Chapter 148: Pressure (I)

At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, Langya Bay is bitterly cold.

Under the urging of the local patrol in red robes and black armor and the sailors in blue robes and black armor, groups of Jizhou refugees boarded the four large sea ships lined up along the edge of the wharf with their families and tears in their eyes.

Above the wharf, Liu Fu, the commander of Langya County, who had just passed his thirtieth birthday, finished inspecting the twenty-five porridge shacks that had been lined up, didn't bother to wipe the sweat stains on his face, strode up to the high platform on the left, and looked at the more than 5,000 homeless people waiting for soup porridge in front of him, and shook his head again and again with sadness.

Liu Fu is Liu Ye's friend, the word Yuanying, a native of Pei Guoxiang County (now northwest of Suixi County, Anhui), one of the first batch of teachers in Langya Academy, when Liu Ye served as the commander of Langya County, he invited his friend Liu Fu to serve as the county leader, and with the assistance of Liu Fu, the county was governed in an orderly manner.

After Liu Ye was promoted to Chengyang Taishou, Gongsun Pei and Guoyuan and others all wanted to transfer Liu Fu, who was conscientious and conscientious, with both ability and political integrity, to the state capital Yamen, but this proposal was opposed by Zheng Xuan, the head of Langya Academy, and Bing Yuan, and others.

Liu Cun admired Liu Fu's administrative ability very much, and under the persecution of Zheng Xuan and others, he was embarrassed to forcibly transfer, so he had to seek Liu Fu's own opinion, respect Liu Fu's choice, and appoint him as the county commander of Langya.

In the past two years, the total amount of tax payment in Langya County ranks first in Qingzhou, the population of the county has increased to 700,000 people, the city is clean and tidy, and the industry and commerce are thriving. The folk customs are simple and the style of learning is strong. Received praise from all parties.

The task Liu Fu received this time was very arduous, and he had to do it within half a month. Take care of the 50,000 Jizhou refugees who have been sent in a steady stream, and then prepare enough food, fresh water, medical craftsmen and medicines, send them to the ship with the 50,000 refugees, and hand them over to the Qingzhou Navy and Langya Caravan to be transported to Yizhou for resettlement.

At this moment, Tatecheng Port in Qingzhou Pingyuan County, Huangdao Port in Chengyang County, and Lianyungang in Donghai County in Xuzhou are also doing the same thing, and in just one month, as many as 500,000 people from the Ji Yan disaster poured into Qingzhou, forcing the busy Qingzhou governments at all levels to put down their affairs. We will make every effort to solve the problem of relief and diversion of the victims.

Liu Fu, who has always had a good impression of the Yuan family and other high-ranking lords, is now completely disappointed in them, and even feels bitter and disgusted, and he finally understands why the lord Liu Cun is willing to endure the infamy and implement the Qingzhou New Deal without hesitation.

There was a sound of horses' hooves in the direction of the county town in the north, and under the reminder of the officials around him, Liu Fu hurriedly tidied up his crumpled clothes, and didn't have time to clean up the hem of his robe full of mud, and jumped off the high platform to meet him quickly.

Liu Cun, who only had more than ten personal guards, turned over and dismounted. strode in front of Liu Fu, grabbed Liu Fu, who was bent down and saluted, and walked forward: "Hard work, Yuan Ying!" ”

"The subordinates are hard, but the lord is more bitter than the subordinates." Liu Fu replied sadly.

Liu Cun smiled slightly. Climbed onto the high platform with Liu Fu, overlooking the slowly moving flow of people under the black pressure, and finally stared at the crying people on the edge of the pier. Liu Cun shook his head bitterly:

"I'm so sorry for these people who are suffering, but it's getting worse. We have to act in a hurry, otherwise it won't be long. The north wind will stop, the south wind will blow, and the hot and cold air currents will converge on the sea, and there will be strong winds and waves for more than a month, and even frequent storms, and it will be impossible to migrate at that time......"

"The food we saved will definitely not survive that time, and almost all the existing land in Qingzhou has been reclaimed, and we can't feed so many people before the grain production has increased significantly!"

As a county magistrate, Liu Fu can receive a highly confidential internal report every ten days, so he knows very well how much Qingzhou's total grain output is, according to Liu Fu's calculations, if the displaced people are not quickly diverted and resettled, I am afraid that it will not be able to support it for a month, and there is still food in Xuzhou to rely on, but now Xuzhou is also pouring into nearly one million Yuzhou and Yanzhou disaster victims, no matter how full of strategy the lord Liu Cun is, now there is nothing to do.

