Chapter 41: The Great Migration - Hai'an Island

Lou Zi Man is in a very bad mood. When he came back from the beach in the morning, he directly locked himself in the room and didn't come out, which looked quite similar to Jiang Fei's goods. It's just that everyone is unanimously silent, and no one mentions what happened in the morning, and the current Lou Zi man is very dangerous.

Li Mu didn't have time to pay attention to Lou Zinan, he was very busy now, and the resettlement of the relocated villagers was a big problem. As early as half a month ago, the old and weak left behind in Xichao Village were all busy, building thatched houses for the relocated villagers to live temporarily, but the effect was not ideal.

Labor is limited, too few houses are built, and too many people have migrated. There was no choice but to let the two families live in two rooms of the same house, and made it clear that this was only a temporary residence, and the housing problem would be solved as soon as the weather warmed up. However, what surprised Li Mu was that the people of Xincun (the name of Xichao Village for those who migrated from Xichao Village) did not seem to care about housing, they only cared about whether they could eat.

Dine?

Li Mu smiled, he immediately ordered Su Shan and Zhuzi to go to the town to buy, and they came back in the evening, and in the stunned eyes of the villagers of Xincun, Su Shan and Zhuzi sent dozens of pigs and several carts of fine grain to each family. When Li Mu was busy in Xincun, his feet did not touch the ground, Liu Luo found him and told him the news straight to the point: "Bizhou Mansion and Ningzhou Mansion are in chaos. ”

Then, Liu Luo's next words disrupted all of Li Mu's previous plans: "The commander of the local garrison army of Ningzhou Mansion was placed under house arrest by the crown prince Nanmen Zixia, and now the local garrison of Ningzhou Mansion has been taken over by the prince. Ji Gang, the commander of the first factory, led a 50,000-strong army to Shangjing on the orders of the emperor, and he was already on the way. Bizhou Mansion is the most chaotic, and the legion of the Demon Sword Gate, one of the three major factions, defeated more than half of the city in Bizhou Mansion by thunderous means, and the remaining small part is controlled by several major families in Bizhou Mansion. ”

Li Mu listened to him in a daze, and said secretly: The chaos is so fast!

Liu Luo sighed and continued, "I think we should have planned early. Third, what do you think, do you want to stay in Huaixi County or plan to go to sea?"

Li Mu settled down and analyzed: "If we continue to stay in Huaixi County, we lack the ability to protect ourselves. The armed force is less than 30 people, and it is too unrealistic to protect so many villagers, and any force is not something we can compete with now, so let's go to sea. What about the ships? How many ships are there now?"

Liu Luo calculated and said, "There are almost twenty ships at home now, and they will all come back in the next three days." Based on the calculation of 150 people in one boat, three boats in Xichao Village and Xincun are enough. I'm going to deliver all the supplies on the rest of the ship. ”

Li Mu looked at him in surprise: "How many supplies did you buy?"

Liu Luo smiled a little reluctantly, and said, "Maybe I bought a little too much, I used all the money to buy supplies...... Well, there is a batch of supplies that are very cost-effective, so I will eat them all, and now we have less than 10,000 taels of money in our hands. However, the materials in hand are sufficient, and there is absolutely no problem in feeding 50,000 people for a year. In fact, we only need to feed 1,000 people, and even if we don't work, these supplies will be enough for us to eat until we are old. ”

"Nothing more, nothing more, nothing at all. Li Mu had a smile on his face, and he thought of another question: "There is no house on Hai'an Island, tomorrow we will go to the county seat to recruit labor, and go to sea as soon as possible to erect the house on the island." ”

"How many houses are you going to build?"

"According to one room per family, build a hundred rooms first?" Li Mu asked tentatively. Liu Luo smiled after hearing this: "Now there are empty houses on Hai'an Island, let alone a hundred, two hundred are no problem." He explained: "Our fishing grounds are well treated, and there are 12 counties in Hai'an Prefecture, so if you go and inquire about it, who doesn't want to work in our fishing grounds? Do you know how many fishermen are staying on Hai'an Island now? When Uncle Dali told me a month ago, there were nearly 300 people on the island, and counting the development of this month, there were at least 300 people on the island. With so many people building houses, more than a dozen can be erected in a day. ”

This number frightened Li Mu, as a big boss, he didn't know that there were already so many people under his hands. He scratched his head and asked, "If Xichao Village and Xincun are moved there as a whole now, what else should I pay attention to?"

Liu Luo said with a smile: "The biggest problem in Hai'an Island was the lack of food and materials before, but now this problem has been solved. So now there is no problem, that is, as soon as so many people pass, there will definitely be several institutions to be set up to manage the island...... Hmm, what form do you want to manage the island? family-style, or ......."

Li Mu swallowed his saliva: "What if we establish a regime on the island?"

"Regime?" Liu Luo didn't understand at first, but when he reacted, he was overjoyed, and said, "Let's make a country by ourselves?"

