Chapter 187: Repaying Grievances with Virtue

Liu Chengqian hurriedly returned to the state office, went straight to the prison, and led the people of Hutou Mountain out of the prison, in addition to the part of the young man who was recruited into Liu Zhiyuan's army, there were more than 300 old and weak women and children, who had been trapped in the prison for many days, all with vegetables, and when they came out of the cell, they couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Looking at these former comrades who can be released from prison and rejoice, their faces are not near and far-sighted, Liu Chengqian is worried, these people from Hutou Mountain have occupied the mountain for a long time, do not do farming, rely on robbery for a living, go down the mountain, they have nothing, no place to stand, no head covered by tiles, and no feet to cultivate, to arrange for them to survive under the mountain, it is really a big problem, and this problem is still imminent.

Liu Chengqian led them back to the big courtyard where he used to make wine in the state, although Wang Fu gave it back to himself, but Wang Fu rebelled with Shi Weiyi, the winery had been abandoned for a long time, and the tools for winemaking were also in tatters. The little junior sister Wang Ruohe, Fei Ying's master and servant, Huang San, Zhang San, Li Si and others were released by Liu Zhiyuan in advance because of their own relationship, but they were not qualified to live in the Yamen compound of the state capital with them, so they had to arrange for them to live temporarily in this old wine shop.

The arrival of these hundreds of people immediately filled the winery compound to the brim, and even occupied the old winery. Huang San, Zhang San, Li Si and others, seeing these old acquaintances in Hutou Mountain, were very excited, and couldn't help but hold their hands, or sit or chat, the warm set was almost, the little junior sister Wang Ruohe and Fei Ying's master and servant were also busy greeting them to eat and drink, and they were sweating profusely, which made Liu Chengqian feel distressed.

After waiting for these people in Hutou Mountain, after a half-fed and half-full meal, looking at their innocent and satisfied smiles, Liu Chengqian thought of the five generations of the world, they were once honest farmers, forced to go up the mountain to become bandits, and now they are going to turn into farmers, coming and going, going around in a big circle, relying on others to manipulate life and death, it is really helpless and very pitiful.

It is not a trivial matter to arrange the future of these hundreds of people, Liu Chengqian is really a little stretched, and his skills are exhausted, so he has no choice but to go to the state government to see Liu Zhiyuan again, to see what other places are in the counties of Songzhou, there are vacant fields, and ask for some to settle these people.

But when he arrived at the state office, Liu Zhiyuan didn't want to care about these trivial things, so he still let Liu Chengqian find a way to do it himself, saying that these people were begged by Liu Chengqian himself, and he was conceited of life and death, so he left it all alone and drove Liu Chengqian out.

Liu Chengqian had no choice but to walk back, along the way, seeing the state city, the business travel was in a hurry, busy, and couldn't help but think that if it was a later life, it would be very easy to arrange these hundreds of people to work in a commercial factory in a commercial firm, and food and clothing would not be a big problem, but the business in this era is extremely underdeveloped, and it would be very good to be able to arrange one or two people.

Thinking of this, Liu Chengqian couldn't help but shake his head secretly, get rid of these unrealistic ideas, the most urgent thing now is to arrange the accommodation of these hundreds of people, a short period of food and accommodation, it is good to arrange, but to live in the city for a long time, do nothing, but it is not possible, besides, the land in the city is limited, it has already been occupied by the landlord, and there is no place to stay, only to go outside the city, find some borderless land, and settle them first.

So, Liu Chengqian thought of it and did it, hurriedly returned to the winery, and instructed Uncle Li, the former financial manager of Hutou Mountain, who was also the former owner of Li Fang, to properly arrange these people from Hutou Mountain, squeeze in first, and temporarily stay in the winery, and hurriedly took Huang San, Li Si and a few others out of the city to find a place to settle.

Out of Song City, walk around the moat, and soon come to a small hill col not far from the city, the col is surrounded by several small hills near and far, those mountains are not high, but some wide, dense forests, lush, several small streams around those hills, twists and turns, and finally converged together, injected into the moat of Song City.

At the foot of the small mountain pass, a few peasant households have long been sparsely populated, because the terrain is mountainous, not suitable for large-scale farming, these peasant households, only at the foot of the mountain, near the stream, sparsely cultivated a few pieces of farmland, barely survived.

