You confiscated my property, I exiled you, why are you crying when the treasury is empty?

Su Wanning shook her head and lay down, "No."

Is it really just a nightmare?

Thinking of this, he fell asleep again.

I don’t know if it was because they were almost at their destination, but the exile team’s pace on the second day was obviously much faster than before.

In the afternoon, the city gate could already be seen in the distance.

Just wait until you enter the city and register with the government.

But outside the city, the soil is generally sandy, and the trees on the roadside are almost all banyan trees.

Logically speaking, the south should be all paddy fields, but there was not a single one to be seen within a few miles.

It seems that life in Lingnan is much harder than she had imagined.

After walking for a while, Su Wanning felt a thin layer of sweat on her body. She guessed that the temperature would rise after crossing the mountain, so she changed into thin clothes. She felt a little cold just now.

What was even more obvious after crossing the mountain was that there were almost no refugees. To be more precise, there were no people at all.

They walked for almost an hour without encountering anyone.

It was not until she entered the city as the sun set that Su Wanning realized that not only was there no one outside the city, but even the city itself was very empty.

There are not even one-third of the people on the streets of Beijing.

The officer brought the people directly to the government office, registered them briefly, and then left them alone.

After asking, Su Wanning found out that the county magistrate of this city had passed away and the new county magistrate had not arrived yet, so there was no way to register the household registration for the time being.

"Then can we continue south and register our household registration in another city?"

The officer who was packing up looked up and said, "Of course you can. As long as you have the money, you can register in any city you want."

After getting the answer she wanted, Su Wanning didn't linger for long and walked out of the government office directly.

Zhan Beiwang followed Su Wanning directly and found the nearest inn to stay downstairs.

It's getting dark now and I can finally have a good night's sleep.

But before Su Wanning could fall asleep, there was a knock on the door.

When Su Wanning opened the door, she saw Zhan Beiwang standing in front of the door with bedding in his hand. "Aning, I... I'm afraid it might be dangerous at night, you see..."

Su Wanning listened to Zhan Beiwang's words, thought for a moment, and turned around, "Come in."

He closed the door and folded his arms across his chest as he watched Zhan Beiwang spread his bedding on the floor next to the bed. "What? You planning to sleep on the floor?"

"Okay, then you sleep on the floor." Su Wanning was speechless for a moment, then jumped over his bedding and climbed onto the bed.

"Put out the fire and go to sleep!" After Su Wanning finished speaking, Zhan Beiwang walked to the candle, put out the fire, and returned to his bedding under the moonlight outside the window.

When Su Wanning saw Zhan Beiwang like this, she suddenly felt a little angry and turned over to leave Zhan Beiwang with her back.

After lying down, I couldn't fall asleep no matter how much I tossed and turned. I felt a little hot, so I changed my clothes in the moonlight.

He glared at Zhan Beiwang lying on the ground and lay down.

Although Zhan Beiwang had his eyes closed on the ground, the rustling sound of Su Wanning changing clothes still reached his ears, and the image of Su Wanning wearing a suspender before unconsciously emerged in his mind.

His Adam's apple rolled, he took a few deep breaths, and just as he was about to speak, he heard the sound of even breathing from the bed.

Zhan Beiwang sat up, took the blanket beside him and covered Su Wanning with it, then reached out and took Su Wanning's hand and put it in his own.

Gusts of wind blew in from the window. He went over to close the window. Soon it started raining outside and the temperature dropped. When he went back, he turned over and lay down next to Su Wanning, pulling Su Wanning into his arms.

Su Wanning felt the warmth coming from Zhan Beiwang's arms, and the corners of her mouth curled up.

When I woke up the next day, Zhan Beiwang was no longer by my side.

I got up from the bed and looked out. I heard some hawking sounds coming from outside. I opened the window and looked out. There were only a few vendors hawking on the street.

After washing up, I walked out. The lobby of the inn was full of people, most of whom were from the exile team. For a moment, I thought I was still on the road to exile.

Zhan Beiwang saw Su Wanning coming out of the room and went straight to greet her.

"Aning, are you hungry?"

Su Wanning took the bun that Zhan Beiwang handed over and took a bite. "Why are there so many people in the lobby?"

"Those people plan to stay within the jurisdiction of this city. Now there is no way to allocate villages, so they plan to wait here for a few days." Zhan Beiwang opened the kettle and handed it to Su Wanning.

Su Wanning glanced at the people in the hall and asked, "If the county magistrate of this city doesn't take office, do we have to wait any longer?"

"This is the closest city to the mountain, so I thought there might be a glimmer of hope in this city. After all, crops can't be grown in the land here."

"Can't grow it?" Su Wanning stopped and looked at Zhan Beiwang.

"The land here is almost all sandy. Some people have tried to plant crops there, but the final results show that it is not suitable for planting." Zhan Beiwang said seriously.

Su Wanning remembered that they had seen plants in the soil when they entered the city. Since there were plants, crops could definitely be grown. The reason why no crops were grown before must be that the crops were not suitable for growing in such soil.

“I should be able to grow it.”

Zhan Beiwang did not refute, he also believed that Su Wanning could grow it.

Su Wanning went straight to the horse market and asked the vendors on the street about the location of the horse market, and then rushed there.

Fortunately, there were still a lot of horses left, so Su Wanning and Zhan Beiwang bought two carriages each.

Just as Su Wanning was about to leave, she suddenly thought of something and looked at the horse dealers. "I don't think there are many merchants in the city. Why do you have so many horses in your horse market?"

"There are many towns to the south, and all the horses there are purchased from us." The horse dealer said with pride on his face.

"Isn't it said that Lingnan is not suitable for living? Why are there so many towns?"

"It's true that life is not easy, but there are only a few towns. There are also many towns near the ocean that are very wealthy. They all make a living by fishing, but many of them have accidents, and almost all families are left with orphans and widows." The horse dealer said with a look of regret.

"How many days does it take to get to the ocean town?"

"Head southeast, it'll take about two days by horse carriage." The horse dealer took a look at what Su Wanning and the others were wearing. "There's a village not far from the ocean. The scenery is beautiful, but the land there is very poor. Even if you dig a big hole, the soil that comes out is still sand."

Su Wanning didn't care. If she could grow food, she would grow it. If she couldn't, there was still a lot of food in the space. At worst, she would go buy more food somewhere else after she finished eating the food.

They were exiled as commoners and didn't know whether they could leave Lingnan.

If she couldn't leave Lingnan, she could just ask others to buy it for her. Besides, there were merchants in the city now, and anything could be done as long as there was money. What's more, she had so much money that she couldn't spend it all.