A large army of Mongolian horses came from the north, from the east, slaughtering villages, killing people and setting fires, and when you got away with it, where did you go next?

Unless they are pure mountain people, they will not survive in the mountains for a few days, and there will be people who are unlucky, who meet the Mongolian horse team on the way back, or who think they have encountered the rescue soldiers of the official army, and there are people who die under the disorderly atrocities, but those who can think know that they need a safe place, and they must be close.

The survivors in the afflicted area had no choice, only Huairen County to go, and the young men with strong mobility and survival rushed over one after another, after all, this side was not destroyed, there were still supplies, and there was order.

When Zhu Da and his family came to Huairen County, most of the refugees were residents of nearby villages, and a considerable part of their homes were not destroyed, they were just frightened, and when the Tartars withdrew and were sure to be safe, these people returned to their hometowns, and there were not many really homeless refugees at that time, and the twenty family members recruited by Zhu Da were part of it.

When the cheap materials of the county government were purchased, they went out of the city to Zhengjiaji to sell, and it took a few days to go back and forth, and when they returned to the city, they fought to the death with Fang Ming and Yang Shouwen, and they had to hold the county order hostage, and when Qin Juren entered the city to determine the situation, they were in full swing and busy, and in this process, the real refugees entered the city one after another.

“...... It's dark under the lights......" Zhu Da laughed at himself and said, he came to Huairen County with such a force, but he thought that other young people would stop where they were, which was ridiculous,

But his speculation is actually not too wrong, ordinary village people have no knowledge and experience, young people have strong survival ability, but the accumulation brought by age is very weak, they will subconsciously stay in the most familiar place, hoping to have that kind of fluke change, or some unrealistic ideas, this is why mob gangs will gather along the road, and Zhengjia Rally will have gangs from all walks of life.

It's just that such fantasies and confusion will soon be defeated by the cruel reality, after the destruction of the village there is not enough materials for people to survive, even if they loot and loot, they may not be able to accumulate enough food for the winter, not to mention that the alternation of autumn and winter makes the weather colder and colder, and hunger and cold make everyone unable to persevere.

Under the empty consumption of materials, hunger and cold, everyone can only find a way out, maybe some people want to go to Datong, maybe some people want to go to several thousand households in Datong Zuowei, maybe some people die on the road, maybe they don't know where to go, but the people who come to Huairen County are the majority, and some people stop in the undestroyed villages around Huairen County.

“...... How can there be so much work for them to do, even if the landlord's rations are not rich......" This is Chang Kai's explanation, Zhu Da also agrees with this statement, the most prosperous place in Huairen County is Zhengjiaji, the county industry and commerce are not prosperous, it is nothing more than farming, and there are already farmers on the field who are busy with long-term labor, how can there be any extra opportunities for others, at best, some people are greedy for cheap short-term workers, how can long-term work be possible.

Although Zhu Da made the mistake of "black under the lamp" on the details, the general trend is right, from the disaster caused by the bloodbath to the present, the escape is mainly young and strong, and they have also reached the most embarrassing time, suddenly an official sent out to recruit people, saying that "the old man" and "Zhu Gongzi" are the gold owners, and the refugees are not well-informed, but as soon as they inquire, they know the deeds of these two, and the promise of eating and living is trustworthy to be said by these two, and they immediately came to vote.

"There will be a lot of villages that have not been plagued by Tartars, and when this group of people can come over, there will be fewer and fewer of them."

"The Tartars are really evil, how many people have died!"

Zhu Da and Chang Kai have a rough estimate of how many people will be recruited next, there will not be too many people, the Tartars have entered the Kou this time and the bloodbath of the officials and soldiers that others don't know much about, there are too many people killed by them and indirectly killed by them, and the people who come here are survivors - but not much......

"Since people have been recruited, then they can't be let go, what I lack most here is people, people settle down in the grange first, don't let them go hungry these days, don't let them be full, the food consumed and others, the silver is not enough to tell me, but also use the strong class and fast class people to guard them, they have lived a lawless life after leaving their hometown, and they must not be very rude." Zhu Da specially admonished a few words.

After hearing this, Chang Kai shook his head, Zhu Da thought that he had said something wrong, so Chang Kai gave a thumbs up and said: "My little master, how did you grow up, those decades of old official business in the yamen may not be as thoughtful as you." ”

Zhu Da smiled and didn't answer, this is a compliment for others, but Zhu Da himself knows what's going on, after a while, everyone is getting closer and closer, Chang Kai didn't deliberately talk for a long time, there are a lot of things to be arranged for recruiting people, and now he has to go to Zhang Luo, and he left in a hurry.

From the beginning to the end, the two of them did not mention the consumption of food, because this is not a matter at all when there is enough money, not to mention that the grain tax collected in the county treasury is stored, only that the big households in the county, especially the lords of the three classes and six rooms, can interfere in the payment of taxes, and the grain stored at home will not be less.

