In the Jiangnan area, there are three other states to visit: Jeju, Bongju, and Minju.
First go to Fengzhou, which is closest to Xiangzhou. Even if it is the closest, it will take half a month to get there, followed by Jeju and Minzhou.
Jeju and Minju are located in the Xuanhe River Basin, and Minju in particular has been hit by floods over the years. It is the least economically developed and the poorest. Jeju is also affected to some extent because of its close proximity. There are often refugees in and around the city. Stagnation, economic development is not very good, and even public security is not very good.
By then, the price of goat milk soap will have to be adjusted downwards in these two regions. The demand for hair soap and floral goat milk soap is expected to be relatively low, and the basic and dyed styles should sell best.
She doesn't expect these two areas to make much money for her in recent years, but after the floods in Xuanhe River are controlled, the economies of these two areas will gradually recover and slowly get better.
The You County where the eldest brother is located is in Minzhou. The flood season has just passed. It is difficult to describe that place now.
Su Wan brought eight guards with her this time, all left by Jiang Yu. This journey is not as prosperous and peaceful as Yanzhou and Suzhou. She may encounter many refugees and so on, and she is afraid of chaos. , it is necessary to have a few more people around you.
Also, the travel tools should not be too eye-catching and should be as low-key as possible. There was no need to use the luxurious carriage Jiang Yu gave her. She bought a slightly smaller one herself and put a layer of blankets inside. , enough for her, Liuyun Liuying and Fifth Brother to sit.
Moreover, Liu Yun spent most of the time outside the carriage driving with him.
There is also a carriage used to carry supplies and luggage. When resting on the way, there are pots, pans, firewood, rice, oil, salt and other things in it.
The eight guards are all riding horses. Everyone will not be in a hurry, just walk normally, and stop to feed the horses when they encounter a post station.
This time with Fifth Brother accompanying her, the journey would not be too boring. He always took care of Su Wan in every detail, never letting her do anything by herself, treating her like a child who couldn't take care of herself.
After staying in Bongju for a month, as soon as the paving matter was settled, I went to Jeju without stopping.
On the official road near Jeju, many refugees are heading to Jeju City in groups.
Their bodies were thin, their clothes were shabby, stained with mud, and their hair was messy.
Many five- and six-year-old children kept crying to adults about how hungry they were and wanted to eat, but they had fled all the way and had already run out of food and ammunition.
Finally, I saw a group of people and two carriages coming up the official road. The guards were riding tall horses with swords hanging on their sides. They all looked serious.
The refugees knew that this was a group of wealthy people. There might be a lot of food in their carriage, and there might be a kind-hearted member or lady sitting inside.
Some people wanted to take a gamble and knelt down in the middle of the road to beg for food from the master in the carriage.
"Good Samaritan, please give me something to eat."
The sounds of begging kept coming. Su Yi opened the carriage window and looked forward, only to find dozens of refugees kneeling on the road, kowtowing and begging.
The motorcade had to stop, and the guards outside asked Su Wan what they should do now.
Su Wan looked out through the small gap in the car door. Seeing this situation, she knew that the food she had now was not enough, let alone the hundreds of refugees behind her. Everyone was looting and causing chaos. They were afraid that they would be trapped here.
You must have a certain measure and method when showing kindness. A momentary soft-heartedness will only cause unnecessary trouble for yourself.
But these refugees were blocking the road. If they were not given food, they would not give way. They could not kill them because of this.
So Su Wan thought for a moment and thought of a way. She muttered something to the guard outside the window.
When the guard heard this, he nodded repeatedly.
Afterwards, he shouted to these refugees:
"Our master said that now we have no food in the car to share with you, but please make way for us to enter Jeju City. My master is very kind and will donate food at the gate of Jeju City and make porridge for three days in a row. Sheds, relief for refugees, keep your word!”
The guards did not expose Su Wan's daughter.
When the refugees heard this, they looked at each other and whispered among themselves, trying to figure out whether what this man said was true or false.
But if you think about it carefully and weigh the pros and cons, you can figure out that even if you are cheated, at most you will not get food. But if it is true, then the porridge shack will be opened for three days in a row. If they get there as soon as possible , can live a few more days.
The number of refugees this year is much smaller than in previous years. This is all because of the work-for-relief method proposed by the newly appointed Dushui Order, which has found things for the people to do, and they can still eat and not starve to death. After the flood season this year, many people chose to stay and work together to rebuild, integrating the military and civilians. The speed of reconstruction has also accelerated. Only a handful of people still have stubborn ideas and want to escape to other places.
Gradually, the refugees in the middle of the road moved to both sides of the road to let the convoy pass.
It takes at most half a day's walk from Jeju City, but Su Wan and the others arrived in just an hour.
She kept her promise. After entering the city, she immediately asked Liu Yun to buy food and start preparing to open a porridge shed at the gate of the city.
This kind of porridge is very common. You don’t need to get approval from the government. You just need to bring the supplies yourself. There are ready-made porridge sheds outside Jeju City because the Yamen are giving porridge every day.
If there are good people who want to continue providing relief, they can just bring people to deliver food.
There is a war on the border now, and grain warehouses in various states are delivering food to the border every month. The Xuanhe River Basin is experiencing floods again. The court has shipped relief grain and relief money several times, but there are still so many refugees displaced. .
It can only be said that after filtering through the layers, there are always a few courageous rats who make money from it, but these people suffer.
Jeju's granaries are almost empty, but vendors are selling brown rice at sky-high prices.
However, since Su Wan has promised to open a porridge shed, he will keep his word.
Porridge is given out every day at the gate of Jeju City. This is the order of the governor. Porridge is given at least once a day. Even if it is clear soup and little water, the refugees cannot starve to death of thirst.
Su Wan can just buy the food and send it directly to the porridge shed, and she doesn't have to worry about the rest.
It is impossible for these refugees to enter the city. They can only live temporarily in the refugee camp outside the city. When the Xuanhe side is almost rebuilt, they will naturally go back.
Su Wan had someone buy two thousand kilograms of brown rice at once and deliver it directly to the city gate. He had two meals a day, which lasted more than three days.
Nowadays, a pound of brown rice here sells for ten cents. In Xiangzhou, a pound of brown rice only costs four cents. Here, the price has more than doubled.
Two thousand jins also cost 200 taels of silver in Su and Wan. In Xiangzhou, 200 taels can buy 2,500 jins of japonica rice.
