She picked up the young prime minister while fleeing famine

Besides the two teenagers, their group also included Yao Lizheng, a seasoned veteran, and his eldest daughter-in-law, Lin Chun.

Yao Lizheng is a leader, and he has made various contributions to the village. No one has any objection to his family sending two people, especially since the main reason for sending two people is to take care of the young master and Banxia.

To be honest, although everyone felt that the young master had become much more approachable, they were still quite intimidated by being in the same group as him.

There was a squad of soldiers guarding the city gate. Yao Lizheng, who was very good at handling things, handed over the household registration and praised the soldiers a few times. The group then entered the city smoothly.

After walking a bit further, Banxia became quite excited.

"You don't have to pay a single copper coin to enter the city here."

Perhaps Banxia's excessive excitement attracted attention, for passersby glanced at her from the side.

"You don't know this, do you? This was a suggestion made to King Cheng by the head of the Liancheng family on behalf of our common people."

"Now, the people under King Cheng's rule don't have to pay an entry fee to enter the city anymore," the man said with a smug and boastful tone.

With the world in chaos, only the common people in the fiefdom of King Cheng are doing well. These few look like refugees who have settled here. Tsk tsk, a bunch of people who have never seen the world.

“Brother is right, His Highness Prince Cheng is wise.” Yao Lizheng immediately replied with a smile, and then said a few more words of praise to flatter the other party.

Seeing that the other party acted as if he were the high and mighty King Cheng, Yao Lizheng took the opportunity to befriend him and quickly learned a lot about the situation in Li County.

In just a quarter of an hour, not only did the county government gate open in that direction, but all the grain shops, cloth shops, teahouses, and restaurants in Li County knew exactly which way it was located.

What Banxia saw was simply breathtaking.

"Uncle Village Head is really amazing!" Banxia whispered to Lian Chengmo.

“Yao Lizheng is indeed a man of great talent.” Lian Chengmo nodded in agreement. No wonder he was able to lead a village to survive in the chaos of war; he is definitely a visionary!

As for the tragic situation in Yao Li Village in the previous life, where less than one in ten men survived, that cannot be blamed on Yao Lizheng; he had already done his best.

After learning about these important locations, Yao Lizheng decisively bid farewell to the gossipy man and then led his family to the largest grain store in Li County.

Before we came, we agreed that once everyone entered the city, they should gather information if they could, and then we would meet at the largest grain shop in Li County.

Li County is a fairly large county town, with four main streets and more than a dozen side streets in the four districts of the east, west, south, and north. The county government office is located in the very center of the county town.

The people living in the southeast direction were naturally either rich or noble, so the most prosperous streets were actually in the west of the city.

The two city gates were located on the south side, so after walking along the main street for a while, the group turned off and headed to the west side of the city.

On the way, they also encountered several groups of tribesmen who had entered before them and were asking passersby for information.

"Brother Mo, I want to eat that sugar figurine." Seeing that the clansmen didn't seem to have noticed them coming, Banxia hurriedly pointed to the street vendors ahead and shouted.

As she spoke, she shouted loudly and ran forward.

The familiar voice indeed attracted the attention of several groups of clansmen. Seeing that Banxia had drawn everyone's attention, Yao Lizheng quickly gave a wink to the group, signaling them to follow him.

"Slow down, it's not like I won't buy it for you." Lian Chengmo hurriedly chased after the little girl, afraid that she would disappear in the blink of an eye.

This was actually the first time the little girl had called him "Brother Mo," and it sounded a bit different from when she usually called him by his name.

Lian Chengmo took out a copper coin and handed it to the vendor, then took the largest sugar figurine and handed it to Banxia with a smile.

"Thank you, Brother Mo." Banxia smiled as she accepted the gift, and even gave a very theatrical thank you.

Looking at the bright yellow sugar figurine in her hand, Banxia took a big bite and was surprised to find it quite delicious.

It doesn't taste like modern industrial saccharin. It's a bit soft and chewy when you bite into it, and the sweetness melts in your mouth quickly. It's not an overly sweet taste, but a natural maltose sweetness. It's delicious.

Banxia smiled with delight at the sweetness, glanced at the vendor again, called him over, and bought several more sugar figurines, asking the vendor to wrap them up one by one in oil paper.

Banxia plans to take these back and share them with her younger siblings; she's sure they'll love them.

What could Lian Chengmo do when he saw how happy the little girl was?

Of course, he continued to pay. The vendor was overjoyed to have made such a big sale. He patiently wrapped each sugar figurine carefully, put them in a large oil paper bag, and then carefully handed them to the young boy in front of him.

The street vendor was perceptive; he could tell that the boy doted on his younger sister.

As expected, Lian Chengmo accepted the things without complaint, thanked her, and then coaxed his younger sister to follow him obediently and not run around.

Banxia naturally nodded obediently with the candy figurine in her mouth. Yao Lizheng and Lin Chun also pretended to be disobedient children and followed behind.

Yao Lizheng, in particular, kept complaining that his grandson spoiled his granddaughter too much, and that it wasn't easy for the family to earn so much money.

Lian Chengmo knew that Yao Lizheng was acting, so he readily lowered his head and admitted his mistake, which almost made Lin Chun burst out laughing.

Among all the people in the village, only the father-in-law dares to scold the young master, right?

Banxia felt a little embarrassed as Lin Chun held her hand; she knew that buying so many sugar figurines was indeed a bit conspicuous.

After all, their clothes clearly indicated that they were from a very poor family. Buying a sugar figurine could be explained as them saving money to buy it to pamper their younger sister.

But Banxia asked for six right away, which makes seven if you add the one she's talking about. You have to know that sugar was a luxury item in ancient times, so you can imagine how expensive sugar figurines were.

Why would a poor family, instead of buying rice, flour, and cooking oil, go and buy sugar figurines?

Banxia's extravagant gesture not only attracted the attention of her own people but also that of passersby.

Fortunately, Yao Lizheng's scolding, coupled with the two children's bowed heads and cooperation, drew the attention of many people.

Everyone thought to themselves that these two kids were really wasteful, and that any family that had such children was unlucky. They hurried on to continue with their own business.

Once they walked through the alley and reached West Street, out of sight of those people, Banxia couldn't help but chuckle softly.

Her smile made Yao Lizheng feel a little embarrassed.

"Young master, I apologize for offending you just now. I had no choice." Yao Lizheng chuckled. To be honest, it felt quite good to scold the young master.

"It's alright." Lian Chengmo glanced at the person who kept chuckling and said helplessly.

He got this scolding because of this little girl, and she still has the nerve to laugh.

Even with these thoughts in mind, Lian Chengmo really couldn't bring himself to blame him.

After walking a few steps to West Street, you can see familiar clansmen. They have probably found the place and are scattering to wait for the village head to come.