Zhou Yu saw the three bags of food his wife prepared, two bags of coarse grains, and a small bag of rice and fine grains, “My younger brother and I will deliver them.”

Yang Xi patted the newly made quilt and said, “I hid the biscuits that I haven’t eaten because they can be kept for a long time in winter with oil. It’s more difficult to cook today after handing over the food, so it’s more convenient to eat the biscuits soaked in hot water.”

Ye Shi was willing to give up the coarse grains, but she was reluctant to give up the fine grains. “Don’t give out the fine grains.”

There were pregnant women and children at home. They couldn’t even buy coarse grains now, let alone fine grains for nourishing the body.

Yang Xi smiled and said, “Mom, the fine grain will be brought back.”

It was not acceptable that there was no fine grain at home, so it was better to give it out generously. There were old and young in the family, and Qian Gongzi relied on Zhou Yu and would not accept the fine grain.

Zhou Yu took down the grain bag and said, “Mom, I’ll be back soon.”

Ye Shi was very convinced by her daughter-in-law, but she felt sad at the same time. She thought it would be great if her husband was still alive and the whole family was there.

When Zhou Yu arrived, Qian Zhu and the other two bosses had just finished dinner. Zhou Yu explained his purpose, and Qian Zhu understood clearly.

Qian Zhu looked at the other two owners and said, “I won’t be polite as the caravan is short of food, but Brother Zhou kept fine grains for his wife and children at home, so take it back to supplement aunt and sister-in-law.”

Zhou Yu was full of gratitude, “My family really needs it, so I won’t refuse.”

After declining the invitation to stay for dinner, Zhou Yu walked back with the fine grains. When he met someone familiar with the matter, he would say a few words to them. By the time Zhou Yu returned to the carriage, most of the caravan knew that the Zhou family had taken out the grain.

Those who had been planning to take the Zhou family’s grain gave up the idea as they did not want to offend such a capable scholar.

Wu Shan came after dinner, his mouth still shiny with oil, Wu Shan said: “If you don’t have food, tell me.”

Zhou Yu lowered his voice and said, “I am different from my elder brother. Our family has been following the caravan from the beginning. If we take out the food now, we can continue to eat from the caravan in the future. I am worried about my elder brother. His food must be kept well.”

When Wu Shan heard that Zhou Yu had hidden food, he felt relieved but also worried. “When can we get out of Bozhou? Today’s prey did solve some of the food problems, but the animals in the mountains are very wild and sharp. The wild beasts in the mountains will not come out easily today. Where will we get food when we get out of the mountains?”

Zhou Yu, “Let’s take it one step at a time. If it doesn’t work, we can only kill the donkey.”

Wu Shan cursed the damned soldiers and bandits inwardly, for not leaving any food for the people. “The road ahead will be difficult. I heard from the guards that there are two million people in Bozhou!”

Zhou Yu was thinking about how many people would starve to death. Prince Jiang did not treat the people as human beings. The people were like lambs to be slaughtered. They were all slaughtered this time, making Prince Jiang and other powerful people fat.

Zhou Yu cursed in his heart, “This is forcing the people to revolt.”

Yang Xi pointed out, “The strong laborers were captured.”

Wu Shan continued, “Even if they didn’t catch them all, it’s useless without weapons.”

Zhou Yu, “.”

He was so angry that he was confused, so King Jiang had already planned it, killing two birds with one stone!

Yang Xi was a little panicked, “Fortunately, we caught up with the caravan.”

Wu Shan was also very scared, “Brother Zhou, thank you for the meat.”

Their family had many strong laborers, and the food had been thin and watery these days. The sons were too hungry to have any strength. He had already agreed to let the third and fourth sons follow Third Yang. Third Yang was a capable boy, and the third and fourth sons had gotten a lot of food.

Zhou Yu said: “Our two families have supported each other all the way, so don’t be polite to me, big brother.”

He also thought about keeping some of the meat for freezing, but then he thought it would be a disaster to keep it, as he didn’t know who would eat it, so he decided to give it all to the Wu family.

