As soon as Zhang Lei's words fell, everyone around looked over, Miao Shao, Xu Ming, and Chen Xun were even more dissatisfied, and Wang Yue muttered in a low voice: "Can this Zhang Lei speak?" ”

Liu Yan smiled and said, "Okay, Mr. Zhang, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Zhang Lei clenched his fists and said: "My lord, my subordinates have been working in the military camp during this time, leading all the military households to reclaim more than 4,000 acres of wasteland, and buying more than 800 acres of adjacent cultivated land from the surrounding areas. At present, the supporting water conservancy facilities such as canals for the newly acquired farmland have been completed one after another, but there are not enough people to cultivate the land. ”

After speaking, Zhang Lei bowed to Liu Yan and said, "So, today's subordinates take advantage of this banquet to ask for someone from the adult!" ”

Liu Yan laughed, beckoned everyone to sit down and continue to eat and drink, and then pulled Zhang Lei to his side and sat down.

Liu Yan knew that what Zhang Lei said was the truth, and now that the business of the hundred households in Wangjiazhuang was booming, Chen Jiang's and Qian Soap were preparing to open a branch of a soap workshop and a wine shop in Wangjiazhuang in order to expand production.

At present, there are six large salt drying ponds, thirteen medium salt drying ponds, and nineteen small salt drying fields, which can produce more than 58,000 catties of sea salt every month.

The Firearms Supervision Office and the Armor Supervision Office have also expanded to varying degrees, and although there are not many skilled craftsmen, the miscellaneous servants and apprentices can be selected directly from the military households, and the requirements for the population are even higher.

Not to mention that a lot of arable land has also been reclaimed in various Huoludun and Tunbao, and now there is a shortage of people everywhere in Wangjiazhuang, which is also the reason why Liu Yan insists on sheltering the disaster victims and displaced people.

However, more than half a month has passed, and the number of victims and displaced people who have poured into various parts of Wangjiazhuang is not as large as Liu Yan expected.

Originally, Liu Yan expected that once he opened his mouth to contain the disaster victims and displaced people, a large number of people would definitely be absorbed into it. Even Liu Yan was ready, waiting to be questioned by the officials of the Qianhu Institute and Lingshanwei in Xiahe Village.

Now it seems that Liu Yan himself has thought a little too much.

At this time, Liu Yan said to Zhang Lei: "Now we are everywhere in Wangjiazhuang, and the number of military tuns is the most labor-intensive, but the current situation Zhang Zongqi also knows, there is a shortage of people everywhere, and I can't help it." I don't think it'...... like this."

Liu Yan stopped Zhang Lei, who was about to speak, and continued: "I think so, tomorrow I will ask Yue Zongqi to allocate a sum of silver to you, and Juntun will buy another batch of cultivated cattle, I will buy a hundred heads." If you can use animal power in farming, you don't need to use people, so it can also alleviate the problem of lack of manpower, you see? ”

Zhang Lei sighed and said, "The difficulties of adults are also known to their subordinates. It's just that on the side of the military tun, there are some things that livestock can't replace people. ”

Liu Yan nodded, knowing that Zhang Lei was telling the truth, but now that Wangjiazhuang's manpower has indeed reached the limit, what can he do?

At this moment, Xu Ming on the side came over and said, "My lord, there is something that my subordinates forgot to report. ”

"What's the matter?"

"A few days ago, when my subordinates led people to suppress bandits, a team found a group of displaced people in the north at night."

Liu Yan suddenly came to his senses, and hurriedly asked, "Where is it!" ”

Xu Ming thought for a moment and said: "Just twenty miles south of Tiepu Mountain, there are about more than 1,000 people in that group of displaced people, and they are stranded over there, they should be in distress, and they don't know where to go." ”

Liu Yan clapped his hands when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Haha, God really helps me!" ”

Then Liu Yan pointed at Xu Ming and said to Zhang Lei: "Tomorrow, I will ask Xu Zongqi to bring people over and bring back the more than 1,000 homeless people, and then give you Zhang Zongqi priority to allocate manpower, how about it?" ”

"My subordinates have thanked you!"

