"Miss, I saw Suihe!" Tingxue stood on tiptoe excitedly by the window.
Wei Yunlan withdrew his consciousness from the space, stood up and walked quickly to the window.
Looking out the window towards the city gate, I just saw Suihe driving a mule cart in.
There were not many people entering the city, but after walking a short distance along the main street opposite the city gate, the mule cart was blocked by the crowded crowd.
"Let's go down and pick them up."
Wei Yunlan led Tingxue and Ningshuang downstairs. When they passed by, the mule cart had only moved forward a few feet.
The main problem is that there are many sheds on both sides of the street, leaving only a narrow passage in the middle, which can only accommodate one car. If a car comes from the opposite direction, the road will be completely blocked.
At this time, at the fork in the road ahead, there were two carriages going in the opposite direction. Suihe and the others were stuck here and couldn't move, completely affected by the two carriages in front.
Tingxue walked in front and was the first to squeeze to the front of the mule cart.
Just as he was about to reach out to pat Suihe's arm, she grabbed it with her backhand.
"Hiss!" Tingxue grimaced in pain.
Suihe was stunned for a moment and quickly let go of her hand.
"Listen to the snow?"
"Miss!"
In the carriage, Gao and Cheng Yue'e heard the noise, lifted the curtain and looked out. When they saw Wei Yunlan right next to the mule cart, they couldn't help but smile with relief.
Wei Yunlan was relieved to see that the two men only looked a little tired but not injured, "Mother, sister-in-law, let's go back to the inn and talk."
"Suihe, turn the car around and follow me."
While the road behind was not completely blocked, Wei Yunlan led Suihe to change direction, and soon they arrived at Yuelai Inn on the next street.
Cheng Yue'e took the two children to rest first, and Gao came to Wei Yunlan's room, "Lan'er, did you have a smooth journey?"
"With Team Leader You Yu following us all the way, we had no trouble." Wei Yunlan recounted what happened on the road in general.
Gao also talked about the experience of encountering refugees and being nearly robbed.
After saying this, he couldn't help but sigh, "It's only been a short time, how come it's become so chaotic?"
At most, the disaster had only been over for less than three days, and already there were refugees robbing pedestrians and villagers going to the mountains to become bandits. If the court did not find a way to appease the people, who knows what kind of chaos would arise if time went on.
"I'm afraid that in the affected areas, there may be uprisings..."
Gao said, "It seems that it may not be a bad thing for us to stay away from the capital and be exiled to the North Gate."
Wei Yunlan felt that her mother was truly a prophet. In her previous life, weren’t there several uprising forces in various parts of Dayong?
The first place to be affected was Tanzhou, which had just suffered a flood!
As the imperial court was slow to issue relief money, the people were uneasy. The local wealthy family, the Mei family, gathered 30,000 troops and within two months, they occupied the two states of Tan and Xun.
However, before this force had the chance to expand further, it was defeated by the imperial army.
It was precisely because of the battle between the imperial court and the Mei family army that the northern troops were transferred to the south, which led to the lack of defense of the northern gate, and the northern barbarian army took the opportunity to capture three cities in succession.
If Emperor Xiaoming had not sent his second daughter to marry the Northern Barbarians and offered a large amount of treasures in exchange for a three-year truce, I am afraid that the Northern Barbarian army would have been able to capture half of Dayong!
Why.
It turns out that the tragedy that will happen ten years later has already begun to show signs, and everything started with the current court's inaction.
The building is about to collapse, and the power of an individual is very limited. Wei Yunlan does not expect to rely on himself to change the fate of the entire Dayong. He only hopes to protect his family in the upcoming chaos.
In troubled times, the only things you can rely on are money, soldiers and power.
She has no way to deal with the latter two for the time being, but she can use "money" to open the way.
Therefore, the most urgent task is to accumulate enough wealth. Fortunately, in the troubled times, let my family have a foundation to stand on. Even if it is used as money to buy lives, I must buy these lives!
"Mom, Dad and Mingxuan should be able to arrive in the next two days. You stay at the inn and rest first. While it's still early, I'll go out for a walk and get some food."
Wei Yunlan took Suihe and left the inn, deliberately not letting the people from Tianshu Pavilion follow them.
She was still dressed as a scholar as before, walking down the street with Suihe, a girl of ordinary appearance and wearing linen clothes. She looked like a young master from a wealthy family, traveling with his maid.
Although Suijiang was affected by the disaster and was in a dilapidated state, there were more people on the streets than before. Many shops were still open for business, but they were deserted and no one went in for a long time.
The only place on the whole street that was filled with people was the rice shop. Wei Yunlan slowed down his pace and listened as he passed by.
Now the price of a dou of stalks of rice has risen to three coins of silver, and the prices of brown rice, beans and wheat are close to two coins, which is twice as high as the normal grain prices in the capital.
But even so, there are still many people queuing up to buy, because the price of grain is still rising every day. If the court does not distribute relief grain, the price will probably only rise and not fall in the short term.
Wei Yunlan also planned to buy a small amount, but only after buying other things.
Walking along the main street of the East City Gate, Wei Yunlan soon learned that there were many merchants in the city who were selling goods at low prices.
After hearing about a cloth merchant named Luo in the west of the city who had a large inventory of silk, Wei Yunlan went straight to him.
When she arrived, a person just walked out of the yard.
A middle-aged man with a big belly quickly chased after him, "Manager Wang, please stay. The price is negotiable. I can give you another 10% discount!"
The man who came out in front shook his head helplessly and explained: "Master Luo, it's not that we at Ruixiangzhai don't want to help you, it's just that you have seen the current situation in Suijiang. How many people can spare money to buy these things? If we take this batch of silk, it will be a waste of money. I think you should think of a way to hire some people to transport this batch of silk to sell elsewhere!"
"Hey, Shopkeeper Wang..."
"Master Luo, please stay."
Manager Wang quickly got on the carriage and left. Only the sturdy middle-aged man and the equally dejected servant beside him were left at the gate of the courtyard.
At this time, Wei Yunlan stepped forward and asked, "Are you Luo Feng, the businessman from Danzhou, Mr. Luo?"
The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "I am."
Then he looked at the young Wei Yunlan in front of him and asked in confusion, "I wonder what the young master wants to talk to me about?"
Wei Yunlan asked straight to the point: "I heard that Mr. Luo has a thousand rolls of fine Danzhou silk and is worried that no one will take over?"
"Young master, please don't make fun of me." Luo Feng forced a bitter smile on his chubby face.
He was almost worried to death about this matter. This batch of silk could not be sold in Suijiang at all. However, because half of the roof of the warehouse where the silk was stored collapsed, part of the silk was damaged. If he hired a team to transport it to other states, he would not be able to sell it at a good price and would only lose more.
Just when he was about to go crazy with worry, the handsome young man in front of him uttered a heavenly sound.
"I have a way to deal with the batch of silk in Mr. Luo's hands."
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