Although the trip to Huaishui was huge, it also broke Gu Haotian's good wish to study and prepare for the exam, at least for now, he can't study quietly at all.

At present, the top priority is the employment of more than 10,000 victims, and it is impossible for him to let these more than 10,000 people eat idle food in Liangshan. After a good night's sleep, early in the morning, he invited Wen Huanzhang and Xiao Jiasui to wait for the Zhonghua Hall to discuss matters.

On behalf of the District Office, Siu Rang reported on the situation of the victims. As of yesterday, Liangshan had received more than 11,000 people from the Huai Flood disaster, including more than 7,000 young people, including more than 4,000 young people under the age of 25.

"All those under the age of twenty-five are recruited into the convoy. Then select the person with a skill, and the District Office will arrange employment in various places according to his specialty, and if there are scholars, he will be given priority to use it"

Gu Haotian first clarified the use of this part of the people, and the escort team was naturally the focus.

"Removing the more than 4,000 people who have entered the escort team, and the remaining 3,000 or so middle-aged people are also a big force, which can be used in the infrastructure at present, but in the long run, we should find a more appropriate place."

At present, the population on the mountain has increased greatly, the pressure on infrastructure construction is great, and there are many people, but it is impossible to use so many people for a long time, so Wen Huanzhang believes that it is necessary to make long-term plans for these people.

"The Lijia crossing has been taken, and some people can be added there to do farming." Xiao Rang suggested.

"There is not much land at the Lijia Daokou, and more than 1,000 people have been resettled at present, which is enough." What Wen Huanzhang said is also the truth.

"I think of a place, that is, the Crouching Tiger Village of Wu County Lieutenant, where there are 10,000 acres of fertile land, and it seems that there is still a borderless land, we might as well go to the county government in the name of others to put this Zhuangzi down, that house is complete, you can live in it, and if it is properly managed, it can become a granary on the mountain in the future."

Gu Haotian suddenly thought of Crouching Tiger Village, where the traffic is also convenient, and the concealment can be operated for a long time.

Crouching Tiger Village is indeed a good place, everyone thinks it is good, and the most important thing is to find a person whose life experience has no intersection with Liangshan to operate, so as to avoid possible accidents in the future. Several people discussed it, and there seemed to be no suitable candidate on the mountain, and those people in the escort team would definitely not be good, nor could the Gu family, and the others were either inappropriate or inseparable.

"I've got the right person." Gu Haotian suddenly thought of someone.

"Who?" Several people asked in unison.

"Shangguanyi."

"It's him."

Wen Huanzhang has never been in contact with this person sitting here, but he still knows that this Huaishui disaster relief is located in Dawangzhuang. Several people discussed it, and they all felt that this person was from Jianghuai, and he had nothing to do with Liangshan on the surface, and he was also the owner of the village, and he understood the management of the manor, so he was indeed the most suitable person.

"What do you think of Mr. Xiao?"

Xiao Jiasui first arrived and didn't speak, so Gu Haotian took the initiative to ask.

"At the beginning of the next arrival, I don't know much about the affairs of the mountain, I don't have much opinion, but yesterday when I went up the mountain, I looked around, but I had some ideas, in the next view, the defense of the mountain is still not enough, there is no water village under the mountain, just a simple wharf, in case there is a foreign enemy to invade it is very dangerous, and for example, the distance between the mountain and the mountain is too long, the road is too steep to run the horse, which restricts the rapid movement of troops."

When Xiao Jiasui first came to Liangshan, he accurately pointed out that there were deficiencies in defense, and his military quality was indeed good.

"What Mr. Xiao said is very true, these deficiencies should be made up as soon as possible, and if you have any advice at that time, please give me advice."

Gu Haotian of Liangshan's defense has a plan in his heart, but at present, he is focusing on the economy and population, so the defense construction is lagging behind, Xiao Jiasui proposed it this time, he feels that it should also be put on the agenda, especially the water village, this time more than 70 ships have been added at once, and the size of Liangshan ships has reached more than 160 ships, and the next step is to purchase authentic warships, so the water village must not only be built, but also built on both the north and south.

