"A lot of people ......"

There was no end in sight to the procession of refugees winding along the road.

Although it was not the first time Zhu Chengjun had seen refugees, he was also shocked by the current wave of refugees.

If a large number of refugees were to flood into the county, the consequences would be absolutely unimaginable.

"Pass the order down, close the road!" Zhu Chengjun decisively issued an order to close the road.

"Big Brother ......"

Hearing that the road was going to be closed, Xu Xiao, who had always been obedient to Zhu Chengjun, hesitated to execute the order for the first time.

"Have you ever imagined what would happen if you let refugees into the city get out of control?" Zhu Chengjun was rarely annoyed, walked over and patted Xu Xiao's shoulder, and sighed: "I know you sympathize with them, but I am not hard-hearted." You also know the current situation in Zhongli County, we don't have so much food to help them. Zhu Chengjun grimaced, and said sternly in a commanding tone: "Now is not the time to act rashly, do it!" ”

"Yes."

Xu Xiao turned around and rushed down the hillside, conveying the road closure order to the Zhongli County officials and the disciples of the Yixin Sect.

"Road closure! No one is allowed to break through! ”

Xu Xiao gave an order, and the improvised simple rejection horses were lined up, with sharp edges facing the sky.

Immediately afterwards, the disciples and servants of the Yixin Sect were in place, holding their rods on guard, and they were ready to fight.

Seeing that the refugees were approaching the checkpoint, everyone clenched their weapons in their hands.

"Listen to the people on the other side, we are Zhongli County officials, please go back the way you came, and you must not trespass!"

The official shouted at the oncoming refugees, but instead of working, he prompted the refugees to speed up their approach.

For a while, refugees in ragged clothes and with dishes like vegetables instantly poured in.

The refugees still had a shred of reason, and when they saw the officials blocking the road and refusing horses and guarding them, they unconsciously stopped.

"Let Us Go ......"

"We came to Zhongli County to join Lord Zhu......"

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The crowd of refugees is getting denser and denser, and it looks like it's about to be crowded.

"We're going into town!"

"We're going into town!"

…………

At the instigation of the leader, a group of refugees were about to break through.

Seeing that the situation was not good, everyone resisted with rods.

"Don't move! If you dare to get closer, don't blame me for waiting for the killer! ”

The officials and the disciples of the Yixin Sect issued a stern warning.

"Get out of the way!"

…………

Xu Xiao wasn't sure when these refugees would forcibly break through, and he couldn't resist it at all just by simply refusing the horse.

"Piling! Fortify your defenses! ”

Looking up, Xu Xiao saw that there were still refugees rushing in the distance, and the empty ground was about to be unable to accommodate it.

"This strong man, please report to Lord Zhu, we are really desperate."

"Everyone heard that Master Zhu was a good official on the road, so they rushed to ......"

…………

As soon as you say a word to many refugees, the sound of the voice instantly overwhelms the warning of the officials.

Xu Xiao knew that it was not a way to keep stalemate like this, so he immediately jumped on the rejection horse and shouted to everyone: "I will truthfully convey the situation here, please calm down, Lord Zhu will definitely find a way to settle everyone." ”

"We want to see Lord Zhu!"

"Please come forward and speak!"

…………

Seeing that Xu Xiao's kind words and persuasion had little effect, the officials took out the cruel words they had always used to intimidate the people.

"Calm down! If you break in, I will join forces to ask Lord Zhu to order the closure of the city! ”

"That's right! If you break through, we will not only lock down the city, but also clear the wilderness! ”

"Stand down......"

The effect of the officer's harsh words was immediate, and the refugees instantly settled down a lot.

Seeing that the scene had calmed down a lot, Xu Xiao knew that this was only temporary, and if it dragged on for a long time, it would definitely be chaotic, and it was not realistic to want to keep thousands of refugees out of the checkpoint with these 100 people.

"I'll leave it to you here, I'll go to the eldest brother to get an idea."

Dropping the words, Xu Xiao turned his head and left.

On the top of the hillside, Zhu Chengjun sat on the stone with his chin propped up and pondered a good plan.

Zhongli County has expanded more than ten times on the original basis, and it is true that it needs a large number of people to fill it, but it is really not the right time for these people to come at the moment, if there is enough food for the population, of course, the more the better, but at the moment, it is still difficult to even supply the rations of the people in the county, and suddenly there are tens of thousands of more mouths to eat, what should they take to fill their stomachs?

Zhu Chengjun knew that if he wanted to find a way to attract people to settle in Zhongli County after the situation stabilized, with the deep-rooted local concept of people in this era, he would have to wait for more than ten or twenty years to make Zhongli County's population full.

Zhu Chengjun sighed faintly, and felt sad in his heart, if only there was enough food.

"Why don't you retreat into the city, just close the gates, strictly guard the gates, and ignore them, it's easy and troublesome." Chen Xuan said with a flat face.

