The full warehouses of goods transported here clearly wouldn't be cost-effective if the ships returned empty, so quite a number of refugees took direct ship rides arriving at Mo Zhu Mountain in the Southern Frontier for resettlement.
With stored grain available for eating, and even ships to ride, and for a while there was even the opportunity for work-for-relief efforts, helping South Town to dig moats and repair city walls, earning a bit of money, the refugees from the Central Plains expressed their immense shock at the national strength of Li Country. It was all quite stable. No brainless individuals emerged, daring to gather a crowd and compete with the two hundred thousand strong army for food supplies.
Logically, with such a large scale of supplies, there must have been cases of embezzlement, but Li Fan, who randomly infiltrated to check, didn't notice any significant quality issues with the military grain or equipment. On the contrary... it seemed to be a bit too good...