Li Mu nodded and said, "I just have this idea now...... Well, when the time comes, our country will not grow grain, and all grain will be sent to the mainland to purchase. There are many industries that we can work in, such as setting up a fishing farm as a state-owned enterprise, and all the residents of the island can work in the enterprise and pay everyone a monthly salary, which is actually what we are doing now. In addition, we need to control the various industrial chains on the island, such as grain, animal husbandry, and so on. Our advantage now is that the number of people is small, and if we find loopholes, we can correct them in time, and we will improve them more and more in the future. ”

The more Liu Luo listened, the more excited he became, and he looked like he was eager to try, and said, "Just say how to do it, the second brother supports you unconditionally." ”

Li Mu said: "Relocation, move the village now." In addition, the establishment of a new regime should be put on the agenda, and there should be no need to carry out those founding ceremonies and the like, just tell the residents of the island that there is our regime, and all the residents must submit to the jurisdiction of the regime...... Hey, it's a bit early to talk about this, so let's migrate. ”

Liu Luo agreed and went out to prepare, Li Mu was not idle here, he personally went to pull the depressed Chonglou to the study, and Jiang Fei was also dragged together.

Li Mu directly gave the first order to the two legion commanders: "I will go to sea tomorrow to Hai'an Island, so the matter of recruiting the legion reserve will be left to you." Recruit people to board the ship directly from Huaixi County, and I will wait for you on Hai'an Island. Oh yes. All the immediate family members of the recruited reservists can move their families to Haiping Island for only one chance. If you don't go this time, you won't be able to go when the world is in chaos in the future, and you must make this clear to the recruited reservists. ”

Jiang Fei is in a good mood now, and readily agreed. Chonglou didn't speak with a dark face, which can be regarded as acquiescence.

After the two left, Li Mu went home to find Wanniang, but he didn't find it, and went to the second brother Liu Luo's house, this girl is really here. She, Man'er, and four or five maids were talking and laughing and packing their luggage, and when they saw Li Mu coming in, these maids immediately got up and shouted to their masters.

Li Mu asked them what they should do, Wan Niang came over and held his whole arm in her arms, and said cutely: "Husband, just now the second brother came back and said that I and Sister Man'er should pack our luggage and go to Hai'an Island with the first ship." Husband, are you going?"

Li Mu sighed secretly: He really deserves to be a sworn brother, even the personality of his habitual daughter-in-law is the same, and every time something happens, the first thing that comes to mind must be his daughter-in-law. He scratched Wan Niang's nose and said, "Go, of course." When you've packed your bags, we'll go together tomorrow. ”

The old, weak, sick and disabled left behind in Xichao Village not only did not panic when they heard that they were going to sea, but even made them excited. As for farming...... Oh, that's all the old yellow calendar. Now every family has someone working in the fishing grounds, and one person earns more money than a family could have earned in a year of rice planting. Moreover, the development of the fishery is booming, and occasionally grain and meat are distributed from door to door, and the welfare treatment is not generally good. In addition, now the entire twelve counties of Hai'an Province don't know how many people want to squeeze into the fishing grounds, and they don't dare to vacate the space for these people. Therefore, even if these old, weak, sick and disabled people in the village do not go to Haiping Island, there is no way to farm.

The people of the new village were somewhat hesitant, they had driven thousands of miles to go to sea just after coming here, and they were speculating. Fortunately, there was an old village chief in charge, and he was moved by emotion and reason, and he quickly persuaded these people.

That night, every family was packing their bags, and each family packed a lot of things. The next morning, Li Mu had a headache when he saw it, and he had to promise them: all the food and clothing on the island will be distributed to every household, and unnecessary things will not be taken.

Of course, food must be brought.

Soon, all the preparations were completed before noon. More than 20 large fishing boats set sail at the same time and sailed to Hai'an Island. It is worth mentioning that before leaving, Li Mu deceived the owner of the shipyard. It can't be said to be a lie, as soon as the little old man who looked like a twin brother like Fu Shan heard Li Mu's idea, without saying a word, he immediately packed his luggage, took a dozen apprentices and followed the boat.

Li Mu is quite enthusiastic about the gear technology he makes, not only for fishing boats, but also for many places. He understands the importance of this technique, but he doesn't know how to apply it.

Three days passed in a flash, except for Li Mu and the crew, these villagers were going to sea for the first time, they got off the boat, looked at strange people and strange places, and felt a little uncomfortable in their hearts. However, this mood lasted only a moment and then they forgot that they were going to allocate housing before dark. All the people who had just moved in lined up, led by Erxi at the front, and walked over room by room, and a family lived in every room they passed, and the distribution was completed in less than half an hour.

Li Mu stood on the beach, closed his eyes and breathed in the fresh air here. I have to say that the climate of this island is really good, although the sea breeze blows, although it is a little cool, but not cold.

"Amu, long time no see!"

"Long time no see, Brother Xizi, you're dark. ”