I opened a treasure chest on the road to escape

Chapter 25 Suppression
  The man's name was Liu Wei. Although he was not a landowner, his family had some assets. Before the famine, he had no worries about food and drink.

However, when the famine occurred, everything changed.

Originally, everyone thought that the drought would last for at most one year, but who knew that two years later, the drought became more and more serious.

There is no grain harvest and the rivers have dried up...

There was originally a large river flowing through Beixian County where he was located, but it had dried up. Many people fled Beixian County one after another.

But there are also people who don't want to leave their hometown, and he is one of them.

In order to survive, he had to sell his property to buy food.

Unfortunately, as time goes by, food becomes more and more expensive, and even if you have money later, you won't be able to buy it.

This is still secondary.

What's more important is that some people near Beixian County rebelled and attacked Beixian County. The magistrate of Beixian County organized people to resist, but they couldn't stop them at all.

Therefore, in just a few days, Beixian County was conquered, and the victims rushed into the county seat, burning, killing and looting everywhere...

Liu Wei had to flee with his wife, daughter and servants. It was a smooth journey at first, but after a few days of walking, he encountered more and more victims. When these victims saw that he was carrying so many things in the car, they Just jealous.

If the servants hadn't tried their best to stop them, they would have been able to escape.

However, before they had time to breathe a sigh of relief, they encountered the Machete Club again, and this time his luck was not so good.

His wife was killed by a machete, and the servants tried their best to escort him and his daughter out. As for supplies, let alone...

Fortunately, I still had a bag on my back when I carried it away, so I didn't starve to death, but that's about it...

If they hadn't met Chen Chuxue and others, he and Zhu'er would have died of thirst today.

"Then where are you planning to escape?" Chen Chuxue frowned. Liu Wei had money and a little bit of power, but he still ended up in this situation.

You and others should be more careful. After all, the only one who can fight here is Uncle Geng.

Liu Wei smiled bitterly and looked down at the child in his arms, "Go to the south and find a place to raise Zhuer."

"The south... it's such a long journey, I'm afraid..." Uncle Geng frowned and did not continue, but everyone knew what he meant.

It would take no more than a few months to walk south from here. What's more, the man had no food and water, so he probably wouldn't be able to last even a few days.

"Brother Liu, why don't you go to the capital?" Uncle Geng couldn't help but said, "Brother Liu is not short of money, so he should be able to move to the capital..."

"Hey, you don't know something."

Liu Wei seemed to have finally met someone who could talk to him, so he naturally didn't hide anything.

After Beixian County was occupied by disaster victims, when the capital heard the news, the court was shocked, and then the court immediately sent troops to suppress it.

No matter how many there were, these victims could not resist the well-trained army and were easily suppressed.

Not only that, the army also blocked the road to the capital. Ordinary people could not enter the capital at all, and would be treated as disaster victims and suppressed.

Although Liu Wei has a little money, his household registration is in Beixian. If he leaves Beixian, he will easily be regarded as a disaster victim.

Nowadays, there are uprisings by disaster victims in many places in the north, so the imperial court is very serious about this issue. Whenever it encounters disaster victims, it must suppress them.

As for how to suppress it, that is the following matter.

Therefore, many wealthy businessmen who originally planned to settle in the capital ended up encountering a military blockade. Even though the wealthy businessmen were not victims of the disaster on the surface and gave them a lot of money, they were still treated as victims by the army and suppressed.

But anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is just an excuse for those people to make money.

Therefore, Liu Wei did not dare to go to the capital at all.

"Today's world..."

Liu Wei couldn't help but sigh, "In this world, I'm afraid only Jiangnan can live a stable life..." Before the imperial court was established, it was a time of chaos, and the north was also in chaos. Ordinary people fled to Jiangnan one after another.

In troubled times, Jiangnan is the place of refuge.

Everyone fell into silence when they heard this.

Especially Uncle Geng, he originally wanted to find a safe place to settle his wife and daughter, and then send Xiaoxue and the others to Jiangnan.

But now, listening to Liu Wei's words, I am afraid that no suitable place can be found in the north. There will be machete meetings and disaster victims will revolt...

Do you want to take Xiaoyan and the others to Jiangnan?
  Uncle Geng began to think about this issue. He refused before because of issues with food, water and other supplies...

But now, after Chen Chuxue showed his mysterious method, food and water are no longer a problem.

However, there is a more important reason, and that is the issue of household registration.

They have no road guides, and household registration is also a problem.

It would be okay if the two sisters Chen Chuxue were looking for relatives. As long as they successfully recognized their relatives, household registration would not be a problem.

But their family cannot change their household registration.

Once problems with their household registration are discovered, they may be expelled, put in jail, or even beaten to death.

Therefore, he did not dare to take risks with his wife and daughter.

But leaving behind a wife and daughter is also a risk.

For a moment, he had a headache.

Chen Chuxue didn't know that Uncle Geng was starting to get entangled. She looked at the man and then said.

"You must be confident, that's why you went to Jiangnan!"

Liu Wei's eyes showed surprise. Chen Chuxue saw through it as soon as they met. He didn't say anything about it!

"That's right." Liu Wei nodded, and then looked at Uncle Geng solemnly, "I have a map, so I want to use this map to cooperate with a few people..."

Then, Liu Wei explained.

It's said to be a map, but it's actually a safe route he spent a lot of money to find out. In other words, it's the safest and most convenient route from here to Jiangnan.

Don't think that you can reach Jiangnan just by knowing the general direction and walking south. This is impossible.

Not to mention that there are high mountains and cliffs on the road, and you might end up on a dead end if you are not careful.

Even if you walk south along a populated area, can you guarantee that passing through a populated area will be 100% safe?
  Maybe some villages or towns have been occupied by disaster victims, or some counties hate disaster victims and will suppress them once they approach.

Or, which hills have bandits, which places have machetes, and which places have what forces...

and many more……

Liu Wei had found out all these things, and he thought everything was safe, but unexpectedly he encountered an accident on the way, and in the end only he and his daughter survived.

He knew that he could not reach Jiangnan by walking alone.

Not only does it take strength to find food, but you also need help when you encounter dangers on the road...

Chen Chuxue and the others in front of them are good partners. After all, if they can still have such kind hearts in a famine, they must not be bad people and worthy of cooperation.

When Chen Chuxue and others heard that he wanted to cooperate, they were stunned. They didn't react for a moment, and then fell into deep thought.

It has to be said that the information and routes that the man knows are very important. If he can get it, he will definitely have a lot of energy left and even avoid a lot of dangers.

but……

(End of this chapter)