When Liu Chengqian first saw this small mountain col, he felt that it was a good place, there were mountains and rivers, especially at the foot of the mountain, there were naturally a few small water swings, and those small streams flowed endlessly, injecting living water into these small water swings. Seeing these, Liu Chengqian couldn't help but think of the aquaculture industry that arose in his hometown in later generations, and under the call of the party to get rid of poverty and become rich, the rural people in his hometown have set up fish farming, pig raising, chicken and duck breeding industries in the places near the mountains and rivers, and finally really got rid of poverty and became rich.

Nowadays, the mountains and rivers here are also very suitable for breeding, the small natural water swing under the mountain, a simple cofferdam, is a few small ponds, raise some fish, raise some ducks, raise some chickens, cows, pigs and sheep on the mountain, and the problem of food and clothing should be easily solved.

Liu Chengqian thought of this, he was a little excited, and hurriedly said what he thought in his heart, Huang San listened, but said with some caution: "In this world, everyone is poor, every household lacks food and clothing, how can there be any money left, to buy these livestock, only the big family can buy these things, and the big family can't buy much, raise more, hoard more, can only waste food, besides, the fish in the water are all over the river, who is willing to go to the trouble of breeding." ”

Listening to Huang San's words, Liu Chengqian was hit hard, in this era, there were few fishers, coupled with the simplicity of fishing gear, so that the fish and shrimp in the rivers were flooded, which was an extremely lowly thing, unlike overfishing like in later generations, and fish and shrimp were frequently extinct. Chickens, ducks, geese and other livestock, the poor people can't afford to consume, there are no market economy conditions in this era, raise more, unsalable is still a big problem, these livestock, have to save rations from their own mouths to feed, when they can't be sold, the gains outweigh the losses.

"It's good to be self-sufficient, and if you have more, you can sell them to the big family, but if you can't do it, you can sell them all to Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu won't believe that they can't be sold." Dealing with these people in Hutou Mountain, Liu Chengqian is really poor in donkey skills, can he let them stay in the city all the time, desperate, starving to death, Liu Chengqian couldn't help but stiffen his temper and said, I believe that I am a person from the next generation, and if I make a little use of some propaganda methods of the later generations, these agricultural products will not be unsalable.

At Liu Chengqian's insistence, in the past few days, Liu Chengqian took these people from Hutou Mountain to this small mountain pass, built thatched houses on the mountain, opened up simple farms, and let people open up mountains and mountains that can be cultivated under the mountain, intercept the pond, and let Huang San take some of the silver money that Wang Fu paid to him, and brought some people to the farmers near the state city to buy some breeding animals at a high price and distribute them to everyone to raise.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, at the beginning, people have to eat, livestock also have to be fed, and food is the most difficult hurdle to solve. Since fish and shrimp and other aquatic objects are the lowest things, Liu Chengqian let them raise geese and ducks, catch fish and shrimp in the rivers and rivers, dry them for feed, and feed chickens, pigs and other livestock.

Most of these people in Hutou Mountain are refugees, and they used to raise a lot of domestic animals and poultry, and now they are quite handy, and they are quite handy, and they are very good at beating pigweed, and herding cattle and sheep are well organized, and Liu Chengqian does not need to work too hard.

Solve the survival prospects of these people in Hutou Mountain, Liu Chengqian can't help but feel very relaxed, happy, with these planting and breeding projects, in the future, these people in Hutou Mountain, at least can be self-sufficient, and there is no need to worry about survival.

When everything was arranged, Liu Chengqian took Huang San, Zhang San and others back to the state city, only to feel that his whole body was sore, his muscles were stiff, and his waist was weak and his feet were weak. At that time, I was busy in the mountains, and when I was talking about those breeding things, I didn't feel anything, but now that I am relaxed, all kinds of feelings have come to me.

After the fool heard about Liu Chengqian's various discomforts, he made his own assertion to help Liu Chengqian rub and rub, Liu Chengqian hurriedly opened his hands, pointed to his palms, and said with a smile: "Look, your hands are not even washed, they are dirty, if you want to rub them, you can rub your own, or you go and rub Li Si's, Li Si is working hardest today, I have to go back quickly, let Ruohe Xiaomei help me rub it." ”

"I don't want it!" Li Si stood beside the fool, heard the words, shouted, and fled as if he was frightened.

Li Si's words caused everyone to burst into laughter, and the fool was stunned, looked at his palm, and then wiped the clothes on his body, and then said with a smile: "How can I not wash it, I washed it, but I left in a hurry, I didn't wash it too seriously, you see, how clean." As he spoke, he stretched out another pair of hands for others to see.