The shacks built of wild grass are densely spread all over the southern corners of the city, the victims with their hair scattered are shrunk on the ground with a straw mat, the victims are all pale and have white skin at the corners of their mouths, they are wearing tattered clothes as if they have just come out of the coal pile, and the heles on the clothes are one by one, and you will feel that people have returned to the primitive era, and the air is mixed with a heavy smell of sweat like vinegar, not to mention how good the smell is, Li Yang coughed and almost vomited

Li Yang raised his sleeves and covered his face: The adult will be rude

Sun Yuanwu shook his hand: I won't tell you that I almost threw up just now

Li Yang: How could this be?

Sun Yuanwu: The people of the household division are too successful, and the government asked them to find a place in the city to settle these victims first, but I didn't expect that these people would not care about it after they were resettled, if it weren't for what I saw with my own eyes today, the government would not have believed that the victims would be in such a situation

When passing a dilapidated house, the two walked in, this house is not very big, only about 50 square meters, but there are twenty or thirty victims crowded inside, they are heating around the fire, there is an iron pot on the fire, rice porridge is boiling in it, Sun Yuanwu stepped forward and picked up the spoon and took a few clicks in it, but did not see how much rice floated up, this is still porridge, it is clearly no different from water

Li Yang: Your Excellency, hasn't the national capital allocated the money needed to help the victims?

Sun Yuanwu sighed lightly: The national capital has allocated but only 30,000 taels, although it is a little less, but if it is tight, it should allow this person to survive this winter

Li Yang: There will be a sentence that adults don't know whether to say or not

Sun Yuanwu: In the future, if there is no one else, you don't have to live in these false courtesies

Li Yang: My lord said bluntly that according to the end of the future, if you want to help these disasters, I am afraid that you can no longer count on them, and your adult Kecheng thinks about what these victims will do after this winter passes

Sun Yuanwu: Now you can only take one step at a time and can't take care of so much, how can it be difficult for you to come up with a way

Li Yang: Not yet-the last general just thinks that more people should be mobilized to help these victims, the environment here is too bad and we have to guard against epidemics

Sun Yuanwu: "Hmm", what you said is very right, it is true that your efforts alone are far from enough, and the government will immediately gather these rich families in the city to see if they can raise some materials for the victims

The next scene completely subverted the three views of the two, at the end of the corner of the south of the city, dozens of stiff corpses were piled up, they were stacked together, Tie Qing's face was still frosty, not to mention how oozing, what was even more terrifying was that the surrounding victims were expressionless, and they were used to all this in front of them

Li Yang looked at the victims in front of him, his eyes couldn't help but moisten, and he sighed in his heart, how can people live a good life, Sun Yuanwu saw Li Yang pursing his lips on the side, looking as if he was thinking about something again, "Hey", what are you thinking

Li Yang bowed with tears: Ten days for adults, ten days, and the end will find a way to resettle 10,000 victims

Sun Yuanwu helped Li Yang up: What can this mansion do for you

Li Yang shook his head, and Sun Yuanwu nodded with satisfaction: If there were a few more people like you in Taizhou, these victims of the disaster would not have fallen to such a point, and the government has thanked you here for these victims

After saying that, Sun Yuanwu bowed to Li Yang, and Li Yang hurriedly stepped forward to help Sun Yuanwu up: My lord, this is unacceptable, how can a Shangguan make such a big gift to his subordinates, you are a terrible general

Sun Yuanwu: Don't say it's a salute, if you can help these victims get through the difficulties, let the government kneel

Li Yang: Your Excellency will go back to the resettlement of the victims

Sun Yuanwu: Go, it's time for the government to go back and collect supplies

At night, Hengyan made a few stir-fried dishes that Li Yang usually likes to eat, but he picked up the chopsticks and ate a few bites, and he really felt that he couldn't eat today's meal, maybe because he wasn't hungry, so he put the dishes and chopsticks on the table

Heng Yan: Why don't the dishes you cook today taste like you?

