Chapter 157 Refugee Area An hour later, Gu Chan and others were arranged to the refugee area in the north of Zhongyuan City. At the beginning, everyone still had expectations and fantasies about life in Zhongyuan City, but when everyone was arranged to live in this refugee area, everyone became discouraged in an instant. Zhongyuan City is big, but at the same time, the gap between the rich and the poor is also obvious. The entire city is divided into four major areas: east, south, west and north. The east area has many luxurious high-rise buildings, and it is obviously where the rich live, so it is referred to as the rich area. The southern area is full of green shops, restaurants, etc., and business is very developed, so it can be called a commercial area. The West District is slightly worse, basically it is just some small courtyards, alleys, etc., full of the atmosphere of fireworks. This is the civilian area in the entire Zhongyuan City. As for the North District! Ha ha! The houses here are dilapidated, spider webs are everywhere, rats and insects are rampant. It is usually the gathering place for beggars, refugees, hooligans and other people in the city. It is a veritable refugee area! After tens of thousands of Tiger Army soldiers and tens of thousands of border civilians were settled here, everyone realized that in the entire Central Plains City, the status and class divisions were very serious. If anyone said that he was from the northern district, everyone in the city would look down on him.
So now everyone is very desperate. After the Border Tiger Army was defeated, when they came to Central Plains City, they were just given the status of refugees. Even the wealthy families in Wuheng County in the past, who came here to settle temporarily, all started with refugee status. However, what surprised Gu Chan and others was! Although the county magistrate Zheng Shixian was a bit cynical, he seemed to have a conscience. As soon as everyone settled down in the North District, he immediately sent people to the granary to transport hundreds of bags of rice, and set up a big pot on the spot to start cooking porridge. Everyone was excited instantly! Because at the border, not everyone can afford rice porridge, but when you get to Zhongyuan City, hundreds of bags of rice can be easily used to make porridge. This shows that the economic development in the Central Plains is very different from that in the border areas. Gu Chan and the others sat far away under a broken wall. Smelling the aroma of rice porridge wafting from the front, they couldn't help swallowing their saliva. Zhang Wanshan wiped his saliva with his hand and said, "It seems that County Magistrate Zheng is a good county magistrate! He gave away hundreds of bags of rice. He is really generous. It seems that we made the right decision to flee to Zhongyuan City this time." "I don't think it's that simple. Although Zhongyuan City is located in the heart of the Central Plains and has a relatively developed economy and commerce, the total price of these hundreds of bags of rice is tens of thousands of taels of silver. He shouldn't be so generous as to directly take out tens of thousands of taels of silver to help the victims and the defeated Tiger Army soldiers, right?" Zhou Dachuan shook his head. Gu Chan laughed, "He is trying to establish a persona for himself!" "What do you mean?" Zhang Wanshan asked. "The meaning of establishing a persona is to create a good personal image for yourself to cover up your own shortcomings. Those who are scheming often use this trick to confuse others, especially those bad people, who love to do this the most." Gu Chan explained with a smile. Dry! After all, she was a mature woman before she traveled through time! She has seen too many bad people. People like this who set up their own persona at the beginning must have a certain purpose. When the time is right, they will reveal their true purpose. This is the ugly nature of human beings! Shen Sanfeng smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry, his target is not you refugees, but these wealthy people coming from our border." "Godfather, with the money you brought, you can definitely live in the rich area of the East District now!" Gu Chan said. "Don't I leave some for you?" Shen Sanfeng patted Gu Chan's head with his hand, saying with a doting look on his face. Before Gu Chan could say anything, Shen Wuji, who was sitting next to her, started to mutter, "Leave some for them? There are hundreds of people from our Shen family coming this time! If we leave it for them, what will we do with these hundreds of mouths? Will we not have to eat?" "That's right, Grandpa, let's take care of ourselves first!" Shen Yao also followed suit. Shen Sanfeng glared at the two of them and was about to start scolding them. Gu Chan waved her hand to stop him, "Forget it, godfather, what the father and son said is right. Your Shen family has hundreds of people to support, which is much easier than my side." "You're not having an easy time now! You have about thirty people on your side, plus your wife's family of more than ten, a total of almost fifty people. With the little money you brought, I'm afraid you won't be able to hold out for long." Shen Sanfeng said with a worried look on his face.
Gu Chan tilted her head to look at the dozen or so carriages parked over there, and a look of difficulty appeared on her face. Previously in Wuheng County, she had cheated Ding Sheng and Wang Feihu out of a total of 400,000 taels of silver, but most of it was spent on buying medicinal flowers, plus Zhao Erniu and his men looting. Now, her dozen or so carriages only had a total of 3,000 to 4,000 taels of silver, plus half a box of spiritual herbs that had not been used up. And she now has more than fifty mouths to feed. How long can she survive with just this little money? Shen Sanfeng knew Gu Chan's difficulties and whispered in her ear, "Don't worry, Godfather will find a way to leave you some cash. At worst, I will let you buy a big yard in the civilian area of the West District, so that you can continue to run the Chunfeng Clinic, so that you can support so many people under you." "Thank you, godfather." Gu Chan thanked him gratefully. "We are all family, why are we talking about different things? I just hope that we can all live a good life instead of becoming refugees in Zhongyuan City." Shen Sanfeng said lovingly. Gu Chan nodded, smiling from ear to ear. Shen Wuji and his son were sitting aside, making her feel so angry that her teeth were itching. At this time, pots of rice porridge were ready. Zheng Shixian stood behind each pot and shouted at the top of his voice, "Everyone, don't rush! There are hundreds of bags of rice! There is food for everyone, just line up and come and get some." "Thank you, Master." The refugees thanked in unison. Then everyone held their bowls and happily lined up to get the rice porridge. When most of the people had received a bowl of rice porridge and were squatting on the ground eating it, Zheng Shixian smiled and said, "Everyone, today I have done my best to help you. After this meal, I will not be able to give you more food. In the future, I hope you can make a good living in Zhongyuan City and work hard to support yourselves." The refugees stopped on the spot! Depend on! Only then did everyone understand that after all this time, it turned out that after these tens of thousands of people fled here, each person could only get a bowl of rice porridge to eat, and after this meal, they would no longer receive any relief from the government. To break down Zheng Shixian's words clearly, you will have to support yourselves in the future. After this meal, whether you live or die has nothing to do with me! How could this not leave everyone dumbfounded? (End of this chapter)
