Overnight, tens of thousands of people can obey the arrangement, even the government may not have the ability to do this, Chen Menghe became more and more curious, walked past the camp, and kept observing the situation on both sides. The tents that were set up first and best sheltered from the wind and kept warm were reserved for the old and weak women and children, and the men in the prime of life were arranged on the periphery, and there were also people with rudimentary wooden sticks and other weapons, patrolling back and forth to maintain order.

After reading it, Chen Menghe couldn't help but sigh: "The officials are not afraid of my strictness but afraid of my integrity, and the people are not afraid of my ability but my father." Tang Xian's nephew is fair and reasonable, the old and the old, the young and the young, respect the old and love the young, the common feelings, and respond to the people, no wonder the people can be convinced, and the official is really admired. ”

Tang Shunzhi smiled secretly, if the truth can be explained, there will be no difficulty in the world. In fact, last night, including him Tang Jingchuan, they were all worried.

After all, reasoning with the people who are struggling with the death line is more difficult than ascending to the sky, and those who are kind and have a sense of shame will agree with Tang Yi's arrangement. As for the other large group of people who were too lazy to work, they wanted to live in tents as soon as possible, and for this reason, some pretended to be sick, some cheated on them, and made a lot of trouble.

The most troublesome thing is that I got halfway there, and there are not enough wooden mats for setting up tents.

Seeing that the tents were insufficient, everyone grabbed them even more, and they were on the verge of losing control. Tang Yi decisively ordered at that time, added a supper to everyone, continued to cook porridge in a big pot, and made a lot of bacon chopped and poured into the pot, looking at the boiling meat porridge, most of the people quieted down.

The temptation is in front, the thunder is behind, Tang Yi arranged for errand service, and caught more than 20 of the most troublesome people in one go, the situation is temporarily controlled, but this is not enough, after all, half of the people have no place to live, and everyone will still make trouble.

Tang Yi immediately ordered Lei Qi to transfer wood from the warehouse, the ordinary wood had long been used up, and all the good things that were transferred were wenge, huanghuali, and good things worth thousands of gold.

When the common people saw the precious hardwood, no one dared to say a word more!

Comparing hearts to hearts, try to ask who treated them as human beings before, Tang Yi let them eat enough, in order to give them a shelter from the wind and rain, even took out such valuable wood, and if they were not moved, they would not be human. At that time, it was dozens of respected old men who were elected, and they helped manage the people, and it took them all night to set up the tents.

The combination of grace and power, and the exchange of sincerity for sincerity, Tang Shunzhi was deeply shocked when he saw it. Of course, there was no need for him to talk too much to Chen Menghe.

The group walked through the camp and happened to see Tang Yi commanding hundreds of people to dig latrines by the bamboo forest. With so many people gathered together, if you don't pay attention to hygiene, it is very easy to cause infectious diseases, and the consequences are unimaginable.

Hearing that Lord Zhizhou had arrived, Tang Yi hurriedly put down the work in his hand and ran over quickly.

"I will meet my old parents in my later life."

Chen Menghe smiled, hurriedly stretched out his hand to hold Tang Yi, and said with a kind smile: "Virtuous nephew, it's really hard for you, it's all about the incompetence of the officials, and it is my duty to help the people, but ...... Alas! Chen Menghe's words are indeed sincere, as an official on the pastoral side, he has indeed done too little.

Tang Yi didn't want to show himself by stripping his parents' face in front of others, not to mention that if he really wanted to solve the problem of refugees, Chen Menghe's help was indispensable. Didn't Grandpa Mao teach that the broadest united front should be established. If you want to mix in the official career, it is inevitable that you will make friends, and no one is a bad body.

Thinking of this, Tang Yi said in a panic: "Old parents, as the so-called is not in their position, they do not seek their own government, the rebellion of the Japanese Bandits, there are thousands of things, the court has to take care of it, and the people have to think, how can you be as desperate as a kid." To put it mildly, the kid is also a thin donkey pulling hard, barely holding on. ”

As he spoke, Tang Yi pointed to the tent on the side, Chen Menghe looked at it in a flash, his eyes almost fell, it turned out that the support tent turned out to be a piece of rosewood.

Oh my God, it's not just overkill, it's just a tyrannical thing!

Chen Menghe walked over quickly, looked at it and looked at it, couldn't help but shake his head, and kept sighing.

"Virtuous nephew, you, what do you want me to say!"

Tang Yi was embarrassed, and said with a wry smile: "Old parents, the kid doesn't measure himself, but nothing is as important as human life, so he has to be like this." ”

"That's a waste." Chen Menghe walked a few laps on the ground, and said with a heart: "Allocate 5,000 stone of grain from the county treasury, plus a batch of wood and straw mats, to help the people keep warm." ”

"Thank you for your generosity." Tang Yi bowed down to thank him, but his face was still full of embarrassment and kept scratching his head. Tang Shunzhi saw it in his eyes and coughed twice.

