I traveled through ancient times to escape famine with my arch-rival, the movie star.

It seems that he is suddenly getting along well with the village chief's daughter, but in fact he is trying to find out the background of the village chief's family.

Knowing that the village chief was selling cattle privately and had prepared two carts, and that the village chief had been frequently visiting people recently, as if he was trying to convince them of something, Shen Ying also began to ask indirectly about how much money the family had.

The person she chose to trick was naturally her biological mother. Since the family had not been divided, most of the money was in the public treasury. Mother Shen probably had several dozen taels of money.

If the land was exchanged for money, perhaps a hundred taels could be collected.

For a farmer, this is considered a considerable amount of savings.

Shen Ying knew, however, that when disaster strikes, there is only so much this money can do.

After discovering the changes in the village chief's family, she did not rush to tell her family, but waited for a day or two. She found that the village chief finally entered the Shen family, and then she knew that the push was coming.

I heard that the village chief wanted to go to a place in the south to live with distant relatives, and the village affairs were immediately handed over to another person.

It is better for the county magistrate to be in charge now. The village chief has a lot of power. He can bring a lot of income to his family just by dealing with conflicts and doing favors in the village throughout the year.

But, if the situation is not critical, who would be willing to abandon the title of village chief and move away?

At this point, Mr. Shen no longer dared to hope for any luck.

Mr. Shen held another meeting. Except for two little kids who couldn't speak clearly, everyone gathered together again.

Shen Yan was an unmarried girl, but because she was already eighteen years old, she also sat among the adults.

"Let's go south for a while. I've been to Yongcheng when I was young. There's a lot of land there but the population is not saturated. There are streams and rivers nearby. If possible, we can stay there. As for the land, it's not easy to accumulate, so we won't touch it for now.

You guys should pack up these two days and take everything you can, and then follow the village chief's house." Although the signs were not good, many people still had a lucky mentality, thinking that this might be a coincidence, and when the nearby grain was harvested, the crisis would be over.

Although Mr. Shen knew he had to take a gamble, he still couldn't bear to sell the land.

The children of the Shen family had no objection. Shen Youtian thought of his married sister and asked whether he should take her with him.

"Then you can go there today." A daughter who is married off is like water spilled. Mr. Shen thinks it is enough to share the information and give some subsidies.

"And third brother, your daughter is married. Please ask your son to go and talk about this matter."

"Eh, okay."

Old Master Shen assigned tasks and asked the women to pack up for the next two days while he and his sons went out to find a car and food.

Shen Ying was eager to try, and when Mr. Shen was about to assign her to the cleanup team, Shen Ying raised her hand.

"You have something to say?"

Shen Ying nodded repeatedly; "Master, what we can think of, those who are more sensitive and have a sense of crisis must have thought of it too. If we meet each other on a narrow road and encounter some conflicts and fight, or if we encounter robbers halfway, that would not be a good thing."

Mr. Shen asked Shen Ying if there was any way to improve the situation.

"Yes, Master, this is what I think. Don't we have a destination, Yongcheng? So, we pretend to check in a package and let the escort agency escort it on the road. We will just follow the escort agency team. This is equivalent to hiring guards at a low price.

At worst, we can follow the caravan. If we follow the caravan, we can take on the responsibility of cooking, running errands, helping others, and doing some work. We can also follow the team and walk relatively safely. What do you think?"

Ah, regarding the issue of security, the other members of the Shen family haven’t thought about that yet. The most they can do is have a weapon by then.

"You have a quick brain." The Shen family had never expected that things could be done this way. For a moment, they all looked at Shen Ying with surprise on their faces.

Shen Ying chuckled: "I just suddenly remembered it. So, should I take my cousin to discuss the matter of the escort agency?"

Shen Fengshou waved his hands repeatedly: "I, I, I don't know what to say."

Accustomed to the arrangements made by his grandparents and parents, and with a wife who is more powerful than him, Shen Fengshou felt that if he went to the escort agency, he probably wouldn't be able to utter two complete sentences.

Shen Ying looked at her second cousin again, "What about second cousin, are you going? Anyway, they probably won't take me, a woman, seriously."

The reason why I look at my eldest cousin first is also to take into account the seniority and hierarchy, and I start inviting him first to avoid my eldest cousin's wife from thinking too much.

It's ancient times now, she doesn't expect the people in the escort agency to take her words seriously, nor will she point fingers at those people and talk about gender equality.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do. She just needs to keep her original heart and not get involved in the trend of male superiority and female inferiority. But she is also naive enough to be able to make people in this era treat a little woman as an important person with a few words.

Therefore, there must be a male member of the family accompanying her so that people will think that her employment is genuine.

As for her father? Uncles, please bring back more food.

Second cousin Shen Duocai nodded in agreement. He was smarter than eldest cousin and at least he could speak coherently when he went to the escort agency to place an order.

After the meeting, Shen Ying discussed the tactics with her second cousin, and the two of them took the silver and went to the escort agency in the town.

Inside the escort agency

Business is slow.

Because food prices have risen, the cost of escorting has also increased.

Within one hundred miles.

The price of ordinary goods is reduced by 10%.

Precious items will be given out in a draw of twenty based on the speed of the journey.

The escort agency cannot set a price based on how much money is charged based on the distance, weight, value of the goods being transported, and the type of goods being transported.

Shen Ying took his second cousin to sit in a teahouse outside the escort agency for a while, learned about the escort market of the agency, and selected the highest standard of ordinary escorts, with one escort leader and eight escorts.

"We only brought five taels of silver, how can we negotiate with others? You are so bold that you dare to ask for the highest standard!"

"The escort agency has no business recently. I'm afraid that five taels of silver can really hire one. Let's give it a try. Let's try without spending any money."

Seeing that his second cousin was still unsure, Shen Ying comforted him, "Don't worry, brother. Once you go in, just cooperate with me. Just agree to whatever I say."

The worst case scenario is that she would risk her life to buy an expensive-looking hairpin or something, and use her high income to trick them.

The two of them chattered for a while before Shen Youcai reluctantly agreed to this aggressive idea.

Shen Ying stood up, dusted off her body, and headed towards the escort agency with her second cousin.

However, before he could enter, someone arrived at the door in a car.

A green-roofed carriage was pulled by tall horses. A maid and a man jumped down from the shaft. The two were in a hurry and were warmly received by the manager of the escort agency after entering the door.

Shen Ying leaned against the side of the carriage and vaguely saw a woman inside. The carriage was of good quality and even the curtains looked of good quality.

"No, move next to our car." A soft and thin voice came from inside the car.

This mosquito-like sound cannot be heard unless you listen carefully.