Chapter 442: refugee

Joseph was a native farmer in Fort Kasparmy. He grew up here since he was a child. He passed his whole life without leaving his home.
Although he has never left here, Joseph is very satisfied with his life. He has a virtuous wife and a sensible son. The family takes care of the farmland and orchard. Taxes, but fortunately I can eat them every year.
But this year is different.
Since entering the sleeping month, the climate of Kaspermi has turned all the way down. Every day is gloomy and terrible. I have never seen the sun again.
Although it was normal for the weather to be cold after winter, Joseph felt something was wrong.
The sleeping moons of previous years are not as cold as this year.
In memory, my father once told him that the same was true of the sleeping month for a year. As a result, the severe cold month brought a heavy snowstorm, even the houses were buried by heavy snow, people couldn't even get out the door, the cellar was frozen in ice, several Hundreds of people were frozen to death on the streets, and nobles gathered food sales, resulting in civilians not being able to buy food, and many were starving to death at home.
"I'm afraid there will be a heavy snowstorm next month."
Worried Joseph talked to others like this, but no one believed him.
Everyone laughed that he became a "Master Master" (because a powerful magician can affect the weather).
Concerned about this fact, Joseph began to secretly store food.
Then, the cold moon came, and the fact gave everyone a slap.
The blizzard really came. The whole week of heavy snow covered the whole land. One person's high snow blocked the door. People couldn't go out and could only rely on the food in their homes.
"This ghost weather! I have to find a way to get some food!"
Joseph glanced at the snow that had not yet merged. The grain and dried meat stored in the barrels were almost exhausted. Only the rations for the last four days were left. If they don't want to do anything else, their family may be starving to death.
The tightly wrapped wife whispered, "Let's borrow some food from Bob next door?"
"It's impossible," Joseph shook his head. "In this ghost weather, no one wants to lend food to others ... I'm sure the grain shop in Kasparmi must have been closed and this snow disaster has occurred. , They will definitely have to reserve grain-either raise the selling price and bite a bite. "
"I don't know how long this weather ..."
"It won't be long. Blizzard has stopped, but the snow will last a long time."
Joseph's face was very ugly: "These snow is the big problem. We don't have firewood anymore."
With such thick snow, there must be a lot of homeless people frozen in Kasparmi. The situation in these villages outside is not optimistic. I ca n’t go out for a week. I do n’t store so much firewood on weekdays. I can burn in the house. Everything has been burned out. Once there is nothing to burn, the cold temperatures will quickly take their lives.
"Otherwise we take the chair off and burn it?"
"Firewood is just one of them. We are almost out of food. We must find a way to solve the food problem."
Joseph wrapped up his clothes and relented: "I'll go into the city and see if I can buy some food, I can carry it."
Just as Joseph was going to forcibly go out, there was a sudden knock at the door.
The Josephs were suddenly shocked. Why was there so much snow outside?
"Joseph!"
"It's Bob."
Joseph hurriedly opened the door. Outside, Bob was buried in snow, and his whole face was frozen.
"come on in!"
When Bob entered the door, he asked very simply, "How much grain do you still have in your house?"
Joseph opened his mouth, and said disapprovingly, "There are two days to go."
"Two days?"
Bob frowned, and after a moment, he said, "Two days, two days! It's a big deal, everyone can give you a little bit, as long as you can reach your destination ... Pack up and get ready to go!"
"Clean up? What do you mean?"
Joseph was shocked: "Where to go?"
"Ellington!"
Bob paused and said in a low voice, "You don't know yet? Something happened in Fort Casparmi, Warcraft attacked the castle, and many people died. Lord Lawrence decided to pay the soldier's pension. A temporary protection tax is levied-if you have no money, you must take out food to mortgage. "
"Protection tax !?"
Joseph suddenly sharpened his tone: "This ghost weather, our own food is gone, and we have to pay taxes !? We will starve to death when we have nothing to eat!"
"So we all discussed and decided to leave here and go to Ellington."
Bob said calmly, "The owner of the potion home, Owen, is willing to show us the way."
"But suddenly ... the snow outside hasn't melted yet!"
"Hesitate again. After the snow has melted, the tax officer will come straight to the door."
Bob said lightly, "Now there are twenty-two in the village, and you're out of your family."
"Everyone agrees !?"
"Yes."
Bob said, "People who have heard of the Datang Chamber of Commerce previously said that Ellington is not the same there as before."
