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During the next few days of the journey, Xie Songlin kept thinking about the team's progress. Before, everyone had gone their own way, forming a long, scattered team with no apparent order.

All the counties and prefectures encountered along the way were accepting refugees. Xiejia Village was not very big, and there were only fifty or sixty families left among those who had set out with Xie Songlin. Along the way, some families felt that the local environment was good and their lives could be stable when they passed through other counties and prefectures, so they simply settled down there and did not plan to continue following the main force to the capital.

After the thrilling experience of Xie Zhang being kidnapped, Xie Songlin realized that he could no longer travel in such a loose manner, so Xie Songlin began to redistribute the team. The leaders were naturally still their family, and the end of the team was replaced by some strong young men. They were asked to guard the end of the team so that they could respond quickly if there was any disturbance at the back. As for the middle of the team, relatively vulnerable groups such as the elderly, the weak, women and children were arranged. In this way, there were people taking care of them in front and behind, and their safety could be guaranteed to the greatest extent.

During the journey, Xie Lin and Xie Yong found a new target to pester. No matter whether they were traveling during the day or taking a break, they always followed Xie Ning closely like two little followers.

Xie Ning was not a talkative person. Most of the time when facing the two of them, he would just nod or respond briefly.

When it was time to rest at night, Xie Lin and the others were even more enthusiastic about inviting Xie Ning to sleep in the tent with them. Xie Ning was not really used to such a close way of getting along with others. He was always used to keeping a distance from others. He felt that when he asked Xie Songlin to follow him, it was probably the most unlikeable time in his life.

So when faced with Xie Lin and the others' enthusiastic invitations, Xie Ning always refused. After they all went into the tent to rest, he would find a thick tree trunk nearby to lean against. Although he seemed to be resting, his ears were actually always paying attention to the movements around him.

He leaned quietly against the tree trunk, as if he had merged into the darkness. Sometimes when Xie Wanxing woke up in the middle of the night and looked out through the gap in the tent, he could see Xie Ning's figure leaning against the tree trunk.

Finally, after about two months, Xie Songlin and everyone finally arrived in Zhongzhou. This place was not yet completely within the territory of the capital. Since most people in the team had no means of transportation and could only walk step by step on foot, the overall marching speed had to take into account the speed of most people and could not walk too fast.

Xie Songlin planned to find a place to settle down nearby. He knew very well that he had no intention of living at the foot of the imperial city.

Throughout history, houses in the capital must have been extremely expensive. Although he has some money now, it is really just a small amount of money. It is basically impossible for him to buy a house in the capital.

What's more, Xie Songlin brought a whole village with him. They were all ordinary people who had traveled a long way to the capital. They had almost no savings and could be said to be penniless. They could only pin their hopes on the relevant arrangements for receiving refugees and see how houses and land were allocated there. After all, they were now also a group of displaced people.

Xie Songlin stood not far from Shou'an City, looking ahead with a slightly solemn expression. Their huge army had traveled all the way here and was already exhausted. They all hoped to enter the city smoothly and settle down.

Shou'an City, the first city upon entering Zhongzhou, was densely packed at the city gates, a surging sea of people, the sounds of noise and shouting intertwined. These were refugees awaiting resettlement, most of them with their families. Compared to the people queuing at the gates, the number of people entering the city was very small.

Xie Songlin thought to himself that the rules for accepting refugees near the capital seemed to be much stricter than in other places.

Xie Songlin frowned slightly and cast his gaze towards the area on the side of the city gate where a large crowd was gathered. He could vaguely see a notice posted there. He turned to the people behind him and said, "There seems to be a notice posted over there. I'll go take a look first. You wait here for me."

"Dad, I want to go too." Xie Wanxing followed immediately, and Xie Ning also followed Xie Songlin silently.

The crowd was so crowded that everyone stretched their necks, trying hard to see the content of the notice clearly. They were packed tightly together, leaving almost no space for people to pass through.

Xie Songlin said "Excuse me, please let me pass" while carefully pushing away the people in front of him with his arms. Xie Wanxing was still too small and it was too easy to be overlooked in this crowded crowd. Seeing this, Xie Songlin quickly reached out and picked her up. There were so many people coming and going, it would be bad if his daughter was accidentally stepped on by passers-by.

Finally, after some effort, Xie Songlin and Xie Wanxing squeezed to the front of the notice. He was breathing heavily and began to read the contents of the notice carefully.

The general content of the notice is that if you want to enter Wei'an City, you must first register at the city gate, and then wait for evaluation by the officials guarding the city.

If you are extremely lucky, you can become a citizen of the city and be allocated land and property in several cities in Zhongzhou.

But if one is unlucky and falls into the worst situation, he will be assigned to perform corvee labor. Those who perform corvee labor often have to do high-intensity physical work such as building city walls and digging ditches. They are exposed to the wind and sun, have no food to eat, and their lives are extremely difficult.

Of course, if your luck is neither good nor bad, you will be assigned to the official fields outside the capital to farm for officials. Although those who are assigned there do not have as hard a life as corvee labor, their lives are by no means easy. Although they are not slaves in the traditional sense, they have lost the right to freely choose their careers and places of residence to a certain extent, and are subject to the management and constraints of the government.

After reading the notice, Xie Songlin hugged Xie Wanxing and squeezed out of the crowded crowd. As soon as he came out, he took a deep breath of fresh air. It was too stuffy in there just now.

Xie Wanxing was let go. She was a little speechless and said, "Is this a blatant bribe? Whether you can enter the city and become a commoner depends entirely on the assessment of those at the city gate. Aren't the rich and the poor immediately distinguished? If you give a little money, you can enter as a commoner, and if you don't have money, you will be a slave."

Xie Ning also walked out of the crowd. Xie Songlin glanced at him and said, "Go back first and inform everyone about the situation. Then we can discuss it together."

Just as he took a step forward, Xie Wanxing suddenly reached out and grabbed the corner of Xie Songlin's clothes: "Dad, wait a minute."

Xie Songlin stopped and looked down at his daughter with a hint of confusion in his eyes: "What's wrong?"

Xie Wanxing seemed to have suddenly remembered something important and said anxiously, "I was wondering if we had forgotten something just now. My cousin gave us the jade pendant. He told us to show it to the gatekeeper when we entered the city. It should be here, right?"