"There is great strength in numbers! Fix it so fast. Lin Xiao said with emotion.

Hundreds of residential houses have also been built, and more are still in full swing of intense construction, and the construction materials on the construction site are piled up into hills, and the people and workers come and go, and the traffic is busy, and it is very lively.

According to Lin Xiao's original plan, more than 10,000 houses need to be built, which can accommodate at least 10,000 refugee families, and now it seems that it is necessary to spend money to requisition some land from the surrounding aborigines, and build another 20,000 houses.

Due to the lack of bricks and stones, most of the houses are adobe and straw houses, although they are simple, they are relatively tall and spacious, and they are quite neatly planned, and they look much more magnificent than the local houses.

"The construction of subsequent residential houses needs to be accelerated, more brick houses need to be built, and some daily furniture must be procured so that refugees can move in as soon as possible, and the price of new land should be fair." Lin Xiao turned his head and said to Gong Zhenhao and Zhang Haifa beside him.

"Don't be afraid to spend money, for it is worth spending more money on the people. Moreover, they will create more wealth in the future. ”

According to Gong Zhenhao's budget, according to the original plan, the labor is free, all the refugee craftsmen and migrant workers involved in the construction only need to supply food, not counting the cost of land acquisition, and it only costs about 10 taels of silver to build an adobe thatched house, and 10,000 houses plus road facilities cost a total of only more than 100,000 taels of silver.

Lin Xiao calculated that even if the follow-up construction had to add land acquisition costs, it would cost about 500,000 taels at most to resettle the vast majority of refugees, and even if it was paid with Spanish lace silver dollars, it would only cost more than 800,000 yuan.

As for the grain, the military rations they had worked so hard to get from Annam were originally used to relieve the common people, and besides, according to the calculation of one pound of grain per person per day, the 100,000 refugees only needed less than 1,000 stone per day, and the total need for three months was less than 100,000 stone.

In three months' time, some of these refugees will return home from the army, and their families will be able to return to China if they wish; More people who hope to settle here can gradually find jobs in docks, mines, warehouses, sand fields, salt works, shops, etc., and can basically support themselves; In addition, some people who prefer to farm can also reclaim wasteland on the river beach to grow some crops that are not afraid of salt, so that they have a long-term livelihood.

"Okay, bricks, tiles, stones, wood, etc. are stepping up to raise from all over the country, and now without the obstruction of local governments, it will be much easier to procure, there are more and more migrant workers, and the construction of houses and cities will be faster and faster." Gong Zhenhao's expression was relaxed and full of confidence.

"In addition, refugees from poor and weak families, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled should be given priority in resettlement. It is also necessary to find a way to set up a school hall and several medical centers, and try our best to provide for the elderly and teach the less, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment without worries. ”

"Yes, my lord, the little people have written it down." Zhang Haifa, who was beside Gong Zhenhao, answered respectfully.

"It's just that these things are extremely cumbersome, and what can be done so well at the moment is really hard for the old boss and the old shopkeeper!" Lin Xiao bowed his hand and said with a straight face.

Such a huge project, really thanks to Gong Zhenhao's dedication to their operation, in order to be implemented in an orderly manner, Gong Zhenhao's family, just dispatched hundreds of families to participate in the organization and management of the project, all kinds of materials procurement and transportation, and the distribution of relief materials, etc., but also posted a lot of their own family wealth.

After dating for a period of time, Lin Xiao found out from Gong Zhenhao's words and deeds that he was not only a patriotic businessman, but actually a very kind person at heart.

Completely different from other local tyrants and gentry who sit on thousands of acres of fertile land and thousands of servants, he is very sympathetic to those homeless people in his heart, and can see that every bit he has done for the refugee people is sincere.

In the face of kindness, you can be defenseless, you can be open-minded, you don't need to beat around the bush to talk to good people, and you don't need to have multiple eyes to work with good people.

Therefore, Lin Xiao relieved himself to hand over all these trivial civil affairs to Gong Zhenhao, and Li Tao had already taken out to be mainly responsible for some work in security and intelligence.

Now it seems that his choice is correct, Lin Xiao is very relieved and very moved in his heart, and he is willing to give more courtesy.

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On the morning of the next day, Lin Xiao arranged for a group to return to the seaside camp and escort the migrant workers to transport some grain, wood, tents and other materials in ox carts, and asked them to expand the seaside camp and build a large military camp with a large school field as soon as possible.

The second company was temporarily stationed in Haiphong and took over the task of security patrol from the logistics platoon.

After arranging a stop, Lin Xiao, Li Tao and others went back to the "Longsheng Commercial Bank" and went to the other courtyard to visit several experts and the seafarers who took turns to go ashore on the "Lufeng".

It happened that Chen Yiming was also there, so after a while of greetings, they had lunch together in the backyard.

At the dinner, Lin Xiao chatted with chemical expert Zhou Xiaojie about the coal mine, in addition to the mineral products paid by the Annan court every year, this time Lin Xiao went to Ha Long Bay as part of the base area, where there is a large coal mine that Zhou Xiaojie never forgets.

When Lin Xiao said that he would send a "unicorn" to send the logistics platoon to Ha Long Bay to guard in a few days, and by the way, take some migrant workers to him, and ask him if he would like to accompany him to investigate, Zhou Xiaojie naturally agreed without hesitation, but suggested that it was best to organize more migrant workers to go, because he heard that the Annan people have not yet proved mineral deposits, the existing mine is not large, and the number of miners is too small.

Seeing this, Lin Xiao hurriedly toasted a glass of wine, if there was this expert in charge of opening and transporting mines, he would be able to save a lot of light.

After the meal, a little more fruit was used, and the seafarer experts and their group went back to the courtyard for a nap.

Lin Xiao, Li Tao, Chen Yiming and others muttered about recruiting soldiers in the backyard.

According to the situation of Li Tao and others, there are currently more than 20,000 households of 780,000 refugees gathered in Haiphong, of which there are at least 10,000 young and strong men of appropriate age.

"Three thousand people should be full, right?" Lin Xiao finished eating a piece of chilled watermelon and groaned.

This watermelon is said to be chilled, but it is actually packed in a twine mesh bag and hung in the backyard well for refrigeration, with a sweet and crisp taste, which is very suitable for cooling off.

"I'm afraid that 5,000 is no problem, you are fighting in the front, and we are not idle in the rear, and we are doing agitation and propaganda work for you every day." Li Tao wiped his mouth with a sweat towel, chuckled, and said.

Li Tao and his subordinates in Haiphong made it easy for a large number of homeless refugees to settle down through work-for-relief, and they also planned to distribute safe housing for free, and the refugees were already happily grateful to Dade, and in addition, Zhang Haifa and his subordinates constantly said good things about the old Hong Kong camp volunteers on various occasions, and many young and strong refugees were already eager to try and rushed to inquire about recruitment.