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After entering the city, the group looked around the city.

The county town is relatively good. There are not many vendors at the moment. Only a few shops are still open, and there are not many pedestrians on the street.

The main reason is that it is noon now and the sun is too strong, so people in the city will not come out at this time.

The streets were full of people from outside the city wandering around.

The Liu family followed the officials and walked for a quarter of an hour before arriving at the government office. Occasionally, groups of three or four people came out.

However, their group of ten people was indeed a bit too many, and they followed Captain Cao in in a mighty manner.

The man sitting in the hall wearing official uniform should be the county magistrate.

There were two other people next to him, one was a legal advisor and the other was a yamen runner.

Cao Bantou bowed to the people in the hall and said, "Sir, this group of people came from Xizhou. They said that their household registration was lost, and they wanted to apply for a pass to settle in a county town a little south of us. I will bring them back for your review before making a decision!"

Father Liu and everyone else knelt down and said, "Common people, we pay our respects to you, Your Excellency!"

When in Rome, do as the Romans do. They are not aloof people and they knelt down when told to do so.

After the adult in the hall looked at the group of people, he continued to look at the book on the desk and said: "Get up!"

One of the lawyers came over and called them to the side: "Come here and register your name and where you come from. We need to check if you are on the criminal list. Don't try to fool around. We have portraits of many criminals on file."

Father Liu had already asked the people in Hujia Village about some towns and county towns in Xizhou. He also went to Xizhou Prefecture to read the Dayuan Chronicles and had already found a good source, which was Xidan County near Dali State.

This place is located in the mountains with many jungles and grasslands, so the household registration statistics are not so detailed, and the country has friendly relations with the Dali Kingdom.

The Dali Kingdom could be considered a vassal state of the Dayuan Kingdom and did not pose much of a threat to the Dayuan Kingdom. The two sides also established border markets and could intermarry with the permission of the imperial court.

Father Liu had previously informed the Lin and Fang families of their relationship, so they registered under Father Liu's name and the whole family got a pass together.

Father Liu asked them to tell each of their names and their relationships to each other.

The father and son of the Lin family are the son and grandson of Liu's father's distant sister, and the father and son of the Fang family are the grandson and granddaughter of Liu's mother's distant sister. Since these two families married farther away and the drought was more serious there, only these people were left, and they met on the road.

Anyway, the complicated relationships among the big families in this dynasty are so intricate that it's enough to just say they are distant relatives.

Liu's father and mother also thanked the Bodhisattva for blessing their relatives with offspring, and they would do their best to help them survive.

After the lawyer completed the registration, he went to another desk with another lawyer to verify some information.

In fact, they are portraits of some people. The people in the portraits are all wanted criminals, the kind who commit murders and arson and all kinds of evil. Petty thieves will not be on the list.

The Liu family was waiting on the side. The Cao Bantou said, "Sir, I will just serve at the city gate first, and I will take my leave now!"

When passing by the Liu family, he glanced at them. Liu's father also whispered something to Cao Bantou when he passed by him.

Then he quietly put a piece of silver into his hand and said, "Thank you for bringing us to the county government. I'll treat you to a drink!"

"It's okay, just wait!" Then he left.

The government office fell silent for a moment, with only the sound of flipping pages. The Liu family members did not dare to speak.

After waiting for about half an hour, the two lawyers finally went to the county magistrate and reported: "Sir, there is no criminal record for these people. Even if there is, it is just some minor incidents and is not on the wanted list."

"Let them sign and seal, and give them a pass to go to the southernmost county in Zhongzhou."

The county magistrate probably had a lot of things to do recently, and he didn't even raise his head when he was arranging them, and he was always busy.

The pass must state their destination and what they are going to do.

It would probably be difficult to change the permits that are used to arrange their settlement once they are finalized.

If you need to change it later, you have to go to the government office to return the pass.

Father Liu found it very troublesome. He thought that he should ask them to select a place first, and then change it if it was not suitable at that place. There was no need to change the pass every time they arrived at a county town.

Thinking of this, Father Liu quietly took out a small piece of cloth wrapped with a silver bracelet and placed it on the edge of the table, next to a pile of documents, so that the lawyer could just see it.

"Sir, we have nothing here after fleeing from famine. If possible, can you arrange for us to go to a village with more wasteland? We have a large number of people and can be self-reliant. We will definitely not cause trouble to the court if we can. Now is a year of famine and it is not easy for everyone."

The lawyers all looked at the county magistrate and exchanged glances that were understandable between the two. The county magistrate nodded and said, "Then arrange for them to go to Qingbai Village in Shanqing County. There are not many people in that village near the county town. It is surrounded by mountains on all sides. There are many wastelands on the mountains. There is also a Qingbai River flowing through it. There are mountains and water."

"Yes, my lord."

"Thank you, sir!" When Father Liu heard the county magistrate talking about the village, it sounded a bit desolate to outsiders, but they liked it. There were mountains, water and wasteland, and they loved it very much.

He immediately led everyone to bow and express his gratitude.

"One tael of silver per person, a total of ten taels of silver, plus five taels of deed tax, a total of fifteen taels!"

The lawyer was calculating the price with an abacus, while another lawyer wrote two travel permits, one for backup and one for the county magistrate to stamp.

Father Liu’s money was no longer enough, so the Fang siblings took out a silver bracelet.

The Lin family also took out a pair of silver earrings. The Liu family had used up all their silver jewelry, leaving only more than two taels of silver and eight hundred copper coins.

Father Liu took a look and took out a silver bracelet and handed it to the master:

"Master, you see, we don't have enough silver left. This silver bracelet is finely crafted. I spent twenty taels to buy it. The silver we had was indeed used up along the way. The remaining silver is our few remaining possessions. Do you think this silver bracelet is enough? Can it be worth fifteen taels?"

Bracelets made with modern craftsmanship are definitely more beautiful than those with ancient patterns, and Liu's father had a general understanding of the market situation before.

The lawyer took the bracelet and looked at it. He found that the workmanship was indeed very good. If he took it to the pawn shop for twenty taels, it would definitely be able to sell it for a higher price. However, he also knew that the price they said was twenty taels was an underestimation.

He personally liked it very much, and if the county magistrate had no objection, he could buy it with his own money. He had a daughter who could be the perfect dowry for him.

"Are you sure you want to use this silver bracelet?"

"Sir, as soon as we entered the city, we followed Cao Bantou to the government office. We didn't have time to go to the pawnshop to exchange for silver. This bracelet is our most valuable remaining possession. I'm sorry to trouble you. If it really doesn't work, we can go to the pawnshop right away and exchange the silver and come back later."

After Liu's father finished speaking, the lawyer looked at the county magistrate, who nodded. The lawyer then took the bracelet, took out the pass with the county magistrate's seal and handed it to Liu's father.

"It's done, you can leave now."

Everyone imitated the ancients and bowed, saying, "Thank you, sir. I'll take my leave."