Being fooled by fierce beasts to travel through the beginning is fleeing famine

Most of these are people from some families in the nearby counties and towns. Not only are they afraid that the enemy will invade again in the war, which will ruin their hard work of several generations, but they are also afraid that when the troops are insufficient, they will catch young men nearby and force them to join the army. .

There are children and grandchildren in their families who are in the prime of life. Although they can pay silver as military pay in exchange for not wanting to fight, it is not a small amount. If they meet the greedy conscription officials, they may even go bankrupt.

So they are also guarding against this, and they are going to live in another place before the war begins.

Anyway, their assets are still there, so it is not difficult to live in another place.

Moreover, their businessmen are not like those landlords and squires. Most of their property is land. If they want to leave, it is tantamount to giving up all their money.

They only lost a few shops at most. The northwest side is not prosperous, and the shops are not worth a lot of money. They have money in their hands, and they may have a better life going to other places, so it is absolutely unacceptable to leave. hesitantly.

It is also because of this that there is no large-scale migration here, so Qingyan thought that the people here are accustomed to war and can be indifferent.

It's just because there are more people left, so it's not easy to find.

I have roughly seen the luggage these people brought with their spiritual sense, and they are all relatively light, and most of the money is exchanged for gold and silver tickets, which are easy to carry.

There are basically no such fragile items in the house, and the biggest item is the box for things.

However, Qingyan felt that they were lucky to be able to walk to this prefecture safely, because it was close to the border, so that supplies could be delivered to the border guards in a timely and safe manner. They were all wiped out, so they could come here so safely.

After leaving Qinzhou Mansion, it may not be so. On the road between Qinzhou and other prefectures, there may be no one to clear up the bandits, and even the government in many places will even collude with the bandits.

Although Qingyan hasn't met her here yet, the dramas she's seen on TV all act like this before, and they all say that art comes from life, but she doesn't think it's necessarily fabricated.

So she decided to spend a few more days in Fucheng to save herself from meeting these people on the road. If she met a robber and the other party robbed her together, then she couldn't do it if she didn't want to.

Of course, if she couldn't avoid it, and she happened to meet her, she wouldn't just stand by and watch.

It's just that there's no need to go up now, it's best to have less trouble.

Because there were people all around, the spirit stones were not taken out for lighting, but the oil lamps lit were placed on the small table in the carriage.

After wiping the mouth and face of the rich rich with a damp cloth, Chouchou was put directly into the space, so she didn't bother to go out to wash.

Youqian rubbed against her hand coquettishly, and Qingyan stretched out her hand to hug his chubby body into her arms and moved.

Because the space inside the carriage is limited, the charcoal stove must be put away by Chouchou when he is sleeping, otherwise he will not be able to lie down in the middle if he puts it on the side for fear of burning the fur hanging next to it.

The small table with the oil lamp can be erected and poked aside, but since there is space, there is no need to occupy space outside, so the table and the oil lamp are put away together.

Because there were too many people outside, the big bear was not removed from the carriage frame, nor was it allowed to support the carriage all the time. Instead, a thick piece of wood was placed under the shaft when the position was selected. The weight of the bear will not be on the bear.

It's just tied by the reins, and there is no way to move freely.

After putting away the charcoal stove and the table, Qingyan hung another layer of sheepskin on the inside of the door curtain, so as to block the cold air outside, and the direction of the car entrance was facing southeast, so the wind could not blow through.

Let Chouchou take out a thick sheepskin quilt and cover the three of them. She was lying on her back with Money on her left and Chouchou on her right. With the residual heat left by the charcoal stove, she didn't feel cold at all. , directly fell asleep.

She is not afraid of the bad intentions of those people outside. Anyway, there are ugly and rich people who can always protect her.

I don't know if it's because it's close to Fucheng, and there are guards patrolling the city tower. The people outside were very honest that night, and everyone slept peacefully until the next morning.

Of course, Qingyan was probably the only one who slept well. Except for some children who didn't know the world and the old people who couldn't stand it, most of the people outside kept adding firewood to the fire all night.

