Wuchu County was originally supposed to be called Wuchu County.

The reason why the name was changed is because forty years ago, after the entire world of the previous dynasty was completely changed by the founding emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, some names that originally belonged to the previous dynasty were all replaced one by one.

Wu Chu County, also at this time, was changed to Wuchu County by that county guard.

Later, the entire Wuchu County, along with most of Qingzhou, was given to a favored son by the founding emperor of the Zhou State, and the prince was too lazy to continue to change the name, so he continued the name of Wuchu County.

Right now, they have worked hard and fled all the way from Yangcheng County to Wuchu County, just planning to go in and take a look, by the way, find out the current situation in Yangcheng County, and leave after a little repair.

"This is not far from the border of Changzhou, and the official road here is better than Yangcheng County," Zhao Furui whispered to Zou Youqian and the others, while pointing to the simple map in his hand, "No accident, we will repair here for a few days, and when the people in the team are full of spirits, let's go south along this road, about half a month, and arrive in Changzhou,"

"At that time, whether you take a boat directly to the south, or take a dry road through Changzhou to the south, it will be much easier than now."

What Zhao Furui said was true, and Zou Youqian on the side also agreed very much after hearing it.

"That's right, everyone has just come over now, don't look good on the inside, but it's not very good inside, and it really needs to be repaired,"

Saying this, Zou Youqian glanced at Zhao Furui again, and then suggested, "Patriarch, there are many of us, if we enter the city, I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money, otherwise, let's rent some houses in Wuchu County to rest,"

People like them who have a bit of a family background, and they don't worry much about how much accommodation will cost, but there are still some ordinary people in the team, and they should still be saved.

Zou Youqian's words, to a certain extent, can be regarded as Zhao Furui, who has woken up and is still immersed in a sweet dream.

Zhao Furui patted his head and suddenly realized, "Yes, what you said is right," he also saw Wuchu County, and he was so happy for a while that he directly ignored this question, "Then let's find a place to settle down first, and then, we will go into the city to investigate." ”

"Then arrange it like this for the time being," Zou Youqian gave a reasonable solution, "Patriarch, you first take people into the county town to investigate, and I will take the rest of the people to rent some houses in the surrounding Zhuangzi, and in two hours, we will all meet at the gate of the city." ”

It's just a quarter now, and two hours are not too late, and at the same time, they can also visit Wuchu County when they come.

Zhao Furui nodded and agreed to Zou Youqian's proposal.

Immediately, the two quickly arranged the results of the discussion.

Most of the people in the team were taken by Zou Youqian to the surrounding Zhuangzi.

Although it is inevitable that it will be uncomfortable to be interrupted to change into new clothes and enter the city, most people agree when they think of the cheap housing prices around.

Zhao Yu was led out of the city by the Li family, while Zhao Fuxiang took Zhao Shanyu, Zhao Shanxing, Cheng Xingmeng, and Zheng Haoyou to gather in front of Zhao Furui.

The people who entered the city all changed into new clothes at this time, but because they hadn't taken a shower recently, their hair was greasy and slippery, and their bodies smelled a little.

But Zhao Furui didn't care too much, and when he saw that everyone had arrived, he led everyone towards Wuchu County.

When they walked in, everyone became more aware of the extraordinary style of Wuchu County.

In particular, the dozens of meters high blue brick city wall was like a moat, which shocked those of them who had not been out of Changle County for decades.

Zhao Shanyu sighed, "Good guy, this looks even more magnificent than Yangcheng County," he and Zhao Shanzhou have been to Yangcheng County, but to be honest, Yangcheng County is not as imposing as Wuchu County in front of him.

Zhao Furui's tone was quiet, "Where can it be the same, this is Qingzhou," compared to their barren Yangcheng County, it is much richer and more prosperous.

Shaking his head, Zhao Furui interrupted everyone's emotion and coughed lightly, "Go and line up." ”

Everyone was in a trance, and nodded in unison to follow.

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Wuchu County is big, there is only one city gate in front of you, and there are several gates in and out under you.

Everyone first looked at the sidelines, and then followed one of them to line up.

The team moved forward little by little, and soon, it was their turn.

In front, the soldier in the army uniform stretched out his hand, palms facing up, and placed it directly in front of Zhao Furui's eyes, "Enter the city and lead the way." ”

Lead? Still want to be guided?

