Raozhou City stands 20 miles away, looking over from the mountain, the city walls are tall and strong, the gates are thick and majestic, because since ancient times, Raozhou City has been a battleground for military strategists. Although the conditions here are difficult, the opposite is true. , There are not many people, many exiled criminals, repeat offenders will be sent here.

Because Raozhou City is not only a border city, but also has an iron mine and a coal mine under its jurisdiction, as well as a Grand Canal, which was dug by Emperor Taizu of the Sheng Dynasty two hundred years ago.

Of course, it wasn't to dig the entire canal. This canal originally existed, but it didn't lead to Raozhou. Emperor Taizu sent people to build the canal, just for the iron ore in Raozhou.

Needless to say, iron can be used to forge iron tools and weapons, and coal is also useful. It can be used to make iron and burn fire to keep warm. Therefore, Emperor Taizu asked people to build a canal to transport these iron and coal.

But at that time, there was only an iron mine in Raozhou, and the coal mine was discovered more than ten years ago.

Of course, the coal and iron mines in Dasheng are not only found in Raozhou, but also in other places. There are also other copper and gold mines. Many countries around them are coveted. Fortunately, Emperor Tai. Zu is very powerful. The world is big and the country is rich. The army is strong, but over the years, wars have occurred from time to time, and the strength of the army has been greatly reduced.

This is also the reason why the General Manager of the State of Xin next door covets Raozhou. From time to time, there will be wars, just to snatch Raozhou's iron and coal.

It was not until the first two years that the first prince led troops to attack the country of Xin. The first prince had the ability to lead troops, and the country of Xin was severely damaged. This year, the Multilateral City was stable and the life of the people was much better.

This is probably the reason why the second prince was afraid that the former emperor would give the crown prince to the eldest prince.

When the eldest prince returned to the capital, the second prince could not help but take action, and the two factions fought openly and secretly until the eldest prince failed...

As for why the late emperor never established a prince, Xu Qinyu didn't know.

Not only was the eldest prince executed himself, but he also had a daughter and a son. The daughter was Sister Qian, who was three years old this year. The son was still in swaddling clothes. What was this accident? It was obviously done by the new emperor. The concubine of the prince lost her husband and young son.

Thinking of this, Xu Qinyu couldn't help sighing in the bottom of her heart, and secretly glanced at Pei Weixuan again.

He was still holding Sister Qian and Brother Feng. He was tall, tall and thin, with a rare flush on his handsome face, and his whole body was full of sickness and weakness.

It is precisely because of his appearance that the new emperor did not kill them all. He probably also felt that the emperor's brother, who had been in bad health since childhood, and who drank medicine every day, couldn't make any big waves.

Xu Qinyu looked at Raozhou City again.

It finally arrived. She really didn't want to recall the hardships along the way. It was even more terrifying than her days in the orphanage.

Fortunately, it hasn't rained in the past few days, but it's gloomy and it feels like it's going to snow, so they have to go to the city in the dark.

Ma Liu shouted: "All cheer up, we have already arrived in Raozhou, there are only twenty miles left, and we will be there in the afternoon."

Everyone continued to move forward.

The morning meal didn't start, and it was all pancakes, and there were not many pancakes left, so they all hoped to hurry to Raozhou City to have a good meal.

After walking for several hours, we finally arrived at Raozhou City.

Looking at Raozhou City up close, the city walls are even more magnificent and heavily guarded. When entering the city, one has to check it.

Seeing the ancient dynasty for the first time, Xu Qinyu was still a little excited.

It was their turn soon, Deputy Lieutenant Chen took out the token, and the soldiers guarding the city gate let them into the city.

After entering the city, Deputy Lieutenant Chen led them to the yamen to find Sihu.

Sihu is the one who manages the household registration. They only come to the border town and have to arrange the household registration.

When he arrived at the yamen, Mrs Wen hesitated and went over to Deputy Wei Chen and said, "Sir, we don't have any cash on our bodies, only some jewelry. Can you let us go out and exchange some money to pay the household registration fee?"

Only then did Xu Qinyu know that they, who were demoted to commoners, would not be safe even if they arrived in the border city, and would not wait for the place arranged by the yamen. They wanted to stay in Raozhou City or the towns and villages under their jurisdiction. She needs to pay the household registration fee. As for how much money she needs to pay for the land she goes to, she is still not sure.

The villages that do not need to pay household registration fees are all near coal mines or iron mines, because they have no money to go there, and some refugees in previous years have been assigned to there, and the vicious circle has made them even more impoverished.

