After hearing what Shijiu said, Lianyi felt that it was not easy to be an imperial envoy, and he traveled so low-key. If he hadn't met her, the task assignee, he would have been in trouble.

"He didn't want to go to Haoyuan City alone. In order to lure him out, his servant said that the county magistrate of Haoyuan City had sent him money through his relatives and wanted him to provide the whereabouts and route of the imperial envoy so that the county magistrate could prepare in advance and deceive the imperial envoy.

In order to make Yu Junyu believe, the servant took out two gold bars. Yu Junyu was fooled and took the servant and the driver to secretly rush to Haoyuan City, which gave the other party an opportunity to take advantage of. "

Shijiu explained that after all, those who could sit in the position of imperial envoy were not stupid.

"Okay! As long as Yu Junyu is a good official who serves the people, it will be worth it for me to help him."

"Don't worry, Haoyuan City has already started accepting disaster victims, and relief grain from Huzhou is on the way. The situation should improve."

After Shijiu reported the situation here, he remained silent.

Lianyi and his companions traveled for five days and had only a little dry food left when they finally saw Huangshi City, the outermost city of Huangzhou Prefecture. It got its name because of the abundance of stones in the city.

When the younger generations saw the city from afar, they cheered and seemed very happy that they could finally enter the city again. After they left Liangzhou, the road became more and more desolate. Fortunately, they did not encounter disaster victims or highway robbers. Everyone knew that this place was poor and there was nothing to rob. Instead, the Zhang family of more than 20 people reached Huangshi City smoothly.

The fee to enter the city was one copper coin per person, except for children under five years old. The group paid fourteen copper coins and entered the city.

The first thing we did after entering the city was to find an inn to stay in so that everyone could rest peacefully for a night.

They took a shower and changed into clean clothes. Only then did they no longer look like people fleeing famine. The next day, everyone slept until noon and only got up when they were awakened by hunger.

The Zhang family almost booked the entire small inn. They cooked their own meals using the inn's stove, and had dumpling soup with pickles provided by the inn. After eating and drinking their fill, Old Zhang took his eldest son and son-in-law to find out some news.

Zhang Jun and Zhang Cheng took the children with them to buy some food. The food they brought with them was already used up, so the women stayed in the inn to wash and mend clothes and to look after the children. They did not go out. After all, they were unfamiliar with the place and were used to being cautious.

Everyone had dinner only after the men who had gone out in the afternoon came back. After dinner, Old Man Zhang told everyone the news he had heard outside that day.

"It's not difficult to settle down here. As long as you have a registered permanent residence and explain the reason for settling here, you can settle down by paying half a tael of silver per household. But where we are assigned is not something we can choose! If we want to choose a good place to settle down, we have to pay more money.

There is another way, that is, we can buy land here, and we can settle down wherever we buy the land. However, it is not easy to buy land. After all, we are outsiders, so we may have to look for land carefully. Otherwise, we can find a middleman in a brokerage shop, pay a sum of money, and find a few good pieces of land. "

Old Zhang told everyone the news he had heard and wanted to hear their opinions.

"Dad, according to what you said, there shouldn't be any good land near Yellowstone City."

Zhang Shi was the first to speak.

"We gave a few copper coins to the minor official in charge of household registration, and he told us that the nearby villages were all poor and the land was not very fertile."

Song Dachuan spoke.

"That minor official did recommend a dental clinic with a good reputation. We went there and they saw that we were from outside and raised the price accordingly, so we left."

Zhang Zhong said with a frown.

"Dad means that if you can buy good land with money, it doesn't matter if you spend a few more coins. But if you spend money and can't buy good land, and then get tricked into settling in a poor village, it's not worth it."

Song Dachuan added.

"Dad, big brother, brother-in-law, this Huangshi City is the first city we see after arriving in Huangzhou. We don't have to settle here. We can go further in and see more places. We will always find a suitable place to stay."

Zhang Cheng said after thinking about it.

“Third uncle is right. I have seen the map of Da Gan before. The most prosperous city in Huangzhou is Huangfeng City, because General Chang’s residence is in Huangfeng City.

We may not be able to settle down in Huangfeng City, but the surrounding villages have good conditions. We can consider settling down there, even if it costs a little more money. "

Lianyi spoke up at the right time and expressed her opinion.

"What do you think?"

Old Zhang still asked everyone else, and everyone had no objection. After all, it was their first time here, and it didn't matter where they went, as long as the family was together.

After making the decision, everyone rested for another night and then set off again, heading towards Huangfeng City.

The journey from then on was not as fearful as when they were fleeing from famine. The boys became more lively and would run ahead to explore the way. Only when their mothers called them would they turn around and run back, chasing each other.

That day, Lianyi was taking a nap on the ox cart when she heard several boys from the Zhang family shouting her name and yelling "Help!"

Lianyi's ears twitched, and she immediately opened her eyes and jumped off the ox cart. She heard the sound of horse hooves.

"Sister Lianyi! Help! There are Hu people!"

"Sister Lianyi!"

The Zhang family was also shocked. They didn't expect to meet Hu people here, and their faces turned pale.

"Master, don't leave. Wait here. I'll go take a look!"

Lianyi picked up the stick and started running towards the place where the sound came from.

Song Dachuan and Zhang Shi looked at each other, each picked up a hatchet, and followed Lianyi closely. Zhang Zhong, Zhang Jun and Zhang Cheng also picked up their weapons and protected the two ox carts. Although they looked anxious, they did not dare to run to help without permission. Their mother, wife and daughter were on the carts, and they had to protect them.

The women in the car were also very anxious, but no one said anything. They all stared at the three people who had disappeared from their sight.

When Lianyi rushed over, he saw a Hu man on horseback holding his uncle's son Zhang Fengrui in his arms. With a grim smile on his face, he put a knife on Zhang Fengrui's neck, turned his horse's head, and shouted to the people behind him:

"Feng Kun, you'd better let us go, or I'll kill this brat!"

Zhang Fengliang and Zhang Fengyong were rolling on the ground to avoid the horses' hooves that were trampling on them, while shouting "Sister Lianyi, help me", looking so embarrassed!

Lianyi's eyes darkened, and her beautiful eyes narrowed. When the two sides were confronting each other and no one noticed, she took out a dagger from her bosom and threw it out, aiming at the back of the head of the Hu man who kidnapped my third brother. Regardless of whether she would hit the other party or not, Lianyi jumped and ran into the Hu people's horse team, swinging a stick and starting to hit the horse's legs. (End of this chapter)