Chapter 161 The Last Road of Exile
The next day, everyone left Yongxing City.
The rain was still falling, but Prefect Yan sent enough raincoats to everyone and also gave 2,000 steamed buns, saying that they were sent by the people of the whole city.
Li Rong gave each prisoner 10 pieces and told them: "This is from Miss Xie. Please save some food. We will not stop even if we encounter a city."
"We all supported each other on the way. If we persevered, we would reach our destination in half a month." Li Rong sighed, "Half a year has passed without us noticing."
His sigh did not attract any response, and many people began to panic.
The journey of exile thousands of miles is hard!
But compared with the suffering in exile, it was nothing.
It is said that in the penal colony, don't talk about dignity, don't talk about humanity, no, don't talk about human life.
The prisoners who were exiled together would be separated when they arrived at their destination. They would do the dirty work, and they would be cannon fodder in the war. They would eat? There would be no food for them...
Moreover, Dongguan County was infested with mosquitoes and plagued by miasma.
Xie Anfeng also fell silent.
Xie Yanyan called Li Rong and Liu Mingjie to inquire about the situation in the exile area: "Master Li, Master Liu, I know nothing about Lingnan, can you tell me more about it?"
This was the first time Li Rong escorted a prisoner to Lingnan, and the situation was not clear.
Liu Mingjie had been here once a few years ago and knew a little about it.
Xu Wenrong had accumulated more knowledge than Liu Mingjie, so he introduced it.
"After crossing the Five Ridges, we are out of the territory of the Former Qin. We are already in Lingnan. Every city here is out of the control of the law. For example, Yongxing City has changed dynasties and they have also changed, but they have not paid taxes to the court for nearly a hundred years. The area south of Chencheng belongs to Dongguan County, but in fact, it is a real wilderness."
"The Former Qin was only cooperating with Dongguan County. The fugitives were handed over to Dongguan County. Some of them might be able to return to their hometowns in their lifetime, but most of them died in the wilderness."
"Dongguan County is very large, comparable to the Former Qin Dynasty."
"Counties are set up under the prefectures. The chief official of a prefecture is the prefecture governor, and the chief official of a county is the county magistrate (for a county with more than 10,000 households) and the county chief (for a county with less than 10,000 households). Below the county are the townships, pavilions, villages, ten-tenths, and five-tenths."
It is a paramilitary management system.
Military status is hereditary, combining soldiers and farmers, and the policy of garrisoning.
"That is to say, the highest official in Dongguan County is the county governor, who is in charge of both military affairs and people's livelihood. The ones below him are called county magistrates and county heads, and they are actually all in military control, right?" Xie Yanyan asked.
Liu Mingjie smiled and said, "Mr. Xu is right. Our final destination this time is Boluo County. The county magistrate's surname is Zhuang Yiji. His son Zhuang Tao is in charge of fugitives. His daughter Zhuang Pengpeng is the consort of the prince of Nanzhong."
Isn’t the Prince of Nanzhong McDull’s brother?
Xie Yanyan asked: "What will happen to us when we get to Boluo County?"
Li Rong understood this: "First, report to the government office. The county magistrate will arrange for you to go to various villages to reclaim wasteland, or build city walls or mine. As for where you are assigned, it's all random, depending on the need."
As long as he handed over the person, he would have completed the mission.
"Random, that means it can be manipulated."
Li Rong reminded: "Generally speaking, families are not allowed to live together. They will be dispersed and distributed to various townships and pavilions."
This is to facilitate management and prevent people from gathering together to cause trouble.
"The family always stays together, right?"
"That depends on the situation."
“Is there any business here?”
Li Rong and Liu Mingjie both shook their heads. Liu Mingjie had only been to the wilderness once to deliver a prisoner, and had never done business.
"Master Li, please wait for a moment. I want to ask how much saltpeter costs in Yongxing City."
