Chapter 816 Promise

"I don't want anything to share, bring it all to me!" the middle-aged man said, trying to grab the cakes from the little girl's hands.

"What are you doing? This young master gave this to my daughter, you can't steal it!" The little girl's mother desperately protected her daughter and the pastry.

However, as a woman, she was not as strong as a middle-aged man. What's more, she hadn't eaten for a long time and was completely weak. Although she tried her best to protect her, she still couldn't stop the middle-aged man's violence.

"In this war-torn world, you women and children are just wasting food while you are alive. Let this little beast starve to death to avoid suffering." The middle-aged man said to the mother and daughter while reaching out to snatch the cakes.

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Just when the middle-aged man's hand was about to touch the pastry in the little girl's hand, he was suddenly kicked in the waist. The kick was so powerful that he flew up and landed heavily on his five feet. On the wooden shed six meters away, the short wooden shed was directly knocked down.

"How dare you snatch what I gave you?" Wu Fan stood next to the little girl and said coldly, looking at the middle-aged man lying on the ground wailing.

There were other people around who were staring at the pastry in the little girl's hand. Seeing Wu Fan's powerful and heavy kick, they immediately stopped thinking and looked at Wu Fan with fear on their faces.

"Brother, Ni'er is scared." The little girl timidly said to Wu Fan.

"It's okay, no one can take away Ni'er's things." When Wu Fan looked at the little girl, the coldness on his face had completely disappeared, and his smile returned.

"Yes." The little girl nodded heavily: "With big brother here, Ni'er won't be afraid."

Wu Fan smiled and said, "Eat quickly."

"Sir." At this time, the little girl's mother looked at Wu Fan with hesitant and fearful eyes and said, "Can you buy Ni'er?"

"Bought her?" Wu Fan was slightly startled: "Isn't she your daughter? Are you selling your daughter?"

"Mom, Ni'er won't leave. Don't drive Ni'er away. Ni'er won't eat." The little girl was quite sensible. When she heard her mother's words, she burst into tears and stopped eating the cakes in her hands.

"Ni'er is good." The little girl's mother touched her daughter's head lovingly, then looked at Wu Fan and said: "Master, I don't want your money, you just need to take Nier in. Although Nier is still young, she is very mature. She is sensible, and in two years she will be able to help him wash and cook, and take care of his food and daily life. She can do these things very well, she is very smart. "

"Mom, Ni'er won't leave."

After Wu Fan was stunned, he understood that the little girl's mother saw that he was giving her daughter food, so she thought of taking advantage of this opportunity to find a way for her daughter to survive. If she stayed in this refugee camp, she would starve to death or freeze to death sooner or later. In a wealthy family, even though they are servants, they have food, shelter, and can save their lives.

"Sir, my daughter is also very sensible and well-behaved. You should take her as well."

"And my boy can do anything as long as he has enough to eat. Young master, please accept him."

"Son..."

The words of the little girl's mother seemed to wake up the people around her. Everyone with children at home gathered around and "sold" their children to Wu Fan. Some adults even "sold" themselves, just so that they could have food to eat. , have a place to live, and they don’t care about selling themselves into slavery.

"Stop everyone!" Wu Fan stood up straight and said loudly.

Seeing this, everyone around them fell silent, but they still looked at Wu Fan expectantly.

Wu Fan said loudly: "I have seen everyone's situation. Because of the previous county magistrate's order, everyone could not enter the city and could not get help. They lived a very difficult life. Many people even died of starvation and illness. Now that the former county magistrate has been exiled, I promise you that I will do my best to help you get through this difficult time!”

"Sir, you are..."

"I am Wu Fan, your majesty's personal viscount! This Qingyuan County is the fiefdom your majesty gave me! Therefore, I will not watch everyone starve to death here, please believe me."

After hearing Wu Fan's words, everyone around them knelt down in front of Wu Fan. Some were in awe of Wu Fan's viscount status, and some were grateful for Wu Fan's promise, which finally turned into a sentence.

"Please sir, please save us!"

"Definitely!" Wu Fan responded loudly.

Afterwards, Wu Fan got on his horse and headed towards the city gate without stopping.

As for the refugees, they still knelt on the ground and watched Wu Fan enter the city with expectant eyes.

"Mom, will big brother help us?" Nier looked up at her mother and asked.

"Yes, it will definitely happen."

After entering the city, Wu Fan went straight to his compound in the county town.

"Master, you are back." The servant at the door saw Wu Fan returning on horseback and immediately greeted him.

"Where are Sun Liang and Tang San? Let them come to see me immediately." Wu Fan handed the horse to the servant and said as he walked inside.

"Yes, sir."

Shortly after Wu Fan sat down in the hall, he received the news that Sun Liang and Tang San came in a hurry.

"I have met you, sir." The two of them bowed to Wu Fan.

"No need." Wu Fan said, "Sun Liang, do we have any food in our house now?"

"Yes, sir. According to your previous instructions, we have been paying attention to the storage of grain. However, the world outside is too chaotic now, and there are too many displaced people, which has led to a sharp rise in grain prices. We dare not buy in large quantities. First, the economy does not allow it, and second, if we buy in large quantities, it may cause the price to rise even more. Therefore, the grain stored in our mansion is not too much." Sun Liang replied.

"Not much?" Wu Fan frowned slightly: "What about other wealthy families in the city? Do they have much grain stored?"

"A lot, a lot." Tang San continued: "The rich merchants in the city are basically hoarding grain, which is also the reason why the price of grain has been rising. Now, let alone the refugees outside the city, even the people in the city are almost out of food."

"These bastards! There are always shadows of these bastards in times of chaos." Wu Fan said angrily, "Sun Liang!"

"Here."

"In the name of my viscount, invite the heads of the wealthy merchants in the city to come to the mansion for a banquet." Wu Fan said.

"Yes, sir." Sun Liang took the order and left.

"Sir, you are going to..." Tang San said after Sun Liang left.

"Save the people inside and outside the city!" Wu Fan said seriously: "This Qingyuan County is my fiefdom. I can't watch it become a mess and watch the people here starve to death."

"Sir, you are noble." Tang San praised him a little, and then said: "It's just that it may not be easy for you to make those wealthy businessmen bleed. Those guys value money as their life and now they are thinking about making money from the war. If you do this, I'm afraid they won't cooperate."

"Don't cooperate? That's not up to them!" Wu Fan said coldly.