Liu Cong wanted to turn around and walk out, but he almost tripped up.

It turned out that when he walked out from under the shack, he had to climb a slope, and Liu Cong didn't remember how to get in, but when he came out, he tripped over the slope.

Liu Cong laughed unconsciously, stood up straight and felt it on the shack floor, feeling warm inside, and muttered: "It's good to have such a place to live, they dragged their families all the way from the north, and they don't know how much suffering they have experienced, and they are lucky to survive." ”

When I looked down at the two children again, I saw that these two children were trembling with fear.

Seeing this, Liu Cong hurriedly got out of the nest, and muttered in his heart: "Life has come to such a point, why are you still getting married and having children, and let children suffer such a sin, isn't it a sin." ”

Liu Cong muttered here, and remembered the feeling of getting married and Cai Yunfei doing good deeds in bed, "fluttering" laughed, and muttered: "It's really called Huazi x ass, poor music, well, I'm afraid the most comfortable thing for these refugees is to lie in the grass nest and do that kind of thing." ”

Thinking like this, Liu Cong walked out of the nest, patting the dust on his body, and looked up at the refugee couple.

Seeing that the couple was still standing in front of the stove, looking at themselves in horror, Liu Cong gently comforted: "We have nothing else to do here, just to see how you live and eat, don't think too much, hurry up and light the fire, is the rice cooked." ”

Liu Cong said, and when he walked to the stove and opened the lid of the pot again, he saw that although the pot was still steaming, the firewood in the stove had been extinguished.

Liu Cong urged them to light the fire, and while standing and asking, "Isn't it cold to sleep here at night?" ”

The man replied: "It's really not cold, military master, we used to sleep in the barren mountains and wilderness, and we came here like this, and we didn't freeze to death.

Now that I have this house, I have dug so deep from the ground, and there are walls on all sides to keep out the wind and cold, and there is thick dead grass in it, and the whole family is huddled together, and it is very warm to sleep. ”

"Have you eaten enough?"

"To be honest, Master Jun, where can we eat enough, but the yamen sends us more than two catties of food every day?????? This kid goes out with his mother to ask for some, and then he will come down.

It's better than going out to beg before, when you were hungry and full, alas, when you didn't have a full meal?????? At this time, there is a hope, and when the time comes, the yamen will send out food, and those who will not die of hunger will die. ”

Liu Cong looked down at the pot, and saw that this iron pot was an ordinary basin, and felt strange, so he asked: "When did the yamen send the iron pot to you." ”

"Where, military master, the yamen doesn't care about these things, it's not bad to just send some food,

When fleeing, the family did not have anything, but the family carried the iron pot with them, no matter day or night, when the cold was unbearable, they went out to pick up firewood and grass and put it under the pot to burn, and there was hot water to drink, so that they could survive the cold, and the iron pot would not dare to be thrown away if people did not die. ”

The woman interjected and said, "I've heard that the yamen has been giving out some salty salt for a few days." ”

The man gave the woman a blank look, and then said, "The refugees have spread the word like this, but they don't know whether it's true or not. ”

"Salted salt." Liu Cong reacted after hearing it for a while and thought: "You have to eat some salty salt, otherwise it won't work, but I haven't said this." Thinking of this, he said, "I haven't heard of it yet, maybe the yamen will send it, and this person can't go without salting for a long time." ”

When Liu Cong said this, he saw that the woman had already cooked the wheat grains, so he stirred the wheat soup in the pot with a wooden spoon, scooped it out and poured it into two stoneware bowls, and asked Liu Cong: "Master Jun, don't you want to eat some." ”

Liu Cong smiled bitterly and said, "We have eaten, you eat." "When I looked down, the stoneware bowl was full of soup, and there were only some boiled wheat grains under the water.

Liu Cong didn't speak again, and watched the woman pick up the two stoneware bowls and send them into the shack, so Liu Cong asked the man, "Do you have vegetables to eat?" ”

"Master Jun, how can you think so much, this is good, there is food and shelter, Jingzhou Yamen is too good to us."

"Is it okay to not eat vegetables for a long time?"

"I don't feel bad, sometimes I feel uncomfortable, just find some wild vegetables to cook and eat, just eat it, it's winter, go there to find wild vegetables, and when you feel uncomfortable for a long time, you can cook some mulberry leaf water to drink, and you can resist the past."

Liu Cong listened, looked around, through the gap of the mulberry tree, only to see dozens of refugee shacks standing there, most of them were cooking in the shelter in front of the shack, seeing Liu Cong and his party coming, I didn't know what was going on, they all avoided looking here from afar,

Liu Cong learned about the resettlement of the refugees, so he wanted to go to see Wei Yan and Deng Bao, so he asked the refugees: "Where does your General Deng live?" ”

"I heard that in Jiangbei, the little one only knows General Deng Bao, but he doesn't know where he lives."

"Have you seen General Wei Yan, who helped you dig the hole?"

"Master Jun, General Wei led people to dig all the manholes the day before yesterday, and after digging them, he left with a large group of men and horses, and I heard that he went back to the barracks."

Liu Cong calculated, he originally planned to help the refugees build a place to live within ten days, but he didn't expect Wei Yan to lead the troops to complete the task two days ahead of schedule, he was really capable.

