Li Xin hurriedly prepared to take in refugees from the south, a decision that frightened Mao Weizhang. The refugees of more than 20,000 people are no joke, even if Yang Hewei and Zhenwei Gao Shanwei are tied together, they don't have the ability to settle so many people. If there were only a few thousand people, it might be enough to consider, but the current situation was that no matter how unbearable they were, the best option was to keep these people south of Yang and Wei and persuade them to leave this place.

"Think twice, the chief soldier, we can't feed so many people, and in the end, we may even affect the people of Sanwei!"

Li Xin looked at Mao Weizhang, this person has been constantly making him think twice since he took refuge in him, this one has to think twice, that one has to think twice, and in the end he didn't put forward any constructive suggestions, which shows that he is more cautious than competent. In other words, Mao Weizhang is not suitable for decision-making, but is good at doing the implementation work after making decisions. Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the merchants present, who also seemed to sense that something big had happened, and three or five gathered together, talking about it, speculating about what made Yang and the two big men in the Acropolis leave them behind, and whispered on the side.

Li Xin sighed secretly, it seems that the loan matter is impossible to achieve today, there is a priority, first solve the refugee matter and then talk about other things. So he nodded at Mao Weizhang, "Let's send this group of merchants with their own ghosts first!" ”

Mao Weizhang immediately understood, came to the merchants, waved his hand, and signaled everyone to be quiet.

"The Wei Si Yamen has urgent military affairs, let's discuss it here today, and you guys go back first......"

Compared with what happened, the merchants were more concerned about whether they would be allowed to pay or not, since Mao Zhenfu said so, it proved that at least today's general soldier could be regarded as letting them go for the time being. One by one, they were relieved, and once their mood was relaxed, some people were no longer as restrained as before, and pretended to be bold to ask: "Can Lord Zhenfu reveal what happened to him?" ”

"Yes, yes, what's the point of saying it, the villain may be able to do some meager efforts......"

Mao Wei opened his eyes and glared, pointing at the businessman who said cool words.

"Lack of money, I don't know how much I plan to pledge?"

As soon as he heard that he was asked to donate money, he hurriedly closed his mouth and lowered his head, squeezing back as much as his body went, for fear that Mao Zhenfu's eyes would stare at him.

There was a sparse laughter from the crowd, and then someone said: "It's all gone, it's all gone, don't delay the military affairs of Mao Zhenfu and the general soldier......

This group of businessmen with their own ghosts had long wanted to leave, so they dispersed in a hurry, and the fish ran out of the Weisi Yamen. Mao Weizhang pointed to the backs of these people, his angry fingers trembled for a while, and he turned his head to see that Li Xin was still standing in place.

"The chief soldier also saw it, and it is better to expect these people to take money from their pockets, than to count on the boar to give birth!"

Li Xin smiled, "Mao Zhenfu is also a scholar, how can he also be angry with these businessmen to talk foul language!" ”

"Businessmen pursue profit and forget their righteousness, and the lower officials can't wait not to deal with them for the rest of their lives!"

"General Ben is only afraid that they will not pursue profits, as long as they ask for something, we will have a way to deal with it."

Mao Weizhang looked at Li Xin suspiciously, how to deal with it, could it be that he conjured up silver to trade with these people? After Li Xin finished speaking, he no longer dwelled on this topic, and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of please.

"Let's go, Lord Zhenfu, go back to the front yard first!"

The two of them left the backyard. At the time of these events, Albert the red-haired ghost happened to be carefully checking the operation of the rail car, and although the first demonstration was successful, there were still many problems behind the success that he had not expected before. The most serious problem is the wooden rail, due to the fast speed, the iron wheels wear it more strictly, especially in a few small angles, almost worn out, next time it will definitely not be on again, and there is also the problem of braking......

He was about to make a detailed report to Li Xin on these issues, but when he looked up, he found that the merchants all over the courtyard were gone, even the chief soldier and Mao Zhenfu were gone, only Yan Blacksmith and two assistants stood aside with a strange expression.

"Where's the general?"

The strict blacksmith came up with his ear, "The catastrophe is coming, there are tens of thousands of displaced people outside, if you don't do it, you have to gather and make trouble......

Albert didn't take it seriously at all, but laughed.

"You are too timid, as long as anyone dares to rebel in General Lee's territory, Ludwig's cannon will make them regret giving birth to their mother's ......"

At the same time, Mao Weizhang was still whispering in Li Xin's ear, hoping that he would abandon his decision to take in the refugees.

Li Xin asked rhetorically: "If you don't open the door to accept the people, let me ask you, how do you let these tens of thousands of refugees leave?" By two lips? ”

"This?"

In fact, Mao Weizhang had already popped up two words "force" in his heart. Yes, it is the use of weapons to evict the local officials and the herdsmen. Although he is an official of the Wei Commander, the orthodox education he received since he was a child still makes him unconsciously give himself too much sense of mission. But there will be a shortage of manpower, and all he can do is ensure that the people of Yang Hewei will not suffer from the plague here. If tens of thousands of refugees are recklessly released, the consequences will be unimaginable, and the development of the situation may not be something they can control.

