There seems to be no change in the lives of the people in Dongyang County, except for a little panic caused by the government office when it sent people to count the grain, and now the whole county is running in order.

When the people found out that the people in the government office were indeed only counting the grain, and did not forcibly requisition the grain, they were completely relieved.

Li Gang looked at the situation in the county, very pleased, and couldn't help but think of Chen Zheng again.

The stability of this disaster period depended to a large extent on the small suggestions put forward by Chen Zheng.

However, other counties are not as orderly as Dongyang County, and in some counties the price of grain is already high, and the merchants and wealthy households are hoarding, and the people often fight for a bite to eat!

Some well-informed people inquired about the situation in Dongyang County and fled to Dongyang County in droves.

By the time Li Gang got the news, hundreds of refugees had gathered outside the gate of Dongyang County.

In the face of these hundreds of refugees, Li Gang was worried, to accept or not to accept?

If you collect it, it will undoubtedly bring a lot of pressure to the disaster prevention of the county, you know, there are only more than 23,000 people in the entire Dongyang County, and there are hundreds of refugees at this time, which is not a small number.

What if you don't accept it? These are all the people of Liang Kingdom, and they can't watch him starve to death outside the gate of Dongyang County!

If this is the case, not only will someone impeach him in the future if he dies, but even Li Gang himself, he will not be happy in his heart.

But these hundreds of people must not be put into the city, if there is a riot, with the tolerance of the county town, I am afraid that it will really be impossible to suppress.

In desperation, Li Gang found Chen Zheng.

"Your Excellency summoned me, but for the sake of the hundreds of refugees outside the city?" Chen Zheng asked straight to the point.

Li Gang nodded and said: "Those people are extremely sleepy and come to vote, this county can't see death without help, but they can't be put into the city, they can only make some shelter for them outside." ”

"Your Excellency, you mean, to build them a house outside the city?" Chen Zheng tried to ask.

"You don't have to build a good house, Master Xiao Chen is a carpenter, so he makes some simple wooden sheds and wooden houses, and there is a place to stay. Li Gang Road.

"Your Excellency, please rest assured, I will do my best to make a proper placement." Chen Zheng agreed.

Li Gang sighed and said, "Master Xiao Chen has no conditions?" ”

"At the moment of the catastrophe, human life comes first, what conditions are there to talk about!" Chen Zheng sighed.

After Li Gang heard this, he couldn't help but praise: "Master Xiao Chen actually has the style of an ancient benevolent gentleman!" ”

Chen Zheng was a little embarrassed and said: "Those refugees can't eat and drink for nothing, they have to let them do something." ”

"But what can they do now? Arrange to go into the city to do things, it is not a secret, and the county is not at ease. Li Gang said honestly.

Chen Zheng smiled and said, "My lord, you forgot, the dock and port of Brother Li in Xia and Li are about to start construction, and there is a shortage of manpower." ”

"You want to use these refugees?" Li Gang asked with a raised eyebrow.

Chen Zheng did not deny it, and said: "Yes, let them work, and then distribute the grain according to the size of the workload." If you refuse to work, drive them away, after all, food is a scarce resource and cannot be wasted! ”

Li Gang glanced at Chen Zheng and said with a smile: "You are using the public's grain to work for relief, you have a good calculation." ”

"Your Excellency is serious, you can't say that." Chen Zheng argued, "Even if I don't use them, won't the adults give them food?" I give them something to do, and there is hope in their hearts; If there is hope in the heart, there will be no trouble. Isn't that what adults want to see? ”

"There's some truth to that."

"Don't forget, my lord, the sooner this dock and the harbor are built, the sooner you can go to sea to fish." Chen Zheng said.

Li Gang laughed and said, "This county has been persuaded by you again, and these people belong to you." However, the construction period on your and Li Shuang's side must be fast, and if you rashly have these hundreds of mouths, our food will be tight. ”

"My lord should repair the book with Governor Feng as soon as possible, and let him order the population of each county to be controlled, and no escape, otherwise, there will only be more and more refugees coming to our Dongyang County." Chen Zhengdao.

Li Gang sighed and said, "The people of other counties are really living in dire straits. ”

"My lord, we are also mud bodhisattvas crossing the river now, and it is difficult to protect ourselves, and we have no spare energy to take care of anything else." Chen Zhengdao, "If we recover in the later stage, we will have the spare strength to support other counties." ”

Li Gang nodded and said, "You go to the scribe, and these people will be handed over to you." ”

Chen Zheng found a scribe, registered these refugees, and then collected them in the direction of Jiuquwan, and by the way, informed Wei Dayong and asked him to pull all the wood from the carpentry workshop.

Chen Zheng finally chose a higher ground on the west side of Jiuqu Bay as a foothold for the refugees, which is relatively close to Jiuqu Bay and convenient for daily work.

When the timber was brought in, Chen Zheng began to plan to build a wooden house.

Although, Li Gang said, don't worry too much, just make some wooden sheds to protect from the wind and rain.

However, Chen Zheng doesn't think so, as a little carpenter with ideals, morality, deeds, and pursuits, he will never cope with it.

The structure of the residence has long been designed by Chen Zheng in his mind, with three households with one courtyard and five courtyards with a row.

Each house can accommodate up to three households, and there is also a kitchen and thatched hut, which can be shared.

There are fifteen households in five courtyards in one row, that is, about twenty or thirty people, so it is enough to build only ten rows.

Chen Zheng had experience building houses on islands, and this time the wooden houses he built didn't need to be so ornate, so it was easier to do.

Soon, the first small courtyard was built.

A well-conditioned wooden courtyard: +17 stamina regeneration, +17 shelter from the wind and rain.

For these two attributes, Chen Zheng is quite satisfied, and the next thing is even simpler.

What Chen Zheng did was to cut the fixed-size timber, make the tenon and mortise, and build it, and hand it over directly to the refugees.

If you want a house, you have to build it yourself.

Of course, the house they built by themselves does not have attributes.

It took three days to complete all the ten rows of wooden houses with small courtyards, and Chen Zheng assigned the small courtyard he built to the three families who worked the hardest as a reward.

As for the furniture used in the wooden house, Chen Zheng recommended the carpenter of Chengnan Wang.

The reason is very simple, although the things made by Carpenter Wang are shoddy and cut corners, they are cheap, and at this time, it is good to be able to use them.

After a few days of tossing, the refugees were finally settled.

The refugees had food, shelter and rejoicing, completely unaware that the next few days would be the time for them to make a big move.