Dragging the family to flee famine?Don't be afraid, I have room to fill the granary

Chapter 28 Guanzhou
Soon, the carriage finally appeared outside Guanzhou City.

At this time, the refugees outside Guanzhou City had already surrounded the open space outside the city.

Fortunately, in order to facilitate the refugees entering the city, the government specially arranged officers and soldiers to guard a passage.

If Jiang Ye and the others want to enter the city, they can just continue along the passage.

Although it is less than [-] miles away from the south, the situation of water and food shortages has not improved because of this, on the contrary it has become more serious.

The refugees who escaped from the north have basically consumed almost all the food in their hands, so they will definitely seize the time to find a way to buy food.

But what everyone doesn’t know is that because the north has been experiencing drought for almost three years, the southern border adjacent to the north has also been affected.

Therefore, when they are also short of food, and there are too many refugees fleeing here, the food shortage will only become more and more scarce.

Jiang Ye and his party drove the carriage directly to the gate of the city.

Compared with before they entered the city, they did not expect to enter this Guanzhou much more humane.

While the magistrate was considering the safety of the people in the city, he was also thinking about the refugees outside the city.

So a rule was set, that in addition to paying one hundred cash as the entrance fee, one person who entered this Guanzhou also needed to pay one tael of silver as a security deposit.

If you buy in a proper manner after entering the city and do not cause trouble, you can get the two taels of silver back with the wooden sign when you leave the city.

Conversely, if you cause trouble, no matter if it is a big or small matter, as long as you provoke it on your own initiative, all the security deposits of your group will be confiscated.

The prefect did not put the confiscated money into his own pocket. After deducting the normal city entry fee, the prefect would use the remaining money to buy food and then give porridge at the city gate.

So it's no wonder there are so many refugees at the gate of this city.

But judging by the situation, today should be over.

After Jiang Ye and the others paid the entrance fee, they didn't go directly to the post house or the inn, but went to the government office, and then asked Yazi to temporarily rent a small yard to live in.

In this Great Yong Kingdom, posthouses belong to the residence of officials, that is, the places where officials and people in the government live, and they all eat and live for free.

Inns are generally where caravans and others live.Of course, the inn will also provide simple and affordable food, but it is not as rich as a restaurant.

As for restaurants, they are basically places where rich people spend their money.

If you want to live comfortably and eat good wine and food, you have to spend money in restaurants to eat and live in restaurants.

However, there is no Datong shop in the restaurant. Tao Qiqi and his group need to open at least three to four rooms, and one night's stay is almost ten taels of silver.

Compared with renting a small yard, it is more economical and more comfortable to live in a small yard.

Moreover, not to mention money, there are many people living in restaurants, and it is inconvenient to take care of each of them living in their own rooms.

If you live in the same courtyard, you don't have to worry about these. You are your own person, and it is very convenient to take care of food and accommodation by yourself.

If you don't want to do it yourself, you can order it from a restaurant and have it delivered.

Of course, the premise of this series is that there must be a suitable yard, if not, then they can only go to an inn or a restaurant in the end.

After finalizing the yard, Chang Wu, Zhao Song and four others were responsible for carrying the luggage, while Tao Qiqi checked the kitchen and the backyard.

After looking around, Tao Qiqi finally said with satisfaction: "This courtyard is really nice. Although it costs eight taels of silver to live in a day, it is more convenient and comfortable to live here than living in a restaurant. There is also a well in the backyard. Although I don’t know if I can fetch water, but at least I can live comfortably.”

Fang Yu, who came out after tidying up the kitchen, echoed: "Comfortable is comfortable, comfortable is comfortable, and the most fearful thing is that after living here for a few days, I will be reluctant to leave. Wasn't it just in Fengchuan before!"

Tao Qiqi naturally understood Fang Yu's words.

But she wasn't worried about these issues.

Because she believes that no matter where she ends up, she can lead her family to live a better life.

"Don't worry, if you feel that living here is good, you can come back after we send Mr. Jiang somewhere."

After hearing this, Jiang Ye looked at Tao Qiqi and said, "It doesn't matter. If you like this place, I will buy it for you when the time comes."

Tao Qiqi waved her hand: "No need, you have already given what should be given, and we all eat yours and live in yours along the way, so there is no need to buy a yard to send me off. If we really want to settle here, we can It’s a solid buy.”

Jiang Ye smiled, "Why is the one I sent you so uncomfortable?"

"You won't understand if you tell me." After Tao Qiqi finished speaking, she went to the kitchen to see what she would have for dinner.

Fang Yu behind him said with a smile: "If Mr. Jiang buys this yard and gives it to Qiqi, then Qiqi will probably think of you when he sees this yard after living in this yard."

Chang Wu happened to hear Fang Yu's words after packing his things, so he replied: "That's nothing, not to mention that we have been running away together for so long, and we can't forget it even if we want to. The only thing is that it is a pity. If you settle here, in the future, It’s so far away from us that it’s hard to even meet him.”

"If you want me to say, since Qiqi doesn't plan to go back to the north, it's better to go with Mr. Jiang, and we can take care of each other when we settle down in the south." Zhao Hu expressed his opinion while carrying his luggage.

"Hey, you can have this. You can stay with Zhao Hu when the time comes, so why go back to the north? When there is a drought again in the future, you will have to flee, so why bother! Anyway, you have nothing to worry about in the north. There is no house, so there is nothing wrong with staying."

As soon as Chang Wu finished speaking, Tao Qiqi from the kitchen poked her head out and said, "Chang Wu is right, instead of running around, why don't we just stay together when the time comes, and take care of each other, wouldn't it be good?"

After listening to what Chang Wu and Tao Qiqi said, Zhao Hu looked at his elder brother.

Zhao Song is also considering this issue at this time.

Not to mention how well they got to know each other during this journey, but at least they all got along very well. Mr. Tao was a loyal person, a very independent and capable person.

After following him, it will definitely not be bad.

Even if they don't work with Mr. Tao in the future, the two brothers can support themselves by finding something to do.

In the north, they have no relatives, even if they have a few reasonable friends, but compared to Mr. Tao and the others, he feels that they are more like family members and true friends.

After all, we share the same sorrow.

Tao Qiqi in the kitchen didn't hear what Zhao Song and Zhao Hu said, so she stuck her head out and said, "What are you thinking about? We'll stay together from now on. If I start my own business, you guys can help me, so don't worry." , I won’t give you a penny less in wages.”

Zhao Hu looked at his elder brother expectantly.

(End of this chapter)