The next afternoon.

Xu Ming stood on a hill with Dong Yun, Du Zhongming, and Lu Yuan beside him, and more than 180 cavalry sentry soldiers lined up behind him.

Dong Yun's face is white and beardless, but he looks very tall, and his eyes are narrowed into a slit when he laughs, which is very joyful.

Du Zhongming is shorter, with two large front teeth, and his speech is very eye-catching.

Lu Yuan is tall and fat, with a pair of big hands like a fan, and his voice is like a thunderstorm, which is unforgettable.

The three little flag officials, except for Du Zhongming, who is nineteen years old, the other two are twenty-eight or nine years old, and the three of them have endless words when they get together, and Xu Ming can't help frowning slightly when they hear it.

"Are you finished?"

Du Zhongming said with a smile: "Boss, let's just watch it like this?" I see that the homeless people seem to be going to settle here, and you see, there are already a lot of fire pits dug over there, and they are all burying pots and cooking. ”

Lu Yuan waved his hand and said, "What do you know, those homeless people don't know the way, so they are trapped here, and we just want to take them away." ”

Xu Ming looked at the two of them and said, "Okay, everyone is resting, and it's time to work next." ”

The three of them immediately put away their smiles, became extremely serious, and clasped their fists and said, "Please give the boss an order!" ”

"After a while, the three banners will divide the soldiers into three ways, Lu Yuan, Du Zhongming, you each lead the men and horses to outflank the left and right sides respectively, and Dong Yun and I will lead the troops to press over from the front, and we must stabilize the more than 1,000 homeless people in the shortest possible time and gather them in one place!"

"Order!"

A moment later, more than 180 cavalry sentry soldiers rushed down the hill on horseback, divided into three groups and wrapped up the displaced people below, which immediately caused a commotion, and the displaced people on the periphery gathered inward in horror, and the displaced people inside did not know what was going on, they all looked outward, and more than 1,000 displaced people miraculously gathered in situ and were "surrounded" by Xu Ming, more than 180 people.

At this time, among the displaced people, an old man in his fifties looked around with a frightened face, and the cavalry soldiers who were constantly riding horses and galloping in the distance kept saying to several young people around him: "Be careful, see if the situation is not right for a while, let's run separately, and one can live." ”

"Master, who are those? I look like an official soldier, I should be fine, right? ”

"Officers and soldiers?"

The old man said: "Isn't it the official army who kills the good and risked the merits?" God knows what they're going to do! ”

While he was talking, the old man and a few apprentices heard shouts from the front.

"We are the dun army of the hundred households in Wangjiazhuang, and the master of the management team heard that you and others are in trouble here, so he specially ordered us to come and respond!"

"Wait for the old and the young, follow me to Wangjiazhuang to settle down, and then the master of the team will send you cultivated land, ploughing cattle, seeds and other things, and will arrange shelter and rations for you!"

After listening, the old man and several apprentices looked at each other, there are such good things in the world, could it be that they are all dreaming?

"Master, what should we do?"

The old man was very entangled, and he had already believed the words of those officials and soldiers, after all, if people had bad intentions, there was no need to deceive people at all, just start here, one or two hundred cavalry, it was completely possible to disperse the more than 1,000 homeless people.

So the old man said, "Go! Staying here anyway will be a death sooner or later. ”

The surrounding people also thought the same way, so they all echoed it, and the crowd began to move slowly, and under the guidance of Xu Mingyi's whole sentry, they migrated in the direction of Wangjiazhuang.

On the way, Xu Ming rode his horse and walked in the middle of the crowd, looking at the homeless people who helped the old and the young to go south, a stone in his heart finally fell to the ground, looked at Du Zhongming beside him with a smug face, and said: "What, my method is good, more than 1,000 people have been brought back by us." ”

"Haha, old nature is extraordinary, this method is really good, as long as you surround these homeless people, you can force them to go together."

