Everyone was surprised. It was really beyond anyone's expectations.

The closer you are to the city gate, the more news you hear.

“There is water for sale in Anping County.”

Someone shouted loudly, and the refugees walking on the road widened their eyes and their eyes flashed with light when they heard this.

"Mom, did you hear that? That man said there is water for sale in Anping County."

“There’s water there.”

The refugees who were on their way could not help but quicken their pace and head towards the city gate.

"Yinyin, there is water for sale in the county town." Su Baozhu was also surprised, "Should we go into the city to buy some?"

"Don't worry." Su Yin was not so optimistic.

Shopkeeper Li and his family, who were following behind the team, were delighted when they heard that there was water for sale.

"Husband, there is water for sale in the county town."

"Let's go to the city to buy some things, otherwise the days ahead will be difficult"

The fisherwoman spoke excitedly, as if she saw a glimmer of hope.

Doctor Li was also happy, but he had not forgotten who was the leader of their team.

"Don't worry, just follow the main force."

The other four women smiled when they heard this.

"It seems that this Anping County is not bad."

"I wonder if those wealthy families are still buying people."

"It's useless to think so much now. We'll know once we enter the city."

"I don't want to leave the team." Madam Zhang sighed.

"We have to go. They said they would only take us to Anping County."

The others sighed.

Old man Zhang looked at his eldest son and said, "We don't have much water left. Let's go to the city and see how much the water is. If the price is reasonable, we can buy some. If it's too expensive, we can buy less."

After they had wiped out the group of people from Hui'an Prefecture, they had made a fortune and were willing to spend some of their money to buy water.

The eldest son of the Zhang family frowned and said, "Dad, I forgot to tell you something."

"What's up?"

"We killed a group of bandits earlier, and the leader of the bandits told us a secret about Anping County. He said that there is an ancient well in Anping County, which has water all year round, but the water is occupied by the county magistrate and wealthy businessmen and is not given to ordinary people."

Now the joy on Old Man Zhang’s face disappeared.

The bandit leader was very close to Anping County and must know the situation in Anping County better than they did.

But what he said now was completely opposite to what he was experiencing now.

This is something that makes people think deeply.

"Is there something fishy about selling water?" Old Man Zhang guessed.

Boss Zhang shook his head, "I don't know."

Old man Zhang slapped his forehead and said, "We don't have the brains. We will follow Miss Su later. We will do what Miss Su does. She is smarter than us and will definitely know who to trust."

"That's what I meant."

Old man Zhang sighed, "I hope nothing weird happens."

The father and son looked at each other, with deep worry in their eyes.

Yang Dashan handed the reins to his son, jumped off the ox cart and found Su Yin.

"Uncle."

"Yinyin, why do I feel like something is wrong?"

Su Yin also handed the reins to Su Baozhu, jumped off the car, and walked side by side with her uncle.

"Didn't the gang leader say before that the water in the ancient well in Anping County was occupied by the county magistrate and merchants? But the current situation is completely different from what he said. Not only did the county magistrate not occupy it, he was willing to sell it."

Yang Dashan frowned, "Do you think this county magistrate has some conspiracy? Is he trying to trick all of us into the city and then kill us to steal our property?"

Having seen too much darkness during this period, they instinctively lost their trust in the officials of the Dayong Dynasty.

"uncertain!"

There was too little information available now, so she couldn't make any rash judgments.

The same is true for Nan Jingzhi. The information he has is inconsistent with the actual information, which is worrying.

The three teams were getting closer and closer to Anping County, and a long line had formed at the city gate.

"Uncle, please stop outside. I'll go to the front to get some information."

"Okay. I'll watch over the team, you can go ahead and relax."

Su Yin walked towards the city gate alone, and Nan Jingzhi and Zhang Bingliang, the head of the Zhang family, immediately followed.

The three of them walked to the city gate together. When the soldiers guarding the city saw them approaching, they waved their hands and shouted, "If you want to enter the city, go to the back and line up."

The three of them did not retreat in fear because of the other party's scolding. Su Yin continued to move forward, stretched out his hand, took out an old purse and handed it to the other party.

The soldier guarding the city took the purse, weighed it a few times, and put it in his pocket with satisfaction. The look in his eyes when he looked at Su Yin became softer, and his attitude became much better.

"Sir, I would like to ask how to sell water in the city?"

After receiving the money, the soldiers guarding the city said, "To be honest with you, this water is not cheap. One bucket of water costs five taels of silver."

"How much?" Zhang Bingliang was so surprised that he cried out, then he suppressed his voice and asked, "A bucket? How big is the bucket?"

"That's the bucket for drawing water from the well."

Zhang Bingliang was shocked by the price.

He was prepared that the water would be expensive, but he didn't expect it to be this expensive.

Five taels of silver could buy a lot of food, enough for their family of twenty to eat for a whole season.

Another soldier just came out of the city and heard the price of water. He said directly, "It's five taels a bucket. You can't buy it even if you want. The county magistrate has just changed the price to eight taels a bucket."

"Eight, eight taels a barrel!"

Zhang Bingliang was so surprised that he said something else.

"Don't complain about how expensive it is. For only eight taels per barrel, everyone in the city is rushing to buy it. And not everyone is eligible to buy it. Only the citizens in the city are eligible to buy it, and they are only eligible to buy it once every three days."

After receiving the money, the soldiers guarding the city spoke more tactfully, but their words and deeds also made one thing clear: no matter how expensive the goods are, they will have no problem selling them.

"Then won't these people who go in to buy water return empty-handed?"

The soldiers guarding the city sneered, "How could that be! Why don't you just ask the people in the city to sell them to you? It'll just cost you a little more money."

Zhang Bingliang finally understood that they were not qualified to buy water at eight taels per bucket, and if they wanted to buy it, they had to pay a high price.

I made some money unexpectedly before, and I thought my family was richer at that time. But now it seems that that little money is not enough to buy a few buckets of water.

"Sir, how much is the fee to enter the city?" Su Yin asked.

"Three."

"Thank you, sir."

The three returned.

Nan Jingzhi asked, "What do you think about this matter?"

"That's a bit too good for the gang leader."

Zhang Bingliang didn't react for a moment. After he came to his senses, he hurriedly asked, "Why did he lie to us?"

"It's very simple. If we believed him, we would naturally be suspicious of the county magistrate's actions and would not dare to enter the city to buy water or other supplies. This would be a small revenge on us."