Bang bang bang.

After listening carefully to Xu Shiyang's order, Wen Zhong couldn't help but applaud.

Xu Shiyang, Wen Ji, Ma Yi and others turned their heads to look, only to see Wen Zhong, who was dressed in a white robe and wearing a jade pendant and a gold silk belt around his waist, slowly walked in from the darkness.

"Brother Xu is worthy of being the one who can defeat the Tartars, in my humble opinion, just by arranging so many homeless people to be so orderly, it is enough to be called the number one general in the world of the Great Zhou!"

"Brother Wen has won the award, and the younger brother is just a momentary fool."

Xu Shiyang is commensurate with Wen Zhong's brothers, but in fact, he is a bit of an advantage, after all, Wen Zhong is a full 15 years older than him.

It's just that Xu Shiliu is a closed disciple of Wen Xianggong, and from this point of view, they are just people of the same generation.

"Second brother."

In the eyes of others, Wen Ji, who likes martial arts and hates Wen, feels a little prodigal, but in front of Wen Zhong, Wen Ji does not dare to be presumptuous at all, and looks like a good child.

Wen Zhong nodded to Wen Ji, then turned to Ma Yi and asked softly:

"Junior, Wen Zhong, dare to ask who this is?"

"It turned out to be Mr. Wen! It's really a long-standing name! ”

Ma Yi excitedly bowed to Wen Zhong, who was more than 20 years younger than him, and kept introducing himself and the people around him:

"In the dismount! This is the granddaughter Ma Ling, the apprentice Che Tian, we have always admired Wen Xianggong and you very much! I can see today that I have no regrets in this life! ”

If Wen Ji is a small character, it is only special because he is the son of Wen Xianggong, Wen Zhong is famous in himself.

He is the champion of Jianxing for six years, and he is famous for daring to admonish the king directly, and his literary level is also outstanding, coupled with the addition of Wen Xianggong's parents, Wen Zhong's reputation among the people is almost already the top of the young officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

It's no wonder that Ma Yi was so excited when he heard Wen Zhong's name.

After all, the Great Zhou Dynasty emphasized literature and light martial arts, and Ma Yi was actually not even martial arts, he was just a folk knight, and the reputation of the Yellow River hero was nothing in front of the Wen family.

Even, Wen Zhong had never heard of Ma Yi's name at all.

So after he politely replied to Ma Yizu's master and apprentice, he quickly shifted his attention back to Xu Shiyang and Wen Ji.

"Brother Xu, fourth brother, what are you going to do next?"

Wen Zhong brought the conversation back to the refugee issue.

"Even if the food problem is solved now, if the clothes are concerned, the homeless people can make their own clothes after the Tianzhu Tubu comes in a few days."

Xu Shiyang thought for a while and said:

"The next step is to improve the living environment and hygiene."

"We have to dig a few drainage ditches in the camp as soon as possible, because there is too much rain in the south of the Yangtze River, and the camp is full of sewage, which can easily cause diseases, and some common medicines must also be prepared."

"Also, I need some hands and firewood to boil water, I need everyone to stop drinking raw water as soon as possible, and I also need to let everyone wash their bodies as soon as possible, they are too dirty now, a small illness can cause a large-scale epidemic, so there are too many deaths."

Hearing this, Wen Zhong nodded and said:

"Food and cloth, my Wen family can also produce some. But Chai He has to be bought, and Chai He here in Jiangnan has always had problems, and it may be difficult to supply so many people. ”

"Is there coal here?" Xu Shiyang asked.

"Coal? This does, but the smell of smoke is too great, and I haven't seen much use of it. ”

"There's no room for pickiness at this time." Xu Shiyang smiled: "As long as there is cheap fuel, a large amount of hot water can be provided." ”

"In that case, there is actually one, and it's cheap." Wen Zhong said: "I can buy 5,000 catties on behalf of Brother Xu first." ”

"No, buy as much as you want!" Xu Shiyang immediately corrected: "I will solve the problem of money, to tell the truth, there are also many displaced people in Jiangbei who need a lot of cheap fuel, so the more coal, the better." ”

"Brother Xu is going to transport coal to Jiangbei?" Wen Zhong asked in surprise, "Is this necessary?" ”

Of course.

Coal and iron are the future!

Not to mention that Xu Shiyang is not in a position to mine the coal mines in Qi Province now, even if the coal mines of the Yanzhou and Tai'an generations begin to supply a large amount of coal in the future, Xu Shiyang will not refuse to come to Jiangnan coal.

Wen Zhong did not have this concept, but some people were willing to buy large quantities of coal that few people had previously cared about, and in his opinion, it was also a good thing for miners to survive all the way.

"In this case, the coal needed here can be provided by my Wen family, but the coal ...... to be transported to Jiangbei."

"Those are naturally up to the younger brother to figure out his own way."

"That's not allowed, so be it, I'm here to promise to take half of it." Wen Zhong said with a smile.

Xu Shiyang thanked him with a smile, but what he thought in his heart was:

I'm afraid you can't afford it. ’

Even without the steam engine, the consumption of coal for industrial use would have been astronomical for an agrarian society.

No matter how rich the agricultural landlords are, they cannot support the industrial coal consumption of a provincial-level administrative region, and it will be almost the same if the Wen family can evolve into a big capitalist.

Of course, this is all a matter for the future, and there is no need to say so much to Wen Zhong now.

"So, apart from these, if Brother Xu comes to appease the displaced people, is there any other problem now?" Wen Zhong then asked.

"There are always problems."

Xu Shiyang replied:

"But we can solve the rest of the problems ourselves. Jobs such as boiling water and steaming clothes can be done by the displaced people themselves, as well as heavy work such as digging diversion ditches and drainage ditches. ”

"Really? Is that okay? ”

Wen Zhong smiled:

"Then let me ask you a question Brother Xu."

Xu Shiyang glanced at him strangely: "Please speak." ”

"If the imperial court doesn't let you take care of these homeless people, and asks you to return the human market to the people, and because the people you killed today punish you, how are you going to solve this problem?"

“……”

This is indeed Xu Shiyang's blind spot.

Jiangbei is now a completely lawless jungle society, and everyone who is still alive has committed capital crimes in a peaceful environment.

Especially Xu Shiyang, a murderous dock castle master.

After a long time, in a relatively stable society like Jiangnan, Xu Shiyang always tended to use force to solve problems.

For example, this time, if you don't agree with a word, you will directly kill all the people and forcibly take over the market.

But he didn't think about what if Da Zhou didn't let him take over this city?

Can Da Zhou be overthrown?

Sooner or later, but not now.

"Brother Wen, is there a solution to this problem?"

"Haha, I thought you could solve this problem by Brother Xu himself." Wen Zhong said with a smile: "If I am asked to do it, this matter must first be made clear, all the people who died died of their own diseases!" ”

"Knife wounds are easy to see, right?"

"I can make it impossible to see it." Wen Zhong said with a smile: "The point is that Shilin Qingyi will definitely support me, not support a person." ”