As Ji Fengshou spoke, he took out two pounds of charcoal and added it to the charcoal basin and started burning it without waiting for anyone to speak.
Some people were worried that the product might be of poor quality if it was sold at such a low price.
After burning it and looking at it for a while, I found that the quality of the charcoal was really good!
It produces less smoke and is longer lasting, so everyone was interested in it.
Once someone took the lead, things went much more smoothly.
In a short while, hundreds of kilograms of charcoal were ordered from Ji Fengyi's office. They paid the money and gave their address, and asked Ji Fengshou to deliver it to their homes.
Happy Ji Fengshou collected the money while lowering his head to write down names and addresses.
Ji Fengyi felt very proud when he saw that his brother had sold so many products so quickly.
After receiving the order, Ji Fengshou could not sit still. He immediately took his two brothers Ji Shilin and went to deliver the goods door to door.
It was at this time that a riot broke out on the street, and a man covered in blood fell in front of the county government office.
Several yamen runners guarding the door immediately stepped forward to check the situation: "Wake up! Wake up!"
"Hold on! The doctor will be here soon!" Several people patted the person on the ground and ordered people to call a doctor.
The man on the ground was breathing more than breathing in. After being awakened, he tightly grasped the yamen runner's hand and said, "Quick...report! The Turks...the Turks are coming!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the breath disappeared and his hand dropped heavily.
Several people were shocked and immediately ran back to the county government office to report. In a short while, the entire county government office's defense was mobilized.
Wang Ziru forced himself to remain calm. "The one who informed us must be from the garrison. The county lieutenant, immediately send people to the city gate for support. The county magistrate, have your men keep an eye on the county government warehouse! Everyone else, go to the streets to check the situation. Once you see clearly, report immediately!"
"yes!"
The group of people were originally panicking, but when they saw that the county magistrate was still calm, they also calmed down and started to take action one after another.
The entire county office quickly sprang into action. Wang Ziru ordered his attendant, "Go to the backyard and inform Madam to depart immediately. You will personally drive the carriage out of the west city toward Liangzhou. Once you reach Liangzhou, let Madam return to the capital on her own. From now on... you will stay by Madam's side and listen to her instructions."
"Master! This is absolutely wrong! How can I abandon you at this time?"
The long-time attendant's eyes widened in horror at Wang Ziru's behavior, which seemed like he was making arrangements for his final affairs.
Wang Ziru said with a stern face: "I am still your master now! Don't you listen to what I say?! Go now!"
The more the attendant saw him like this, the more frightened he became: "Master! The situation may not be so bad. Wouldn't it scare Madam if you asked her to retreat now? How about we wait a little longer?"
"All right! Go and ride the horse to take Madam away!" Wang Ziru emphasized.
Ping'an's tears flowed down, and his throat felt like it was blocked by cotton.
He knew that the master he had served since childhood was angry when he said this. Once the master made a decision, no one could convince him.
Ping An knelt on the ground and kowtowed twice: "I will do my best to protect the safety of my wife!"
After saying that, he ran to the backyard without looking back.
Ji Fengyi also heard the news from others at this time, and his expression changed drastically.
If the garrison could do it, why would someone covered in blood run to the county government office to report the news?
This means that the garrison can’t hold out for much longer!
"Little brother... a good harvest!"
Ji Fengyi thought of his younger brother who was still delivering goods outside, and ran out of the county government office like crazy.
His parents died early, and now his closest relative is only his younger brother. Even if something happens, he wants to be with his younger brother!
Ji Fengshou, who was halfway through delivering the goods, noticed that everyone on the street seemed to have become panicked and was running around in all directions. As he was about to pick up the goods, he couldn't help but pull over a person who was running home in a hurry and said, "Brother, what's going on? Why do you all look so panicked?"
The person being held back shook him off forcefully: "How can I not panic? The Turks have an army of 10,000 and are about to attack us. We are going to die!"
After saying that, he ran away as if his butt was on fire.
The string in Ji Fengshou's mind suddenly broke.
Are the Turks going to attack here?
"Mom!"
Ji Fengshou threw away the charcoal in his hand, jumped on the mule cart and ran directly towards the other houses on the street: "Stone Forest! Stone Mountain! Stone!"
He ran and shouted all the way, his voice was indescribably shrill.
When the three Ji Shilin brothers heard the shout, they threw the charcoal on the ground and ran out in a hurry: "What happened? What happened?!"
"Get in the car! Let's go!"
Ji Fengshou looked anxious and ordered them to come up as soon as he saw them.
Ji Shishan and Ji Shitou were both stubborn. After hearing this, they got into the car without even asking what happened.
Only Ji Shilin got in the car and asked him nervously, "What happened?"
"Let's hurry to the county government office to find my brother! The barbarians are attacking the county town, and I heard there are quite a few of them! This time we're all done!"
Ji Fengshou whipped the mule hard and it flew high.
The three brothers were shocked when they heard this.
Growing up, they had never even seen a dead body, let alone a battlefield.
Hearing Ji Fengshou's words, he shuddered: "What should we do? Our mother is still at home!"
"That's right, big brother, our mother! Our mother is still at home! What should we do!!!"
Ji Shitou panicked and grabbed Ji Shilin's clothes and almost strangled him to death.
Ji Shilin punched him in the face, and Ji Shitou finally let go.
"Get lost! I almost died at the hands of my own brother before the barbarians even arrived. You want to kill your own brother?!"
Ji Shilin wished he could beat these two useless guys to death with one punch.
Ji Fengshou was in no mood to care what they were doing outside. He just wanted to get to the county government office as soon as possible to reunite with his brother.
This time the Turks came prepared. The two sides had been in constant friction for years, and both sides had already had a rough idea of the other's number of people.
But no one expected that this time the Turks suddenly doubled their manpower and their equipment was better than before.
The garrison consisted of only 5,000 troops, and a large number of them were soon killed in the battle at the city gate. Although the beacon tower had been lit, it was unknown when reinforcements would arrive.
Before the news reached the county government, the Turks broke through the city gates and entered.
The streets were filled with screams, cries for help and the rampant laughter of the Turks.
Ji Fengshou had only walked two blocks in his mule cart when he ran head-on into a group of foreigners who had just rushed in.
There were about thirty people on the other side, each holding a weapon in their hands, their bodies covered in blood. The excited smiles on their faces had not yet faded, but when they saw him, a bloodthirsty smile appeared on their faces.
Ji Fengshou exclaimed in his heart: It’s over!
Without his wife and daughter around, he is like a toothless tiger, all show and no substance!
Without saying a word, he turned around and ran away with his mule.
"Chase!"
Hearing the noise behind him, Ji Fengshou panicked and ran around without paying attention to the direction, running towards whichever direction there was no one.
Soon I ran into a dead end.
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