Chapter 010 Golden Ringo (Part 1)
The refugee street outside the north wall of the city was the dirtiest place in the entire city of Bianjing, bar none.
It is called a 'street', but it is actually a very large area.
The Han people who fled back from the north had no land or fields, so they gathered here, huddled together for warmth, and survived in the world.
There were few people at the beginning and it was indeed just a street.
But as the number of people gradually increases year by year, there are now nearly 20,000 people here.
That’s already the population of a large county.
But compared with the population of nearly two million in Bianjing City, it was just a small area.
The refugee street was a pain point for the entire upper class of the Song Dynasty, which meant that the North was suffering, but the Song Dynasty had no way to deal with it.
Can't beat our neighbors to the north.
In fact, the refugees gathered here were only a small part of the Han people who fled south. More of them died on the way to escape or were diverted to other areas.
The Refugee Street was extremely smelly. All the leftovers from the palace were dumped here. Moreover, the sanitation system here was so different from that in Bianjing City.
Without sewers, refugees excrete physiological waste everywhere.
Excrement can be seen everywhere on the mud road.
So when Lu Sen came here, he was reluctant to move forward.
But when I thought that this was probably the only place with a large amount of bones or bone meal, I endured it.
The place where the palace dumped leftovers was on the east side of the Refugee Street.
Since Lu Sen came from the west of the city, he had to pass through the refugee street area.
Walking inside the refugee street, Lu Sen covered his nose all the way.
On both sides of the winding dirt road are low and ugly mud brick houses.
Many poor people who looked no different from beggars and were half-naked sat at the foot of the wall, staring blankly at the occasional passers-by on the dirt road.
Many people stared at Lu Sen and Hei Zhu with strange looks.
Like a hungry wolf, staring at fresh meat.
After they walked for a while, two men suddenly stood up and blocked their way.
They also looked like beggars, but their spirits were obviously much better than those people with numb eyes next to them.
One of them was holding a black wooden stick and a clean porcelain bowl. He looked at Lu Sen with a smile and asked, "Young man, this is not the place for you to come. Didn't your parents tell you that?"
Just as Hei Zhu was about to speak, Lu Sen stopped him with his hand, then clasped his fists and said, "I don't intend to stay here, I'm just passing by."
"Are you really just passing by?" The beggar's eyes were sinister, as if mocking him: "You are not idle, so you come here to show off your status as a superior person."
"Are you showing off here? I might as well go drink some wine." Lu Sen smiled slightly and stared into the other person's eyes without showing any weakness: "I will come back later, do you have any objection?"
Many times, blindly yielding is not enough. Lu Sen understands this very well.
The beggar who was speaking frowned, then smiled and stepped aside: "I hope you will keep your word, young man. This piece of land is under our management. You are a tiger's son and grandson, so there is no need to compete with us local tyrants for food."
Lu Sen didn't say anything, just smiled and walked past him.
Heizhu lowered his head and followed quickly.
When Lu Sen walked away, another beggar asked in confusion: "Master Li, why did you let that boy run away? He is so fragile. We can tie him up and take him back. He won't get away with one tael of silver."
"It's not easy to tie him up." Hall Master Li shook his head, his dark face showing no expression. "That kid's eyes are not right, like a wolf. He must be a descendant of a general."
"You're not afraid of a descendant of a military family. It's not like we haven't kidnapped someone before. The illegitimate child of the Cao family is still being used as a sex bowl by us."
Hall Master Li snorted, "How dare you tie up three generals from the Yang, Zhong, and Di families?"
The beggar next to him immediately stopped talking: "We definitely can't tie him up. Although we're not afraid, revenge afterwards is indeed troublesome. But he doesn't look right. The only son of the Yang family is with the Northwest Army, the whole Zhong family is stationed in the north, and the men of the Di family are now in the southwest. That kid shouldn't be from these three families."
"Not really, but that's about right." Hall Master Li shook his head: "Now only these three families, or the nobles related to these three families, can train such a wolf-like young man."
Master Li shook his head regretfully and left.
Lu Sen continued walking along the muddy road, and after a while he asked, "Hei Zhu, you are scared, do you know them?"
Heizhu nodded. He was really scared just now. "They are from the Wuyou Cave Beggars' Gang. They are lawless and dare to kill anyone except those who are slightly concerned about the generals. I heard that many boys and girls of high officials were kidnapped by them and used as slaves and prostitutes. "
"The government doesn't care?"
"Yes, but I can't manage it all. Wuyou Cave and Guifan Tower are quite troublesome."
Then, Hei Zhu told everyone what he knew.
The city of Bianjing had the best underground sewage system in the world.
The size of the underground sewage channel was determined by the size of the Bianjing city. Moreover, the underground channel in Bianjing city was large and wide, high and wide enough for six or seven adults to walk side by side.
The environment inside is complex and the passages are dense.
