Cao Liang is in Bingzhou this time, and he completely wants to use Bingzhou as his base to operate, as a base camp for fighting against the Sima family in the future, but since it is a base area, then the people's will is the most critical element, and only with the support of the people of Bingzhou can he have a chance to gain a firm foothold in Bingzhou.

The expulsion of the Huns was only half done, and the other half was that Cao Liang was needed to settle the people of the state, and only in this way could he win the hearts and minds of the people and win support.

Cao Liang naturally regards the resettlement of refugees as a top priority.

However, for those refugees, they are also eager to return to their hometowns and their homeland, although Jinyang is good, it is not a place to stay for a long time.

Cao Liang summoned Jiang Huai and Bo Cao to discuss the relocation of refugees.

Jiang Huai proposed that it is easy to move back, but it is difficult to resettle, after all, it is now the end of summer and early autumn, according to the normal agricultural time, it is now time to wait for the harvest, but because of the evasion of the Xiongnu, the people in all parts of the state have no time to cultivate and flee, resulting in a large area of land barren, now it is almost the autumn harvest season, in addition to the wild grass in the field, not even a grain of grain and grass can be seen.

This is obviously the most serious problem, this year's land is abandoned, not only this year's harvest, but also next year's at least after the autumn harvest will have to eat food, which is equivalent to a whole year of these people have to starve, especially in winter, the weather is cold, there is no food and clothing, I don't know how many people can't survive.

Cao Liang turned back to Bo Cao and said solemnly: "Shen Zhi, how much grain is still in the treasury now?" ”

Shen shook his head and said: "Back to the history of Cao Thorn, the grain in the treasury is not enough to support a month. Moreover, today's taxes have been soaked in the soup, and there is no harvest, and I also asked Cao Thorn to play the imperial court and allocate some money and food for disaster relief to survive this winter's difficulties. ”

The grain in the treasury of Jinyang is a local tax, except for the part that is handed over to the imperial court, and the rest is kept in the treasury of the state capital. The grain used now is still last year's tax, and this year, because of the war, it will definitely not be able to collect taxes.

Cao Liang said: "It is certain to play the imperial court, but before the imperial court disaster relief money and grain are in place, we still need to do a good job of self-help, and it is too late to plant grain now, but we can plant vegetables for autumn and winter harvest, such as cabbage and radish." Jiang engaged in the matter of quickly implementing the cabbage and radish seeds, and strive to distribute these seeds to households while returning to the refugees, so as not to delay planting. ”

The agricultural time for planting grain is wrong, but Cao Liang knows that the beginning of autumn is the time to plant cabbage and radish, if you can catch this time to plant, and when it comes to winter, you can harvest a large number of cabbage and radish, as long as the quantity is sufficient, there is no problem in ensuring that the people survive the winter.

At the same time, Cao Liang proposed that when he broke through the four cities of the Xiongnu, a large number of cattle and sheep were seized, which could be distributed to the resettled people, the mutton could be eaten, and the cattle could be used to cultivate the land.

Jiang Huai said: "These captured cattle and sheep are Cao Tingshi's military property, so it's probably not appropriate to take them out to help the people." ”

Cao Liang said: "What's inappropriate, if it weren't for the rebellion of the Huns, why should the people flee from their hometowns, and why should there be such an embarrassing situation, and it can be regarded as a kind of compensation to give back to the people with these seized things." ”

The resettlement of refugees is a huge project, and in order to do a good job in this work, Cao Liang specially arranged for Jiang Huaihe and Shen Zhong to take full responsibility for this matter, and he himself also visited Yangyi and Yuci in Qi County many times to conduct on-the-spot investigations, so that the refugees could return and relocate to have houses, food, and food, and effectively ensure their lives.

Appeasing the people's hearts is the most important, the people's hearts and minds determine how deep Cao Liang can take root in the state in the future, after the Huns rebelled, what was left to Cao Liang was a mess, on this basis Cao Liang wanted to make a difference, it was definitely necessary to make considerable efforts.

In fact, the common people are the easiest group to appease, their requirements are not too high, two meals a day, a night and a night, as long as they can meet the minimum living requirements, they can be satisfied.

The number of peasant uprisings in history does not mean that the peasants really have such great ambitions to seek political interests, but that the peasants who have been cornered have to rise up and resist, and when a person cannot even meet the minimum living conditions, the rebellion is irreversible.

If the people of the annexed states are not properly settled, it is very likely that they will become the team that will rebel again after the Huns.

Therefore, Cao Liang did not dare to slack off on the resettlement of refugees, and he personally inquired about everything and inspected it to ensure that 100% of the relief materials were used on the refugees, rather than being filled by some moths.

When he went out to inspect the Great Tomb, Cao Liang suddenly saw that the mountains west of the Great Tomb were actually bare, and he couldn't help but wonder: "Aren't there any trees on these mountains?" ”

Jiang Huai, who accompanied him on his trip, explained: "These mountains were originally overgrown with trees, and since the Huns rebelled, many civilians have fled to the depths of the mountains to escape the war. However, the Huns set fire to the mountain viciously, burned many people to death, and also burned this large area of mountains and forests. ”

Shen Chong also said: "This mountain forest was originally a place for local people to cut firewood for heating in winter, but now the mountains and forests are completely destroyed, and the people can't even cut firewood, and I'm afraid they will have to freeze this winter." ”

Cao Liang frowned and said, "This is a big question, have you ever summed it up, how many mountains did the Huns burn and how many forests did they destroy?" ”

Shen said solemnly: "It's really hard to say, but from Zishi to Jinyang, about dozens of mountains have been ignited, and the mountains and forests of these dozens of mountains have almost been destroyed." These Huns are also too misguided. ”

After the Huns rebelled, they soon swept through the land of Jinzhong, and many people fled to Jinyang, but some people fled to the mountains to try to escape the war. But the murderous Huns were not ready to let them go, but set fire to the mountains, forcing them to have no way out.

Now that the mountains are burning and the firewood is gone, the people who have returned to the country do not know how to spend this winter.

Cao Liang pondered for a while, and said: "Since the Huns burned the mountain and cut off the people's firewood roads, then let them dig coal, which can be regarded as a kind of compensation for the people who were hurt by them." ”