The number of displaced people is huge and growing, and the plan that was originally negotiated is no longer sufficient for the status quo. However, no one in the Suzaku army wanted to abandon a single outcast, so Rihito chose and wandered in two circles: buying food and preparing for the military.

Rihito felt that he might lose his hair overnight, but the fact in front of him was that there was obviously not enough food, and it was obviously unrealistic to wait for the next batch of food to be purchased. But if you use your own military reserves, you are joking with your own life. There is no way, forcing Liren to choose to abandon some people now, but who to abandon has become a big problem.

At this time, Zhang Lei, who had been a beggar, came up with an idea: "Lord, do you think this will work, let the displaced people who have already come over wait for us to arrange it slowly, and the displaced people who have not yet come over, let the people of the Light God Sect bring them to Li Yong, and let him help us digest a part." I was thinking that although he couldn't make the homeless people eat well, he should be able to support them for about a year by robbing the rich, and then we would be able to support the food and drink of these people. ”

Li Ren thought about it for a long time and found Fang Ning and Chen Lin to discuss. After listening to Zhang Lei's method, they thought for a while and agreed to all of them. Li Ren asked strangely: "Didn't the two gentlemen oppose it very much?" Why do you agree to it now? ”

Chen Lin frowned and arched his hand and said, "My lord, we didn't agree originally, because we didn't expect such a huge team of displaced people. So far, we have eaten a tenth of the grain we have prepared for three years, and if we continue like this, we will be emptied before the next year's grain harvest. Dividing a part of the people to Captain Li Yong can reduce our food consumption a lot, and Captain Li Yong can continue to plunder the team's business in the name of Manichaeism, so that we can not only get a lot of money, but also get a part of the silver taels, so as to raise funds for the purchase of the next batch of grain. Speaking of which, Chen Lin didn't say anything more, and looked at Fang Ning.

"Yes, lord, in this case, it is better for some of these people who came to Captain Li to be preserved, than to starve to death together with us." Fang Ning said the truth: "But according to my calculations, we don't have to wait for a year, it only takes half a year, and after the base in Taiwan is built, it should be able to help us digest half of the population." ”

Li Ren frowned and calculated in his head and asked, "Mr. Fang, are you sure it's half a year, not a year?" ”

"Yes, there are more than 10,000 people in Taiwan now, and there will be a lot of food surplus in at least half a year, and Taiwan is still a relatively wild place, and there are more wild animals and plants, as long as Taiwan's current population does not exceed 30,000 in half a year, I think there should be no problem to accept 100,000 people to survive." Fang Ning directly affirmed.

Chen Lin heard this and asked, "What Mr. Fang is talking about survival?" And not the other? ”

"That's right! It's survival. Fang Ning was a little helpless when he said this.

Chen Lin shook his head and said, "Survival, alas! If we had developed a year and a half, we would not have been so embarrassed. It's okay to survive, at least under our leadership, there shouldn't be a situation of cannibalism~! ”

"Man eats man?" Rihito was suddenly blindsided, thinking that he had not heard of it when he came to this era.

Chen Lin nodded: "There have been people eating people in the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and it is Han people eating Han people, which is almost a common phenomenon in Shandong and Shaanxi, where there are now ten rooms and nine emptiness." ”

Li Ren hurriedly asked, "Don't the people of Beiyuan care?" ”

Fang Ning said at this time: "They, haha, how can a group of beasts know how to manage the country, and now they are busy enclosing the land." Ordinary Han people are only the price of a donkey there, so if you think about it, who cares how a donkey survives? ”

In addition to being shocked or shocked, Li Ren only knew that in history, the Northern Yuan people assessed all the Han people as the price of a donkey, but he didn't expect that there were people eating people in the Northern Yuan now. Sadly, what experts in the previous life said that Beiyuan was a paradise on earth, saying that they were the only one in the land of China who was surprisingly powerful in technology and surprisingly high in art. These are all bullshit, they don't want to let people abuse them, and they want to sing praises to others, not only that, but people only treat you as a donkey, and sell them by catty. Irony, sarcasm.

It's no longer surprising to think of this, history is originally written by the victors. But he clenched his fists, his eyes bloodshot, and his teeth creaked.

"Lord~, please don't be impatient." Fang Ning and Chen Lin both saw that Li Ren's reaction was wrong, and Chen Lin took the first step to persuade him.

Rihito slowly recovered from his excited state of mind, and said with a long sigh: "I'm fine, gentlemen, don't panic, it's just a bad breath just now." ”

Fang Ning hugged his fist at Li Ren at this time and bowed: "The subordinates have brought a lot of Han people here to thank the lord, Zhenmei thought that the lord is really a good son of the Han family." ”

"Hmmm! Well, don't be amazed at me, the main thing now is to solve the problem of food, I think we should get back to the topic. When Li Ren heard Fang Ning's praise, he was very impressed in his heart, but his expression was still unwavering.

