There is Room For the Poor Daughter - Chapter 868

[Chapter 868 Chapter 868, Refugees]

As the convoy got closer and closer to the city gate, Daohua noticed a lot of refugees gathered outside the city gate.

In the biting cold wind and snowflakes, the refugees snuggled together tremblingly, and when they saw the convoy approaching, they all surrounded them.

When the guards saw them, they immediately drew out their sabers and watched the refugees warily.

When the refugees saw the guards taking out their knives, they were so frightened that they all backed away.

On the city wall, when the general guarding the gate saw the convoy downstairs, he immediately guessed that it was the family member of the newly-appointed Lord Zhenfu. free passage.

“This is Lord Zhenfu’s family, don’t make trouble.”

Hearing this, the refugees who had been staring at the supplies on the carriage with green eyes silently withdrew their gazes.

The new Lord Zhenfu is a good official. On the second day of his arrival, he set up a porridge shed at the gate of the city, and asked someone to build a straw shed so that they would not die of cold in this icy and snowy place.

In the carriage, seeing the refugees all skinny and wearing thin and ragged clothes, Daohua frowned tightly. The life of Xiliang people was worse than she imagined.

Seeing that the convoy went smoothly to the capital, the goalkeeper secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

The last time the guards of the Xiao Mansion entered the city with a large amount of supplies, the refugees rushed forward recklessly, and many people were killed or injured that time.

Fortunately nothing happened this time.

As the convoy entered the city, the city gate was closed again, and the refugees retreated to the thatched huts, looking in the direction of the porridge shed, waiting for the porridge handout in the evening.

Xiliang implements the management system of guards. There are no prefectures, prefectures, counties and other areas. The guards are also responsible for military construction and civil administration.

Liangdu, where the commander of the capital is located, is equivalent to the provincial capital of other provinces, and the nine guards below are equivalent to the capital city.

Ganzhou Guard is the guard with the largest defense area in Xiliang, and it is also the guard that is closest to Xiliao. Ganzhou City is very large, with thick and high walls. It looks grand from the outside, but the city is a bit depressed .

There were not many shops open for business on the street, and it was not until we reached the center of the city that it became a little busier.

“The economy is too sluggish.”

Not long after, the officers and soldiers guarding the gate brought Daohua and his party to the Xiao Mansion.

Deshou, who received the news in advance, was already waiting in front of the gate.

“Concubine Shizi, you’ve finally arrived!”

Deshou gave the gatekeeper a dime of silver, greeted Dao Hua and Gu Jian outside the carriage, and led the team into the mansion directly from the corner gate next to it.

“This mansion is quite big!”

After entering the door, Daohua got off the carriage wearing a cloak, and carefully looked at the house where she would live in the future.

De Shou said with a smile: “This mansion is the place where successive commanders lived, so naturally it should be bigger.”

Daohua couldn’t help smiling after hearing this: “Your family’s son is not polite at all, he is a little The little town governor actually lived in the mansion of the commander.”

She understood why Xiao Yeyang would do this.

After entering Xiliang, what I saw along the way fully demonstrated that the situation in Xiliang is very bad.

Under such circumstances, Xiao Yeyang didn’t have time to develop slowly, and to adjust and negotiate with other people. He just wanted to be high-profile and domineering, so that he could better implement administrative orders in the future.

Living in the mansion where the previous commanders lived is to tell everyone that he has taken over Ganzhou Wei, and he has the final say here.

Deshou glanced at Daohua’s expression, seeing that she was not surprised at all, and he didn’t feel that something was wrong, he thought, it’s still the concubine Shizi who understands her master.

When the master wanted to live in, he and Defu persuaded him for a long time.

The master directly gave them a look of ‘you don’t understand’.

Daohua walked and asked, “Where is the son?” Deshou: “Master

took people to patrol the defense area.” Daohua   asked again

: “Why are there so many refugees gathered outside the city gate?”

The face was angry: “It’s not a good thing that the Xiliao people did. Every winter, the Xiliao people like to cross the border to snatch wealth and food. Several villages and towns under the jurisdiction of hundreds of households have been robbed by the Xiliao people.”

“Those Xiliao people It’s not worth mentioning that people robbed things, but also set fire to them and lost houses, and the people had no money, food, or shelter for the winter, so they could only flock to Ganzhou City to beg for a living.” At

this point, Deshou became more and more angry .

“Concubine Shizi, you don’t even know that before the master came, no official stood up to manage the refugees outside the city. I heard that many people died of freezing and starvation.”

Daohua frowned: “The officials of Ganzhou Wei are too disrespectful .” It’s done.” Xiliang is a vast land and sparsely populated, and the population is already sparse, and the people can’t survive, so who will guard the border?

The mansion has five entrances. After Xiao Yeyang moved in, he only tidied up the front yard a little before moving in. There was no time to tidy up the other yards at all.

Daohua strolled around for a while, and then asked someone to clean up the two adjacent courtyards of Erjin.

There are only her, Xiao Yeyang and the master in the family, so there is no need to live too spaciously. Now that she has just arrived in a strange place, she is also worried that the master will not adapt, so she thinks it is better to live closer.

Let’s talk about the other yards when she is free.

After driving for two months, Dao Hua and Gu Jian were exhausted. After tidying up the house, they ate something and went to rest.

Early the next morning, when Dao Hua was still curled up in the warm blanket, Gu Yu came in and said that Deshou had something to look for her.

Hearing the whistling wind outside, Daohua couldn’t get up, and asked, “What business does Deshou want from me?”

Gu Yu: “My son sent out a batch of food earlier, and asked Deshou and the officials from the guard station to give it to people outside the city. Refugees give porridge, and now it seems that the food is running out.”

When Daohua heard this, she immediately sat up, dressed and washed, and went outside to meet Deshou.

“Who is in charge of the porridge shed?” Deshou

replied, “It’s a slave, and there is a governor of the guard.” Daohua

nodded, and looked at Gu Yu and Lixia: “You two take people to check the warehouse ”

Although she brought a lot of supplies, Xiao Yeyang used a lot, and now she has to see how many supplies are left, so she can know for sure.

Daohua looked at Deshou: “How much grain was allocated by Shi Ziye before, you can go and get another batch, remember, you must take good care of these grains, and don’t appear to be corrupt.”

Deshou nodded quickly: “Don’t worry, Shizi Concubine, The slave will be optimistic about it.”

Daohua gave an ‘hmm’, and then pondered for a while: “I’m afraid it’s not enough to just give porridge, it’s too cold outside, it’s windy and snowy, and it’s too cold to stay indoors. How can those refugees survive?”

“Well, after you get the food later, go to Gu Yu to get a batch of medicinal materials, and cook two pots of medicinal soup for the refugees every day.”

“Yes, you If there is not enough manpower, go to Dr. Ge, he has several medical apprentices under his command.” Deshou

nodded and said, “I will do it now.”

After Deshou left, Daohua put on her cloak and went to Gujian The courtyard to accompany him to have breakfast.

In the front yard, Governor Zhang Da saw Deshou pull out several carts of grain, and his heart fell back into his stomach.

God knows how worried he is, worried that if Mr. Xiao is not around, there will be no food. Without food, at least half of the refugees outside the city will die.

(end of this chapter)