On the side of the boundary river between Yanzhou and Songzhou, tens of thousands of dense tents stretch as far as the eye can see, and the distance between tents is large, which is also to prevent fires from igniting a piece.

There were tens of thousands of early refugees from Songzhou, and this was still the first batch of people, and there were still a large number of refugees on the way.

The open space in front of the tent is crowded with people, thousands of soldiers are maintaining order, those who arrive must first register, assign tents, there are long queues in front of more than a dozen tables, registration is also very simple, where did they come from, what name, how many people, and then issue a wooden sign and a note, the paper is the area and number of the assigned tent, if you are not literate, it doesn't matter, there are special soldiers to take to the designated area.

"Are you from Chuqiu County?" An officer asks an old man.

"Yes! I am a native of Sanwang Township, Chuqiu County, and my official name is Wang Huai. ”

"As long as the county is fine, Wang Laohan, how many people are in your family?"

"I have a family of seven, me and my wife, two sons, the eldest daughter-in-law, and a grandson and a granddaughter."

"You are sure that it is seven people, the number of people must be verified, and if you make a false report, you will be fined!"

"What did I lie to you, it's really a family of seven! They're all over there! The old man pointed to a big car in the distance and said a little excitedly.

"Don't get excited, I got it!"

The official took a red wooden plaque, which was a sign for a family of more than five, and he used an ink pen to paint a stroke next to the seven people behind the sign, and handed it to the old man along with a note, "It's okay, go to the ninety-one account in the seventh district!" ”

"I don't know where?"

The officer called a soldier next to him, "This old man, you take him to the seventh district!" ”

The soldiers nodded and said to the old man, "Uncle, where is your family?" ”

"Over there, I'll call them!" The old man said urgently.

"Don't worry, you take them to the gate of the barracks and wait for me, I'll call the other Seventh District, let's go together."

The old man hurriedly went to find his family and quickly disappeared into the crowd.

The flow of people was like a tide, groups of refugees were led into the camp, everyone was amazed, a big tent was neat and orderly, about 200 tents in an area, the tents were ordinary marching tents, not the standard tents of the army.

This is the Jin army in the treasury of Qi cleared out, there are more than 100,000 tops, the first batch of 60,000 tops, half in Yanzhou, half in Bozhou, generally a tent to house a family.

Wang Huai soon arrived at the seventh district, and found his tent again, his family has a large population, it is a slightly larger tent, the soldier pointed to the tent, "This is the ninety-one tent, your family's residence, the inside is relatively large, you can divide it into two, you arrange it yourself, and there will be a district to explain things like dinner later." ”

"What kind of official is the district?" Wang Huai asked puzzled.

The soldier smiled, "The district is a young civil official, in charge of the seventh district, just ask him for anything." ”

"I know, thank you little brother for leading the way."

The soldier waved his hand and left, and Wang Laohan and his family moved their things in, with a few rolls of mats and a cloth curtain inside, which divided the camp into two.

Wang Laohan lives in the south with his wife and younger son, and the eldest son's family lives in the north.

"Dad, we have to find something to do and make a little money."

The eldest son said to his father, "Otherwise, our family will starve at the end of the year." ”

Wang Huai nodded, "Go back and ask the district chief!" ”

As he was talking, someone outside asked, "Is anyone there?" ”

"In! At! At! ”

Wang Huai hurriedly walked out, and there was a young scholar of medium stature standing outside, about eighteen or nineteen years old, wearing a scholar's scarf and a blue scholar's shirt, and his appearance was delicate.

"You are.... Orthodox? ”

"It's not about the district, I was appointed by Wang Changshi to be in charge of the seventh district, mainly to see what difficulties everyone has."

"Wife, hurry up and get two stools!"

Wang Laohan's wife took two stools, Wang Huai wiped them with his sleeve and smiled: "Let's sit down and talk!" ”

The young scholar smiled and nodded, "My surname is Wang, my name is Wang Zhantu, and I am a priest in Licheng County. ”

Wang Laohan was in awe, he didn't know what kind of official the district was, but he knew what the priest was, one level smaller than the main book, and he was also the real power official in the county.

"Excuse me, how long are we going to stay here?"

