These refugees were deceived by the head of the Ministry of Agriculture.

Before they came, the people who brought them all said that it was arranged by the government, and they had been living abroad for a long time, and when they heard this, they immediately believed it, whether it was true or not.

Some of the refugees joined them later, saying along the way:

"The government here is much better than the place we used to stay, where we stayed before, their government actually asked us to sell ourselves into slavery, give them free work and build houses, and work as coolies, getting up early every day and being greedy for darkness."

"Ouch, it's too dark."

After hearing this, they all had palpitations, thinking that it was good that the government here was reliable.

But as they had been on their way for a while, the refugees who had joined later suddenly gathered quietly and whispered something about something.

Someone went over and eavesdropped on a few words, and I heard them say things like "it's very similar" or "but no one has seen it."

Everyone didn't understand what this meant, and the people who came to take them were always shouting at them, saying that they were slow to travel, and that those who were left behind would not be left alone.

Everyone was afraid of being abandoned, so they had to hurry up and bury their heads in the road, and they didn't even notice that there were some people missing from the team.

It was the middle of the night, and everyone was hungry and tired, and they thought they would be able to enter the city at once, but they threw them here and went away.

At this time, everyone has not noticed anything unusual.

It may also be that they found out, after all, when they entered the shack, there were still some former refugees in it, who were planning to escape, and when they saw them come in, their faces flashed with astonishment for a moment, and they breathed a sigh of relief after seeing their appearance clearly, and each of them made a look and scattered to rest.

The refugees were ostracized a lot in the next county, and when they saw them like this, they mistakenly thought that they were also ostracized, and they didn't think much about it.

The next day, before dawn, the voice of the chief secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture sounded in the shack:

"Get up, get up and work, you're too lazy to do anything, don't hurry up."

The refugees rubbed their eyes, their faces looking tired.

They were driven up by their men and dragged each other to the wasteland.

The officers and soldiers threw a shovel at each of them, pointed to the deserted land, and said to them:

"That's your job."

Everyone looked helpless and looked at each other at a loss of what to do.

Someone with a shovel came forward boldly and asked:

"This official, we came here last night, and we haven't eaten yet, why, why do we have to work?"

"Let you do the work, what are you doing with so much nonsense!"

The subordinate replied impatiently.

"If you don't work now, don't eat later."

The refugees' heads were buzzing when they said this, and they couldn't react at once.

It turned out that the refugees who had been here had already started shoveling the soil with shovels, and the newcomers were still where they were, recalling what they had heard on the road.

"Give them free work and build houses, and get up early and stay up late every day."

How similar it is to the current situation.

Everyone worked in a daze for a while, and a column of officers and soldiers came over carrying gruel, and those men came again to call people back to the shack to eat.

The new refugee held a bowl of porridge and drank a mouthful of rice that he had finally obtained, but his mouth was bitter.

"Big brother."

Someone couldn't help but ask the old refugees.

"You came early and know a lot, we want to ask you something, do we get paid to work here?"

When asked, the man put down the porridge bowl and smiled bitterly:

"What wages? How can there be a salary?"

"What! Really?"

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and everyone among the new refugees was shocked, realizing that things were completely different from what they had thought.

"Of course not."

The man was still talking.

"Speaking of which, how did you come here?

Ah, we've all run away here, and if it weren't for the whim of the official yesterday who sent someone over to count the numbers, a few of us would have been registered, otherwise we would have run away last night."

It turned out that when they came in last night, they were discussing how to escape. Only then did the new refugee realize that he was afraid that he had been fooled, and the crowd was furious.

"They're cheating! This is to trick us into being coolies!"

Someone roared angrily.

This voice attracted the attention of the surrounding officers and soldiers and the subordinates of the chief secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, who were still in place, but those subordinates had already sent people back to call the chief secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture.

"Why don't we strike!"

Someone from among the new refugees made a suggestion, and someone immediately chimed in:

"yes, we're not doing it!"

"I just don't do it! Leave!"

"Yes, what are you doing without pay, quit!"

The new refugees put down their porridge bowls one after another, stood up and wanted to walk out of the shack.

At this moment, the chief secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture hurried to the scene.

The next scene was just like what Ye Hao had seen just now, the head of the Ministry of Agriculture and the new refugees scolded each other, and a group of people surrounded those refugees under the command of the head of the Ministry of Agriculture.

Some of the refugees were angry and wanted to rush over with a lot of anger, but the subordinates of the chief secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture immediately stepped forward and kicked them back, and fell back into the middle of the new refugees.

The officers and soldiers on the side didn't have time to stop them, and their faces sank for a while.

An old man stood tremblingly in front of everyone with a wooden stick, pointed his finger at the nose of the chief secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, and said viciously:

"You will be punished."

However, the voice is not breathy enough and does not sound very convincing.

The head of the Ministry of Agriculture glanced at him condescendingly, and turned his head in disgust:

"A pariah really takes himself seriously, and let you build a house for your own good, you old immortal don't want to build it, get out of the way."

"You!"

The old man's face turned red with anger, he could barely breathe, and his chest rose and fell violently.

The head of the Ministry of Agriculture rolled his eyes, not careless.

"Stop these people."

He instructed the officers and soldiers.

