, they were magnificent, just like a thousand armies.

"It's the gate valve's martial army."

I don't know who shouted, the hearts of the crowd lifted up, whether to accept or reject, it will be seen immediately, it will decide their fate in the future.

Sigh...

The cavalry stopped in front, neatly organized and not at all disorderly, obviously well trained.

"Steeds like dragons, riders like bears, what a terrifying aura."

Lu Yan curiously surveyed and was secretly staggered.

The back heights of the warhorses were almost all over two meters, and the cavalrymen on the horses, dressed in crimson iron armor and holding spears, were stout and strong, like giant bears.

Lu Yan roughly judged that the height of these cavalrymen were all above one meter nine, forming a sharp contrast with the stragglers.

Glancing at one of the cavalrymen, Lu Yan's sweaty hairs exploded and his heartbeat accelerated, he felt like he was being stared at by a ferocious beast.

When he went to the zoo in his previous life, he had come into close contact with the Northeast Tiger, but the feeling it gave him was far less than this cavalryman.

Lu Yan hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to meet his eyes.

At this time, a middle-aged cavalryman stepped out across the crowd, eagle-eyed and said, "The family head has ordered that the stragglers come here, and from now on, they will be my Liu Clan's subjects, and after a few moments, they will send porridge, and after that, they will arrange for your residence."

What?

The tens of thousands of stragglers were first stunned, and then they were ecstatic, each with an excited expression on their faces.

There was no rejection, and porridge would be handed out and residences would be assigned, they were saved.

Shortly after, a large wooden barrel was pushed over from the direction of the city, the congee scent was tantalizing, and Lu Yan's stomach indisputably rumbled.

"Now start handing out the porridge, everyone line up to receive the porridge, if there are any people who haphazardly jump the queue, kill without pardon."

A cavalryman shouted, his voice was like a bell, traveling for miles, everyone could hear it clearly.

Soon, tens of thousands of stragglers lined up in several long lines, Lu Yan followed his parents to line up, and after about two incense sticks, he successfully received a bowl of porridge.

The porridge was no longer hot, Lu Yan picked up the bowl and finished it in a few gulps.

The congee was made from brown rice and was very thin, to be honest, it was far from the white congee on Earth, but at the moment, Lu Yan felt that it was delicious and incomparable.

These days, every day rely on the parents usually stored some dry food, plus wild vegetables, grass seeds to live, difficult to eat can not be more difficult to eat, and every day in the constipation in the middle of, pull a large need to nine bulls and two tigers.

"Father, mother, you guys eat."

Lu Yan saw Lu Qingshan and Wang Cui couple with congee not yet eaten, so he called out.

"Yan'er, mother is not hungry, mother this bowl of congee is for you too."

Wang Cui handed the bowl in her hand to Lu Yan.

"Right, we're not hungry yet, Yan'er, you're still not cured from your big illness, and it's time for you to grow, so you need to eat more."

Lu Qingshan also said.

Although Lu Yan was still a single dog in his previous life, he was an adult after all, how could he not know the good intentions of his parents.

"Father, Mother, I'm full, you guys eat quickly, you have to arrange the residence later."

Lu Yan smiled.

It was a lie to say that Lu Yan had just crossed over to the two old men, but in the past half a month, when the two old men had something to eat, the first thing they did was to leave it for him, and if there was any danger, they also stood in front of him, isolating the danger from the outside like a wall, and if it wasn't for the two old men's careful care, with his body which hadn't yet recovered from the illness, he would have died on the road long ago.

People's hearts are made of flesh, after half a month together, Lu Yan has recognized Lu Qingshan and Wang Cui, treating them as his parents.

The couple wanted to say more, but Lu Yan only claimed that he was full, and the two old men could not argue with Lu Yan before they picked up the bowl and ate the congee cleanly, licking clean even the little bit of congee water left at the bottom of the bowl.

"Daring, already received congee still want to mix in and receive again, think can hide from my eyes? Looking for death."

A loud shout sounded like thunder in the sky.

A cavalryman rode out, the spear in his hand stabbed out like lightning, piercing through a middle-aged man and raising him above his head.

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That middle-aged man, like a fish that was pierced, kept struggling and twitching, with despair in his eyes.

Buzz!

As the cavalryman exerted his force, the spear vibrated, generating a terrifying force, and the middle-aged man's body was split into pieces, with his internal organs and body parts scattered all over the place.

Seeing this scene, even though Lu Yan had seen countless dead people along the way, he almost spat out the porridge he had just eaten.

In exile, countless people had starved to death, but this was the first time he had seen such bloodshed.

"Amazing, is that martial arts, just the vibration force generated by the vibrating spear can shatter an adult's body, what kind of power is this?"

Strongly holding back his discomfort, Lu Yan looked at that cavalryman, his heart turned over, it was hard to calm down.

That kind of visual impact was too strong, the kind of 50-cent special effects of movies and TV shows in his previous life simply couldn't be made.

From the memories of this body, he knew that there was martial arts in this world, and that martial arts masters who hunted and killed tigers with their bare hands were just idle, but he had never seen them before.

This was considered the first time he had seen a martial arts expert strike.