"Ellington ... but it's far away! The carriage will run for six days!"
"We don't have a carriage, but we have feet."
Bob's face was indifferent: "If you don't leave here, sooner or later you will be forced to death by Lord Lawrence. There is still a vitality to leave here."
"But, but ..."
Joseph, who had never left Fort Casparmi, had an inexplicable fear in the heart.
"Do you know that the merchants who came over from there before the start of the winter praised Ellington, calling it a city of miracles that changes every day."
Bob said very eagerly: "I heard that the roads there are paved with a black gold, it is very flat regardless of wind and rain, and it is not muddy at all. I also heard that the food there will be in one day. The inside matures, even the poorest farmers are richer than farmers elsewhere, where they can earn gold coins if they are willing to work, and they can eat delicious roasted meat and bread at every meal! "
Joseph, who had only been able to scramble dry meat for several days, swallowed: "But they certainly don't welcome outsiders ..."
"No, you are wrong. I heard that foreigners are very welcome to settle there."
Bob said with certainty: "They say that Ellington is different every day. The lord there needs a lot of people to build the city. He will spend money to hire people to work for him instead of calling for free. It is said that he can get To the reward of dozens of silver coins. "
"Dozens of silver coins every day !?"
Go to Fear! Joseph's psychological defense collapsed in an instant: "When will it start !?"
"immediately."
Bob opened the door and walked out without looking back. He should have said that if he wanted to go, it was up to him.
"Dear? Are we really going? It's so cold outside, son he ..."
Joseph glanced at the frozen uncle's son and said ruthlessly, "We must take risks or stay at home or die! My dear, pack up quickly, bring food and clothes, leave everything else ! "
The two immediately got busy. Joseph ran to the bedroom and carefully put into his arms the coins that he had accumulated for many years. One gold coin, fifteen silver coins, and eighty-two copper coins. This was all he had saved.
The knock on the door soon sounded again. When Joseph opened the door, there was already a group of people ready to go.
"Ready?"
Looking at the familiar faces full of confusion and expectation, Joseph took a breath and said, "Ready."
In this way, the Joseph family joined the fugitive army.
On the snow-covered ground, they quietly left the home where they had lived for most of their lives, and began a long journey towards Ellington in the south.
Day after day, the team did not stop, and they did not dare to stop-jurisprudentially they belonged to Lord Lawrence's wealth. The soldiers of the lord found that they had fled from Kasparmi and would be hanged!
The further south, the less snow there is. The deep snow in the calf is very small compared to the beginning. They rely on each other, support each other, share food with each other, persist in their will, and resist the cold.
"Come on, everyone is coming to Ellington!"
Every time someone could n’t keep up, the team leader Bob and Irving described the beauty of Ellington: "Everyone can eat and wear warmly, everyone has the opportunity to make money, don't worry Being arrogantly exploited by the guards, don't worry about being asked for benefits by tax officials ... "
In the world of these farmers, they have never heard of, nor have they ever seen such a beautiful city. When they came here, they were almost supported by their breath.
"Dad ... daddy ..."
Joseph's son murmured unconsciously, his body was hot, and he had a fever because of the cold.
"How long is it!"
Joseph's spirit was also very bad. Along the way, their team also recruited many refugees from other villages. They also consumed a lot of rations. In fact, they had eaten the last food yesterday.
The hungry escape team was on the verge of collapse.
"Coming soon!"
"You always say right away! My son is almost dead!"
Joseph's eyes were red, and he wanted to pounce on this guy severely.
"Stay physically! My friend! I won't lie to you!"
"But this is clearly a lie! What is better than Ellington, the kingdom of God! Why we haven't seen it yet!"
"Hey one, two, one, one, two, one ..."
In the distance, a very rough voice approached here quickly.
"No! It's a thief!"
Joseph's complexion changed greatly, and the pirates near the hills of Radia were more famous.
His words caused a commotion in the team, and the women and children wept in horror.
Bob shouted: "Concentrated formation! Men are standing out! It's time to protect the family!"
Owen, who had escaped, was embarrassed, thought about it, and quietly took an alchemy potion in his hand.
Soon those people appeared in front of everyone, a group of half-naked upper body soldiers with weapons, looking very fierce.
"A pirate! Let's die!"
Owen yelled with his eyes closed and smashed the alchemy potion in his hand!
"A thief?"
Elsa was bewildered with a strong figure behind her.