Liu Cong thought of this, so he said goodbye to the refugee family, took Liang Zhu'er and his party to inquire all the way, crossed the Xiangjiang River, and found Deng Bao's residence in less than a meal.

It turned out that Deng Bao left the post station at this time, and an office had been built here, just in the open space on the north bank of the Xiangjiang River, a dozen straw houses, tall and very imposing, and a sign had been hung next to the door, which read: "Jingzhou Yamen Refugee Management Office".

In front of the house is an open field, and on the east side are several wings, and half of the walls are built around the main house and the wings, which are arranged very regularly.

There were also gatekeepers at the door, standing there on duty with a spear in their hands,

Liu Cong was very happy to see it, and muttered: "Deng Bao has made a long-term plan, hey, he is really a person who does things in a down-to-earth manner." As he spoke, he instructed the sentry at the door to go in and report: "Let's just say that the Jingzhou Yamen is visiting." ”

After a while, Deng Bao ran out, and while running, he grabbed the rice residue on his mouth, came to him and hugged his fist and gave a big salute: "I don't know if the lord is coming, Deng Bao has missed the welcome, please forgive the lord." ”

Liu Cong smiled and took Deng Bao's hand, and entered the room while talking.

It turned out that Deng Bao and the others were eating, and when they heard that Liu Cong was coming, they ran out without worrying about tidying up.

After Liu Cong came in, he looked down and saw that the rice Deng Bao ate was also boiled wheat, the same color as the refugees, and there were some boiled wheat precipitated under the hot soup.

Liu Cong asked in surprise: "Does General Deng also eat such a meal?" ”

When Deng Bao asked, he looked at Liu Cong puzzled and said, "Lord, what kind of meal do I eat?" ”

"How is it the same as a refugee."

"I, Deng Bao, am also a refugee, and besides, the yamen will send this food, and it is no different."

"In this way, tomorrow I will transfer a part of rice from the Yamen warehouse to supply General Deng for dinner."

"Don't, lord, this is not good, I can't help it, like me Deng Bao and the refugees came together, defenseless, the lord did not abandon the acceptance, has been grateful, how dare to receive the gift again, besides, Deng Bao has not done a thing that he is satisfied with for half of his life, today escorted the refugees out of the sea of suffering, saved the lives of more than 100,000 people, only a little peace of mind, at this time is dead, it is enough, how dare you hope to accept the treatment higher than the refugees, the lord has received Deng Bao, but can not accept the lord's favor, I hope the lord understands."

Liu Cong was very moved when he heard this, and insisted on improving Deng Bao's life, Deng Bao knelt down and said: "The lord is going to expel Deng Bao from here, Deng Bao has a word to tell the lord, Deng Bao made an oath from the first day of escorting refugees, the refugees die, Deng Bao dies; Refugees live, Deng Bao lives, vows to mingle with refugees,

So in the past year, the refugees have always followed Deng Bao, which can be described as obedient.

Today, if the lord insists on improving Deng Bao's treatment, he will inevitably separate Deng Bao from the refugees, so that Deng Bao can no longer manage the refugees, since he can't manage the refugees, he will not be able to repay the lord's kindness in the future. Deng Bao said and looked at Liu Cong with tears in his eyes, his temperament was very urgent,

When Liu Cong heard this, he was emotional, tears welled up in his eyes, and he hurriedly bent down to help Deng Bao up, choked up: "General Deng, please get up, Liu Cong allows your request, from now on, everything about the refugees will be handled by General Deng himself, and Liu Cong will never interfere." ”

After Deng Bao got up, when Liu Cong turned his head to look, he saw more than 20 young and middle-aged refugees who had eaten with Deng Bao kneeling on the ground.

Liu Cong asked in surprise: "General Deng cooks and serves so many brothers. ”

At this time, Deng Bao had stabilized his mood, so he said with a smile: "It is difficult for Deng Bao to convey the orders of the lord to hundreds of thousands of refugees, so he selected twenty-four brothers as his deputies, each managing thousands of refugees, which is much more convenient to manage." ”

"They eat the same meal as you."

"Lord, I, Deng Bao, are the same as refugees, how can they be the same."

When Liu Cong heard this, he hurriedly reassured everyone and told them to get up and speak.

So everyone gathered in a circle in the room and listened to Liu Cong's words,

Deng Bao instructed two of them to go out to boil water to quench Liu Cong's thirst, and Liu Cong asked Deng Bao: "Now that the refugees have a place to live and food is supplied, General Deng plans to arrange for the refugees to do the next step." ”

"Tell the lord that Manager Yuan has made arrangements when he leaves, and Deng Bao only needs to do what Manager Yuan instructs.

In the first two months of the year, all the mulberry branches were pruned, and none of the cut mulberry branches were allowed to burn the fire, and they were all dried in the shade, so as to be sent into the water to soak for a period of time after the beginning of spring next year, and then fish them out to weave a basket to raise silkworms, which is the first thing.

The second piece, after the mulberry branches are cut and cleaned up, everyone goes out to cut the mountain grass, and the stiff mountain grass, like wheat straw, is ready to weave the silkworm bed next year.

The third thing is that every family has to dig a house on the ground by themselves, just like people living in these, the more spacious the better, and prepare to raise silkworms after they are built. ”060