The whole village is fleeing famine, fortunately I have a concubine system

Wang Chengzi nodded. This was the only way now.

A few of them discussed sending a few people into Wudu tomorrow to sell what they picked along the way.

Then he bought what each family needed, and then he went around Wudu and headed towards Fengcheng.

After discussing the next itinerary, Patriarch Qian asked Wang Chengzi to return to the Wang family.

He also asked Qian Youliang to go to each household to notify them and ask them to think about what they would sell and what they would buy tomorrow.

Qian Lai was assigned to keep watch with five strong men in case anyone came to rob things at night.

After Wang Chengzi returned to the Wang family, he repeated what had just happened.

When Old Lady Wang heard this, she almost jumped up.

"Shh, mother, keep your voice down." Wang Chengzi quickly stopped Old Lady Wang's actions.

"They are too wicked. They charge one tael of silver per person to enter the city. Why don't they just rob people?"

Only then did they understand why so many refugees had been lingering outside the city.

It turned out that although the county magistrate of Wudu did not prohibit refugees from entering, he took the opportunity to increase the price several times.

From the original one penny to the current sky-high price of one tael of silver.

Even if a farmer did not eat or drink for a year, he could not save one tael of silver. That was why there were so many refugees guarding the city gate.

Wang Zhuzi also said: "This is almost the same as banditry. Where can we get money?"

Then, Wang Chengzi told the Wang family the decision he had just discussed with Patriarch Qian.

After hearing this, Old Lady Wang started thinking about what to buy and what to sell.

The musk has been dried and is definitely for sale.

There are also ginseng and ganoderma lucidum that we picked later, and all the medicinal herbs have to be sold.

It’s better to exchange it for silver.

Thinking about this, I started to pack up the things I would sell tomorrow.

Xiaomi secretly pulled down Mrs. Wang's clothes and whispered, "Grandma."

Old Mrs. Wang saw that Xiaomi had something to say, so she leaned closer to listen.

Xiaomi leaned over to Old Lady Wang's ear and whispered, "Grandma, keep that ginseng for me."

After hearing this, Old Lady Wang put the ginseng back without asking why.

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Early the next morning, one person from each household came to Patriarch Qian with a bundle.

Qian Yongye helped to record what each family took, while Wang Chengzi recorded what each family needed.

Food, the most important thing is food.

Salt is also needed. The rest are just some odds and ends.

After Wang Chengzi finished recording, he took the papers with the records of each family's belongings written by Qian Yongye.

So he brought Wang Zhuzi, Wang Liehu, Zhou Laosi, and Xiaomi.

Pushing the cart towards the city gate, the cart was piled with medicinal herbs collected by the villagers on the Daqing Mountain this time.

Wang Chengzi didn't want to let Xiaomi go at first, but Clan Leader Qian said that Xiaomi was the only one in the village who knew about medicinal herbs.

And they would feel more at ease if they took Xiaomi with them. So they had no choice but to take Xiaomi with them.

Before leaving, Old Lady Wang pulled Xiaomi aside and gave him instructions several times, and also threatened Wang Chengzi a few times.

I was afraid that Wang Chengzi would accidentally bump into Xiaomi.

If he dared to lose it, she would skin Wang Chengzi alive.

Xiaomi sat on the cart and slowly moved towards the city gate.

The refugees at the foot of the city gate followed their movements with their eyes.

When we arrived at the city gate, it just happened to open slowly.

First, six bailiffs armed with knives came out of the city gate.

Set up roadblocks, leaving only a small path wide enough for three people to walk side by side.

Then he stood at the city gate with a knife, waiting for people to enter to pay the entrance fee.

Because of the one or two taels of silver entrance fee, almost no one entered the city.

Wang Chengzi and his companions quickly arrived next to the yamen runners.

Wang Chengzi bowed and said hello to several yamen runners.

Then he quickly handed over the household registration and silver that he had prepared.

The yamen runner opened the household register and compared it with the other two. After confirming that it was correct, he returned it to Wang Chengzi.

When Wang Chengzi was leaving, he said to them, "We will close the city gates at three o'clock. You are not from the city, so you cannot stay overnight in the city. You must come out at the appointed time. Do you understand?"

Several people nodded quickly, and the bailiff let them in.

Once you enter the city, it’s like entering a different world.

Outside the city were refugees who were starving to death, while inside the city people were coming and going.

Although you can occasionally see passers-by in tattered clothes.

But everyone has a rosy complexion, and you can tell at a glance that they are people living in peace.

Several people pushed the cart and asked as they walked. Soon, they arrived at the entrance of the clinic.

Wang Chengzi looked up at the words "Anhetang" on the plaque.

He walked towards the clinic and just walked into it.

The shopkeeper, who was calculating on an abacus in front of the medicine cabinet, happened to look up and see it.

He looked the other person up and down and saw the coarse clothes they were wearing.

His clothes were tattered and he only wore straw sandals on his feet.

The edges of the straw sandals were worn rough and broken in some places, and then tied together with ropes.

There was still dirt on their feet, so we could tell they were not rich people.

He curled his lips, rolled his eyes, and tutted at Wang Chengzi and the others.

He threw the abacus on the table and said in a very contemptuous tone: "We just swept the floor, so you'd better not come in. Otherwise, you will have to sweep it again later."

This sentence immediately made several people change their expressions. They really didn't expect that the owner of Anhetang would speak so harshly.

Wang Chengzi withdrew his foot that was about to step into the clinic.

He bowed to the shopkeeper of the clinic and said coldly: "I didn't expect the shopkeeper of your shop to be so arrogant. Today I have seen what it means to value clothes over people."

After saying that, he turned around and walked away. Wang Zhuzi and others also followed him out.

The shopkeeper stood by the medicine cabinet and waited until they all left before he reacted.

She pointed at the place where they had just stood and screamed, "You country bumpkin, you dare to say that I look down on you. Ugh."

After saying that, he angrily picked up the abacus and planned to continue calculating.

Who would have thought that the moment he picked up the abacus, the abacus pieces fell all over the table with a crackling sound.

It rolled on the table again and fell to the ground.

"What bad luck! Today is such a bad day"

After saying this, he bent down to pick up the abacus beads that had fallen on the ground. When he stood up, his head hit the corner of the table.

With a bang, the abacus pillars on the table jumped up.

The shopkeeper covered his head with his hands, his face twisted.

He hummed, "Ouch! It hurts so much. It hurts so much."

It must be those idiots I saw just now that made me so unlucky."

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At this time, Wang Chengzi and others came to the second pharmacy. This one was completely different from the previous one, which was deserted.

Before I even went in, I saw people coming in and out of the pharmacy to get medicine from time to time.

As soon as Wang Chengzi entered the pharmacy, a pharmacist came over and asked what was going on.