As for those repeat offenders, they will all be dispatched to the coal mine department.

Digging coal is the most difficult and dangerous work. It is easy to kill people. Even if you pay money, not many people are willing to dig coal. Therefore, since ancient times, felons have been sent to coal mines everywhere to dig coal. These people are prisoners, so naturally they will not The household registration is arranged by the officers and soldiers of the coal mine department.

Iron mining is hard work, but the risk is not too high. With a lot of money, there are still a lot of strong laborers willing to do this work.

I just don't know how to pay the household registration fee.

Xu Qinyu didn't understand, but she didn't ask indiscriminately, for fear of revealing something.

Deputy Chen nodded, "Madam, let's go."

After all, she was a former queen, and Deputy Chen was very polite.

"Mother, I'll go with you." Xu Qinyu called to stop Wen.

Even she felt that Wen Shi was weak and weak, and worried about being fooled.

Wen Shi nodded, asked Pei Jianing and Pei Weixuan to take care of Brother Feng and Sister Xian, and then left the Yamen.

After leaving the yamen, Xu Qinyu looked around curiously. He was in a hurry when he entered the city just now. In addition, there were felons in the group who were handcuffed.

It's not so urgent now, so can take a look at it naturally.

The city of Raozhou is incomparable with the capital city. The capital city is richer and more prosperous, and the style of the buildings is obviously different. The buildings here are not as refined as the capital city. They are a little rough, but they are also very prosperous. Walking in the alleys, traffickers and pawns, they are all busy running for their livelihood.

There are all kinds of restaurants, wine shops, inns, food shops, cloth shops, medicine shops, tea shops, jewelry shops, etc. on both sides of the street, and there are still many businesses.

Xu Qinyu not only pays attention to these, but also pays attention to other people and things. They may stay in Raozhou City for the past two days. She wants to see if there is any place to make extra money. There must be a lot of money for household registration, and money is needed everywhere.

She didn't want to be sent to a village near a coal mine or an iron mine. Not to mention the remoteness, the people in the village were mostly mixed.

Wen quickly found a relatively large pawn shop nearby.

After entering, she took out the three pieces of jewelry from the interlayer of the long coat.

A pair of ruby ​​and pearl drop earrings, a gold beaded headflower on a ruby ​​string and a jade bracelet.

Looking at the three pieces of jewelry, Wen's heart was worried. After the eldest son was killed, all of them were sent to prison. Even when Yuniang came in, there was no one in their house. The next day, the new emperor sent them to the southwest to let They went back to the mansion first, and when they returned to the mansion, they were followed by officers and soldiers. The officers and soldiers were fierce and did not allow them to bring anything. This piece of jewelry was hidden in her jacket because she thought it was relatively small.

There were originally four items, but on the way, I begged Chen Fuwei to help pawn one for food and drink, and the money has already been spent.

Only these three pieces of jewelry are left, at most a hundred taels, in Wen's eyes, a hundred taels is too little, and after paying the household registration fee, there may not be much left, and Wen's also does not want to go to the villages and towns that are too cheap.

The rubies and gold beads on these jewelry are more valuable than the emerald jade bracelet, pawning a hundred taels of silver.

Dead Dang can basically only get half the price, and live Dang is even less, the shopkeeper didn't cheat them.

Seeing this, Xu Qinyu took out the five gold leaves on her body from the jacket and handed them to the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, please help me exchange these gold leaves for silver taels."

These gold leaves should have been secretly sewn by Yuanzheng's parents in the interlayer of her clothes when she married into the Prince Shu's mansion. Yuanshen just sat in the mansion for a whole night, and this gold leaf was also touched on her body after she recovered from her illness.

When Yuanshen left the Marquis of Dechang's Mansion and was sent to the palace to get married, Yuanshen's parents should have told her about her household registration.

But Yuanshen definitely didn't listen to it, so she didn't have much impression.

Wen Shi was also a little surprised to see his daughter-in-law taking out a few golden leaves, "Yu Niang..."

Xu Qinyu sighed softly, "My parents hid this on me before I left. Before I was exiled, I was so closed-minded that I never noticed these golden leaves. I only discovered them a few days ago. It’s better to exchange it for taels of silver, there must be places where silver coins are used everywhere in the city, and it’s easier to use.”

These five golden leaves are only about fifty taels of silver. They should be all the family belongings of the original parents. The original father's salary is four taels of silver a month, and the mother is a small family.Although other relationships, food and drinks are all on the official account of the government, and my mother has a monthly allowance of 2 taels of silver, there are many places where the money is used privately, and it is impossible to save the money from the private house.