Wei Yunlan and Princess Daning originally wanted to reject the Patriarch of the Han family.
Although the Han family keeps a low profile and Hanzhou has never had any scandals, the three great families of Han, Kang, and Fu have a long history and are closely related. It is hard to say whether the Han family approached them with the instructions of other families or for other purposes.
They had to be safe on this trip and not create any unnecessary troubles for the army in the west.
However, just as he was about to reject the request from the head of the Han family, Wei Yunlan suddenly remembered something.
About five or six years later in the previous life, disasters were happening most frequently in various parts of Dayong. The imperial court was unable to provide support, so it let the states carry out rescue operations on their own.
In most states, it was very difficult for the people in charge to protect themselves or to keep the capital city, and only a very small number of states were able to actually rescue the people.
Among these states, there is Hanzhou.
Land subsidence occurred frequently in Hanzhou and many farmlands were destroyed. The originally prosperous state suddenly fell into a crisis of food shortage.
The people were starving, so the head of the Han family took charge and opened the granary to distribute all the grain they had stored to ensure that more people in the state could survive.
Not only that, the Han family also purchased large quantities of grain from the other two families, and as a result, the Han family's hundreds of years of collection were dispersed and there was not much left.
At that time, Wei Yunlan was just a ghost floating above the Jinyang Marquis Mansion. Of course, it was impossible for him to know what was happening thousands of miles away.
The reason why I know it so clearly is that it was the second year after Hanzhou survived the disaster.
Another big thing happened.
The head of the Han family died in a refugee riot. The imperial court was unable to provide military support to pacify Hanzhou, so it transferred the task to Kangzhou and Fuzhou.
There is no way of knowing how the process went.
In the end, the private army of the Kang family put down the rebellion in Hanzhou. The three states of Kang, Han and Fu were all incorporated into the scope of Kangzhou, and the head of the Kang family was named a king of a different surname by the emperor.
At that time, the Marquis of Jinyang Mansion relied on the Second Prince, and the Kang family, as the maternal family of the Empress Dowager, also openly supported the Second Prince.
So when Wei Yunlan was floating over the Marquis's Mansion, what he heard were the maids' happy discussions:
"Our Marquis' Mansion has definitely won the honor of following the dragon."
"It's a pity that the Han family, such a big family, has made so many efforts to protect the people of the state, but in the end it is just to make wedding clothes for others."
Thinking of the memories of his previous life, Wei Yunlan did not immediately reject the request of the head of the Han family.
The people sent by the Han family were waiting outside.
In the carriage, Wei Yunlan asked Princess Daning, "Does the princess know Han Zhong?"
Han Zhong is the name of the head of the Han family.
"I heard my father mention it before." Princess Daning recalled, "The current head of the Han family is the younger brother of the previous head of the family. The previous head of the Han family passed away before he reached the age of 50."
"It is said that he died suddenly of a serious illness. He had three sons, and the oldest one was already over 20 years old at that time. However, it was not one of them who took over the position of head of the family, but Han Zhong. Because of this incident, Han Zhong was often suspected and criticized."
Princess Daning didn’t know anything more.
The Han, Kang and Fu families act in a low-key and cautious manner, and will never let outsiders know about their private affairs.
"If the head of Hanzhou family sincerely wants food, let him come to Qincheng in person."
Qincheng is the nearest city to Wei Yunlan and her group. According to the original plan, they were also going to pass through there. If they waited for the head of the Han family, it would only delay them for a few more hours, which was not unacceptable.
It just so happened that their team had been marching for a long time and needed to find a place to stay and replenish some supplies.
The decision was made to change course to Qincheng and stay for half a day. Wei Yunlan and Princess Daning were not the kind of people who would waste time, so they immediately ordered their men to change direction and drive towards Qincheng.
Coincidentally, just one stick of incense stick time after they left, a group of people appeared on the route they were originally heading.
There were about three hundred of them. Although they were not wearing armor, they all held weapons and looked very heroic.
The leader looked at the empty official road with a serious expression, "Where are the people?"
"In reply to the young master, the team just changed direction and headed for the nearest Qin City."
The leader hesitated for a moment and said, "Chase them and capture them before they enter the city."
"Young Master, we just saw that it was the Han family who led the way for them."
"The Han family? Were they invited to Qin City by the Han family?"
The leader, who looked to be in his thirties and full of noble air, finally became serious when he saw this, and ordered solemnly: "Come find Han Yu, I want to ask him what is going on."
"Yes, young master."
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The place where Wei Yunlan and his party had previously stayed was not far from Qincheng.
It's only twenty or thirty miles, and if we ride at full speed we'll reach the city in no time.
With the Han family's patriarch's men leading the way for them, their large group, armed with weapons, was granted permission to enter the city.
The head of the Han family arrived faster than they expected.
As soon as he came in, he took the initiative to bow to the two and asked, "Princess Daning, Miss Wei, did you two have a smooth journey?"
"It went quite smoothly." Princess Denning replied.
There was a hint of surprise in his eyes.
The head of the Han family was a little different from what they had expected. It was only three years since he inherited the position of head of the family. Before he took over, his elder brother, the previous head of the Han family, was only between forty and fifty.
He is even younger, and no matter how you calculate it, he should not be fifty years old yet, but now his hair is half gray, and if you say he is sixty years old, I am afraid no one will not believe it.
The head of the Han family seemed to have long been accustomed to such surprised looks. He smiled bitterly and said, "I am only over 40 this year."
He is about the same age as Princess Denning, but when they sit together, they look like two generations apart.
The head of the Han family did not come empty-handed. After he came in, he had someone carry in a box.
When the lid of the box was opened, the sight was dazzling with golden color.
What was filled in here was actually a box full of small yellow croakers.
"Although there has been no major disaster in Hanzhou, some farmland in the northeast near Linzhou has been destroyed recently."
The head of the Han family frowned slightly, his face full of seriousness: "Although Hanzhou was lucky enough to escape the previous natural disasters, no one can predict the wrath of God, and no one knows whether the next disaster will befall Hanzhou."
"In the past two years, the grain production in Hanzhou has been weaker than before, and the grain reserves are insufficient. If a major disaster really occurs, I am afraid we will not be able to cope with it. I heard that the new grain varieties have a high yield per mu and are not demanding in terms of planting conditions, so I would like to ask you two to pay a large sum of money to purchase a batch of grain varieties."
The head of the Han family is very sincere.
Wei Yunlan and Princess Daning looked at each other and nodded in agreement.
This batch of grain seeds was originally intended to be distributed to various states, so getting a box of gold was an unexpected gain.
The two parties reached an agreement.
However, at this moment, a noise suddenly broke out outside the inn where Wei Yunlan and his party were staying.
I saw a man riding a tall horse, with a ruddy face and a look of having just woken up. He raised his hand and whipped the horse whip, shouting: "Where are the people who just moved into this inn? Get them out now!"
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