Li Yang hurriedly explained: No-no, somehow I'm a little out of appetite today

Song Shiting: Husband, what's wrong with you today, as soon as you come back, I'll see if you're worried, did something happen to you in Taizhou today

Li Yang smiled slightly: Madame is too careful, there is nothing wrong

Song Shiting said: I don't believe you lied - oh, what the hell is going on, tell me quickly

At this time, a family member walked in: Young Master, Deputy Patriarch Gao and Deputy Patriarch Yuan, they are already waiting for you in the council hall

Li Yang: I'll go over in a moment when I know

"Madame, I'll go to the council chamber first, and I'll talk to you two when I get back."

Song Shiting: Okay, then I'll go back to the house with my sister and wait for you

As soon as he entered the chamber, Yuan Kui asked: Is there something wrong with Lord Sun inviting you to the yamen of the state capital today?

Li Yang sat on the chair and said, "Well, Zhejiang's treasury is short of nearly 2 million taels of silver this year, and the national capital has issued a decree for this purpose, ordering the 11 governments to collect the poll tax for a period of one month, and this year's quota is to pay 300 pieces of money per person, and Juzheng will let the officials go to the villages to collect the poll tax tomorrow

Han Juzheng: Brother Li went to 10 villages to collect taxes, and there were not enough people in the county

Li Yang: Da Niu - Er Niu Tomorrow, you two will take people to assist the officials in collecting taxes, remember not to be rude

Da Niu: They are all villagers for many years, so the young master can rest assured

Gao Yuan: I don't think this errand is easy to pay, you said that the Chinese New Year is coming, and I don't want to pay the high taxes at this time

Yuankui: It's still a thankless job

Li Yang, this is not the only headache, the national capital ordered the Taizhou government to reduce the current 20,000 to 10,000 people in the army, guess who is sent by the national capital to assist in the reorganization of the army this time

Gao Yuan: It seems that our brothers don't have any acquaintances in China

Li Yang: Do you still remember Wen'an, the servant of the ministry?

Yuan Kui looked surprised: Could it be that he was sent by Chengguo to send him on a mission

Li Yang nodded slightly: That's right, he advocated that half of Taizhou's 20 garrisons be eliminated in a structured manner, and that this levy should be listed as one of the items in the entire army

Gao Yuan: Then we have to be careful this time, this Wen An is very likely to use this army reorganization to deliberately make things difficult for you

Li Yang: If you don't say this, I also thought of it, these two things are not too much of a headache for me, and the most headache for me is the other thing

As soon as the people present heard "something, there is still a headache"

Han Juzheng: Brother Li, tell everyone about it

Li Yang: I plan to resettle 10,000 victims within 10 days

Gao Yuan: In order to resettle these 30,000 victims, our brothers' belongings are almost exhausted, and the remaining money has to be kept for the brothers and craftsmen to pay them, and if we resettle 10,000 people, our brothers will have to be dragged down by them

Yuan Kui: We not only donated food, but also resettled 30,000 disaster victims, both public and private, which is enough to be aware of the relief of the victims, that is what the officials and the national capital should worry about, we know that you are kind-hearted, but this matter cannot be caused by your nature

Li Yang took a deep breath: But I have already promised this matter to Lord Sun

Yuankui: Why didn't you discuss such a big matter with us in advance?

Gao Yuan: Yes, you are too rash in this matter, let's not talk about anything else, let's just say that the more than 3,000 houses where 10,000 people live, if you want to build them in 10 days, it is impossible to build them, especially in winter

In the accusation, Li Yang was like a child who had done something wrong and didn't say a word, Gao Yuan and Yuan Kui twisted their heads to the side angrily, the people present looked at me, I looked at you, I didn t know what to say, and the conference hall was quiet for a while

Han Juzheng: Brother Li Juzheng has something to understand, and I ask Brother Li to tell the truth

Li Yang: Ju Zheng, tell you something

Han Juzheng: Brother Li Juzheng has always been curious about the fact that you have spent a lot of time to resettle tens of thousands of disaster victims, is it really just because of your kindness that you have nothing to do?

