After a long journey, the mother and son finally arrived at Laizhou City, the city closest to the border town. They saw that Laizhou City was very strict in checking people coming in and out.
There are often cavalry galloping out of the city.
Shi Jiang took the household registration certificate and took Qin Lang to the city gate. He forced the soldiers at the gate to give them a tael of silver before they were allowed to enter the city.
After entering the city, I found that many shops in the city were closed, and pedestrians walking on the road looked like they were in a hurry.
Shi Jiang thought about it and found an inn that was still open. After entering, he asked for a medium-sized room and some food, and asked the waiter to bring it to the room.
The waiter delivered the food very quickly. When setting the meal, Shi Jiang pretended to ask casually, why were all the shops in the city closed?
Regarding this question, the waiter didn't hide it at all and just sighed and replied.
"It's not that the emperor is gone. The following princes are trying to grab the throne. They are going crazy. Our area belongs to the territory of King Qin, but King An sent people here. He wants our King Qin to support him. If not
If you agree, we will send someone to call you.
.Hey, anyone can be the emperor. We ordinary people just want safety. I heard that King An’s army is not far from Laizhou City. Everyone who knows some information and some background has already run away. If Madam is not here
People, please leave quickly!"
Shaking his head, he told Shi Jiang what he knew and persuaded him.
Shi Jiang did not expect that Laizhou City here was not stable either.
He reached out and took out dozens of copper plates, put them on the waiter's tray, and thanked him.
The waiter didn't expect that the lady only asked for a medium-sized room, but actually gave him a reward. She immediately thanked Shi Jiang repeatedly and told Shi Jiang that if anything happened, just ask him, and then exited the room with a tray.
"Mom, are we still going south?"
After hearing Qin Lang's question, Shi Jiang shook his head.
If the princes are fighting for the throne, the turmoil in the court may not be calmed down so easily.
Unless a dark horse can emerge halfway and directly control the situation, Guo Jia may cause many wars and chaos.
If there is a war, it would be better to find a remote place to hide, which is much safer than that of Splendid Jiangnan.
After all, for those in power, Splendid Jiangnan also represents wealth and wealth.
"Let's wait until tomorrow to discuss this matter. Let's eat first."
Shi Jiang didn't answer Qin Lang's words immediately. She had to make some inquiries to know where to hide.
After the mother and son had a good day of eating, drinking and sleeping at the inn, the next day Shi Jiang went to see the waiter privately and asked about some things.
When she came back, her face was not at all relaxed.
She left the inn and went to a bun shop that sold buns. She packed several drawers of buns and steamed buns before going back and taking Qin Lang out of the city.
However, he no longer went south, but to the east.
Nowadays, the north and south are not safe, and there are many high mountains in the west. Most of them are from Xijiang, which is not suitable for Shi Jiang and Qin Lang to stay.
On the other hand, the east side, close to the coast, although not as rich as the south, can still be regarded as a place where you can have enough food and clothing.
The most important thing is that the fiefdom in Qingcheng to the east belongs to King Yi.
According to the news from the waiter, Prince Yi was the only prince among all the princes who did not go to the capital.
He also said that he only wanted to be a free king and did not want to earn the hard work of being an emperor.
Although his words were half believed by several princes, it was true that he did not move in the fief.
As long as he didn't come to participate in the fight for the throne, the princes would naturally be very tolerant of him and try to win him over to their side.
However, King Yi refused to hold back. Several princes sent envoys to look for him, but he pretended to be ill and no one was seen.
If only one of the messengers is missing, it will definitely offend someone.
But now he has disappeared. The princes who learned the news naturally knew that he wanted to stay out of the matter. No one was on side, and they were not that angry about him not seeing the envoys they sent.
Therefore, Shi Jiang prepared to take Qin Lang to Qingcheng, the fiefdom where King Yi was located.
However, along the way, you have to pass by the fiefdoms and cities of several princes.
When Jiang finally took Qin Lang to the next city, he discovered that the soldiers at the gate of the fiefdom where King Qin was before were really kind to them.
There is no harm without comparison. Everyone who enters King Chen's city at the gate has to pay a poll tax, which is twenty coins for adults and ten coins for children. If you don't have money, you won't be allowed in at all.
Even after Shi Jiang paid for the poll tax, the soldier weighed the copper coins in his hand, but his disgusting eyes turned around Shi Jiang's body.
Fortunately, due to malnutrition, she was sallow and skinny, coupled with her tattered and patched clothes, and her withered hair, the soldier finally waved her in like a charity.
In such a short span of a few breaths, Shi Jiang's fists were clenched and unclenched several times.
After entering, I found that there were actually a lot of people fleeing into the city. Therefore, everything sold on the street, whether it was food or anything else, was much more expensive than before.
While Shi Jiang was pulling Qin Lang forward, he encountered several people dressed as government servants, smashing the stalls of vendors on the street, and asking those vendors for protection money.
Shi Jiang covered Qin Lang's mouth, lowered his head and hurried forward.
The original thought of resting in this city for a night has all come to an end!
Entering through the west gate and exiting through the east gate only takes a stick of incense.
Shi Jiang held Qin Lang's hand and walked until he could no longer see the shadow of the city, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
The reason why these officials are like this is just to follow the example!
It proves that King Chen is also a greedy and lustful person, and the people below will imitate his behavior.
If a person like this became the emperor, I'm afraid there would be no need for Hu Nu to attack, and King Chen would be able to kill himself.
After traveling through several cities, finally two months later, Shi Jiang and Qin Lang stood at the gate of Qingcheng.
Compared with the gate guards of the previous cities, the soldiers here in Qingcheng obviously had much clearer eyes.
Even when they entered, they were not charged any head tax. They just checked their household registration certificate and were allowed in.
Shi Jiang took Qin Lang to stay in Qingcheng for several days. It was obviously different from cities in other places.
After running around for more than half a year, Shi Jiang was finally able to find a place to stop with peace of mind. This made Shi Jiang breathe a big sigh of relief.
However, she had limited money in her pocket, so she could only rent a house to live in first.
Only when you have a place to shelter from the wind and rain can you find ways to make money.
After all, she still has such a big boy to support!
They say that children who study are like gold-eating beasts.
What's more, the imperial court is in turmoil now and traveling around the city is inconvenient, so the books in the bookstore are particularly precious.