The discussion on the resettlement of the victims lasted more than an hour before the preliminary arrangements were reached. Gu Haotian issued a series of orders, and the Civil Affairs Department notified the relevant departments to implement them: Shi Qian rushed to Yuncheng County to find Zhu Tong to fight the front station to prepare for the purchase of Crouching Tiger Village. The training battalion cooperates with the District Office to conduct research and publicity on the recruitment of recruits. The logistics department and the civil affairs department should do a good job in the investigation of talents, and the infrastructure construction department should ensure the construction of the house before the winter, and at the same time, it is necessary to do a good job in the planning and design of the two water villages.

Xiao Rang went out with the order, and Gu Haotian stayed with Wen Huanzhang and Xiao Jiasui to discuss the expansion of the escort team. At present, there are more than 2,000 people in the three major arms of the Liangshan Escort Force, of which the cavalry is the least, only 150 people, nearly 500 sailors, and the most infantry, with 1,200 people in the three battalions, and nearly 300 people in the personal guard battalion and the training battalion. The current expansion of the army has reached more than 4,000 people, and how to plan the various branches of the army has a bearing on the future pattern of the Liangshan army.

"Cavalry is a top priority, even if there is no war horse, we must first lay a good foundation, in the future the battlefield cavalry will be the main force, if there is too much lag now, there will be no cavalry available, will suffer a big loss."

Wen Huanzhang had long had ideas about the development of cavalry, and this time he first thought of cavalry when he increased his troops in large numbers.

"The training camp should also be expanded, a large number of new recruits will enter the camp, and its more than 100 people will be insufficient. The sailors also have to be expanded, and many of the flood victims are proficient in water, and there are four Fei Bao brothers, and there is no shortage of generals. ”

In addition to the cavalry battalion, the strength of these two battalions is relatively insufficient, Gu Haotian took this opportunity to make up for them, and he also wanted to expand the personal guard battalion, but the threshold set for it was high, so he didn't bring it up, to see if there were any good seedlings.

"The key to the cavalry is the war horse, I traveled in the north a few years ago, Liaodi is now the same as the Great Zhou, the court officialdom is corrupt, the local heroes are independent, if you send capable people to go, it is not difficult to buy war horses, the key is that the transportation is more difficult, I think the Liangshan water army is very strong, if you can open up a waterway, buy horses in Pingzhou, Qianzhou, Laizhou, Xingcheng and other areas, and transport them from the sea, the shortage of war horses may be solved." Xiao Jiasui took the initiative to speak at this time.

Xiao Jiasui's words reminded Gu Haotian, and he suddenly thought that the Liao State is now not strong, and it is not much better than the Zhou Dynasty, and the imperial court's control over the local area has been greatly weakened, especially some of the tribes that were originally attached to it, in fact, they are almost independent, as long as the sea passage is opened, they dare not do anything in front of interests. At that time, not only the war horses and those excellent cavalry sources in the north, but also some could be summoned. He immediately thought of Duan Jingzhu, a professional who had always been a "horse seller in the Northland" before, and had not played a big role since he went up the mountain, and this matter happened to be of great use.

The morning meeting lasted for an hour and a half, and the recent civil and military affairs on the mountain were fully discussed, and the civil affairs were handed over to Xiao Rang, who took the lead in coordinating the relevant personnel to do it, and the escort team adjusted and expanded, Gu Haotian felt that it was better to wait for Du Qian, Gu Bo, and Ruan Xiaoqi to come back, anyway, the conscription could not be completed in one or two days.

Taking advantage of the free time after the morning meeting, Gu Haotian immediately found Duan Jingzhu and talked about going north to buy horses. Duan Jingzhu was overjoyed when he heard it, recently, he has not played much role in Liangshan, and he always feels that he is eating idle food, today the petty officials asked him to go to the north to sell horses, but it is his old business, and he is carrying real money, not as sneaky as before, and his courage has increased a little. The two discussed some details, and Duan Jingzhu organized a team composed of personnel from the Intelligence Department, sailors, and the Commercial Department, and went to Liao by sea by boat.

Gu Haotian had a heart, and hurried to Gujiazhuang in the afternoon, passing through the Lijia Road Crossing on the way, that Han Jiangping was worthy of being born in a family, but there was really a bit of a level, more than 1,000 victims were placed at the Li Family Road Crossing, and there was no dispute with the local villagers, Gu Haotian looked around and was more relieved, and went directly to Gujiazhuang.

