GBP Chapter 216 What is supposed to come will always come
Chapter 216 What is supposed to come will always come
The team leader who was dissatisfied with Shen Zhiqiu and his group had looked back at them many times.
I couldn't help it and asked Zhou Zhi again: "I just can't figure it out. What kind of contribution can that group of people make if they are placed under the emperor's feet? What do you think our leader is thinking?"
Ask this?
It's not that Zhou Zhi deliberately concealed it, it's mainly because he didn't know what was going on.
At the beginning, he was more considerate of Shen Zhiqiu and the others.
The first reason is that the person in charge instructed that we should try our best to arrange them in the same village.
The second feeling is that it is really not easy for so many people, young and old, to flee famine together.
But after a day and a night of contact, he found that although this group of people seemed to have nothing, they were united, loyal and righteous, and the way they spoke and acted made him feel inexplicably encouraged.
He shook his head to indicate that he didn't know, but he guessed that the person in charge had his own reasons, so we'd just do whatever he arranged.
After walking for another three hours, it was finally at 11:33 am that evening that we arrived at the post station where we would be staying today, which was roughly equivalent to around ten o'clock in the evening in our previous life.
It was still the leader who made the calls, and still required payment before check-in. Shen Zhiqiu still did not stay in the inn, but went to the post station opposite to ask the price.
After going through the whole process, I became much more proficient than last night.
However, the innkeeper tonight was not as easy to talk to as the one last night, and he refused to provide them with free woodshed and stable.
In the end, Shen Zhiqiu said a lot of nice things and bargained for a long time, and ordered eight large bunk beds at a price of half a dollar per room to accommodate their group of people.
Everyone felt sorry for spending the four taels of silver. Even if there were eight large bunk beds, they had to squeeze into them, just like last night, some sleeping on beds and some on the floor.
This is why, although they all seem to have a lot of money in their hands, Shen Youyou and Shen Zhiqiu both feel that the money is not enough.
There are too many people. If you calculate it per person, it won’t take long to pay for their food, accommodation and lodging.
If I were in my hometown, with a house and land, even if I didn't have money, I could grow food. As long as I didn't get any serious illness or encounter any difficult problems, life would not be a big problem.
But now, they still don't know what the situation will be like when they arrive at their destination. Will they be given land for free or will they have to pay for it?
It's hard to say. Even if the land is distributed for free, by the time we get to Youzhou, we'll have missed the farming season.
The present is different from their previous life. From the geography records in Shen Zhiqiu's memory, people in the south still grow two crops a year, but in the north, they only grow one crop a year.
That means they will have to spend money to buy food from this year until the autumn harvest next year.
Although he is confident that he and his daughter can make money for everyone, the traditional virtue of the flower-growing family is: spend when you should spend and save when you should save, and never be generous to others when you can bargain.
Logically speaking, everything is much more skillful today than yesterday, and there is no need to boil water and clean everything.
The steamed buns and flatbreads given by the people at the soup kitchen are enough for them to have a snack in the morning and at noon tomorrow. If the distance they traveled today is taken into account, they can even get a free lunch tomorrow.
There is no need to prepare dough and steam dry food early tomorrow morning.
You’re tired after a day’s work, why don’t you wash up and lie down to rest?
But Shen Zhiqiu had something on his mind and couldn't sleep!
He sat in the lobby of the post station, looking through the open door at the inn opposite which was still brightly lit, until he saw Team Leader Zhou crossing the official road and walking towards their post station.
He sighed, what was coming finally came.
He turned to the shopkeeper and said, "Shopkeeper, please have someone bring a pot of wine and two side dishes."
Before long, more than a dozen square tables were placed in the lobby of the post station.
Shen Zhiqiu and Zhou Zhi sat opposite each other at the window.
The turbid wine filled the wine cup, making the sound of water hitting the wall of the cup.
Shen Zhiqiu raised his glass and said, "Captain Zhou, I actually wanted to go find you just now, but I was afraid of being tired from the journey. You have already rested at this hour, so I wanted to talk to you again tomorrow morning."
Zhou Zhi's eyes flickered slightly and his throat moved. When he just came over, he actually realized that Shen Zhiqiu had probably been waiting for his arrival for a long time.
He clenched his fists under the table. The person in front of him saw through him so clearly that it made it even more difficult for him to speak.
But when those families arrived at the inn, except for three families, all the other families had looked for them, and their colleagues and subordinates also supported the idea of leaving this group of people behind and going first.
In fact, Zhou Zhi didn't know why he didn't look for those three families. One was Mr. Meng's family, and the other was the one they met before going to the mountain village, who said that his wife's parents' home was in the northern border.
These two families walked with them all the way from the bandit mountain to Jeju, and because Shen Zhiqiu and his gang were suppressing the bandits, they were considered to be doing them a favor.
The other family was the one that had a son-in-law to pick them up. The son-in-law was not in a hurry, but he knew that there would be many people looking for them, so there was no need for him to come out and say anything, and offend people who didn't know the details.
As for the family that was said to have a relative of the third-rank Yuan in Kyoto, the housekeeper went back and forth three times, each time speaking more unpleasantly than the last, and even used threatening words the last time.
He just went on this trip with gritted teeth. His colleagues originally wanted to go and explain themselves since they saw that he was unwilling to come, but he stopped them.
It was also because he knew that his colleagues had long been impatient with Shen Zhiqiu and others, and was afraid that he would not be able to explain clearly, so he just sent them away casually.
Shen Zhiqiu looked at Zhou Zhi's expression, refilled the wine cup, and took the initiative to change the subject:
"Captain Zhou, can you tell me the route to Youzhou, which towns we need to pass through, and what documents we need to use? Can you leave them for us, or can you issue us a certificate so that we can go separately?
It is convenient for ourselves and others. We pulled the cart and followed the team, which was very tiring. "
Zhou Zhi took a deep breath, finished the wine in the glass, and then took out a few documents from his arms.
One of the documents that is similar to a memorial is the Tongcheng document, which belongs to the territory of Lu'an Prefecture. To reach Youzhou, one has to pass through four prefectures and nine counties including Lu'an Prefecture.
The remaining three cities are Shunde Prefecture, Zhengding Prefecture, and Baoding Prefecture.
Every time you arrive at a city gate, you have to take out the city pass and have the city guard stamp it. If you lack a stamp, it will be troublesome to reach Youzhou.
The route given by Team Leader Zhou is the one that passes through the least number of cities.
People also told me that some cities are off-limits, just like Gaoping County where we passed today. In this case, there are official roads for you to pass through without entering the city.
There are some cities that allow you to enter, but you have to enter the city and then go through another gate.
But please note that once you enter the city you cannot walk around randomly. You need to lead the team through quickly and are not allowed to stay in the city for too long.
If you happen to enter the city after dark, you must tell the gatekeeper clearly and ask him to issue you a temporary residence document. You must also find a place to stay as soon as possible and are not allowed to wander around.
In short, the management of refugees who have not yet successfully settled down is quite strict.
There are also soup kitchens at the south gate of every prefecture city, and most of them are outside the city gates.
As for the county, some places have it, some don't.
The simple route map drawn by Zhou Zhi also roughly marked the direction and the county town where the soup kitchen was located.
How easy is it? I guess even their deer can draw it easily.
It is so crooked that it makes people stare blankly at the sight of it.
Fortunately, he had been to the next three prefectures, and not just one, as they were quite close to their hometowns in their previous lives.
If he had not been directly assigned to Youzhou, he would have wanted to settle down in his hometown in his previous life. It was closer than Youzhou and felt more familiar.