In addition to the dozen or so people taken away by Wang Li, the middle-aged men who were previously responsible for maintaining law and order were all arranged by the teacher to the logging task, and a group of hundreds of people drove to the outer forests of the Mianlun Mountain.

Li Xiangfeng and others, who were watching the arrangement of the teacher, were also surrounded by a group of people at this time.

"Captain, the number of people you asked us to count has all come, about more than 900 people, and please ask the head of the regiment to make it convenient, the great kindness is unforgettable!"

I didn't think that there were so many people who had to walk back, fleeing from the famine for thousands of miles, and fleeing from the famine for thousands of miles, looking at the group of people who were pressed by the black, basically all of them were older people, "The soul returns to his hometown, and the fallen leaves return to his roots!" has been imprisoned in the thoughts of these people, and Li Xiangfeng is also helpless.

"If you have made up your mind, I will not force you to stay, the villagers who want to go back, each of them will receive 3 gold coins plus 5 catties of food, we will say goodbye, I wish you all a smooth journey!"

I don't know what the purpose is, Gray Gary recommended himself to take on the important task of distributing gold coins and food this time, and led the three of them to Qin Tianxin to receive 3,000 gold coins, and then walked towards the place where the grain was stored, followed by a group of refugees.

Towards the evening, Wang Li came back with a mule and horse convoy, and after unloading the goods without stopping, he took some dry food and prepared to return to Nanyang City, this time he did not take all the mule and horse carts away, and drove three mule and horse carts away, and pulled a total of eighteen people to Nanyang City to do business.

This time I went to Nanyang City and was assigned two tasks.

One is to purchase more ropes, chainsaws, carts, etc., after logging, a large number of means of transport need to be used to transport the timber back, and the transportation volume of these dozen mules and horses is too small, so I have to buy more carts to come, relying on manpower to transport, Li Xiangfeng also wanted to go to the surrounding villages to hire some donkeys, mules to come, but were rejected by the teacher and the old man, it is not worth spending these unjust money, Li Xiangfeng had no choice but to give up.

The second is to purchase more butterfly cones and other well-drilling tools, so many people's water sources these days are all relying on a small river a few miles away to get water, and it takes half a day to make a round trip, which is not only a waste of manpower, but also not a long-term solution.

Regarding the situation of digging wells, the old man also specially instructed Wang Li to buy more than a dozen turtles, as for why he bought turtles Li Xiangfeng really didn't know what the use of this was, or after asking the teacher, he learned that there were two more places to say here.

First, according to the legend, there were four sacred beasts in ancient times, the green dragon, the white tiger, the vermilion bird, and the Xuanwu. Among them, Xuanwu is the community of turtles and snakes, which is the water envoy, lives in the North Sea, and the five elements belong to water.

People regard the turtle as the embodiment of Xuanwu, and when digging a well, the turtle is put in it in order to get the blessing of Xuanwu. It is hoped that the well will never dry up, that the well water is sweet and delicious, non-toxic and harmless, and that those who drink the well water will live a long life.

Second, in the process of digging wells, people do not know the quality of the water pumped. Some wells are so complex that people may get sick or even lose their lives if they drink them. Putting the turtle in is also to prevent this from happening.

In order to better warn and avoid drinking poisonous well water, people put two turtles in the well. If the turtle is alive and well in the well, it proves that the well water is drinkable. If the turtle dies, it is a sign that the well water is not drinkable.

Li Xiangfeng listened to these refreshing things, and he was also full of curiosity, it turned out that digging a well is not only as simple as making a hole in the ground, but also so many ways to say it.

The teacher, the old man, who had been busy for a day, also encountered a happy thing today, each of them got a coarse cloth gown, which was not specially made for the two of them by the woman in charge of making clothes, it was because Qin Tianxin saw two people in charge of "commanding" in the carriage, wearing tattered clothes and giving orders there, how to think of the two beggar gang elders, and these of them are also very similar to the disciples of the beggar gang, even Li Xiangfeng, Yu Yan, who was standing on the side and had nothing to do, The three of Lei Tian were also associated with the pure-clothed disciples in the beggar gang, and Qin Tianxin, who was sitting in the carriage, was lured by his vivid imagination to laugh.

In desperation, Qin Tianxin arranged his entourage, and quickly went to Nanyang City to buy two decent robes according to the figure of the two.

