At the beginning of March, after a long journey of more than a month, the journey was nearly 2,000 miles. The 50,000 victims of Chaoyi finally arrived in Juzhou one after another.

As soon as the first batch of victims arrived in Juzhou, officials at all levels in the yamen immediately took action. Although some officials are a little reluctant, but this is the emperor personally ordered to arrange the imperial mission, if anyone behaves well, promotion and fortune are just around the corner, and if anyone behaves badly, the Su Zhixian in Chaoyi is an example. So in this case, all the officials are involved in the resettlement of the victims.

Even the wealthy landlords in the state supported the resettlement of the victims, because they found that the population of Juzhou was increasing, and there were more and more workshops, but their own land could not be rented and planted, but their shops in the city were much better. Now there are so many victims at once, and these are potential laborers and potential customers of their own stores! Naturally, they welcome the victims to settle down in Juzhou.

First of all, the household registration information of the victims of the disaster will be counted by the households and workshops, and all the skilled craftsmen will be screened out. After statistics, they were pleasantly surprised to find that among the more than 10,000 victims, there were more than 1,000 artisan households!

When Liang Wensheng and Ho Zhiyuan learned the news, they were very happy, and immediately divided these craftsmen, the most popular of which were blacksmiths, gunsmiths, gunsmiths, carpenters and masons.

The remaining 9,000 or so households are military or peasant households, and of these more than 9,000 households, He Zhiyuan is responsible for relocating more than 5,500 households, and with 500 artisan households, it is exactly 6,000 households. The other 4,000 or so households were resettled in the steel mill and some small workshops, and the remaining 3,000 households were all resettled in cement workshops on both sides of the Shu River.

Liang Wensheng gathered these disaster victims, used an iron horn invented by He Zhiyuan as a megaphone, and said some words of relief and comfort, which is nothing more than that I, as a Chaoyi person, heard that such a catastrophe occurred in Chaoyi, and I was very anxious in my heart. In order to save the villagers from fire and water, I specially asked the emperor to bring everyone to be temporarily resettled. Now the government has prepared a simple grass hut for everyone to live in, and sent an adult male Ding An to work in the workshop for each household, with at least three taels of silver per month, which is enough to ensure that the whole family has food and clothing, and the government gives each person 20 catties of grain and 50 yuan as the cost of settling in.

When these victims heard that the government had made such a thoughtful settlement, many of them were moved to tears. Many of them thought that the government would only manage two meals of millet porridge a day at most to prevent them from starving to death, but they did not expect that they would arrange work for them, and they would also be paid every month, and they would also be given food and copper money, although it was not much, but it was enough for some penniless peasant households not to starve to death before the first month's wages were paid. When these victims heard so much news, they swept away the fatigue and sadness along the way, and their bodies were full of strength.

He Zhiyuan asked his family and Ding Zhuang in the town to bring the victims back to Hejia Town in batches and place them in simple grass huts outside the town. Every time a group of He Zhiyuan came to them, he gave them another lecture, telling them that this would be their home in the future, and that not only would each household place an adult male to work in the workshop, but if there were those who were willing to work in the coal mine, not only would the salary be high, but also a female worker would be given priority to work in each workshop.

When these victims heard that they were going to work as miners in the coal mines, some people asked in confusion: "How much does it cost to work in the coal mine for a month?" ”

"As long as you work hard, you will have at least four or five taels of silver every month, and you can eat and live, white flour steamed buns and white rice are enough, and there will be meat for a meal." He Zhiyuan replied.

Many of these victims had also worked as miners in coal mines, and had never heard of such good treatment in coal mines. They all asked suspiciously: "He Gongzi, what you said is true?" Don't lie to us! ”

"You can go and see, and if what I say is not true, you come back here and I'll resettle you." He Zhiyuan said to them confidently.

"If that's the case, I'll sign up!"

"Count me in!"

In fact, where do these victims have a choice, as long as they can have a place to live, they will be satisfied without starvation, and now I have heard that they have a salary of four or five taels of silver a month, and they are in charge of food and shelter, which is already the biggest unexpected surprise.

In the end, He Zhiyuan selected 3,000 people to go to Luoquanzhuang Coal Mine, because he realized that although coal is a good thing, it will be in great demand in the future, but it is not needed so much now, and if too much mining will definitely cause a backlog of coal, it will put too much money down. At the same time, he decided to invent briquettes by the way, which would not only allow some victims to work, but also increase the sales of coal, which is a good thing to kill two birds with one stone.

The remaining two thousand households of Ding Zhuang were placed in various workshops in Hejia Town, and now the most important thing to expand is the green brick workshop, the current green brick workshop can not only produce green bricks, hollow bricks, but also give birth to various cement tiles, sulfur glazed tiles and other building materials, should have been renamed building materials factory a long time ago.

