After the Hou family's mistress was reborn, the entire Hou family suffered disaster

In the next few days, even if they rested halfway, they didn't dare to sleep too much, and they had to stretch their legs all the time.

The guards were divided into two teams, always vigilant about the surrounding situation.

After a few days, everyone who was still full of energy became very haggard, and they looked tired from the inside out.

Fortunately, this place was very close to Liangzhou. The driver was familiar with the terrain and took routes with fewer people. They were also lucky. They only encountered a few groups of relatively small refugees along the way, so it went smoothly.

In the afternoon of this day, the carriage finally came out of a forest that was barren of grass and even the bark of the trees had been stripped off.

The tall and towering city wall finally appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

Madam Zhou took a look outside and breathed a sigh of relief: "We're finally here."

Everyone was refreshed.

The speed of the convoy increased again, and the horses galloped all the way to take them into the wide-open Liangzhou City Gate.

After everyone entered Liangzhou, the city gate closed suddenly.

Madam Zhou frowned in confusion, but did not ask the driver to stop.

Jiang Fuyue lifted the curtains and looked outside.

Liangzhou City is very different from what Jiang Fuyue imagined.

She had seen many prosperous and dilapidated towns along the way, and had imagined what Liangzhou City would look like. However, when she saw it with her own eyes, it still exceeded her expectations.

Except for the capital city, she had seen towns of all sizes along the way with dirt roads that were dusty most of the time. However, the streets in Liangzhou City were paved with smooth bricks and stones, very clean, and carriages walked on them. There will no longer be waves of loess rising from above.

There are not many pedestrians on the road, but everyone is clean and neatly dressed. Although no one is fat at first glance, it still seems like a different world from the outside.

In addition, there are even more shops on both sides of the road, many of which have Mrs. Zhou’s unique style. At a glance, they account for almost sixty-seven out of ten.

This shows how big Mrs. Zhou's business is here.

Jiang Fuyue couldn't help but feel glad in her heart that she had made the right decision in calling Madam Zhou into the capital.

The carriage did not stop, speeding past the street, turning a few corners, and headed straight for Zhou's mansion.

At this time, in front of the Zhou Mansion, a seven-foot-tall, thin woman wearing green clothes was stretching her neck and looking forward.

It wasn't until she saw the carriage that the woman breathed a sigh of relief.

Before the carriage even stopped, the woman had already walked to the side of the carriage, stretched out her hands early, and then Mrs. Zhou got off the carriage.

The rest of the people also got out of the car, and when they saw the familiar environment around them, they couldn't help but show excitement.

After half a month of hard work, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Madam Zhou gently shook Zhou Wan's hand, turned to Jiang Fuyue and said, "Girl, this is my adopted daughter, her name is Zhou Wan, just call her Wan'er."

Zhou Wan quickly saluted: "Zhou Wan has met the girl."

Her manners are not as standard and beautiful as those in the capital, but she is originally taller than Jiang Fuyue, but when she curtsied, she was a head shorter than Jiang Fuyue.

This kind of sincerity is rare in the world.

Jiang Fuyue stretched out her hand to give her a little support and said, "Miss Wan'er, you're welcome. Get up quickly."

Zhou Wan then followed her strength and stood up.

Seeing that the two of them had become acquainted, Mrs. Zhou said, "I saw the city gate was closed just now. What happened?"

Zhou Wan sighed and said: "Now there is famine everywhere, but the situation in our Liangzhou City is not bad. The government is afraid that people from other places will come after getting the news, and then they will not have enough food, so they always keep the city closed on weekdays." Door."

"But there are people on duty on the city wall at all times. If the court's troops arrive, we can open again immediately."

Madam Zhou also let out a long sigh: "How is the situation?"

"It's not good," Zhou Wan said with an ugly face, "In Liangzhou City, Huiyin and the government worked together to distribute grain, and other large and small merchants also worked together. Although the food was not as good as before, at least they were not hungry. But. In the surrounding towns, there are only a few companies that control the city's food. In some places, not to mention the common people, even the official officials have been without food for many days... If this continues, people in the city will probably have to leave. ”

Madam Zhou remembered what Jiang Fuyue said and said, "The people sent by the imperial court must be on their way. The crisis will definitely be resolved within a month at most."

Zhou Wan nodded: "I hope so."

Even if they are united in Liangzhou, food is limited after all, and they have to feed the entire Liangzhou city. It will be fine for two or three months, but it will be hard to say after that.

Everyone walked as they talked, and sat down separately in the hall.

Madam Zhou gave up the first place to Jiang Fuyue and sat down at the bottom: "Why did this matter become so serious all of a sudden?"

She was obviously fine before she left!

Zhou Wan asked people to serve tea, and then said: "Actually, the grain harvest has not been good since last year, but at that time most people had grain in their homes, and the government came to appease them, so everyone was not in a hurry, thinking that as long as this year Once the harvest is done, we can get out of trouble, but we didn’t expect that from the time the grain was sown to now, there have been only two hailstorms and not a drop of rain... Sigh..."

"Although many people store food at home, the space is so big that they can't store much, so many of them ate it last year. The government started distributing relief food years ago, and then more and more people eat relief food. Now it's really It can’t be taken out.”

"The grain and oil shops have been evacuated a long time ago. When the officials remembered to collect grain, not a grain of grain could be found in the whole city. However, the silk shops and restaurants under the names of Liu Ji and several others began to sell grain. However, there are not many people who can afford it for a hundred dollars per pound of rice, and they are unwilling to lower the price, so..."

Everyone showed anger.

"This is too much!" Mrs. Lu couldn't help scolding, "A group of evil-minded people must have gone crazy thinking about money!"

For the sake of money, you will cut off people's livelihood!

Is this something that humans can do!

However, Madam Zhou perked up and subconsciously turned her head to look at Jiang Fuyue.

What Zhou Wan said was exactly the same as what Jiang Fuyue guessed on the road!

Sure enough, there is food!

Zhou Wan didn't notice Mrs. Zhou's movements and was sighing: "Even the surrounding towns are like this, and I don't know what the situation is like in those villages."

Everyone looked at each other and fell silent.

They are from outside, so they naturally know what the situation is like outside now.

All the villages and towns along the way are empty.

There are corpses lying on the bed but not covered, and the road is full of hungry corpses and exposed.

How can it be such a miserable word?

Seeing the silence in the atmosphere, Madam Zhou rubbed her eyebrows, turned to look at Jiang Fuyue, who was also in low spirits, and said, "Girl, you must be tired along the way, why don't we go back and rest together first, and then talk about it tomorrow. "

Jiang Fuyue nodded: "That's fine."

She really needed to catch up on her sleep.