After Pei Shiju lined up to get off the ship, he immediately revealed his identity with the sailors on the ship.

The sailor could not have imagined that he had brought the officials of the imperial court to Sanshan, and he was immediately shocked, so he had to call the captain over loudly.

The captain didn't take it as if it was a little strange, but he didn't feel too surprised, and then took Pei Shiju to Su Shuangyu, the general person in charge of receiving refugees. The latter was crackling and tapping on the abacus at this time, and after hearing that the court had come, he reluctantly stopped what he was doing.

In fact, as early as when Pisces used merchant ships to rescue refugees in Donglai, Jimo, Bohai and other counties, Su You predicted that the imperial court might send a fleet or take a merchant ship to Sanshan, and he also formulated a plan to deal with it at that time.

Pisces didn't expect the people of the imperial court to come here after almost three months, but they still stood up without humility or arrogance, greeted Pei Shiju with the courtesy of Sanshan, and simply asked him about his official name and the main purpose of coming here.

Although Pei Shiju silently celebrated his seventieth birthday on the boat to Sanshan, he has always been informal, so he didn't care too much about Pisces' etiquette at the moment, but answered Pisces' question very calmly, while taking out a seal that could prove his identity.

Symbolically checking Pei Shiju's seal, Pisces believed that he was indeed an official of the court, but still said in an apologetic tone, "That's right, sir, that is, the city lord, he left Sanshan a few days ago"

Pei Shiju knew this result as early as the ship, and at this time, he confirmed it again, and his heart inevitably became depressed, "Really?" So where did he go? When will you be able to return? ”

"The small position is low, and I really can't answer these questions, why don't you live in Sanshan now and wait for him to return?" Pisces shook his head, and after saying this, he added, "If you don't want to wait, our ship can send you back to where you got on the ship."

Pei Shiju came all the way here, how could he go back if he didn't complete the task? It's just that if you wait for it, I really don't know when it's going to be a head.

"It's okay, I'll just wait for him to come back." Pei Shiju originally wanted to ask who was in charge of the three mountain cities now, but he felt that there was really no need to ask such a question, since he had come here, he naturally had the consciousness of becoming a "dog ignoring".

"That's okay, I'll have someone arrange a place for you to live first, and I'll also report your arrival to Shangfeng."

"Thank you very much" Pei Shiju nodded, and asked again, "Can I go into the city and have a look?" ”

"Of course, I originally planned to put you in the city."

The two chatted for a while, and Su Shuangyu ordered someone to arrange a place for Pei Shiju, and then the news that he took a boat to Sanshan was passed on to Laiyanbei in the form of a report.

When Lai Yanbei received the report from Pisces, he no longer had any other attitude except to respond with a "I know".

Seeing that it was almost noon, Pisces couldn't receive a response from Yanbei for a while, so he had to let Pei Shiju go to lunch first, and then talk about entering the city later.

After Pei Shiju talked to the receptionist Xiao Xi, he learned that there was a medium-sized canteen on the side of the dock that could accommodate more than 1,000 people, and this canteen was prepared for the people working at the dock and the refugees who had just been picked up.

After all, the refugees have been on the boat for several days in a row, and there is no room for movement on the boat, so it is inevitable that their legs will be weak after getting off the boat, and if they go directly into the city, they will inevitably procrastinate

Pei Shiju nodded, and knew that it was uncomfortable to walk four or five miles on an empty stomach, so he happily followed Xiao Xi to the small canteen at the dock.

There were still dozens of feet away from the cafeteria, and Pei Shiju heard the commotion from the distance.

Pei Shiju didn't think there was anything strange, after all, he also knew that there were three or four hundred refugees on the same boat as him, and the total number of people brought by the five ships of the entire fleet should be about two thousand, so it was strange that so many people got together and didn't make trouble.

As if to confirm Pei Shiju's thoughts, Xiao Xi immediately said with a smile, "I have already eaten a batch just now, and they are now going to the city, and this batch has already started to eat half a quarter ago, so there shouldn't be too long a queue now."

Pei Shiju nodded, and the various staff members in Sanshan City seemed to be very obsessed with queuing, whether it was getting on or off the boat, or the lunch that was about to take place.

Entering the door of the cafeteria, Pei Shiju could see at a glance that nearly a thousand refugees were all sitting on the benches, some were burying their heads in eating, some were picking their teeth, and more were talking in whispers with satisfied smiles

"Did they eat the meat?" Pei Shiju was stunned, he never thought that these refugees who had left their homeland were in such a good state now.

At this time, there were not many people in line, and Pei Shiju and Xiao Xi naturally photographed the end of the line; As soon as they lined up, the staff of the canteen distributed tableware to Pei Shiju and Xiao Xi.

