The concubine enters the palace? The princess empties the palace and goes into exile with the baby

Meng Feihan bowed and said, "Thank you for your understanding, Miss Song. I'll trouble you now, Miss Song."

"General Meng, you're welcome." Song Yao then asked, "What do you need us to do? General Meng, please don't be polite. Just give us your orders."

Meng Feihan was not polite and said to Song Yao, "Maintain order, pour them some water, and then shout to recruit soldiers. If anyone has any questions, just answer them. It's not difficult."

"I understand." Song Yao turned and walked to Song Chuxue and the others, "Chuxue, Lingyue, Song Qian, you go to East Street to help, the three of us will stay here."

"Okay, we got it." Song Qian responded and asked Song Chuxue and Song Lingyue to leave.

Although there are ten officers and soldiers here, they are very busy because there are too many people queuing. Several officers and soldiers are there to maintain order. Some have to remember names, some have to measure heights, etc. Everyone is very busy.

Song Yao told E Yu and Feng Yingying to act according to the situation. After that, she walked up to a young man and said, "Hello, young man. I'm from the government and I'm here to help. I see you asked three officers and soldiers, but none of them answered you. What do you want to ask? I can tell you."

When Song Yao came over, he saw this man asking the officers and soldiers, but they were all very busy and had no time to answer him, so he just stood there.

The man glanced at the officers and soldiers, then looked at Song Yao, "Can I ask you too?"

Song Yao thought, she is the queen, if asking her doesn't work, then who can be asked?

However, Song Yao did not reveal her identity. She just said, "Of course, I am an acquaintance of General Meng. You can ask me."

When the man heard this, he immediately felt relieved.

He said, "Girl, I know martial arts and I can go to the battlefield, but my father is dead, and my elder and second brothers have gone to escape famine. I don't know whether they are alive or dead. Now I am the only one who can take care of my mother. But if I go to the battlefield, there will be no one to take care of my mother. Doesn't recruiting soldiers require twenty taels of silver? I think..."

Hearing this, Song Yao frowned slightly, "Fleeing from famine? I remember that no one living in the capital fled from famine. You are not from the capital, are you?"

The man nodded. "I'm not from the capital. When the drought hit, they all left, and my mother and I stayed behind. We ate tree roots every day. Sometimes I would go into the city to steal some food, or take home the rotten water that the rich people didn't want. Anyway, we managed to survive in the end."

Song Yao was a little surprised. "Why did you go into the city to steal food? I remember the drought was very serious that year. What did you drink?"

The man explained, "At that time, the government had issued an order not allowing anyone outside the city to enter, nor for anyone inside to leave. So I had no choice but to go in and steal. As for water, I also stole it. At that time, the government had a monopoly on all the wells in the city, and the people were not allowed to draw water from them. Only the government officials would draw water and then distribute it to others. I also stole water."

Hearing this, Song Yao frowned even more tightly.

When the Song family was exiled, the things he described had not happened yet, so it seems that what this man described happened after they were exiled.

"So the people in the villages and towns around the capital are fleeing famine?"

"Yes!" the man said. "The drought that year was quite severe. Many people died, and many fled the famine."

The people of Fenglai Town and Youdu probably came back after the disaster was over. Perhaps some of them stayed in their hometown like this man and his mother.

"I see." Song Yao asked him, "Then what are your thoughts?"

The man pursed his lips and hesitated for a moment before he said, "My mother is too old. I'm worried that she won't be able to live on her own after I leave. So I'd like to ask if you can give me an extra ten taels of silver so I can buy some more food and keep it at home. That way I don't have to worry about her going hungry."

After saying that, the man lowered his head.

Judging from his expression, he was very uneasy.

Song Yao patted his shoulder with a smile on her face. "You are a very filial person. As the saying goes, filial piety comes first among all virtues. So, because of your filial piety, I can give you an extra ten taels of silver. As for your mother, you don't have to worry. I will send people to visit her regularly."

The man suddenly looked up at her, surprise in his eyes, "You, you...you really agreed?"

Song Yao smiled and said, "Of course I have to agree. Otherwise, how can you go to the battlefield with peace of mind? Only when I help you solve your family problems will you feel at ease, right?"

"Then I'm willing to join the army!" the man said hurriedly. "Thank you, young lady."

"You're welcome!" Song Yao immediately took out ten taels of silver and gave it to him. "Keep it for now and don't tell anyone. They will give you twenty taels of silver later. Go and line up first."

"Thank you, young lady." The man looked at Song Yao again, his eyes full of gratitude.

Then the man went to queue up.

Song Yao continued to help.

The sun is shining brightly now, and the recruiting officers and soldiers are standing under the scorching sun. Not to mention that they have been here all the time, even Song Yao and the others have only been here for a short time, and they can't stand the sun.

E Yu and Feng Yingying went to fetch a pot of water and poured it for the officers and soldiers to drink.

Song Yao was standing next to the soldier who wrote the name. The soldier who gave him the silver was in a hurry to pee, so Song Yao took the initiative to take over the job of giving him the silver.

Each person received twenty taels of silver.

There were about a few hundred people queuing in front, like a long dragon. Some people were afraid of not being able to register, so they cut in line.

Song Yao looked at the soldier who wrote the name and asked, "How many places are there for recruiting soldiers in the capital?"

The officer writing the names looked up at Song Yao and said, "There are five in total, but there are already many people queuing up."

"Not enough!" Song Yao said, "There are so many people queuing up. We need at least twenty recruiting places. Otherwise, we won't be able to recruit many soldiers in a day."

The officer said, "But General Meng only arranged these few points."

"He's worried that not many people will come!" Song Yao said, "I'll go find him. I have to arrange a few more locations."

"All right!"

The soldier said nothing more and continued writing names.

Not long after, the soldier who went to urinate came back.

Song Yao returned the work to him and went to find Meng Feihan.

Meng Feihan was helping at another point. When Song Yao arrived at that point, she saw Meng Feihan asking those people to line up.

Song Yao walked to Meng Feihan and said, "General Meng, I have something to tell you."

Seeing Song Yao, Meng Feihan became very polite, "Miss Song, what do you want to tell me?"

"Come here." Song Yao said, and walked aside.

Meng Feihan followed immediately.