Of course, trust also means greater responsibility, Guo Zhiyuan handed over so much money to Zhang Cheng, naturally there is a very important thing to be handed over to him to do, but Zhang Cheng can't think of what important things Guo Zhiyuan wants to hand over to him to do, and he still needs to use so much silver, this heavy responsibility really makes Zhang Cheng a little frightened, and nervously rubbed his hands and asked: "Big... Your Excellency, you... What do you have to do with the villain... What do you do? Small... The villain can... Limited capacity, fear... I'm afraid ......"

Guo Zhiyuan waved his hand and said: "Zhang Cheng, let me listen to me first, what I want you to do is not difficult, it is not easy to say, you are good at dealing with people, you are careful, you are the best person to do this......"

After receiving Guo Zhiyuan's praise, Zhang Cheng was also in good spirits, overcame the panic in his heart, and said with his head held high: "Since the adult can trust the villain, the villain is risking his life, and he will definitely live up to the trust of the adult and handle this matter well!" ……”

Guo Zhiyuan waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's not as serious as you said, we need a lot of manpower and material resources to build Dongfan, I have asked the Holy Lord for permission to allow us to recruit displaced people all over the country, our intelligence network is laid out by you, and now most provinces in the country have our intelligence sites, so I think you are the best person to do this......

When Zhang Cheng heard that Guo Zhiyuan just asked him to recruit homeless people, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest and said: "It turns out that it is just recruiting homeless people, the villain still thinks it is a big deal, please rest assured, the villain will definitely handle this matter properly!" ……”

Speaking of this, Zhang Cheng's heart suddenly moved, and he asked in surprise: "My lord, the villain has something to say, if he is just recruiting homeless people, how can he need so much money?" ……”

Guo Zhiyuan glanced at Zhang Cheng and said with a slight smile: "Zhang Cheng, do you know how many homeless people I need you to recruit?" ……”

Zhang Cheng scratched his head and said, "The villain doesn't know ......."

Guo Zhiyuan smiled slightly and didn't speak, raised three fingers, and Zhang Cheng guessed: "Three thousand? Guo Zhiyuan shook his head, Zhang Cheng was a little surprised, and said dumbfounded: "Three... Thirty thousand? ……”

Guo Zhiyuan nodded and shook his head, put away his smile and said: "To be precise, the first batch of 30,000, I plan to divide it into ten batches, a total of 300,000 immigrants from the inland to Dongfan!" It is not an easy task to bring so many people to Dongfan smoothly, are you confident that you can do it? ……”

"Three... Three hundred thousand? Zhang Cheng was so surprised that his jaw almost dropped. You must know that this era is not the era of the population explosion in later generations, the total population of the Ming Dynasty at this time is less than 100 million (note: some scholars believe that the population of the Ming Dynasty at this time is about 60 million, but the author estimates through the number of participants in several large-scale battles at the end of the Ming Dynasty, I personally think that the total population of the Ming Dynasty at this time should be about 100 million. In addition, the Ming Dynasty was relatively strict in the management of household registration, and the number of large-scale immigrants in the history of the Ming Dynasty was about 100,000, and Guo Zhiyuan was actually ready to emigrate to Dongfan (Taiwan) for 300,000, so it is no wonder that Zhang Chenghui was so surprised.

Such large-scale emigration was a daunting task even for the government, and the self-sufficient socio-economic structure of feudal society had created the traditional concept of "relocation" of peasants for thousands of years, and it was not easy for people to leave their homes. Taking the largest official immigration in history --- the Ming Dynasty Hongdong Dahuashu immigration as an example, when the Ming Dynasty ** in order to solve the situation of the population of the Central Plains caused by the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, thousands of miles of uninhabited, from Shanxi Province to Hongdong County --- to Henan, Hebei and other places, it had to use deception and coercive means, the hands of the immigrants were all tied with ropes and connected together with a long rope Origin of the term.

Although Guo Zhiyuan was approved by Emperor Wanli to recruit displaced people, it was impossible to get the help of the local government, and it was impossible to use coercive means to recruit so many displaced people and move them to Dongfan smoothly, which was definitely an extremely difficult task. Adult, three... 300,000 immigrants is not too ... Too much? ……”

"300,000 is not more, but less! I'll calculate an account for you, we want to hold Dongfan, the existing army is far from enough, I am ready to expand the army by 30,000, the naval army is 10,000, the army is 20,000, and we want to build three big cities in Dongfan, the labor required is at least 100,000, so many people need all the food they need every day, we can't afford it at all, we must be self-sufficient, so we still have to reclaim the farmland, I estimate that at least 100,000 farmers will be needed, these are just strong laborers, they must also bring their families, so 300,000 immigrants are only a little! ……”

Speaking of this, Guo Zhiyuan patted Zhang Cheng's shoulder heavily, and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Cheng, thousands of high-rise buildings rise from the ground, no matter how big the grand cause is, it is impossible to achieve it without the foundation of the population, can we gain a firm foothold in Dongfan, can we make Dongfan develop rapidly, this immigration plan is the top priority, the immigration plan is not successful, everything else is empty talk, you are the person I trust the most, so I will give you this most arduous and important task!" If he succeeds in the future, you can take the first credit! ……”

Zhang Cheng was also enthusiastic when he heard it, he gave up the free days of being the head of the Jinyi Guard Prison and followed Guo Zhiyuan to Fujian, because he was optimistic about Guo Zhiyuan and wanted to follow Guo Zhiyuan to make contributions, and the facts proved that he was right, Guo Zhiyuan laid down the current situation in less than two years, and with time, the future must be limitless, and now Guo Zhiyuan trusts him so much and gives him such an important task, how can he be afraid of difficulties and retreat? !

Thinking of this, Zhang Cheng no longer hesitated, and said impassionedly: "Serve the adults, and the villains will go to the soup and fire, and they will not hesitate!" Please rest assured, the villain will definitely overcome all difficulties and move the immigrants to Dongbo smoothly! ……”

Guo Zhiyuan nodded with satisfaction, and advised: "Zhang Cheng, I am naturally relieved that you can do things, the construction of Dongfan requires talents from all walks of life, so I hope that you should still pay attention to screening when recruiting displaced people, and it is best to recruit displaced people with skills, such as masons, carpenters, blacksmiths, etc., and a certain number of doctors......

Zhang Cheng was dumbfounded when he heard this, it was not easy to recruit 300,000 immigrants, and Guo Zhiyuan still had so many requirements, how could this be done? !