Chen Lin and Fang Ning looked at each other and nodded to each other at the same time, and then Chen Lin said, "Lord, did you already send the seeds of Champa rice a month ago?" ”

Liren replied with a smile: "Didn't I send someone to tell the gentlemen about this?" ”

"The subordinates just want to make sure." Chen Lin said respectfully to Liren.

Rihito smiled and said, "What does Mr. Now want to say?" ”

"Lord, I want to ask my lord to allocate half of the military reserves." Chen Lin boldly stated his plan.

Liren was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why did Mr. come up with this method?" Don't you know that military reserves are now the lifeblood of our Suzaku Army? ”

Chen Lin smiled slightly and said: "The lord is a little safe, the thing is like this, the subordinates listen to what the lord said, and it will only take three or four months for the rice to ripen in Zhancheng, and it can be two crops in a year." Now the city of hope has at least 300,000 people of land outside the city. If we mobilize these 200,000 people, our subordinates think that they can turn one pound of grain into ten pounds in half a year. ”

Li Ren was silent, looked up at Fang Ning, and saw that he also had a silent expression, so he asked him, "Mr. Fang, what do you think of Mr. Chen's proposal?" ”

"Enlightening the Lord, it is the so-called good and bad together, this matter is difficult to say, because this is a matter of heaven." Fang Ning pointed to the roof, and directly slipped his head, avoiding the direct face of the matter.

Liren was immediately amused by his funny expression, and smiled slightly: "Okay, say what you think." ”

Li Ren's repeated questioning made Fang Ning only take it seriously: "Rice is just, don't say that we have never been exposed to it when it is so big." However, I have heard from the people how to grow rice, and the housekeeper has to look at the sky. Therefore, the things that Mr. Chen said are all five or five, and now it only depends on how the lord decides. ”

It's still an ambiguous answer, but Rihito found something in it. After careful consideration, I finally found the crux of the problem. Immediately, Liren was thoughtful and didn't ask the two gentlemen anymore, and Liren, who had come back to his senses for a long time, immediately ordered: "Mr. Chen, among all the displaced people and the current personnel, use a high bounty to reward those who can farm, especially those who can grow rice. ”

Chen Ling was a little confused when she saw that Liren didn't promise herself now and ordered such a thing. But seeing that Liren is so resolute, it's hard to ask anything more. Only Mr. Fang, who closed his eyes and recuperated, took the order and retreated.

The next day, in the place where everyone could easily see it, a large bounty order was posted. I saw that it was written:

Many people are illiterate, and seeing that there are soldiers guarding, the people who have long been accustomed to Hou Ye's behavior have asked the soldiers on both sides: "Young man, what is it talking about, show us all." ”

At this time, a man dressed in his head walked up to the notice stand and said to the person who had just asked: "Uncle, above is the Hou Ye looking for a good farmer, especially someone who wants to plant rice." As long as it is the first place selected, there will be a reward of 100 taels of silver, and then all the people who are selected will be hired by the Hou Ye, and there will be two taels of silver per month. ”

"Haha! That's a good thing, but I'm not a good farmer, alas! It would have been nice if I had learned. The man retreated out of the circle in disappointment, and suddenly his eyes lit up and he thought of something. But immediately I heard it say again: "You forgot to say a word on the notice, and if anyone is fooled, he will be beheaded." The person who heard this sentence suddenly did not have the light in his eyes, but felt that his neck was cold.

The notice was posted for three days, and there was an endless stream of people who came to the Marquis's Mansion to apply, many of whom were veterans who had been farming at home, but in the face of the questions raised by the Marquis, they didn't know anything. These people lamented that the question given by Hou Ye was too difficult, but within two days, three croppers were selected.

Finally, on the day when the selection was announced, Liren announced in public that the next test of the ten croppers was to give them the same three acres of land for one person, to see who planted better rice and produced more grain. This was a test period of at least four months, and the people who were eager to know the answer suddenly jumped in a hurry.

After arranging these croppers, the plan for 200,000 people to start growing grain was about to be implemented, and Rihito first asked his soldiers who had received mathematical training to compile a book one by one, write down the situation of each homeless person, and then distribute the sowing land according to the family situation.

Among these people, the lonely and old ones were not given land first, but only housing and then waiting for arrangements. The family is reunited, and the cultivated land and seeds are distributed. There is only one man left, and depending on his physical strength, a part of the strong man is recruited to form a garrison to be responsible for public order issues. All the other are five acres of land per person and the corresponding seeds.

In the end, the statistics came out, 100,000 people were resettled, 30,000 were recruited into the garrison, and the rest were either orphans or orphans.