On October 21, the two companies of the second regiment of the Zhao Ziying, the regimental training of 150 people in several places of Lianzhuang Lianbao, and the account manager and even the role of the rivers and lakes, a total of more than 40 people, went to the Kongjiazhuang area under the leadership of Lei Cai, and the greeting had already been called, and in the past, Kong Jiuying's industry would be accepted by Zhao Ziying, and before they went, the Xu family had already organized hundreds of strong men to go over.

In the forty-fourth year of Wanli, the first snow in Xuzhou winter fell on October 25, and the snowflakes were not big, but no one could feel the coming chill.

On this day, the Zhao Ziying camp in Hejiazhuang was extremely busy, because when it was close to dark, thousands of people came to Hejiazhuang, to be precise, thousands of displaced people from Fengyang Mansion.

Hejiazhuang has already built a porridge shed here, at that time it was said that it was in response to the call of Yunshan Temple, accumulating merit for the people of Xuzhou, so it was also necessary to sit and sit down for good deeds, this statement came out, no one believed it at all, just guessed that there was another intention, when Zhao Ziying would listen to the call of Yunshan Temple, it was really a joke.

But the porridge shed was set up like that, and the grain stored in Xiaoshi Village and the surrounding villages also began to be transported to this side, making a lot of trouble, but not a single disaster victim saw it, because there were rules here, and the beggars and others regarded them as refugees and were caught in the grange to work.

There is thick porridge boiling in the cauldron, and there are stewards holding chopsticks to inspect the cauldron one by one, inserting the chopsticks into the pot, and the chopsticks do not fall This is qualified.

Wooden bowls and spoons are very rough, but the number is enough, because those homeless people from Shandong work during the day and are busy at night.

The displaced people from Fengyang are not much better than those who came from Shandong, the only advantage is that they are not so crazy, they are desperately looking for a place to live.

Drinking hot porridge and hot water here in Hejiazhuang, many people are crying, and there are many people who are in slightly worse health, and they died when they arrived at Hejiazhuang, and the thread that had been tight for a long time was suddenly broken, and the whole person could not hold on, because of this, not far from Hejiazhuang, there was also a separate open space, which was specially used for burning, and the fire was soaring to the sky, and the black smoke was soaring to the sky.

There are really so many homeless people coming over, and the people who know the news of Lu Dao in Xuzhou are dumbfounded, but everyone is also relieved, because they have built a porridge shed in advance, they are not worried about anything big, and they also have smart brains to think about it, did they already know that these people would come? Or build a porridge shed to attract displaced people? Of course, smart people don't talk nonsense.

Some people were also surprised, saying that thousands of displaced people had gathered, and Zhao Ziying here in Xuzhou might have said hello, so no one was alarmed, but how could there be no confusion on the ground in Suzhou, Fengyang Mansion? At this time, the merchants who traveled between Fengyang and Xuzhou said that they had never seen any brigade of displaced people when they walked on the official road, but occasionally saw officers and soldiers and regimental training, but occasionally saw a team of more than 100 people from a distance, but when they arrived at the front, they found that the people were gone, and then looked closely, and found that the people were hiding on both sides of the road or on the mountains.

The displaced people of Fengyang Mansion are such a small team of more than 100 people, led by the skilled people in the team, and then led by guides on the ground in Xuzhou, and then converged into a brigade at the border of the state capital, and when they entered the territory of Xuzhou, someone distributed food and relief.

The weather has become cold, and many of the homeless people who are freezing and starving have died on the official road, but no one is sad and sorry, and now they finally have a glimmer of hope ahead.

But by this time, not everyone wanted to flee, freezing and starving and despairing, so that they felt that it was okay to be a cow, a horse and a slave, after all, it was alive, and a large number of people came out of the mountains and forests and returned to their hometowns.

But when they go back and go back, those who occupy their land do not have a grain of grain for them, and they are left to fend for themselves, and they will have value until the spring is sown.

After experiencing this, some people can only start fleeing again, but the rule of Fengyang Mansion is to serve the people in the township, and wander elsewhere as thieves and bandits, and kill them.

Killed, starved to death or go to Xuzhou to find that glimmer of life, sober people know how to choose, and not all people go north, at the end of the forty-fourth year of Wanli, Luzhou Mansion, Chuzhou, Huai'an Mansion, Yangzhou Mansion and other places around Fengyang Mansion, the price of the human market has plummeted, whether it is used for living adults, or those boys and girls who are widely used, the price has fallen by more than three percent compared with previous years.

After a brief screening, the company of Zhao Ziying will escort them to the lower courtyard of Yunshan Temple and the Grange in Xiao County and Dangshan, where some will be resettled, while others will wait for the Yellow River to freeze and then cross the river to Kongjiazhuang.

