In December, heavy snow fell in all parts of the Jimo camp, and the temperature dropped suddenly in just a few days, as if it had entered the extreme cold overnight.

At this time, there were already displaced people from all over Shandong who passed through Lingshanwei and Aoshanwei, and under the guidance of the officers and men of various units of the new army, they went to the resettlement sites in various places one after another, and after registering and making records, Lingshanwei and Aoshanwei increased by more than 16,000 households and more than 50,000 people.

At the same time, Zhao Min took a group of scribes to sort out the population of the military households of Lingshanwei and Aoshanwei, and prepared to update the yellow books of the military households of the two guards.

However, there was huge pressure on the spot, Liu Yan saw that the cold winter was coming, and he was anxious, so he immediately ordered to allocate the money and food he had hoarded in advance, buy as many warm clothes as possible from the surrounding states and counties, and then transport them to various resettlement points for local distribution.

In the north of the Lingshan Acropolis, outside the inspection department of Xiaomeng Town, which is under the jurisdiction of Zhongqianhu, the commander Chen Xun is here, this is the largest resettlement point in Lingshanwei, more than a dozen cauldrons are set up around, hot soup or hot porridge is being cooked, and a sentry of the new army soldiers is trying to maintain order, distributing food and warm clothes to nearly 1,000 displaced people.

At this time, the wind and snow were a little lighter, but it was still cold, and the people waiting for relief were shivering from the cold, and some frail women and children were even more pale, and their bodies were so weak that they were shaking.

The commander Chen Xun was startled when he was inspecting, and hurriedly ordered people to gather these frail women and children together, and send them to the Inspection Department of Xiaomeng Town to settle down first, for fear that if it dragged on any longer, it would cause death.

At this time, Liu Yan had already sent someone to Zhao Min to send an order to distribute the displaced people who had been accepted one after another to Lingshanwei and Aoshanwei to settle down, that is to say, in the future, there would be a steady stream of displaced people migrating over Lingshanwei, and so many new populations suddenly brought great pressure to all the officials below the commander Chen Xun.

In addition, Liu Yan issued a death order, and set a "death index" for each resettlement site, once the number of people who died within the specified time exceeded the standard, then everyone below Chen Xun would be dismissed from the command, and if there were more dead people, maybe someone would lose their heads, so the commander made Chen Xun and other officials play a twelve-point spirit, and did not dare to have the slightest neglect.

Commanding Chen Xun to do everything he had in the government, set up houses around the Lingshan Acropolis and various thousands of households and hundreds of households, and also built houses in villages, fire road piers, and tunbao places in various parts of Lingshanwei to accommodate the new people as much as possible, and also called on the merchants of Lingshanwei to donate money and materials, or make efforts, and everyone tide over the difficulties together.

It is said that Wang Jing, the head of the Chamber of Commerce, also braved the cold to the resettlement site outside Wangjiazhuang Fort, and took a group of businessmen to donate silver and materials.

For this reason, the commander Chen Xun also recorded all the righteous businessmen one by one, and then reported to Liu Yan. Liu Yan was very happy when he learned about it, and directly reimbursed all the expenses of these righteous businessmen, winning praise both inside and outside.

At this time, there were two fathers and sons in the crowd in the queue, an old man named Shen Dong, a native of Qingzhou Mansion, and the family's grain storage was robbed by the local officials and soldiers. There was no way, so Shen Dong escaped with his nineteen-year-old son Shen Wen, begging and collecting all the way, and even the father and son grabbed some food with their conscience, and then they either came to Lingshanwei's side.

"Dad, there aren't many people in front, it's almost us!"

Shen Wen looked at the team in front of him and said very excitedly, he hadn't eaten for two days, and looking at the relief office in front of him, he could even smell the aroma of hot porridge.

Shen Dong nodded, thinking of the experience during this time, and then looked at the relief office in front of him, and couldn't help but burst into tears: "God has finally opened his eyes, with Liu Guerrilla here, I wait for Xiaomin to finally have a way to live!" ”

Many people around echoed, and even a few old men immediately knelt down and kept kowtowing in the direction of Jimo Camp City, and some women also sobbed in low voices, not knowing whether they remembered something bitter, or cried for the food and clothing they were about to get.

Shen Wen listened and watched, and admired the guerrilla general Liu Yan abnormally in his heart, thinking that in today's world, there is such a good official who is dedicated to the people, it is incredible!

Chen Xun on the side also noticed this, listening to the words of Shen Dong and the others, his face showed a trace of pride: "My lord really cares about the people, this time to contain the homeless, even if he spent money and food, but he gained people's hearts." ”

Liu Yan ordered the shelter of the homeless, and at the same time posted notices everywhere, directing the homeless people to rush to Lingshanwei and Aoshanwei, thus spreading his name, which was regarded as an "advertisement" made by Liu Yan for himself to enhance his prestige.

"Dad, how much land do you think Guerrilla Liu will give to our family?"

"This ......"

Shen Dong looked at his son with a longing face, and said with a smile: "I heard that Liu's guerrilla division of land is based on the number of people, and the larger the population of the family, the more land will be divided. There are only two people in our family, so there shouldn't be too many, but this is already very good, at least our father and son can eat enough, so that they will not be recluses and homeless people! ”

"Moreover, you didn't hear just now that if you want to stay in this Lingshanwei, you have to get rid of the civilian registration and change to the military household registration, and my son will become a dun army in the future, can you do it?"

