Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

Don’t think that they are just refugees. Anyone with eyes can see how familiar Dr. Qiao and Dr. Li are with these refugees.

There are also two little kids who call Doctor Li "Master". Their relationship is like 'once a teacher, always a father', which is very strong.

But I have to say that having someone to help you with your work is not only convenient and quick but also smoother.

Just look at the city gate. The officials who are responsible for recording are sitting in front of the table, leaning back in their chairs arrogantly. In front of the table is a pen holder that is 60cm long and 42cm high. Five different colored signs are hung on the hooks on the horizontal bar. It seems that they are for display purposes because only one sign of each color is hung.

The different colored signs corresponded to the different fates of the refugees. Some were overjoyed after receiving the signs, some had sad faces, and some even cried and screamed and were dragged away by the soldiers guarding nearby.

When Captain Wu led the Lin family's troops over, they happened to see a man being ruthlessly stabbed to death by two solemn-looking soldiers.

The man howled with a dry throat, causing the refugees around him who had witnessed the whole process to shrink their necks. Not to mention coming forward to help, they didn't even dare to look at him, and could only glance at him from the corner of their eyes from time to time.

This was also to prevent the man from struggling and dancing close to them, so they had to avoid him as quickly as possible, for fear that if they were even slightly touched, they would be mistaken for the man's companion by the officials and be stabbed along with him.

The Lin family members felt mixed emotions as they watched the tragic scene of the man being dragged away by the officers and soldiers. They thought that if the two doctors had not spoken out to stop them, their fate would have been similar to that man's...

As for helping the man, forget it. They were just relying on the two doctors, so what qualifications did they have to help others?

The officials in charge of recording looked strange when they saw Captain Wu coming with a group of people to cut in line.

Normally Captain Wu didn't take care of things much. He would only take a look when the refugees gathered to make trouble. Then he would shout at the soldiers he brought with him, asking them to settle the matter quickly and not to hesitate like women.

But this time he actually brought people to cut in line to do his work. He saw the noise over there just now, but he just thought it was just a group of troublemakers coming and didn't take it too seriously.

But at this moment, Captain Wu actually personally led the people over. Judging from his attitude, he seemed to be... respectful. The official in charge of recording couldn't help but think twice. When the people came closer, he immediately put on a friendly smile and asked, "Master Captain, who are these people?"

"What are you talking about? Stop talking nonsense. Give me a sign to settle down and a better piece of land."

Ga?

The official in charge of recording almost thought he was hallucinating. He looked at the long line of people behind Captain Wu. So many people... all settled down? And they even took a good piece of land? ?

Captain Wu's voice was quite loud, and not only the refugees who had been staring at them angrily were surprised, but even the Lin family members were stunned when they heard Captain Wu's words.

This... they're settling down right now? They haven't made up their mind yet...

I'm not being pretentious, but the matter suddenly jumped to the issue of settling down, as if a pie suddenly fell from the sky, leaving them a little confused for a moment.

The official in charge of recording wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, stretched out his hand to pull Captain Wu aside and talk in a low voice.

Lin Xiaoyue and her companions could not hear what the two officials said specifically, but they were still startled and immediately turned their inquiring eyes to the two doctors.

Doctor Li and Doctor Qiao knew what these people meant, and they were asking them if they could take the pie.

The two doctors had expected this to happen since their identities were exposed, but these were nothing to them, just a matter of course. If they wanted to settle down in Yongzhou, then they could do so, it was no big deal.

With the doctors' permission, everyone felt relieved. Except for Shopkeeper Luo's family who were still hesitant, everyone else hoped to settle the matter.

If they could settle down in Yongzhou and no longer have to live a life of hard work and homelessness, then for them, going to the imperial city or not would not be a big deal.

However, something that made them struggle soon arose again.

As for the matter of settling down, except for Lin Xiaoyue and a few other children who didn't understand, everyone else knew that they had to pay a corresponding amount of money to re-arrange their household registration. As for how much money to pay, it depended on which county, town, or village under Yongzhou's jurisdiction they settled down in.

Lin Xiaoyue didn't understand why everyone suddenly started talking about money. After asking, she found out the whole story.

Of course, there is no way to settle down in the main city. Just like the modern Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, it is as difficult as climbing to the sky to settle down.

Yongzhou had nine counties, seventy-two towns, and even villages under its jurisdiction, and each province had to pay different amounts of household registration silver based on the region.

Of course, there are also villages that do not require paying household registration fees, but it is almost the same as choosing to open up wasteland at the state border, with few development opportunities and relatively poor areas.

Of course, although those places are remote and deserted, there are actually many poor refugees or prisoners sentenced to exile from the imperial city. Most of them will be assigned to those poor and mixed places.

Everyone had money they had obtained from the bandits' lair, plus their own savings, so they still had more than 100 or 80 taels in total.

If these were in the old villages, they would be considered the richest families. But considering the frequent natural disasters and man-made disasters in various places, I don't know how much the settlement fee will increase.

While everyone was discussing, the Luo family was also struggling over whether to settle down first. After a while, when the weather was calm and the road was not so dangerous, they would find an escort agency to take them to Jiangnan, to their daughter-in-law's hometown, to settle down completely.

Captain Wu and the official in charge of recording talked for a long time, and when they came back, they had almost finished the discussion.

This time, the official in charge of recording looked at them differently, but after all, there were refugees all around, so he didn't behave too abnormally. He just cleared his throat and took out a list in a businesslike manner. The list listed the household registration fees for settling in Yongzhou City and its nine counties, 72 towns and villages.

Although the head of the village had no official title, he was still a village official and could recognize some simple words.

Moreover, Doctor Li, Doctor Qiao, Chun Xing, Shopkeeper Luo and others in the team were all literate, so in the end Chun Xing explained the registration fees on the list to everyone.

If one wanted to settle down in Yongzhou City, each person had to pay a settlement fee of three hundred taels of silver and also had to have a guarantor with a local household registration in the city.

In the nine counties under its jurisdiction, each person needs one hundred taels of silver.

In the seventy-two counties and larger towns, the amount ranges from thirty to fifty taels.