"Why, isn't that enough? Lord Chen also did his best, didn't he? Tang Shunzhi raised his eyebrows, Chen Menghe's old face was flushed, compared to Tang Yi, he did his best, Mr. Jing Chuan was really ruthless when he spoke, but he didn't have the courage to refute, who let the family be seniors, and he didn't take care of himself.

Chen Menghe said: "Tang Xian's nephew, if you have any other requirements, just say it, and the official will work with you to find a way." ”

Just waiting for your words!

Tang Yi thought about it and said: "Old parents, with the boy's financial resources, he can only last for a month at most, but in fact it may be shorter, after all, I heard that there is food, and more refugees will rush over." It's just consuming like this, I can't hold it, and Taicang can't hold it either. ”

"Well, what the virtuous nephew said is very true, so what should I do?"

To put it simply, it's four words: cash-for-work. Let the people have work to do and can make money to support themselves, and everything will be fine. Tang Yi said eloquently: "The kid has asked Zhao Juren to register the big guys, as long as he has a skill, he can arrange to work in the workshop." For example, if you know how to carpenter, you can go to a furniture workshop, and if you know how to make wine, you can go to a winery. The young and clever one was sent to the Changwen paper store as a buddy. ”

"Okay, this is a good solution!" Chen Menghe exclaimed: "Good idea, by the way, how many people can be arranged by the virtuous nephew?" ”

Tang Yi smiled bitterly: "The old parents also know that these workshops and shops have just been established, and they can accept up to five hundred people, and the vast majority of the people still have no work. ”

Chen Menghe gasped, Tang Yi had already reached the limit, and he couldn't bear to be demanding anymore. It's just that so many refugees can't do it if they don't want to.

"Mr. Jing Chuan, Shangquan Gong, don't you think this will work, let all the workshops and shops in Taicang stand up to help, and each family will solve some refugees, wouldn't it be easy to solve?"

Wei Liangfu shook his head slowly: "Ziyu, the old man is welcome, who among the merchants in Taicang City can compare to my apprentice?" The forced blockade of the people passed, and the merchants complained, which would inevitably cause the fire to be inflicted on the refugees, and when the time came, the two would clash, and the consequences would be unimaginable. ”

This......

fell into a strange silence again, whether it was Chen Menghe, Tang Shunzhi, or Wei Liangfu, they had no ideas. With his head down, he paced back and forth, gloomy and overwhelmed, unable to hold back his thoughts.

Only Tang Yi was excited in his heart, what he wanted was this, if you have an idea, who will listen to me!

"Enlighten the old parents, the students still have a plan, but they need the approval of the old parents."

Chen Menghe woke up like a dream and said in surprise: "I know that your kid has a way, hurry up." ”

"The kid's method can't get rid of the four words of cash-for-work, but it can turn to let the people dredge the Yantietang Canal again, and the adults also mentioned it at the beginning."

"Yes, I mentioned it, aren't you against it?" After copying the Hu family, Chen Menghe really wanted to repair water conservancy and learn from Su Dongpo's name to leave a green history, but Tang Yi asked Chen Menghe to sponsor poor scholars in the name of being involved too much.

Later, Chen Menghe learned that it was indeed too costly to build the canal, and it was unimaginable that it was difficult to recruit thousands of people.

Now that Tang Yi brought it up again, he was quite unimpressed.

"Virtuous nephew, Yantietang originated in the Western Han Dynasty, and it has been more than a thousand years, and if you want to rebuild it, I'm afraid there will be a lot of trouble."

"The old parents are gentle, they couldn't do it in the past, but now there is no difficulty."

"Why?" Chen Menghe asked excitedly.

"The reason is not difficult, the Japanese are in trouble, the ships along the coast are not usable, and the lower reaches of the Yangtze River are not safe. How to ensure the smooth flow of merchant ships and materials, you need to go to Yantietang. As long as the salt and iron pond is repaired, it can connect the Wusong River and the Huangpu River, and the military supplies go through the inland waterway, and there are soldiers along the way, which is extremely safe. The imperial court will definitely support such a thing that is of great benefit to the overall situation of the war, and as long as the imperial court supports it, the difficulty of the matter will be reduced by half! ”

Tang Shunzhi was proficient in military affairs, of course he knew how high the military value would be if he repaired the salt iron pond at this time, he suddenly became excited, but he was a little careful.

"If you want to build a canal, you don't have three or five hundred thousand taels of silver, but I'm afraid that it won't be done, can the court be willing to pay?"

Tang Yi smiled slightly: "The imperial court will be willing, because--there is no need for the imperial court to pay a tael of silver!" ”