Once criminals escape into the underground sewers, they can take advantage of the complex terrain and are almost impossible to be caught.
When it's night, they jump out from other entrances to look for food or commit crimes.
As time went by, there were more and more villains in the underground sewers, and they began to form gangs and eventually formed two organizations: Wuyou Cave, headed by the Beggars' Sect, and Guifanlou, headed by people from the underworld.
Wuyoudong likes to "manage", grab territories, and collect protection fees.
Kidnapping children, using boys as servants, or brainwashing them into becoming their own people.
Most of the girls were raised for a few years, trained to become prostitutes and sold to brothels, or simply left in Wuyou Cave as a tool for venting.
Although another organization, Guifanlou, has fewer members, they are more powerful and like to engage in assassination business.
If you don’t open for three years, you can make enough money for three years after you open.
At the same time, we also do some mid-range business, such as helping people launder money.
The government hated these two organizations deeply. After all, many ministers' children had also fallen victim to the Wuyou Cave.
Some officials were assassinated by Gui Fanlou.
The government would crack down on these two organizations once a year. In particular, Bao Zheng swept the country three times in just six months after he became the prefect of Kaifeng.
Zhan Zhao took the lead every time, and each time he was able to kill two or three hundred scumbags from Wuyou Cave, or some elite forces from Guifan Tower.
But the effect is not obvious...the environment inside the underground sewage pipe is too complicated and the space is large enough.
According to conservative estimates, there are nearly 50,000 to 60,000 villains living there for a long time. Killing two or three hundred people each time is not even a drop in the bucket.
Three or four years ago, Heizhu also wanted to join Wuyou Cave to make a living.
But the other party didn't want him, and even beat him half to death. The person who did it was the Li Tangzhu who had just spoken to Lu Sen.
Therefore, Heizhu was quite afraid of that person.
Lu Sen shook his head, finding it quite ironic.
Such a magnificent underground sewage system should have benefited the people of Bianjing City, but it turned out to be a haven for evildoers.
It may even harm the people of this city in turn.
As he shook his head, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a small figure on the side of the road, lying on its back on the yellow soil, motionless.
Swarms of black flies covered her body like pieces of black rags, even obscuring the child's features.
do you died?
Lu Sen stopped and stood there for a while. Seeing that the little figure was motionless, he moved away again.
If he was alive, he would naturally help.
But if he died, he wouldn't care anymore.
With a slight sigh, Lu Sen continued to move forward.
If the person who died was an adult, he would not be so sad, but if the person who died was a child, he would feel much more sad.
This is human nature.
There is a protective instinct for the cubs.
It took him another ten minutes to finally pass through the core area of the refugee street and arrive at the place where the palace dumped leftovers.
In front of me is a garbage dump that emits a foul odor.
A large amount of domestic waste is piled up here.
In addition to the palace dumping its garbage here, many large families or dignitaries also dump their domestic garbage here.
Over time, the garbage here has piled up into mountains.
The garbage on the top of the mountain is still fresh, but starting from the middle of the mountain, the garbage has already rotted into black soil.
In addition, there are a large number of skinny people looking for food in the garbage mountains.
Lu Sen covered his nose, looked at the mountain of garbage in front of him, and smiled bitterly: "It seems that I don't need to look for bone powder anymore."
Because at this moment in his field of vision, there was a large amount of "black soil" in front of him.
One unit of dirt block and one unit of bone meal can be crafted into one unit of "black soil".
However, the garbage mountain in front of us is full of black soil.
Lu Sen stretched out his hand, and the black soil at the foot of the garbage mountain first collapsed into black cubes, and finally turned into golden streams of light and sank into his palm.
Many people nearby were stunned, and some beggars even knelt down and kowtowed, worshiping him as if he were a god.
After collecting more than 300 units of black soil, half of the foot of the garbage mountain is missing.
If it continues to suck in, the garbage mountain will probably collapse.
Lu Sen turned and left.
Hei Zhu followed and whispered, "My dear, why don't we go back from the east gate? The refugee street is too dirty and I'm afraid it will dirty your body."
"It's okay, I'm not such a delicate person."
Lu Sen smiled.
In fact, the tiny figure almost completely covered by black flies was still appearing in his mind.
I always feel uncomfortable.
He wanted to go back and confirm again, and if the child was really dead, he would help find a place to bury him.
If he is not dead, save him if you can.
With this thought in mind, he walked quite fast this time.
Almost a trot.
Heizhu felt a little uncomfortable following behind.
Soon, Lu Sen returned to the place where he was just now, and the little body covered by black flies was still there.
In just a little more than an incense stick of time, there were more black flies covering the little guy.
It was pitch black, covering the entire body of the little guy lying on his back.
Seeing this scene, Lu Sen shook his head in his heart.
Generally speaking, only corpses attract so many flies and insects, because the dead body is rotting. Now that the weather is hot, the rotting speed will be faster.
