"And what are you going to eat along the way?" Zheng Yunming shook his head and asked.

The man took out a black dumpling from his arms and handed it to Zheng Yunming.

Zheng Yunming broke open the dumplings, and in the dumplings was a bit of millet mixed with wild vegetables whose names were unknown, emitting a disgusting smell.

As everyone looked at them in amazement, he put the grass ball in his mouth, and the bitter taste spread in his mouth. The rough texture of the grass and sand makes the dumplings blocked in the throat and cannot be swallowed.

What kind of hunger and helplessness can make people use this kind of thing as food? Zheng Yunming chewed on the dumplings, and suddenly tears welled up in his eyes. His inexplicable expression startled everyone else, and the man hurriedly knelt down and confessed: "Such a rough thing, not daring to enter the dignity of the nobleman, is really an abrupt nobleman." ”

Zheng Yunming didn't answer his words, handed the leftover dumplings to Zheng Xian and said: "Go, take this dumpling to the officials of Nanzhang County, let them taste this dumpling for themselves, and then gather at the county office, I have something to say." ”

Compared with the magnificent yamen of Xiangyang and Jiangling, the Nanzhang County Government Office is simple and shabby, and the dilapidated gate is supported by a Dengwen drum with half of the vermilion paint removed. Several key officials of Nanzhang County stood in front of the leaky lobby and rubbed their hands, the weather in the New Year was still very cold, which made people from the south feel undeserved.

"Have you ever tasted that dumpling?" Zheng Yunming, who walked into the county office quickly, asked while taking off his brocade robe.

Several officials responded: "I've tasted them all." ”

"Good!" Zheng Yunming sat down on the county official's chair in the county yazheng hall, and said loudly: "Since the people have arrived in Nanzhang County, and let them use this kind of thing to satisfy their hunger, it is no longer someone else's problem, but the dereliction of duty of my county magistrate in Nanzhang County!" ”

"Today, I have a total of six officials in the county, regardless of their duties, and they are all devoted to the resettlement of displaced people, which is the most urgent official business in Nanzhang County at the moment. These tens of thousands of displaced people are not well resettled, and they may trigger a civil uprising at any time. Be sure to be mentally and carefully! ”

The county Cheng cautiously reported: "The new parents of the county are not aware of the difficulties of handling civil affairs. There are many mountainous areas in Nanzhang County, and there is little land suitable for cultivation, but fortunately the subordinates of the capital have fought to the death, so that the Tartars have not had time to wait for a long time, so the fields are intact and have owners. Who gave his land to these strangers? Xiao Nanzhang wants to resettle these 50,000 displaced people, and it is really difficult to do. ”

"It's just man-made." Zheng Yunming said: "Wang Deng, tell you how we settled the 40,000 unemployed miners in Ezhou in the Jingmen Army. ”

Wang Deng held the knife on his waist and told the story 1510.

In fact, the difficulty of settling 40,000 miners is much simpler than that of ordinary displaced people, because the miners were originally acting collectively, had a certain sense of organization, and were generally able to obey orders and settle down under the command of the head of the bank and the court officials. Secondly, instead of cultivating in separate areas according to households, the people concentrated their actions and opened up large fields. The miners lived in Dazhai on weekdays, and when they were farming, they went to work in groups in the nearby fields, which was more similar to the army's actions of tuning the fields, although it was inefficient, but it was much more convenient for reclaiming wasteland and becoming cooked land.

Of course, the resettlement of displaced people cannot be compared with this, and although the displaced people are scattered, they generally act collectively according to clan relations. It can only rely on the clan system to rearrange, and cannot be forcibly dismantled for militarized management.

How to manage it, before Zheng Yunming arrived in Nanzhang, he already had a plan in his heart.

"Where is the county!" He still looks like he is giving orders in the middle of a military battle. The county hurriedly bowed down and obeyed the order.

"Go and find the chiefs of the clans among the displaced people, and consult with them on where to rebuild their villages, the wasteland that needs to be reclaimed, and how the water will be distributed. Once a place is chosen, people should be sent to distribute building materials, and officers and men should assist in the construction of wooden huts and huts, so as not to let tens of thousands of people crowd on both sides of the official road and sleep in the open. ”

"Master Book! Once the displaced people have divided the fields, they will immediately send people to distribute ploughing cattle, farm tools, and seeds, and spring plowing will only be in these few days, and the hard work of the year will be turned into flowing water if they miss the agricultural time. This matter is all on you, if there are homeless people who do not get the seeds of the ploughing cattle on time, you are the only one who asks. ”

The master book shuddered for a moment, and was busy with his mouth.

