Dressed as the best old lady in the famine years, I suddenly became rich

Chapter 158 King Chen went to join King Shu
Yang Jiye spoke without thinking, his mouth was faster than his brain, and he just said, "It's useless to marry well. Are you going back to your mother's family again?"

Ke Muqing slapped the silly boy on the head, "I can't even shut your mouth! No matter how useless it is, it's still more useful than marrying you!"

Yang Jiye consciously said something he shouldn't have said. He held his head and gnawed the bun without daring to say anything.

Now that the words have been said, Li Jin has no choice but to ask one more question.

Cai Que didn't hide anything and gave an overview of what happened on the road.

Then he explained a little more, "My girl is seriously injured. Doctor Zhou ordered her to lie down and rest. She is a little tired from traveling these days. The girl just drank the decoction and rested in the tent."

"Is that so?" Li Jin nodded, "Your girl has turned a bad situation into a good one and met a noble person like my aunt. She will definitely enjoy endless blessings in the future."

Cai Que gently bowed and thanked her.

Ke Muqing waited for the two of them to talk before asking Li Jin, "Since you are the Crown Prince Chen, why are you here? Are you and Ling Feng the only ones lost here?"

"I heard that evil bandits were hurting the people in this area, so I brought people to suppress the bandits. When I took the bandits' den and retreated, I got separated from everyone. Ling Feng and I were also new here, and we never thought that no one would lead the way. I'll be wandering around in this mountain for several days without being able to get out."

Speaking of which, Li Jin herself felt quite embarrassed, "If it hadn't been for good luck, Ling Feng and I might have died of thirst and starvation in this mountain."

"It shouldn't be a problem, right? The noble prince is gone, and your men will always come back to find you." Ke Muqing waved his hand, "Maybe we will meet on the way tomorrow."

Li Jin smiled and had a vague guess in his mind, but he didn't know whether it was true or false at the moment, so it was hard to say for the time being.

Ke Muqing was not one to ask questions, so he changed the subject and asked, "I wonder how Chen County is doing this year? Is there food and water in each city?"

Li Jin sighed immediately upon hearing this.

"In recent years, even fertile places like Yan County and Liang County have experienced drought, let alone our Chen County. Except for Fucheng and the people in a few cities around Fucheng, they can barely survive. Outside these cities, the people in the city can't even survive. I can’t even drink water.”

"My father specially assigned personal soldiers to transport waterless cities from Fucheng. This has been done for a year. Even though Chen County is vast, two-thirds of it is covered with mountains like this."

Li Jin pointed at his feet, "No grass can grow on such land, let alone growing food."

"The people of Chen County have exchanged their food from grain merchants over the years, using silk and linen from Chen County. In previous years, they have also used ore to exchange for food from other counties."

"But since last year, food prices have skyrocketed, and ordinary people in Chen County have become even poorer. This year, grain dealers are asking for exorbitant prices. Not even rats have gone to the granaries in Chen County. Seeing that the people are about to starve to death, my father and the king My mother and concubine, together with my brother and sister-in-law, led the unhappy people to seek refuge with my uncle, the king of Shu. Counting the time, my father and the others should have arrived at the border of Shu County by now, and my uncle, the king, should also have arrived. Got the news..."

Li Jin said that this confidence was a bit lacking, "After my uncle Wang gets the news, he should send someone to pick up my father and the others."

"King Chen is really..." Yang Yi thought for a while and finally came up with a more appropriate word, "It's not about trivial matters."

Ke Muqing nodded in agreement. This word really beautified the cheeky King Chen.

"So you, the eldest son, are the only one in Prince Chen's mansion now? Your family doesn't know that you led troops to suppress bandits?" Ke Muqing asked. "That's true." Li Jin nodded, "My father Wang said that he hasn't seen my Uncle Wang for many years, so he would take this opportunity to meet my Uncle Wang for a reunion."

"How many people did King Chen bring to Shu County this time?" Yang Yi asked curiously.

"That's just...more than 60,000 people." Li Jin became more and more guilty as he spoke.

Ke Muqing burst into laughter. What a good brotherly relationship it takes to be able to bring 60,000 mouths to a small gathering and expect to be warmly entertained.

But having such a prince in Chen County is a blessing for the people of Chen County.

The people outside the city were short of water, and the majestic prince asked his soldiers to deliver water to the people outside the city. Such a prince would be praised in history books of all times.

Ke Muqing and his party learned from Li Jin that in a place as big as Chen County, half of the city was now empty.

Last year, wealthy households began to move south, leaving behind ordinary people or day laborers who continued to work in mulberry farming and weaving.

Due to lack of water and food, King Chen ordered all the people in cities far away from Fucheng to move to several cities near Fucheng, not only to facilitate the delivery of water, but also to facilitate the care of these people.

Since they knew in advance that all the cities they would pass through along the way were empty, Yang Yi and his party opened the map and re-planned the path they would take next.

"Since we are not going to these cities, we will go around behind this mountain tomorrow. It will be much faster to go directly to Fucheng via this road."

Ke Muqing looked over and quickly turned his head away.

She really couldn't understand the maps from this period, they were too abstract.

"You guys can discuss it." Ke Muqing ignored this and turned to ask Li Jin, "There are no common people around here, so why are you still suppressing the bandits? The bandits will have to move according to their own circumstances."

"Auntie, now more and more people are fleeing from Yan and Liang counties and passing through Chen County. These bandits have been entrenched in the mountains for many years. If the bandits' dens are not taken away, it will be difficult for the people fleeing from the famine to leave Chen County alive." Li Jin explained with a serious face, "This will make the bandit fat and strong, and it will also make him bold. Sooner or later, Chen County will be in chaos."

Ke Muqing was immediately in awe. This is what the head of a county should think about.

The night in Chen County was a bit cold. After dinner, everyone except the night watchers hid in the tents to rest.

That night, Ke Muqing was thinking about how to make money. She went to bed late because she thought too much. When she got up the next morning, Feng Ying and others had already prepared breakfast.

Yang Yigen and Li Jin Lingfeng went out to help them retrieve their horses that were dumped in the mountains yesterday and feed them water and fodder.

After breakfast, the group packed up their things. Ke Xiucai found a stone and asked Ke Muqing to use his sword to leave a line of words on the stone for the people behind, and everyone was on the road again.

With the supplies of two more oxcarts, including water, grain and firewood, everyone was not so panicked. However, as they went deeper into Chen County, the Yin family and Ke Xuelian were more concerned about Yin Tang, who was still in Liang County. share worries.

After staying in the mountains for five days in a row, they passed by an empty city on the sixth day. Ke Xiucai talked to Li Jin and decided to go to the city to set up a tent to rest tonight. There were houses in the city to block the wind, which was more comfortable than in the mountains.