But the officers and soldiers did not move, they were originally sent by King Cheng'an to assist Ye Hao, and they did not obey the orders of the Ministry of Agriculture.

According to Ye Hao's statement before, the officers and soldiers understood that Ye Hao wanted to treat these refugees well, but just now, the subordinates of the Ministry of Agriculture directly kicked people, making it clear that Ye Hao's thoughts were not the same, which had to make them hesitate.

"Why are you still stunned, do you dare not listen to the words of this official? Are you going to rebel?"

Seeing that they hadn't moved, the head of the Ministry of Agriculture shouted again.

Only then did the officers and men move slowly, but everyone only stopped people and did not hurt them.

"What's going on?"

A voice suddenly sounded, and Ye Hao understood the matter almost on the side, and then walked forward with Steward Yue.

When the chief secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture heard this voice, his whole body trembled.

This...... Why did Ye Hao come over suddenly?

Cold sweat broke out on his forehead, he forcibly calmed down, turned around with a smile and said:

"Why did you come here? This official came early today, and did not go to pick up the nobleman, and asked the nobleman to forgive his sins."

"On a whim, I wanted to see if the well over there had been built, so I stopped by to take a look."

Ye Hao walked over slowly, and the officers and soldiers around her spontaneously made a way for her, and Ye Hao walked directly to the head of the Ministry of Agriculture and the refugees.

"What's going on?"

Ye Hao deliberately pretended not to know and asked.

"This ...... This is ......."

Ye Hao's eyes were calm, looking straight at him, the master of the Ministry of Agriculture had a feeling of being seen through, and he couldn't speak, only holding a handkerchief and constantly wiping his sweat.

There are still people around him who are in a hurry, and they stepped forward and replied:

"Back to the nobles, these refugees are afraid of the heavy, they don't want to do heavy work, they want to go on strike, big

People were also forced to ask the officers and soldiers to help suppress it."

As if these refugees did it on purpose, Ye Hao blinked very softly:

"Oh? Really?"

"When, of course it's true."

The master of the Ministry of Agriculture replied with difficulty under Ye Hao's gaze.

The appearance of the head of the Ministry of Agriculture made those refugees realize something, and their eyes wandered between Ye Hao and him, as if they were weighing which of the two was the real steward.

"Who is this nobleman?"

Someone lowered his voice and asked the old refugee on the side.

"This dog officer seems to be afraid of her."

The old refugee did not raise his head, but also replied in a low voice:

"That lady is the stepmother of the prince of Cheng'an."

The title of the stepmother of King Cheng'an made the new refugee stunned, in his heart, King Cheng'an is the biggest official here, and the stepmother of King Cheng'an, this identity must be bigger than the dog official in front of him.

The new refugee has a lively mind, he doesn't know that this wasteland is Ye Hao, listening to Ye Hao's chat with the head of the Ministry of Agriculture, he only thinks that she is passing by.

In this case, the new refugees have a heartbeat, and the decision has been made in a flash.

"Noble man help!"

The new refugee shouted, "plopped" and fell to his knees, kneeling a few steps:

"Your nobleman, save us, we were originally staying outside the county next door, but unfortunately we were deceived by this dog official to come here, originally said that the government came to settle us, but in fact they wanted to force us to build a house for him, but they didn't pay us or let us eat, so they wanted us to work as coolies."

As soon as he said this, the face of the chief secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture turned pale.

"What nonsense!"

The head of the Ministry of Agriculture turned to the refugee and scolded:

"Dare to talk nonsense in front of nobles, don't you want to die?"

"The grass people are not talking nonsense."

The refugee was determined.

Other new refugees also reacted, and one by one they also stood up to expose them:

"That's right, it's this dog who deceived us!"

"The dog officer sent that guy to bring us here! If you don't believe him, ask him!"

Someone pointed to his subordinates behind the head of the Ministry of Agriculture.

Ye Hao's eyes followed what he was pointing at, and found that the person he was referring to was the person who had just replied to the head of the Ministry of Agriculture, and at this moment the person was nervously saying:

"Don't spread rumors, when did I go to the next county to find you?"

After speaking, he glanced at Ye Hao with a weak heart, and found that Ye Hao was looking at him, and the whole person seemed to be electrocuted, and he lowered his head suddenly.

Ye Hao looked at his reaction, which was almost equivalent to not admitting himself.

"Lord Bookkeeper, is this true?"

Ye Hao remained silent and asked calmly.

The sweat on the face of the chief secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture kept flowing down, and when Ye Hao shouted, the whole person suddenly trembled:

"This—of course it's not true."

I didn't expect that at this time, this person would still have a hard mouth.

Ye Hao's eyes were heavy, and she stared at the main book of the Ministry of Agriculture for a long time, and was frightened before she looked away and asked:

"So what's going on? You say these refugees are lying, but what is the truth?"

"They...... They're the same refugees!"

The main secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture was in a hurry, and temporarily made up a set of lies:

"These refugees are the same people! They're trying to trick you out of making money out of you, but they're very greedy, they don't want to build a house, they just want to get paid, you see—"

The head of the Ministry of Agriculture pointed to the wasteland in the distance and said:

"Look, it's been days, and nothing has been built, just because they're lazy! The official was just a little anxious, so he came to urge them."

In a few words, he put all the problems on the refugees, and his responsibility is to push them all away.