The next day, after Ye Qing went to the academy to teach, he was sent back by Fu Bo, saying that he had something to consult the lord.

You must know that since Ye Qing became the lord, he has personally taken care of the affairs of the garrison and the academy, and he basically doesn't ask about other big and small things in the territory, and besides, the territory is too small, and there are not too many things that Ye Qing needs to ask.

When I came to the government affairs hall of the lord's mansion, I found that Hu Cheng, Fan Wen, Li Xin and Fu Bo were all there, and it could be said that the high-level officials of the territory had arrived, but their faces were not very good, and when they saw Ye Qing, they hurriedly got up and saluted: "Lord (young master)." ”

"What's wrong with you?" Ye Qing sat down in his place and asked.

Fu Bo bowed down and said, "Young Master, I came out this morning, but I was worried about the displaced people. “

Ye Qing had a bad face, although Dongjiang Town was not rich, but it was not starving, basically there was no homeless, and there was no homeless people, plus the autumn harvest had just ended, there should be no homeless people, right?

"My lord, it's not our territory that has produced displaced people, it's the outcasts who have come to us for refuge. Seeing that Ye Qing's face was not very good, Fan Wen, as a political officer, immediately explained.

Hearing the question that was not his own territory, Ye Qing quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Where did those displaced people come from, what caused them, how many people are there?"

But immediately there is a question, human beings are generally more homesick, who is willing to leave their homeland unless they have to.

"Young master, this barbarian invasion coincided with the autumn harvest, and the crops in many places were robbed while they were still in the field, and a large number of people were attacked by the barbarians because they went out to harvest, causing a large number of population losses, causing a large number of people to flee. “

"Due to the relatively remote location of our territory, the barbarian invasion has never arrived, and the adults do not oppress the people like other lords, so most of the people who fled in large numbers have come to our territory. “

"As of yesterday, we have resettled more than 1,000 displaced people, and it is said that they are only walking relatively fast, and a large number of displaced people are coming behind. “

Speaking of this, Fan Wen's face was a little bad, after all, everywhere, the displaced people are not very welcome, and the relief of the displaced people is not enough as long as there is food, and then there are a lot of civil affairs problems, and if it is not solved well, it will be good to cause civil unrest, and it will be a big trouble at that time.

Ye Qing frowned and thought for a while: "Why don't these displaced people take refuge in a nearby city, there should be a guarantee of safety in the city?"

"Young master, at present, these big lords are preserving their strength, and they will easily go out of the city to fight with the barbarians for the sake of the barbarians, they only accept some of the vagabonds when the barbarians do not arrive, and once the barbarians approach, they will all close the city gates. “

"Fortunately, these places share a large part of the displaced people, otherwise our territory would have been crowded out a long time ago. "Fauber has territorial information, and he knows more comprehensively.

The barbarians are a nomadic people, do not produce, and all food except for their own cattle and sheep needs to be plundered.

Since the destruction of Qingguo, the Chaos Hills have been plundered by barbarians every year, and the Chaos Hills were still a place with a population of tens of millions before the destruction of Qingguo, and Xuanguo and Qingguo each set up a county here.

However, after the barbarians began to invade, Xuanguo basically abandoned this county, resulting in the current chaotic situation.

The annual barbarian invasion has also lasted for more than ten years, and the flight and sacrifice of a large number of people have made the current population of the chaotic hills less than 10 million, less than a quarter of the peak time.

At this moment, Fan Wen said again: "My lord, there are no vacant houses in the territory to resettle the displaced people, do you need to build a porridge shed?"

“...... Of course, it is necessary not only to build a porridge shack as usual, but also to build a shed immediately, spread straw mats on the ground, it is better to have a shed than on the street, place ten people in each house, and order the queue to maintain order, and women, children, and the elderly drink first...... You go out first to give orders, and at noon, we'll go with you later to see what is going on with the homeless. Ye Qing said.

"Yes!" the four immediately responded.

At this time, it was close to noon, Ye Qing hurriedly ate lunch and went out with a few guards, although it was his own territory, but suddenly thousands of homeless people came, who knows if there are some sudden evil intentions, it is safer to bring a guard. “

When I got to the street, I heard a faint gong in the distance, and when I got closer, I heard it clearly, it was the soldiers of the garrison who were beating the gong: "Listen, the homeless people, there is no porridge shed in the lord's mansion, open the shed for the shed, and go to Xicheng quickly." ”

Shouting and beating the gong, shouting farther and farther along the way.

Hearing this, the homeless people who didn't know where the cat was hiding suddenly appeared, these homeless people were all ragged, yellow-faced and thin, but at least the hungry people who had died and the accumulated white bones that no one had buried had not yet been seen.

Ye Qing frowned and was silent, his face was pale, and he said, "Follow up." ”

Rushing all the way over, I saw the porridge shed, and saw that this Xicheng District, with a vacant land of more than ten acres, is now crowded with people.

An officer of the garrison was standing in the porridge shed with his soldiers, with a long knife pinned to his waist, maintaining order.

