Two-quarters of an hour later, Liu An and Liu Ming were walking on the official road outside Liujia Village.

Liu An recognized that this was the direction leading to Zhuoxian County, so this person should live in Zhuoxian County.

Walking on the official road, Liu An saw the so-called disaster victims for the first time.

Things were fine in Liujiacun before, but as soon as he left the house and went outside, Liu An discovered that the world at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty was far worse than he imagined.

If you don't have enough to eat, you're already doing well.

As far as the eye can see, all the victims are naked, begging for a living and homeless. What's more, some have homes but cannot return to avoid taxes and evade labor!

The closer we get to Zhuoxian County, the more victims there are.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were successive disasters, rampant plagues, and frequent earthquakes, which caused the people to be displaced and miserable.

Only in the past ten years...

In the first month of the year 170, there was a famine in Henan and Hanoi, and couples cannibalized each other.

In February 171, there was an earthquake, the sea water overflowed, and the river water became clear.

In ancient times, there was a saying that if the Yellow River was clear, there would be a great disaster.

In the first month of the year 173, there was a great epidemic.

In the autumn of 174, the Luo River flooded.

In June of 175, the land of Sanfu was plagued by insects.

In the summer of 177, in April, there was a severe drought, and there were locusts in seven states. In August, Xinchou, there was an earthquake in the capital.

There were two earthquakes in February and April of 1788.

In the spring of 179, another great epidemic broke out. In March, there was an earthquake in Beijing.

In the autumn of 180, the Jiuquan earthquake occurred.

In June of 1818, it was a hot summer day, and the hailstones were as big as chicken eggs.

However, the eunuchs in the imperial court were in power, the emperor lost his moral character, and the nobles only fought for power and profit.

These people really can't live any longer.

What's more, according to what Liu An knew in his previous life, there will be a major epidemic and drought in the Han Dynasty this year, and next year, in 183, there will be an even worse drought!

The severe drought caused no grain harvest, and the people had no stock, so they had no choice but to starve to death!

Looking at the victims with dull eyes, Liu An felt mixed emotions.

In the memory of his predecessor, Liu An had seen similar scenes.

It's just that those pictures that flash by like a slide show are far less shocking than seeing them in person.

Living in the new era, he never imagined that such a horrific scene would appear in front of him.

The clothes on their bodies cannot be described as thin, it can only be said that they can barely cover the parts that need to be covered.

Wearing complete linen clothes and covering them with quilts, they could wake up from the cold in the morning. How did these people spend the night?

After eating half a bowl of thick porridge, I still need to eat in a hurry. How do these people survive day after day?

Liu An didn't know, he didn't dare to think about it, he couldn't imagine it, and he didn't want to experience it himself.

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Liu An didn't know how he walked past the group of victims.

I only vaguely remembered that Liu Ming was pulling him all the way, holding his sword in front of him to prevent some hungry victims from rising up and harming the two of them.

I don't remember anything else.

It's not that Liu An's motherly heart cannot bear to see any suffering in the world.

It's just that he, who grew up under the red flag, came face-to-face with this chaotic scene for the first time. It was too shocking and his spirit was shocked.

The town of Zhuo County is not far from Liujia Village, only a few miles away.

The two of them walked until they could see the Zhuoxian city wall, and then Liu An calmed down.

The gates of Zhuoxian City were heavily guarded, and the victims did not dare to get too close, as they would be beaten if they got too close.

Liu An patted Liu Ming's hand holding his, indicating to him that he was okay.

"Thank you, Deran." Liu An thanked him sincerely.

If it hadn't been for Liu Ming, who had fallen into a large army of disaster victims by himself just now, with his thin arms and legs, still standing there in a daze, he would probably have been chewed to the bone by the victims.

Of course, this is just an exaggeration.

But being stripped naked and having everything taken away is a good thing, but the possibility of never getting out is even greater.

"Uncle, why are you so polite?" Liu Ming smiled casually, patted his chest and said, "My uncle and I are going out. It is my responsibility to protect my uncle. Otherwise, I will be scolded by my grandmother when I go back! Haha!"

Liu Ming was quite accustomed to the disaster victims and was not affected at all.

"Hahaha! You~~" Liu An started laughing.