Everyone looked at Li Yang one after another, believing that the doubts in Han Juzheng's hearts were also doubts in everyone's hearts

Li Yang: I am indeed very sympathetic to the plight of these victims, and I believe that if you go to Taizhou City with me today and see what I see, you will make the same decision as me

Saying that, he told everyone about the tragic situation of the victims in the city, and his eyes couldn't help but moisten, and tears dripped down his cheeks, "miserable - too miserable", I don't know how many victims will die in this cold night, a while ago, I also planned to open up 100,000 acres of land this year to share the cultivation of these victims, but now it looks like the left and right are clearing the wasteland and farming, so let's just give it a go, open up 200,000 acres of fields to cultivate food, and make Alan County a big county on the rich side of Taizhou

After hearing this, Han Juzheng stood up excitedly: Brother Li Juzheng understands that if you want to reclaim 200,000 acres of land, you need a lot of manpower

Li Yang: Why don't you make some trouble?

The people present were all surprised when they heard that 200,000 acres of fields were going to be opened up this year, and they must know that the existing fields in Alan County are only more than 70,000 acres, and how much food can be grown in 200,000 fields

Plateau: According to the laws of Zhejiang, you need to pay 1 tael of silver per mu to reclaim wasteland, and 200,000 mu will have to pay 200,000 taels of silver

Li Yang: I'm going to discuss with Master Sun to see if I can reclaim the wasteland first, and then make up the land tax and tax arrears when the grain is harvested

Gao Yuan: Can he say yes?

Li Yang: There should be nothing wrong with Lord Sun's personality

Yuan Kui: But how can we build more than 3,000 houses in 10 days, and now it's so cold and the soil is freezing

Guanshan: There is a way to build more than 3,000 houses in 10 days to resettle the victims

Li Yang: Say what you can do about the mountain viewing road

Guanshan: If you use the method of wooden lapping, you should be able to build more than 3,000 houses in 10 days

After hearing about it, everyone present became interested in this wooden lap, "What is it that wooden lap, why have I never heard of it?"

Li Yang: Can you elaborate on the mountain view?

Viewing the mountain: Wooden lap is to make the trees into wooden squares of the same size, and then chisel a groove with a file on the upper and lower sides of the wooden square, and then splice these wooden squares together according to the size and style of the house, and finally smear the soil and water ginseng together on the wall, and a wooden house is built after the capping

After a long time, this wooden square overlap is similar to the principle of pushing stacked blocks, except that he turned small blocks into large blocks to build houses, and with this method, he can indeed build more than 3,000 houses in 10 days

Li Yang: Plateau-Yuankui will ask the soldiers of each battalion to assemble outside the county tomorrow

Gao Yuan: We'll send someone to deliver the military order in a while

Li Yang: Ju Zheng asked the officials to mobilize the men of the county to assemble outside the county, and the salary was calculated at 20 yuan per day, and the New Year was about to be celebrated, so that everyone could earn more money to buy some New Year's goods

Han Juzheng: "Well, tomorrow morning, I will ask the officials to mobilize the men."

Li Yang: If nothing else, let's go back early

After returning to the house, Li Yang exhaled on the chair and stretched his waist, after a busy day, he could finally calm down and rest for a while, although he was a little tired at this time, his heart had never been so relaxed as now, Song Shiting and Heng Yan sat down on his left and right, Heng Yan reached out and picked up the teapot on the table and gave him a glass of water, and Song Shiting took off the cotton clothes he was wearing and hung them in the closet

Li Yang: Madame helped me bring the account books and abacus

Song Shiting took out the account book and abacus from the cabinet and put them on the table, Li Yang picked up the account book and flipped a few pages to see that there were still 4,400 taels of silver left on the account, only to see a trace of sadness on his face and muttered: Why is there so much money left

Song Shiting: Husband, I see what happened to you in a hurry today

Li Yang: I just reconciled the accounts for nothing, but I didn't expect that I spent so much money during this time, and I didn't feel like I was doing anything, why did I spend so much money

Song Shiting got coquettish, grabbed my arm, and shook it vigorously, "Oops, you lie to people, if you don't say it, people will ignore you in the future."

