Chapter 70: The Refugees (II)
"Zhang Xuan, apart from Zhuangzili, is there any other place nearby where people can live?"
Zhou Zheng sighed and asked Wang Qi, looking at the children and old people covered in mud among the victims, he really couldn't help but drive them away. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
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Although Zhang Xuan was reluctant to let these victims stay, since it was Zhou Zheng who asked, he couldn't help but answer, so he thought for a moment and said: "Your Royal Highness, not far from the east end of Zhuangzi was originally used to burn bricks and stones, this brick kiln can live in people, and there are many previously built houses near the brick kiln, which should be able to live a lot of people." β
After Zhang Xuan finished speaking, Deng Luoying on the side looked at Zhou Zheng with a pair of bright eyes and said.
"Thank you, Your Highness."
An inexplicable luster flashed in Deng Luoying's expression, and Zhou Zheng, who saw it, also trembled.
"It doesn't have to be like this, I can do something for these refugees."
After finishing speaking, the topic was shifted to other aspects by Zhou Zheng.
"How much grain is left in the village?"
After learning that there was enough place for these refugees to stay, Zhou Zheng immediately cared about food.
Without enough food, everything is empty talk.
"Grain, there is still a lot of surplus grain in His Royal Highness's Imperial Village, and the rent has been relatively small in the past two years, and the barn in the Zhuangzi has hoarded a lot of grain, which is enough for these refugees to eat for four or five days."
Zhang Xuan's words made Zhou Zheng feel relieved for a while, as long as the food was eaten up in these four or five days, it would be enough for him to transfer another batch of grain in these four or five days, and Zhou Zheng also saw the richness of the grain reserves in the Huangzhuang from the side.
Huangzhuang's taxes will never be managed by the government, and no one in the world dares to collect taxes in front of the Son of Heaven, even though Zhou Hong doesn't know much about Huangzhuang today, but this does not prevent anyone from daring to collect Huangzhuang's taxes.
In the past two years, the Taiping Emperor of the world has been benevolent, the tax of the Huangzhuang has always been very low, only need to symbolically hand over some grain every year, and the rest will be stored in the barn belonging to the village, and the family only needs to go to Zhang Xuan to get a strip after the lack of grain, and the grain can be withdrawn from the barn.
For a long time, the people on the village did not need to worry about hunger, and the grain in the barn was piled higher and higher.
"Zhang Xuan, let's do it, I'll be the master, and in the next three years, the Huangzhuang doesn't need to pay any rent to the top, and the grain in this barn will be distributed to these refugees on time every day."
Zhou Zhengyi made a decisive decision, and Nie Niang on the side wanted to say something, but she opened her mouth but didn't say anything.
Zhang Xuan was also very happy when he heard that Zhou Zheng had exempted the Huangzhuang from renting for three years, originally Zhang Xuan was still worried about what to do with this year's rent after distributing the grain in the barn to the refugees, and the heavy rain for several days had already flooded the crops in the field, and the crops in the field were about to drown, and the yield would definitely be affected.
"Thank you, Your Highness, thank you, Your Highness."
After Zhou Zheng let the news of these refugees take refuge spread among the refugees, these refugees heard that it was the second prince who agreed to them After these refugees took refuge in the east of Zhuangzi, they all knelt down excitedly and immediately knelt down, ignoring the mud on the ground and kowtowing to Zhou Zheng to thank him.
"Don't kneel, hurry up, it's so cold, the ground is full of mud, what should I do if I get cold on my clothes."
Zhou Zheng had never been bowed down by so many people, and when he took up the refugees at the front, let them hurry up.
"Dingdong, the host helps the refugees to increase their prestige among the refugees, and their prestige points increase by three hundred points."
The prompt in his mind made Zhou Zhengrang involuntarily divert his attention, and then turned the words to these refugees.
"You can live here, but the ugly words are in front, since you live here, then everything must be arranged by me, and you must not break into the Huangzhuang, otherwise don't blame me for turning my face and not recognizing people!"
After Zhou Zheng's words were passed on, these refugees were naturally extremely happy to agree, as long as they had a place to live, and they didn't have to worry about anything if they had food, so they naturally followed the rules and followed His Highness's orders.
After receiving this worship from the refugees, Zhao Yan also decided to be a good person to the end, and immediately asked the guards of the imperial palace to help the refugees maintain order, and he also came to the brick kiln in the east of Zhuangzi with Zhang Xuan.
At the east end of Zhuangzi are two huge earthen bales, which were used to burn bricks, but have long since been abandoned.
The refugees, men, women and children add up to thousands of people, although these two abandoned brick kilns are relatively large, but they cannot accommodate such a large population, but fortunately there is a row of dilapidated and simple houses next to the brick kilns, although there are some holes, but there are no holes in the roof, each house is crowded, but also can live a lot of people.
Zhou Zheng commanded the guards to let the old man and the children go to the brick kiln to rest, while the rest of the people went to the house next to the brick kiln, although the house was dilapidated but extremely dry.
After finally resettled these disaster victims, Zhang Xuan took Zhuang Min to boil hot water and sent it over, and the result was that these refugees were grateful to Zhou Zheng again, and they saluted Zhao Yan with hot water one by one, and when these people drank hot water and had heat on their bodies, they all fell asleep upside down, and the men's snoring sounded, and even the most naughty children fell asleep quietly in the brick kiln, it seems that they are really tired these days.
After the resettlement of these refugees, when Zhou Zheng took Zhang Xuan and others back to Zhuangzi, it was already past evening, and the sky was gloomy, and the torches and lights in the imperial village were also lit up, and there were already guards on some of the main passages to start patrolling in twos and threes, and Zhou Xue was already waiting for him at the door of the inner house, because Zhou Zheng's dinner had not been eaten, and the same Zhou Xue's dinner had not been eaten, and the most important thing was that Deng Luoying had not come back, how could he have dinner before everyone arrived?
The hungry Zhou Xue saw Zhou Zheng and his party and immediately pulled him to the restaurant to eat.
Now Zhao Yan's meal specifications are not comparable to those in the imperial palace at all, the four stir-fried dishes are all vegetarian, although they are all vegetarian but the taste is good, Zhou Zheng is also busy for an afternoon, he has long been hungry, and even after doing it, he gobbled up the food on the seat.
After eating, Zhou Zheng had time to pack up the things he had brought.