Chapter 229: Paying for it, it's finally here
Not all families are as determined as Zhao Fuxiang's family to go to the south.
Most people, after hearing that a person asked for five taels of silver, retreated in their hearts.
In this way, during the three days, while Zhao Fuxiang and others were busy buying necessary supplies such as grain, meat, vegetables, bedding and fabrics, the others were still at home with all kinds of entanglements.
After three days, Zhao Fuxiang's family has already lived an ordinary life, while other families are still hesitating.
When Zhao Fuxiang arrived at Zhao Furui's house, he followed the seventeen families.
There are only ten families that must go to the south, including Zhao Furui, Zhao Fuxiang, Zhao Fusheng, Zhao Fuman, Yuan Laopa, Zou Youqian, and two Zhao clansmen and two aborigines.
Of the remaining seven families, four of them obviously want to stay, two of them have already bought houses in Yunze County, and the remaining two are also looking at each other.
The other three are still uncertain, and they don't know whether to leave or stay.
Zhao Furui had no choice but to let him prepare early, otherwise he would delay the spring planting on this side, and if he didn't go to the south, he would lose himself.
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The ten families who decided to go to the south, under the leadership of Zhao Furui, went directly to the county government office in Yunze County, and after paying a lot of fees, each of them got a road guide and a corresponding number of access vouchers.
And they also got the letter of approval, and gathered outside the city on the fifteenth day of May, bringing the vouchers and road guides in their hands, and did not wait for the expiration.
These words also made everyone even more nervous, holding a thin voucher in their hands, and they were afraid that they would be snatched away by others even when they walked.
Fortunately, there are a group of people like them every two or three months, but they don't attract too much attention from the people in the city.
And this business is good, for Changzhou, they can not only accept a group of displaced people, but also expand their own territory, get more taxes and population.
Back in Zhuangzi, Zhao Furui instructed everyone to put away the vouchers they had obtained, after all, the voucher road guide was the key to going south.
"Remember, don't be too public, be careful in everything, there is only one step left from success, and when the time comes, we will leave immediately."
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The ten families who got Zhao Furui's voice began to live a low-key life.
On weekdays, I don't go out much, and I almost always hide in the yard.
If it weren't for the fact that acquaintances often came to chat, everyone would have to ignore that there was a family living here.
A few more days passed, and the time came to the fifth day of the fifth month.
Of the three families who were still hesitant, two more couldn't hold back and chose to settle here in Yunze County.
One of them bought a house in the city and became neighbors with the first two families.
The remaining family, after discussing with two more families, directly spent a sum of money to rent the house they are currently in, and then spent money to buy a homestead directly, and planned to build a house after spring planting.
Because of this practice, the village is deliberately giving the same discount to the three families, and even the price of the rented house is free by half, after all, this is their village.
The three families were also very happy, and they got along with the people of this village more and more, almost becoming one.
And the last one left is still undecided.
Zhao Furui urged several times, and after seeing that there was no movement, he gave up.
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At the beginning of the seventh day of the first lunar month, Yunze County changed its previous calm and suddenly became lively.
With the increase in the flow of people, all kinds of miscellaneous news continue to come, Zhao Fuxiang will inquire every day when he enters the city, and he has also gotten a lot of gossip.
For example, the war around Yangcheng County stopped, and Yangcheng County finally succeeded in quelling the rebellion a few days after it was breached, and the northern tribes were also driven away, but the northern tribes were rampant before, and the ten rooms and nine empty rooms in Yangcheng County were miserable.
For another example, not far away, next to the boundary of Qiongzhou in Yangcheng County, a huge earth dragon suddenly broke out, and the plague was raging, and the sick people had a high fever that did not go away, and they quickly lost weight, and they would soon die.
For example, a county town close to Youzhou not far from Changzhou encountered a wave of displaced people, and the grain was robbed, and the county was directly affected......
Changle County, which Zhao Fuxiang has been thinking about, also has news.
