The rumors spread by Xiao Yin about Emperor Jingqing and Noble Princess Consort Li have been spreading northward via Nanyi Prefecture, at an unexpectedly rapid speed.
Due to these various rumors, after winter set in, this area of Southern Yi welcomed wave after wave of refugees.
Many of these refugees were citizens from Salt City and the surrounding areas who had suffered hardships.
They truly had nowhere to go.
Being without food, without salt, and facing extreme shortages of all sorts of living supplies, they could only wander around begging to survive. During their begging, they heard that Southern Yi was well-governed and thus followed the crowds here.
Because of the influx of refugees, Xiao Yuan and Anning had much more to handle.
The refugees needed places to live and food to eat, all of which required arrangement.
Moreover, these refugees required registration and documentation, a massive project in itself.
