As the weather gradually became colder and sleet began to fall, displaced people from the south began to pour into the city.

At the beginning, there was a wave of more than a dozen people, and a small wave moved to this side, Zhou Jianshi had already prepared with the officials in Suzhou, and as soon as the displaced people entered Suzhou, they would identify themselves and be resettled in various counties.

In this era, there is a shortage of everything, especially labor, and the girder never stops the people from all over the world, and there is no good treatment, but it is still possible to give them a few acres of land, help them build a shed, and introduce some work.

Not to mention anything else, the counties and towns in Suzhou need to clean up the rivers and fill in the official roads. These tasks are not suitable for forced labor during the busy agricultural season, and are generally carried out in winter.

Zhou Tingshi has already discussed with his subordinates that this year he will be less enlisted and some of this work will be given to the homeless.

It will not let them be idle and make trouble, but also let them have a livelihood, because of the rise in food prices, Zhou Tingshi also thoughtfully ordered that the counties should calculate their wages based on grain, instead of issuing copper coins.

However, as the weather became colder and colder, more and more displaced people poured in, and the number of displaced people who entered Suzhou City yesterday was as many as 128, not counting those scattered outside the city.

And as the number of displaced people increases, it is difficult for them to obey the arrangements of the yamen.

They fled all the way to each other, and they all supported each other, how could it be possible for the yamen to disperse them?

Everyone was clamoring and refused to separate, but how dare the yamen let more than a hundred people gather in one place?

Except for a small number of people who obeyed the arrangements of the yamen and left to live in peace, most of them were unwilling to take on the work of labor, and gathered in one place all day long, or begged in the city, or gathered at the city gate, as long as they saw the homeless people entering the city, they would come forward to connect them.

But in four or five days, they gathered five or six hundred people.

Fang Datong sent two Zhuang households who had worked as scouts before to set up stalls at the gate of the city with four clever long-term workers, and Lin Quan and Gu Yu lived in the Lin Mansion in the west of the city to contact each family, and Lin Qingwan's news was more well-informed than some families in the city.

Seeing that the situation was getting worse and worse, Lin Qingwan couldn't help but ponder whether to move back to the Lin Mansion.

It may be safer inside the city than outside.

Before she could make up her mind, Fang Datong came to her with a calm face, "Grandma, something happened in the city." ”

Lin Qingwan saw that he was panting, so she reached out and poured him a cup of tea, "Say it slowly." ”

Fang Datong drank all the tea, and said with a calm face: "Some homeless people rushed into the Qian family and robbed the money and grain, and they also gave the little lady of the Qian family to ......."

Lin Qingwan's pupils constricted, clenched into fists and asked, "How is the person?" ”

"All of them are alive, but only two of the exiles were caught on the spot, and the others have escaped, and Lord Assassin Shi is furious, and the city gate has been closed when I leave the city, and it seems that he wants to arrest the exiles on a large scale." Fang Datong said in a low voice: "Grandma, I see that the city will be chaotic for a while, so you might as well stay in the other courtyard." ”

Lin Qingwan raised her eyebrows.

"The Qian family is in the west of the city, although that family is a side branch, but it is not far from its owner's house, but those homeless people are obviously very close to those alleys, and they run away when they grab things, and they can't catch them at all," Fang Datong said in a calm voice: "If the two who were arrested were not greedy enough to attack the little lady Qian, they would not have been caught by the neighbors who rushed over." ”

"The Lin Mansion is separated from the Qian family by two streets...... Fang Datong clenched his teeth, "Grandma, how many people can you take with you if you go back to the city?" Now there are more and more homeless people in the city, but if we stay outside the city, we will not only have horses, but also weapons. ”

Not to mention anything else, their households, tenants and long-term workers, there are 300 Qingzhuang alone, plus the training and arrangement during this time, unless there are thousands of displaced people who come around, they will not be able to break through the other courtyard.

No matter how bad it is, there are guards and good horses, even if they run, there is a way to go, but in the city, once the city gate is closed, the alleys in front and behind are blocked, and it is difficult for them to escape for their lives.

Lin Qingwan walked around twice on the spot, and finally nodded with a calm face, "Okay, I'm not leaving, I will order to go down, and let everyone start to close in the other courtyard." The pasture garden handed over to Uncle Chen and them, and let them enter the mountain now. ”

Fang Datong immediately went to make arrangements.

Uncle Chen used to herd cattle and sheep in Cangzhou, and every winter when the Liao people went south to hunt grass valleys, they would drive the cattle and sheep into the mountains, and they would not come out until the New Year.

Some of them can withstand the cold, and they don't even come out until the beginning of spring.

It is uncomfortable in the mountains, and there is even a risk of encountering wild beasts, but it is better than staying outside and being robbed of cattle and sheep by the Liao people and killed.

Even if they know that it is not good to enter the mountains, many people still choose to enter the mountains in winter.

Lin Qingwan had been thinking about how to deal with the pastoral garden before, she thought that the long-term workers would be divided into two, and some people would stay in the other courtyard to protect, and some would go to the pastoral garden.

But as more and more homeless people poured in, and they became more and more united, it was obvious that her little long-term work could not keep the pasture.

She spent a lot of money to buy these cattle and sheep, and the sheep were just that, although the price was high but easy to obtain, the cattle were rare, and if you want to buy them, you will have to wait until next summer.

