Forced to be a concubine, I went to my husband's place to become a wealthy merchant

Chapter 348

Not only the officers and soldiers were unwilling, even the people in the city were unwilling.

They haven't had their food yet, so how can they let the refugees who have escaped from somewhere get away?

As a result, people from the three major camps gathered in the city. The common people were powerless and could do nothing but gather numbers to act as a deterrent.

In the end, it was Wei Jue and his team who settled the incident.

Those refugees were driven out of the city, but Wei Jue promised that as long as they behaved themselves, he would consider distributing food to them.

So the refugees gathered outside the city, and Wei Jue asked Prefect Yuan to strengthen the inspection of the city gates first.

The gatekeeper that day will be held accountable afterwards. After all, it is unforgivable to let refugees in at will.

When Wei Jue heard Xue Jiu's report, he remembered that he had been busy and had not visited her for a long time, so he said:

"Go and tell her. I'll take her for a walk when I'm done with my work."

Xue Jiu didn't expect that the adults would go in person, and he soon figured it out.

The adult probably wanted to spend some time with the girl, after all, they hadn't seen each other for several days.

Ye Xi didn't say anything when she heard the reply. It didn't matter who accompanied her, she didn't want to go out alone.

Wei Jue kept his word and came to take her out the next day.

Because he had been discussing matters with his subordinates and the local prefect these days, for convenience he did not stay with Ye Xi, but arranged for another place to live.

Ye Xi's residence was in a quiet side courtyard. Wei Jue was afraid that she would be disturbed, so he asked Prefect Yuan to make such arrangements.

Ye Xi followed behind Wei Jue, followed by a team of guards. Xue Jiu was not there, but Yan Wu was.

That’s right, Yan Wu also came along.

When Wei Jue returned to the capital and decided to go south, he brought Yan Wu with him and asked him to be specifically responsible for protecting Ye Xi.

When Wei Jue left the office, Xue Jiu had to stay there to help deal with things, as Wei Jue was worried about the local officials.

In Huzhou City, except for the places where government offices connect to the main street and the wealthy areas, which are paved with bluestone slabs, all other roads are bumpy mud.

Ye Xi thought that even if there was no severe drought, Huzhou City would probably not be rich. Once it rained, the dirt roads would turn into muddy roads. Once you stepped down, your legs would be covered in mud when you pulled them up.

Those so-called wealthy areas are actually just places where officials or rich people live better.

Overall, Huzhou City is still rather dilapidated.

There was no active business atmosphere on the streets, and the whole city was filled with a dead atmosphere.

Wei Jue didn't want to walk on those muddy roads, so he only took her for a walk on the bluestone roads.

Ye Xi walked for a long time but didn't see any lake, not even a dry lake, so she was curious: "Is there no lake here?"

Wei Jue understood what she meant and said with a smile:

“The name of Huzhou City does not come from a lake, so there is no lake here.

Moreover, the character '湖' was originally '胡' without water, and was later changed to the current character. "

Ye Xi was puzzled: "But there is no 'Hu' character for water, Huzhou, this is a bit strange."

Although sometimes naming may not be logical, she was still curious why it was changed later.

Wei Jue laughed and said, "Most of the people here have the surname Hu, so this city was named after their surname.

Later, because we felt that this place was very dry and hoped that God would have mercy and send more rain, we changed the word to "hu" which means "water".

Ye Xi's expression of sudden enlightenment pleased Wei Jue.

After walking for so long without seeing any porridge distribution area, Ye Xi was puzzled. Didn't they distribute porridge there? She asked Wei Jue.

Wei Jue was stunned: "You want to see this? I'll take you there. I thought you didn't want to see it, so I deliberately avoided it."