Guo Laoer's family was a landless tenant when they were in Chaoyi, with four children and parents who were nearly 60 years old, making them the poorest of the many victims. A family of eight people relied on only one stone of coarse grain and fifty yuan to get to Juzhou.

After arriving in Hejia Town, Guo Laoer's father fell ill in bed due to fatigue on the road, and in order to treat his parents, he took out the copper money issued by the government to ask the doctor to treat the old man and take medicine.

When he heard that working in a coal mine not only paid well, but also had food and housing, he immediately signed up to work in the coal mine. Because his family is in need of money so much, not only do they have four children to support, but also two tired parents who need medicine to treat their illnesses. If his daughter-in-law can go to the workshop again, his family will have hope for the future.

After Guo Laoer's father learned that his son was going to work in the coal mine, his father disagreed with him going to work in the coal mine. When he was young, he also worked as a miner in a coal mine, and he knew that he was tired and poorly fed and his wages were low. So I gave my son a heart and asked him to go to the town to inquire if he was really treated so well as a miner.

Guo Lao Er listened to his father's words, and then went to the town to meet people to inquire about the coal mine, when he asked a mason from Yizhou, others said to him: "This is true, now the He family is the largest coal boss in Luoquanzhuang, his family not only took his family to kill all the bandits in Heishizhai last year, but also cleaned up a black-hearted broker in Luoquanzhuang who specializes in pit miners from other places." Later, the wages of the miners were raised, and the food of the miners was improved, and there was not a miner who did not say that his family was good. A relative of mine works in his mine, and I heard him come to his house during the Chinese New Year and tell him that he still needs to recruit workers. My relatives said that they only recruit four people each, and the young students in the village don't have a chance to go yet. If you can go there to work, then you have to take advantage of it and don't let people fight for it. ”

Guo Lao Er was relieved when he heard this, and he then asked the mason: "How many coal kilns does his family have in Luoquanzhuang?" How many people do you need to work? ”

The mason pursed his lips and said proudly: "That's a lot, I heard that the entire He family has discussed with the master of the state, the He family will build a road for Yizhou, and Yizhou will give the He family the mining rights of the Heishishan Coal Mine." Just now they have more than a hundred coal kilns in their house, how many miners do you say are needed? I'm afraid more people will be needed in the future! ”

It was as if he was a member of the He family, but he felt that he could work for the He family and return to his hometown to brag about it for a few years.

At this time, an older man came up and said to Guo Laoer: "I hear your accent is a disaster victim from Shaanxi, and I am also a disaster victim from other places, and I settled here last year." My son works in a soap factory, my daughter-in-law works in a textile factory, and I now cook at home, take care of my children, and I don't have to do anything, and I enjoy Qingfu every day. ”

Someone else said to Guo Laoer: "Are you going to sign up to see it first?" I heard that there is news from the house, as long as you are sure to go to work there, you can go to He Fu to report your name, and He Fu can advance two taels of silver. There are a lot of people who have signed up, and you don't want to go soon. If you go late, you will regret it too late if you are pushed by others! ”

At this time, Guo Lao Er was no longer depressed, and after giving directions, he immediately ran to the He family's mansion to queue up to sign up. It wasn't until noon that he successfully reported his name and received two taels of silver.

With the money, Guo Lao Er immediately went to the town to buy half a bag of white noodles, and also bought a pound of pork and two cabbages, and then took these things and walked happily to his home outside the city.

Guo Lao Er tied the noodle bag and cabbage together with a straw rope, and then carried it on his shoulder, and the other hand held the pork, proudly spread his legs, and walked on the road outside the city. When the neighbors saw Guo Laodi with so many delicious food, they asked curiously: "Guo Lao Er made a fortune today, bought so much white noodles today, and also bought meat?" ”

Guo Lao Er was so happy that he grinned as if he had picked up a gold ingot: "What kind of wealth is this, the day of wealth is still ahead." ”

So Guo Lao Er returned to his own grass shed in the envious eyes of the neighbors, and their family had a large population, so they were divided into a small yard of two grass huts. As soon as Guo Lao Er opened the door, he heard his daughter-in-law Lu Shi's weak voice: "Child, father, what are you carrying on your shoulder?" ”

Guo Lao Er put the bag off his shoulder, patted his hands proudly, and said loudly: "I bought white noodles and bought a pound of pork!" ”

"You spent all the dozens of dollars in your family?" The first thing that Lu thought of was the only dozens of copper coins left in the family, and then he angrily blamed Guo Laoer.

Lying on the bed in the back room, his parents heard the voice, struggled to get up and came to the outside room, and when they saw that Guo Lao Er had bought so many things, they also began to blame him for not spending money indiscriminately.

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