Traveling through time and encountering war, I took the whole village to escape famine

Chapter 273 Xiangyun New Village 2

The Disabled Soldiers Village was not a village officially established. It was simply a specific area used by the imperial court to accommodate soldiers who were disabled due to war or other reasons.

At first, this place was called the "Remnant Soldiers Camp". As the name suggests, it was a place specifically for accommodating remnant soldiers.

However, as time slowly passed and days went by, people gradually got used to referring to this place by a more common and intimate name - "The Village of Remnant Soldiers".

So, over time, this name was deeply imprinted in everyone's heart and spread widely.

The government office allocated that area to Xiangyun New Village this time, so they could build houses near Canbing Village. Now there were no more than 20 people left in the Canbing Camp. They were all included in Xiangyun New Village.

The "Remnant Soldier Village" is no longer Xiangyun New Village. It is located in: Tongzhou Prefecture; Yuntong County; Xisha Town. It is about 100 miles away from Tongzhou Prefecture, which takes about two days to walk.

The chief clerk took out a silver note from the one hundred taels given by Yunhe and handed it to the two clerks who were responsible for assisting in the work.

He instructed, "Scribe Zhao, Scribe Qian. Xiangyun New Village invites you two to have tea. Please take the trouble to help settle the household registration of each household in Xiangyun New Village! This will save them the trouble of going to the county government office."

"Yes, sir, don't worry."

The two clerks who received the silver were naturally smiling and nodded quickly to agree.

They asked everyone to line up and come forward one by one to go through the relevant procedures.

Taking this opportunity, Yun Duo and Yun Chenxi, who came on behalf of the family, discussed and decided to set up Zhang Sigui's family as an independent household, with Zhang Sigui as the head of the household, and Qiao'er and her sisters also wrote the surname Zhang.

Lin Gao and Lin Hao also registered their own household registrations separately.

Lin Hao had gone through life and death and had reformed himself. Mu Lingyun forgave him for the sake of their two children, and they took this opportunity to re-register the marriage certificate. The parents reconciled, and the adoption document that Lin Dongzhi had signed was no longer valid.

Lin Gao and Yun Qingcao had already discussed it. They also took this opportunity to apply for a marriage certificate and hold the wedding after they were settled. The two of them were registered in the same place, which saved them the trouble of moving their household registration in the future.

Settling down is a matter that should have been handled by the county government, but since the superiors had specifically instructed that it should be taken care of, and the chief clerk had accepted money from them, he felt a little guilty.

So he decided to go all out and solve all the household registration problems at once right here in the capital.

In this way, he could also explain to the prefect, and save the villagers from having to take a special detour to the county government office and have the escorting yamen runners waste time and effort.

After a busy period, all household registration formalities were finally completed smoothly. The chief clerk breathed a sigh of relief and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

Then, he announced on the spot the appointment of Yunhe as the new village chief of Xiangyun Village, and dispatched two yamen runners, holding the official appointment document with the official seal of the government office, to escort Yunhe and others to the new Xiangyun Village.

The heads of each family took their new household registration and returned to the temporary resettlement site in Xiangyun New Village.

Seeing them come back, everyone gathered around and asked questions.

The head of the Yun family went to the government office with his eldest son Yun Liang. He was anxious to know the result, so he asked his grandson to support him and stood in front of everyone and asked: "Erhe! How about the distribution to us?"

Yunhe told everyone about the distribution situation.

Although the grain yield there is low, we are still happy to share it with everyone.

When everyone knew where they were going and lined up to wait, two yamen runners who had gone home to inform their families about the official business came hurriedly on horseback, but the scene they saw was completely beyond their expectations.

The two yamen runners knew that they were refugees from the northern border. Before coming over, they secretly speculated about what these people looked like.

The people they imagined left their familiar homeland and traveled far away, fleeing all the way, experiencing the pain of displacement, wandering without support, suffering from hunger and cold. It was common for them to sleep in the open air, and sometimes they could not even get a sip of clean water.

People who suffered such hardships must have been ragged, with their clothes tattered and covered with dust and stains; their faces were haggard and yellow, bloodless due to long-term hunger and fatigue; their hair was messy like weeds, and their bodies were dirty and messy. Everyone's face was filled with deep sorrow, and their eyes revealed endless despair and helplessness.

However, what appeared before them was a group of people dressed in rough and old clothes, but neat and orderly. Although they looked tired, their eyes were firm and full of hope, and their hair was neatly combed.

They lined up in an orderly procession, with a luxurious carriage in the front and various carts pulled by horses, cows and mules in the back. The carts were all filled with supplies or filled with villagers chatting and laughing.

The two yamen runners looked at each other in surprise. One of them couldn't help but say, "You guys are very different from what we imagined." Yunhe smiled and replied, "No matter how much hardship we go through, as long as we are together and help each other, there is always hope. How can we lose our dignity?"

"Village Chief, now that we are ready, let's get going! The sooner we arrive, the sooner you can settle down."

Yunhe bowed to them and said, "Thank you, gentlemen."

He glanced at Kun Gang, who was driving the carriage in front, and said, "Guard Kun, let's set off!"