He knew that the grandmother Liu Ming was referring to was his mother Cui, but the other party was definitely not protecting him because he was afraid of being scolded. He just made a joke to lighten the atmosphere when he saw Liu An was frightened by the victims.

However, after such an interruption, Liu An's mood did stabilize a lot, at least he didn't think of those victims from time to time.

While the two were chatting and laughing, they arrived outside the gate of Zhuoxian City.

The embarrassing thing is coming.

When the city guard reached out to pay the two people for entry fees, Liu An touched his body and found that he was penniless.

Seeing Liu An's embarrassment, after Liu Ming paid his own city entry fee, he took out another five cents to pay Liu An.

The city guard waved his hand to indicate that the two of them could go in, and Liu An felt as if he had been granted amnesty.

This big man really can't move without money.

Unlike modern times, as long as you have legs, you can walk freely in public areas under the rule of red flags.

Liu An didn't thank him this time. If he thanked him too much, he would be pretentious. He silently wrote down Liu Ming's favor and planned to treat Liu Ming to more meals when he had money in the future.

After entering the city, the two of them walked all the way, and finally stopped in front of the Zhuoxian County Government Office.

However, Liu Ming did not go in directly. Instead, he took Liu An to the side door of the county government office and knocked on the door.

Judging from this situation, are you here to see the county magistrate?

At this time, Liu An did not know who the magistrate of Zhuo County was.

But since Liu Ming knew him, he might be a relative of the Liu family, or simply come from Liujia Village.

The people in Liujia Village are all descendants of Liu Sheng, Prince Jing of Zhongshan. Although after nearly 300 years of continuation, the bloodline has been diluted to an unknown extent, and Liu Sheng's lineage is no longer as glorious as it once was, but recently there are still some officials.

For example, Liu Bei's grandfather was born as a filial piety and upright person, and his official position was magistrate of Fan County.

Liu An's father, Liu Li, inherited the political legacy of Liu Fei, Marquis of Qianxing, and was promoted as Xiaolian, but he died of illness before he could hold any official position.

There was no political legacy left to Liu An, and all the money the family had saved over the years was used to treat Liu Li's illness, which resulted in the family being as poor as it is now.

After waiting outside the door for a while, an old man came out from the side door. He seemed to be older than Liu Ming's housekeeper Liu Wen.

Liu An subconsciously checked the opponent's attributes:

Tian Bei, no name.

Force:37

Intelligence:48

Command:32

Politics:39

Charisma:35

Phase: 39

Seeing this, Liu An called him a good guy!

Are all the attributes of a housekeeper so high?

His strength is higher than that of Liu Ming, and his other attributes don't look bad either. Is this an attribute that a butler should have?

In fact, Liu An underestimated the position of housekeeper. Who among those who can be a housekeeper is not a good person?

If you have no ability and no outstanding specialties, why should the head of the family let you be the housekeeper?

Tian Bei didn't know their identities, but seeing that Liu Ming was better dressed than Liu An and older than Liu An, he felt that Liu Ming should be the one who made the decision.

So he looked at Liu Ming and asked carefully: "I wonder what's wrong with you two?"

"Your master and I once worked together under Master Lu. Please let us know and let us know that an old classmate is here to see you. This is my lifeline."

As Liu Ming spoke, he took out a famous thorn made of bamboo and wood and handed it to Tian Bei.

Tian Bei accepted the assassination, resigned and left.

After a while, Tian Bei came back again and invited the two of them to enter the county government office.

The front yard of the county government office is for the office of the county magistrate and his subordinates, and the backyard is where the county magistrate and his family live.

Meeting classmates is definitely not possible in the front yard.

Tian Bei led Liu An and the two of them into the backyard and to the living room in the middle of the backyard.

At this time, a tall and tall man was standing in front of the door of the living room.

In Liu An's view, this man's figure would be regarded as a perfect star figure for future generations.

After walking closer, Liu An was even more certain that if this person were born in modern times, he would definitely be a handsome guy who could charm a young girl in her early years to death!

"Haha, Deran! It's been such a long time no see! It's been more than a day or two since Brother Wei came to Zhuoxian County. Why did Deran come to see Brother now?"

The man smiled, his voice loud and full of energy.
Chapter completed!