Even if Wu Li is a wealthy and wealthy family in the territory of the Weisheng Army, the people will be taken over by the local state government at that time, and he will only take care of the displaced people in Hedong for a while, but with the increase in the number of displaced people, the daily consumption of money and food must be a large amount. It's just that Xiao Tang also knows that Wu Li is not a kind-hearted person, and he took the initiative to ask Xiao Tang to help settle the homeless, probably with his own purpose.

In the original work, Wu Li married her to Tian Hu because of her young sister's great beauty, which also made him a privy envoy of the pseudo-Jin Kingdom, and changed from a local powerful man to a powerful uncle in the Hedong region. If it is said that Tian Hu and Wu Li's sister fell in love at first sight and fell in love with each other, Xiao Tang would never believe this, in addition to Wu Li's eldest brother, Tian Hu not only married Fan Meiren and taught her Lao Tzu Fan Quan to be a pseudo-Jin Guozhang, but he also had the evil act of killing his husband and wife when he was a robber leader, and even desecrating the corpse, which shows that Tian Hu is a lustful and brutal person.

But Rao is like this, but Wu Li is still willing to let his young sister promise herself, and the whole family will be loyal to Tian Hu, which can also be seen that Wu Li is an out-and-out opportunist, but because of this, Wu Li must always calculate in her heart, who to turn to in order to get a greater return.

Now Tian Hu commands all the strongmen of all roads to make a lot of trouble in the Hedong territory, but now there are many less capable people and fierce generals to assist, and it may not be as the original trajectory to occupy the five states and fifty-six counties to dominate one side, but Xiao Tang is a real member of the court and a favorite minister of the official family, and now he has the power to manage the military affairs in Hedong, whether to marry his own sister to a robber leader, and give up all his life to do the extremely risky business of rebellion, or to rely on the court upstart with a prominent position in the officialdom, and wait for the opportunity to seek greater benefits, It is impossible for Wu Li to be unclear about this account.

It's just that no matter what Wu Li's purpose is, and then he can really be regarded as solving the urgent need to settle the displaced people at the moment, Xiao Tang Dynasty arched Wu Li's hand and said: "Master Wu Zhuang is benevolent and righteous, but what is the reason to call it so much?" When the bandit situation in Hedong eases a little, I will go to the court to allocate money and grain, or my Xiao family will collect gold and silk grain and grass to make up for the loss and depreciation of your village. ”

Wu Li immediately waved his big hand when he heard this, and he said arrogantly: "Xiao Jieshuai, where is this!?" Although he is praised in the rivers and lakes as a man who squandered money and acted chivalrous and benevolent, although Wu was unstoppable, he couldn't do a few good things for the people of Hedong, and could he teach Wu to fight for a good reputation? Now that the people of my Weisheng Army also have to rely on Xiao Jieshuai Jingping's mad gangsters, Wu Mou, as a big local household, should naturally try his best to help. If you see anything else, please don't talk about it again, and teach Wu to be cold! ”

Hearing Wu Li say this, Xiao Tang also smiled and said: "It's my words that are entangled, since this is the case, I will first thank the owner of Wu Zhuang for his kindness and righteousness for the people of Limin, and the villagers of Hedong will definitely not forget the good things that the owner of Wu Zhuang did for them." ”

Wu Li was even happier when he heard this, and he secretly said: Even if it costs a lot of money and food to help the government resettle the displaced people, according to the usual rules, how much gold, silver and jewelry will it cost to honor the senior officials of the DPRK and the Central Committee to get through the relationship? I have done such a great favor for Xiao Tang, if I can rely on his power, I am worried that I can't seek more fame and wealth? Peddlers, pawns, cloth people, it doesn't matter how they talk to me, Xiao Tang, Xiao Tang, my affection, only you don't forget it.

Wu Liken funded the establishment of a workshop to accept displaced people, and in addition to the usual closing of positions in Tongqi County and other county offices, there are also Huimin warehouses, Guanghui warehouses and other righteous warehouses for disaster relief and poverty relief. According to the Song system, the counties under the prefecture were ordered to set up righteous warehouses in case of apologies, which was to take more than enough to make up for the shortfall, although the grain in the county warehouses and county warehouses was limited, but coupled with the subsidies of large local households such as Wu Li, it was estimated that it was enough to resettle tens of thousands of displaced people for a time.

