Zhao Hu was short of people left in Jiangnan, and sent three groups of people to send food back, but he really couldn't mobilize manpower, so the stewards could only think of recruiting from the local area.

They naturally recruit young and strong people, so the people they are looking for recently are all aspiring young people over the age of 16 and under the age of 30.

In addition to the higher pay than the low wages in Jiangnan, it is the unlimited opportunities in the Northland.

"You don't want to think about it, the imperial court is in the north, will the benefits given by the imperial court be placed in the north in the future?"

At first, the young people couldn't help but retort: "There is war in the north. ”

"That's all before, now the general has recovered the lost land, pacified the Huns, there will be no more war in the north, even if it is not afraid, there is the Zhao army."

"That is, now that we are in the north when everything is in ruins, you go to the north now, it is simply picking up money with your eyes closed."

"Doesn't it mean that the north is now poor and lacks food? Is it really as good as you say? ”

"Food shortages are real, but poverty? Hmph, don't you look at it, where did the most valuable glass and books in the city come from, they were all transported from Yuzhou, and then you look at the people in the city who spend a lot of money, most of them are scholars who have migrated from the north, and there are more scholars who have stayed in the north and have not moved away, and they are not richer? ”

The fledgling, innocent young people believed it and couldn't help but look in the direction of the north.

The guy from the Zhao family made persistent efforts, lowered his voice and said demagoguously: "And do you know who our owner is?" ”

The young people really didn't know that they collectively referred to this group of merchants who came from the north to collect grain.

Zhao guy Ji said in a low voice: "Our owner is the uncle of the general, and it is the Zhao family!" ”

The young man exclaimed and was envious.

Zhao Guy was also complacent, and said to them: "So, there will be nothing wrong with following us, if you are lucky, let the general see our ability, maybe you can go to the general's side to do things, and in the future, you will also change the door and soar." ”

The eyes of the young people are even brighter, and the ambition of the heart is provoked.

So they all followed them north.

In this way, the stewards recruited a group of hot-blooded young people with a small amount of money, saying that it was a small amount of money, but it was high compared to the current low wages in Jiangnan.

Jiangnan has seen a large number of people fleeing from the north in the south of the Yangtze River, and prices have risen and labor has become cheaper.

The new nobles brought with them their wealth, artisans and servant tenants, who bought houses and shops and fields in large quantities.

The local gentry were wary of them, but they were still able to find all kinds of ways to buy fields, forests and Heze from poor peasants, and a large number of peasants who lost their land had to become tenants or day laborers.

They also brought with them all kinds of tools that they had never seen before, whether it was weaving, building houses, or farming, which were faster and more refined, and then a large number of local craftsmen lost their jobs because of the difference in skills from those in the north.

So, now the market is flooded with a lot of idle labor, so that the wages are low, but ...... Prices are high.

The steward took these people, and when he had collected enough grain for ten carts, he immediately took them and set off back to Yuzhou.

Just when they were moving towards Yuzhou with confidence and hope, the barren and dead Youzhou also ushered in the first batch of grain.

The arrival of this batch of grain is like oil dripping into boiling water, boiling all at once, Youzhou, all at once!

Shi Le was appreciative in his heart, but he had to admit that the batch of grain sent by Zhao Hanzhang was very timely, in order to give the people the confidence to live, he had to publicize it, let people publicize it in Youzhou, and the general sent someone to send relief food.

At this time, Youzhou had begun to turn cold, Xu Dayi pushed open the half-open wooden door with bare feet, walked in, stepped forward to pull the person under the broken quilt, and said hoarsely: "Get up quickly, I'm going to Dacunkou to receive relief food." ”

The woman on the bed struggled to open her eyes, unable to speak.

He fed her a mouthful of water, and when he saw that her face was still gray, he thought about it, gritted his teeth, got up, went to the kitchen, got a knife, stood in front of the water tank, and made a gesture, and cut off half of the ear with a knife.

He took out the linen cloth and pot ashes that he had prepared long ago, wrapped his ears, and then took the half of the ear, chopped it up, steamed it, and fed it to her.

The person on the bed ate in a daze, barely survived, and then asked almost inaudibly, "What is this?" ”

Xu Dayi said: "The rabbit meat I grabbed from outside, let's go, I'll carry you, when I come back, Lizheng has already sent someone to cook porridge, and we can get a bowl to eat in a while." ”

He carried the man on his back and took two more bowls from the kitchen into his arms.

The woman staggered on his back, and her eyes began to see clearly as she ate, and she saw that his head was wrapped in sackcloth, and there was faint red blood on his ears.

She couldn't help but raise her finger and touch it, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Xu Dayi tilted his head and said impatiently: "I was bitten when I was robbing people to eat, you don't care so much, keep some strength to live." ”

He threatened: "If you die, I will take you for rations." ”

The woman immediately stopped talking, but she was not very afraid, and she thought, what difference does it make if she is dead, whether she is eaten by people or eaten by insects.

Her two children......

As soon as she thought of this, her heart ached, and she couldn't shed a single tear, and she looked ahead numbly.

They began to meet people on the road, and those who still had the strength ran to the village in small steps with a bowl in their arms, and those who did not have the strength to move one step at a time, and she even saw that someone fell down and had no strength to stand up, so she moved forward on her stomach......

Xu Dayi carried the person to the big village, and the first pot of porridge was already cooked, he immediately threw the woman in a corner, and then took two bowls and went over to line up to make porridge.

Li Zheng poured porridge for them, and said loudly: "One person can only have one bowl, I remember it, but I can't repeat it, after a while everyone has eaten it, the grain will be distributed, this batch of grain is sent from Yuzhou, and the general remembers everyone." ”

He also said: "If you feel that a bowl is not enough to eat, and you have the strength, after eating, go to the village to carry people, and bring a person who can't walk can share half of his bowl, it is best to carry it with two people, if you carry the person to death, you will not count ......it."

Because of his words, Xu Dayi drank most of the two bowls of porridge that he had just beaten in his hand, and there was only one bowl left in each bowl for the woman, and after she finished drinking, he turned around to find someone, "Sansheng, don't you have a gang, go to Erzhu's house to see, how many children and younger siblings in their family are still alive, and they can change porridge if they bring people here." ”

(End of chapter)