Don't panic when fleeing famine, she has become the godmother of all the bosses

Chapter 69
Shu Yan vaguely heard two acquaintances say this person's words.

Cheng San glanced this way, and said in a low voice: "Mother, we always take the most dangerous road, tell me why?"

Shu Yan was so hungry that she couldn't do it, she was too lazy to answer Cheng San's question, so she asked a few people, "Can I borrow a bowl of water?"

The man asked someone to fetch two bowls of water from the house and handed them to three people.

The water was turbid and tasted extremely bitter. Zhang Shengzi's face was not good for a while, and the man hurriedly explained: "There are saline-alkali land everywhere here, and the well water is already very deep. The good wells are all soaked by rich households in the east of the city." No, we ordinary people can't get water."

Shu Yan was a little annoyed when he heard this.

"There was no riot, and the skins of those gentlemen were skinned?"

What Shu Yan said was too violent, even Zhang Shengzi looked down at her.

The man shrunk his jaw in fright.

"Who dares to provoke them."

It was Cheng San who gave Shu Yan some popular science. Most of the wealthy households basically had their own private soldiers. This was not allowed in the early years of this dynasty.

The world is so uneven, so many aristocratic families have raised many private soldiers. These private soldiers eat well and use them well, and their combat effectiveness is stronger than that of the regular army.

No matter how hungry the civilians were, any siege would be a dead end.

After hearing this, Shu Yan couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional, the court is already like this, it's no wonder that the world is not chaotic.

Shu Yan continued to ask: "Then there are still people in charge in this city?"

The man said: "It is General Sun. He is the son-in-law of the Sun family in this city. He is very powerful. You should go quickly. It is getting dark and there are more villains on the road."

Everyone has already spoken, so it is naturally inconvenient for Shu Yan and others to stay.

The three of them went out of their house, and there was a gust of wind blowing outside. It was early summer at this time, but there was a bit of chill in the wind.

Zhang Shengzi turned his head to look at the locked door.

"These aristocratic families have foresight and know how to garrison troops in advance, but our wealthy families in Hangzhou only know how to garrison gold and silver treasures in their homes."

When Zhang Shengzi said this, he looked at Shu Yan with somewhat suspicion in his eyes, and Shu Yan coughed lightly.

"How can it be so simple, the king of Han may not really be willing to keep these big clans to garrison troops when he started an incident here, let's go to investigate first, we must get some dry food, I am hungry and can't walk steadily."

In her previous life, Shu Yan always complained that it was difficult for her to lose weight, but at the age when she couldn't get enough to eat, no matter how fat-prone a person was, she could lose weight like a lightning bolt.

The wind and sand blew past Shu Yan's sleeves, and she felt thinner again.

The few people walked for half an hour, from the residences of ordinary people to the east of the city. The east of the city is really different. There are still open shops on the street, but there are few places that sell food. Can't come up with money.

After finally finding a hotel, Zhang Shengzi took the lead and walked in. He was tall and tall, and his expression was really fierce.

Shu Yan said: "Boss, give us something to eat, we're really hungry all the way."

Seeing the attire of Shu Yan and the others, the boss said: "Now there is only wine in this shop, but there is really nothing to eat."

Zhang Shengzi naturally didn't believe it, he slapped the boss away, and ran into the kitchen by himself, only to see a half-grown child steaming something, Zhang Shengzi opened the steamer and saw that the steamer inside was Guanyin soil.

Seeing them like this, the child suddenly looked frightened.

Zhang Shengzi walked out the door with a gloomy face, saw the boss's bitter face, and said, "Then bring me a jar of wine to quench my thirst."

The boss hurried to carry the wine, and the boss brought the wine up, muttering to himself: "If you knew that this year was so difficult, you wouldn't waste food and make wine last year."

Zhang Shengzi lifted the wine jars and poured four glasses of wine each. Shu Yan took a sip and felt uncomfortable all over, but he was hungry and thirsty, and he didn't know what happened to the children outside the city.

Although I left a little food, it couldn't last long.

Shu Yan asked, "Boss, do you know where I can buy food?"

The boss sighed and said, "Yes, the Sun family's grain shop sells [-] copper coins per catty of flour."

Shu Yan was stunned. Fifty thousand copper coins, the copper coins that can't be pulled by a carriage, can be enough for two meals? !
The boss sighed, "How are you going to pay?"

The corner of Shu Yan's mouth twitched slightly, she took out the copper coin left by the old woman from her bosom, and put it on the table.

After the boss saw the copper coins, he was a little embarrassed, and he took Shu Yan to a room to have a look.

"So many copper coins? This..."

The boss said with a mournful face: "The Bailian taught the King of Han that what he said was good, and indeed everyone gave money, but here everyone can't buy anything. I don't know how many people in the city have starved to death... but the Sun family has earned a lot of money." Bowl full."

Shu Yan looked at the room full of copper coins and felt helpless.

Well, they were still wondering why the White Lotus Sect and the King of Han made their fortunes so quickly. The co-authors are over-issuing currency. The local production capacity is insufficient, and the goods from outside cannot be brought in, so the local economy has completely collapsed. .

A few people finished drinking, walked to the street with their stomachs full of water, and walked towards that place according to the way the boss pointed them out.

After walking a few steps, I saw a long procession coming.

Everyone carried a few sacks of money on their backs, and even held something similar to a bank note in their hands, and there was a grain store in the front.

Cheng San ran fast with Shu Yan on his back, jumping straight to the front.

Shu Yan took a closer look, and found that the grain store was piled high with grain, and was about to look forward, but was scolded by a dozen private soldiers guarding the side.

"Looking for death? Go back and line up."

It just so happened that it was an old man's turn to buy food at this time, he took out stacks of banknotes from his pocket, and tremblingly said: "This is what Empress Bailian rewarded me...a piece of paper is worth [-] yuan... "

The private soldier kicked him down.

"Only copper money counts, and your torn paper is worthless at all."

The old man lay dying on the ground and said: "Please, I still have a newborn child at home1"

The private soldier drew out the knife in his hand and was about to chop off at the old man.

Shu Yan glanced at Zhang Shengzi, who was already on top, and said in a low voice, "Cut him off!"

Zhang Shengzi took out an ax from behind and chopped the private soldier in half with an axe. Blood gushed out, and Shu Yan shouted loudly: "The food here is our land! All the big dogs deserve to die!"

Shu Yan jumped off Cheng San's body, probably because she had been drinking for a while, and she was excited. She took out the crutch behind her and shot at the person in front.

This was live ammunition, and the private soldier in front of him was gutted immediately.

(End of this chapter)