Chao Gai, Li Kui, Pang Wanchun and others defeated Dong Ping in Dulonggang and intimidated Zhujiazhuang, which was considered a reconciliation under Li Ying's mediation. Chao Gai was worried about the safety of Hujiazhuang, and originally planned to send troops to garrison Hujiazhuang, Hu Sanniang said that the Yuncheng regimental training had just started, and more soldiers were needed to support the scene, and Hu Sanniang was still arrogant, confident that he could train a Zhuang Ding to protect Hujiazhuang.

Chao Gai was not reluctant, but allocated fifty civilian hunting bows and some steel forks to enhance the protection of Hujiazhuang.

After this incident, Zhu Long was frightened, and Zhu Long was not a bold person, and he complained about his younger brother. Although Zhu Hu and Zhu Biao have a lot of grievances, they are not easy to attack. Especially Zhu Biao's kid, he thought that Zhujiazhuang's failure had a lot to do with Luan Tingyu's lack of work, so he was indifferent to Luan Tingyu's sect leader. Luan Tingyu is also a good-looking person, and it is not good to go to Yuncheng for group training because of an invitation from Chao Gai, but the life of Zhujiazhuang is not easy either.

Dong Ping led the troops back to Dongping Mansion and was severely reprimanded by Cheng Taishou. It's just that he doesn't believe in Dong Ping more and more, and he promotes some capable leaders from the yamen to enrich the strength of the yamen. You must know that the officials and soldiers of the yamen are not subordinate to each other, and there is no need to worry that Dong Ping's hands are so long that he can win over the heads of the yamen.

After all, Chao Gai thought about the long term and did not ask for too much compensation from Zhujiazhuang, but only a symbolic military ration of 20,000 catties of grain and part of the military salary. The biggest benefit is Li Ying, Li Ying was also engaged in the dart industry, the so-called dart board is the logistics and transportation of later generations, only the years and months are not peaceful, and the transportation is more important at the same time to prevent robbery.

After Li Ying talked with Chao Gai in detail, he obtained a hop line, and the road transportation from Yuncheng to Dongping Mansion. Although large and heavy goods are generally transported by water, water transportation has many restrictions after all, and it is not as fast and convenient as road transportation. Li Ying arranged ten big carriages to run back and forth between Yuncheng and Dongping Mansion every three or five days, and he definitely didn't make a lot of money, but there was still hard money. In addition, Li Ying also bought several stores in Liangshan Trade City, and half of the more than 700 stores in the trade city under construction have been sold, which made Chao Gai a little surprised, mainly some tea merchants from the south of the Yangtze River, who heard that Chao Gai intended to expand the northern market, and came to support.

Yuncheng, the wasteland around Shuibo Liangshan.

Chao Gai, Zhu Wu, Zheng Tianshou, Du Qian, and others led more than 3,000 craftsmen to be busy, and the resettlement of refugees was a very laborious and expensive matter, and if it was not done, there would be a plague. Fortunately, Chao Gai has experience, so he dares to recruit refugees on a large scale.

First of all, there was the issue of housing, Chao Gai adopted Zhu Wu's suggestion, and built a nest in the style of a nest in winter, which was built with wood, straw, hay, etc., half on the ground and half underground. The triangular shacks, which freeze over as soon as the snow falls in winter, look like the ice houses of the Eskimos.

The main people who live here are women, elderly people and children who can't accommodate their jobs for a while, and six or seven people are crammed into a shack, and the shack needs to be kept several meters away from each other for fire prevention.

Zhu Wudao: "The shack is full of firewood and grass, it is easy to catch fire, a few days ago a few people were burned in the shack, if it is not found in time, I am afraid that I will burn to death, this winter heating is a big problem, after all, we are not so good cotton clothes, not to mention that there are more and more people, the total number is estimated to be 20,000." ”

Chao Gai said: "Let's boil, just survive this winter, each refugee village is kept at about 1,000 people, do a good job of sanitation, set up 20 cauldrons, and boil ginger soup and boiling water for everyone day and night, and at the same time keep everyone warm." The interval between villages is more than three miles, the toilets are strictly disinfected, and infectious diseases are immediately isolated and treated. ”

"Well, brother don't worry. The refugees have just arrived, and they have not yet recovered their strength, and once they have recovered their strength, they will organize their own efforts to go to the mountains to cut weeds and make firewood. The village set up a fire point and sent people to guard it day and night to prevent people from freezing to death and starving to death. Zhu Wu said.

There is a lot of wasteland around Shuibo Liangshan, but there are few trees, mainly wild grasses, and a hundred and ten sturdy women are sent out, and a lot of them are cut in the morning, and they are piled up like small hills.

A few days later, Chao Gai, Zhu Wu, Du Qian, and Zheng Tianshou went to inspect separately to avoid any omissions in the refugee village.

Chao Gai took Jiao Ting to the refugee village near the river, this is the first refugee from Qingzhou to build a village, it has been more than ten days since it was completed, originally Chao Gai was worried that so many refugees who do not know each other will cause many public security problems together, so he sent a team of 30 people to patrol day and night, in fact, the security is much better.

