When people's lives are threatened, they instinctively believe in all those who have the potential to save them. Like Ma Dabao, who was originally a dull and honest peasant, he fled to the east bank of the canal after hardships and dangers, and suddenly came to a safe place from the realm of precariousness.

During the fifteen days of isolation, of course, the living environment was not good, but it was only a small shack that was free from strong shelter from the wind and rain, and all the shacks were separated by a ditch, and it was forbidden for neighbors to visit the door. After being educated at the time of entering the camp, everyone knew that this was to prevent anyone from carrying the plague to others, and it was permissible to sit at the door of the shack and chat with each other anyway.

In addition to that, it is to recite some song recipes along with it.

These songs are all simple and easy to understand, including the emphasis on discipline and order, as well as the requirements of personal epidemic prevention and hygiene, and of course, the praise of more than 4,000 years of Chinese heritage. They ate and drank every day, and although they didn't eat very well, they were satisfied, so they learned to sing and recite these songs in their spare time, and each one was more positive than the other. The tiger guards sent to manage also organize some competitions from time to time, and the winners can get some personal gadgets, such as porcelain cups, iron bowls, kettles, and the like. These things are not handed over on the spot, but are recorded in a register and distributed when the quarantine time is up.

According to conservative estimates, more than 7 million people were affected in the entire Gyeonggi region, because there was little cure for the plague at this time, and it was completely dependent on the resistance of individual patients, and hunger severely weakened the resistance of the human body. Therefore, Yu Guozhen's staff team expected. About 100 to 2 million people will die from the plague, and twice as many people will become victims and flee to the mountains. In addition, the nearly two million victims caused by the bursting of the Yellow River's banks were originally made, and in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, they had to shelter about five million victims.

Yu Guozhen didn't know that the original great plague caused ten rooms and nine empty rooms in the Gyeonggi area. The population of 11 million in Beizhili (the third year of Chongzhen) was only 7.3 million (the seventeenth year of Chongzhen). Even if the tiger guards tried their best to save them, Yu Guozhen did not dare to think of throwing them into the depths of the disaster area. Therefore, the people he can save are limited after all.

And it is impossible for all of these five million people to be willing to leave their homes. Many people still want to wait until the epidemic is over before going back. For these people, Yu Guozhen neither forced, but he would not let go easily, and the effect of these songs was reflected. After they memorized these songs, they would pass them on to their hometowns, and even if only one-tenth of these songs could be noticed by them in their daily lives, it would be much more convenient for Yu Guozhen to govern these places in the future.

Therefore, this time the shelter of the victims is a major way to obtain labor from the population. It's also a propaganda team.

After fifteen days of quarantine, Ma Dabao and the little girl Duan Qing were released, and the little girl came out with new clothes, clean and beautiful, but her hair was cut short. Let her be a little like a delicate little offspring.

She still had a lot of things in her hand, all of which were the prizes she had won in a contest to recite the song for fifteen days.

Ma Dabao only had a few souvenirs in his hand: a bowl for eating, an enamel cup for drinking, a brush for washing his face, and a toothbrush.

In fact, everyone will get these four souvenirs, after all, after coming out of quarantine. It also means that they have officially begun to join Yu Guozhen's "rebuilding the mountain" in the east, and their basic living materials still have to be helped to be completed.

"Ma Dabao!"

"Here!" Hearing his name, Ma Dabao reflexively shouted loudly, this is one of the results of fifteen days of practice.

"In your personal registration information, it is said that you have the strength to carry the burden of 200 catties, right?"

"Yes!"

"That is to say, there is nothing else to do but strength, now you have three choices, the first is to go to Yangjiaogou as a dock worker, the Bohai Sea has thawed, and a dock worker is needed at this time; The second is to go to Qingzhou Mansion to burn bricks and tiles, although the weather is getting warmer, but before the rainy season comes, you always have to build a house for everyone, which requires a lot of bricks and tiles; Third, to be a railroad worker......"

"The villain obeys orders!" Ma Dabao's attitude is extremely sincere.

He knew that he had picked up his life, and although General Li Yan treated him well, he learned that he was from the epidemic area, and in addition to giving him some food, he sent him here, so the disaster camp set up by Nanhaibo was his reborn parents. I heard that Nanhai Bo set up a total of ten such camps along the canal, and that hundreds of thousands of people like him were sheltered, to say the least.

"Hehe, if you learn things quickly, I suggest you go to become a railway worker, we want to build the railway from Qingdao to Jinanfu, the distance surveyed at present is 800 miles, this is a big project! When the road is repaired, it still needs to be maintained, and it also needs manpower. Let's put it this way, if you can learn it, you won't have to dig in the mud for the rest of your life! ”

Ma Dabao didn't know what it meant to be a railway worker, and he wished that he had dozens of acres of land and could dig in the mud. But he knew that he couldn't refuse the other party's kindness, so he thanked him again and again, so he chose this "railway worker".

Building a railway from Qingdao to Jinan is a new decision of Yu Guozhen, he saw a large number of people pouring in, and if there is nothing to do, then there will inevitably be trouble. Therefore, he decided to push for the construction of a railway and a cement road from Qingdao to Jinan at the same time – and for that, he had to set up a cement factory in Shandong.