"If the refugees get to that point, they can't be stopped by a wall." Sun Qi shook his head.

Chen Xuan glanced at Zhu Chengjun, who was sitting with his cheeks in contemplation, and said in surprise: "You plan to take them in!" ”

"Oh my God! And ......"Sun Qi noticed a large number of refugees rushing in the distance.

"Why are so many people displaced?" Chen Xuan asked.

Zhu Chengjun threw away the bald straw in his hand, stood up, and sighed lightly: "The Yuan soldiers pressed the border on a large scale, the military disaster panicked, and the officials and masters rushed to sacrifice the city to survive, and even took advantage of the Yuan army's momentum to drive the people to annex the land, taking advantage of the chaos to enrich themselves. Nowadays, refugees are everywhere, in addition to escaping the military disaster, in my opinion, most of them are caused by those corrupt officials taking advantage of the chaos to encroach on people's property. ”

"This bunch of dog officers! Damn it! Chen Xuan said resentfully.

"If you force people to that point, won't these ordinary people organize to resist?"

In Chen Xuan's view, instead of being bullied to death, it is better to fight to the death.

Zhu Chengjun sighed lightly: "Both horizontal and vertical are dead, and I am also curious why they didn't organize to resist." Zhu Chengjun turned his eyes to look at Chen Xuan, Sun Qi's second daughter, and teased: "Otherwise, your White Lotus Sect will come forward to gather them, and then kill them back, and take back what belongs to them, so that you can use this to strengthen the prestige of the White Lotus Sect, not to mention, you can also take advantage of the chaos to make a fortune." ”

Chen Xuan rolled his eyes and snorted: "These cowards have no blood at all, even if they are reluctantly brought together, they are all rabble, they can't become a climate, and the White Lotus Sect doesn't do such useless work." ”

"Bloodless? Not necessarily, if you look at the way they look now, they can eat people. ”

"If they had been ruthless at the beginning, why did they get to where they are today." For these refugees, Zhu Chengjun also mourns their misfortune, pities their ignorance, and is angry with them. The officials and soldiers who bullied them dared to breathe, and when they came to defect to us, they dared to speak disrespectfully to our old Zhu, and the attitude of the people who came to defect was so horizontal, they were bastards!

Zhu Chengjun instantly reduced his sympathy and compassion for these refugees.

Zhu Chengjun knew that the refugees gathered together had a common belief in survival, and driven by the common belief, as long as one person took the lead, the others did not need to organize and mobilize at all, and they would follow like a flock of sheep.

"Big brother, there are more and more people......"

Zhu Chengjun retracted his gaze and said in a deep voice: "Second brother, I still remember the first time we met. ”

"Yes." Compared with his own experience, Xu Xiao found that there was a clear difference in the current situation, and said sadly: "After all, there are thousands of refugees at the moment, and we can't get food, how can we calm the people's hearts." ”

Zhu Chengjun raised his hand and pointed to the area of Xishan, where the land was originally used to build a large temple for the White Lotus Sect, and now there are no spare people to start the construction. Zhu Chengjun instructed Xu Xiao: "The ground there is relatively open, enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people, you should first separate people and guide them to the past, you must not let them gather here, even if you lead people there, you must try your best to separate people." ”

Dividing people apart not only facilitates management, but also reduces the spread of negative emotional infection.

Xu Xiao nodded, and then said, "Little brother is afraid that he won't be able to call them." ”

There is no foundation of trust between each other, and it is difficult to make people obedient.

Knowing Xu Xiao's concerns, in order to open up the situation, the most important thing at the moment is to give the refugees a reassuring pill, Zhu Chengjun pondered for a while, and then instructed Xu Xiao: "Tell them in my name, as long as they obey the arrangement, the food will be delivered later." Zhu Chengjun thought that it was not enough, and then said: "Don't let them sit after they get there, they need to build a shelter from the wind and rain themselves, you can just watch the arrangement." ”

"Little brother understands."

Xu Xiao and Zhu Chengjun have experience in reettling refugees, and they have long been familiar with this.

Seeing that Xu Xiao divided the refugees into phalanxes, and the refugees were willing to obey Xu Xiao's command, Zhu Chengjun secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and the direct conflict with the refugees was temporarily avoided. Zhu Chengjun turned his eyes to look at Chen Xuan and Sun Qi, and proposed: "When people are in a desperate situation, their hearts are eager for the savior to come into the world, why don't you take the opportunity to preach the teachings of your White Lotus Sect, although they can't make much contribution to the White Lotus Sect, they can also expand your followers and enhance the influence of the White Lotus Sect." ”

"If you don't promise to feed them, will they be obedient?" Sun Qi turned his face away.

"Your proposal is very good, and I was thinking about asking you to help." Chen Xuan said ill-intentionedly.