"I don't know about this, depending on when the war will end, I estimate that it will take a few months, anyway, don't worry about food, His Royal Highness the King of Jin is very concerned about the refugees, and specially ordered to allocate 300,000 stone of food to deal with the victims, this is the ........ of a wise monarch"

I don't know when, there were a lot of people around Wang Zhantu, all of them were refugees who had just moved in, everyone was gossiping, very noisy, Wang Zhantu waved his hand and said: "Everyone, please be quiet, listen to me!" ”

Everyone quieted down, Wang Zhantu said: "The rules here are stricter, one is fire prevention, the other is epidemic prevention, so it is not allowed to cook with fire in the big tent, three meals a day are uniformly distributed, and hot water is also distributed, tomorrow will start to collect the fire, and it will be returned to everyone in the future, I hope you will cooperate, this is related to everyone's personal safety, and you can't be negligent at all!" ”

"Don't worry! We will definitely cooperate with the handover, and this is also for the good of everyone. Everyone expressed their willingness to cooperate.

Wang Zhantu breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "There is also the latrine, over there!" ”

Wang Zhantu pointed to a long row of wooden houses in the distance, and said to everyone: "I see that there are no wooden houses over there, that is a thatched house, the red one is for women, and the white one is for men, everyone should restrain their children and do not defecate in the camp, mainly because the weather is hot, we must consider preventing the epidemic of plague, and everyone must drink a bowl of herbal soup every day to prevent illness." ”

Wang Zhantu's main purpose is to explain these two things clearly to everyone, and he was relieved to see that everyone understood very well.

At this time, Wang Huai asked: "I have two sons in my family, and they all want to find something to do and earn a little money. ”

Wang Zhantu said with a smile: "I originally thought that I would say it in two days, and I really have an opportunity to make money, participate in the dredging of the canal, about two months, including food and housing, a hundred yuan a day, and it is a lot of money!" ”

I heard that I can earn a hundred wen a day, which is still a lot of money, which makes everyone eager to try, Wang Huai asked again: "How far is the place where you work?" ”

"Just thirty miles to the east, there are more than 100,000 acres of military fields, and the irrigation canals are all blocked and need to be dredged, and about 100,000 young and strong men are needed."

"Like I'm almost sixty years old, can I go?" Wang Huai couldn't help but ask.

"If you have a special craft, you can go, and the salary will not be low."

Wang Huai was overjoyed and hurriedly said: "I know how to carpenter, I can build waterwheels, and I built waterwheels in our township." ”

"It's a good craft!"

Wang Zhantu said with a smile: "Repairing water conservancy, this craft is the most needed, and there is no big problem." ”

At this time, there was a horn sound in the distance, and Wang Zhantu said with a smile: "It's about to start, let's prepare dishes and chopsticks!" ”

When everyone heard that the meal was going to be opened, they ran to their tents, Wang Zhantu stood up, and when he turned around, he saw his father Wang Yu standing not far away, looking at him with a smile.

Wang Zhantu hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "Why is my father here?" ”

Wang Zhantu is Wang Zhan, the youngest son of Wang Yu, is eighteen years old this year, when he participated in the imperial examination last year, Wang Yu renamed him Wang Zhantu, he entered Beijing this year to participate in the imperial examination, and was assigned to Licheng County as a charge division, becoming the youngest charge in the history of Qizhou.

Wang Yu's wife has died, leaving only two sons, the eldest son Wang Hong served as the governor of Texas, his most distressed is the young son, Wang Yu is a practical school, although his son still has the potential to continue to study, but Wang Yu still let his son participate in the imperial examination early, the Ming Jing subject, starting from the lowest level of the scribes, this is a great tempering of the son's ability, much more meaningful than those who die to study.

Moreover, the Ming Jingke only had a low starting point, and after five years of being a clerk, he was qualified to serve as the chief secretary of the nine products, and officially stepped into the official rank, when his son was only twenty-three years old, he was in the prime of life, with outstanding ability and rich experience, and it was easier to make political achievements.

But it is not that after five years of being a clerk, you will definitely be promoted to the official rank, mainly depending on the background and resume, there are connections and connections, coupled with your own efforts, your resume is beautiful, and it is not a problem to basically be promoted to an official.

So Wang Yu found a lot of opportunities to give his son experience, like this time when he came to the refugee camp to serve as a district official, many people were reluctant to do it, but Wang Yu knew that if this matter was done well, it would be a very shining stroke on his resume.

"Busy today, right?" Wang Yu asked with a smile.

"Today is relatively busy, the refugees have come one after another in the past few days, arrange for them, and then solve the difficulties, but also fire prevention and epidemic prevention, busy and dizzy."

"Is there any difficulty?" Wang Yu asked with a smile again.

"A lot of refugees want to earn some money, so the children tell them about the water conservancy, I don't know when it starts?"

Wang Yu nodded, "The day after tomorrow!" The day after tomorrow, all the districts will be gathered together, and then the plan will be officially announced, which is similar to what the father told you before. ”

At this time, a soldier brought food, and Wang Yu gladly went to his son's tent to have dinner together.