Thinking of this, Mao Weizhang couldn't help but secretly hate the viciousness of the Datong prefect, and actually used the trick of driving the tiger and devouring the wolf to deal with them Li Xin sneered twice, and then said:

"Why don't you think Datong Mansion is open to the people? Let me tell you, as long as he opens the mouth of accepting the people, refugees from other places will flock to the people, and after the plague is rampant, the grain reserves in various places are not enough to feed so many people for a long time, once the distribution is uneven, there will inevitably be riots, a bad control, resentment accumulates, tens of thousands of refugees gathered together can turn into a chaotic army in an instant! ”

Mao Weizhang gasped, "Could it be, could it be!" "He is not stupid, according to Li Xin, as long as they do not accept refugees, or even send troops to expel them, these people have no way out, and it is impossible to go back, once they are forced to kill officials and rebel, it is not impossible! It was he who thought things simple, how could this be good, it was not possible to take it in, and it was not possible to expel it.

"So whether we want to or not, there is no choice, and there is no way out, only to take them head-on!"

"But in this way, even Datong Mansion can't feed them, and we can't feed them!"

Li Xin put his hands behind his back and looked up at the roof of the study, "The town guards still have some food, which can respond to emergencies, and it is not a problem to put the time on the top of the month!" ”

"And what about a month from now? What if they spread the plague? How much effort did it take for our three bathrooms to get to today's results! ”

Li Xin let out a long breath, withdrew his gaze, returned to the bookcase and sat down, looking at Mao Weizhang.

"Do we have a choice?"

yes, do they still have a choice? 、……

A large number of refugees gathered outside the checkpoint set up by Yang and Wei in Baideng, and the black pressure could not be seen at a glance, because it was about to enter the spring of March, the weather gradually became warmer, and the ice and snow that had been frozen for a winter began to melt, coupled with the trampling of the refugees, it was actually a muddy mess, the sound of shouting among the crowd, the crying of children, and the sound of women's abuse, chaotic and chaotic.

Among the refugees were people from various prefectures and counties, and some of them came from Lu'an Province as far as the United States, and recently they also ran out of Daizhou. Because the plague in Taiyuan Mansion is too fierce, especially in Taiyuan Prefecture, it has almost become a dead city in ten days, so the refugees who survived had to flee north all the way. Until Daizhou, they all said that Datong Mansion was still relatively safe, so they went straight to Datong Mansion City, hoping to be resettled in Datong Mansion.

Unexpectedly, Datong Mansion not only did not produce rice, but instead sent officials and troops to forcibly expel them to the north. Fortunately, the general judge of Datong Mansion had pointed out a clear road for them, and Yang and Wei Zhenzhen, who were 100 miles to the north, did not suffer from the plague, so they could go there.

So the refugees rushed to Yang Hewei with their last hope, who knows what kind of Laoshzi checkpoint has already been set up here, clearly trying to stop everyone outside. Restlessness and restlessness began to spread among the refugees, who were waiting for Yang Hewei's guards to return for instructions, and once the news came back, it would decide whether they lived or died.

But everyone has the same pessimistic feelings, even Datong Mansion City does not take them in, how can a remote Yang Hewei take them in, some people have already begun to move, discussing with each other, and connecting in series.

"If even Yanghe doesn't let us in, we won't have a way to live, so it's better to fight for the fucking ......"

Liu Chengjin, who has a high prestige among the refugees who spoke, was originally the catcher of Hongdong County, and the plague came like a fierce flood, and the whole family was wiped out, and even the people in the entire county were only 12 out of 10 who were lucky enough to escape, Liu Chengjin took the Hongdong refugees who escaped several times to escape the catastrophe, and finally survived to this day. Therefore, his prestige is not only among the refugees in Hongdong County, but also among the refugees in other prefectures and counties. Liu Zhu's first sentence is still quite appealing, and everyone responds one after another.

"Yes, if you don't let us in, you'll fight the fuck, the left and right are dead, it's better to die quickly, and I don't want to suffer a living crime like this......"

"Be quiet, don't be impulsive, shout and kill at every turn, do you know that your behavior is rebellion."

The person who spoke was an old man with a long beard, sloppy, a robe that was already dirty and could not be seen in his true colors, he gasped and pointed at the excited people, "Do you know how big a crime it is to kill officials and rebel?" It's to destroy the Nine Clans! Thousands of cuts, 3,600 knives, no one can escape! ”

In the end, the old man looked at everyone with a straight face, staring at the beads of his eyes.

"I said Master Guo, don't scare people, the Ming Dynasty is difficult to protect itself, how can you have the kung fu to care about us, Zhang Xianzhong in the south, Li Zicheng is so happy, as a result, who did he chop? The Tartar in the north is even more likely to come and go, who did he chop ......"