Chapter 119 Mr. Mo’s proposal

Qiao Ran said: "The village chief grandpa said to go to Linzhou Fucheng next door."

Mo Beihan frowned slightly and said disapprovingly, "I don't think Linzhou Mansion is a good choice."

Qiao Ran was startled and quickly asked: "What do you mean? Why is Linzhou Prefecture not a good choice? Have you been there? Don't they accept refugees?"

Mo Beihan looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, so he lowered his voice and said:

"Li Youcai, the prefect of Linzhou Prefecture, is an insatiable and greedy official. Moreover, I once made an undercover investigation in Linzhou Prefecture. Someone reported that Prefect Li arrested young men to dig gold mines. Nine out of ten people who were arrested would not come back, even if they escaped by chance. Even after I got out, I didn’t dare to go home, for fear of hurting my family and being destroyed.”

"During an unannounced visit, I found that in the villages and towns near Linzhou Prefecture, many adults and even half-grown men were arrested, leaving only some old, weak, women and children. You refugees who fled to Linzhou Prefecture will be arrested directly. Mining, no one can control your life and death anyway, just throw it into a mass grave or bury it in a mass grave."

Qiao Ran was secretly shocked when she heard this. She didn't expect such a thing to happen in Linzhou Mansion.

Fortunately Mr. Mo reminded them, otherwise if they had gone to Linzhou Mansion rashly, they would have been like lambs in a wolf's den, never to return.

"Master Mo, can you tell the old village chief and several elders in the village what you just said? I'm afraid they insist on going to Linzhou Mansion. After all, everyone has been disappointed once, Linzhou This is everyone’s last hope, and I’m worried that everyone won’t give up easily.”

Qiao Ran requested.

She knows that it is not easy for everyone to come out of Yunzhou. If you tell them that they can't go to Linzhou, which they really want to go to, I'm afraid many people will collapse.

Mo Beihan smiled: "Of course there is no problem."

So the two went to the old village chief and several more famous elders in the village, and when they told the news, the elders fell silent.

The old village chief looked solemn and asked Qiao Ran: "Girl Ran, what do you think we should do? Everyone has finished eating their food, and they just want to get to the next city as soon as possible and let the government take us in. Now we have left. We’re almost halfway through the journey, and if I tell everyone that I can’t go to Linzhou, I’m afraid they won’t be able to accept it.”

"If you can't accept it, you have to accept it, unless they are willing to be caught mining and starved to death in the mine."

Qiao Ran's words made several old people look solemn.

Qiao Ran continued: "Grandpa, village chief, please talk to everyone and see how many people are willing to follow us to other cities. If there are people who are not afraid of death and insist on going to Linzhou, there is nothing we can do. Mr. Mo I believe him, and he has no reason to lie to us. If you don’t believe it, then I will take my family and leave alone."

The old village chief said quickly: "Believe it! Of course we believe it. Since you said this, Ran Yatou, it is credible, then we naturally believe you. Don't worry, I will discuss it with everyone first. Dear fellow villagers in my hometown, I can’t watch them die, so I can persuade them to do it one by one!”

He turned around and called his eldest grandson quickly: "Tieniu, go and inform Li Dazhu and tell him not to go to Linzhou City."

Zhao Tieniu agreed and hurriedly chased forward to inform Li Dazhu who had left not long ago.

Qiao Ran didn't say anything. Although Li Youmei and Wang Yue'e were hateful, Li Dazhu was an honest man. If the old village chief couldn't bear it and wanted to inform him, she would naturally not stop him.

"But, if we don't go to Linzhou City, where can we go? The nearest state capitals, besides Linzhou, are Jinzhou in the south and Xuanzhou County in the north. Jinzhou is farther away, but Xuanzhou County is the fiefdom of King Xuanjun , I heard that King Xuanzhou was extravagant, not only imposed taxes, but also raped the women of the people, and even took the women he liked and took them back to the palace. Xuanzhou County is definitely not a good place to go."

The old village chief said worriedly.

Qiao Ran didn't know this, so she turned her attention to Young Master Mo.

Since he knows so much about Linzhou, do other state capitals also know about it?

"Mr. Mo, I wonder what you have to say?"

The old village chief and several clan elders also looked at Mr. Mo, waiting to hear his opinion.

Mo Beihan's face was a little serious at this time. After all, this was related to the whereabouts of hundreds of people in this village, so he had to take it seriously.

He pondered for a moment and said something unexpected:

"If you believe me, you might as well continue walking north, bypass Xuanzhou County, pass through Yingzhou and Luoyang, and arrive at Zhongzhou where the capital is located."

"It is said that the best place is at the feet of the emperor. No other place can compare with being near the imperial city. Even if there are any natural or man-made disasters, you can get better accommodation near the capital. It is better than other places where the emperor is far away. good."

"If you want to get better shelter in the future, go to the capital. When you get to the capital, you can find me. I can arrange a better resettlement place for you so that you can settle in Zhongzhou."

When the old village chief and several clan elders heard this, they looked at each other and were a little moved.

"It's just that we never thought about going to the capital. We have to pass through several state capitals. The journey is too far. Can we make it to Zhongzhou?"

Several people couldn't make up their minds and looked at Qiao Ran again.

They always feel that this young girl has more knowledge than them. After all, the old god personally taught her!

Everyone stared at Qiao Ran, and Mo Beihan also looked at the little girl, hoping that she would listen to his words.

If they arrive in the capital, it will be much easier for him to find this little girl in the future. Maybe he can find an opportunity to recruit her under his command?

Qiao Ran lowered her eyebrows and carefully analyzed the pros and cons.

Linzhou can't go. From Mr. Mo's words, it's clear that it's the black mine secretly mined by the Linzhou magistrate himself. Of course, no one can escape and let the news leak out.

I'm just afraid that the people who are arrested will either work in the mines until they die of old age, or they won't pay for treatment if they get sick, and if they die, they will be arrested again to replenish the supply.

She didn't want her family to be arrested and work as miners, and there was no way they could come back.

Xuanzhou County is not a good place to stay. They are refugees. If they go to Xuanzhou, not only will they not receive good resettlement, but they may also be exploited and drained of their flesh and blood.

Heavy taxes made it difficult for the people to make a living. She didn't want to just escape from a drought-stricken land and jump into this dark place that eats human flesh and blood.

Jinzhou is in the south. If you want to go to Jinzhou, you have to go back outside Yunzhou City and then transfer to Jinzhou via another official road. The distance is not close, it is equivalent to walking through two state capitals.

Instead of doing this, it is better to bypass Xuanzhou County, pass through Yingzhou and Luoyang, and reach the capital at the feet of the emperor, as Mr. Mo said.