Through the troubled times and famine, I just want to farm peacefully

The person who came to deliver the goods this time was the merchant's manager. After seeing that the group of vicious criminals were beaten away by Yun Mo and his men, he carefully stood up from the mule cart.

Yun Ye stepped forward and bowed to the steward, "Steward, I'm sorry to make you nervous. Please go inside and have a cup of tea to calm your nerves."

The steward returned the gift, looking like he had just survived a disaster, and said, "Fortunately, there was no food or anything like that in the cargo we transported this time, otherwise they would have eaten it all up long ago."

The side door of the city gate opened and dozens of young and middle-aged men came out.

They helped to reload the overturned cargo, put on the ropes, and followed Yunye to pull the car into the city through the side door.

When the mule cart had almost gone, the refugees following behind came forward and knelt down in front of the Yun Mo brothers.

"Please be kind, sir, and take us in!"

Yun Mo frowned and looked at the steward, "Steward, who are they?"

The manager sighed and told the origins of these refugees and the various oppressions they had suffered on the road.

"Aren't they in the same group?"

The danger was over, and Lin Yinan slowly walked down from the city wall.

The steward nodded, "No, most of them came from Yongqing City."

Lin Yinan was even more confused when he heard this. "Since you arrived in Yongqing City first, why didn't you settle down there? Why did you go all the way to Longtan County?"

An older man in the team stepped forward and said, "We were originally in Shigong City. The Shi family there used their power to rent us land to farm, but they actually wanted to turn us into their private slaves."

As soon as the man finished speaking, a younger man covered his face and cried bitterly, "My brother's family was deceived into becoming private slaves. They worked day and night and endured hunger. My niece, who just turned thirteen and was very pretty, was taken away to be a concubine of the young master. My niece was very stubborn and refused to obey, so they tortured her to death."

"They were not satisfied even after their niece died, so they beat my brother's family to death."

"What is a private slave?" Lin Yinan looked at Yun Mo and asked in confusion.

Yun Mo took a deep breath and said, "Private slaves are illegal residents without household registration."

"We don't keep idle people here!" Lin Yinan said lightly. She did not relax her requirements because of their miserable experience.

When the refugees heard this, they seemed to see the dawn of hope and expressed their opinions one after another.

"We can do anything as long as we have a place to live and food to eat."

"Yes, yes! We can do anything except being private slaves!"

“I can farm and raise livestock.”

"I have read books and can read."

"I can do arithmetic."

Listening to the refugees' chattering, Lin Yinan felt her head buzzing and she pinched her eyebrows with her hands.

Seeing this, Yun Mo hurriedly waved to everyone.

"Everyone, be quiet!"

"How many people are there here?" Lin Yinan asked.

At this time, the man who said he could do arithmetic came out and bowed directly to Lin Yinan, "Can you give me a quarter of an hour?"

Lin Yinan nodded.

So the man took out a booklet and a small blackened wooden stick from his arms, and walked among the refugees, asking questions and taking notes very seriously.

"This guy is good!" Lian Yunmo couldn't help but nod in praise.

Lin Yinan glanced at the crowd, and many people lowered their heads quickly.

Although they were very curious about why this beautiful woman with a big belly was in charge, the man was also very powerful when he was fighting those bandits just now.

But they had just arrived and did not dare to ask.

Yun Mo was very satisfied with the crowd's reaction, and his expression softened a lot. "How do you plan to place them?"

Lin Yinan had a rough idea in his mind, and would make a detailed plan when he returned home in the evening.

"Let's go back and have another meeting to discuss this tonight."

"Okay, it's up to you."

A quarter of an hour passed quickly, and the man returned to the two of them and opened the booklet in his hand.

He said calmly, "There are a total of 720 people staying here, from 150 households, 385 men aged 15 to 40, 260 women, 23 children over 10 years old, 15 under 10 years old, 7 under 5 years old, and 30 elderly people. Most of the people are from three villages, and their surnames are Zeng, Guan, and Pan."

Lin Yinan was surprised when he heard this. This person was not only efficient, but also organized.

"What's your name?"

Pan Qingfeng said politely, "I am Pan Qingfeng."

"What did you do before?" Lin Yinan became interested in him as soon as he heard his name.

Pan Qingfeng, "I used to be the shopkeeper in a restaurant."

Lin Yinan looked him up and down, and couldn't believe that he would be the manager of a restaurant.

"Can you give me your headcount?"

"Of course." Pan Qingfeng quickly handed over the booklet with both hands.

Lin Yinan glanced at the neat handwriting on the booklet and thought that this person should be able to recognize more than just a few words.

"It's getting late today, so you guys should just rest where you are. I'll talk to you about how to arrange your stay tomorrow morning. What do you think?"

Refugee, you look at me, I look at you, and then nod.

"We will follow Madam's arrangements."

"I have another task for you." Lin Yinan turned and looked at Pan Qingfeng.

"It's all up to Madam."

After talking for such a long time and seeing that Yun Mo didn't say anything, Pan Qingfeng knew that the person really in charge was Lin Yinan, and his attitude became more respectful.

Lin Yinan took out a new booklet from his sleeve and handed it to him.

"You should register the family members of each household in this booklet. The more detailed the better."

Pan Qingfeng took the booklet, bowed and said, "I will definitely fulfill my mission."

The couple and the secret guards returned to the city under the gaze of everyone.

Until the city gate was closed again, the refugees surrounded Pan Qingfeng.

"Brother Feng, can you trust what this lady says?"

"Why doesn't the man next to her speak? Is this city ruled by women?" some people speculated.

A woman immediately retorted, "What's wrong with women being in charge? Isn't your wife the head of your family?"

Pan Qingfeng waved his hand at everyone, "While it's still early, let's register the situation of each family so that we can report to the task tomorrow."

"After the registration is completed, will we be allocated land?"

"The city walls are so high, the houses inside must be very grand, right?"

Pan Qingfeng suddenly felt tired and didn't want to talk anymore. He carefully wrote down his family's situation first.

In the evening, Lin Yinan once again summoned the leaders of the small teams to the county government office for a meeting.

When everyone heard that there were more than 700 people outside, they became worried.

"What, there are more people than us? If we let them into the city, what shall we do if they rebel?" The clan leader was the first to jump out and object.

The village chief also said slowly, "An Nan, it's hard to manage when there are too many people."

Lin Yinan looked at his eldest brother.

"Brother, what do you think?"

Lin Yiheng fiddled with the abacus with his slender fingers. He glanced at the clan leader and said, "I think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. If Longtan County is to develop, we won't be able to rely on just the number of people we have."