It's below freezing at night, and letting the fire go out can freeze a person to death.

There are also some smart people who parked the ox carts and carriages to block the wind, and surrounded their own area with mats or some furs, and it was okay to sleep around the fire.

Those who don't have these can only rely on the fire to keep warm. These people have been sneezing in the morning. After all, if there is no wind, even a fire is not enough.

The fire can only guarantee the temperature on one side, and there is always one side facing away from the fire. It is estimated that many people will suffer from the cold this night.

Two of them also had carriages with carriages, but most of them were full of things, so they couldn't sleep.

The other one is a large family. At most, the children can sleep in it, and the adults can't fit it. But the problem is that they can't light a charcoal stove inside, and they may not be warmed by the fire outside.

So speaking of it, Qingyan slept the most comfortably.

Because it was late here, it was still dark at Maoshi, but the gate of the city was already opened, and when she didn't sleep that night, she packed her things as soon as she could, and the sound of talking and activities woke Qingyan up.

She tidied up meaningfully, and hurried to the gate of the city to line up.

As soon as she enters the city, she plans to find a place to eat breakfast or something. After entering the city, she will not be able to cook by herself. Although there are some lamb meat and biscuits in the space, she still wants to drink it early in the morning. Some rare ones, we can only see if there are such breakfast shops in the city.

Because Qingyan is not like those people who have to pack a lot of things and put out the fire, just put away the two sticks supporting the shaft of the car. After the big bear found that he could move, he neighed softly towards the sky and let go The hooves ran towards the city gate, and when they reached the gate, they were relatively close to the front.

There were not many people in front of her, only six or seven families, all of whom were carrying loads or wheelbarrows, and two of them came in the morning to carry loads, so they should be from nearby.

Soon it was her turn, she briefly asked about the destination, checked the inside of the carriage, paid the entry fee, and the city guards happily let them go.

When I entered the city, because it was still dark, I couldn't see the road ahead at all.

Thinking of the torches she saw at the gate of the city just now, Qingyan also asked Chouchou to take out one. They made it with animal fat before, and it was used to light up when they were going to drive at night. It happened to be used at this time.

When the torch was lit, she found that the people walking in front of her had gone a long way. It seemed that they were all used to traveling in the dark.

After entering the inner city, those people went in other directions, mostly to the south.

Qingyan used her spiritual sense to explore it before, and she knew that Qinzhou City was similar in structure to other prefectures, and shops and the like were also located in Dongcheng.

Selling some agricultural products is also in Nancheng, which feels like an unwritten rule, not bad.

However, there are still some differences, that is, the west city and the north city are contrary to other cities. She came in through the west city gate, and did not see any office places such as government offices. On the other side of the city are the residences of some soldiers. Qingyan took a look at them. The further you go, the more senior generals should live there.

It seemed that the west side was where the garrison was stationed, and she subconsciously looked into the largest and most luxurious courtyard to see if Li Hao was there.

The Li family's roots are relatively deep. They were generals of one side before, and they should be able to garrison one side even if the dynasty changes.

After all, Vice General Wang and Li Hao's bodyguards both have official positions, so he, the master, can't just get worse and worse.

Of course, this is not absolute. If the Li family is not optimistic about the new dynasty and opposes resistance to the end, they may be dismissed with hatred.

It's a pity that Qingyan didn't see any acquaintances in that house.

That mansion was indeed a garrison mansion, and the plaque at the door said it. Qingyan was not too sure if those people inside were from the Li family.

She only met Li Hao, Vice General Wang and his two bodyguards, but never met the other Li family members, not even his second brother.

She was taken care of by someone when she was in Hancheng before, although the other party told her subordinates to take care of her, but when she went to thank her, she was not there, so I didn't see her.

Since she didn't see it, Qingyan didn't bother, and continued to drive eastward in the carriage, and she wasn't allowed to stay here casually.

From time to time, there will be officers and soldiers patrolling on the road. When they see people who stop, they will come forward to ask, and those who are suspicious will be taken away.