"The child's father ah, why did you kill him, he just wanted to receive another bowl of porridge for the child ah, oooh oooh oooh, how can you let us mother and son live once you are gone."

At this time, a dry and thin woman pounced on the ground, crying.

"Cry one more time and send your mother and son to meet him."

The knight who had made a move earlier rebuked, his killing intent filled the air, like a ferocious beast that chose to devour people.

How would the dry and thin woman dare to cry again, she could only hold her child in her arms and tremble.

The other displaced people are silent, some also want to mix into the team to receive a second bowl of porridge people have to dispel this idea.

The distribution of porridge continued, and when it was finished, the bowls were recycled, and then an officer came to register the information of each household.

The registration is very simple, simply ask the name and age, where they come from, what skills they know.

Those who knew smelting, forging, and pharmaceuticals were given other arrangements.

Through the memories of his predecessor, Lu Yan knew that the place he was in was called the Da Chu Dynasty.

But the court is weak, can only govern the area of several states, the other territories of the vassals war, the valves stand on their own, training military, customized laws, each valve, is an independent small country.

The gate family is on top, the ordinary people are like dogs and pigs, kill or take.

The wars between the valves are always raiding resources, so weapons and medicines have become scarce, and those who know these crafts are naturally in demand.

"Lu Qingshan, Lu Chuan, Lu Daniu, Wu Si, Wu Hai..."

"You fifty households come with me, arrange for you to move into the Leaning Mountain Village."

An officer loudly called out the names, and those who were named brought their families and leaned towards the officer.

......

Leaning Mountain Village, backed by the Wolverine Mountain, hence its name, is more than ten miles away from Changfeng City.

An officer and two knights led the way, with a group of more than fifty families following, and after half an hour, the mountain village ahead was already in sight.

On the road, Lu Yan had always had a question.

The mountain village, seemed to be an old village, this kind of village, usually full of people, so how to 'stuff' their fifty households in?

Not only Lu Yan, other people also had this question, but the officers and knights didn't say anything, so they didn't dare to ask more.

Leaning Mountain Village was surrounded by a wooden fence that could be more than two meters high, this was to block wild beasts from entering the village at night.

The gate was open, and Lu Yan caught a glimpse of more than ten people watching from there.

Soon, they walked into the village.

"The leaning village has arrived, next, this officer has something to announce..."

Just as the officer opened his mouth, he was interrupted by a loud shout.

"Don't come, don't come, if you come, you won't be able to leave, you'll all die, you'll all die here."

A village woman, with a dry and thin figure, her hair draped, a pale face twisted with intense fear, stared at Lu Yan and the others hissing and shouting.

"Where did the madman come from, quickly drag him down."

The officer's face changed and he shouted harshly.

A knight maneuvering his warhorse was about to rush out, but he saw several figures rush out from within the village, two village hans pulling the mad village woman, and an old man flopping down on his knees, his body trembling slightly from fear, saying, "My lord have mercy, my daughter is a madman, she babbles all day long, the old man will take her to retreat."

"I'm not crazy, dead, all dead, this is a cannibalistic village, there are severe ghosts claiming lives..."

The village woman still shouted, that hysterical voice, distorted face, and fearful eyes made the crowd's hearts hairy and chilled.

A village man hurriedly covered the village woman's mouth so that she could not make a sound.

The officer's face was grim as water, saying, "Still not taken away, if there is a next time, it will be chopped off without mercy."

"Yes, yes, yes, kowtow to your honor."

The old man kowtowed repeatedly before he and the two village men quickly retreated with the village woman.

Lu Qingshan and the others looked at each other in disbelief, their hearts still hairy, and that trace of coldness could never recede.

"Lich ghosts claiming their lives, nonsense."

The officer let out a cold laugh and said, "I won't hide it from you, a plague occurred in Leaning Mountain Village not long ago, causing many villagers to fall ill and die, that's why a lot of houses have been vacated, but don't worry, the plague has been under control a long time ago, so you can move in at ease."

"Also, the fields left behind by those villagers who died of disease, will also be allocated to your name, for you to cultivate, after the harvest of the next year, as long as you pay 50% of the tax can be."

There are also fields to allocate?

The crowd rejoiced, and the chill in their hearts faded a few points.

As for the 50% tax payment, it was directly ignored by them.

Now that they are all starving to death, who cares about the 50% tax, and in this era of war, 50% tax is really not that high.

"Next, there are two things to announce."

"First, the family master has mercy and allows you to borrow food, up to three buckets of brown rice per household, you can also borrow potato seeds, but after the next year's harvest, you have to pay an extra fifty percent, which is counted as interest, those who want to borrow, register one by one."

The officer continued his announcement.

There was a commotion in the crowd, and that was due to excitement.

It was actually possible to borrow grain and seed.

A bucket of twelve and a half pounds, three buckets is more than thirty-seven pounds, in combination with wild vegetables, wild fruits, grass seeds, etc., the family will survive a few months without any problem.

And now it is the eighth day of September, it is the season of planting potatoes, and the potato harvest time is short, usually more than two months can be mature, planted now, in November can be harvested.

