The people around Li Changfeng immediately shouted loudly.

"His Royal Highness the Nine Emperor Princes have arrived!"

The officers and soldiers were shocked and hurriedly knelt on the ground to pay respects.

"Meet His Royal Highness the Nine Emperor Princes!"

The refugees were overjoyed, so they knelt on the ground and moved their bodies, and they were busy kowtowing.

"Meet His Royal Highness the Nine Emperor Princes!"

"Your Highness, save us!"

"We can't survive anymore!"

"It's okay if I'm dead, but my child is only six years old, he can't die!"

The refugees wept bitterly, as if they had grasped a life-saving straw, and their eyes were full of pity and expectation when they looked at Li Changfeng.

The name of the Nine Emperors of Daqian spread all over the world, and they all hoped that Li Changfeng could help them.

Li Changfeng stepped forward quickly and hurriedly said, "Hurry up, get up, it's cold on the ground!" ”

The refugees stood up.

Li Changfeng saw that the people of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division also got up, his face immediately sank, and he said coldly: "Who told you to get up?" Kneel down for this prince! ”

The officers and soldiers were startled, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, lowering their heads and not daring to look at Li Changfeng, and they were terrified in their hearts.

They knew that what they had just said had been heard by Li Changfeng and had annoyed Li Changfeng.

Li Changfeng didn't have time to pay attention to these officers and soldiers, and immediately ordered: "Bring out the stove in the prince's carriage, find some firewood nearby, and light the fire, hurry up!" ”

The efficiency of the people around Li Changfeng was still very high, and soon several bonfires were burning, and the refugees hurriedly gathered around to roast the fire.

"Where did you come from, and how did you become refugees?" Li Changfeng was a little puzzled.

Emperor Qianwu is a Ming monarch, attaches great importance to the people's livelihood, these years are also implementing the national policy of light forced labor, light tax burden, rest and recuperation, this year in addition to the land of Shangzhou sent a big water harvest has been reduced, the harvest in other places is OK.

Supposedly, there shouldn't be so many refugees.

A gray-haired and skinny old man trembled and saluted Li Changfeng, and arched his hand: "Your Highness, we are from Zhili Mansion, the snow is too big this year, the houses have collapsed, the livestock have frozen to death, and most of the grain has been destroyed, so we can only become refugees and come to the capital to beg for food!" ”

"Snow disaster?" Li Changfeng frowned slightly, "What do you know, which places have been affected?" ”

Next, the old man reported what he knew to Li Changfeng in detail.

As the saying goes, the snow is a good year, and it is indeed good for the next year's harvest.

However, most of the houses of ordinary people are adobe thatched houses, and if the snow is too heavy to sweep them, they can easily collapse.

Many areas in the north have been affected by the disaster, and many people have become refugees.

Li Changfeng glanced at the refugees, men, women and children, and said loudly in his heart: "This prince can provide you with a mining job to ensure that you are well fed and clothed comfortably, and you will be paid, are you willing?" ”

Now that the sales of honeycomb coal have skyrocketed, and the output of coal mines is somewhat stretched, these people can just dig coal to create value.

Cash-for-work is much better than providing them with food directly, and it can last for a long time.

Hearing this, all the refugees were overjoyed and kowtowed in thanks.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

"Your Highness, you are our savior!"

"The little one is to be a cow and a horse, and I want to repay Your Highness for your kindness!"

These refugees never imagined that His Royal Highness the Nine Emperor Princes would not only give them food and shelter, but also pay them wages.

This is something they didn't dare to think of before, you must know that what they wanted before was just to survive.

After a thousand thanks, a refugee cautiously begged: "Your Highness, I still have a three-year-old child at home, please let the little one take him with you, the little one can not be paid, just give the child food, Your Highness rest assured that we eat very little!" ”

As soon as these words came out, many refugees who dragged their families and families also began to plead.

"Your Highness, my old mother eats very little, please let the little one take her, the little one can also not be paid, and the little one can't leave the mother alone!"

"Your Highness, my old father ......"

Li Changfeng sighed secretly, and waved his big hand: "All the princes who drag the family with their mouths want it!" If you are old enough to dig a mine, you can go to do chores, you can help cook, and the children are also with them, let go of eating, and your wages are indispensable! This prince guarantees that at least one meal a day will be accompanied by meat! ”

How much can an elderly person or a child eat?

This bit of silver, for Li Changfeng, is not even a dime.

As soon as these words came out, everyone was rejoicing, and praised Li Changfeng for being virtuous and benevolent.

Li Changfeng thought for a while, and then instructed the people around him: "Send someone to find out, all the real refugees, how many princes accept them, all of them will be sent to major coal mines to dig coal, remember, whoever dares to be greedy for their wages, this prince will cut them!" ”

With the popularization of honeycomb coal to the surrounding areas and the invention of the steam engine, the amount of coal used will definitely explode.

Even if you don't need that much coal now, you will use it in the future, and there is no harm in storing more.

After arranging these, Li Changfeng was about to leave, and a little boy who was thin as firewood and thinly dressed, about seven or eight years old, came to Li Changfeng timidly, knelt on the ground and said cautiously: "Your Highness, my father and mother are frozen to death, can you let me go to mine too?" If I really can't do it, I can go and help cook, Your Highness, rest assured, I am very capable, and I can do without pay. ”

Li Changfeng's heart was sour, he sighed secretly, with a gentle smile on his face, and touched the little boy's head.

"Okay, then you can go and help cook."

"Thank you, Your Highness, thank you, Your Highness!"

The little boy was overjoyed, and kept kowtowing and banging.

At this time, Li Changfeng noticed the things the little boy was holding in his hand and immediately became interested.

"Can you show the toy in your hand?"

"Yes."

The little boy held out his hand, his face full of doubt.

He couldn't understand how His Royal Highness could be interested in a child's toys.

It was a wheel-like thing made of wood, with a groove in the middle, and a long rope tied to it, very similar to the yo-yo that Li Changfeng had played with in his previous life.

Li Changfeng skillfully wound the string around the middle groove, raised his hand and flicked it gently, and the wooden wheel quickly spun up.

The little boy was quite surprised: "Your Highness, you can also play!" ”

Li Changfeng smiled.

Isn't it just playing?

Back then, he was a master, and he knew a lot of tricks.

Li Changfeng didn't say anything, handed over the toy, and said casually: "Your father made it for you, right?" ”

The little boy, however, shook his head.

"No, I did it myself."

"Oh? What did you do? Li Changfeng suddenly became interested, "How did you come up with the idea of making such a thing?" ”

"Observe! I observed my father's tool for drilling holes around ropes and made myself such a toy. ”

Li Changfeng's eyes lit up.

(End of chapter)