Traveling through time and space to meet a replacement bride? But I’m a man!

In terms of prosperity, Longcheng is not even as prosperous as Fengxian.

Although Feng County is small, the buildings around it are tall and solemn, and the county town will be decorated when celebrations are approaching.

Most of the buildings in the urban area of ​​Longcheng are earthen buildings.

Soon the team arrived at the provincial capital of Longcheng. The provincial capital was the highest official position in a state, and these exiles naturally had no qualifications to see the provincial capital.

Everyone was first locked up in the prison, and Manager Wu took two people to see the provincial governor.

The prison in the north is better than Xu Wenyan thought.

Previously in the prison in Feng County, County Magistrate Cheng had arranged a relatively good cell for him, but it was inevitable to see some cockroaches and other insects.

The south is moist and humid, and there are many insects that even Xu Wenyan has never seen before.

When you get here, all you see is dry yellow soil.

"Qianqian, be good. Let mother puncture your blisters for you." Ma was holding a dry bamboo branch in her hand.

She used a small bamboo stick to gently pick the blisters on her daughter's feet.

Being in the same room, Xu Wenyan could naturally see everything clearly.

The tip of the bamboo branch was not as sharp as imagined, and it failed to burst the blister. The little girl was strong and did not cry.

Just looking at her clenched teeth, it was obvious that she was in great pain.

Xu Wenyan knew that even if he applied medicine it would be of no help at this point. Blisters were not a serious disease, but they were quite painful nonetheless.

As long as you take good care of yourself, you will get better without taking any medicine.

But now they are fleeing from famine, and even medicine will be of no help.

In order to save energy, Xu Wenyan sat down and leaned against the earth wall.

It will probably take another month or so to reach the northwest.

But soon, a group of soldiers came out of the cell, yelling at them to get out.

"You're still on it, hurry up and come out for routine inspection. Your road to exile will only officially begin when you arrive in Longzhou, so hurry up and get out!"

The officers and soldiers were shouting, and Xu Wenyan probably understood what they meant when they said that the road to exile had just begun.

Only when you step into the north can you truly experience what it means to have a vast land and a sparse population.

This was the case even with the development of modern transportation, let alone now.

The real hardships they suffered during their exile had just begun.

"What are you doing?" Zhang Qiaoer shook off the soldier's hand.

From the moment the soldier touched her, his hands started to get naughty.

"What am I doing? Routine inspection, what?" The soldiers looked at Zhang Qiaoer up and down with lustful eyes.

This is also one of the benefits of the officers and soldiers here. Although there are few women who are exiled, there are none.

Especially when he met a pretty girl from the south like Zhang Qiaoer, he felt even more hot and unbearable.

"What are you checking? Didn't we check it before we set off?" Zhang Chengjin stood in front of Zhang Qiaoer.

The officer just glanced at Zhang Chengjin, and the next second his fist landed heavily on Zhang Chengjin's face: "What's the matter, you criminals of the court want to rebel too, don't you?

If I say I haven’t checked, then I don’t have it.”

Zhang Chengshuo was unwilling to come this time and was about to step forward to help when he was stopped by Zhang Kai.

"Dad, my sister Qiao'er has been bullied, why are you stopping me?" Zhang Chengshuo looked at Zhang Kai with a puzzled look.

Zhang Kai's eyes were sullen. "What time is it now? Making trouble at this time will definitely not end well. Listen to me, you are not allowed to go."

Zhang Chengjin was already injured, and after being punched by the soldiers, he could not stand up.

"Brother." Zhang Qiaoer wanted to check on Zhang Cheng's injuries, but was stopped by the official.

"Come on, everything will be fine after the check-up. Why do you want to cause trouble for your family?" Guan looked at Zhang Qiaoer with a smile.

"elder brother!"

Zhang Qiaoer called for help from Zhang Chengshuo.

Zhang Chengshuo was stopped by Zhang Kai again: "I told you not to go, you don't listen to me, your father, this is unfilial!

Everything I do is for you and for our Zhang family."

"But..." Zhang Chengshuo wanted to say something, but was held back by Zhang Kai.

"What are you fussing about?" It was at this time that Manager Wu came back.

The officers and soldiers walked over with a grin on their faces: "Hey, Officer Wu, we are here for a routine inspection."

As he said this, he stuffed some silver coins into Manager Wu's arms.

"Isn't there a nanny for the routine inspection? Don't cause trouble." Manager Wu said coldly.

"Hey, Manager Wu wasn't like this before."

Manager Wu whispered to the officers and soldiers, "It doesn't matter about the others, but no one from the Zhang family can be touched. Except for this girl and the pregnant woman, you can do whatever you want with the others."

Manager Wu did not take the silver and walked towards Xu Wenyan.

"Come on, go out for a walk with me."

Xu Wenyan nodded and followed immediately.

"This inspection will take some time. After Longcheng, it will take four or five days to see the next county or city. If there is anything you want to prepare, do it now."

"Thank you so much, Manager Wu."

Manager Wu waved his hand: "It's not that you really have much face, I just accepted the benefit."

"Benefits?" Even with what Xu Dashan gave, it was not enough for Manager Wu to take such care of him.

"The Jia family in the capital, as soon as I arrived, their young master found me. If I don't send you there properly, I will suffer in the future." Manager Wu said helplessly.

When it comes to the Jia family, Xu Wenyan could only think of that lively young man.

Thinking of Jia Anqing, she really had a great connection with him, and it was all thanks to her that she met him.

I don't know how he is doing now.

Following Manager Wu, he didn't have to buy anything, and the government would provide them with the supplies they needed.

Xu Wenyan looked at it for a long time and said, "Manager Wu, please lend me some silver."

Manager Wu smiled and said, "You asked me to borrow some silver. If I lend it to you, what will you use to pay it back?"

"I have a pot. We can eat together in the future. It's so nice. It's winter, so we need something hot."

Xu Wenyan did have some money. Chen Sanlin still had at least nine hundred taels left, and there was even a gold thread on his belt.

"Forget it, I'll give you twenty taels. If what you cook is not delicious, I will have to ask you for it." Manager Wu took out twenty taels from his waist and gave them to Xu Wenyan.

Xu Wenyan took it with a smile: "Hehe, that's natural."

Manager Wu really didn't have such good intentions, but he heard from County Magistrate Cheng that Xu Wenyan started his business in the catering business.

His craftsmanship is naturally beyond reproach.

As someone who often lived outside in the open air, he naturally had never eaten anything good.

Now that the opportunity has come, I really want to try the food made by Xu Wenyan.

The items Xu Wenyan bought the most were sweet potatoes, radishes, potatoes, cabbages, etc. He bought two kilograms of each. If there were more, Xiaohong and Baihu would not be able to handle it.

In addition, Xu Wenyan bought some seeds here, such as cotton, sunflower seeds, cassava and so on.

Cassava is usually planted using its rhizomes, but Xu Wenyan can't take the tubers with him.

We'll start planting slowly when we get to the northwest.

It was chosen because of cassava's tenacious vitality, drought resistance, low soil requirements, and good yield.

For selfish reasons, Xu Wenyan also bought four kilograms of ribs.

He has been craving for meat these days.

Seeing that Xu Wenyan had already bought it, Manager Wu asked, "You only spent five taels on me at most, and it's done."

Xu Wenyan smiled and said, "What are you talking about, Manager Wu? These are enough for us to eat for a week. I will continue shopping when we get to the next county, otherwise the ingredients will not be fresh anymore.

It must be very hard for us to carry it.”

Manager Wu always felt that something was wrong, but he didn't know what.