Destiny Only Han

Chapter 20 Death, the people suffer

Chen County, Chen County (now Zhoukou, Henan).

This is the capital of the country when Chen Sheng founded 'Zhang Chu'.

It's just that Zhang Chu existed for less than half a year from planning an uprising, to becoming a king and establishing a country, to being defeated and killed.

It can be said that its prosperity is also vigorous, and its death is also sudden.

According to the news from Peng Yue, Liu Ying and his party did not head west directly to pursue Liu Bang's trail.

According to the other party, from Dingtao to Qifeng, a large number of Qin troops were stationed. This was used to protect the flanks of the Zhanghan Army in the north and would not be attacked by the rebels.

If Liu Ying and his party swaggered west under the banner of the state of Chu, it would be tantamount to a wolf entering the household registration.

Therefore, Peng Yue suggested that they first live in Chen County for a while, and then it would not be too late to inquire about Liu Bang's whereabouts.

As for why it was Chen County, it was mainly because the county lieutenant of Chen County was a cousin of Peng Yue.

Entrusted by others, loyal to others, even if he is heartbroken, he will not regret it.

This was a common belief among people during this period.

Well, there is another reason. A month ago, Gong Ao led the South Route Army to recover the old capital of Chu State Yingdu (now Jiangling, Hubei), and just defeated here...

In other words, Chen County is now the territory of Chu State.

Therefore, the worst result is to be taken back by the king of Chu as a hostage again.

In a big mansion in the south of the city, Liu Ying quietly slipped out of the room, flirted with Ji Xin, who was watching the wind outside, and then slipped out of the courtyard under his cover.

"Are you all ready?" Liu Ying asked with a trembling tone.

This is because he ran slowly, so Ji Xin picked him up and put him on his shoulder.

Ji Xin ran with his legs wide open, trying to keep his balance: "Don't worry, my lord, Ding Yi is already waiting there!"

Liu Ying nodded and continued to move forward at a high speed.

He slipped away from home today to learn how to ride a horse in an open space outside the city.

Well, as to why not homeschooling.

This is mainly because he is Lu Zhi's only son.

But most of the time, as a 'Ma Baonan', he is well protected.

Learning to ride a horse is absolutely forbidden.

But Liu Ying didn't think so. It would be better if she could ride a horse by herself with an unreliable father...

Running and running, the commotion in the distance caught his attention.

Liu Ying patted Ji Xin and motioned him to take her to see the excitement.

As a ranger, Ji Xin also likes to join in the fun.

It's just that today is different, now he is Liu Ying's disciple, so he motioned Liu Ying to support his head, and then held the hilt of the sword with one hand, trying to make himself look unfriendly.

Although Chen County is already in the land of Chu, it has just settled down for a few days, and it still needs to guard against the existence of child abduction or kidnapping tickets.

In a short time, they approached the source of the commotion. After seeing Ji Xin, who was tall and holding a sharp sword, the people around stepped aside one after another, successfully allowing him to walk to an optimal onlooker position.

"The food price has gone up too much!"

"That's right, the day before yesterday, the price of corn was [-] renminbi per stone, how could it become [-] renminbi today!"

"If it keeps going up like this, people will not be able to live!"

Amidst the anger of the crowd, a middle-aged fat man who looked like a shop owner came out with a wry smile on his face and said, "My neighbors, there is nothing we can do about this small shop?"

"After repeated battles in the north, the king of Chu ordered all the food that can be mobilized to be transported to the general's army, so..."

He complained a lot, and then said: "Although the prices of corn and rice have risen, the prices of beans and wheat are still at 120 renminbi per stone..."

"Pooh!"

Before he could finish speaking, a young man with arms crossed jumped out: "Wheat, beans, and dogs won't eat! You profiteer, you just want to take advantage of the opportunity to raise prices, second and third sons, we smashed this profiteer's shop!"

Under his leadership, several idlers swarmed up, knocked down the grain store clerk who wanted to stop him, took off his clothes and began to load grain into it.

Seeing this situation, the onlookers immediately rushed forward.

"Let's go." Liu Ying patted Ji Xin and asked him to take her away, although her face was bewildered.

The gentleman does not stand under the wall.

The riots here will soon spread, and Ji Xin alone may not be able to keep him safe.

Although Ji Xin was a little unwilling and wanted to step forward to maintain order, but considering which was more important, he took a few steps back, turned and left.

"Dogs don't eat wheat and beans. Is it true?" Liu Ying asked softly.

As a northerner who grew up in the south, his eating habits are the same as Lu Zhi and others, mainly rice.

The noodles are amazing, no one mentions them, so naturally they don't want to.

"Well, yes, not right." Ji Xin lifted him from his shoulders and held him in his arms:
"Look at the man at the beginning, he must be an idler in the city. He said that just to rob the grain store with his accomplices later."

"Although barley rice is unpalatable, if you can eat a bowl when you are hungry, you may be able to live two or three days longer..."

Hearing what Ji Xin said, Liu Ying also sighed softly.

Coming all the way from Pei County, you can see deserted farmland, dilapidated farms, and bones lying dead on the roadside, submerged in weeds.

Liu Ying looked to the west, as if she could see the towering palace and the majestic imperial mausoleum.

In later generations, the "eighth wonder of the world", which has amazed countless people, has been stained with the blood of many common people...

"Xing, the people are suffering; death, the people are suffering!" Liu Ying murmured softly, feeling the desolation behind these words for the first time in her life.

Ji Xin's eyes lit up, and he took a deep look at Liu Ying, but he didn't say anything in the end.

Liu Ying sighed for a while, and suddenly asked: "The wheat rice you mentioned, could it be that you boiled the wheat directly and ate it?"

Ji Xin nodded, but there was no expression of contempt for those who said 'why not eat minced meat'.

One is that Liu Ying is still young at the moment, and it is normal to not know a lot of common sense.

The second thing is that although the Lu family said that they are not rich, it seems that people are traveling and their wealth is not revealed, but even so, the food and drink on weekdays will not involve the poorest family like Maifan. Food that will be eaten.

Liu Ying was a little surprised, didn't it mean that the history of Chinese people eating noodles can be traced back to more than 4000 years?
How could it be that in this day and age, the wheat is still boiled and eaten whole?
In his later life, he had eaten wheat kernel porridge. Even after stewing it in a rice cooker for a long time, the wheat kernels were still round, while the other ingredients had already turned into a sticky ball.

"Sign in from Chen County and reward the stone grinding blueprint."

Hey, he's still alive... Liu Ying was stunned for a moment, feeling a hard touch in the sleeve, this should be the blueprint sent by the system.

(End of this chapter)