Fleeing famine with tens of billions of supplies

18 - Can't get in
Before the desertification, the soil in Wuliang Village was considered fertile compared to other places, but compared to Yanzhou, it was still a bit worse.

As soon as they stepped into the border of Yanzhou, they could clearly feel the humidity of the air, mixed with a faint smell of fish and the fragrance of soil.

"Ah! Come back to life, come back to life!"

Some villagers threw themselves on the ground in surprise and excitement, their eyes filled with the excitement of remaining alive after the catastrophe.

Zhou Qinxiang also wept with joy, "We finally have something."

The village chief held back his excitement and calmed down their emotions, "Wait here first, I'll talk to the official in Yanzhou and see if he can arrange a place for us."

The villagers nodded and looked at him with admiration.

"It has to be the village chief!"

"This kind of life-saving event is still reliable for the village chief."

At this time, no one remembered that the so-called village chief had been deprived of his identity long ago.

And he himself obviously didn't have such awareness.

He nodded in response, and arrogantly went to the soldiers guarding the Yanzhou demarcation line, explained the situation, the soldiers looked at the group of refugees behind them, and took him to the prefect of Yanzhou with serious expressions.

The rest of these people squatted at the door and waited.

It is only one mile from the boundary line of Yanzhou to the city of Yanzhou. When the guards took the village chief away, they were still in a carriage. It stands to reason that it would take at most an hour to spread the news.

But they waited from morning to night, from night to dawn, until the dawn of the next day, the village chief was kicked out in disheveled clothes.

The crowd immediately gathered around.

"What did the village chief and county magistrate say? Why hasn't anyone come to welcome us after we've been walking for a long time?"

"How is the house in Yanzhou? Does it look good? How is it better than the house in our village?"

"People say that girls in Yanzhou are the most juicy, what kind of house are you looking at!"

The crowd burst into laughter.

Only the village chief didn't laugh.

He showed embarrassment, "Well, Yanzhou... we may not be able to enter."

"What??" Everyone panicked.

"Village Chief, didn't you come here after passing the news to the county magistrate of Yanzhou?"

"Why can't we get in here? Why? No, there are more than 100 of us. If we don't have Yanzhou, where else can we go?"

"Village chief, don't make jokes!"

The village head hesitated and didn't answer directly, but said that they couldn't get in.

They are like ants on a hot pot, running around in a hurry.

This is a matter of life and death, who wants to let it go?

At this moment, they set their sights on Ruan Ruan.

"Ruan Ruan, you are the new head of our village, you must have a solution, right?"

"Ruan Ruan, there are more than 100 of us, and we don't have enough food. If we can't get into Yanzhou, there is only one dead end. You are the hero of our village. Think of a way, think of a way, will it work?"

The aunts wiped their tears and held her hand, begging bitterly.

Ruan Ruan didn't agree, Shen Hai spoke out first.

"Just try it. The villagers treat us well on weekdays. For matters related to life, one more person will give us a glimmer of hope."

After the father-in-law said so, Ruan Ruan nodded, and went to the guard with everyone's expectant eyes.

Seeing that it was a good-looking woman, the guard obviously softened his attitude.

"The county magistrate said that you will never be let in. You'd better not waste your time and go to another county as soon as possible."

Ruan Ruan paused, "Can I ask the reason?"

The guard showed disdain, "If you want to blame it, you can blame that Laoshizi village chief of you, he is not a man of integrity, let's go."

He swung his red-tasseled gun to chase her away, not letting her approach the gate of the city.

Ruan Ruan felt that since the county magistrate could receive the village chief, it meant that he was willing to accept people in, but his sudden change of mind must have something to do with the village chief.

What did the village chief do to make the county magistrate so angry?

She thought about it, took out a pen and paper, and drew a sketch.

"I won't go in, but I hope the guards can pass this thing on to the county magistrate, and send a message to him, saying that if the village chief offends him, he will deal with it. Please forgive me, my lord."

The guard took it and looked at it for a long time without understanding what it was, but Ruan Ruan's eyes were so firm and sincere that it made people feel that it was the only bargaining chip for her to survive.

The guard softened.

"Okay, I'll pass it on to you, but whether the county magistrate can let you in, that's up to us. I hope you don't surround the gate of Yanzhou anymore. Those who don't know think that We in Yanzhou are so unreasonable."

"Brother, don't worry, as long as the county magistrate refuses, we will leave immediately."

The guaranteed guard handed over and went to deliver things, and Ruan Ruan also returned to the team.

"How is it? Did he let us in?"

Ruan Ruan paused, "Wait, I guess we'll know the result in a while."

"What do you mean? Why wait a while?"

"What did you give that guard just now?"

Ruan Ruan: "A blueprint."

"What blueprint? Can the blueprint let them take us in?"

Ruan Ruan shook her head honestly: "I'm not sure either."

What she gave was a drawing of the gates of the Yanzhou demarcation line.

There is only one road leading to Yanzhou, but this road is only blocked by fences and some sandbags. If there are any refugees or people with evil intentions who want to go in, the manpower and material resources at the gate alone will not be able to resist.

So she gave the county magistrate a drawing of the city gate tower, and marked out the places where the guards were sent for observation.

The drawings of this kind of city gate tower originally came from ancient times, and it is not uncommon for them to be placed in this dynasty.

So what she meant by drawing this picture is: Your Yanzhou border line defense is too weak. If we are provoked, we might break through the defense and force our way in.

This means, the county magistrate will understand at a glance.

What she wasn't sure about was whether the county magistrate would abandon the past because of loving the people.

If they abandon it, they will stay openly.

If they don't abandon them, even if they enter by force, the county magistrate will not give them good fruit to eat, so it's better not to go.

Her considerations reached the ears of the villagers, but suddenly changed their meaning.

"What is uncertainty? You didn't tell us that you were not sure because you were embarrassed to say that someone rejected you, did you?"

"Ruan Ruan, it's true that you are a hero. Everyone in our village admires and loves you, but you can't ignore our lives just because of this reputation!"

Ruan Ruan frowned, "I don't like to lie to others, and I didn't waste your lives."

"If you can enter, you can enter. If you can't enter, we will find a way. Then why do you insist on telling us that you are not sure?"

She glanced around, everyone in this group looked terrified, and they were all in the anxiety of death, and any slight disturbance would make them over-interpret.

She said patiently, "You guys should calm down and wait."

Among the villagers, a brother and sister stood up from the crowd.

"I've had enough!"

(End of this chapter)