The whole family traveled through ancient times to start a new business

Before Su Andong and his friends figured out how to explain to outsiders that they didn't do spring ploughing, Su Anping and Su Ankang had already taken the initiative to find Old Lady Su and started to arrange their own spring ploughing. This time, they should first think about how to tell the rest of the Su family.

Old Madam Su delayed with her usual dignity, "Let's wait a few days, there's no need to rush. It hasn't rained yet, I'm unsure, you brothers, go to Tang County and check! And by the way, ask if it's raining in our south."

Su Anping was afraid of missing the spring ploughing, so he advised: "Mom, we can't miss the spring ploughing. Missing the farming season will affect the harvest. Wait five more days at most. Our family has to do the spring ploughing anyway."

Old Madam Su nodded perfunctorily and said, "I know. You should go to the county first and see for yourself."

Old Mrs. Su thought: It will also affect the harvest! Where there is harvest, there is no harvest.

After Su Anton finished teaching the children, he went to the county with his two brothers.

The Su family hadn't been to the county for a while. When they arrived, they found beggars scattered on the street. Su Anton looked at the beggars on the street and thought: This is not good!

Su Anton went directly to Ruyifang to ask Lan Niang for news.

Lan Niang told me that Yunzhou Prefecture, which is adjacent to Yuzhou Prefecture to the south of Qianchuan County, has suffered from drought. Although Qianchuan County has not had any rain this spring, it did not seem to be dry because of the heavy snow last winter.

But Yunzhou Prefecture has been dry for the past two years. There was no rain last winter, and not a drop of rain this spring. Not only is there no rain, but the temperature is rising very fast. The sun is scorching the earth. It seems that spring farming is impossible. Even wild vegetables are not growing due to the drought.

The harvest in Yunzhou Prefecture has been very bad in the past two years. The people have no surplus food at home. They are waiting for the spring to come so that they can plough the fields and dig some wild vegetables to fill their stomachs. But this time, the drought has left them with nothing, so they can only flee.

Just look, in the past few days, more and more people have been fleeing famine in Qianchuan County.

After Su An Dong learned the news, he felt very uneasy and always had a bad premonition.

After they left Ruyifang, Su Andong took his two brothers to the mule and horse market. When they got there, Su Andong bought three more mules, plus the one the Su family already had, so the Su family now had four mules.

Su Anton also bought two carriages and had the mules pull everything back home directly.

Su Anping and Su Ankang did not object to Su Andong's purchase of the mule. They thought that their third brother was smart and had his reasons for doing so. It was not like they couldn't afford it now, so they just bought it and the family could always use it.

After buying the mule, Su Anton bought daily necessities for the family, including food and daily necessities. He went to the grain store again and saw that the grain prices had increased by 50% compared to the previous year.

Su An Dong did not buy food. The Su family now had enough food. Moreover, there was so much food stored in the space that it would not be cost-effective to buy food at a high price.

On the way home, the brothers were all in a heavy mood. No matter how you look at it, it is not a good thing that there are refugees coming.

When he got home, Su Anton called a family meeting.

The family gathered in the main room, and Su Anton recounted in detail what happened during the trip to the county.

When the Su family heard this, their faces became heavy. Li Hongmei felt even worse. She had escaped famine and knew what this meant.

Su An Dong took the initiative to propose an idea: "I plan to go to the capital to see how serious the situation is, so that we can be prepared."

Old Madam Su nodded in agreement: "Let's go and see how many people have come to our place to escape the famine. And what are the rules of the prefecture for these disaster victims?"

The Su family decided to go to the city, and also decided who would go. Only Su An Dong and Su Zhi Hao would go.

The next morning, the two drove a cart pulled by two mules to the capital, thinking that using two mules to pull the cart would make the journey faster.

After Su Anton and Su Zhihao left, Su Yuanyuan started to feel nervous, feeling that something was going to happen.

Su Andong and his son first arrived at the city at 11:00 p.m., and found that the gates were now strictly guarded. The soldiers at the gate checked Su Andong's pass, confirmed their identities, and allowed them to enter the city.

Fortunately, Su Anton went to find Zhou Lizheng to get a pass last night, otherwise he would not be able to even enter the city gate.

After entering the city, the father and son found a wonton stand at the intersection, thinking that they could eat something hot and get some information. In addition to eating breakfast when they left in the morning, they ate the dry food they brought with them in the car when they were hungry on the road, and they did not dare to delay at all.

Su An Dong found that there were no refugees in the streets of the prefectural city, so he asked the owner of the wonton stall, "Brother, why don't I see any refugees? There are still some in our county! Why aren't there any in the prefectural city?"

The wonton stand owner said perfunctorily: "You are not allowed to enter the city now."

Su An Dong saw through his perfunctory attitude, and simply took out a tael of silver and placed it on the table, indicating something.

The owner of the wonton stall understood what Su Anton meant and looked around. It was not time for dinner, and the only people eating wontons were Su Anton and his son.

The shopkeeper simply sat down next to Su An Dong and said, "You just arrived in the city today! Refugees have not been allowed to enter the city for three days. Not only are they not allowed to enter the city, but all the refugees in the city have been driven out of the city. The South City Gate is now tightly closed and has been sealed."

After he finished speaking, he looked around and continued, "I heard that some refugee leader started an uprising and gathered a lot of people. They robbed the county town south of our prefecture, and they said they killed the county magistrate."

When Su Anton heard this, his heart started pounding and he thought: This is not good!

Su An Dong asked, "What about the garrison troops in the prefecture city?"

The innkeeper said, "Don't be afraid as the garrison is here. They can't enter the city with as many men as they can."

Logically speaking, there should be two thousand garrison troops in the city, but I don't know if they are on good alert.

Su An Dong gave one or two taels of silver to the store owner, and the two of them couldn't taste any flavor of the bowl of wontons.

After dinner, the two walked towards the South City Gate. Along the way, they could clearly feel that there were significantly fewer people on the street.

When we arrived at the South Gate, we saw the tightly closed gate.

For some reason, Su Anton did not feel safe when looking at the closed city gate, but felt panic instead.

The two found a restaurant where they could see the South City Gate, went in and found a private room to sit down.

Su Anton is a little confused now and doesn't know what to do next, but he feels it would be inappropriate to just leave like this.

The two of them sat down by the window and stared in the direction of the South City Gate.