September of the eleventh year of orthodoxy, Yushan Town.

With the influx of a large number of victims into Yanzhou, although the prefectures and counties have made every effort to provide relief to the victims, after all, their strength is limited, and the money and food allocated by the government are only a drop in the bucket for hundreds of thousands of victims.

Moreover, after collecting some of the victims, the powerful people in various places were frightened by the larger-scale wave of victims, and they shrank back one after another, no longer paying attention to the relief of the victims, even the Qufu Confucian Mansion.

As a result, only one of the people who are still insisting on helping the victims and collecting the victims is left in Yushan Town!

At this time, after Guo Yongzhong arranged the affairs of Teng County, he hurried back to Yushan Town, and after seeing Liu Juntao, he asked: "Juntao, how long can we hold out in Yushan Town?" ”

Liu Juntao was also worried at this time, and said: "Now the income of the Ministry of Commerce has begun to decline significantly, and the previous inventory has also consumed a lot, if it goes on like this, our Yushan Town can hold on for two to three months at most!" ”

Guo Yongzhong was anxious when he heard this, and said: "In two to three months, the weather will turn cold!" When the time comes, if we can't hold on, those victims will suffer, and they will have no warm clothes and food! ”

"Bang!"

Liu Juntao was also upset at the moment, slammed the table, and said, "Why hasn't the court's relief arrived!" ”

"Not to mention the relief of the imperial court, now in the entire Yanzhou Mansion, only our Yushan Town family is still helping the victims, and the other heroes and gentry, including the Confucian Mansion, have shrunk back!"

Guo Yongzhong was also venting his dissatisfaction in his heart and kept talking loudly.

At this time, Liu Zi'an also walked into the room quickly and said, "Mr. Lian! As soon as I got the news, another group of 70,000 or 80,000 victims went north, just past Ningyang County! ”

"What!"

At this time, even Guo Yongzhong, who is usually very calm, screamed loudly, looking at Liu Juntao a little overwhelmed.

Liu Juntao frowned and groaned for a while, and said: "Tell Tang Yu to raise money and food immediately, no matter what, you must settle these victims now, and there must be no mistakes!" ”

Liu Zi'an hesitated for a moment and said: "Mr. Lian, now our Yushan Town has collected no less than 100,000 disaster victims, and if it continues like this, it will be dragged down by those disaster victims!" ”

Guo Yongzhong also said; "Yes! Now although the new city of Yushan Town has been built, it has been crowded by the influx of victims, and the farms and workshops everywhere are also overcrowded, and our Yushan Town can no longer afford to consume it! ”

"Then resettle the victims in Anshan Town, Zhangqiu Town, and Huakou Town!"

Liu Juntao said categorically: "In addition to the staff, immediately mobilize the manpower of the Ministry of Civil Affairs to establish farms in Anshan Town, Zhangqiu Town, and Huakou Town, and resettle the victims for reclamation!" ”

"This, this!"

Guo Yongzhong is speechless now, now just to help the victims have hollowed out all the family funds in Yushan Town, if you build farms everywhere, it will be a huge expense, where can Yushan Town take it?

Guo Yongzhong's worry is also Liu Zi'an's worry, so he said it 1510.

Liu Juntao waved his hand and said: "Although the cost of relief to the victims is huge now, the Ministry of Commerce still has a large amount of income every month, and our Yushan Town should be able to hold on for a while. You must know that manpower is strength, and population, no matter what time it is, is not too small! ”

"What about the money? What happens in a few months? ”

Guo Yongzhong and Liu Zi'an both asked anxiously.

Liu Juntao sighed and said, "Then we can only hope that the relief from the imperial court will come down soon!" ”

Guo Yongzhong and Liu Zi'an fainted when they heard this.

Although Guo Yongzhong also had some objections to Liu Juntao's arrangement, he still found Tang Yu and planned to build farms around Anshan Town, Zhangqiu Town, and Huakou Town.

At the same time, Liu Juntao also ordered Bai Yuxing of the Central Military Department to lead his subordinates to move the victims stranded in Yushan Town to various places one by one, preparing to provide relief through work, so as to reduce the consumption of Yushan Town as much as possible, and also let the victims have something to do and not be idle to cause trouble.

At the same time, Zhou Zongsheng also received news from his subordinates one after another, and learned that on several official roads leading to Yushan Town, there were more than a dozen cases of bullying and public robbery, all of which were taken down by the horse team riders who patrolled here and executed them on the spot in front of the passing victims!

Zhou Zongsheng also reported the situation to Liu Juntao.

After learning the news, Liu Juntao was also annoyed, and said to Liu Zi'an: "In the face of the catastrophe, these people don't even know how to work together with everyone to tide over the difficulties, but instead do evil, they don't know whether they are alive or dead!" ”

Liu Zi'an also said indignantly: "Such a person is simply in vain!" ”

Then, Liu Juntao said: "Zi'an, immediately send an order, let Zhou Zongsheng continue to inspect everywhere, and at the same time let Hu Dexing immediately lead his troops south, set up cards and inspect on various official roads leading to Yushan Town, as long as you find scum who is doing evil, you don't need to report it to me, just cut it on the spot, and I will carry it if something happens!" ”

Liu Zi'an immediately wrote an order, and then handed it to his entourage who was waiting outside the door, and said to Liu Juntao: "Mr. Lian, I'm still a little worried, now all the states and counties in Yanzhou are panicking, for fear that these hundreds of thousands of victims will break out in turmoil, and our Yushan Town is understaffed, and it is estimated that it will not be able to cope with it!" ”

As soon as he heard the word turmoil, Liu Juntao's heart trembled slightly.

In later generations, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong in the late Ming Dynasty were famous for a while, and they caused a lot of harm to China! If the hundreds of thousands of victims who poured into Yanzhou Mansion rioted, then Yushan Town would definitely not be able to resist it!

Now the Yushan Town Escort is not strong enough to ignore the number of enemies!

Thinking of this, Liu Juntao was also secretly anxious in his heart: "When will the relief from the imperial court arrive!" ”

Three days later, due to the full maintenance of the Yushan Town Guards, the order of the victims in Yanzhou Prefecture has been greatly improved, and the number of victims pouring into Yushan Town has also increased.

According to the data reported by Guo Yongzhong to Liu Juntao, at this time, Yushan Town had received and resettled more than 100,000 disaster victims, and Yushan Town, Anshan Town, Huakou Town, and Zhangqiu Town were already overcrowded.

In this regard, Liu Juntao was happy because of the sufficient manpower under his command, and the War Bureau and the Ministry of Commerce had recruited enough manpower from the huge number of victims. At the same time, Liu Juntao is also worried about the heavy burden that Yushan Town has on its back.

For this reason, Liu Juntao urgently ordered Liu Zi'an to immediately contact Yan Shenggong to see if he could find out the news of the imperial court about the disaster relief.

Liu Zi'an understood that the stakes were high, so he took two relatives and immediately went south to Qufu County.

Five days later, the news that Liu Juntao had been waiting for a long time finally came: the money and grain provided by the imperial court for relief to the victims had gone south, and now it had left Beizhili and was about to enter Shandong.