The man relied on his clothes and horses and saddles, and the teacher, who had simply cleaned up, still looked like that, and the old man also looked much more energetic, which made the two of them thank the county lord for his good life.

Li Xiangfeng, who had eaten dinner, walked around, Qin Tianxin and the others had been sent back to Nanyang City by themselves at noon, Yu Yan and Lei Tian rode two horses in the evening and didn't know where they went, and they hadn't come back until now. After a busy day, Gray Gary is now resting on a blanket with his limbs stretched out, and he is still muttering words like "I'm tired today".

In a simple shed, seeing the teacher, the old man and four or five men talking together, Li Xiangfeng walked over.

"Now we have more than 5,500 people here, including more than 150 boys, more than 100 girls, more than 600 boys, more than 800 girls, more than 1,600 men, more than 1,400 women, and the rest are more than 350 elderly men and women. The teacher held a notebook in his hand, carefully checked it by the light on the torch, and saw Li Xiangfeng coming over, he wanted to get up, but after being signaled by Li Xiangfeng, he continued to be busy with his own affairs, and several refugees sitting around saluted Li Xiangfeng and then gave up a place and let Li Xiangfeng sit down.

The teacher squinted at the book, and then said: There are 510 households with more than four people, there are more than 3,000 people, there are 400 families with two to three people, there are 1,100 people, and the other 1,300 people are retail households, let's talk about how to build houses!"

"Then build some big houses, and there are twenty people in one house, so that everything can be taken care of!" said one of the refugees.

After speaking, everyone shook their heads, this plan is not feasible, now everyone is a refugee, and it is okay to gather together to report to the group for warmth, but when it is really time to live, this practice is absolutely unfeasible.

"I can't sleep this way! I have a daughter-in-law and children, even if I sleep outside, I have to be with my daughter-in-law and children!"

Another man with hemorrhoids on his face waited for the rough man to finish speaking, and then said bluntly: "If you have a family, you will build a house alone, and if you have a family, you will live in a big house with the big guy!" Although the man with hemorrhoids on his face said straightforwardly, the suggestion is still very pertinent, in fact, everyone has also had this kind of thought, but building hundreds of houses is not just a matter of saying that it is good for a while.

"How many houses do we have to build! According to Mr. Gongsun's idea, it will take the year of the monkey to complete the construction of this kind of house? And who will live first? Who will live later?" Although the idea is good, the problem that needs to be faced is even more serious, and after the man who first put forward his opinion said his thoughts, there was silence for a while.

The name of the teacher is Gongsun Jin, as his name suggests, when he does things in his hometown, he has always given people a sense of stability and caution, and his father is also proud of his son, and before he died, he repeatedly told the teacher to be a good private school gentleman, worthy of the court, worthy of the people around him.

At this time, the teacher folded the notebook, frowned, and said: "No, let's renovate the house? Plan the house into three simple styles, the first is a larger one, which can accommodate more than four people, the second is a small house with two or three people, and the third is a kind of shed that can accommodate about twenty people. After speaking, Gongsun Jin looked at everyone with an inquiring look.

After listening to the teacher's words, everyone felt that it was such a reason, but they always felt that something was wrong? But they didn't know how to say it!

"It's a good idea, but it can't be too fair, for example, a middle-aged man without a family can't get a house after hard work, and for example, a family of four is like this: an old man and three children, can't do much hard work, but in the end they can get a big house, which will make those who work even more dissatisfied, and this can't prevent some people from pretending to be a family in order to get a bigger house, and get by!" The old man chattered a lot, and the more he talked about a few people, the more vague he felt, so much scruples are needed to build a house?

Gongsun Jin listened carefully to the old man's speech, his face was also solemn, the old man said that there are not wrong, there are still too many things that need to be taken care of, the old man thinks about the problem is also very thoughtful, today a day, the old man's opinions are also very practical and correct, Gongsun Jin is more and more admired for the old man.

"What Mr. Wang said is very true, these issues have to be considered clearly!" After Gongsun respectfully finished speaking to Wang Lao, he said to everyone: "We must come up with a case tonight, otherwise what will happen tomorrow? Today is another rain, and several people are sick, and if this continues, I am afraid that if the house is not built, all of us will be sick!" Gongsun Jin's eyes were gloomy and stared at the dark night in the north.

There is nothing there, except that the refugees who have fallen ill and died in recent days are buried in the woods not far from here.