Gujia Village was also the largest village in Youshui Town a few decades ago, and then the homeless people rioted, resulting in a sharp decline in the population, although the population of the village is now more than 1,000, but after all, it is still not as good as before, and now the homestead in the village is still vacant A small half, these places are just used to settle the homeless.

Knock down the old site, the whole village plus hundreds of displaced people set out together, more than a dozen adobe houses were built overnight, each house built a Datong paved soil kang, covered with dry straw, can accommodate more than a dozen people lying flat at the same time, two people have a straw quilt, barely do this first, when it is too cold, you can burn the kang, wintering is no problem at all.

In the morning, all the houses were finished, and the kang was a little wet, and they could not sleep, and for the past two days they could only spread straw on the ground, and they would sleep on a fire in the middle.

Although everyone was tired all night, they still had to go to the village under the honey locust tree to gather and work, because Gu Lizheng said very clearly, if you don't work, you won't have porridge to drink.

The displaced people came out of the adobe houses, gathered in groups to keep each other warm, Li Zheng cleared his throat and said: "Our Gujia Village now has a job for you to do, that is, to go up the mountain to chop wood, but you can only move on this low mountain. ”

Gu Qing had already demarcated the area where the pond was dug before, and originally wanted these homeless people to dig the pond. It can be seen that there are more women and fewer men, all of them are thin and weak, like little chicks. The soil on the other side of the wasteland is too hard, and there are many stones in it, and these homeless people are afraid that they will not be able to dig a few hoes, and their hands will be full of blood blisters.

Instead of digging slowly by hand, it is better to contract to the mall and dig it in a few nights.

As for the displaced people, Gu Qing finally discussed with Li Zheng and several patriarchs, and decided that it would be better for them to follow the villagers up the mountain to chop firewood. The villagers chop, they are responsible for collecting it, and then take turns to pick it down.

The main reason for not allowing the displaced people to chop wood is that they are afraid that they will riot again. After all, the heart of defending people is indispensable, they are all just acquaintances, and they are only a few faces, and the character is not yet known. There are hundreds of them, and if each of them takes a firewood knife and makes a fork a little, no one can afford it.

Gu Qing looked at the group of homeless people in front of him, all dressed in single clothes, shivering in the cold wind.

Although she was sympathetic, she didn't want to be a good person everywhere, Gu Qing tightened the cotton clothes on her body, and asked Zhu Han to set up a cauldron at home, and more than a dozen women in the village spontaneously came to cook porridge for these working homeless people.

The city and outside the city of Youshui County are also cooking porridge and boiling medicine, and they are very busy.

It wasn't until the homeless people outside the city talked about it and it reached Mo Li's ears that he knew that more than 100 people had gone to Gujia Village to grab food.

He was immediately furious, threw down the work in his hand, turned around and went to report to the county order.

"How can such a thing happen?!" Shen Xian Ling stood up suddenly, "Our county provides them with two meals of gruel a day, and they even go to plague the township, they are simply a group of mobs!" I think they are so idle that they have such heinous thoughts! Come on, quickly ride a horse to Gujia Village to see what the situation is! ”

Master Yuan came in sweating profusely: "Gujia Village is fine, those more than 100 people have been tied up by everyone in Gujia Village, this fact is a false alarm!" ”

"I knew that with my mother-in-law, Gujia Village couldn't be bullied by the homeless people so easily." Mo Li's smug expression was overflowing, and he was confused with confidence in Gu Qing's ability.

"My lord, these outcasts are no different from bandits in doing so, and according to the law, they should be exiled for three thousand miles!"

Shen County's order also has this intention.

If this group of people is not dealt with, the other displaced people may follow suit, and if the displaced people become chaotic, it will be very difficult to manage.

Master Yuan took a breath and said, "Those more than 100 people can't be disposed of......"