Zheng Yunming nodded, and shouted again: "County Captain!" ”

Wang Deng stood up and shouted, "Order!" ”

"You go and send someone to post a notice, and each household must plant two acres of beans, a bunch of leeks, and ten elm trees. All must strictly adhere to it. ”

Wang Deng was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Why do you just ask for these to be planted?" Is it too much to use two acres of land to grow beans? ”

"When the green and yellow are not available, the elm money can be used to satisfy hunger and save life, which is to prepare for hunger. In daily life, onions, garlic and leeks are planted around the home to repel mosquitoes, prevent diseases and fitness, which is to reduce labor in order to avoid epidemics. As for the beans"

"Beans are an excellent help for clearing wasteland for cooked land. Whether it is a bean, a planted bean or a red bean, there are nodules on their roots, which can collect nitrogen from heaven and earth and fix it deep in the soil. After harvesting each season, the stems and leaves are turned directly into the soil as fertilizer, and after a few years, the land will be expanded into cooked land, and the wilderness will be turned into fertile land. ”

Wang Deng didn't know what the specific nitrogen gas was, Zheng Yunming's erudition and knowledge had always been far superior to everyone, and everyone had already developed the habit of not asking about the inside story, but giving orders.

Zheng Yunming stood up and said with a serious face: "In Nanzhang County, there are six pro-people officials and supervisors, and more than 150 people, including guards, hand strength, archers, and miscellaneous servants. I can't control other counties in Jinghu, but in Nanzhang, we, one hundred and fifty officials of the six officials, have to play a role equal to the number of people. You may not take this seriously, but let me tell you, what Zheng Yunming said in Lin'an does not count. ”

"If we want to become the No. 1 county government in Jinghu, we will start by relocating 20,000 displaced people!"

"You're being too them." After the officials dispersed, Wang Deng said to Zheng Yunming: "This is an old problem that has been precipitated for many years, and it is impossible for anyone to solve it in a short time." The Tartars had just retreated, and everyone was still in shock, as the magistrate, it should be more to appease and comfort. Such a harsh urging by the general will only have the opposite effect. ”

Zheng Yunming said firmly: "These people will not be afraid of urging. Jing Song also knew that when the Hu people went south, the magistrate of Nanzhang and the county lieutenant abandoned the people of a county early in the morning and fled to the south of the river. ”

"The cowardly Mongols have been removed for us beforehand, and the rest of us are more or less doing things with a sense of responsibility. Such words can't hit them, if they are said by this, they can extinguish their fighting spirit," Zheng Yunming said: "Then he won't be able to do things in my yamen for long." ”

Zheng Yunming's judgment was roughly correct. The efficiency of the remaining group of people indeed surpassed that of the ordinary Southern Dynasty officials in peacetime. After receiving the task, the county Cheng ran around the entire Nanzhang County almost non-stop, and after countless spats, spats, prevarications and exchange of interests, he finally reached an agreement on the resettlement of the displaced people. Most of the land suitable for cultivation is already owned by the local villagers, and the only places that the displaced people can get are uninhabited hills and river beaches. To develop these rolling hills into terraces, it takes several times more effort than on flat land. Despite this, tens of thousands of displaced people have finally found a place to live.

Not only did Xiangyang send 3,000 soldiers from the Jing-Hubei Metropolitan Department to help build the new village. The people of the ten tuntian villages south of Lao Ya Mountain also came to help reclaim the slopes under the organization of the government. Originally, there were only 4,000 households, and Nanzhang County, which was sparsely populated, was full of people, and there were hot labor scenes everywhere.

When Guo Shaozong found Zheng Yunming on the nameless hillside in the southeast of Nanzhang County, hundreds of Ding Zhuang and soldiers were busy clearing stones on the hillside, which would soon be excavated and leveled into terraces, and keel waterwheels would be erected on each layer of terraces. Makeshift huts built on the edge of the terraces became farmers' residences. It may take a few years to turn a barren slope into new villages and farmland, but the important thing is that the first step has been taken without hesitation.

Zheng Yunming, the parent official of Nanzhang County, who created all this, stood on the high place of the hillside at this time, pulled up his official robe, took off his official boots, and was checking the operation of the waterwheel by the newly dug ditch. The two strong men sang the trumpet and stepped on the keel cart, and the stream was continuously pumped from the ditch into the field.

Guo Shaozong stepped forward and greeted loudly: "Uncle Mou, are you free now?" ”

Zheng Yunming looked up and saw that it was Guo Shaozong who had arrived, and he didn't even bother to put on his boots, and ran down the overgrown hillside with his bare feet to greet him.

"Brother Shaozong, we haven't seen each other for more than a year since Jiang Yiyi said goodbye!" Zheng Yunming looked Guo Shaozong up and down: "In addition to the darkening of his complexion, he still has the demeanor of the number one talent in Lin'an Mansion!" ”

"Don't kid me." Guo Shaozong said with a smile: "Xiao Yanei, who was still joking and playing with the students yesterday, is now the pillar of the ruling party and the army. Today, no one in Jinghu knows that there is a Guo Shaozong in the Daodao'an Mansion, but everyone knows that there is no Dao in Xiangyang, and without Zheng Yunming in Xiangyang, even the emperor's society has become unstable. ”

"It's for the country." Zheng Yunming said: "If I follow my original intention, it is enough to be a peaceful peace officer near Lin'an." But the imperial court placed me here, and my life has been tied to the nine counties of Jingxiang, Jingxiang is safe, and I, Zheng Yunming, can be safe. I, Zheng Yunming, will be safe one day, and half of the rivers and mountains of the Great Song Dynasty will be safe one day. ”