Xu Wenrong knew that she wanted to make ice, so he said, "There is a saltpeter mine in the mountains over in Boluo County. Sister, the most urgent thing is to treat malaria."
Lingnan is a land of smog and miasma. The whole area has a hot and humid climate, and there are many mountains and forests. Mosquitoes are rampant and malaria frequently visits.
At present, due to the current medical conditions, most doctors can only say "I tried my best" when encountering malaria, and the patients can only leave it to fate.
Xie Yanyan didn't say anything else. He closed his eyes and collected all the saltpeter in Yongxing City. The price was based on the original price he bought it in other counties and towns.
After all, saltpeter ore is not as pure as refined saltpeter, so it cannot be used directly.
The carriage was on the road. Song Lingling was still in confinement, so she was in a separate carriage. Xie Yanyan, Xiao Baozi, and Xie Lingyu were in the double-drive carriage.
She didn't say anything else, leaned against the car wall, closed her eyes and thought.
"Xiaomei, can we exchange it for a malaria detector?"
[Yes. In the 22nd century, various basic disease tests are very simple, and you can be a doctor at home]
“Can medicines for various common diseases be readily available?”
[Exchange is limited to once a day, and the exchange time is limited to 10 minutes]
"Xiao Mei, can you find out where Prince Zhou is now?"
[Do you need to redeem? Once a day, limited to 10 minutes]
There is only one chance a day, it is precious, she should not waste it. Even if Zhou Shaoyu runs to death, it will take another month.
She leaned against the wall of the car to rest. Xiao Baozi and Xie Lingyu were like performing a pantomime, neither of them dared to speak loudly for fear of startling her.
The car was too quiet. When she opened her eyes, she saw Xiao Baozi and Xie Lingyu making gestures to each other.
"What are you two doing?"
"Aunt, are you awake?"
"Sister, we were afraid of waking you up."
"I didn't sleep." Xie Yanyan looked at the two little boys who were bored in the car, so she thought about what to play with them?
She looked around the toy store in the shopping mall and decided that educational chess games were better. Chess and Go were too complicated, and international chess and military chess were too modern, so she decided to try checkers.
Marbles has exactly six corners, which is just right for the three of them to play.
Teach them the rules and Xie Lingyu will learn them quickly.
"Then let's start playing." Xie Lingyu couldn't wait, and he thought it was quite simple.
Xiao Baozi was a little nervous, so Xie Yanyan partnered with Xiao Baozi first. After Xiao Baozi got familiar with the situation, the three of them would kill together.
Xie Yong was sitting on the shaft of the cart. He heard them playing checkers, so he stretched his head to look. On the surface, life seemed peaceful and carefree, and his brother and nephew seemed to be still in the Marquis' Mansion in Kyoto.
He sighed and said, "Sister, I wonder if our family will be separated when we get to Boluo County?"
Xie Yanyan paused, Xiao Baozi and Xie Lingyu also stopped, with panic in their eyes.
"I don't want to be separated from my aunt." The little boy's eyes were suddenly filled with tears. He stopped playing checkers and leaned into her arms, crying, "I want to be with my aunt, I want to be with my grandfather, I want to be with my parents, my uncle, and my sister..."
Xie Lingyu's eyes also turned red: "Sister"
Xie Yanyan touched the little bun's head and said, "Don't worry, our family will definitely not be separated, and no one will be missing."
The journey south was smooth sailing. When we were almost reaching Chencheng, it was already the fifth day and the sky finally cleared up.
A fast horse came towards us.
Seeing their team, the other side slowed down, and the horseman stopped his horse and shouted in surprise: "Master Xu, thank you, General."
Then Xu Wenrong smiled and replied, "What a coincidence!"
Xie Anfeng also stopped the carriage, turned around and said to Xie Yanyan: "Yan'er, it's Zhou Tu."
Xie Yanyan opened the curtain and saw Zhou Tu jump off the horse and hurriedly hand Xie Yanyan a "letter".
The letter was in a small paper tube rolled up very small and tightly.
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