A massive famine! The whole family travels through time together, and with their spatial abilities,

Su Yunhai hadn't noticed these details before, but he only realized this now.

He quickly ordered people to distribute the clothes and shoes that had been taken from the Lin family's guards, according to the villagers' shoe sizes.

Fortunately, the number of clothes and shoes taken from the Lin family was enough to give each villager a pair.

However, most of the shoes are men's sizes, so children and women can't wear them.

Those who have no shoes can only make do for now; we'll figure out how to get them once we get to the city.

The extra men's shoes were sold to the Zhang, Li, and Gu families, and there were still some left over.

Su Yunhai had someone pack it up and put it in the car.

We're about to enter Qinzhou Prefecture.

After thinking for a moment, Su Yunhai decided to have all the men in the team change into the Lin family guard uniforms as well.

The villagers were dressed in uniform, which gave them a very imposing presence.

It could deter the refugees along the way, making them wary.

The villagers were surprised that Su Yunhai would be willing to share such good things with them.

It should be noted that the uniforms worn by the Lin family's guards are all specially made by the Lin family and are made of the finest materials.

The boots are exquisitely crafted and durable.

Most importantly, the soles are made of high-quality leather, which is very durable.

Shen Shuli secretly added two liters of spiritual spring water to the herbal tea that everyone was drinking at noon.

The villagers could clearly feel that their fatigue and weakness had dissipated considerably.

My head, which had been groggy from being in the sun, cleared up considerably.

The team rested for two hours before setting off again.

along the way.

The villagers seemed to have taken stimulants, walking much faster than before.

Especially since they were all wearing uniform and imposing clothing, and the men were all carrying gleaming broadswords, everyone unconsciously straightened their backs as they walked.

When the refugees along the way saw the group with such a menacing aura, they would instinctively make way for them, not daring to provoke them.

Originally expected to take three hours to reach Qinzhou Prefecture, we arrived in just two hours ahead of schedule!

"Oh my god, there are so many people up ahead again!"

Looking at the densely packed refugees below the city gate, the villagers felt their scalps tingle!

Su Yunhai and Shen Shuli sat on tall horses, giving them a wider field of vision than the others.

The number of refugees gathered here far exceeds that of all those in Yingze County combined!

Look around.

It was a dense mass of dirty, messy heads!

There must be at least 20,000 people!

There was absolutely no way to see what was happening at the city gate.

"I'll go ahead and find out some information. You all find an open space to rest here," Su Yunhai instructed the team.

Worried that Qinzhou Prefecture would not allow refugees to enter the city, Shen Shuli told Shen Yuehua that she was going to go to the nearby mountains.

The mountains on both sides of the road were significantly steeper than those in Qingzhou, and towered into the clouds.

The plants on the mountain also showed signs of being dry and lacking water.

The wild vegetables on the hillside near the foot of the mountain have been completely stripped bare by the refugees.

There were still many refugees on the mountain digging up grass and peeling tree bark to eat, which showed that they had been lacking food and water for a long time.

Shen Shuli walked on the mountain for an hour before finally finding a secluded spot.

She immediately climbed a tree and took out her binoculars to observe the direction of the city gate.

clear and distinct.

The city gates of Qinzhou Prefecture were tightly closed.

Many soldiers in armor stood on the city walls, and many soldiers guarded the city gates, preventing the refugees from getting close to the city gates at all.

However, there was a row of soup kitchens under the city gate, where many refugees were queuing up to receive soup, indicating that someone was distributing soup to relieve the disaster.

It was getting late, so Shen Shuli immediately went down the mountain and returned to the group.

Su Yunhai has already returned with the information he gathered.

Shen Shuli spotted her father at a glance and quickly ran over to him.

Seeing her father's serious expression, she had a bad feeling.

"Father, how is it?" Shen Shuli quickly asked.

“Daughter, the situation is not optimistic. Qinzhou does not allow ordinary refugees to enter the city at all. The city gates were closed three days ago. The city gates are only opened at specific times each day to allow wealthy households to come out and distribute porridge. The city gates are not opened at other times.”

Su Yunhai has already informed the team.

All the villagers wore expressions of worry, as if they could not see where the road ahead lay.

"No one is allowed into the city?" Shen Shuli's brows furrowed deeply.

"It's not absolute. Only residents of Qinzhou City are allowed to enter and leave, and caravans can also enter the city, but only if they have supplies and proof of ownership," Su Yunhai explained.

"Can we disguise ourselves as a caravan and enter the city?"

“We don’t have merchant permits, and after the caravan enters the city, we have to sell our goods to the government at a low price, or we can pay a high entry fee.”

The entrance fee is ten taels of silver per person, which is far too high a price to pay!

Even Su Yunhai felt it was unbearable.

The silver they found from the bandits and barbarians totaled less than four thousand taels.

After deducting the expenses incurred along the way, they now have less than three thousand taels left.

The journey to escape famine is still far off, and this little bit of money is simply not enough.

Moreover, as many as 367 villagers were sold to the Su family, and the entrance fee alone cost more than 3,600 taels of silver!

This doesn't even include the cost of bringing carriages into the city!

This huge sum of money is definitely beyond Su Yunhai's means!

Zhang Shiwen walked over and handed the merchant documents to Su Yunhai, saying, "Brother Hai, these are my merchant documents. We can pretend to be a caravan to enter the city, and then we can think of other ways once we're inside."

Su Yunhai's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this.

He almost forgot that Zhang Shiwen was a traveling merchant who often led caravans to various places, and he really did solve everyone's urgent problem.

"Brother Shiwen, this is exactly what we need right now, so I won't stand on ceremony with you!" Su Yunhai excitedly took the merchant document and opened it to check its contents.

"Hehe, Brother Hai, you're too kind. Our Zhang family has relied on your protection to get to where we are today."

"I'd be happy to do something for everyone." Zhang Shiwen nodded to Su Yunhai with a gentle and refined smile.

“This document says you are a general merchandise merchant, and your caravan only has about a hundred people. But we have so many of us now. I don’t know if the officers will let us through,” Su Yunhai said with some worry.

"Don't worry, we can explain to the officers that the extra men are bodyguards we hired. After all, the world is too chaotic these days, so I think they will understand."

"Furthermore, once we enter the city, the government will forcibly buy up our supplies at a low price, so they shouldn't object to our entry," Zhang Shiwen reassured him.

Su Yunhai nodded upon hearing this.

He immediately led the group to the city gate to queue up and enter the city.

Shen Shuli was relieved to find that Uncle Zhang had actually solved the problem for everyone.

Fortunately, the Zhang family had been traveling with the group the whole time; otherwise, they might not have been able to enter the city smoothly this time.

I waited for an hour.

The city gates finally opened slowly.

Inside the city, thousands of armored soldiers with spears stood guard at the city gates.

The wealthy households who were distributing porridge outside the city were the first to enter the city.

The soldiers then urged the people who wanted to enter the city to quickly line up.

Su Yunhai's team was so large that ordinary refugees dared not provoke them.

He led the group directly to the front.