After Dressing Up As a Stepmother, I Transformed the Whole Family Into Working In the Fields Chapter 262

Chapter 262: Coming home

　　Halfway through the return journey, everyone was eager to return home. Apart from going to the hut and having lunch, they spent the rest of the time on the road.

The closer we get to Kaiyang County, the more and more refugees there are.

Among these refugees, there are also twenty-three out of ten people in the county who were unable to harvest food during the spring harvest.

　　Grain prices in Kaiyang County are now as high as 50 cents per catty for coarse grains, 150 cents for medium grains, and 300 cents for fine grains.

 Banks and **** shops were opened directly outside the city where refugees gathered. People who borrowed money to buy food lined up from morning to night. Business was booming, and the smile on the face of the account manager could not be taken away.

 A large number of people who have fled from other places have gathered in Kaiyang County, but the government has not issued any documents to solve the problem. Now the situation in Kaiyang County can only be described as chaos.

Along the way, Qin and Yao's family encountered countless people selling their children and daughters, and even young and middle-aged men and women who tied grass and sold themselves into slavery.

He also said: "I just saw Carpenter Liu and your eldest brother coming to pick up the wood from the caravan yesterday. I heard that your village is going to build a big workshop, specializing in making wooden boxes. My brother also went to apply for the job. Unfortunately, there were too many people and he had no choice. superior."

Liu Jike couldn't care about this young lady from a wealthy family. He was only worried about the 10,000 kilograms of wheat in his granary. He didn't need Qin Yao to urge him, so he drove faster to Liujia Village.

Hence, amid the scoldings of the disaster victims in the county, the government finally opened the granary.

At the beginning, the county magistrate vowed to tell the people that the granary had enough food, but he did not expect so many refugees to come from the neighboring government.

The people in this county hate and are helpless towards those outsiders. If there were no refugees from outside, they would have already been receiving relief food from the government.

On the day Qin Yao and his party arrived at the county seat of Kaiyang County, the gate of the county seat had been closed for three days.

Passing through Xiahe Village, the main road leading to Xiahe Village was lined with stone and wooden fences, and villagers were patrolling the entrances and exits.

   The immigrants denounced the Kaiyang County magistrate for only caring about the people of the county and not caring about their life or death, and public resentment arose.

If you want to go into the city to buy food, you must have a road leading to it and pay the entry fee to enter the city.

 The refugees from outside also know that crops are the lifeblood of farmers. If the crops in the fields are disturbed, the people of Kaiyang County will definitely fight with them.

Immediately, his eyes shone brightly and he shouted loudly: "Ms. Qin! Help, Miss Qin!"

Qin Yao opened the way and fell down with the back of her sword. Ordinary people encountered her and had no room to fight back.

By the time Qin Yao and his party arrived at Jinshi Town, the government grain truck was about to be robbed.

Zhou Zheng was so angry that he immediately threw out the chains as if he was going to arrest them, and then the group of people hurriedly ran away. "What's going on?" Qin Yao raised her knife and came to Zhou Zheng and others to ask about the situation.

 Common people in the city are not allowed to leave, but are not allowed to enter, unless they have obtained the official entry and exit documents.

 Liu Ji responded and asked about the situation in Liujia Village.

In just a few days of return, in order to deal with the refugees, Dazhuang and the two guards of the Ding family had already reached a tacit agreement with Qin Yao. When they saw Qin Yao drawing a sword, they immediately picked up the weapons at hand and followed him.

Qin Yao nodded: "Of course, I'll tell you next time we recruit workers. It's getting late, so we'll go home first!"

And things are not that simple. The gambling house and the **** shop are like a nest of snakes and rats, and there are other forces involved inside. They previously hoarded large quantities of low-priced grains and now sold them at sky-high prices. If the disaster is lifted so quickly, they will still How to make a profit?

 For the time being, it has not been decided whether the granary will be opened or not.

 Because the opponents are civilians and do not dare to kill. Once they see the target breaking out of the encirclement and know that they have failed, their momentum will naturally weaken.

 Every village nearby knew that Qin Yao was the head of Liu Laosan's family, and they smiled ingratiatingly at Qin Yao, "Ms. Qin, can we go to recruit people next time?"

