"How could he dare send people back to Luzhou? Just the journey would probably cause a number of people to die of thirst."
Hearing that the Third Prince had not sent the refugees back, Ji Yanwen breathed a sigh of relief.
"That's good. If the rain prayer fails, at least there won't be any chaos."
Otherwise, if the refugees are repatriated and the rain prayer fails, who knows what kind of trouble might arise.
Unbeknownst to the two, while they were relieved that the Third Prince had not sent the refugees back, the refugees in Luzhou had already received news that the Third Prince had brought a Taoist hermit to perform a ritual to pray for rain. At this moment, the refugees scattered in Yingzhou and other states were gathering in the direction of Luzhou.
Of course, these things had nothing to do with Jiang Bai.
After nightfall, she exchanged a few words with Jiang Lu as usual, and then sneaked into Pingshan under cover of darkness.
The family didn't have an easy time selling the old house back then.
After all, their family, including Wang, had four respectable wives.
In this situation, obtaining a contract of indenture is not something that can be achieved through ordinary means.
But she couldn't stand Wang and his family causing trouble, so she found Li Laoda through the beggars in the county town.
He was a broker, and he also kept a group of people under his command. He also had some connections in the county government.
She spent a full one hundred taels of silver to get this matter done.
It's not that Li Laoda pocketed all the money, but rather that if you need to get things done at the county government, you can't get anything done without bribing them.
Li Laoda had connections and money, which enabled him to handle the matter perfectly. He also didn't let things fall apart afterward, which made Jiang Bai realize the importance of having his own people on his side.
Returning to the location of the stone gate, Jiang Bai used the key to open it, took out the blank book and abacus he had prepared, and began registering and counting inside the stone gate.
If you want to support people, how can you not know how much money you have?
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