After a lively night, the caravan set off again, with more food in their stomachs and no longer feeling the dullness of the past.

Yang Xi believed that what she ate belonged to them. During this time of food shortage, she would eat some precious food quickly to feel at ease. In the following two days, she had dried fruit and syrup every day. Every time she cooked some, she would send some to the Wu family and split the rest with Third Yang.

Yang Xi discovered that when Third Yang was training Li Zheng, he consciously made Li Zheng remember that he was the master and never gave Li Zheng sugar water.

She also found that Third Yang and Yan Bing shared the sugar water.

Third Yang has been brainwashing Li Zheng, and his kindness to Yan Bing had a purpose. This guy had found something profitable in Yan Bing.

Yang Xi told Zhou Yu about his discovery, and Zhou Yu laughed softly, “This kid can achieve great things if we train him well.”

During the caravan, he had no time to teach Third Yang, but this kid was not idle either!

Yang Xi sighed, “I have to admit that some people are born with abilities.”

“Um.”

Yang Xi added: “Now that we have walked out of the mountains, there is only some dried meat and a small amount of coarse grains left. Can Qian Gongzi think of a solution?”

Zhou Yu, “Qian Zhu knows a lot of people when he’s doing business. This time we need to change our route and go to Jia County. We’ll see if we can buy some food from his business friends.”

Yang Xi didn’t hold out hope, nor did she say anything discouraging. It was better to have hope than to have no hope.

The caravan was like the full moon on the 15th day of the lunar month in the dark night, particularly eye-catching. They encountered many beggars. Before entering Qian County, a large number of refugees gathered outside Qian County.

Yang Xi’s scalp tingled. She was being stared at by thousands of eyes as if she were a plate of meat.

Zhou Yu told Zhou Xiaodi and Third Yang not to go collect firewood, fearing that they might not be able to come back.

The guard’s knife was already stained with blood. If the refugees had not been scared away, the entire caravan would had no chance of leaving.

The gates of Qian County were tightly closed. Yang Xi asked, “Do you think Prince Jiang is not afraid of getting into trouble?”

Zhou Yu sneered, “He is not afraid. You have also heard that some gentry and landlords have been robbed by refugees.”

This is what Prince Jiang left for the people. Why didn’t he rob the gentry and landlords himself? Prince Jiang had concerns because some gentry families had their support, and he was afraid of being exposed if he did it too many times.

It would be different if it was left to the people. The more chaotic Bozhou was, the happier Prince Jiang would be. He could also follow the people and show favor to some families!

Yang Xi was silent for a while before speaking, “King Jiang is cruel enough.”

The modern history they reincarnated into was different from the ancient history they lived in. A different turning point could form a new future. She and Zhou Yu also talked about the Three Thousand Worlds and so on. Because they had not reincarnated into the modern world of this world, they did not know the history of the future.

Yang Xi didn’t know whether Prince Jiang had succeeded or not. She didn’t want such a ruthless person to succeed from the bottom of her heart.

Two days later, Qian Zhu had no choice but to spend a lot of gold, silver, and goods to bribe the sixth-rank general stationed there. He got the news that Jingcheng was relatively safe. The caravan headed for Jingcheng and spent a large sum of money to get the chance to enter the city.

There were no refugees outside the city. The begging refugees had long been driven away. The black and red bloodstains ten miles outside the city showed the plight of the people.

Although Jingcheng was still relatively normal, it was also very desolate, and at most there was no danger to life.

Third Yang went out to inquire and brought back a lot of news, “Gē, the governor of Jingcheng married the concubine daughter of King Jiang.”

Zhou Yu rolled his eyes in his heart. Third Yang called him gē directly. “What else did you find out?”

Third Yang lowered his voice and said, “I also heard that the eldest son of King Jing who escaped was caught and his family all committed suicide by taking poison.”

Zhou Yu already knew Third Yang very well, “Did you find anything else?”

(End of this chapter)

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