Gu Yundong was actually very heartbroken. Twenty taels of silver, for her now, it was a huge sum of money.
Now it's just at a city gate, she had to hand them all. It was just a robbery.
The soldier took the money and looked at her again.
"Come with me." Turning around and taking her to the side to register.
After everything was done, Gu Yundong waited until she was inside the city before exhaling slowly.
The three members of her family, standing beside her also imitated her and exhaled in unison,with exactly the same expressions of relief, wich made the soldier who had been standing beside them laugh.
It wasn't until Gu Yundong looked at him that he coughed lightly and warned, "After entering the city, remember to keep a low profile and don't conflict with others. There are a lot of refugees in the city now, and if ther is trouble you will be arrested first. Ther will be no other outcome."
Actually, he was not actually a soldier. His surname was Nie, and the magistrate was his uncle.
For some reasons, he was temporarily recruited here to help guard the city gate for the last two days.
A few days ago, the Magistrate received news that there was a riot in Qingan, and the refugees broke into the city burned, killed and looted, and even killed two officials. He had asked for reinforcements here.
Commander Zhao had personally led the troops to Qingan City to quell the chaos. The news spread widely in Xuanhe City, and the people in the city did not have a good opinion of the refugees.
Only then did the Magistrate set the entry condition of 'one person, five taels' to enter the city, so as not to block all the refugees outside, and cause the refugees to lose hope and take risks.
But at the same time, screen out the refugees whose conditions were too poor and would burden the city if they entered.
He also persuaded the big families in the city to come out to give porridge to stabilize the refugees's heart.
This approach was quite effective. You could tell by looking at those people outside the city, they didn't make trouble and didn't add too much burden to the city.
Gu Yundong just nodded when she heard it, she naturally wouldn't take the initiative to cause trouble, but if others saw that them orphans and widow as easy to bully, then they could not blame her.
It's just that she was not very familiar with the city at the moment. The soldier seemed to be very talkative, so she asked a few more questions, "Do you know which inn in the city is cheap and safe?"
Nie Cong gave her a strange look, she still wanted to stay in an inn? She still had money on her? You really couldn't tell.
It's justt that...
"Don't think about the inn, even the most remote places are probably full now."
"Are there any rental houses?"
Nie Cong laughed, "Yes, there must be some, it's just that not too long ago, some refugees hurt people so..."
Gu Yundong understood, they just didn't rent to refugees like them.
That was difficult, she thought she could finally rest after entering the city, but she didn't expect that there was no place to stay now, maybe it was better to stay outside the city.
Both Gu Yunshu and Gu Yunke looked up at her, and the two little guys also looked worried.
Nie Cong didn't know why, but he couldn't help but laugh when he looked at them.
After hesitating for a while, he finally said, "If you really want to find a place to stay, I have a place here. Ther is still a vacant room in my first cousin's house. She lives alones. It's just that the rent is a bit expensive, and you have to leave your household registration certificate with me, what do you think?"