Changle County was lucky in the end, and when it was about to be breached, a capable man successfully turned the tide and rescued the residents of a city, so that it was not ravaged by the northern tribes.
Zhao Fuxiang also sighed, but after knowing that this person was Zhao Shanfeng, the expression on his face was wonderful, and when he came back, he sighed and said to Li and others.
Everyone was speechless, and they didn't say anything bad, so they tacitly skipped the topic and paid attention to the fact that they could leave in a few days.
In such a tormenting and tense atmosphere, the time to go to the south is getting closer and closer, and the news from the surroundings is also endless, like mushrooms after a rain, and I don't know how many are true or false.
Zhao Fuxiang was also afraid that such news would affect the mood of Li and the others, so he simply held it in his heart and didn't let them listen.
May 12th.
On this day, a news suddenly came from Yunze County, which surprised them and at the same time disturbed the entire team that was going to the south.
I don't know what's going on, the voucher needed to go to the south has risen from five taels to seven taels, and those who have paid it before still need to make up again, otherwise, it will be regarded as giving up and cannot leave.
Such news makes the people who have already paid the fees angry for no reason.
Especially Li and others, they can't wait to scold.
They have been waiting for half a month, and they can leave, but they have to face the problem of temporary price increases at this time.
But in the end, it was still made up, fifty-six taels, and everyone also got a new voucher.
The direct impact of this incident is that the family who has not settled down for a long time also chose to stay in Yunze County.
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In the midst of intense waiting, the time came on the evening of May 14th.
The entire Zhao family's small courtyard is brightly lit.
In order to get up early tomorrow, everyone took advantage of the moment and began to pack their bags.
Especially the Li family, after getting the letter to leave, she was also relieved, she finally didn't have to worry about it here.
Knowing that tomorrow will be the end of the journey, everyone in the family is very energetic, feed the carriage and horses, pack up the things, and then go back to sleep.
Halfway through his sleep, he was called up by Li again, and the men wore thin shirts and hurried to put the reins on the carriage and horses.
Because this trip was going to the south, Zhao Fuxiang and others also focused on inquiring about the situation in the south, and after hearing that the days in the south were good, they also appropriately gave up some useless things, brought the necessary food, and began to travel lightly.
When everything was almost done, Zhao Fuxiang shouted and called Yuan's family next door, and everyone happily drove the ox cart away.
At this time, many people had already gathered at the meeting point outside Yunze County.
Everyone looks like a big bag and a small bag, and at first glance, they are going to the south to beg for a living.
After Zhao Fuxiang and the others arrived, they did not make a noise, but found a secluded place to rest at random.
Less than a moment after Yin, a group of neatly dressed officials walked out of Yunze County, briefly glanced at the vouchers that everyone took out, followed by a shout, and went directly to the road.
When it was almost dawn, they came to a place that was blocked by thorn fences and officers and soldiers.
The officers and soldiers opened the fence from the inside, leaving a gap, and everyone walked smoothly through the gap under the leadership of the officials.
They walked through almost three such places, until at last they saw a group of officers and soldiers dressed in completely different uniforms from those beside them.
The officers and soldiers on the opposite side were noticeably more energetic, and they first shouted and told them to line up in a long line.
Then, ask them to take out the corresponding vouchers in turn, and show them when they pass through the gaps left.
In this way, everyone in the team verified the past one by one, until the last person succeeded.
Then, the open fence was successfully blocked again, and the officials who came with them turned around and returned, and the people who had already stepped on the border of Chaozhou timidly looked at the man riding a tall horse at the front.
"Welcome to Teochew, right now, you have entered the boundaries of Teochew, and soon, you will also become our southern people,"
"In order to welcome you, not far away, Lord Gunden has prepared a delicious meal and clean clothes for you, now, everyone cheer up and go straight to the road."
After speaking, the man drove, turned the horse's head, and walked in front with a dada, while the people behind him either carried a flat shoulder or drove a chariot to follow.
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