Fang Datong is now in charge of security issues, and he is naturally concerned about this, he once served in the Northeast Army, and he has seen the herdsmen over there take refuge in the mountains, so he mentioned it to Lin Qingwan.

Uncle Chen and a few tenants from the north took the initiative to take the matter, and as long as there was danger, they brought dry food and cattle and sheep to hide in the mountains.

The things had already been prepared, and the villagers and long-term workers who went into the mountain with them had already been selected, and at this time, Lin Qingwan ordered, Uncle Chen, and they immediately carried the burden and put it on the back of the ox, and chose a good day with a sunny day and slowly walked towards the mountain in the distance.

Lin Qingwan could only stand on the top of the mountain and watch them from afar.

Lin Yubin stood beside her, looked at the small people in the distance, and couldn't help asking, "Auntie, in the past, my father used to put grain to settle the homeless people, and the family would also donate a lot of food, why is this time different?" ”

"Our family also donated grain this time, donated twenty loads, and the rich families in the city also donated some more or less, otherwise do you think Zhou Tingshi got the hard work to ask the homeless people to work?" Lin Qingwan looked into the distance and sighed: "But people's hearts are always dissatisfied, when life and death are uncertain, it is good to be alive, after escaping to a safe place, they think that it is better not to starve to death, and after they have food, they think that it is better to be full......"

"This is understandable, many people are willing to work hard for this, but there are always some people who can't bear the hardship and want to get something for nothing. Lin Qingwan's eyes showed sadness, "These people are hateful, but they are also pitiful, they are crazy to harm people, but they don't know that their life and death are also in the hands of others." ”

Lin Yubin felt a pain in his heart, "Then when will the world be stable?" ”

"Then there must be a lot of bleeding, after a lot of grief," Lin Qingwan muttered, "How is it so simple to calm down the troubled times?" ”

I don't know how many lives it takes to fill it out.

At this time, Zhou Tingshi had just given an order to clean up the displaced people, and after the Qian family's incident, everyone in the city was in danger, and their doors had been closed since yesterday, and even most of the shops on the street were closed.

Everyone no longer has pity for the people begging on the street, and most of them avoid it in disgust when they see it from afar.

The contradiction between the displaced people and the local people has risen to a high point.

Zhou Tingshi knew that if he didn't solve it, things would be difficult.

He had no choice but to discuss matters with the generals stationed in Suzhou, and he began to be on guard today, and the officials and soldiers searched out the displaced people, dispersed them, and resettled them separately.

Those who did not obey the order were driven out of Suzhou City and sent back to the Southern Han Dynasty.

Of course, this is also to say, it is impossible for them to escort people to the border of the Southern Han Dynasty, at most throw them out of the border of Suzhou.

In addition, the displaced people who committed crimes yesterday should also take the opportunity to arrest them, Zhou Tingshi wants to kill chickens and monkeys, and use heavy codes in troubled times, don't talk to him about any law and not blame the public.

If you don't give an explanation to the Qian family and the people of Suzhou, this matter will not be able to pass at all.

The city of Suzhou was in chaos for four or five days, and after it slowly subsided, the displaced people in the city were almost invisible, and the people began to slowly walk out of their homes.

However, there are more and more displaced people outside the city, and the relationship between the displaced people and the local people seems to be peaceful, but it is becoming more and more acute.

Lin Qingwan no longer allowed people to go back to the city to buy things, except for those who inquired about the news going back and forth between the city gate and the other courtyard, the rest stayed in Zhuangzi to practice martial arts and fight.

In this period of tension and slump, Cao Jin and Meng Fu happily came to Lin Qingwan with three stacks of paper, "Grandma, we have made straw paper." ”

Lin Qingwan knows all about the manufacturing process of bamboo paper, they only need to learn, but they need to study straw paper by themselves.

Therefore, during this time, all their bodies and minds were devoted to the study of the papyrus, and they did not know what was happening outside at all.

At this time, the straw paper was made, and they rushed to offer the treasure.

Even if Lin Qingwan was worried about foreign affairs, she couldn't help but get excited at this time, she looked at the three stacks of paper, each of which was of different quality.

She reached out and touched it, the first one was softer, the second one could write but had more impurities, and the third one, although it also had impurities, was much less and smoother.

She couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and said, "Is this a matter of proportion?" ”

Cao Jin nodded violently, "Because I don't know the formula, Meng Fu and I have tried it several times, but the paper is not papery, or the paper is easy to break, we slowly changed the proportions, this time we tried a total of twelve formulas, and only succeeded in these three." The little ones thought it was about the same as the paper that their aunt and grandmother had said, so they showed it to you. ”

Lin Qingwan smiled and bowed, "It's really almost, I didn't expect it to be researched for you so soon." ”

Cao Jin and Meng Fu grinned.

Lin Qingwan picked up the pen and wrote a few words on the second and third types of paper, tried their ink permeability and writing effect, and nodded slightly: "Yes, it's even better than I thought." ”

Lin Qingwan put down the pen and said: "You write down the formula, try to make the first paper softer, remove the impurities of the second type, and the third kind, if it can be whiter, it would be fine, so that the ink permeability is not so strong." ”

Cao Jin and Meng Fu scratched their heads, "This first one is already very soft, it would have been difficult to write, so it ...... softer."

Lin Qingwan smiled, "I don't use them as writing paper, I use them for other purposes." ”