"When I didn't say it." Zhu Chengjun smiled, if you want to take out a few taels of silver from the hands of the White Lotus Sect, it is not easy to say, these two demon girls did not take the opportunity to coerce themselves, they should burn high incense and worship the Buddha.

"Crunch......" There was a slight sound of car rolling not far away.

Zhu Chengjun turned around slowly, and when he looked at it, the silhouette of the person who came looked like Shen Ze.

Just when Zhu Chengjun looked away, he inadvertently saw a carriage following behind Shen Ze, and the car behind him moved so fast that it caught up with and overtook Shen Ze's car in a few breaths. The carriage that overtook Shen Ze's car did not have such a piercing creaking sound, and the driving was not so bumpy.

"What a fast carriage." Sun Qideng's eyes widened.

It was also a horse-drawn carriage, but the carriage that overtook it was like flying, how not to surprise people.

The carriage approached, and Zhu Chengjun heard the sound of the bearing turning.

......The driver tightened the reins of the horse, but the body of the carriage was driven by inertia and kinetic energy to push the horse forward, and it took a lot of effort for the driver to stop the carriage.

Seeing Master Jia coming out of the carriage, Zhu Chengjun knew that he not only made the bearing, but also successfully applied the bearing to the carriage. The carriage with bearings can greatly and effectively reduce the coefficient of friction during the operation of the vehicle, and it is by no means comparable to the traditional old carriage.

Knowing that the bearing manufacturing and application have been successful, Zhu Chengjun instantly swept away the haze in his heart, and the wealth that a simple bearing can bring to himself is absolutely amazing.

"Zhu Gongzi! It's done! …… Haha...... "Master Jia landed from the high-speed carriage, and he was still a little uncomfortable, and he felt that the whole person was still flying.

"Master Jia, as soon as you come, my urgent need will be solved." Zhu Chengjun was delighted, the application of bearings is very extensive, not only can be used in horse-drawn carriages, but also the use of spinning wheels and other mechanical rotating bodies, the market prospect is absolutely bright, the most important thing is that the manufacturing technology of bearings is currently only in their own hands.

Zhu Chengjun and Master Jia exchanged pleasantries for a while before Shen Ze's carriage arrived.

The first thing Shen Ze did when he got out of the car was not to come over to report to Zhu Chengjun, but to stare at the new carriage carefully, wanting to see what was so magical about it, it could run so fast.

After inspecting for a long time, Shen Ze couldn't see the reason.

"Host, this carriage is amazingly fast...... It's like flying! In order to solve the doubts in his chest, Shen Ze asked: "My subordinates are very curious, what is the mystery of this carriage?" ”

Zhu Chengjun didn't answer immediately, and asked Master Jia: "How long does it take to make a set of bearings for a carriage?" How many sets of stock do you have in hand now? ”

"It didn't take long to make one set of bearings, and in order to consolidate the technology, I made more than 20 sets."

Zhu Chengjun nodded, and turned to look at Shen Ze: "If the bearings are sold to the car dealer to make carriages, as the bearings of the key components, how much do you think is the right price for a set?" ”

After listening to the conversation between Zhu Chengjun and Master Jia, Shen Ze knew that the key to making the carriage gallop was the bearing, and replied: "According to the subordinates, a set of bearings can be sold for five hundred taels of silver. ”

With these 20 sets of bearings in his hand, he can easily make a profit of more than 10,000 taels of silver, Zhu Chengjun immediately instructed Master Jia: "After you go back, hurry up and make another batch of bearings, the more the better!" ”

"Yes! After the subordinates returned, they rushed to work overnight. Master Jia replied cheerfully.

Zhu Chengjun then instructed Shen Ze: "You take this sample car and the remaining bearings to Jingchu tomorrow to seek cooperation with the local car dealership, exchange all the income from this trip into food, and transport it back as soon as possible." ”

The Jingchu area had long since fallen into the hands of the Mongols, and production there had recovered after the war. The lake is wide and the world is full, and there is now a large amount of grain for sale in the land of Jingchu. Since the food crisis in Zhongli County, Zhu Chengjun had thought about buying grain from Jingchu to deal with the crisis, but he had to give up due to high grain prices. At present, the food crisis is bound to intensify with the influx of refugees into Zhongli County, and now with the new income-generating project of bearings, the problem of money shortage has been solved. In the past, there was not only a shortage of food but also money, but now that everything is ready, he can make up his mind to purchase grain from Jingchu in large quantities.

"Subordinates receive orders." Then, Shen Ze added: "Now that the business route to communicate with Jingchu has been opened, my subordinates also have plans to open Yutai Grain Store to the land of Jingchu. ”

Zhu Chengjun patted Shen Ze on the shoulder and said, "Just let go of your hands and feet, I support you." ”

"The subordinates must live up to their mission!"