The next morning, Gu Haotian made an appointment with Zhu Tong to meet in Shilixiang, because Shi Qian had already passed with Zhu Tong in front, and the two had cooperated several times, the relationship was already extraordinary, so as soon as they met, Gu Haotian proposed that a friend from the south wanted to buy a grange in Jingdong, and he thought that it would be more suitable if the Crouching Tiger Village had not been sold, so he asked him to help. Zhu Tong did not hide it, he said that there were many people who died in the village at that time, but no one was willing to buy it, and some people were worried about the farmland, but they were all pushed away by the Xu County Order on the grounds that it was the agricultural time to disturb the people, and it was only after the autumn. Now it's time to buy in autumn, and other people in the county government can help with accommodation, but Xu County has to go to Gu Haotian himself.

Gu Haotian is still a little confident in Xu County, although he has not clearly apprenticed, after all, he has the reality of master and apprentice. He immediately took out a thousand taels of silver tickets, gave Zhu Tong as a fee for relevant personnel, brought some gifts for himself, and went to visit Xu Churen in the afternoon.

In the blink of an eye, they didn't see each other for more than a month, the two met and talked very happily, Xu Churen asked some questions about the scientific expedition, Gu Haotian answered well, Xu Churen was very satisfied, and said that this year's autumn festival in Jeju was scheduled for September 15, so he should prepare well. Gu Haotian wondered in his heart, isn't it August in autumn, how did it become September, but no matter what, it gave him plenty of time. So he got up and saluted and thanked him, and the two talked for a while, and Gu Haotian gave Xu Churen a set of four treasures of the study that Zhao Zhuang got this time, and he admired it for a while and accepted it very happily. Seeing that the time was almost up, Gu Haotian got up to say goodbye, and when he parted, Gu Haotian mentioned it casually, saying that he had a friend of Jianghuai, because of the frequent floods in Huai, and wanted to pay for a field in Jingdong, he thought that if the Crouching Tiger Village was still ownerless, it would be appropriate, please ask the boss to help. Xu Churen smiled, and only said that he would give a reply after discussing with his colleagues, so Gu Haotian took his leave.

Due to waiting for the reply of the county government, Gu Haotian temporarily stayed in Gujiazhuang, and had a rare peace of mind to talk and eat with his father. After Gu Haotian left, Dawangzhuang rescued more than 600 victims in three days, and then stopped the disaster relief operation. The personnel of Dawangzhuang and the two supply points on the way were all withdrawn, and Shangguan Yi came to Liangshan with Du Qian, but he heard that Huanzhang said that Gu Haotian was waiting for him in Gujiazhuang, and he asked him for help when he heard something, and he didn't dare to delay when he heard it, and rushed over directly accompanied by Du Qian.

After listening to Gu Haotian's arrangement, Shangguan Yi was a little unhappy, he was originally a bold character, and he wanted to come to Liangshan to join the escort team, otherwise he would not give up Dawangzhuang to come here, but he still let him do his old job, and he couldn't help but figure it out.

"This village is very critical to Liangshan, not to mention the large number of disaster victims, the important thing is that it will be the granary on the mountain in the future, and there is really no suitable person to take on the personnel on Liangshan nowadays. I think about it, only Brother Shangguan is the only candidate, and I will allow you, first, once there is a suitable candidate, I will replace you immediately, and second, I will set up a battalion of infantry in the village, and you will also serve as the battalion commander. ”

After Gu Haotian made a promise, Shangguan Yi saw that he had no choice, the key was to let him lead the troops to be the battalion commander, so he agreed. On the same day, Zhu Tong also brought news through Shili Xiang, the county government had agreed to sell Crouching Tiger Village and its land, Gu Haotian saw that the time was still in time, so he asked Shi Qian to rush to the county government with Shangguanyi and others, and entrusted it to Zhu Tong, but he avoided it, because all joints have been dredged, things went very smoothly, after paying more than 10,000 taels of silver, Crouching Tiger Village and its more than 10,000 fields were returned to the name of Shangguanyi.

Gu Haotian did not show up during the whole process, and only gave a generous gift to Zhu Tong through Shili Xiang, because there were still many things waiting for him on Liangshan, so he rushed back to Liangshan with Shangguanyi, Du Qian, Bian Xiang, Shi Qian and others overnight.