Chapter 167

After entering the inn, uncle took them all the way to the third floor.

The room is really clean. It looks fresh and there is no dust.

Xu Qing took out a bag of dried vegetables: "can I pay for the room?"

The boss opened the paper package and saw that the food inside was a bit unexpected. He broke off a small root and chewed it. He said with a smile, "yes, it's a kilo. You can live for half a month, but you can declare in advance that you don't want to eat or drink. The rest is optional."

Duanmu rang: "we have to go to the capital and stay for one night. You can sit down. We want to ask you something."

The boss quickly sat down: "my guest, if you have any questions, just ask them. I promise I will tell you everything."

"Did you have a plague before?"

"Yes." The boss nodded and did not hide, "at that time, the wells dried up, the river stopped flowing, there was no water to drink everywhere, and soon the city was in a mess. The government is also in chaos, there are still people making trouble, and the dirt and bodies on the street are not handled In short, a plague broke out soon in the city. First two children died, then the elderly and pregnant women. Even the strong men were not spared. "

Duanmu ring: "how to deal with it later?"

Boss: "later, general situ took over Jingzhou City with his troops and drove all the people who were not ill out of the city. We were allowed to go in a month later. When we came back, the city changed greatly. Many people and things disappeared, but fortunately, there was no plague since then."

Duanmu ring: "no wonder the city is so clean,

Xu Qing:" is general situ the son of Marshal situ? "

The boss nodded: "yes, yes!"

The boss sighed: "more than half of the people died. Although general situ said that we would come back after dealing with the plague, everyone was very afraid of catching the plague. Many people fled after being driven out of the city. Later, we began to transport water from the capital, and the situation gradually improved. "

Duanmu ring: "is water expensive?"

Boss: "it's not expensive. What you charge is freight and labor, but you also need to buy food. You don't charge for silver."

Duanmu rang: "why don't you just move to the capital? Are you not allowed to go

The boss said with a wry smile: "it's not forbidden. I heard that there are 100000 troops stationed in the mountains outside the capital to open up wasteland. Civilians like us can also go there. They are close to the water source, but when they go there, they have to farm. When they have a harvest in the future, they have to turn in some grain. Many people in the city have gone, but they come back a few days later. It's too hot and bitter to bear

Xu Qing frowned: "it's no good sitting in the air."

Boss: "when general situ sealed the city to deal with the plague, he collected all the food in the city. It was in the granary of the government. Local people like us could go to the government every five days to get three jin of food. There were not many people in the city, and there was no shortage of food for the time being. Now we are looking forward to the rain."

Duanmu ring asked: "didn't you hear that there were many refugees before? What about those people?"

Boss: "I heard that they were taken to the place where there was water to grow grain. The imperial court allocated some grain to them, which was controlled by the army. That is to say, if the rules were strict, the troublemakers would be beheaded, but the others were OK."

Speaking of this, the boss said in a low voice: "I've seen those refugees. In fact, there are not many people, about two or three thousand. You think, they have escaped all the way, and there is no water to drink everywhere. Very few of them can survive. Many of them go to be thieves on the way. Now the bandits outside are not in charge. It's the safest in the city. These mountain bandits are not likely to attack the city. That's rebellion. "

Duanmu ring heard it, but shook his head. When there was no food to eat, rebellion was nothing.

Xu Qing was silent for a while and asked, "can the government change grain? For example, I want to exchange dried vegetables for some oil and salt. "

The boss nodded with a smile: "yes, there is a grain shop still open, you can go there to change oil and salt, but I don't know the specific exchange ratio."

Xu Qing thanks the boss, they want to rest, told the boss not to come up to disturb, the boss went out, three people closed the doors and windows into the space.

As soon as you enter the space, you can smell the fragrance coming from the kitchen. However, as soon as you want to get the chopsticks, Xu Qing drinks it: "take a bath first!"

Two men were rushed to take a bath. Xu Qing warmed the cold Langya potato a little, and then began to cook dinner.

"The potatoes taste good, but the popcorn is a little burnt." I don't know when Duanmu ring has been eating at the table with chopsticks.

Xu Qing said: "I forgot that I should put sugar in the end. Besides, I shouldn't use big pot to explode. The heat is uneven. Try the oven next time."

Duanmu ring: "don't next time, just today, I think it's delicious after burning!"

If you want to stay in a place where there are people, you have to leave someone outside to watch the night. Today it's Li Changting's turn.

Duanmu ring is also a little afraid of more, with Xu Qing making ten jin popcorn, a caramel flavor, a fruit flavor, full of two bamboo baskets.

"Eat too much and get angry." Xu Qing reminded him, "take it easy."Duanmu Xiang covered the bamboo basket and said with a smile, "it's OK. I'll keep it and eat it slowly."

The next day, while the sun was still low in the morning, the three had breakfast and went to the grain shop of the government to have a look.

In the early morning, there were many people standing in front of the grain shop. These people were obviously coming to buy water with kettles or buckets in their hands.

Xu Qing came closer and saw that there were three storefronts in the grain shop, which could exchange grain, clothes and medicinal materials.

Now the most important thing in the city is the empty room. All the things inside are ownerless. The clothes, quilts, pots and pans are not worth money. If you want, you can go in and take them by yourself.

So what can be exchanged in the grain shop are all good things.

Xu Qing wanted to change some oil. When he asked about the price, it was more than ten times more expensive than grain!

But it's reasonable to think about it. Now there is a shortage of food everywhere. Who will use precious food to extract oil, let alone lard? If you look around, you can see a pig.

Xu Qing had to use eight catties of dried vegetables to exchange for half a catty of oil. She hesitated for a while and thought about it. She couldn't afford it.

Fortunately, she had bought enough oil for one year before. When the rapeseed, peanuts and soybeans in her space are ripe, she can squeeze oil to eat by herself.

Finally, Xu Qing only bought a small bag of chili seeds. It is said that the chili here looks like a lantern, which is different from the variety she bought before.

"Why hasn't the water come today?"

As the sun above grew bigger and bigger, the crowd began to stir.

The officials in the grain shop were also very strange: "it is reasonable that this time should have come a long time ago."

At this time, someone came from afar and cried in a panic: "no, our water carriage was robbed by the thieves of heiyun stronghold!"

When they heard about the black cloud village, they took a breath.