"Ten taels is enough."

Wang Changling couldn't care less about that at this time.

He bought quite a lot of things, and the people who came with him from the store helped him carry them. As a civil servant, he couldn't carry so many things.

Think about it again, his second brother is dead and he is the only man left in the family.

There are so many women and children in the house, young and old. How can he go down alone? He can't expect his elderly father and the women in the house to carry all these things, especially the bedding.

He can't carry it.

You know, there are many people in the family, and the further north you go, the colder it gets. He gritted his teeth and bought four. Now he only has 80 taels of silver left. He held on to it and dared not spend a penny.

After all, it was still seven or eight hundred miles away from the northern border. The whole family needed food and drink.

My parents and grandmother are old, and if they get sick again, they will need to see a doctor.

It costs money to resettle in northern Xinjiang.

When Wang Changling thought about this, he was so worried that his head was about to go bald.

He had never imagined that he, the legitimate son of the Grand Tutor, would one day have to worry about food and clothing.

"The price has gone up now. Twelve taels. I won't sell it for a penny less."

The man selling firewood was pale and thin, and he was pushing a cart full of firewood, but he didn't sell much.

As soon as he saw this, a greedy light flashed in his eyes.

Seeing that everyone was packing up and loading their things into the car, the Su family had already taken the lead and left.

Wang Changling was also anxious.

I can only pay out silver.

"To take advantage of a crisis to make money is not what a gentleman does."

"Sir, you are really poor and confused. It's a disaster year, and you sold your daughter for a meal. And you're still talking to me about being a gentleman."

The firewood seller took the money and did not delay any longer. He pushed the firewood onto the ground and then quickly loaded the things onto the cart for Wang Changling.

He then took out two smoother boards and put them on the cart. "For the sake of your money, I'll give you two more boards. Don't look at my cart as old, it is very solid. All the materials are cut down from the mountains by me. The carts I make are different from those sold. They are solid, you can push things or people. No matter how many heavy objects are put on it, it won't break. It can be used for another ten or eight years without any problem."

Wang Changling didn't have the time to talk any more with the firewood seller.

He bent down, pulled the cart and walked away.

"The county magistrate has ordered that all four gates be closed."

Wang Changling was pulling a cart at the end of their team. At this time, soldiers on horseback came galloping towards them with flags in their hands.

"Close the door, and disperse."

When the gatekeepers heard this, they immediately dispersed the crowd queuing to enter and exit the city and went to close the gate.

The crowd immediately became chaotic, people entering the city and leaving the city mixed together, and everyone was arguing.

Wang Changling was anxious.

"The people who came with me have already left. There are only two of us left. Sir, please help me."

After all, he was a former cabinet minister. Wang Changling immediately grabbed the gatekeeper and stuffed a piece of silver into his hand. In a hurry, he couldn't break the silver, and the silver he took out was as much as five taels.

When the soldier saw such a large piece of silver, he realized it was almost as much as his monthly salary.

He immediately pushed Wang Changling forward and said, "Get out of here quickly. If they say you can't enter the city, then you can't enter the city."

Wang Changling quickly winked at another companion, who was not pushing the cart but carrying things on his back.

He quickly put one hand on the side of Wang Changling's car and said, "Sir, we will leave now and not go into the city."

The two men took advantage of the chaos to squeeze out of the city.

As soon as they left the city, the two of them hurried up to catch up with the team in front.

As soon as he left the city, Su Mibao saw Qiu Leng, Lu Dashan and others standing not far away.

When the two groups met, they hurried to the exile team's base.

The people in the exile team were also anxious.

At noon, several carts came out of the city, carrying hot porridge and black flour buns. They said that the rich people in the city came out to give out porridge.

The victims who were originally sitting outside the city gate waiting all ran to get porridge.

The people in the exile team had different opinions and started arguing.

Some people wanted to queue up with the disaster victims to get porridge. After all, this was a disaster year, and it was hard to drink a bowl of hot porridge, who wouldn't want to?

But Lu Zan and Yue Feng disagreed.

In addition to what Su Mibao said when he left, and out of professional habit, they also felt something unusual.

I just don't agree to be exiled to the team and queue up for porridge.

The line of disaster victims was very chaotic. There was a large crowd in the front, and they squeezed in without any division, surrounding the gate and the porridge shed. The refugees behind them lined up very quietly. They were not in a hurry or slow.

Lu Zan looked carefully and found that the refugees queuing behind him had numb expressions, as if they were reluctant to receive the porridge, but had to do so.

Most of these people had stayed outside the city gate for many days.

Those who were gathered in a group at the front and scrambled to get the porridge were all those who came with them today.

The two groups of people were obviously different in spirit. The group of disaster victims who had just arrived included women and children.

On the other hand, looking at the refugees queuing up behind, there were very few young women, and very few children between the ages of three and teenagers, especially girls, who were almost nowhere to be seen.

Lu Zan and Yue Feng saw this, as did the Su and Wang families.

After everyone discussed it, they decided that it was indeed dangerous here. They couldn't wait here any longer. If something happened, they would be taken care of by others, especially the elderly and children.

Go quickly.

Zhou Fuan, Su Mibao and Wang Changling were not there.

Lu Zan took charge, asked everyone to gather together, and let Yue Feng lead everyone to go first.

He brought more than twenty young men and stayed here waiting for Zhou Fuan and the others.

For fear of arousing suspicion.

Yue Feng led everyone away, leaving all their belongings behind and carrying only a small package. Others didn't know and thought that this group of exiles went to the nearby area to pick wild vegetables and find firewood. Only 20 to 30 young men were left in the camp to look after the house.

certainly,

There are also people who came here today, and some of them are quite smart.

Still, I discovered something abnormal about the exile team.

Most of them are small groups of refugees.

Someone looked at the people queuing up in front of the city gate to get porridge. The order was chaotic, and some people were fighting. No one was paying attention to the crowd getting porridge.

They left in groups of three or four, following the exile team.

When Zhou Fuan and Su Mibao left the city, the porridge distribution had been over for half an hour. Many people had finished their bowls of porridge and lay down to sleep.

Some people were reluctant to finish the porridge, so they put it in the pot and planned to dig wild vegetables nearby and cook them together with the porridge, adding more water so that the whole family could have another meal together in the evening.

Su Mibao didn't care about these things. They met with Lu Zan and discussed the situation in the city and outside the city.

Immediately realized the danger.

Their horses were still here, so they quickly harnessed them to the carriages and left quickly.

More than a dozen carriages and forty or fifty men were still very eye-catching.

All the refugees turned to look at the movement over here.

But the refugees just looked at it. They didn’t even have enough food to eat and didn’t know when they would starve to death. They didn’t care about other people’s affairs.

After taking a few glances and seeing the carriage quickly disappear on the official road, they continued to lie lazily.

Half an hour later, the city gate opened wide and a team of fully armed soldiers rushed out and rushed towards this side, completely ignoring the refugees lying on the ground.

Some refugees were unable to dodge and were trampled to death by the horses.

The refugees were surprised at first, then panicked. Everyone was shouting and running around...