Fu Xun spoke, he said: "Planting mulberry and silkworms is of course a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, we have done it before, I am in favor of planting mulberry and silkworms in Jingzhou, but I always feel that the conditions are not complete, these hundreds of thousands of refugees, refugees, can they raise silkworms, well, is it a bit of a joke, they, they are a group of flowers, as long as they are full, they will watch the ants go up the trees after they are full, thinking about letting them work to create wealth?????? Haha, I simply don't have confidence in them. ”

When Fu Xun said this, he turned his face to Liu Bei and asked, "Uncle Huang, you don't feel like this." ”

Liu Bei looked at Liu Cong, but didn't answer him directly, just smiled slightly,

Liu Cong smiled when he heard this: "Refugees are not all fools, they are also some flesh-and-blood people, they also pursue a happy life, otherwise, they would have to flee thousands of miles away from their hometowns to here, so I believe that they will be able to create wealth as long as they are well arranged.

Well, now that the conditions for raising silkworms are basically in place, you don't have to doubt, just doubt, this matter must be carried out, this matter will be decided, and we will continue to study how to carry out the work. ”

Then Liu Cong and Liu Bei: "Uncle, after these 20,000 elite soldiers come over, there needs to be a capable person to lead the work, and you can see who is appropriate to manage it." ”

Liu Bei thought for a moment and said, "I really can't find a suitable candidate for a while, you can look at it." ”

Liu Cong thought for a while and said, "I transferred Wei Yan over and asked him to preside over the affairs of Fancheng, let Wei Yan hand over the matter to Liu Feng temporarily." ”

After Liu Cong finished speaking, he turned his face to Yuan Ying and said, "Manager Yuan, in this way, the matter of raising silkworms has been decided.

There are two things to be solved at present, one is to seize the time to build a dormitory, and strive to complete the construction of the dormitory within ten days, and equip your Sericulture Division with these assistants, Deng Bao, who is responsible for managing refugees, and Wei Yan, who is responsible for leading troops to build dormitories.

You see?????? What else is there to do. ”

Yuan Ying thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Lord, things are a little too urgent, some details have not been settled, and they need to be solved first." ”

Liu Cong stared at Yuan Ying tightly and said, "Please speak." ”

"As the saying goes, the soldiers and horses go first before the grain and grass are moved, and there are more than 100,000 refugees in the 20,000 soldiers who built dormitories?????? How to solve the problem of eating. ”

Liu Cong replied after hearing this: "You don't have to worry about the problem of eating for the soldiers who built the dormitory, Wei Yan will solve it by himself, and the soldiers have their own supply of the barracks.

The problem is these hundreds of thousands of refugees?????? Well, in this way, there will be no mention of food within five days, and it turns out that how they survived is still how they lived.

You can't raise them without work, and you can't give them an understanding.

If you regard the yamen as a place to raise your father, it will be broken, and it will be difficult to solve the problems later. ”

When Liu Cong said this, he stopped and thought to himself: "Damn, you have to manage their meals, one pound of food a day per person, and you have to supply more than 100,000 catties a day, this is worth it, needless to say that the yamen does not have too much food, even if there is, it is not enough for them to eat for a few days, this matter must be considered from the details, in winter, just drink gruel in winter and not starve to death, yes, it is decided." ”

Thinking of this, Liu Cong said: "The problem of feeding the refugees needs to be solved, but the yamen is too difficult, and the stock of grain is too small, so it is difficult to meet the refugees' demand for food for a while. Speaking of this, he looked up and asked Fu Xun: "Gongdi, look at how much grain is still in the warehouse." ”

"That is, more than two million catties, but, my lord, these grains can't be moved casually, this is called strategic reserve grain, in order to deal with emergencies in case of emergencies, if they move, in case of emergencies, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with."

Liu Cong listened and agreed with a cold face: "Well, I know, now is a special period, and this batch of food is very much needed, five days later, Yuan Ying, the head of the Sericulture Department, will come over to bring these grains to the refugees, and then you will release the grain." ”

"This ?????? This ??????" Fu Xun was embarrassed and couldn't speak,

"What is this, if you are told to release the grain, you will release it, and you are not responsible for any mistakes."

"Whoa." Fu Xun agreed,

Liu Cong turned his face to Yuan Ying and said: "Manager Yuan, the Sericulture Department will arrange two people for you, one is the copywriter, that is, Mr. Accounts, this Mr. Accounts also manages the daily affairs of the Sericulture Division, when you are not at home, he will preside over general affairs.

The other is a custodian, managing the various stocks in the Sericulture Division.

Then you will be assigned two soldiers, led by a sergeant, who will be responsible for standing guard and delivering orders. ”

Liu Cong said this, looked at Yuan Ying, and then said: "Manager Yuan, you are currently seizing the time to deal with two things, one is the resettlement of refugees, this matter is completed with Wei Yan and Deng Bao's assistance, and the second thing is to seize the time to contact Cui Jin, the official of the Yizhou Sericulture Department, and immediately go to Yizhou to transport grain back." ”

Yuan Ying listened, stood up and clasped her fists and saluted: "The subordinates understand that if the lord has nothing else to order, the subordinates will go back and start work." ”

Liu Cong waved his hand and ordered: "Go, if there is any difficulty, come over in time and ask Uncle Liu Huang, the acting director." ”

Yuan Ying agreed, said goodbye to everyone and left,

On the afternoon of the third day, Liu Cong came to inspect the work of the Sericulture Division.

At this time, in the office of the Sericulture Division, two civilian officials were working, and Deng Bao and several assistants were also busy here.

Liu Cong entered the door and saw Deng Bao, he was very happy, so he motioned for Deng Bao to come over and talk.

Deng Bao explained the matter to a few assistants, walked over to Liu Cong's side, clasped his fists and bowed and asked, "What does the lord command?" ”

Liu Cong pulled him to sit beside him, Deng Bao was like a wooden peg nailed there, and Liu Cong pulled it a few times, but he didn't move at all.

Liu Cong secretly appreciated in his heart: "My God, good kung fu." Thinking of this, seeing that Deng Bao was still standing still, his expression was very humble, Liu Cong no longer invited him to sit down, and asked: "General Deng, a few days ago, General Manager Yuan instructed you to count the number of refugees, have you done it?" ”

"Well, my lord, it's done, isn't it those who are counting in groups."

Deng Bao said and pointed to several officials next to the case,

"How many of these refugees are there?"

"One hundred and fifty-seven thousand and nine."

"How many households?"

"Forty-three thousand, four hundred."

"How many young and middle-aged people are in the labor force?"

"Eighty-eight thousand, if you count the children who are minors and can work, it is about 107,000."

"Oh." Liu Cong lowered his head and thought for a while and said, "More than one-third of the old and young are sick and disabled, right?" ”

"Yes, my lord."

Liu Cong instructed: "Okay, General Deng, you are busy, I have something else." ”

Deng Bao returned to the side of the case, bowed his head and worked with a few assistants.

After a short time, Deng Bao rolled up a few reports, came over to Yuan Ying with both hands, bowed his head and reported: "Tell the general manager, the inventory of the number of refugees you ordered has been completed, and all the population households and groups are on the report, please check." ”046