The whole family escaped from famine and accidentally occupied land

Ping County.

After lunch, the men of the Bai family drove off.

"Ping County is still very lively." Bai Zhao suddenly felt emotional. If this county town were placed in modern times, it would be equivalent to a relatively prosperous town.

"You haven't been to Lingzhou City for a long time, there~"

Bai Laoer's voice suddenly stopped.

The prosperity of the past has become a bubble.

Bai Lao Da and his two sons have become accustomed to it. They have been working here all the time. They have no feelings for Lingzhou City and cannot empathize with it.

Bai Zhao patted Bai Laoer's shoulder and comforted him:

"Everything will be fine! After we settle down, my second brother will definitely make a comeback."

Before the war, Bai Laoer was already in charge of the Yao family's business.

After the war, everything was gone. The only thing the family managed to get out of there was some silver bills, which they hid in their underwear.

The behavior of those two princes is to pluck feathers from passing geese, not letting go of even a penny.

Bai Laoer just nodded and said nothing.

It's not easy to settle down.

Until now, there has been no news of the imperial court sending troops, and troubled times are coming.

Although Ping County is a county seat under the jurisdiction of Lingzhou, it is hundreds of miles away from Lingzhou.

It was the same as usual here, with small vendors coming out of the city one after another, some carrying shoulder poles, some pushing carts.

These people came into the city early in the morning and sold out all the goods they brought.

Everyone had a happy face, and had no idea that a disaster was about to happen.

Just then, a convoy came out of the city.

Riding in the front were servants and guards dressed in uniform. In the middle were about forty carriages. As they rode together, the ground was shaking slightly.

At the back were the people from the escort agency, about a hundred of them.

With such a grand ceremony, Bai Zhao searched his mind but could not match this family with any of the prominent people in the county.

This family should not be unknown.

"Master!" Bai Cangzhi, the eldest son of Boss Bai, was agile and rushed to the leader of the escorts.

"You are unlucky, kid. As soon as you returned home, the escort agency received a big order. The money paid is quite a lot. You don't have to go out on escort missions in the second half of the year. Hahahaha~"

The leading escort got off his horse and patted Bai Cangzhi on the shoulder, "Don't worry, we have everyone together this time, and we will definitely call you next time. This family is in a hurry, they just accepted the escort last night, and they left this morning to hurry up, so they can't take care of you."

"Master, listen to me, we can't go on this escort mission." Bai Cangzhi was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks. He was speechless for a moment and stammered, unable to say anything.

"Don't block my way, kid. One hundred and fifty taels for a round trip, that's all my daughter's dowry. Get out of the way. I don't have time to talk nonsense. I'm leaving now!"

The leading escort was about to leave, but Bai Cangzhi held him tightly and whispered:

"Master, things are going to get chaotic, don't run around, what will happen to Master's Wife and the others then?"

"You kid, you have a crow's mouth, bah bah bah!"

The leading escort slapped his apprentice's hand away and spat into the air.

"I'm going on a long journey this time. It will take three months to go back and forth. When I'm away, please keep an eye on your master's wife and her mother, and don't let them bully you."

The leading escort mounted his horse and rode away.

"Cangzhi, don't waste your breath. They will know in two days and will come back on their own."

Bai Zhao was just listening on the side and did not interrupt their conversation.

There has been no news from Lingzhou City yet, and ordinary people here don’t know about it yet.

"Uncle San, what if—"

Bai Zhao held his shoulder to stop him from saying anything further.

"The news we get may not be accurate. Who would believe it?"

By this time, Bai Laoer had returned from the crowd after gathering information, his face tense and without a smile.

"We have to hurry. The family that just left is named Lian. They have a relative who is an important official in the capital. They are heading northeast this time. It is said that their destination is Yuzhou."

"Yuzhou? Is the news reliable?"

Hearing this place name again, Bai Zhao couldn't help but be surprised.

"Reliable! Just now a group of merchants were returning home from leaving the city, and there was one who was left alone. He had several old hens that he hadn't sold, and the original owner didn't want them anymore, so he suddenly wanted to move away."

Bai Laoer took over the Yao family business and traveled around for several years, so he had some impression of the Dazhuang Dynasty.

The peddler's home was not far from Jingkanzi Village. Every day he would go to the back door of Lian's house to sell vegetables or chickens and ducks from his home.

When I went there today, I was told that I didn't need to come to their house anymore because the Lian family was moving away.

The peddler asked a familiar servant and, without caring that his goods were not sold, went home to pack up and prepare to escape.

"We have to hurry. If the news spreads, we may not be able to escape."

Bai Laoer felt worried. His family had finally managed to escape from Lingzhou City. If they were caught by those refugees or rebel troops again, they might not be so lucky again.

Everyone felt sympathetic and acted separately.

"Brother-in-law, come with me. You can sell embroidery to my sister. There is a shop near my house. The price is fair."

Bai Zhao pulled Zhou Wen and walked towards their original home in the county town.

Zhou Wen did not bring the prey he hunted this time to the county town, so he went into the city with ease.

The two walked side by side, and Zhou Wen looked at Bai Zhao countless times.

"Minghui, you...you have to live a good life in the future. A man should be responsible."

Zhou Wen took a long time to utter these few words, then turned around and went to the embroidery shop.

Bai Zhao holds a very high status in the entire Bai family.

He had failed the imperial examination for many years, and some people laughed at him secretly, but he had Wei Shou behind him, so even if he became as decadent as a pig, those people dared not say anything in front of him.

Zhou Wen, a son-in-law of the Bai family, has never said a word in front of Bai Zhao.

If this hadn't been too excessive, Zhou Wen wouldn't have spoken.

Bai Zhao looked at Zhou Wen's back, shook his head and smiled, "I'm not that bastard."

When he returned to his home in the county town, his house was empty and no longer as warm as before.

Bai Zhao glanced at the main room and without lingering any longer went straight to the southeast wall.

He dug into the ground with his hands and revealed a wooden box with some silver ingots inside.

"This scumbag is a scumbag who even dares to sell his wife's house."

Bai Zhao didn't dare mention this to his wife and daughter, for fear that he would be labeled a scumbag.

The money in there was not touched, so the man wanted to teach Wei Hongmian a "lesson".

Bai Zhao put the box into the space and left quickly.

There are not many people on the street, and there are all kinds of people.

Some people walk in a hurry, while others walk leisurely.

Bai Zhao pursed his lips, identified the direction, and headed straight for the bank.

At the door of the bank, I bumped into Bai Laoer.

"Second brother, what are you doing~"

Bai Laoer was holding a bag in his hand, and Bai Cangzhi followed behind him.

"San'er, let's go shopping first."

The two left in a hurry.

"These two are so brave!"

Bai Zhao exchanged all the thousand taels of silver notes for silver, which weighed about seventy kilograms and was packed into a box.

While he pretended to check, he transferred the silver into the space villa.

"There will be chaos, the boss has asked us to clean up, we have to leave tonight."

Hearing the whisper, Bai Zhao slowed down his pace.