The plate of this set of cutlery is similar to that used in the canteens of later institutions, and the shape of a plate and bowl is stamped into a piece of iron, and the chopsticks and spoon are also made of iron, as well as a soup bowl.

After getting the tableware, Pei Shiju studied them as works of art.

Xiao Xi looked at Pei Shiju and couldn't put it down, so he smiled and said, "This set of cutlery is temporary, and it has to be handed back after eating and washing; The tableware in the canteen in the city is even more beautiful than this, and it won't be accepted when the time comes, so you have to bring your own tableware when you eat, well, and the meal ticket."

This kind of iron tableware can be seen as a work of art, but Pei Shiju doesn't think it's appropriate to eat with these things, as for the meal ticket, what the hell is it?

Unconsciously walked a few steps forward, looking at the smiling faces of the refugees who received the food in front of him, Pei Shiju couldn't resist his curiosity and looked forward; Only then did it turn out that the refugees' plates contained a large piece of unknown meat, as well as black kelp.

"Is this the meat of the whale you just saw?" Looking at that large piece of meat that was more than half a catty, Pei Shiju was not calm at that time.

Pei Shiju was wondering, but he heard Xiao Xi next to him say with a smile, "We have only been in Sanshan for three months, and the vegetables we grow cannot be supplied in large quantities, so we can only eat meat every day."

Is this the rhythm of flaunting wealth? Pei Shiju's current feeling is as if Su You heard that during the great famine in the forties, Shanghai refugees could only eat hairy crabs from Yangcheng Lake to survive.

This is ridiculous

Why not minced meat? -- There is no sense of disobedience at all in Sanshan.

Pei Shiju just nodded, and he didn't know what to say for a while, and after receiving the meal, he and Xiao Xi sat down at an unmanned table and began to enjoy the first meal in Sanshan

The canteen master's methods were obviously not covered, and Pei Shiju also ate like those refugees, but unlike the cheers of those refugees, he actually shed tears silently.

Xiao Xi then walked to Sanshan City with Pei Shiju, who had good news, and the road under their feet was all paved with cement. -- Strictly speaking, the pier also belongs to Sanshan Castle because there is no wall on the east side of Sanshan Castle.

In place of the eastern wall of Sanshan Castle, there is a moat that is two zhang deep and three zhang wide.

The distance between the moat and the wharf was fifty or sixty zhang, and there was a bridge made of thick wooden planks over the moat, which was the same as the cement road at both ends.

The wooden bridge is guarded at all times, and if the enemy attacks from the pier and blows up the wooden bridge if it is unable to withstand it, it is absolutely impossible for the enemy to attack the three mountains

Of course, Pei Shiju didn't think so far-reaching, he just felt that the roads in Sanshan City were very spacious and clean, even better than those in the eastern capital and Jiangdu.

Spring came late in Sanshan, and the fruit trees on the roadside had just been transplanted, and there were no branches and leaves on them, and all that could be seen were budding flower bones.

After entering the real Sanshan City, Pei Shiju found that the two- and three-story houses inside were really row upon row, and almost all of these houses were flat-roofed, which was obviously not in line with his aesthetics.

In any case, Pei Shiju was taken by Xiao Xi to a new refugee point and into a tube building.

This tube building has a total of 72 rooms on three floors, and in principle, the number of occupants in each room is six, but Pei Shiju, who has a special status, was assigned a single room.

Pei Shiju was told, "Next, he has half a day to familiarize himself with the surrounding environment, and then the head of this building will gather them to distribute tableware, farm tools and meal tickets, and take them to the corresponding canteen to eat After tomorrow, the building manager will check the rooms in the building from time to time, and if he finds that he is waiting for death, he will stop giving them meal tickets." ”

Pei Shiju's treatment is obviously different from them, he doesn't have to go out to work, he just needs to wait patiently for Su You here.

No one restricts Pei Shiju's freedom, he can wander around the city at will, of course, this does not include certain forbidden places, such as places where there are guards at the gate

Pei Shiju stayed in Sanshan City for seven days, and when he felt that he was about to fall in love with this place, the building chief finally brought him the news of Su You, "The city lord came to look for you in person this afternoon, but it's a pity that you are not here."

The person who was able to let Su You come to find it, the building chief naturally used honorifics.

"Really? I'll visit him myself later. Pei Shiju nodded, not paying attention to the words of the building chief.

Is Su You really here?

Maybe.

The question is, Sanshan City is Su You's territory, doesn't he know where he goes during the day? Obviously, because he was not at home, Su You chose to visit.

Of course, it is also possible that the building chief deceived himself, and Su You did not come at all.

Anyway, when he heard Su You's name, Pei Shiju remembered his mission again.

Through these days of wandering, Pei Shiju also knew Su You's residence for a long time, so he was not hypocritical, and after bathing and changing, he changed into court clothes and strode towards Su You's mansion.