Chapter 78 Arrival at Northwest City
These towns are not built between two mountains like Xichuan County, and have only two gates for entry and exit.
If either the South Gate or the West Gate is closed, it would be like one man blocking the way for ten thousand, and it would be difficult to attack the city.
It's even more difficult now. If someone really wants to cause trouble, the battle-hardened General Yun is stationed there with 5,000 troops.
When she left, Su Yue left fifty horses for them. Within a month, those wild horses grew to be extremely strong and even somewhat intelligent.
Even if two armies were facing each other, they would not fight over these towns, as they would just be a burden.
It took the group twenty days to reach Northwest City.
Northwest City is the county seat of Northwest County, and the entire Northwest County is under the jurisdiction of Northwest City.
The city wall of Northwest City could be seen from afar. Su Yue released her mental power and scanned the area, and she had a clear understanding of the situation there.
Northwest City is worthy of being a county town. Unlike other places that are desolate everywhere, it is extremely prosperous here. The drought seems to have no effect here.
The city gate is bustling with people coming and going.
The only thing that spoiled the mood was that there were still a lot of refugees gathered outside the city gate.
Looking around, there were at least hundreds of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of refugees from all over the northwestern county, all gathered on the plain five miles outside the city.
It has become a small county town, except that all the residences are sheds.
A real shanty town.
The refugees living here were dressed in completely different clothes from those entering and leaving the city. They were dressed like beggars, and everyone was starving. There was a longing for the city in everyone's eyes.
When they passed by there, the refugees' eyes almost popped out and they stared at them hungrily, as if they were fat sheep.
If it weren't for the soldiers guarding the place, all the refugees would have rushed forward.
Su Yue concluded from the refugees' conversations that the reason why the refugees here did not dare to riot and stayed here obediently was, firstly, someone came out to distribute porridge every few days in the Northwest City and allowed the refugees to enter the city to buy some things every day; secondly, there were people in the city who hired refugees; and thirdly, there were soldiers guarding the Northwest City, so the refugees did not dare to riot.
With the above three points, the refugees will not take risks as long as they can survive. After all, many people are afraid of death.
But after distributing porridge for several months, with so many refugees, it is now a drop in the bucket. Many refugees are thinking of other solutions.
Qin led the way, looking at the northwest city, and immediately asked, "Fourth Master, Miss, shall we go into the city?"
You don’t have to go into the city to reach your destination, just walk along the official road at the city gate.
"Go into the city, why not?" Murong Li curled his lips. That master must be living in this northwest city, otherwise why would there be soldiers guarding everywhere.
I think that in Northwest County, only Northwest City has a relatively normal life, and that person will not go anywhere else.
"Okay, let's go into the city." Leader Qin waved his hand and led the team to the city gate.
Before they reached the city gate, a group of soldiers blocked their way.
"Where are you from? Please show your proof before you can enter the city." The leading officer drew his sword and swept it over and over at Qin and his men.
The leader Qin was wearing a police uniform and was from the government office, so the officers and soldiers in charge did not dare to act recklessly.
Leader Qin immediately took out the official document and handed it to the leading officer. The leading officer read the document and looked at it strangely. He returned the document to Leader Qin, waved to him, and let him go.
Leader Qin collected the official documents and led the team into the city.
The leading officer immediately pulled another officer over and whispered something in his ear, and the officer immediately ran into the city.
The leading officer looked at the group of people going away with a pair of fierce eyes, thinking in his heart that this was not escorting prisoners, but protecting dignitaries.
After Qin led the team into the city, he went straight to an inn and asked everyone to wash up and rest for a night.
We have been sleeping outdoors in the mountains and wilderness for more than 20 days. Even the strongest person can't endure it.
This time Su Yue lived in a room by herself, and she could finally enter the space to have a good meal and sleep.
Along the way, she and Murong Li never slept a wink at night, for fear that someone would attack them.
As they expected, several waves of people came to attack, but they were all killed by her mental attacks.
Others were taken care of by Murong Li's secret guards, otherwise it would not have been so easy to reach Northwest City.
Su Yue hadn't entered the space yet when there was a knock on the door. She opened the door and saw that it was Murong Li.
"Don't you need to rest?"
Su Yue asked as she let him in and closed the door.
Murong Li: "I'd better sleep in my bed."
"I'll move your bed out for you later."
"Don't."
After moving out, he no longer had any excuse to be alone with her.
Su Yue thought he was afraid of being discovered, so she said, "Forget it then. You didn't come here to sleep, did you? Are you planning something tonight?"
Murong Li nodded and lay down on the bed without any hesitation. He smiled and said, "Yuer really understands me. When I come to someone's place, I have to pay them a visit, right?"
Su Yue rolled her eyes at him and visited him secretly at night.
"You want to check on that batch of grain, right?"
Murong Li looked a little tired. He yawned and said, "Well, let's see where they put it. They definitely won't use it to help the refugees."
If he found a place where grain was hidden, he would not hesitate to collect it for the refugees.
His supplies were supposed to arrive faster than the disaster relief grain from the imperial court, but he didn't expect that there would be a grain robbery incident and the incident with Yue'er's space, so it was not so urgent anymore.
Su Yue nodded. Seeing that he was indeed tired and had to take action at night, the two of them came to the space, washed up, and went to bed.
At the same time, the emperor received an express message, which was about the disaster relief grain and silver being withheld.
He was furious and immediately summoned the ministers to the imperial study to see who should be sent to retrieve the relief grain and silver.
It is impossible to ask him to send out another batch. Where is the silver? He can send out another batch of grain, but if something happens in the future, he will have a headache.
It’s okay if you lose the money, you can still find a way.
Like this time, if we ask merchants to donate money and grain, there will be silver in the national treasury.
But food can only be produced if it grows from the ground, and it cannot be harvested in a day or two.
So at certain times, food is more important than silver.
If something happens again, we can't let others eat our money.
When the ministers heard the news, they were all furious, but no one was willing to petition to recover the relief grain.
At this time, Murong Yi volunteered, "Father, please let me go. I will definitely catch those thieves and recover the grain and silver."
This time, the prince did not argue with him. It was not because he did not want to argue, but because he could not leave the capital. Once there was any change in the capital, he would regret it.
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