Chapter Eighty-Seven: Return to Leigh

Inviting Zheng Xuan to Licheng was a worthwhile trip for Han Lie, and the food problem was temporarily solved.

Under the operation of Tao Ying and Cao Liang, Han Lie not only successfully purchased 100,000 stone of grain, but also the price was one percent lower than the market, so it is not difficult to see that these gentlemen are obviously still capable in Xuzhou.

In order to tie up this good fate, Han Lie gave all the extra money to Tao Ying, which was a full hundred gold, even Tao Ying was extraordinarily moved, on the day of celebration in Mingyue Gejifang, this kid took Han Lie's benefits, after drinking a few glasses of wine, he was slightly drunk, and said quite eagerly: "General Ziyang is not only literary and elegant, but also bold, if there is a deal in the future, the brothers will do their best." ”

"Haha, for Tao Gongzi's words, let's float a big cup." Han Lie laughed and raised his cup in salute.

The relationship between people, if it is said that under what circumstances it is easiest to become intimate, it is undoubtedly at the wine table, in terms of the words of later generations, the four major relationships are the most iron, and one of them is called prostitution together.

Although Han Lie did not stay overnight in Mingyue Gejifang, he drank and frolicked with Tao Ying, Cao Liang and others, and the relationship naturally improved by leaps and bounds.

At the same time as getting acquainted with Tao Ying and Cao Liang, Han Lie also had a further cooperative relationship with Mi Zhu, that is, he handed over all the grain he bought from Tancheng to the Mi family's caravan to be responsible for transporting it to Licheng.

Han Lie could have mobilized soldiers and horses to transport grain, but he paid for Mi Jiabang to transport it by himself, which naturally meant to befriend Mi Zhu, and Mi Zhu did not refuse Han Lie's overtures, and he also took the initiative to lower the price of grain transportation, and hinted that he would go to Licheng to visit Han Lie.

The food problem was solved, and Han Lie's purpose of coming to Tancheng had been achieved, and then he went to the Assassin's Mansion to meet Tao Qian, and briefly mentioned to him the matter of inviting Zheng Xuan to go to Licheng to study, and expressed his intention to return to Licheng.

After bidding farewell to Tao Qian, Han Lie went to visit Zheng Xuan again, and when he learned that Han Lie was ready to return to Licheng, Zheng Xuan also immediately said that he would lead his disciples to Licheng within a month, and after receiving Zheng Xuan's reply, Han Lie led Dian Wei all the way back to Licheng.

As the Licheng Order, Han Lie has soldiers and food in his hands, so he naturally has the right to speak.

However, the relocation of tens of thousands of people, this is obviously a big project, only half a month is obviously not enough, and the pattern of Qili City is simply impossible to accommodate more than 100,000 people, so in order to properly resettle the relocated people, the city must be expanded.

The 60,000 people in Junan are still on the way to migrate, and the 30,000 people in Donglai have temporarily settled in Zailicheng, and in order to settle the 30,000 people, Wang Bao and Wang Ling, have been so busy recently that they almost don't even have time to sleep.

As soon as Han Lie returned to Licheng, Wang Bao and Wang Ling came to Han Lie with dark circles under their eyes and a tired look on their faces and complained: "My lord, the resettlement of 30,000 people is complicated, and the two of us are really too busy, can you recruit some scholars to help?" ”

"The original county magistrate of Licheng, the county lieutenant, is the lord Bo not worthy of the big responsibility?" Han Lie also asked in surprise when he saw the tired faces of the two.

"The county man is old and has already handed in his resignation, and the lord Bo went to the East China Sea to seek transfer, and the county lieutenant was in office when he arrived, but this person is just a reckless man, and he has no ink on his chest, let alone assist, even the public security under the rule still needs Uncle Xu's supervision to maintain stability." Wang Ling smiled bitterly and sat down on the mat as if he was about to fall apart.

"Governing the place is indeed not like managing the army, and it does require some capable officials with management ability, but this time I have invited Zheng Kangcheng, a great Confucian from Beihai, to lead his disciples to come to Licheng to teach, and his disciples have many talented people, as long as they come, the talent problem will definitely be solved." Han Lie already had experience in managing government affairs when he was really determined, and he knew the difficulties of Wang Bao and Wang Ling, but at the moment he lacked literati, so he could only let Wang Bao and Wang Ling work hard.

"Lord, will Mr. Kang Cheng really come to Licheng?" As Wang Bao, a native of Qingzhou, and he was born as a scholar, he was really thunderous about Zheng Xuan's name, and when he heard Han Lie say that Zheng Xuan would come to Licheng, he suddenly stood up excitedly.

"Within a month, Mr. Kang Cheng and his two hundred disciples will definitely come to Licheng, so there is an important task at the moment, I want to hand over to you, immediately choose a comfortable and spacious house to come out, so as to serve as the address of the academy, so that Mr. Kang Cheng can live and teach." Han Lie nodded and instructed Wang Bao.

