Natural disaster at the beginning: I will lead the system to build a safe zone

On the first day Shi Zhengde and Su Muya arrived in Cangwu City, the secret guards had already found a way to deliver the letter to Zhao Zhong, and Zhao Zhong naturally arranged accommodation for them as soon as possible.

Upon learning that his good friend had died, Zhao Zhong stood quietly in the courtyard, his expression solemn, his eyes full of grief and emotion.

"Uncle Zhao." After settling down, Su Muya saw a friend who was said to be her father's standing quietly in the yard, so she walked up to him and greeted him.

Su Muya's voice brought Zhao Zhong back to his senses from his own thoughts. He turned to look at his friend's daughter, and inevitably felt a little pity in his heart: "Muya, are you settled?"

Su Muya nodded slightly, tears welling up in her eyes: "Everything is settled, thank you Uncle Zhao for taking me in."

Zhao Zhong sighed and continued, "You can live here peacefully from now on. I already know about your father's affairs. Since Brother Su has entrusted you with this, as long as I, Zhao Zhong, am here, there will be a place for you to stay."

When Su Muya heard him mention her father, a wave of sadness surged in her heart again. Tears rolled down her cheeks and she nodded silently in gratitude.

Shi Zhengde had also packed up and came out. Seeing Zhao Zhong, he hurried over and said, "Uncle Zhao, can you help me recommend some suitable jobs in Cangwu City? Although we have settled down now, we can't just sit back and enjoy the fruits of our labor."

Shi Zhengde's purpose of saying this was naturally not to really go to work. It was just that the Lord of Liangzhou had never let him get involved in government affairs in order to guard against him. He couldn't even train his own people. Now that he came to Cangwu City, he was a Jinshi after all. Zhao Zhong might arrange an easy job for him in the city government office because he was Su Muya's husband. Only by getting involved in government affairs would he have the opportunity to grasp power, and he would no longer have to act according to Su Muya's wishes in the future.

So his words were righteous. If Zhao Zhong had not read Su Zhen's evaluation of this man in the letter in advance, he would probably have thought that this man was willing to establish himself in order to support his family.

Zhao Zhong was not stupid. Compared to Zhengde at this time, he certainly believed what his friend said in the letter more. After knowing his character, he naturally knew what his purpose was in saying this, so he perfunctorily said, "You just arrived, take a rest for a while, and we will talk about this later."

"Uncle Zhao..." Shi Zhengde wanted to say something after hearing this, but Zhao Zhong didn't want to listen anymore. A man who was almost the same age as him called him uncle, which really made him feel uncomfortable.

Interrupting Shi Zhengde's words, Zhao Zhong turned to look at Su Muya: "Muya, I have some things to do in the government office, so I have to leave first. If you want to see the appearance of Cangwu City, you can go and look around by yourself. If you need anything, just ask someone to come to the government office to find me."

Su Muya nodded gratefully: "Uncle Zhao, you go and do your work first, don't worry about us, I will invite you to my house for dinner after we finish cleaning up."

Zhao Zhong smiled and nodded in agreement, then left the yard.

Shi Zhengde said to Su Muya unhappily: "Why didn't you let me finish what I was saying? Are we just going to sit here and do nothing?"

Su Muya lowered her eyes. After what happened along the way, she probably realized that Shi Zhengde was not as reliable as she had imagined. She regretted not listening to her father.

But she had married him now, and no matter how much she regretted it, she had never thought of leaving him. She would not stop Shi Zhengde from doing anything. It was just that Uncle Zhao was her father's good friend and had taken them in. She saw Zhao Zhong's dilemma, so she cooperated with him and did not let Shi Zhengde continue to pester her.

"Shi Lang, Uncle Zhao is right. We just arrived and there is no need to rush to find a job. Besides, didn't you feel tired on the road? What's wrong with taking a rest for a while?" Su Muya comforted him softly.

Shi Zhengde calmed down a little after hearing this. Although this was the truth, he was still a little unhappy. He was too lazy to say anything more to Su Muya, a young lady in the boudoir. He just flicked his sleeves and left the yard, planning to go around Cangwu City.

At this time, on a street in Cangwu City, Shi Wanqing was strolling on the road with a maid, and she had an argument with the owner of a tea stall.

The thing is, ever since Shi Wanqing escaped with Magistrate Wu that night, she followed him all the way to Cangwu City to seek refuge with an acquaintance.

County Magistrate Wu's acquaintance was a former good classmate of his, who also worked in Cangwu City at first and had a say in the yamen. So when County Magistrate Wu came to find him, he also relied on their friendship to get a position as a chief clerk in the yamen and successfully settled down in Cangwu City.

At first, they did think about returning to Qinghe County, after all, that was their base camp. But later, some people who escaped from Qinghe County said that an epidemic had occurred there, and they didn't know what the situation was yet, so County Magistrate Wu gave up the idea of ​​returning to Qinghe County.

The epidemic was life-threatening, so he didn't dare to go back and take the risk. Besides, Qinghe County was short of food. Magistrate Wu was not a responsible person, otherwise he would not have abandoned the people of the county and his wife and children and fled.

If he didn't go back, how could Shi Wanqing dare to go back? It can be said that if she wasn't good at coaxing people, she would have been abandoned by County Magistrate Wu by now.

If there is anything bad about coming to Cangwu City, it is that life is not as affluent as before in Qinghe County. After all, this is someone else's territory, and even County Magistrate Wu has to keep a low profile.

Although with his previous savings and the job as chief clerk, he was not too wealthy in Cangwu City, but his life was acceptable, as could be seen from the fact that Shi Wanqing still had a personal maid.

But no matter she was the legitimate daughter of a doctor in the Ministry of Works or the favorite concubine of Magistrate Wu in Qinghe County, the number of her maids was never less than four. Now she only has one personal maid, which is already a very hard life for her.

Not to mention that due to the decrease in income, the monthly expenses that Magistrate Wu gave her were fixed, otherwise she would not have quarreled with the tea stall owner today over a bowl of tea costing 500 wen.

If she hadn't been really thirsty from shopping, she would have looked down on such street stalls.

"What kind of crappy tea is this? How dare you sell it to me for five hundred coins a bowl? You're trying to rob me!" Shi Wanqing said angrily to the tea stall owner.

The tea stall owner snorted coldly: "Don't you know that there is a water shortage now? Don't you know how precious water is? Only in our Cangwu City can you still buy water to drink."

Shi Wanqing looked at the bowl of tea with disdain: "Even if it's short of water, your tea leaves are just broken pieces, and there are so many dregs at the bottom."

The tea stall owner said: "So are you going to buy it or not? If not, just leave. You look like a decent person, but you are actually a poor man. If you don't have money, don't try to act like a rich guy!"

Shi Wanqing was even more angry at the ridicule: "Who are you calling a pauper? My master is the chief clerk of Cangwu City. If you, a black-hearted businessman, make money like this, be careful or I will tell our master and have the people in the government arrest you!"

The tea stall owner obviously had someone in the government office. When he heard Shi Wanqing's threat, he just sneered disdainfully: "Then go ahead and sue me. I'm your master, how high of an official is he? I tell you, let alone selling a bowl for 500 coins, even if I sell it for one or two taels of silver, no one can control me!"

"you!"

"Wanqing?"

Shi Wanqing's angry voice and Shi Zhengde's puzzled voice sounded at the same time.