The Imperial Concubine Just Wants To Be a Salted Fish Every Day

Nie Changping was wronged: "didn't you finish it?"

Luo QingHan asked, "can you compare with me?"

Nie Changping dared to be angry but dared not say: "that, that is naturally incomparable."

Under the prince's cold gaze, Nie Changping had to bite the bullet and finish the rest of the steamed bread.

All the way was calm.

Ten days later, the merchant ship docked at Xin'an ferry near Jingshou county.

Luo QingHan and his party disembarked here.

Xin'an ferry is close to Xin'an County. It hasn't rained here for four months. However, because it is close to Yijiang River, people carry water back from here every day and can barely survive.

They stayed in Xin'an County for one night, bought two carriages and five horses the next day, and entered Jingshou County along the official road.

According to the agreement, they will meet in Gangu County in Jingshou county.

Gangu County is located in the hinterland of Jingshou county. After the tributary is excavated successfully, the river flows down the tributary and will converge into a lake in the low-lying areas in Gangu County.

After the lake takes shape, they will hold a rain praying ceremony by the lake.

Luo QingHan sat in the carriage and opened the window curtain. He saw that all the crops on the side of the road died of drought and the soil was dry and cracked.

Several farmers squatted on the ridge, hugged their heads and cried in despair.

The more they went deep into Jingshou County, the worse the situation they saw.

It never rains and there is no harvest in the field. Many families are desperate. They either leave their hometown to take refuge in relatives, or they can only sell children and women.

There are yellow and skinny refugees everywhere. From time to time, they can hear the cry of tearing their hearts and lungs.

This is a picture that Luo QingHan and Nie Changping have never seen.

In the past, they could only know about the drought from the memorials invited by the officials, but the officials said that affected by the drought, how many kilograms of grain had been reduced this year, how many people might starve to death, or how many people had starved to death. They said some very general things, which didn't sound particularly serious.

But now, those general digitization has become a reality, which is placed in front of them, so that they can see with their own eyes how crazy people can do when they are extremely hungry.

Selling children and women, smashing and robbing, gnawing bark and eating Guanyin soil.

If they go on like this, they are afraid that even people dare to eat.

Luo QingHan doesn't want to read anymore.

He and Nie Changping no longer dislike steamed bread.

After driving along the official road for ten days, the carriage finally saw the gate of Gangu County.

The city gate of Gangu County is closed, and many emaciated victims gather outside the city. These victims are unable to live at home and want to beg in the city, but the city gate is closed, so they can't get in and can only squat outside the city.

When they saw a carriage approaching the city gate, they all rushed around the carriage and begged for food.

Many similar things have happened along the way. The bodyguards are very experienced. Without saying a word, they directly pull out their waist sabres. The sabres are bright and sharp, which frightens the victims back in a hurry.

The carriage went to the gate.

The bodyguard came forward and called for the door.

The head of a yamen came out from above the city wall. The Yamen rushed down and shouted, "who are you?"

The bodyguard said, "we're from the north. We want to stay here. This is our road citation."

He took out an ultimatum from his arms and raised it to the people upstairs.

A moment later, the gate opened a crack.

The Yamen's hand stretched out from the crack in the door.

The bodyguard thought he wanted to see the road citation ultimatum, so he handed it over.

Unexpectedly, the Yamen servant pushed the ultimatum away and didn't have a good way: "why do you give me this? What I want is the entrance fee. Ten Liang silver for each person. Take the money quickly!"