Traveling through ancient times to escape famine, the prince led me to rebel

Outside Changzhou City, a tall city wall stood quietly behind dozens of porridge stalls, with long queues in front of each stall.

The victims moved forward in an orderly manner, holding broken bowls with holes in their hands.

Although they were all disheveled and covered in dust, they were all very energetic. They stared ahead with wide eyes, wondering how long it would take for them to get their turn to serve porridge.

They were almost starving to death, and with their last breath they came to the outskirts of Changzhou City, thinking that there would be no government-run porridge service here.

Unexpectedly, the government not only provided porridge, but also provided porridge twice a day. They could finally survive!

A brown-black gate was embedded in the middle of the city wall. The gate was wide open, and a team of soldiers standing on each side were carefully examining people entering the city.

Luo Xiaoran and three others quickly joined the team entering the city.

In front of them were two old men carrying bamboo baskets filled with eggs and some vegetables. They didn't look like disaster victims, but rather people coming into the city to sell things.

"Alas, many disaster victims in the south are running to our north, and many are starving to death!

Fortunately, the new prefect acted promptly and opened the granaries to release grain. The wealthy merchants in the city responded by donating money and grain, so that porridge could be distributed outside the city to prevent the victims from causing chaos. "

"Who says it's not true? When the previous one was here, many disaster victims united to come to our village to steal food and even injured several young men."

“Our village was also robbed, but our village is close to the mountains and there are many hunters. The old men and young men are all strong, so they didn’t rob much.

Now it’s good. The government provides porridge every day to help the disaster victims. The victims can eat and will not cause trouble. "

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"Name?"

"Luo Caicai." Luo Xiaoran, who had changed into clean clothes, finally lined up at the city gate.

"The tax is five cents."

Luo Xiaoran took out five copper coins and handed them to him.

"Go in, next one."

It seems that the victims outside the city cannot afford to pay the money, so they can only survive by eating the relief porridge provided by the government. What to do next depends on the arrangements of the government.

After paying the city gate tax, Luo Xiaoran and three others successfully entered Changzhou City.

The first thing is to find an inn to eat and take a shower.

Luo Xiaoran ordered four bowls of porridge to fill her stomach first and then have a big meal after taking a shower.

When the food was served, Luo Xiaoran's eyes turned green. It had been a long time since she had a proper meal at the table, not since the day the end of the world came.

Today, she must eat until she is full!

"Let's eat!" Luo Xiaoran said to Qiu Niang, Li Shu and Xiao Xingchen, who also had shining eyes.

"Okay!" in unison.

Luo Xiaoran picked up the rice bowl in one hand and the chopsticks in the other, stretched out her arm, and accurately and quickly picked up a piece of delicious fish and put it into her mouth.

As soon as it entered her mouth, Luo Xiaoran felt unwell.

A fishy smell mixed with salty taste exploded in her mouth, scaring her so much that she quickly ate two more mouthfuls of rice to relieve the taste.

Looking up again, seeing Uncle Li and the other two eating with gusto, Luo Xiaoran couldn't help but speak:

"Uncle Li, we've been hungry all the way, so we must have a good meal tonight. What do you think of the food in this inn?"

Uncle Li didn't even raise his head, sobbing, "This restaurant is not big, and the food is just average, but it tastes better than the food that most families cook at home."

Oh~ Ordinary level, that’s the average level of your restaurant!

Luo Xiaoran picked up another vegetable. Hmm, it was cooked, with salt but no oil.

"Qiu Niang, the last time we encountered bandits, we left the remaining rapeseed oil in the carriage and didn't bring it out."

Qiu Niang looked at Luo Xiaoran with a sad expression, chewing a piece of chicken in her mouth.

"Girl, rapeseed oil is a rare commodity, but we don't have a carriage, so it's hard to take it with us. So let it go."

Oh~ ordinary people can’t afford oil.

Xiao Xingchen looked at Luo Xiaoran who was still talking and felt very strange. "Sister, is this food not to your liking?"

"No, no." I wanted to be quiet.

No matter what, food should not be wasted.

Especially in ancient times when productivity was low, grain output depended entirely on the hard work of farmers. She has not forgotten the saying that every elementary school student must know: "Who knows that every grain of rice on the plate is the result of hard work?"

The dinner ended perfectly. Everyone had a full belly and lay back in their chairs.

Little Xingchen was still humming and burping from time to time, then covering his mouth with his hands, his big eyes rolling around as if he was afraid that others would hear him.

The next morning, the four of them discussed purchasing some items, the first of which was to buy a carriage.

But what Luo Xiaoran didn't expect was that this ancient horse-drawn carriage cost as much as eighty taels, and it was the cheapest model.

Fortunately, Uncle Li was wealthy and said that all they had eaten along the way were Qiu Niang’s dry food, which he really felt bad about.

So one person waved his hand and bought a more spacious carriage, which was more than enough for four people.

They found out that it only took half a month to travel from Changzhou to Kyoto by horse carriage.

In order to prevent any accidents, the four of them prepared enough dry food for a whole month.

There are too few water bags. It would be terrible if we couldn’t find a water source for several days. So we prepared ten water bags and filled them all with water so we wouldn’t worry about getting thirsty.

Two thin quilts are needed, one for Uncle Li and his grandson, and one for Luo Xiaoran and Qiu Niang.

It is easy to catch a cold if you don't cover yourself with a blanket when you are outdoors in autumn.

To prevent any accidents, Luo Xiaoran went to the pharmacy and got some medicine for treating typhoid and cold.

When Luo Xiaoran first traveled here, the clothes she was wearing were burned because they were stained with blood.

The men's clothes she wore along the way were all taken out of the bags of the two thugs in the dilapidated temple, and were already covered with a lot of dirt and dust along the way.

Just before entering the city, in order to avoid being turned away because of their status as disaster victims, the four of them changed into clean clothes, and Luo Xiaoran wore Qiu Niang's clothes.

But Qiu Niang was a few years older than her and had a very striking figure, so her clothes didn't fit Luo Xiaoran very well.

So she also wanted to buy a set of men's clothes and a set of women's clothes, as well as a cloak to wear when driving the carriage.

Qiu Niang volunteered to accompany her.

After asking for directions, the two came to the clothing store with the best reputation and the most customers in Changzhou City.

Before entering the store, I saw a group of people blocking the door of the store. Each of them looked like a stupid geese waiting for dinner, sticking their heads inside to watch the fun.

Luo Xiaoran took Qiu Niang over and saw that several young ladies in gorgeous clothes were talking to another thin young lady.

Because the thin lady's maid stood in front of her to protect her, Luo Xiaoran did not see her face clearly.

"She is not a cousin at all. She is just a poor relative of the prefect. The prefect took her in out of pity."

"Yes! I heard that our lord has his own sister, but she got lost on the way to take up the post, so she was asked to put up the money for the lord prefect's sister!"

"That's right! You really think that you can marry an adult just because you are pretty. It's just a foolish dream! You should know your own limitations!"