The two tried to turn and run, but no matter how hard they ran, they couldn't escape Chi Yi's grasp.
"How dare you steal from anyone! Hand it over..."
Chi Yi was used to the army. His sword was not drawn, but he had an imposing presence. He usually acted as a chivalrous knight and would always chase after the owner of stolen goods.
The two little beggars looked terrified. They couldn't escape from Chi Yi's grasp. They were so hungry that they thought, "We're going to die anyway, so it's better to die full than starve."
An older beggar stuffed two pancakes into the younger one's arms, and the two of them immediately began to wolf them down.
This caught Chi Yi off guard. These were pancakes bought by the princess. If these two little beggars ate them, how could he take them back to the princess and Lian'er?
"This...this..."
The two beggars kept glancing at Chi Yi and Su Luo as they ate, afraid that Chi Yi would snatch the pancake away. But their keen observation skills were not to be underestimated.
Seeing the disgust in Chi Yi and Lian'er's eyes, they deliberately put their dirty hands on the pancakes, hoping that the rich men wouldn't take them back.
"You...you..."
Seeing this scene, Chi Yi felt both heartache and helplessness. Stealing was wrong, but these people were starving, and this was also a consequence of the war.
The pancakes couldn't be taken back, and others could see that Su Luo and the others didn't need those few pancakes.
Right in front of Chi Yi, five or six beggars covered in black suddenly came and snatched the two small pancakes. It was true that whoever was the strongest got the pancakes.
Old Yang calmly looked up at the scene on the street, as if this scene played out every day for him, and he was no longer bothered by it.
He looked at Su Luo, who was still in a daze, with a cold smile, thinking that Su Luo was scared.
"Young lady, now you know why I told you to give me the money first, hehe..."
Su Luo watched the beggars scrambling for food. Perhaps they weren't originally beggars, but refugees from Beichuan City. The ruthlessness of war had turned them into what they were now.
Hearing Old Man Yang speak, Su Luo turned to look at him: "Uncle, you've encountered too many things like today, and you've probably not received your money many times. I understand..."
Seeing that the two little beggars had all their pancakes snatched away, leaving only the ones in their mouths, they swallowed them without chewing in order to avoid having them taken away. The pancakes got stuck in their throats, and the two were about to suffocate.
Seeing that the people were about to die, the beggar next to them snatched the pancakes from their hands and ran away, leaving the two dying men there.
Su Luo reached out to Lian'er, asking her to bring the water bag.
Seeing that the person was about to die, Lian'er didn't think of anything and hurriedly handed the water bag to Su Luo.
After taking the water bag, Su Luo opened the lid before handing it to the two little beggars.
Between life and death, the little beggar took one bite at a time until he swallowed the pancake, thus saving his life.
"king……"
Chi Yi wanted to explain that he could buy the ten lost pancakes again, and he only hoped that Su Luo would not make things difficult for these orphans.
Su Luo shook her head at Chi Yi, indicating that it was alright.
The two little beggars were still holding Su Luo's water bag. They had snatched someone else's pancakes and had their lives saved by that person. Their eyes were filled with both guilt and fear.
The older one pulled the younger one up, and the two knelt in front of Su Luo, not daring to raise their heads.
"I'm so sorry, my brother and I are just too hungry, I'm so sorry..."
Su Luo seemed to be a wealthy person, and it was unclear whether she would hold a grudge against them. However, after waiting for a long time, they still did not hear a reply from Su Luo.
The two cautiously looked up and found that Su Luo didn't seem angry, and there was no disdain in her eyes like when others saw them.
"You're still not full? Where are your parents?"
The two beggar boys were full of questions, wondering if Su Luo was being concerned or being sarcastic when she said that. They were looking for their parents, who had long been killed in the war.
“We have no parents, our family is all dead, and we can’t find any work, so we have no choice but to beg.”
Only when the war stops can Beichuan City develop, and only then can children this age find work and avoid starving to death.
With so many refugees, there's not much Su Luo can do; she only hopes to end the conflict with Bei Liang as soon as possible.
"Lian'er, have Old Man Yang make all the pancakes for them today and distribute them to them. I'll pay for it."
"yes!"
Hearing this, the two were finally relieved, knowing that this benefactor would no longer make things difficult for them.
"Thank you... thank you so much..."
When Lian'er went to find Old Man Yang, Old Man Yang was very disdainful. Only when Su Luo arrived did he begin to look at Su Luo properly.
"Old man Yang, what do you mean? Don't you believe what I say?"
Lian'er's little face was puffed up with anger. She had become a familiar face to Old Man Yang, so why would the old man be afraid that she would lie to him?
"Hmph, do you have any money? If you don't, I don't believe you. Let's wait for that lady to say."
Su Luo gave Old Yang a one-hundred-tael silver note and instructed him.
“Uncle, each pancake costs ten coins. You can make five hundred pancakes every day and distribute them to these refugees. I will also have someone count them.”
Until you've made enough pancakes to make this amount of one hundred taels of silver, no matter how many you make or how few you make afterward, I'll give you extra silver. Are you willing...?
Su Luo was holding real gold and silver. Old Man Yang had never seen so much silver in his entire life, so of course he was willing.
Right now, he's the only one in the entire Beichuan city who can get flour and make so many pancakes.
"Yes, my lady, don't worry, I will definitely make enough pancakes to make one hundred taels of silver, hahaha..."
"Okay! I believe in you!"
Su Luo handed a hundred-tael silver note to Old Man Yang and asked Chi Yi to have a soldier watch over him to ensure that he had pancakes to distribute every day.
Walking down the street, Su Luo asked Chi Yi, who was always behind her.
"Chi Yi, is there still grain at Prince Yu's estate in Beichuan City?"
There are two estates in Beichuan City. Su Luo didn't receive a single grain of rice this year. Nangong Chiyu said in his letter that it was all used as military rations, and he didn't know if there was anything left.
"Your Highness, the imperial grain supplies have arrived in time. One granary still has half a granary left, which is about six or seven hundred dan of rice."
Six or seven hundred loads should be enough.
"In that case, go back today and have people prepare several large sheds. Tomorrow I will distribute porridge to the people of Beichuan City."
"Yes, Your Highness..."
Su Luo planned to visit the estate herself. In the days following her departure for Beichuan City, Steward Shi received a considerable amount of grain and had it delivered.
Also, her space was almost full of food, so she took this opportunity to move the food outside.
In the afternoon, Su Luo didn't let Chi Yi follow her. She took Lian'er and several soldiers with her to the manor. When the manor manager saw Su Luo, he handed over the key to the granary with both hands.
行为上很是懂事，只是这人的面相不好，一个中年男人，却有着一对刻薄的倒三角眼，脸上的笑也很假。
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