Zhou Zheng couldn't say these words clearly, but Qin Yao thought of it after thinking about it and frowned slightly.

Just waiting for Qin Yao to clear the obstacles and clear a road, he immediately rushed out protecting the grain truck.

Renyazi's business is so good that now you can buy a young and strong person for five taels of silver.

Before running away, he turned around and spat.

In the end, Qin Yao cut the leader's arm with a knife and saw blood, and then the refugees retreated unwillingly.

I wanted to grab a handful of weeds from the roadside to wipe the blood on my knife. I couldn't catch any grass, but I touched a hand full of dry dust.

Watching the officials pushing the grain cart away, Ding Shi looked at Zhuangzi worriedly, "I don't know what's going on at home?"

 But it is not a problem if days like this continue forever. The autumn harvest is coming soon. If too many people die at this time, the political performance will not look good by then.

 So in the absence of clear instructions from the court, it is good for the county magistrate to take care of the disaster victims in the county.

They were surprised when they saw Qin Yao, Liu Li and their group, and then someone with a familiar face said hello to them.

 Zhou Zheng was just a small government official and didn't know much, but he had heard that the county magistrate had reported the disaster situation to the higher authorities.

Zhou Zheng still had a mission to do, so he got out of trouble, thanked him, and left.

Ding Shi lightly cupped his fists, separated, and rushed home.

Qin Yao saw that there were not many refugees staying outside Jinshi Town, and there were many Ding clan members, so Ding Xiang should be fine.

The strong dragon will not overwhelm the local snake, and it seems that these days of chaos will continue for a while.

Qin Yao asked doubtfully: "Didn't the county magistrate ask for disaster relief food from above? How does the court plan to resettle these refugees?"

 “Hey, let's walk slowly.” The villagers from Xiahe Village waved their hands.

As usual, Zhou Zheng was determined to pick up the chains and seize the leaders and send them to prison. But now he encountered only civilians, so he could only sigh bitterly, instruct his companions to take back all the grain trucks, and then raise their weapons. Stick threatened to drive them away.

Every morning and evening, all residents with household registration in Kaiyang County can come to receive disaster relief food based on their household registration.

She almost forgot that, except for the crops that were still growing in the field, everything that could be eaten by the roadside had already been harvested.

The villagers of Xiahe Village smiled and said: "There is nothing wrong with your village. People can't find them in that mountain ao. If you want to come, you have to go to our Xiahe Village first."

As soon as this order came out, the business of buying and selling people outside the city became even more prosperous. People worshiped their foster fathers, worshiped their foster mothers, and voluntarily married into wives. If you go around the city gate, you can see dozens of cases.

Failing to get the grass, Qin Yao could only grab a handful of dirt, sweep the knife surface with the dirt, and handed it to Liu Ji in the car, signaling him to put it away first.

　　They keep a thin line when doing things, fearing the backlash if they fail to do things, so they leave the crops in the fields.

Children are not worth much, and only those who look good can barely be brought into the city.

Qin Yao remembered that a little girl from Ding Xiang was in the house, and asked him to go back quickly.

"The county magistrate has reported the situation, but these refugees are not from us. The prefect still has to report to the court and get an order from the court before he dares to move the granary. Even if it is 800 miles urgent, it will still take ten and a half days. Months.”

Zhou Zheng sighed, "These foreign refugees do not have household registration in the county and cannot receive our relief food. They are all furious and come to steal the official food without fear of death."

The two guards of the Ding family and Da Zhuang took the opportunity to sneak in front of the grain cart, and asked Zhou Zheng and other officials to push the grain cart and follow them.

Zhou Zheng, the nephew of the village chief, was responsible for escorting the grain truck. Seeing that the grain truck was about to be robbed by a group of refugees who had planned it for a long time, he was anxious and angry. Just when he didn't know what to do, he suddenly saw a familiar figure out of the corner of his eye.

 Knowing that there were no refugees coming to the village, both Qin Yao and Liu Ji breathed a sigh of relief.

Liu Ji shouted "Come on!". When Lao Huang saw the familiar scenery, he knew he was getting home, so he spread his hooves and ran happily towards home.

 (End of this chapter)

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