Su Xiaozhong put down his brush and stretched his arms. He felt sore all over. He didn't feel it when he picked up the brush to paint, but when he put the brush down, the fatigue and soreness came over him.
Su Yin compared the two maps to the point where they were indistinguishable from the real ones.
Even if put together, they are completely indistinguishable.
"Wait until the ink is dry, then roll it up and put it back under the car."
"good."
"Dad, go to bed and rest for a while."
Su Xiaozhong was indeed tired, and waved at her, "I'll take a nap first, call me when it's time to leave."
"good."
As Su Yin left the room, the door of the next room opened and Su's mother walked out.
"mother."
Mother Su glanced behind her and asked, "Where's your father?"
"Just went to bed."
Su's mother didn't ask the father and daughter what they were doing all night. There must be something important, otherwise they wouldn't have stayed up so late.
"You didn't sleep all night either?"
"I'm fine. The one who worked hard last night was my father."
Mother Su pushed Su Yin into the room and said, "You are tired too. Go to the room and take a nap. I will call you when we are ready to leave."
"I'm fine."
According to the past, they would set out at 15:00 on the morning hour, but because they were staying in an inn, they would be able to reach Shangjing City today. Everyone was not in a hurry and there was no need to set out so early, so they postponed their departure until after 12:00 on the morning hour.
There were many people leaving the city in the morning, most of them were traveling merchants, all of whom were rushing to arrive in Shangjing City today.
"In other cities, there are so many people going out so early, but here. It's really different when we arrive in Shangjing City." Su Baozhu sat in the carriage, lifted a corner of the curtain, and looked at the long queue in front and behind.
"Shangjing City is at the foot of the emperor, so naturally there are many people doing business there."
After leaving the city, we walked along the official road. The number of vehicles and horses passing by on the road increased day by day, and occasionally there were scattered refugees.
Whenever a horse-drawn carriage passed by, these refugees would come to the carriage with broken bowls and beg.
Most of the convoys were driven away, and occasionally a few people would throw a few cakes out of the car.
Su Yin saw all of this.
There are very few refugees fleeing to Shangjing City now, and some of them are people who had passed through that area before the outbreak of the plague.
No wonder the plague did not affect the people of Shangjing City after the city was sealed off early in the previous life.
At 13:00, the group from Xinghua Village arrived at Shangjing City. From afar, they could see towering city walls standing in front of them, and a 20-meter-wide moat in front of the city gate, firmly guarding this ancient city.
Before the team reached the city gate, there was already a long line in front of it.
The people in Xinghua Village looked curiously at the towering city wall not far away, as if they could never see enough.
"This city wall is so high and big!" Su Baozhu looked up and then looked around.
Near the city gate, there are small stalls and vendors everywhere, and the sounds of hawking are endless.
"It's so busy outside the city, there are so many people doing small businesses."
Su Yin also observed the capital of the Dayong Dynasty and the people in the capital. The clothes they wore were obviously much better than those of the people in other prefectures and counties.
"Dad, is there usually such a long queue at the city gate?"
"There are more people in the morning, and a lot more in the afternoon. But there are more people leaving the city."
They were lined up in a procession of carriages and horses. The inspection of people on this side was a little slower than that of others. Su Yin clearly saw that many servants would bribe the soldiers guarding the city during the inspection.
Faced with this situation, Su Yin and others were no longer surprised.
"Dad, can you please ask if there is an office that resettles refugees?"
"Okay, got it."
When it was the turn of the people from Xinghua Village, each family handed over the prepared household registration and one or two coins to the soldiers guarding the city. The other side was very satisfied with their tact.
I opened the household registration and was surprised to see that they were from Meizhou.
"Meizhou, is it far enough? What are you doing in Shangjing City?" The soldier held the household registration certificate and looked at Su Xiaozhong.
Su Xiaozhong sighed helplessly, "I'm going to seek refuge with my relatives. Meizhou is in chaos, and I dare not stay there any longer. I have no choice but to abandon my family business and come to Beijing to seek refuge with my relatives."
The mobs in Yunzhou and other places spread to Yuzhou and Meizhou, and the soldiers had all heard about this.
Hearing what he said at this time, I didn't say anything.
"Sir, I have a question. Is there a place to accommodate refugees in the city?"
The soldier raised his eyebrows. "There aren't many refugees coming to Shangjing City, so how could there be such a place? I think you guys are not in trouble either."
Su Xiaozhong smiled bitterly and sighed, "Except for the carriage, everything else is...ah."
The soldier did not comment and looked towards the carriage, "Who's in the carriage?"
"They are all family members."
"Take a look."
Su Xiaozhong quickly agreed and lifted the car curtain.
The soldier looked out and saw three female family members. He then roughly checked the carriage, closed the household registration certificate and handed it back to Su Xiaozhong.
"After entering the city, don't cause trouble," the soldier warned.
"No, no." Su Xiaozhong assured repeatedly.
Their family passed the inspection smoothly, and the families in the queue behind them saw this and felt a little relieved.
After all, the household registration certificates they had were all fake.
If they were found out, they would all be sent to jail.
Although they had been checked by soldiers before entering the county town and no one had noticed, they were now facing soldiers from Shangjing City. In the eyes of the people of Xinghua Village, the guards of Shangjing City must be more powerful and more vicious than those in small places.
Now that I see that Su Yin and the others are fine, I feel a lot more relieved.
The soldier guarding the city looked at the same household registration certificate, and then saw that the people lined up behind him all had horse-drawn carriages. He immediately labeled the people of Xinghua Village as wealthy.
In the same place, some wealthy people fled together.
After checking four or five families in succession, it was the turn of the next family. The other party only took a look at the household registration certificate and let them go. The speed was surprisingly fast.
All fifteen families entered Shangjing City. When the carriage drove into Shangjing City, the bustling scene once again dazzled the people who came from small places. The children and women in the carriage lifted the curtains and looked around the streets curiously.
The same went for the men driving the carriages, which made crisp clattering sounds as they drove on the bluestone slabs.
The prices in Shangjing City are high, so this time Su Xiaozhong did not take his people to a mid-range inn, but to an affordable foot shop.
Thanks to Su Xiaozhong, they were able to save themselves a lot of trouble.
Carriages stopped in front of the foot shop. Upon hearing the noise, the shop assistants hurried out and offered warm welcome.
"Would you like to stay overnight or stay in the hotel?"
"Stay in a hotel."
The waiter's eyes lit up when he heard this. He glanced at the number of carriages outside and shouted into the store, "Boss, we have a distinguished guest who wants to stay at our store."
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