Heng Yan: Yes, husband, we are all a family, if you have anything to say, let's see if my sister and I can help you, even if we can't help, we can help you get an idea

Li Yang: The national capital ordered all the governments to collect the poll tax within a month, with a fixed amount of 300 yuan per person, and Lord Sun felt that the suffering of the victims was reduced by half, and each person only needed to pay 150 yuan, and I just calculated that these disaster victims resettled in the county this year will have to pay about 450 yuan per household

Heng Yan was not happy when she heard it: The people of your official family will oppress us poor people

Li Yang frowned: Madam, what you said is a bit too extreme, if a country and army want to operate, they must have sufficient food and salary, only the people of Zhejiang can have a good life, if Zhejiang is turbulent, it is the people who will suffer in the end

Song Shiting: Seeing that the money is about to pass, can they take out such money, and how will they spend the year if they pay the poll tax?

After saying that, her little face became gloomy

Li Yang: So I want to see how much money is still on the books, and if it is enough, I will help them hand over the money so that everyone can have a happy New Year

Song Shiting: How much do you have to pay?

Li Yang: The 30,000 people resettled in Alan County have 150 yuan each, and the remaining 5,300 people have to pay a total of 300 yuan each

Seeing that Li Yang didn't figure it out for a long time, Song Shiting picked up the abacus in a hurry, "I'll do the math" I saw that her soft fingers were on the abacus, and Li Yang was stunned and drank saliva, and she counted it well: The husband had to pay a total of 6090 taels of silver

Hearing this number, Li Yang "gadeng" in his heart: There is so much money

Heng Yan: Husband, I think they should be given a little bit of this money, after all, we still have a large family of people and thousands of soldiers to support

Song Shiting: Husband, I also agree with my sister's words

Li Yang looked beautiful and pulled the two ladies to win: You two are my virtuous helpers, madam, then you help me calculate how much it will cost if I let them take half of it

Song Shiting picked up the abacus: 3045 taels

Li Yang: I can bear this

Song Shiting walked to the side of the bed and pulled out a box from under the bed, she opened it vigorously, and it was full of brand-new silver coins

Li Yang was stunned: Madam, what are you doing

Song Shiting: Husband, this 3,000 taels of silver is the money you bought iron with me, I have been putting it under the bed just to want to return it to you one day when you need it, although I don't know what you are busy with all day, but during this time I see that you have lost a lot of weight, and our women's family can't help you, and the only thing that can help you should be this money

Li Yang hurriedly stepped forward and closed the box: Madam, you can quickly put away the money

Song Shiting also came, and pushed him away vigorously, "Oops", people let you take it, you can take it

Seeing Song Shiting's attitude so resolute: Then I will take the money first, and when I get through the current difficulty, I will return the money to you

Song Shiting blushed: I'm all yours, and I don't have anything to pay back

At this time, Heng Yan's gaze was a little erratic, I don't know how to describe it in words, as if a child is playing with another child with a Transformer in his hand, and a child without a Transformer can only watch from the side, this feeling really makes me feel very uncomfortable

Li Yang came to Hengyan and hugged her in his arms: Mrs. is about to give the manor for the New Year, but there can be no chaos

Heng Yan hugged my waist with both hands: I will send more people during this time

Song Shiting: It's not too early, husband, let's rest early

The cold wind of the early morning was blowing like knives, and there were still a little snowflakes in the air, and the fog enveloped the whole of Alan County, 2,000 soldiers and 10,000 men gathered in a clearing outside the county, Li Yang was wearing a white cloak, and the people and plateau passed through the crowd to a high ground

Li Yang glanced at the people present: Now is the coldest time in the cold winter, every day our compatriots are frozen to death by this cold night, the cold winter is ruthless, how can our generation be ruthless, we have to build 3,000 wooden houses in 10 days, and resettle the 10,000 victims in Taizhou City, so that they can also have a good year

Some of you may think that this is impossible to build, but we are going to make this impossible possible, and it will require all of us to overcome all difficulties and have firm faith, this is a war without smoke and no killing, our people are fighting death in the city, and we are fighting against time and this bad weather, and I hope that you can be confident that we will win this battle

Takahara pulled the steel knife out of its scabbard and pointed it at the sky: this battle will be won

Yuan Kui and others also shouted angrily: This battle will be won

Thousands of soldiers struck their shields with steel swords and slammed the earth with the hilt of their guns

The recruited men looked at them dumbfounded, and although they didn't know why they were shouting, they did feel a kind of excitement in their hearts to finish building these houses with them