Shen Wen remembered the dun army that had plundered his own house, and his face suddenly showed a trace of sadness, as well as more anger: "Dad, don't worry, my son can see it, if you want not to be bullied, you must have a knife and gun in your hand, this dun army, I should decide!" ”

While they were talking, Shen Dong and his son came to the relief office, and a new army flag commander gave each father and son two black flour cakes, a bowl of hot porridge, and a thick cloth robe to protect them from the cold.

After Shen Dong's father and son took it, while walking towards the inspection department of Xiaomeng Town under the guidance of the soldiers of the new army, they ate the black flour cake in their hands and drank the hot porridge like a storm, and instantly felt as if they were alive again, and there was an indescribable joy all over their bodies. 33

Then the father and son draped their thick cloth clothes over their bodies, felt a trace of warmth, and as the crowd entered the inspection department, they began to register at the land distribution office at the gate.

"Shen Dong, a family of two men, according to the decree of the guerrilla general's mansion, was given 20 acres of medium cultivated land, a number of farm tools, and a ploughing cow with nine other neighbors!"

"Twenty acres!"

"Medium arable land!"

Hearing this number, Shen Dong's father and son were stunned on the spot, as if they were in a fantasy world, and they couldn't believe their ears.

"Daddy! Our family has twenty acres of land, twenty acres! ”

Shen Dong suddenly cried bitterly, originally there were less than ten acres of land in his home, but now when he came here, he was divided into twenty acres, and sighed in his heart, if he could have met Liu Guerrilla earlier, why would his wife be starved to death!

Shen Dong excitedly controlled his trembling hands, and under the instructions of the soldiers of the new army, he pressed the handprint heavily, and carefully put away the title deed belonging to his own family, for fear of being damaged.

The soldiers of the new army on the side waved their hands when they saw the excited appearance of the father and son, and said, "You are excited to be like this when you only get twenty acres of land?" Check out the recruitment registry over there, I'm sure you're going crazy! ”

Shen Wen asked, "Is it better to be a soldier in the Guerrilla General's Mansion than to be in the place?" ”

"That's nature!"

The soldiers of the new army said: "This time, Liu Guerrilla will not only divide the land for you poor people, but also register the young and strong among the displaced people separately. Although you will all be transferred to military households, not every household has young people who are qualified to join the new army, so not every family has to send someone to serve as a dun army. ”

"Anyone who registers as a reserve soldier of the New Army will be given great benefits by the guerrillas of my family, each of whom will be given 20 acres of land, and a monthly salary of four taels of silver, and the family will also receive special care from the guerrilla masters. In the event of a war, if you are killed or disabled in battle, the guerrillas will pay a pension and give monthly offerings to your family! Isn't that better than just asking for 20 acres of arable land? ”

Shen Wen was immediately moved when he heard this, he was nineteen years old, but he was not married, and now he and his father Shen Dong did not have half a piece of tile to settle down. Even if they are now allocated 20 acres of land, the father and son can't save much food every year, and they can't marry a wife and have children until the Year of the Monkey?

Thinking of this, Shen Wen immediately said to his father Shen Dong: "Dad, can you hear the words of this military master? My son is going to join the army, and my father is farming at home, so in just a few years, our family will be able to live a good life! ”

Shen Dong was a little hesitant, after all, if there is turmoil today, although the treatment of Lingshanwei in the army is better, who can guarantee that Lingshanwei will not ignite the flames of war in the future?

"My son, our family has already been allocated twenty acres of fertile land, so don't worry about the twenty acres of the soldiers. As long as our father and son work hard for a few years, we can live a good life. ”

"But how much can you save in a year? If there is a disaster year, or if there is something in the family, most of the family will be broken down at that time, is my father still thinking about pawning the land? Didn't Dad listen to those military masters, Liu Guerrilla is explicitly forbidden to buy and sell land, who dares to buy it! ”

Shen Wen's words seemed to evoke Shen Dong's painful memories, and at this time, he just shook his head and sighed, and his tears couldn't stop flowing down.

Shen Wen persuaded a few more words, and despite his father's opposition, he directly signed up.

A few days later, the forty acres of land allocated by Shen Dong's father and son were not far away, just outside the inspection department of Xiaomeng Town, which was urgently reclaimed by Zhang Lei, the official in charge of tun, with some dun troops. There are also a contiguous tracts of cultivated land here, all of which are allocated to the newly relocated displaced people, and Zhao Min also led people to build some houses here, forming a small village.

Shen Dong, Shen Wen, father and son were very happy when they saw the house allocated to their own family. Although this house is not big, with only two main rooms and a small courtyard, it is also the place where the father and son settled, which can be regarded as a home.

After Shen Wen registered, as a reserve force of the new army, he was also informed that after the Spring Festival, he would have to conduct daily training in the village. Now Shen Wen is a military household, after the Spring Festival and the beginning of spring, he will have to cultivate when the farm is busy, and train when the farm is slack, once the new army is expanded, Shen Wen and the rest of the registered young people will be reorganized into various battalions.

In addition, Liu Yan considered that the land of Lingshanwei and Aoshanwei would definitely not be enough to distribute in the future, so Liu Yan ordered Zhang Lei, the official in charge of the tun, to organize the people to reclaim wasteland to supplement the land gap, and on the other hand drafted a "monetization plan".

Shen Wen chose the former, and in the past few days, the commander Chen Xun has sent someone to post a notice, promising that the Lingshan Guard will organize people in the spring of next year to help Shen Wen and other reserve soldiers reclaim wasteland.

Shen Dong and his son spent a few days repairing their new house, although it was still dilapidated, but it was able to keep out the wind and cold.

This night, it snowed again outside, Shen Dong and his son sat around the brazier eating the rationed food, listening to the wind and snow outside, the two of them were satisfied and happy, and they were full of longing for the days ahead.

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