On the way to escape from natural disasters: She went crazy with space

The victims who were standing outside the city waiting to enter the city looked at each other in surprise when they saw a prefect suddenly appear!

Haven't realized what's going on yet?

Then the prefect said a lot of things to them.

Fortunately, the Yan Dynasty had already unified the language. Although the prefect's words were more literary and the tone was sharper than their southern language, the meaning was not difficult to understand!

It’s simply that Chongzhou City cannot accommodate so many disaster victims for the time being, so they can only be allowed to live in refugee camps temporarily, and the food they eat will also be provided by them!

After all the disaster victims carefully savored the governor's words, they were all shocked!

They traveled thousands of miles from the south to the north, and it took almost a year to reach Chongzhou City!

However, the governor of the city told them that there was no place to accommodate them!

What nonsense is this?

Is it because there is no place to resettle them, or do they simply not want to resettle them?

There are so many disaster victims in the south, and they all come to Chongzhou City to settle down. Didn't Chongzhou City already have a number of how many houses to build and how much land to provide for them to cultivate?

Maybe the city couldn't provide so much at once, but it took them almost a year to get there.

One year should be enough time for Chongzhou City to make all preparations to accept them, right?

All the victims understood what the governor meant, but no one moved to walk out of the city.

Upon seeing this, the prefect's gentle gaze suddenly turned a little colder, and his tone also became different from before.

"If you don't move, do you have anything else to ask me?"

Just now the prefect respectfully addressed the victims as fellow villagers, but now he has omitted the word "fellow villagers" and even called himself "this official". It is obvious that if any victim dares to say anything, he will attack them!

However, the victims still ignored his authority and sent a man named Xie Donglin, who was about 40 years old, to represent them in the response.

Xie Donglin stood out from the group of disaster victims, looked into the eyes of the governor, and asked bluntly:

"Sir, we do have something to ask you. When will the court provide us with a house to settle down? And when will the dry land be allocated to us?"

They traveled a long way from the south and took almost a year to get to the north, but they did not want to live in a refugee camp. They would never move into a refugee camp easily without a response from the court.

Upon hearing this, Governor Gong Yahui looked at Xie Donglin solemnly, as if he wanted to see something in Xie Donglin's eyes.

However, after Xie Donglin finished speaking, he straightened his back, stood there calmly, without revealing any unnecessary expression!

Gong Yahui retracted his gaze, put his hands behind his back, and sighed:

"Alas, the two questions you asked are what I have been worried about. I have also been writing letters to the court, asking them to issue the regular silver, but every time the court replied to me, they said they were doing it as soon as possible."

"Ten days before you arrived at Chongzhou City, I once again sent a letter to the court reporting the situation in Chongzhou City. I also specifically mentioned that you were about to arrive in Chongzhou City. I believe the court will see this and will definitely make a decision. The court's reply is expected to arrive in a few days. When the time comes, I will come back to tell you the reply. Do you think it is feasible?"

Gong Yahui's words seemed to have been trained for a long time.

It can be said that it covers all aspects and the answer is flawless!

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What Gong Yahui meant was that he had long wanted to build houses to accommodate the disaster victims, but the imperial court had never given him the money, so he was unable to do so.

What a great saying: I have the will but not the ability. It clears myself of all blame.

Xie Donglin did not reply to the governor immediately. He just turned his head and glanced at the victims behind him. He saw unwavering determination in their eyes.

Xie Donglin immediately straightened his face and said in the same tone as before:

"Since the imperial court's reply will arrive in a few days, we will wait here until the imperial court's reply arrives completely before going to the refugee camp."

When Gong Yahui heard that they were not going to the refugee camp immediately, his face changed, "How can this be possible?"

Xie Donglin saw his expression and blurted out, "May I ask, sir, why not?"

Gong Yahui took a deep breath and shouted:

"If you don't go to the refugee camp, do you know what this means? It means that you are all barbarians. The imperial court can kill barbarians on the spot. Now you have come to the state capital under my jurisdiction. If you don't obey my orders, I have the right to kill you right here!"

Xie Donglin knew that Governor Gong was not joking with them, but how could they be joking? They just wanted to fight for their rights.

Xie Donglin once again continued as a representative: "We are not some kind of fierce people. None of us have weapons, and we have never fought with anyone, let alone the governor and other officials!"

"How could we be called 'violent people'? We will stay near the city gate until we receive a reply from the court. We will not go there even if we starve to death."

Gong Yahui was so angry that he almost died, "You...you better not refuse my toast and drink the forfeit wine!"

Xie Donglin was not afraid of death and continued to reply calmly, "To answer your question, Lord Governor, we never drink!"

Gong Yahui had a stern face, and his official robe was even darker than his face. He waved his wide sleeves, revealing a pair of large hands with distinct joints, and then he walked away.

"If you don't want to drink a toast, then you can just wait. You must eat and sleep well in the next few days. If anyone dies in the next few days, I will not bear any responsibility!"

As Gong Yahui said this, he had already walked to the city gate. He called back the two black-armored soldiers outside and closed the heavy city gate!

The gate of Chongzhou City is made of copper and iron. It is very heavy and requires the combined efforts of four people to close it!

With a heavy "creak" sound, the door closed tightly, isolating everything outside!

Gong Yahui returned to the city, and Xie Donglin's calm demeanor finally changed. Suddenly, his face turned completely pale, and his legs were shaking rapidly. He needed two people to support him before he could walk back to the crowd!

Everyone surrounded him and praised him for his bravery.

It took a long while for Xie Donglin to slowly return to normal from his conversation with Gong Yahui!

This was the first time he had the guts to talk to the official so boldly. It would be a lie to say he was not afraid!

He was so scared that he almost fell to his knees. It was the support of countless disaster victims behind him that allowed him to stay calm!

Xie Donglin stood up, pushed away the two victims who were supporting him, and said to everyone:

"Although the governor has let us wait, I still feel that this matter will not be that simple. We still need to be on guard at all times. Everyone should not stay nearby. Let's go into the mountains and wait for the imperial court's order before we come back!"