She looked up at him and asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter? Why are you so panicked?"

"Sir, there are a large number of refugees gathered outside the city gate. Do we need to close the city gate?"

"Refugees?" Zhang Feimo was puzzled.

He had just arrived in Heshan County and didn't know much about the things here.

Hu Yuhao probably also thought about it, so he explained:

"Sir, you don't know that the northwest has suffered from a natural disaster. So far, it has been almost two days without rain. The people of the surname Qi who have fled the disaster have gathered outside the city gate. The number is still increasing. Judging from this, I am afraid that they can gather thousands of people."

Hearing this, Zhang Feimo's heart sank.

Not only is there constant disaster in the northwest region, it is also close to the border.

He had heard from his father before that there were often wars over there.

Fortunately, the border has been peaceful recently. I never thought that life is still so miserable.

It hasn't rained for two days. You can imagine what the day will be like.

"Sir, the city gate must be closed as soon as possible." Hu Yuhao said again.

At the same time, it also drew Zhang Feimo's thoughts back.

Hu Yuhao would say this, in fact the entire Heshan County is very poor.

These people are refugees who do not have travel permits, and they have the right not to accept them.

What's more, according to the current situation in Heshan County, they can't settle down at all.

They have finally settled down, and if these refugees continue to flow towards them, it will only bring them endless troubles.

You have to know that those refugees who fled south to escape famine and survived had all kinds of life and death experiences, and they must have a strong will.

This is not something that the good people in Heshan County have.

Whichever county town took in these refugees would be in trouble.

Therefore, whenever there were refugees, the county magistrate was unwilling to accept them because it would bring trouble to himself.

Many times they simply did not open the city gates. Even if they did, they would only let them pass through, and the yamen runners would not stop until they personally watched them pass.

"How many people are there approximately?" Zhang Feimo looked at Hu Yuhao and asked in a deep voice.

"There are about a thousand people at present, and more are coming. It is hard to estimate. I guess the number will reach about 4,000."

Hu Yuhao was not worried about anything else but that Zhang Feimo would take in these people.

You have to know that the people in Heshan County can't even take care of themselves. If these refugees come, they will definitely need porridge every day.

In this case, Heshan County could not afford it at all.

There are too many people. Even if porridge is only provided once a day, thousands of people will need at least several kilograms of rice a day.

The land in their Heshan County was originally barren, and there was not much food at all, and the people of the Heshan County did not have much surplus food.

If these refugees stay, they will just starve to death.

Hearing this, Zhang Feimo fell into deep thought.

What Hu Yuhao said made sense. Given the current situation in Heshan County, they simply could not feed these refugees.

What's more, if we can take in a group of them, there will be more.

After hearing Hu Yuhao's words, Zhang Fei immediately walked towards the city gate.

It is still early and there are not many people walking on the streets of Heshan County.

The streets seemed a bit empty...

Zhang Fei quickly climbed up the city wall, and the scene in front of him made his breath catch in his throat.

It was just that in the open space outside the city gate, there were crowds of people surging everywhere...

It looks like there are more than a thousand people.