There is no shortage of grain and grass on the border town of Datong, and the bulk grain sales are not affordable by the people of Huairen County, so they save it every year, but it is not that there is no way out of exchanging money, in the past, it was a big business in the county to supply grain to Zhengjiaji, but Zhengjiaji consumed far less than the accumulation of all parties in the county, not to mention that this year even this road is gone.

There is so much grain stored in the grain hoard, and some people are willing to buy currency such as silver and copper coins, which is warmly welcomed, and it is not long after the autumn harvest, and the price of grain is cheap, and some people come to buy it, and they are not happy to sell it, and they can still lower the price.

If you want to say whether Chang Kai will talk with his heart, whether he will fill his pockets, he has confidence in this Zhu Da, the reason why this is so is not that Chang Kai can have high morality, it is a joke to talk about ethics with the old officials of the official office, the reason why Chang Kai will do it with his heart is very simple, he feels that following Zhu Da can have greater benefits, and this benefit is not an empty pie, it has already cashed in a little, and it will be even more dazzling in the future.

After sending Chang Kai away, Zhu Da went to Fang Ming's mansion to find Zhou Qingyun, he was leading the family to clean up and settle down, when Qin Chuan was not in the house, Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun were relatively free, as for Qin Qin and Wang Xiaohong, they would act together with the family members in turn, but they would not be in the same house.

"In the past few days, all the family members have to practice, and they will practice according to my methods." Zhu Da specially admonished, and he was about to leave after he finished speaking.

"You don't practice together? Forgot your own words? Before Zhu Da went out, Zhou Qingyun shouted behind him.

Zhu Da turned around and said with a smile: "I've been busy these days, and I'm going to practice every day in the next few days." ”

Whether this is perfunctory or how it is impossible to judge, Zhou Qingyun shook his head, he understands Zhu Da, since he has an idea, it is difficult for others to persuade him to come back.

Leaving here, Zhu Da walked all the way to the blacksmith shop, the family was practicing, but there were two deputy servants following around, and now Chang Kai specially sent people to wait at the Zhu family's side, for Qin Chuan and Zhu Da to send, looking at the low three and four, there is almost no oil and water in the account, but this job is not the turn of the cronies of the head of the Chang deputy team, this is a good opportunity to get close to Master Qin and Master Zhu, as long as the relationship is hung up, it will be inexhaustible in the future.

The slightly neater streets in Huairen County are the area where Zhu Da lives, and the second is the main street connecting the city gate, and there is really nothing to say about the rest of the place, which is not compared with Zhu Dan's memory of more than 20 years, compared with Zhengjiaji, and compared with the riverside new village, it is not as good.

The two lieutenants who accompanied Zhu Da were also as confused as their former colleagues, and said in their hearts that this young master was staring at the dirty and messy place so energetically.

The treatment of coming to the blacksmith shop this time was very different from the last time, Zhu Dacai walked in, and before the deputy who followed shouted, Zhang Dazhui quickly greeted him, with a smile on his face, looking at the limit of his diligence.

"Master Zhu, please come inside, and prepare tea and snacks for you immediately." Zhang Dazhui's diligence is sincere, not to mention that Zhu Da is the most powerful person in Huairen County at the moment, and the last time the business also made the blacksmith shop make a lot of money.

"A hundred shovels, a hundred hoes, and thirty sledgehammers for stonemasons, I am anxious to ask for these, so I will start doing them now, and I will go to my house to get the deposit after calculating the deposit, and pay the rest in cash, and pay the rest for the delivery." Zhu Da got straight to the point, stood in the shop and placed an order.

Zhang Dazhui was stunned for a moment, and then the courteous smile on his face was much worse, a good customer came to the door and gave a big business, who else would please if he didn't please such a person.

"It's time for you to hire someone here, this business is done, and there are still ten times as many as you need to do."

As he said this, a blacksmith who was hammering through the red iron pieces not far away tilted his body, and the hammer smashed on the anvil, making a lot of noise, and then the entire blacksmith shop was quiet, more than two hundred farm tools and tools were already big business, and they had to be added ten times, which was really amazing.

And with the reputation of this young master, he is really not a big talker, not to mention blacksmiths and apprentices, even Zhang Dazhui was shocked, and when he reacted, he was already flattering and was about to kneel on the ground.

"You should find a special shopkeeper to answer, if you can't do this, it will seem too fake to talk to others." Zhu Da said it politely, Zhang Da Hammer was a little sneering, and someone in the blacksmith shop snickered, obviously Zhu Da was not the only one who thought so.

"There is still business to take care of you, it's inconvenient here, go into the house to talk." Zhu Da's words made the blacksmith shop quiet again, and there was still business......