Now that there is ice floe on the Yellow River, it is very difficult to sail and have to wait.

"The first time there were more than 3,500 people, the second time there were more than 300 people, the third time there were 1,200 people, and the fourth time there were 500 people, no one came in the past three days, and these people can be resettled in the Grange of the Lower Courtyard of Xiao County, and they don't even need to go to Dangshan." In Zhao Jin's study in Hejiazhuang, Zhao Jin and his partners gathered to discuss.

Hearing Ruhui say this, Zhao Jin didn't have a relaxed expression on his face, he turned his head to look at Zhong Gonghui who was kneeling on the side and asked, "You said there are at least 60,000?" It's not that many of them dispersed, many starved to death, and many went elsewhere, how did the 50,000 you mentioned earlier suddenly become 60,000? ”

Compared with the last time I saw him, although Zhong Gonghui's face was tired and tired, his complexion was much better than then, and his eyes became brighter. ”

Zhao Jin nodded, Zhou Xuezhi still had an abacus in his hand, and an account book in his hand, hearing these words and quickly calculating there, his brows tightened, his face was ugly and abnormal, and he looked up at this time and said: "Master, I can't fit it, there are already a lot of people in Kongjiazhuang, and those people can't be driven away, counting the grain storage over there, and then counting the Pei County and Feng County that can solve it, now the entire Xuzhou is at most accepting 20,000 displaced people, and our silver deposit will consume one-third." ”

said that at this time, Zhou Xuezhi had a distressed look on his face, which is also a common problem of managing accounts and money, and after managing it for a long time, it is regarded as something in his pocket.

"Do you count the Xu family's side?" Zhao Jin asked, and Zhou Xuezhi shook his head.

"Big brother, 25,000 people is already a great merit, step by step, if you eat too much in one go, it is easy to break down." Wang Zhaojing said.

The attitude of everyone in the room was similar, that is, what had been done now was enough, and it was enough to take down 25,000 people, and as for the others, if there was no guide from Zhao Ziying, and without a small amount of food provided along the road, they would not even be able to reach Xuzhou.

Hearing this, Zhong Gonghui on the side suddenly became anxious, kowtowed and pleaded again and again, regardless of it, and said eagerly: "Jin Ye is merciful, Jin Ye is merciful, Jin Ye is merciful, so many people will die hundreds or thousands a day late, if the road to Jin Ye is blocked, I am afraid that the mountains and valleys will not be preserved, this is tens of thousands of lives, please"

"Master, there is a Fengyang businessman coming, urgent return, the businessman is covered in blood and seriously injured" At this time, a report from the family sounded outside, and their request was to explain things clearly in short sentences as much as possible.

The Fengyang merchants of Zhao Ziying, to put it bluntly, are those who were sent to Fengyang Mansion to inquire about the news and guide the way to the homeless team, some of them were temporarily recruited Jianghu people, and some were good hands in the internal guard battalion.

"Bring it here, find Lang Zhong over," Zhao Jin said loudly.

The outside agreed, and it wasn't long before the gate opened, and a wounded man was carried in on a stretcher, the blood on the wounded man's body had been wiped clean, and the wounds were bandaged.

"The little one was hit by an arrow in his leg and shoulder, and it was inconvenient to get up and kowtow to Jinye," the man said quite respectfully.

Liu Yong glanced over, turned around and signaled to Zhao Jin, Zhao Jin immediately understood that this person should be a character in the internal guard camp, but he was called "Jin Ye" like outsiders, presumably for the sake of concealment, he didn't say anything, just said: "It's okay to lie down and say, take care of it after you finish speaking, you don't have to worry about everything." ”

"Jin Ye, the small one was originally on the side of the Fuli Bridge to guide the homeless people, and more than 600 people have gathered in their hands, and now the muddy water has been frozen, and you can cross the river directly, and at this time there are no business travelers on the road, and it is safe to walk even during the day, but the small one is careful and still according to the instructions, just walk the section of dawn and dusk, and the small ones who ran a few people in the team did not care, because these people were too confused, but they didn't go long, about ten miles away from the muddy water, they met more than 100 officers and soldiers, dozens of regimental exercises, These people are still riding horses, looking at it and can't hide, I wanted to find a reason to fool the past, I never thought that those people were indiscriminate, and they came up to do it, and the small ones didn't look good, so they hurriedly ran into the woods on the side, but the rest of the people didn't have the luck of being so good, and they dispersed directly. ”

The room was quiet, Zhao Jin looked at Zhong Gonghui with a gloomy face, and turned to the wounded again, and the wounded man continued to speak: "The little one was not injured, but all the way back, I met three horse teams along the way, some were officers and soldiers, some were regimental exercises, and some looked like green forest characters. ”

"Go down and recuperate, I won't treat you badly." Zhao Jin said in a deep voice.