"Don't worry, my lord, I will do this as soon as possible, and promise to provide Mr. Kang Cheng with the most comfortable academy." Wang Bao looked excited, and it was undoubtedly a great honor for him to be able to do things for Zheng Xuan.

"My lord, although the 30,000 people of Donglai have been temporarily resettled in the city, the land issue has not yet been resolved, and how the 60,000 people of Junan should be resettled, please make this matter public." Wang Ling smiled bitterly, glanced at Wang Leopard, who was excited, and frowned and asked.

"Tuntian, the area east of Licheng, a radius of 100 miles is the vast wilderness, beyond the wilderness is the East China Sea, this vast land, for Tuntian is the best, starting tomorrow, I will let Dian Wei lead the army along the Kaiyang River and irrigation river to burn wasteland, when the people of Junan arrive, part of the people can open up the Tuntian, part of the Kaiyang River and the waterway of the irrigation river to open up and widen, and then we will build a new port city at the mouth of the sea to accommodate the 60,000 people of Junan." He is no stranger to Licheng Han Lie, whether it is the current Licheng or the future Lianyungang area, he is very familiar with it, which is why he dared to forcibly relocate the people of Junan to Licheng in one go.

Although it will be difficult to resettle these people at the moment, Han Lie believes that only by surviving the first year of land reclamation, with the abundant water conditions of Haizhou Bay, Licheng will definitely become a pearl in the East China Sea in his hands.

"Lord, to feed 60,000 people, at least 20,000 stone of grain a month, the current grain in our hands is simply not able to feed the 60,000 people in Junan, could it be that the lord has already bought grain in Tancheng?" When Wang Ling heard Han Lie's blueprint, he was not blindly surprised, but still raised the most pressing question at the moment.

"100,000 stone grain will be shipped in two months, there is no need to worry about this, the first problem we have at the moment is to resettle the people, stabilize the people's hearts, let the people follow us, and jointly build Licheng." Han Lie was not disgusted by Wang Ling's questioning, but was very pleased, could it be that Wang Ling was able to face practical difficulties at such an age.

"Please rest assured, as long as there is food, we can overcome all problems." Wang Bao and Wang Ling glanced at each other and replied in a deep voice.

"It's good to have confidence, as for recruiting scholars to help, you can start to do it, from now on Wang Bao, you are the Cheng of Licheng County, Wang Ling, you are the main Bo, and the two of you have the right to decide all the big and small affairs in the county." Han Lie nodded and directly appointed the two.

"Thank you for your trust, we will swear to repay you." Although they were only small officials in the county, the two of them were still full of energy and thanked again.

"You two go down and have a good rest, no matter how busy you are tomorrow, no matter how much your body is the capital of your work, you must not exhaust yourself first." Han Lie waved his hand and asked the two of them to retreat to rest before he said to Dian Wei: "Brother Dian, I will leave the matter of burning the wasteland to you." ”

"Whoa." Dian Wei happily responded.

Later, Han Lie summoned Xu Rong and Li Yang, Xu Rong is mainly responsible for the security and defense of the city, and Li Yang is responsible for the allocation of grain and grass, and they are all very busy.

On the first day back in Licheng, Han Lie almost stayed awake all night, and the official documents on his desk were piled up as high as a mountain, and now Han Lie lacked civil officials in his hands, so he could only do it himself.

In the middle of the night, Cai Yan, who knew that Han Lie stayed up late to work, got up and brought Han Lie a snack.

A clay pot of chestnut rice porridge and a plate of sweet rice cakes. Although it is simple, this is Cai Yan took an hour to make it herself, and in order to make these foods, she had spent several days learning from the chef before learning from the cook.

"It's so fragrant, don't say it's a little hungry." Han Lie sniffed the rice porridge in front of him, and said softly to Wen Ji: "It's so late in the future, you don't have to work so hard, if you're hungry, just let the soldiers prepare some." ”

"Hmm." Cai Yan nodded with tenderness on her face, but Han Lie knew that she was afraid that she would not be able to resist this matter, although she verbally promised herself, she was afraid that she would make a supper for herself in the coming day.

"You're not afraid of getting tired." Han Lie smiled bitterly and said, "There are so many, I can't finish eating alone, you can also drink some." ”

"The concubine is not hungry." Cai Yan looked at Han Lie's gobbling up his food, and said from afar: "This is actually not much, I have scooped out half of it, and let the soldiers send it over to the two lords, they have been working day and night recently, it is really hard, compared to them, the hard work of the concubine is really nothing." ”

"It's nice to have a lady." After drinking the rice porridge in the bowl, Han Lie got up and pulled Cai Yan into his arms, and smiled with relief.