Natural disasters in books: I stockpiled goods to escape famine in ancient times

Huang Hai brought the strong laborers from the village to stand at the door to respond. After confirming that the number of people was correct, he asked everyone to stand on the left and right sides of the ox cart. The victims outside were so scared that their eyes lit up. Fortunately, the village chief asked everyone to come and respond. If they hadn't come, Huang Hai and the others would have been eaten alive by the victims.

Huang Hai walked over to Huang Ping and looked at the things on the cart. He found that they were all food. He frowned and asked, "Why didn't you buy water? Can't you buy it?"

Huang Ping grinned, "No, no, there's not enough room in the car. Brother Zhang Wu said he went to find a vendor selling water and will sneak out to buy it at night. He's already made arrangements with the official."

Huang Hai was finally relieved and said with emotion: "No wonder my father and Master Song think so highly of Brother Zhang Wu. He has a good brain. I would not have thought of these things if it were me."

"Yes, my father often told me to learn from Brother Zhang Wu, saying that he is steady in his work." Huang Ping noticed that the victims on both sides were ready to move, so he drew out his long knife and glared at the victims who were trying to get closer, while whispering, "It's a good thing you came over. If it were just us, we would be in trouble."

When the others saw Huang Ping showing his sword, they also drew their swords and looked at the others with murderous looks. For a moment, no one dared to approach.

Huang Hai's smile disappeared, and he said in a deep voice, "Dad was afraid something might happen, so he asked us to keep an eye on the city gate. As soon as you come out, we will come to support you. This was Young Master Song's reminder."

"Mr. Song has always been steady."

The group finally returned to their resting place safely after passing through the numerous disaster victims. Huang Changyuan quickly walked forward and saw the four extra mule carts and asked, "Why did you buy mules when everything was fine?"

"I thought that since there are many people in our village, it would be good to buy a few mules if we can't buy cows. Besides, we have bought so much food. If we rely on people to pull the mules, it will take a long time. If the villagers get tired on the way, they can go up and rest."

Huang Changyuan didn't say much after hearing this. He asked people to distribute the grain, and then he checked the accounts with his eldest son.

While talking to Huang Ping about things in the city.

"There is a limit on food. I bought 100 taels of silver for coarse grains, but the grain store owner refused to sell them, saying that the inventory was insufficient and he had to leave some for others to buy. I saw that brother Zhang Wu also bought medicinal herbs. There are many people in the village, and they are afraid of getting sick on the way, so I also bought a lot of medicine bags. Adding the silver for the mule cart, I still have more than 200 taels left. I haven't bought water yet because there is no room on the mule cart."

Seeing Huang Changyuan getting anxious, Huang Ping said quickly: "Brother Zhangwu, get everything ready. We will go to the city gate to buy more water at night. Water is scarce now. We have already brought back so much food. If we bring more water, I am afraid it will cause trouble."

Huang Changyuan nodded, as if relieved: "That's good, that's good, you are right, brother Zhang Wu considers things comprehensively, you should often be with him and learn from him when you have nothing to do."

Huang Ping didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Okay, I will definitely study hard."

The food was bought, and Huang Changyuan also talked to everyone about buying water, so everyone put aside their worries for the time being and worked busily to carefully store the food.

I have to hide it. Don’t you see the disaster victims not far away are watching us? If it is stolen again, I won’t even know where to cry.

Zhang Wu drove the carriage back to its original position. Song Shiwei heard the noise and came out of the tent.

"Master, I bought some food and medicine bags, and told Huang Ping about it. I saw that they also bought a lot. Yingchang Prefecture is not a good place now. We should leave as soon as possible. I am afraid that something unexpected will happen."

Song Shiwei also had this idea and nodded: "I have already told the village chief."

"At night we have to go to the city gate to buy water. We will set off after we get the water. I will ask the village chief and others if we can travel at night."

Song Shiwei glanced at the city gate and shook his head slightly: "It shouldn't be possible. Those officials greeted the village chief before entering the city. We should wait for them to come together."

Seeing Zhang Wu's tangled expression, Song Shi smiled and said, "Don't worry, they should be out early tomorrow morning. The officials in the prefecture don't want them to eat and drink for free, and they are eager to sign and let them leave as soon as possible."

Zhang Wu then relaxed his brows, led the horse to the side and quietly gave it water and food.

Just as Song Shiwei had said, the officers brought the exiles out before dawn the next day.

Last night, Zhang Wu took the strong laborers in the village and quietly went to the city gate to buy fifty buckets of water. Ten buckets of water were prepared for the officials just in case, for fear that they would not have enough time to prepare.

The buckets on Song Shiwei's carriage were also full of water from the previous use. After buying water from the village, Song Shiwei took out the empty buckets and let Zhang Wu pull the carriage alone to fill them up.

Money makes the world go round. With Bai Ri Zhang Wu's silver paving the way, the soldiers guarding the city at night pretended not to see anything. The water vendors personally pulled out several carts of water and successfully ensured that everyone would not lack water.

When the officials came back in the morning, Huang Changyuan hurried forward to inquire and learned that their water buckets had been filled with money in the city. Even for the exiles who had delayed their journey along the way, the officials accepted bribes and agreed to allow them to buy mule carts to continue their journey.

The emperor is far away and some rules do not necessarily have to be strictly adhered to. As long as you arrive in the north safely, no one cares how you get there.

The officers have seen all kinds of exiles being escorted, and they make some money along the way by relying on the gifts from the exiles. As long as the money is in place and they don't deliberately cause trouble, most of the officers are easy to talk to.

It's just like the Shen and Xie families. Although the other two branches of the Xie family have a lot of trouble, every time there is trouble, General Xie, the eldest branch of the Xie family, will have people send a lot of good things over. In the form of silver bills, the amount is not small. He also favors the officials who are leading the way. It's just buying a few mule carts. They just close their eyes and pretend they didn't see it.

As soon as the officers arrived with the prisoners, Huang Changyuan approached them.

"Sir, I always feel that it's unsafe to stay here all the time. How about we set off now?"

The officials also had the same idea. Even a big city like Yingchang Prefecture was deeply affected by the natural disaster. Therefore, when Huang Changyuan said to set off, the officials nodded quickly and called on the exiles to set off.

At this time, most of the victims were still asleep. Some of them woke up after hearing the noise, but they didn't make any plans. The main reason was that there were too many people and many of them were armed. The long knife looked creepy.

Everyone quickly packed up and set off, not even thinking about eating breakfast. They just wanted to get away from here as quickly as possible. In the past day or two, they were really scared of the gazes of the disaster victims, which were like hungry wolves.

The Shen and Xie families bought a mule cart and also purchased a lot of food, medicine bags and water. Now they could hurry on the road without delay and they were far away from Yingchang Prefecture in just an hour.

According to everyone's idea, they would start their journey at the beginning of the Mao hour in the morning, travel for two hours, and then find a place to stop and rest at the beginning of the Si hour when it was scorching hot, and then continue their journey at the end of the Shen hour.