HLnovel Chapter 198: Resettlement of Refugees
Chapter 198: Resettlement of Refugees
In this busy environment, refugees wandered outside the city day after day, and many of them unfortunately contracted the plague.
Today it was An Qiao's turn to cook. As usual, she added a little coarse grains and medicinal herbs to the refined rice, and chopped some meat and wrapped it in a pancake and baked it.
In the past few days, the strong and healthy refugees have regained some spirit and no longer think about death all day long.
But in fact, many people still have the idea of committing suicide because they have no land or property and don’t know how to survive.
There was resentment everywhere.
Apart from the daily bite of food, it seems that there is no reason to live.
"There is meat in the pancake today. It smells so good." A little boy looked at his father with a smile.
The man forced a smile and said, "Yes, there is 7 pieces of meat. That Miss An from the Kyoto restaurant must be a good person."
But what good is there if there is meat?
People like them should have died long ago. What's the point of living without dignity, going hungry one day and eating full the next?
Only the children could smile sincerely after getting a mouthful of hot food, while most of the others were just forcing their smiles without any genuine meaning.
"Dad, eat quickly. Only by eating can you become strong and not get sick. Uncle Wang in our village died of illness because he didn't eat well." The child's innocent words made the people around him regain some sense.
They were all from the same village. The uncle Wang, as the child called him, was so skinny from hunger that he left all the food and drink to the child's wife.
The cost-effectiveness in the past one or two years has been poor, and coupled with this natural disaster, not many people can survive.
"People from the imperial court are here to post notices about how to accommodate us!" someone outside suddenly shouted.
For a moment, everyone became excited.
It is better to be resettled than to give up. If you are lucky, there may be land to be divided.
Everyone supported each other and walked towards the city wall.
【New Regulations for Refugees
From now on, refugees can apply for new household registration, move to Kyoto Prefecture, and follow the arrangements of Kyoto Prefecture to be resettled in nearby villages.
Houses and land can be acquired through leasing, and those who have leased for five years can directly own them. They can also be purchased directly or according to the number of years.
No taxes will be increased and the taxes will be the same as those for local residents.
You are not allowed to cause trouble and are under the management of the Kyoto government.
Those who don't have the ability to farm or don't want to farm themselves can go to Kyoto Prefecture to learn skills. After that, they can work for the court for free for 5 to 10 years, or they can choose to work until they get 300 ryo. If you learn the skills well, it will be very fast.
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There are some detailed rules written at the end, what can and cannot be done, farming tools, seeds...all items can be obtained by renting, there is no need to buy them.
If someone has no money, they can pay off their debts by working, or pay the money after the harvest, etc.
After everyone's research day and night, we finally got the optimal solution.
Although the direct arrangement that Gu Qingyun mentioned is not impossible, most people still feel that if that were the case, these refugees might take it for granted, and it might become more difficult to govern them in the future.
There are also some people who may not be suitable for farming or cannot farm, such as children, women, the elderly and those who have lost their ability to work. It is better to teach people how to fish than to give them fish.
So we just added the idea that skills can be learned.
After everyone refined the idea, it became more clear.
"When can we register our household registration? When can we enter the city?" a refugee asked bravely.
"From today on, anyone who has seen the doctor for a check-up and is found to be healthy can start entering the city and register their household registration. Afterwards, they will be allocated housing or directly sent to study in the city according to their willingness to buy or rent." The yamen runner who posted the notice shouted several times, until his face turned red, before he finally made things clear.
There were small cheers coming from the crowd. They could finally enter the city and live openly.
However, An Qiao's face turned pale when she heard the news.
The ancients didn’t know, but how could she not know? Many diseases have an incubation period. Just because doctors can’t find any problems now doesn’t mean there are no problems.
If the virus really enters the city during the incubation period, Kyoto will most likely fall into a panic of the disease.
But the notice had already been posted, and it was too late to change it, and it might even cause more trouble. An Qiao could only pray that this plague would not have a long incubation period, and that the doctors would be able to detect it.
"My dear, they have all been checked. If they are healthy, they can come in. Then can we open our restaurant as well?" After being idle for about half a month, everyone was getting a little restless.
"Let's wait a little longer. I don't think it's that easy." An Qiao could only shake her head.
She knew that someone had been infected with the disease outside the city gate a few days ago, but she just didn't let them in. But other people had also come into contact with the patient, and if there was really an incubation period, then it would be a disaster.
Although others didn't understand why the young lady didn't want to close the door a few days ago and didn't want to open the door these days.
But he was still willing to listen to An Qiao, so he could only nod.
Several young girls were a little anxious. "The lady hasn't opened the door yet, and we've been eating all the time. What shall we do if we run out of money?" As they said that, they took out their own purses and handed them to An Qiao.
Although the money is not much, it can at least last for a while.
Although other charity halls did not give out anything particularly shabby, they were still not as good as the restaurants here, which had both meat and medicine.
It cost a lot more than other companies.
An Qiao laughed, "I won't use your money. You can keep it for yourself."
In fact, those medicinal herbs were not worth much, and An Qiao did not use very expensive ones.
The refugees outside the city suddenly seemed to have hope and the desire to survive, and the entire outside of the city seemed particularly happy.
Gu Qingyun took a look and felt satisfied. Fortunately, everything was still in time.
Early in the morning of the next day, people began to line up to enter the city. Not only were the refugees blocked outside the city, but those who had left the city were also unable to return.
Everyone was a little excited and the city gate was finally opened.
The refugees have been checked and those who are not sick or have any medical problems can be allowed in.
Everyone looked prosperous. Although there were fewer diseases in ancient times, many diseases could be fatal.
So An Qiao was still a little worried and did not open the door today.
Many refugees entered the city and happily went to Kyoto Prefecture to register for residence. They felt at ease the moment they received their household registration.
Many people choose to rent because they have no money.
There were also many people who really had no money left, so the court asked them to work on credit and earn enough money before exchanging it for land.
Therefore, there were a lot more people at the dock, all of whom were hired directly by the court to do the work.
This way, we can not only solve the population problem, but also obtain some labor force, which is the best of both worlds.
Of course, there were also some people who had some money and those who could buy chose to buy, and those who could not buy chose to rent, and the properties were quickly distributed.