I opened a treasure chest on the road to escape

Chapter 26 Zaifu
  "Sorry, the south is too far away. Even if we want to go, there won't be enough food and water..."

Chen Chuxue and Aunt Geng discussed for a while, but still chose to refuse. If there were outsiders, Chen Chuxue's secret would be exposed.

This alone could not be accepted by Chen Chuxue.

Aunt Geng also took this into consideration, so she shared their opinions with Uncle Geng, who then spoke.

Hearing the rejection, Liu Wei sighed. Although he was a little disappointed, he actually expected it.

They are right. In the peaceful and prosperous times, there would be dangers on the way to the south of the Yangtze River, let alone this period of famine.

Without food and water, let alone going to Jiangnan, you might die on the way the next day.

"However, we can make a deal..." Chen Chuxue thought for a while and then said. If the man did not lie, then the information he knew could be of great help to them.

"What deal?"

"We can exchange water and food for the route to Jiangnan..."

Liu Wei frowned, "Don't you plan to go to Jiangnan?"

"Isn't this a prepared plan?" Chen Chuxue said helplessly, "If we really can't stay in the north, we will have no choice but to go to Jiangnan..."

Hearing this, Liu Wei nodded with deep sympathy, "Yes, now the entire north is in a drought. Only those wealthy families are not affected. The people below are miserable, and countless people have died of hunger and thirst..."

"Didn't the imperial court find a way to provide disaster relief?" Chen Chuxue frowned. This shouldn't be the case. The entire north is suffering from drought. If the imperial court doesn't provide disaster relief, if it can wait for everyone to revolt...

"What's the use of disaster relief? It only treats the symptoms but not the root cause!" Liu Wei was a little angry. "How much of that food can reach the hands of the victims..."

Everyone was speechless. Therefore, if you want to survive, you still have to rely on yourself. The court cannot be relied on at all.

"How about this deal? Use this water bladder in exchange for..."

Chen Chuxue asked again, and then took out a water bag. This water bag was relatively small, but it contained enough water for two people to drink.

"it is good!"

Liu Wei agreed without hesitation. Now he had nothing to eat, let alone water.

It's totally worth exchanging your own information for precious water.

Then, he took out a piece of parchment from his arms, with lines densely drawn on it. Obviously, what he said was the safest and most convenient route to Jiangnan had been drawn on it.

Chen Chuxue and others could see that the route did not completely avoid crowds, but that it would enter places such as towns after a certain distance.

Not only that, it also marked in detail where the cliffs are and where the bandit forces are...

And, more importantly, although this map only has their current location and some towns between Jiangnan and Suzhou marked, it is still a very important map.

In ancient times, this kind of map was not available to ordinary people, and if ordinary people got such a map, they would be arrested by the agents once exposed.

But unexpectedly, such a map was still obtained by Liu Wei. Obviously, he said before that his family had small assets, so it should not be easy.

"I'll give you this map. The route has been marked, and the things you need to pay attention to are also marked on it..."

It can be said that with this map, it is completely possible to avoid the places where bandits are and avoid those impassable routes... In the future, it will not only save time and effort but also worry.

Although Liu Wei was a little reluctant, he still handed it over.

"This……"

Chen Chuxue and others did not expect that he would give them such a precious map. Although it was said to be a transaction, this map was definitely more precious than this bag of water.

However, whether it is precious or not depends on the demand.

For Liu Wei, water is hundreds of times more precious than this broken map. After all, he has memorized the map in his mind for a long time. Even if it is gone, he still remembers the route.     But water is different.

These days, he took Zhu'er and dug holes everywhere, but couldn't find a drop of water. Otherwise, if he suddenly smelled the fragrance, he might not be able to survive today.

Therefore, it was not too late for him to be happy about being able to exchange maps for water.

The deal was quickly completed and everyone was happy.

Liu Wei quickly said goodbye to everyone. He knew that it was safest to have more people, but it was already very difficult for Uncle Geng to take four women and children alone.

If he joins, I'm afraid he will be a burden.

After all, before the accident, he had never been in the fields or worked, and his children were taken care of by a wet nurse... It can be said that after the accident, he seemed to have no abilities at all.

His only intention now is to keep Zhu'er alive and at least let her grow up healthy.

"By the way, I got news before I left that because of the uprising of the victims, Zhang Zaifu committed suicide at home, and the imperial court planned to re-enable Han Yuan Li, Lord Han Ren Zaifu..."

Before the man left, he reminded Chen Chuxue and others, "Han Zaifu came back from Lingnan and rushed to the capital all the way. Maybe you will meet..."

As for what to do after encountering it, it depends on what Chen Chuxue and others think.

"Han Zaifu?"

Chen Chuxue was stunned. She knew nothing about this world, and this person knew nothing about it.

"The imperial court re-elected Han Zaifu?"

Uncle Geng seemed to have heard of it, and his eyes suddenly shone, "If Han Gong comes back, maybe the world will be saved..."

He knew that Duke Han was upright and honest, and devoted himself to the people. If he served as prime minister, he would immediately find ways to provide disaster relief and solve the famine situation in the north.

Rather than like today's court, which does not provide disaster relief at all, it instead tries to find ways to suppress the victims and prevent them from uprising.

"Mr. Han?"

Chen Chuxue didn't expect Uncle Geng to have such respect for that Han Zaifu, and couldn't help but become curious.

It is easy to imagine the nature of a person who can make the people at the bottom respect him. If he is not really what the people want, the people will not forget him.

Aunt Geng next to her saw that she was confused and explained, "Han Zaifu, who passed the imperial examination at the age of fifteen, is the youngest number one scholar in the Zhou Dynasty for a hundred years..."

Later, Han Yuanli was appointed as the magistrate of Ping'an County. Under his rule, Ping'an County, which was originally barren, gradually became wealthy. Not only did he have enough food and clothing, he even vindicated many unjust, false and wrongful cases.

He was even called "Han Qingtian" by local people.

In his third year in office, Han Zaifu discovered that the heavy rain had not stopped for two consecutive months, and then he became worried. He conducted research everywhere and finally believed that a flood disaster might occur.

Therefore, the entire county was mobilized to take precautions and reported to the court. Unfortunately, the court ignored it. After all, Guangling County had never had a flood disaster in so many years since its establishment.

However, the facts turned out to be exactly as Han Zaifu had guessed. The flood really happened. Millions of people in Guangling County were displaced. Only Ping'an County was prepared, so it was the most affected by the disaster.

The imperial court reacted at this time, removed the prefect of Guangling County, appointed Han Zaifu as the prefect of Guangling County, and asked him to deal with the flood disaster.

Everyone originally thought this was a hot potato, but Han Zaifu managed it in an orderly manner.

Whether it was sorting out the floods or the displaced people, Han Zaifu had arranged everything, so that the impact of the floods could be minimized in just a few months.

The imperial court was overjoyed and asked him to return to Beijing to report on his work.

(End of this chapter)