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 for officers and soldiers to guard a passage.

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

Although it is now less than 300 miles away from the south, the shortage of water and food has not improved as a result, on the contrary, it has become more serious.

The refugees who fled from the north have basically consumed almost all the food in their hands along the way, and they will definitely seize the time to buy food after this time.

But what everyone doesn't know is that because the drought in the north has been going on for almost three years, the southern border near the north has also been affected.

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

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

Compared with when they entered the city before, they didn't expect to be much more humane in this Guanzhou.

The prefect was concerned about the safety of the people in the city, and on the other hand, he was also concerned about the refugees outside the city.

So he set a rule, in addition to paying 100 wen as an entry fee to enter this Guanzhou, he also needed to pay one or two pieces of silver as a deposit.

If you buy in a proper manner after entering the city and do not cause trouble, you can return the two pieces of silver with the wooden card when you go out of the city.

On the contrary, if you cause trouble, whether it is a big or small matter, as long as you take the initiative to provoke it, then all the deposits of your group will be confiscated.

After the confiscation of the money, the prefect did not put it into his own pocket, and after deducting the normal payment of the entrance fee, the remaining silver was used by the prefect to buy food, and then to give soup at the city gate.

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

But looking at the situation, today should be over.

After Jiang Ye and the others paid the entrance fee, they did not go directly to the post house or inn, but went to the government office, and then found Yazi to temporarily rent a small courtyard to live in.

In this Dayong country, the post house belongs to the official road residence, that is, the people who are officials and the people of the government live, and they are all free food and accommodation.

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

As for the restaurant, it is basically a place where the rich consume.

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

However, there is no chase shop in the restaurant, and Tao Qiqi has to open at least three to four rooms, and it is almost nearly ten taels of silver for one night.

Compared with renting a small yard, it is not as affordable and comfortable as living in a small yard.

Moreover, not to mention the silver, there are many people living in restaurants, and it is not convenient to take care of each person living in their own room.

If you live in a yard, you don't have to worry about these, they are all your own people, and it is very convenient to eat and live by yourself.

If you don't want to do it yourself, you can also find a restaurant to book and send it over.

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

The yard was implemented, Chang Wu, Zhao Song and other four people were responsible for carrying the luggage, and Tao Qiqi checked the kitchen and backyard.

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

Fang Yu, who came out after cleaning up the kitchen, echoed: "Comfortable is comfortable, comfortable is comfortable, what I am most afraid of is that I will be reluctant to leave after living here for a few days." Wasn't it in Toyokawa before! ”

Tao Qiqi naturally understood after listening to Fang Yu's words.

But she wasn't worried.

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

"Don't worry, if you think it's good to live here, it's okay to come back when we send Jiang Gongzi to the place."

After hearing this, Jiang Ye on the side looked at Tao Qiqi and said, "It's okay, if you like it here, I'll buy it here and give it to you when the time comes." ”

Tao Qiqi waved his hand: "You don't have to, you have already given what you should give, and all of us are eating your and living yours all the way, so there is no need to buy a yard to send to me." If we really want to settle here, we can buy it ourselves. ”

Jiang Ye smiled, "Why can't I live in what I sent?" ”

"You won't understand it." After Tao Qiqi finished speaking, he went to the kitchen, ready to see what to eat at night.

Fang Yu behind him said with a smile: "If Jiang Gongzi buys this courtyard and gives it to Qiqi, then Qiqi will live in this courtyard in the future, and I am afraid that he will think of you as soon as he sees this courtyard." ”

Chang Wu happened to hear Fang Yu's words after packing up his things, so he replied: "Then it's nothing, not to mention that we have escaped from the famine together for so long, even if we want to forget, we can't forget it." The only thing is a pity, if you settle here, you will be far away from us in the future, and it will be difficult to see each other. ”

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

"Eh, this can be had, Zhao Hu will stay with you when the time comes, why do you go back to the north. If there is a drought in the future, you will have to flee, so why bother? Anyway, you have nothing to worry about in the north, and you don't have a house, so there's nothing wrong with staying. ”

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

After listening to Chang Wu and Tao Qiqi's words, Zhao Hu looked at his eldest brother.

Zhao Song was also thinking about this issue at this time.

Not to mention how much they know each other along the way, but at least everyone gets along very well, and Peach Gongzi is a righteous person, and he is also a very assertive and capable person.

It will definitely not be bad after following him.

Even if they don't follow Tao Gongzi in the future, the two brothers can support themselves if they find something to do.

In the north, they have no relatives, even if they have a few friends who can be said to be reasonable, but compared to Peach Child, he feels that they are more like family and real friends.

After all, it can be regarded as a shared hardship.

Tao Qiqi in the kitchen didn't hear Zhao Song and Zhao Hu's statement, so he poked his head out and said: "What else are you thinking about, let's stay together in the future, if I do business by myself, you can still help, don't worry, I won't lose your salary." ”

Zhao Hu looked at his eldest brother expectantly.