More than a dozen children in tattered clothes and big snots were happily playing games, Chao Gai's childlike heart rose, and he went over and asked, "Child, what are you playing?" ”

The children saw that it was Chao Gai, although they didn't know each other, but they also knew that the people in military uniforms were good people, and said, "We are playing a game of war, boys should be brave." ”

The little boy was holding a wooden stick, his hands were frozen and peeling, and the cracked wounds were terrifying.

Chao Gai picked up his hand: "Your hands are frozen like this, does it hurt?" ”

"It hurts, but I'm not afraid."

"You guys keep playing." Chao Gai said.

Chao Gai turned back to Jiao Ting and said, "Call Song Wan." ”

Soon the herald went over and called Song Wan, and Song Wan said, "Brother, what's the matter." ”

Chao Gai said: "The life of the refugees is very hard, especially for the children, so you can bring some out of the sheepskins in the stock and make 2,000 pairs of gloves and shoes for the children." ”

"These sheepskins are for the soldiers." Song Wan said.

"The soldiers are all adults, and the soldiers are also well dressed, so it is important to do it for the children first."

Song Wandao: "Okay." I'll arrange it. ”

"Go ahead, be fast, let everyone work hard to catch up." Chao Gai said.

Looking at Song Wan's departing back, Jiao Ting said: "Brother is really a bodhisattva. ”

"Looking at these poor children, I feel uncomfortable when I don't have enough food and clothing, although we have limited supplies, let's make some gloves and boots for the children." Chao Gai sighed.

In the village, between five or six shacks, there is a hanging pot and a stove pit dug underground. Forty or fifty people gathered around the hanging pot, and the firewood was burning very vigorously and warmly. There was boiling ginger soup in the hanging pot, and the person in charge of the pot was an old man, in his fifties. Seeing that Chao Gai was coming, the old man said: "Chao Tuan Lian is here, this is the great benefactor who took us in, serving three meals a day." ”

Everyone kowtowed to express their gratitude, and Chao Gai hurriedly persuaded everyone.

Chao Gai also found wood to sit next to the hanging pot to warm up, and asked, "Old man, are you still used to living, is this fire warm?" ”

"Warm, we fifty people use this hanging pot to cook rice and porridge. The firewood is all hay cut from the neighborhood, although it is not resistant to burning, but there is hay everywhere, as long as you are willing to firewood, it must be very warm. At night, although it is a little colder in the shack, it is warmer when it is crowded. When it's really cold, come over and bake the fire, it's very warm here. ”

Chao Gai said: "The fire under the hanging pot must not be extinguished at night, and someone must take turns on duty, otherwise the temperature will be too low at night and it will hurt people." And when the weather is good, we should persuade everyone to pack up firewood, otherwise it will be useless when it snows heavily. ”

Everyone laughed and said: "Chao Tuanlian, don't worry, we are all people who know what is good, and there is no one to help us when we are hungry and dying in Qingzhou." Here, there are two full meals a day, and a shack has been built, what else is there to say. If anyone dares to be lazy and don't make any efforts, we can't spare them without Chao Tuanlian. ”

Another old man said: "There is a reluctant invitation, it's not strange to practice in the chao group." ”

Chao Gai said: "If you have any requirements, just say it." ”

"It snows in winter, and the snow is difficult to remove, so I hope Chao Tuanlian can lend us some shovels." The man said.

Someone immediately retorted: "Chao Tuanlian has already lent us an axe and sickle, and he wants to borrow a shovel again, and I don't know what to do with it." ”

Chao Gai said: "It's that I didn't think about it, but shovels and axes are valuable iron tools, and each fifty people can borrow five, which need to be properly kept, and it is strictly forbidden to discard them." ”

"We must take care of it, Chao Tuanlian can rest assured." Everyone said.

After turning around like this, Jiao Ting said: "Brother, I think this hanging pot is quite good, it can not only heat but also cook, and dozens of people are not too boring to talk and chat around a fire." ”

"It's just that the nearby artemisia grass and small shrubs are probably gone. But it's okay, it will be long in the spring next year. ”

The situation checked by Zhu Wu and others is similar, and most of them are good, but at night, it is inevitable that some refugees are too cold to run to the toilet and urinate everywhere, which is very easy to spread diseases, especially the refugees have poor resistance.

Zhu Wu proposed: "There are already 30 soldiers on duty in each village to maintain law and order, but the number of people who want to control the refugees from defecating everywhere is still small, mainly because the refugees do not have a good psychological understanding. Instead, select personnel from among the refugees to manage the refugees, increase patrols at night, and increase advocacy and add more toilets to avoid this. ”

"Okay, just do it your way. I still have to focus my energy on training, and this matter will be hard for you. Chao Gai said.

On the fifth day of the lunar month, the last group of refugees arrived at the Yuncheng resettlement site by boat. Gongsun Sheng, Niu Gao, Shi Jin and others also returned. A total of more than 19,000 refugees were recruited, and countless money and food were spent, which made Chao Gai's newly accumulated family fund a little empty, but the rewards were also very rich, and these 19,000 people had at least 6,000 strong men and 5,000 middle-aged women, all of whom were laborers.

Until the tenth day of the lunar month, Hu Cheng, who went out to look for the island, had not returned, which made Chao Gai a little anxious, and even Hu Sanniang sent someone to ask several times.