Walking to the crossroads in the center of the city, the sky has turned pale, and it is a little bit bright.

She didn't extinguish the torch for the time being, and looked at the intersection. There were gradually pedestrians in other directions, but there were not many people.

Instead of continuing to the east, she turned right and went to the south. She just used her spiritual sense to find an open shop there, which happened to be an early morning shop.

This shop is very close to the crossroads, and it arrived in a short while. I rubbed the torch on the ground, and the fire went out. When there were no more sparks on it, I pretended to put it in the basket behind. in space.

There were a few oil lamps lit in the shop, although they were not very bright, they could still see things clearly.

A middle-aged woman came out from behind the counter, and greeted Qingyan: "Miss, do you want breakfast? Our shop has millet porridge, sorghum porridge, sesame seed cakes, and steamed buns. You need to use some." What."

Qingyan was happy when she heard that there were buns and steamed buns, which is really great, she said before that she wanted to eat steamed buns, so now she has it.

First, I asked, "What's the stuffing in the buns?"

The woman introduced: "There are radish and cabbage stuffing. There are also mutton stuffing, there are mutton and radish stuffing, and there are mutton and cabbage stuffing.

Qingyan said without thinking: "Two buns, and a bowl of millet porridge."

Just now she asked Chouchou via voice transmission what he would like to eat, and Chouchou didn't want porridge, but wanted to taste the steamed stuffed buns, that's why she ordered so many.

When the steamed buns were served, she said to the woman again: "Give me twenty steamed buns, and I'll pack them up and take them away after I finish eating."

The woman didn't expect that this was a big customer, because Qingyan was the first customer, and the number of steamed buns was still enough, but there was some problem with the packing, she didn't have anything to pack here.

They only have oiled paper in their store, and it's okay to wrap one or two steamed buns, but there's really no way to make twenty.

Qingyan saw that she was troubled, and after asking why, she smiled and said: "There is no need to be embarrassed about this, you can count them out for me and put them away first. I have a special basket for dry food on my carriage."

A smile appeared on the woman's face when she heard that, "That's a good relationship, then I'll help the girl warm up the steamed buns, so as not to get cold when I leave."

Qingyan nodded and thanked, this is the best, it will still be hot when it is put in the space and taken out.

When she was sitting on the table, she deliberately sat with her back facing the direction of the counter. When the proprietress went back to the counter, she shared a few buns with Chouchou under cover, and finished her big bowl of porridge.

Qingyan felt that the taste of this steamed stuffed bun was mediocre, not very tasty, at least not comparable to the steamed stuffed buns of later generations. Although the ingredients were solid, the seasoning was still poor, especially the one stuffed with mutton, radish and cabbage. To be honest, It was a bit greasy, and the smell of mutton hadn't been removed, so she didn't plan to pack the buns anymore.

When she went to pay the bill, in the eyes of the proprietress, the girl really could eat, she must be very hungry, eight big buns and a big bowl of porridge were eaten in a short time.

Although she was surprised, she didn't ask Qingyan any more, because another guest came to her later.

Qingyan paid the money, went to the car and came back with a basket, which was one of the biscuits that had been filled before, and the biscuits were emptied after eating.

Let the proprietress put a few sheets of oil paper in the basket, and then put the steamed buns in. The steamed buns are very affordable, two for a penny, and they are very big. Twenty steamed buns filled more than half of the basket. But it can hold dozens of big sesame cakes.

He quickly put the steaming basket into the carriage, and the next moment, Chouchou was taken into the space.

It was already daylight outside, and Qingyan drove the carriage to the intersection again, this time heading east.

First, I went to find an inn. She chose a fairly large inn. Although it is not the largest in the prefecture, it should be among the top three. It occupies a large area, the rooms are clean and comfortable, and the service attitude is good. .

These were detected by her spiritual sense during breakfast. She did not choose the largest inn not to save money, but because the service attitude of the waiter and shopkeeper there was not good, and she even spoke ill of the guests behind her back. , Qingyan doesn't like this very much. (end of this chapter)