Zheng Zhipeng stood on the boat with his entourage, already stunned by the current scene on Zhifu Island. Near the port, as far as the eye can see, there are densely packed with ragged refugees, and the number of them is as large as three or five thousand.

And that's just one of the seven camps on Zhifu Island.

When the sand boat approached the beachhead, the refugees and displaced people suddenly became in a commotion. But they know who is in charge of this Zhifu Island, and they know whose family the food in their mouths comes from. The big 'Zheng' character on the sand boat should not be too eye-catching.

The scene was also chaotic, Zhang Leshu, who had already received the news and had been waiting in the port for two days, saw that the refugees were in chaos, and immediately glared at the steward of the port camp, who immediately took a group of guards with the righteousness and courage of the guards, picked up the stick and pressed it, and finally controlled the situation.

Zheng Zhipeng did not bring back grain from Jinmen, and although there was as much as one million stones of grain in stock, it had to be supplied to the Jingshi. The amount of grain at the disposal of the imperial court is pitiful.

The battle of Songjin ended now, and in order to supply Ning Yuan and compensate the soldiers, the treasury was already empty and could run away.

At this juncture, Zheng Zhipeng has no ability to transport grain from Jinmen.

Fortunately, Zheng Zhilong realized this, not only purchased a new batch of grain from the Shachuan Gang, but also sent a batch of sweet potatoes and potatoes to be seeded. Even though most of them are mountainous and hilly, they can rest thousands of acres of land if they are level. Plant some food, be self-reliant, and more or less will be a harvest!

It can lay the foundation for the future.

These potatoes and sweet potatoes are life-saving medicine in China's current environment. These crops, which originated in South America, began to be introduced to China in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, and they spread in China in just over a hundred years. By the middle of Kang Mazi, the cultivation of these crops had spread all over China, and the yield had also increased, gradually becoming the main food of the Chinese.

In the current era, there are already some people in Fujian and Guangdong provinces who are planting potatoes and sweet potatoes, as well as corn and peanuts, and even tobacco planting. Zheng Zhilong wants to collect some potatoes and sweet potatoes, isn't it easy? Even these exotic species have been nurtured for many years, and the yields are much stronger than when they first arrived.

Seeing Zheng Zhipeng walking down, Zhang Leshu hurriedly greeted him. During Zheng Sen's absence, although he was 'in power', he was also overwhelmed by the burden on his shoulders.

The fault is not that their existence is beneficial to Denglai, with the care of the governor Zhongcheng Zeng Ying, and the help of the local government and even the gentry, Zhang Leshu should have collapsed a long time ago.

Because Zheng Sen has been gone for more than a month, the matter of Zhifu Island has been completely abandoned, 30,000 stone grain storage has taken away 20,000 stones, and tens of thousands of fast silver dollars have been withdrawn.

The fault is not the support of the Denglai government, the fault is not the name of the Zheng family here, Zhang Leshu received 30,000 stone of grain from the Denglai gentry, and also got a lot of winter clothes, so he supported it. Zhifu Island has long been in chaos.

The refugees were recruited by the Zheng family with food, and the real food was the same. In this way, the refugees will be tamed.

But if there is no food, no matter how many refugees and displaced people will disperse overnight, and even chaos will arise. ruined the Zheng family's hard work in Denglai for several months.

And now that Zheng Zhipeng is here, he has come to Denglai to preside over the overall situation, which is very good. Although Zheng Zhipeng is not Zheng Zhilong's brother, he is also the backbone of the Zheng family.

Whether it is borrowing money, food, or goods from the gentry, or anything else, it should be convincing.

"I heard that there are seven villages on Zhifu Island, and the total number is only 10,000 people, how can there be so many people in this village in front of me?"

Zhang Leshu smiled bitterly, why are there so many people, and the Denglai Mansion is stuffed in.

This is Zeng Ying's return. But they supported the Zheng family, borrowed money and food to the Zheng family, and at the same time sent all the displaced refugees in the territory.