He took out a piece of clothing from his system backpack and used it as a piece of cloth to fan away the black flies.
Driven away, the black flies took flight, buzzing like a spreading black cloud.
Some of them refused to leave and continued to stay on the bodies of the little things and bite them.
"The body hasn't rotted... but it stinks. No wonder there are so many flies and insects. It's probably not far from rotting."
Lu Sen was stunned for a moment, but still walked over to the little thing and squatted down.
The small body on the ground was very thin, with arms and legs as thin as toothpicks.
A strong sour smell hit my nose. The clothes the little thing was wearing were caked and lumpy, and it was estimated that they had not been washed for a long time.
His hair was very long and messy, like seaweed coated with tar, sticking together here and there, very ugly.
Lu Sen put his hand on the little thing's left chest.
He had given up hope on the little creature's survival, so checking to see if it had a heartbeat was just a way to comfort himself.
But then, Lu Sen's expression became surprised.
Under the palm of your hand is the beating heart.
Although it was faint, it was indeed beating.
Still alive!
Why were living people thrown on the roadside?
This thought flashed through Lu Sen’s mind, but then he didn’t think much about it. He put his hand under the little guy’s back and tried to help him up.
As a result, just when they helped the person up a little, the little guy who had his eyes closed and was motionless suddenly screamed and his whole body was shaking with pain.
Lu Sen was so scared that he immediately laid him back down on the ground.
This is... Lu Sen was a little confused. Was he injured somewhere and then he was bumped by me?
Just as he was wondering, the middle-aged beggar who had been sitting next to him said, "Young man, the little girl hurt her waist. Her mother threw her out, but I saw her legs were still able to move, so I guess her waist is not broken. After she recovers, she can still do some rough work. Good deeds will be rewarded, so take her away. If she stays here, she will die sooner or later."
Hurt your waist?
No wonder!
Lu Sen took out two wooden sticks from the system backpack and used the clothes to make a simple small stretcher.
Finally, together with Heizhu, one lifted the upper body and the other lifted the legs, and they put the little thing on the stretcher.
During this time, the little girl cried out in pain but remained unconscious and did not wake up.
"Go into the city to send medical treatment." Lu Sen shouted.
Hei Zhu shook his head: "My dear, she is a refugee, dirty and smelly, no clinic will take her in. The soldiers guarding the city will not let her in."
Lu Sen frowned and had to admit that Hei Zhu was right.
If Lu Sen entered the city by himself, given his appearance and temperament, it would be obvious that he was not an ordinary person. He would probably be allowed to pass without even a household registration check.
But with this little girl, the situation is different.
The soldiers guarding the city would not allow a black, dirty, smelly, and dying refugee to enter the city.
"Then go home and I'll figure it out myself."
Lu Sen and Hei Zhu carried the little girl back to Aishan's yard, one in front and one behind.
The journey would normally take at least an hour, but with the two of them running quickly, they arrived in half an hour.
Back in the yard, the two men immediately put down the stretcher.
Heizhu went to the nearby canal to fetch some spring water and fed the little girl with a porcelain bowl.
Lu Sen sat on the ground and gasped for breath... His physical strength was not as good as Heizhu's. After all, he was spoiled and his level was lower.
The little girl subconsciously sucked the water a few times and then her mouth stopped moving.
Lu Sen put his hand on her nose and then on her heart, and found that her breathing and heartbeat had become weaker.
If this continues, I probably won’t survive the night.
Lu Sen opened his system recipe bar and looked to see if there was anything in it that could quickly save his life.
Then he frowned.
If the food is produced in the system home, even the most basic vegetable leaves will have the effect of restoring life when eaten.
Just eating a piece of vegetable leaf might be enough to pull this little girl back from the brink of death.
But he had just taken the black soil back and hadn't even cultivated the land yet, let alone planting. There weren't even any seeds, so where would the vegetable leaves come from?
Without home food, the only thing that can be quickly crafted now is... golden apples.
Heizhu stood aside, looking at Lu Sen expectantly.
He wanted to see his master using magic to save people.
Lu Sen turned his head and looked at Hei Zhu: "You have a way to get into the city, right?"
"Okay, but I need some copper coins to give to Mr. Bing."
"You also know where Tianbo Yang Mansion is."
Hei Zhu continued to nod.
"Here." Lu Sen stuffed a handful of copper coins into Hei Zhu's hand and said, "You are fast, go to Tianbo Yang Mansion and find Miss Yang. Tell her that I want to make an elixir to save people. I need eight pieces of gold and a ripe apple. I hope she can help me with these supplies. After the elixir is made, I am willing to give her half."
Heizhu held the copper coin in his hand and asked in confusion, "My dear, what is an apple?"
Lu Sen thought for a while and said, "Oh, now I should call her Ringo."