"My lord, nearly 200,000 displaced people have been sent to Jeju and Yiju, do you have so much to eat?" Liu Fu asked worriedly.

Liu Cun motioned to the guards to be on alert, approached Liu Fu and whispered: "Yuan Ying, you can just listen to what I say, and you must not disclose it to the outside world, let alone tell the gentlemen in the academy who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, okay?" ”

Liu Fu nodded heavily: "Lord, his subordinates will definitely keep their mouths shut!" ”

Liu Cun reported in a low voice: "The fleet of the Chamber of Commerce, which transported 20,000 displaced people from Huangdao Port to Yizhou for resettlement, took advantage of the north wind to transport all kinds of commodities carried by 16 cargo ships directly to Nanhai County, Jiaozhou, in exchange for rice and beans from the South China Sea. ”

"The Chamber of Commerce speculates that it can fill up to three 1,000-stone cargo ships and five 500-stone cargo ships, so I, in the capacity of Qingzhou Mu, Mr. Bo Tao, as the senior brother of Yingchuan Academy, wrote a letter of request for help to Lord Zhu Fu of Jiaozhou Thorn Shi and Lord Liu of Nanhai Taishou to bring it, bring enough money for the purchase of grain, and strive to be able to return with a full load along the south wind in 40 days, and directly transport it to Yizhou for relief of the victims."

"Secondly, when the caravan arrived at the port of Panyu in Nanhai County, it sent a group of men and horses to rent a small boat and continue southward, and rushed to Jiaozhi County with the personal letters and gifts of me and the king of Langya, seeking the help of Lord Taishou Shixie, and establishing a long-term trade relationship."

"Ten days later, the East China Sea Fleet of the Navy transported the second group of displaced people to Yizhou, including four warships and twelve cargo ships loaded with porcelain, civilian carriages, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, books, cloth, armor and swords, and rushed south through the sea off the coast of Nanhai County to Jiaozhi County, which was larger and richer than Nanhai County, rented a piece of land at the mouth of the Red River to establish a trading warehouse, and cooperated with the caravan of Lord Shixie's family in exchange for a large amount of rice and various miscellaneous grains."

"When the wind and waves become lighter in mid-to-late March and the storm stops, we will immediately return home along the coast and follow the predetermined course directly to Yizhou, which is the only place that can accommodate hundreds of thousands of displaced people at present."

"In the end, Jeju Island is too small, and the 50,000 fathers and villagers who moved from Qingzhou and Yanzhou to settle down two years ago have just solved the problem of eating, and the civil war between South Korea and South Korea is endless, so we can't provide food at all, so let's calculate and calculate, we can only resettle another 30,000 people, and it is estimated that it will last until the end of April at most, and I am afraid that even the horse feed will be eaten!"

"I have already issued a secret order to Jeju Taishou Li Min, if you can't even resist fishing, you will kill horses to satisfy hunger, no matter what, you can't starve to death a person, as long as you survive until the end of May and the beginning of June, the summer grain is ripe, it is the greatest credit!"

Liu Cun took a deep breath and continued to tell Liu Fu, who was extremely shocked: "According to the analysis of the intelligence obtained by the military council and the shogunate, this is a premeditated and planned attack on our Qingzhou, the purpose of which is to drag down the booming economy of our Qingzhou, cause panic among the 5.8 million people in Qingzhou, and then create and incite all kinds of rumors and cause greater chaos in all parts of our Qingzhou......"

"As for whether the other party has a plan for a military attack, it is still under investigation, but we must go all out and must bear this sudden man-made disaster! As long as we get through this crisis, our Qingzhou will usher in a new era, and if it fails, then everything is over. ”

Liu Fu's chest rose and fell violently, and his eyes were full of anger: "Don't worry, no one can knock down my Qingzhou, no one can knock down the lord!" From now on, his subordinates will be the head of the main stallion! ”

"Thank you Yuan Ying! I knew that one day you and I would walk on the same path, because you and I are the same kind of people, not only pretending to be myself and my family, but also pretending to be the interests and future of the country and the nation! ”

Liu Cun patted Liu Fu on the back, looked at the bustling and poignant dock in front of him, jumped off the high platform silently, and turned over and left quickly under the escort of the guards.

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