As long as it lasted until that time, they would be able to survive.

"I register..."

"I register..."

Each household sent a representative and all registered.

"In a little while, food and seeds will be brought in, now for the second announcement."

"Liu needs an army to defend his homeland, so recently, he is going to recruit a group of young men for training, their age can be anywhere from fourteen to twenty years old, not only will you be provided with free food and drink, but you will also be taught the method of martial arts cultivation, and there will also be a monthly payment of three hundred Wen each month."

The officer continued.

This statement caused many people's eyes to light up.

Free food and drink, and three hundred Wen of monthly money every month.

Because of the war, the price of food had risen year after year, nowadays the price of brown grain was around two Wen, three hundred Wen was enough to buy one hundred and fifty pounds of brown grain, saving a little bit to eat, a family of three would have no problem eating for two months.

The most important thing is to be able to learn martial arts.

In this world, martial arts is the most important thing, and in times of war, it is even more important to emphasize martial arts than literature, so once you are successful in practicing martial arts, you can become a human being, so who wouldn't be tempted to do so.

Although joining the army was dangerous, it was better than starving to death.

Good news after good news, let the crowd because of that crazy village woman brought the uneasiness, dissipate all clean.

Immediately, it was necessary for quite a few eligible ones to come forward to enroll.

"Father, Mother, I want to enroll."

Lu Yan said.

In this half month, plus the memory of his predecessor, Lu Yan understood very clearly, as the bottom, a little self-preservation and the ability to take risks are not there, life is in the hands of the strong, the slightest problem, will perish.

In his second life, he didn't want to live like this, he wanted to cultivate martial arts, to become strong, to have the ability to protect himself and his family, instead of being a fish on someone else's chopping board, to be slaughtered.

But want to cultivate martial arts, how easy it is, unless there is a special talent to be discovered, otherwise, want to contact the martial arts, you have to spend a lot of money, go to those martial arts halls to learn.

But where did he get the money, by farming his whole life he couldn't come up with the cost of practicing martial arts.

This opportunity, he didn't want to miss it.

He didn't ask Lu Qingshan and Wang Cui, and directly walked towards the officer, he knew in his heart, Lu Qingshan and Wang Cui definitely didn't ask him to join the army.

It was too late for Lu Qingshan and Wang Cui to try to pull Lu Yan back, so they could only stand there in a hurry.

"Your body is too weak, your foundation is weak, you don't meet the conditions, stand down."

The officer just glanced at Lu Yan and rejected it outright.

Lu Yan had no choice but to step back, Lu Qingshan and Wang Cui sighed in relief.

In the end, a total of twelve people were eligible and registered, and they would be leaving with the officer later.

An hour later, several carts of grain and seeds arrived, and the people received their grain and seeds.

Then each family was given a wooden plate with a house number written on it, and each house in the village had a corresponding house number at the door, so just follow the house number above to find a house to move into.

The house number Lu Qingshan received was thirty-six.

They took the grain and seeds with them and found house number thirty-six.

The location of the house, at the edge of the village, was not big, with mud walls and thatched roofs, three rooms, a small hall and a small kitchen.

Rusty hoes, flat burdens, dustpans and other farming tools were still placed at the door, but the original owner of the house, however, had long since disappeared.

Lu Qingshan and Wang Cui immediately began to clean up, Lu Yan wanted to help, but was stopped by the two old men, saying that Lu Yan had not yet recovered from his illness, and needed to rest.

After cleaning up, it was already evening, Wang Cui took some brown rice and cooked a thick porridge.

A family of three gathered around the wooden table and ate with great relish.

Brown rice mixed with rice bran, the taste is extremely poor, in the past, Lu Yan is difficult to swallow, but now feel incomparably sweet.

A bowl of brown rice porridge down, body warm.

In the eyes of the two old men, there is no longer the kind of confusion and despair about the future on the road to exile, replaced by hope, the expectation of the future days.

There was a house, a field, food, seeds, this was hope.

"Yan'er, take an early rest, tomorrow morning I will go into the mountains to hunt, and give you a hare to replenish your body."

Lu Qingshan said.

At night, the moonlight spread all over the thatched hut, Lu Yan lay on the wooden bed, his thoughts were mixed and it was difficult to fall asleep.

One moment he thought of the scenes of starving people on the road to exile, the other moment he thought of that knight's terrifying power to kill one person with a single shot, and then he thought of that crazy village woman's hissing and shouting during the day...

For some reason, there was always a bit of uneasiness in his heart, growing thicker and thicker like the darkness of the late night.

"This world is littered with dangers, I must have the power to defend myself, what exactly is that book in my head? How come it's still unresponsive."

As a traveler, Lu Yan wasn't without any special features, on the first day he traveled here, he found a book in his head that would appear in his mind as long as he focused on it, but Lu Yan tried many times and didn't find any special features.

After many fruitless attempts, Lu Yan could only die.

After thinking distractedly for a while, sleepiness gradually came, and in a daze, Lu Yan entered dreamland.

Suddenly, a mournful hiss resounded through the quiet night sky of the small village, and Lu Yan sat up violently from his bed.