The population of a small Zhifu Island has long been not the early 10,000 people, but now there are as many as 30,000 or 40,000, plus a few camps on the Denglai land, the total number is at least 50,000.

Zheng Zhipeng smiled indifferently after hearing the cause and effect, no matter how tense the situation is, it has already been supported, isn't it? "That's a good thing." A little money and food, Zheng Zhipeng didn't pay attention to it at all, but paid more attention to the 50,000 refugees.

People who can be refugees and refugees in the north are not comparable to the refugees in Fujian. You won't see a few old men and women here. Among the 50,000 people, at least 60% of the Dingkou can be selected, and among the 30,000 Dingkou, at least 20,000 soldiers can be selected. These are all statistical conclusions drawn after some previous data were collated.

And compared to at least 20,000 soldiers, what is this amount of money and food?

"The eldest brother has already arrived, and a grain ship will arrive soon. You go and tell the villages, so that they don't have to worry about it. There are many people in fertile land, and what my Zheng family lacks most is people! ”

Zheng Zhipeng rode a fast horse, and turned around seven camps like flowing water, and his smiling face had already become very ugly. Since the port, he could clearly see that the order on this Zhifu Island was not good, otherwise there would not be so many people braving the cold wind to pick up things on the shore.

Now it looks like that's not the case.

When Zheng Sen went north, he took not only three bird boats with him, but also the sailors and half of the guards on board. The courage of the thousands of people he made himself pulled away half of it at once.

The current situation on Zhifu Island is very simple, that is, the Zheng family's descendants have been pulled away too much, so that Zhang Leshu, who was left, lost control of the situation.

In order not to let the situation get out of control, Zhang Leshu had no choice but to ask the Denglai government for help.

In addition, so many new refugees were sent by the magistrate, which directly disrupted the entire order on the island.

It can be said that it is the Denglai government that succeeds, and the Denglai government that loses.

"Zhang Kui?" Zheng Zhipeng muttered.

"My lord, this Zhang Kui was originally the family of Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, and he was very brave, because he fought with his colleagues in the army after drinking, and killed someone by mistake, so he was broken and ruined. But he knows more or less loyalty, although he has become a bandit and harasses villages and towns, but he has not seen him kill more. At the beginning of the eldest prince's envoy to recruit immigrants here, he led his subordinates to defect. Because of his martial bravery, he is quite loved by the eldest son. Leave it to be guarded. ”

Faced with the influx of a large number of displaced refugees, Zhang Kui first saw that Zhifu Island was out of order, so he proposed to the villain to show his authority. It's just a villain...... "Zhang Leshu is an ordinary person, how can he not hesitate in the face of murder? And because of his identity, he has no confidence. This killing ring is not one or two.

And when the order of Zhifu Island became more chaotic, he wanted to kill people again, and the effect was no longer there. However, people still kill, the effect is not great, and it is better than no effect.

Several leaders who were angry with the people, who went too far, were all pulled out and cut off their heads.

But more people have long been mixed with the officials and soldiers on Zhifu Island, and they are in a nest of snakes and rats, and they are in cahoots. Then it's not that Zhang Kui can cut off his head.

The officials are the petty officials in the Denglai area, and the soldiers are the family members of the Denglai generals.

On the bright side, these people are the face of the Zheng family from the Denglai government, not only can they not be offended, but they must also hold it well.

But the fact is that the chaos of order on Zhifu Island began with these birdmen.

For the sake of money, they colluded with bandits among the refugees, joined forces from top to bottom, wantonly snatched food, beat others, and claimed hegemony among the refugees and refugees, which had a very bad impact.

Know that it's winter. Although the price of grain is not as high as it was when there was a shortage of crops, it is also very high.

The refugee rations were deducted, and all that was deducted was silver. Not to mention the clothes and quilts, and even the ginger that boils ginger soup, there are people who are greedy for ink.

This is the real officialdom atmosphere at the end of the Ming Dynasty!

"These blindless bastards are really guilty of deserving of death, kill, kill!" Zheng Zhipeng was furious.