Zhao Furui was startled, followed by the stiffness of his body, and he opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

His special performance unsurprisingly aroused the confusion of the soldiers, he glanced at the other party twice, and then asked, "You, are you not from Wuchu County?" ”

Zhao Furui shook his head, "No,"

"Then go to the side and make up for the road guide," the soldier stretched out his hand and saw a table and chair not far from the city gate, sitting two soldiers in different uniforms, "Without a road guide, idlers and miscellaneous people are not allowed to enter and leave Wuchu County." ”

Zhao Furui got the words, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly waved his hand and thanked him.

Then, he turned his head and called Zhao Fuxiang and the others behind him, and dozens of people went to the side to make up for the road guide.

And the side responsible for the re-office of the road guide also noticed Zhao Furui's dozens of people.

No way, it's too eye-catching.

Zhao Fuxiang even noticed as he walked that when they came, the soldiers around them all moved over.

Zhao Furui didn't care, he smiled and waved his hand at the two people behind the table and chairs, and quickly explained their plans to enter the city.

I thought that the other party would quickly lead the way, but the two soldiers each looked at each other and asked where they came from.

Zhao Furui wondered, "Official, I don't know, this has something to do with our entry into the city?" "They didn't have to be so troublesome when they ran the road before.

It's almost just a matter of paying the money.

Of course, most of the time, they don't need to do wayfinding, because the towns they stop in are too small, and they basically only ask two words.

Hearing this, one of the people sitting behind the table and chair explained, "I didn't need it before, but recently there has been a plague in some places around, and there are wars in some places, so we asked, and there are other arrangements," Of course, people from plague places will definitely not be allowed to enter.

Zhao Furui nodded, and honestly said that they were from Yangcheng County and came here to beg for a living.

Anyway, the people they entered the city this time were all men, mainly young and middle-aged, and it would not arouse suspicion when they said that they wanted to live.

"Yangchengjun?" The other person was writing and registering, and suddenly, the writing hand paused, and then looked up at Zhao Furui inexplicably, his expression was full of complexity, and finally only said two words, "No wonder!" ”

Well?

No wonder?

Zhao Furui was stunned again, he didn't know what the other party was all about, could it be that something was wrong with Yangchengjun?

Pulling out a smiling face, Zhao Furui waved his hands at the two of them again, "I don't know the two officials, can you tell the old man, Yang Chengjun, but something happened?" ”

The other party was surprised, "Don't you know?" ”

Another person replied, "From Yangcheng County to Wuchu County, it takes about a month, and I don't know if it's normal." ”

Hearing this, the other party nodded, "That's true,"

After speaking, the other party glanced at Zhao Furui and continued, "That's right, just seven days ago, a war suddenly broke out around Yangcheng County, and right now, Yangcheng County has been locked down for three days. ”

Extremely! Has the city been locked down?

Zhao Furui was shocked, and at the same time thought of the family and clansmen in Shangwa Village, so he couldn't help but ask, "Then, does the official know how the surrounding villages are?" ”

"Naturally, it will be even worse, mountain bandits are rampant, wars are frequent, and they can only escape."

After hearing this, Zhao Furui chuckled, his face turned pale in vain, his lips trembled for a long time, and he couldn't say anything.

"You guys came out early," one of the people sitting at the outermost glance at pity, and he didn't know whether it was sympathy or pity in his heart, "Good luck, but family,"

The man shook his head, "I heard that before the outbreak of the war, the county guard of Yangcheng County suddenly recruited a lot of young and strong laborers from the surrounding villages to join the army, and after this operation, the surrounding villages and towns have been looted, leaving the old and weak women and children, and facing such a brutal war, I am afraid that it will not be long live."

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Furui and the others were dumbfounded, and stood in place at a loss.

In the end, it was Zhao Furui who was the first to find his voice and continued to ask, "Then, this battle is with the south?" ”

At this time, Zhao Furui still had a hint of luck.

The heart said that if he started with Nanmian, with Nanmian's hand, he would definitely not be harsh on them, ordinary people, and the people of Shangwa Village still had a way to live.

It's a pity that the other party's answer directly broke Zhao Furui's last illusion.

"No," the man shook his head, and handed over the road guide in his hand, "It's with the tribes of the north,"

"I heard that this year's blizzard in the north of the country, cattle and sheep and other livestock on the grassland were all frozen to death, those northern tribes have no food in winter, can't survive, no, spring is coming, they came here to plunder the food population," said this, the man frowned in disgust, "You guys are here, don't go out at will, Wuchu County has recently been under martial law, just afraid that there will be mountain bandits, take the opportunity to come out and loot." ”

The northern tribes are ferocious, burning, killing and looting, and many mountain bandits have learned from this.

Although Wuchu County is now thousands of miles away from Yangcheng County, there are many mountain bandits around, and for the safety of the villages around Wuchu County, Wuchu County has also been under martial law recently.