It was Xiao Tang who groaned slightly, and said to Gong Zhixian: "The people were burned, killed and looted by thieves for no reason, and they lost their livelihoods, just to have a place to live." Gong Zhi County, just in case, even if the county's grain stock is insufficient, I hope that you will send officials to urgently buy secondments on credit from nearby local large households and state and county governments, so as to meet the urgent needs of the displaced people now. ”

Gong Zhixian was even more helpless, he found that although Xiao Tang led the army to be stationed in Tongyun County, so that he would no longer be frightened every day by the attack of the thieves in Hedong, but he could not stay out of the matter of the grain and grass of the imperial court officials and army, as well as many cumbersome matters such as the resettlement of displaced people. But Xiao Tang talked about this, Wu Li and other local rich people were also willing to donate generously, and he, the magistrate, could not let the victims in Hedong be starved to death, and at that time, it really annoyed Xiao Tang to join him in the court, and his official career was afraid that it would come to an end, so Gong Zhixian had to agree with a bitter face.

Xiao Tang looked at the general of Li County, who was standing solemnly with his hands hanging on the side, and said: "When a large number of displaced people are settled in this county, men, women and children are uneven, and clothing, food, housing, transportation, and public security inspections must also be taken care of. It is because I still need some patrols and officials to listen to and manage the affairs of the people, and I also need people who are familiar with the affairs of the yamen to take care of them. ”

County Lieutenant Li couldn't help but shake up when he heard this, if he said that he really didn't have the ability to suppress bandits and thieves and lead troops to fight, but to deter the common people, isn't it his own ability to be an expert? He is now a person who teaches Xiao Jieshuai in his eyes, if he obeys the large number of displaced people, then the court will reward him for meritorious deeds, and he, who is a county lieutenant and petty official of the ninth grade, should also jump upward, right? Before Gong County could speak, County Lieutenant Li immediately slapped his chest loudly, and bluntly said that he would do his best to do his job, and he would definitely not let Jie Du disappoint the adults......

Gong Zhixian's fat face was pulled again, and Xiao Tang didn't sit hot when he arrived at the county office, so he asked him for money, food, and people, but he couldn't pass the buck. At this time, Gong Zhixian's nerves also became much bigger, and he simply snorted: "Since Lord Jieshuai wants to secondment some patrol officers, the matter of settling the people in Hedong is really urgent. The lower officials only kept the scribes, and the official work of the yamen was harder. ”

This is not that Xiao Tang deliberately wanted to embarrass Gong Zhixian, a junior county official, before rushing to Tongyun County, he had carefully discussed with Luo Jian, Xiao Jiasui and other subordinate staff: To settle the displaced people and select and train the new army is not just to put up an official flag, and teaching the recruits to probably fill their bellies is as simple as that. If the whole family of the displaced people who have to join the army in order to make a living must not be able to properly settle their families, then how can ordinary villagers strictly abide by the orders to practice and fight with their lives? Now due to the inaction of the Hedong Zhulu Military Division, the trust of a large number of Li people in the official army has plummeted, and when the imperial court comes to take care of the livelihood of these displaced people, I am afraid that I don't know how many of them have already thrown themselves under the command of Tian Hu, but they will become the thieves that Xiao Tang has to exterminate.

Xiao Tang was not a civilian official in charge of the civil affairs of money and grain, and before he was assigned to the military, he did not have to worry about how to appease the displaced people. However, Xiao Tang also knew that if he ignored those reasons and forcibly recruited strong men, a disheartened army would definitely not have any combat effectiveness at all.

Now the basic matter of selecting and training the new army has a general idea, Gong Zhixian, Li County Lieutenant and others are about to set up a banquet in the county to entertain Xiao Tang and other military generals, and at this time Wu Li suddenly opened his mouth and said: "Xiao Jieshuai, Kai and Wu are also old acquaintances, but they have not yet been to our village. He and the generals have been in the dust all the way, and they should have rested for a few days. Why don't you let Wu be the east, and set up a banquet in the house to treat all the adults? ”8)