When I arrived at the clearing, I could see more clearly, these homeless people were all ragged, hungry skin and bones, and some of the women's clothes were torn, revealing the black skin inside, but there was only numbness in their eyes, only the porridge shed in front of them.

Many of the displaced people were dying of hunger, looking at their appearance, Ye Qing was stunned, did not speak, and felt unbearable to see.

"It's giving, it's giving!," said someone beating the gong.

Suddenly, everyone was holding broken bowls, all approaching, but there was a garrison to maintain order, and it was quite neat.

In the queue, the homeless people couldn't stop trembling in the cold wind, and there were children crying out for hunger and cold, their voices were mournful, and they were weak, and their conditions were so miserable that people couldn't bear to witness.

Fu Bo saw Ye Qing's thoughts, stepped forward to take a look, and came back later, saying: "Young master, the porridge is not bad, the porridge is not thin, I took a look, there is no sand, but it is a little musty." “

Ye Qing came back to his senses, his face changed slightly, and said: "As long as it's not thin, as long as there is no sand, it's a little musty, it's old rice... Old rice is old rice, as long as you can survive. ”

As he spoke, the line was already lined up, and indeed the women and the old people were ordered to line up, as instructed.

Listening to these orders, there was a commotion among the homeless people, and some young people were ready to move, but seeing the soldiers of the garrison staring at them, they naturally did not dare to move.

Women lead children and line up with broken bowls, and generally speaking, such homeless people, the elderly, women, and children are the first to be abandoned, and they are so hungry that they are even in danger of becoming food.

At this time, Dongjiang Town was the first to line up to receive porridge.

Looking at the rice porridge scooped into the bowl, they all burst into tears, busy feeding the children, and eating in large gulps.

An old man received the porridge, suddenly knelt down, crying and shouting: "Dare to ask who is giving porridge, I am a cow and a horse, and I can't repay it." ”

With him taking the lead, he immediately knelt down on his knees.

At this time, the soldiers of the garrison saw it and shouted: "My lord, knowing that you have no food and clothing, I hereby order to give porridge, and if you want to thank you, thank the lord for his great kindness!"

Suddenly, the old man kowtowed and thanked him: "Thank you, Lord Xie, long live the lord, long live, long live!"

There was someone shouting, and suddenly thousands of people shouted together, and the sound shook the sky, which made Ye Qing cry and laugh, he was not an emperor, and he didn't have such a thanksgiving, but what do these homeless people know?

Ye Qing, who returned to the lord's mansion, convened a meeting again to discuss the resettlement of the displaced people.

"How much food do we have in our hands now, and how many people can eat it for how long?"

As soon as the talents arrived, Ye Qing couldn't wait to ask the questions he cared about, with food in his hands, it would work if he didn't panic in his heart.

"My lord, we still have a lot of food in our hands, the territory has been storing grain in recent years, plus the autumn harvest has just ended, the grain in the hands of the lord's mansion should be enough for 50,000 people to eat for a year. ”

"In other words, we can still accept 20,000 to 30,000 displaced people" Hearing that there was still so much food in his hand, Ye Qing also had a bottom.

"Yes, my lord, and if there is not enough by then, there will still be some grain stored in the people. But ......" Speaking of this, Fan Wen hesitated.

"My lord, our Dongjiang Town was originally small, but now thousands of people have poured in, and it is basically close to saturation, I don't know how to arrange the people who come later?"

"Can our territory still be expanded?" Ye Qing asked.

"Yes, but it requires a lot of human and financial resources, and we can't afford to expand the city and help the displaced people at the same time. ”

"This is easy to do, I just saw that there are still a large number of young and strong among the homeless, and our territory can't always give them free relief, just use grain to hire them to build us a city. ”

"My lord is wise, this not only solves the manpower problem of expanding the city, but also reduces the chance of troubles for the homeless people to be transferred to repair the city, and it can be counted in one fell swoop!"

"However, my lord, even if the expansion of the city is completed, it will take a while, but the flow of displaced people is coming, and the weather is getting colder and colder, we must find a place to settle them in a short time, otherwise someone will freeze to death. ”

"We can do this, isn't there another large open space outside the city, before the expansion of the city, build a temporary camp outside the city to receive the displaced people, and later put the soup kitchen outside the city, so that it will not disturb the peace and order in the city, and the displaced people can be properly resettled. ”

"Your Excellency is wise!!"

......

After an afternoon of discussion, he finally came up with a relatively complete plan for the resettlement of displaced people, but Ye Qing always felt that something had been forgotten.

"You help me think about what I haven't missed, I always feel like I've forgotten something. ”

"My lord, you have thought about it very comprehensively, and even if there is a miss, we can make up for it when we find a problem. ”

"Okay, that's all for today, you all go down and rest, Li Xin, your garrison has to work hard recently, to keep the law and order in the territory undisturbed. ”

"Yes, sir!"

With that, everyone began to walk out of the lord's mansion.

"What the hell did I forget?"

However, when he kept thinking about sleeping, Ye Qing didn't realize that he had forgotten anything.