According to the standard of today's Xinxiang rails, the weight of each meter of rail is 90 catties, and it will take 36 million catties of iron, that is, 18,000 tons!

Chongzhen's 15th year Xinxiang's total steel output is 48,000 tons, and this year it is expected to reach 60,000 tons, if it is simply for Shandong's rail production, it is enough, but Yu Guozhen also has to prepare a large number of farm tools, iron ships, guns and weapons, and the south will also build a railway...... All the construction combined, this year's 60,000 tons of steel energy is not enough!

Fortunately, the railway cannot be built in a year, and the biggest role this year is to train skilled workers. Yu Guozhen's plan is to use three to five years to build the Jinan-Qingdao railway. When this railway is completed, the railway corps in Huaxia will basically take shape, and Yu Guozhen's digestion of Liangguang will be basically completed, and he can consider bringing the entire Jiangnan under his rule, and there will be more places that need to build railways at that time.

There are still many people like Ma Dabao who have been "tricked" into the railway system, and among the young and strong men in the shelter. About a third of them became railroad soldiers. Ma Dabao was still a little apprehensive at first, but after seeing more and more people with him, hanging up the sign of "Railway Soldier". Instead, I was at ease.

But immediately he thought of the little girl's film, and after reporting it, he asked the man about the little girl's film.

"You want to adopt her?" The man was a little surprised: "This can't be done. Duan Qing has already registered, and someone will pick her up soon. ”

"It's ...... What does this mean? ”

"Oh, don't worry, for orphans who have no father and no mother, Nanhai Bo will be kind, Duan Qingji is smart, and he is only eight years old, so he should be sent to school. Orphans like her will all be concentrated in Qingdaokou—if you don't feel at ease. I'll send you to Qingdao as well, and when you get there, you can also go and see the newly built elementary school. Duan Qing will live in the primary school from now on, and she will be taken care of by a special person. ”

The so-called special person is not just looking for a woman among the victims. The cultivation of children is the most important issue for Yu Guozhen, and there is no one, so in addition to the practical teachers, every 20 children in Xinxiang are specially equipped with a life teacher, who must know how to take care of the children's daily life. To understand a little bit of medical care, you even have to know a little bit of practical learning. If it weren't for the fact that over the years, Yu Guozhen had almost compulsorily required the people of Xinxiang to attend night school, and it would have been very difficult to draw out these people.

The primary school in Qingdaokou, of course, will not have so many life teachers at once, but it is barely enough.

Ma Dabao didn't seem to understand, but when he saw a woman coming over to take Duan Qing away, he was a little reluctant. But he also knew that this was better for Duan Qing, so he could only smile and wave his hand, so that Duan Qing could follow with confidence.

Before Duan Qing left, Ma Dabao heard someone shouting: "Let Yu Guozhen come to see me, let Yu Guozhen come to see me!" ”

Everyone looked over there angrily, almost all of them here were saved by Yu Guozhen's subordinates, in their minds, Yu Guozhen was much kinder than the emperor of the Son of Heaven, this person shouted, very disrespectful!

"I'm sorry, we have limited manpower, and we officials don't have that extra time to see you."

"I am an official of the imperial court, I go south, and I should be escorted by someone to carry my bags for me!" The man shouted: "Let Yu Guozhen come to see me, I heard that he is here, you pawns, I don't have the same knowledge as you!" ”

Ma Dabao was secretly surprised in his heart, this person was quite bold, and he came here to scold Nanhai Bolai. But this person is also well-informed, and he even knows about Nanhaibo's arrival!

Then he saw a group of people approaching in the distance, and the crowd was very young, who looked to be in his early twenties, smiling, and gentle-looking, and walked straight up.

"I heard that someone was going to see me, so I came." The young man walked over and said lightly, "What's the matter?" ”

Strange to say, the young man seemed to have no temper, but as soon as he went to this station, and as soon as he spoke softly, Ma Dabao felt a strong pressure coming towards him. Not only him, but the person who claimed to be the official of the imperial court, who had just made a lot of trouble, also became shrunk at this moment.

"Speak." Yu Guozhen said again.

The court official swallowed his saliva, and then arched his hand and said: "The lower official is the late Taichangqing Wei Zhongjie, the son of Dazhong, Wei Xuelian, to meet the Marquis of Nanhai." ”

He was condescending, and moved out the identity of the dead Lao Tzu, obviously understanding that the little official position on his body was really not qualified to play in front of Yu Guozhen.

"Wei Zhongjie Gong ......" Yu Guozhen didn't think of who it was for a while, and the staff around him came up and whispered, Yu Guozhen suddenly realized, it turned out to be Wei Dazhong among the six gentlemen of Donglin.

This person was upright, he was killed by Wei Zhongxian, and even his eldest son died. Yu Guozhen was extremely disdainful of the current Donglin, but he didn't have much ill feeling for the original Donglin characters, so he nodded: "What's the matter?" (To be continued)