Chapter 3025: The Pie Will Not Fall (Updated on July 16)

The two of them were eating. When Zhou Man saw them, the first thing he asked was, "Have you eaten?"

The adults stood a little reservedly, but the four children standing at the front shook their heads honestly. Because they were thin, their eyes looked particularly big. A little girl raised her head and looked at Zhou with her round eyes.

Full, the eyes take up almost half of the face.

Zhou Man then reached out and took her hand, turned around and walked in, "Let's eat first and then talk."

Bai Shan then turned to let them in and called Zhao Ming, "Come in and have something to eat together."

Just because the county government did not have medicated soap, Zhao Ming, who wanted to come over to find some cakes and ask for some medicated soap:...

He didn't want to alarm the county magistrate and Mr. Zhou!

Zhao Ming followed him in silently.

Seeing this group of people who looked dirtier than beggars, Wuyue was stunned for a while, then hurriedly turned around and went to the kitchen to fetch warm water for them to wash their faces and hands.

The servants in the yard are all busy.

Zhou Man stopped her and said, "Let the kitchen cook the rice into porridge, add a little more water, and cook until it's soft."

Wuyue glanced at them, a little confused. With so many people, I'm afraid I have to feed everyone, right?

"What will the master and the lady eat?"

"We're going to have porridge too, go ahead and cook it with boiling water if it's available. It'll be faster."

There was no boiling water, but there was hot water. Sister-in-law He scooped up everyone's rice and poured it into a big pot, then added hot water and cooked it.

After they washed their faces and hands, Zhou Man felt their pulses and the porridge was ready.

Sister-in-law He poured it directly into the wooden bucket and brought it over. Even Zhu Sanlang, who had been full for two days, couldn't help but swallow when he saw the hot porridge, let alone other people.

Sister-in-law He brought the barrel over and saw them all sitting in the yard, so she put it on the porch, turned around and said, "Slave, go get the bowls, chopsticks and side dishes."

"No, no, we have bowls."

More than a dozen people immediately took out their own bowls from their arms and bags, including wooden bowls and porcelain bowls with missing mouths. If this was not the magistrate's house, they would have dispersed to eat.

But because this was the magistrate's house, they didn't dare.

Bai Shan glanced at the bowls in their hands and felt that the warm water and medicated soap just washed could not be wasted, so he insisted: "You guys wait a little longer."

Then he asked Sister-in-law He and the others to go down and get bowls, chopsticks and side dishes.

Fortunately, there were still quite a few servants in the Bai family. Soon everyone brought various things from the kitchen and set the dining table outside.

Wu Wu served them porridge, and when he saw that they were about to drink it as soon as they got it, he quickly stopped him and said, "Be careful of burning your mouth."

Zhou Man's eyelids jumped and he quickly said: "If it's too hot, it will burn your mouth and esophagus. If it burns your esophagus, you won't be able to eat anything you want."

A few people who didn't mind being burned at first didn't dare to pour it into their mouths when they heard it. They could only drink it in small sips.

Zhou Man breathed a sigh of relief, and after they all finished playing, he also took the bowl and stepped forward to line up and take a bowl.

Looking at Bai Shan, who also took a bowl of porridge and squatted on the steps to drink porridge like them, Zhao Ming was speechless for a long time.

County Magistrate Bai is too skilled, isn't he?

One bucket of porridge was finished. Sister-in-law He brought another bucket out and put it away. When the refugees saw the commotion, they drank the porridge faster. Then Wuyue and Jiulan also brought up a bucket...

The refugees slowed down their movements.

In order to make them drink slower, Zhou Man asked them to eat side dishes while Bai Shan talked to them, "Where did you come from?"

There is a group of refugees in the county. Although the number is not very large, Bai Shan has already known about it from the government officials patrolling the streets.

However, after he sent his yamen servants to persuade them to register at the yamen but to no avail, he stopped forcing them. He could probably guess that they were waiting and watching.

He didn't want to force anyone, so as not to leave a bad impression on those who came later. Now that the person finally came, he naturally had many questions to ask.

They said: "We came from Luzhou."

Zhao Ming thought for a while, but couldn't figure out where Luzhou was. Bai Shanze asked, "Why did you come out to wander?"

"There is no more land, and the taxes required by the court cannot be paid, so we are out."

Bai Shan raised his eyebrows, "Is there no land left?"

Then two people said embarrassedly: "My family still has two acres of land, but the land is not good and there is no harvest. It would be better not to plant it at all."

Bai Shan nodded slightly, "Why did you lose your land?"

The reasons are not uniform, but in the final analysis they are similar. Five years ago, there was a drought in Luzhou...

"Actually, it wasn't really a drought, but I was really unlucky that year. Then it rained very easily. I don't know why, but there were so many bugs on the ears of rice. They were all that black. At a glance, it looked like a whole

The whole field is covered with those black bugs. There aren’t many husks on the rice ears, but the bugs have bent the rice ears and chewed up a lot of the leaves.”

"I have tried all kinds of methods, including using fire to drive it and pulling it with hands, but after a month of exhaustion, the rice husks are still empty. There is no harvest. I have to pay taxes and survive, so I have to borrow money and grain from others.

, I thought I could pay it back by tightening my belt in the past few years, but the harvest the second year was also mediocre. After paying the taxes, what was left was just enough to feed the family, and it was not even enough."

"Mr. Zhao doesn't want to borrow money anymore and wants us to pay him back immediately. We have no choice but to sell the land or mortgage it to him."

Bai Shan was slightly solemn and said, "The imperial court has issued an order that Yongye Field cannot be sold unless there is mourning or illness."

Yongye fields cannot be sold or sold unless there is a deceased person in the family who needs to mourn, or the patient is in urgent need of medical treatment, and can only be sold after obtaining an approved document from the county government.

After Bai Shan finished speaking, he paused and obviously thought of the key point. They wanted to sell these things, so naturally someone would take care of them for them.

Sure enough, several people said: "This is very easy. Mr. Zhao just needs to talk to the county clerk. You can sell any amount of land."

They all think that Mr. Zhao is a good person, but they are not very lucky and have encountered a bad year.

Bai Shan paused and didn't say anything bad about Mr. Zhao. He just asked, "Didn't the county government provide relief back then?"

"The drought is not very serious."

Insect disasters are also considered natural disasters, right?

However, Bai Shan opened his mouth and ignored the topic, asking: "Are you going to settle in Beihai County?"

Everyone was hesitant and couldn't help but look at Zhu Sanlang.

Zhu Sanlang was very confident in Beihai County and Magistrate Bai at this time, especially at this time Magistrate Bai was holding a bowl and squatting face to face with them to eat porridge. Which county magistrate can do this?

Therefore, he nodded fiercely, knelt directly on the ground and said: "As long as you are willing to take us in, we will never give up."

Bai Shan put down the bowl, helped the person up and said, "That's not the case. You can think about it for a while. This county will also inspect you."

He said: "When you settle down, the county will give you enough land to survive, build a house for you, and give you a tax exemption for two years, but the county is not unconditional."

Everyone felt relieved once they heard that he had the conditions, otherwise why would he have such good conditions?

They have been wandering for four years, and they have lived all the way from Luzhou to this place. They have long understood that there is no pie in the sky.

? ? ?The power was out for a day today, and the laptop’s power is almost running out, so good night, hahahaha

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