Mo Li's cold gaze fell on Master Yuan, and he said in a flat tone: "Master Yuan, why didn't I find out that you were such a sympathetic person before?" ”

"If it is disposed of, there will be no one to help Gujia Village to do the work." Master Yuan couldn't cry or laugh, "I also thought that Gujia Village was going to hand over that group of homeless people to the government, but I didn't expect that only a small number of ten people were handled, and the rest of the people were all left to chop firewood for the village, cut firewood for a day, give two bowls of porridge, and the group of homeless people were managed separately, and there was no chaos for the time being." ”

"It must have been my lady's idea." Mo Li swept away the coldness, and the corners of his mouth rose in a very good mood, "My wife thought about cash-for-work before, but I didn't expect that there would be a day when it could be implemented." Nowadays, several cities near Youshui County are besieged by displaced people, and only Youshui County provides two meals a day.

The number of displaced people will only increase, and even if there is a mountain of food, it will soon bottom out. It's better to find something for the homeless people to do, so that Youshui County can develop and get rid of those who like to work hard......"

Mo Li continued: "If you have enough firewood in the village, you can let them build roads!" ”

Every time I come to town from Gujia Village, I have to die of bumps along the way...... The head of the house was turned pale every time, and when it was serious, he vomited when he got out of the car.

If this road is repaired, the head of the house will not have to suffer in the future. However, a small Youshui County is still too small, and he wants to take the head of the family to Fucheng, to the capital, to farther and more prosperous places, to places where there are no Zhu Han and Yang Pei.

"That's a great idea!" Shen Xianling picked up the brush and wrote down the suggestion mentioned by Mo Li, "Master Yuan, you are responsible for announcing the new decree. ”

Mo Li glanced at it and was stunned for a moment: "Can you really do what I said?" ”

Shen Xian Ling nodded, looking at Mo Li's gaze with a bit of love, this young man is not only good-looking and knowledgeable, but also has a lady at home who cares about the people of the world, these two people are destined to be extraordinary: "However, the plague is important at the moment, and the road construction should be put aside in advance." ”

There are priorities, what is important and what is not, she has a scale in her heart.

Although she also often goes to Gujia Village, and also hopes that the road will be smoother, but at present, the plague is rampant, and the slightest mistake can destroy a city.

Mo Li nodded and walked out with Master Yuan, with a smile on his face that could not be concealed.

As soon as the two of them went out, the prefect's letter came again.

“…… The displaced people who fled the famine this time caused too much disaster, from Huzhou to Nanzhou, all the large and small counties and towns along the way were all plagued...... The imperial court has an order to rectify the displaced people in situ and help them settle down, and determine the ...... of the year's political performance according to the number of households settled in the homeless people."

Shen Xianling suddenly had a headache.

Asking her to provide food and medicine to the displaced people is barely possible.

But settle down...... It's really hard......

But no matter how difficult it is, she has to rise to it.

The most important issue now is to bring the plague under control first.

For several days, the situation in Gujia Village was improving.

Those homeless people who have been in poor health have looked much better after drinking medicine three times a day.

Every day, the village would send people to Youshui County and nearby villages to learn about the latest situation, and a group of women were talking together.

"I heard that the county magistrate is not giving food in vain now, and the displaced people have to work to get food, and they have to repair river embankments and canals, both of which are very tiring."

"Hahaha, Lord County Commander, isn't this learning from our Gujia Village, and only food will be given when you work."

"It's always a lot better in our Gujia Village, there is a place to live, there are quilts to keep out the cold, and those homeless people in the city can only squeeze through the temple."

“……”

The homeless people who were working heard this, and their minds were finally balanced.

People just want to compare, and when they compare, then the sense of happiness comes out.

They get up every hour to work, eat a thick porridge at noon, can rest for a while, and then work until the beginning of the afternoon, then have a thick porridge, and then the whole night belongs to themselves, as long as they don't run out of the prescribed area.

When they go to bed at night, ten people are crammed into an adobe house, there is a house to block the wind, there is a quilt and firewood for warmth, and they don't have to worry about being beaten and bullied when they sleep at night......

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