While speaking, Xu Ming suddenly saw that in the crowd next to him, several young people were helping an old man on their way, and several of them were still carrying burdens, which looked like some strange iron tools.

"Stop them, bring them over and ask."

Du Zhongming looked in the direction, and then brought someone to bring the old man and the others over, at this time, several people were already frightened, looked at Xu Ming with a pale face, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and didn't dare to raise his head.

Xu Ming was also dumbfounded when he saw this, turned over and dismounted to help the old man up, and said with a smile: "Old man, how are you Geng this year?" ”

"The little old man is fifty-one years old this year."

"Oh, I don't know what the old man is called? What do you do for a living? ”

"This, the little old Gao Yunshan, was originally dry-headed."

"Heading?"

Xu Ming looked at Du Zhongming beside him, and saw that Du Zhongming also shook his head, indicating that he didn't know the meaning of the headset.

So Xu Ming asked, "This, what is the head for?" ”

Gao Yunshan said: "The head is to show people the ore vein, please look at it, my lord,"

Gao Yunshan said, then took off the burden he was carrying, took out the strange iron tools inside, and continued: "These are the tools used to drill ore according to the direction. ”

Xu Ming suddenly came to his senses and said, "Ore veins? What a mine! ”

Gao Yunshan looked at Xu Ming, who was a little excited, and said timidly: "It's iron ore, and Xiao Lao is the head of iron ore." ”

"Haha!"

Xu Ming suddenly burst out laughing, and Du Zhongming next to him was also smiling, and the two of them looked at Gao Yunshan's eyes very excitedly, as if they were looking at a big girl with yellow flowers, which made Gao Yunshan shudder.

Late that night, many bonfires were lit inside and outside Wangjiazhuang, and Liu Yan stood on the castle wall and looked out, his face full of joy.

It wasn't until nightfall that Xu Ming led his troops to bring back more than 1,000 homeless people, Liu Yan hurriedly ordered Miao Shao and Yue Ming to bring people out to maintain order, and Zhao Min also brought all the scribes to register and make a book.

The more than 1,000 displaced people must not be able to arrange it tonight, so Liu Yan ordered people to settle more than 1,000 displaced people outside the fort, mobilized food and other materials, and distributed them to these displaced people first, which can be regarded as calming the hearts of the displaced people.

It didn't take long for Zhao Min to come over, clasp his fists and say: "My lord, these homeless people have been settled, and tomorrow morning, the Jiachang of Huoludun and Tunbao, as well as Zhang Zongqi, the official of Tuntian, Chen Jiang's family of the soap workshop, the Chu director of the salt drying field, and the Qian director of the wine factory, etc., will send people over one after another, and when the time comes, the subordinates will resettle these more than 1,000 homeless people in various places according to the specific needs of each place." ”

Liu Yan smiled and said, "Very good, Director Zhao has worked hard!" ”

"The subordinates have only done their part, the adults are the hardest, all parties have to make decisions, the adults should go back and rest early, there are subordinates and others here, there will be no differences."

Liu Yan smiled and exchanged a few words with Zhao Min, then saw the chief flag officer Yue Ming coming over, and then hugged his fists and said: "My lord, my subordinates have already sent the rations down, and they have distributed different portions of grain according to the different ages of men, women and children, and have sent people to cook porridge in pots, and the same soup will be given later." ”

"Okay, but be careful, these homeless people have been hungry for a long time, and they must not be allowed to eat too much, otherwise they will die."

"Yes, my subordinates have written it down."

"In addition, Mr. Yue and Director Zhao will hold a meeting with the chiefs and directors of various departments tomorrow, and how many displaced people have been received by each department, and the corresponding amount of resettlement money and grain will be distributed to the hundred households."

"Subordinates obey."

Then Liu Yan asked Yue Ming: "By the way, where are the people of Xu Zongqi, when they came back, didn't they say that they brought someone back, where are the people now?" ”

Some people died, but not completely......