Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 476 A Refugee Camp Cleaner Than Fucheng
Outside the north gate of Datong Prefecture, tens of thousands of disaster victims were sniping.

In fact, not only the north gate, but now the four gates of Datong are all disaster victims.

Moreover, thousands of disaster victims gathered from various places in Datong Prefecture to the capital city every day.

Although these disaster victims also know that the whole territory of Datong is now a vast expanse of red land.

Even if you come to Fucheng, it may not be of any use.

It's just that for them, there is no other way but to come here.

"Keep working hard, we'll be in Fucheng in three or four miles." Someone in Ren Qing said hard.

"As long as we get to Fucheng, we can always get a bite to eat. Don't worry, the government is impossible, watching us starve to death."

It is estimated that the people who said these words did not believe their own words.

It's just that if they don't give themselves a little hope at this time, they won't be able to survive at all.

And they weren't all lies.

Even the brutal Mongol Yuan will provide disaster relief during the famine years.

Of course, the purpose of Meng Yuan's disaster relief is not to save the people.

But this kind of huge famine is the one that produces the most riots.

People who really can't survive can do anything.

However, as long as they are given a little bit of food that is barely enough to keep them alive, the people will become much more honest.

Compared with dispatching a large army to suppress the rebellion, it is undoubtedly the best choice to give some food to the people who are about to die.

Of course, all of this has a premise.

That is, the imperial court can at least maintain a basic operation.

In the late period of the Mongol and Yuan Dynasties, the entire imperial court became a paradise for those corrupt officials.

Even if the imperial court really wanted to provide disaster relief, the food for disaster relief would never reach the hands of the common people.

Under layer upon layer of deductions, even filling their stomachs has become a luxury for those at the bottom.

That's why there is a stone man with one eye, jumping the Yellow River and turning the world against it.

Rebels from all walks of life rose up, and Meng Yuan was completely driven out of the Central Plains.

So no matter how bad the court is, as long as possible, it will try to ensure that the people will not starve to death.

What's more, today's Ming Dynasty has just been established and is officially thriving.

Anyway, going to a big city is better than eating all the bark and leaves around them in the village and not being able to find anything to eat, isn't it?

The people helped the old and the young, with empty eyes, just walking towards Datong Mansion in a daze.

Among them, in fact, many people have experienced famine.

According to their past experience, the government will indeed provide disaster relief.

However, the government's relief is not unlimited.

When there is a lot of food, they can drink some thick porridge every day.

However, if food is scarce, they can only drink some rice soup with almost no rice in sight.

If there is less food, I am afraid that there is not even rice soup to drink.

At this time, if they still have the strength, they will go to the next place to see if they can find something to eat.

If you don't even have the strength to walk.

There is actually only one fate waiting for them, and that is starvation to death.

Originally, even when they arrived in Fucheng, they were just like all refugees, using the sky as their bed and the ground as their bed.

Just like a beggar, struggling to survive outside the city.

Although the people in Fucheng would give food, they would also guard against them like thieves.

These disaster victims, in most cases, are absolutely not allowed to step into Fucheng.

Apart from donating food, those officials would not do much, leaving them to fend for themselves.

Only this time, things were a little different.

Just when they were about to see the city walls of Datong Prefecture, a voice attracted the attention of all of them.

"We're recruiting workers, we're hiring workers, we're paid [-] Wen a day, and we're in charge of a meal!"

"Come here if you want to eat with your own strength!"

On a small dirt bag, there was a man holding a horn made of iron sheet, roaring desperately.

His voice spread so far away that it was hard not to notice it.

At this time, there were already many people standing under the hill.

These people are all sallow and emaciated.

No need to ask, it must be a disaster-affected refugee near Datong Prefecture.

Someone reluctantly yelled and asked: "My lord, it's not that we don't want to support ourselves with our strength."

"It's just that we have been hungry for so many days now, and we can't do work if we are soft-handed."

For these refugees, some things are simply unsolvable.

It's not that many of them don't want to make efforts.

But what they are facing now is an unprecedented drought.

On the way to Datong, they have eaten up everything that can be eaten.

But even so, those things still couldn't fill their stomachs.

After being hungry for so long, they can hardly even stand here, let alone do any physical work.

The recruiters held up their horns and tried to explain to them.

"You don't have to worry about this. No matter what kind of work you do, you don't have to do heavy work two days before the start of work."

"And, we will also provide you with three meals a day for free."

Hearing this, there was a buzz of discussion among the fleeing people below.

"Did I hear you right, you don't need to do any heavy work, and you still take care of three meals a day?"

"It must be a lie. How can there be such a good thing in the world?"

"I heard people from the older generation say that when the Mongols conquered the world, we Han people were called two-legged sheep. It means that we are actually similar to sheep. Sheep are fattened, but they have to be killed for meat. .”

"No wonder they are so kind to us, so they want to eat us!"

It can't be blamed that these fleeing people think too much.

The benefits were so good that they couldn't believe it.

Now it is a time of famine, food is more precious than gold.

At this time, someone is willing to give them food for free.

Of course, it is not free, but they need to work.

But in the eyes of these people, this is no different from free?
To be so kind to them must be something else.

The person standing on the small soil bag to recruit workers is actually an official of Datong.

Hearing these people's words, I was a little dumbfounded.

Good for them, but luckily something went wrong.

However, this is not the first time he has encountered this situation, and he is quite experienced in dealing with it.

He didn't make any false claims, and said straight to the point: "Fellow folks, don't worry. We are looking for you to work on behalf of the imperial court."

"Don't think that this is because the imperial court is kind to you. The reason why I give you food is just to let you get enough strength so that you can work better."

Although these words are all about the interests of Hongguoguo, the common people have listened to them.

To put it bluntly, they just don't believe that someone will treat them so well for no reason.

Since they had a purpose, they felt relieved.

Seeing this, the Datong official who recruited the workers immediately continued to be persuasive: "What's more, there are so many people coming to Datong this time. If the imperial court really wants to do this kind of thing, how can it be possible to hide it from everyone in the world?"

The people looked at each other in blank dismay, feeling more and more that what the official said made sense.

Of course, the reason for this is also because the common people are at the end of their rope.

Now I finally have a stutter, is it better than starving to death?
Immediately, someone couldn't help but ask, "My lord, what are we going to do?"

Hearing someone ask this question, the Datong official was shocked.

Believe him or not, the conversion of these people is a good sign after all.

The official immediately put on an appearance of expressiveness, and excitedly introduced it to everyone.

"People, these are the main places where the imperial court recruits manpower."

"One is the workers who build the railway. Whether you are a carpenter or a blacksmith, you can apply for iron."

"Ordinary people can of course apply, but this job has relatively high technical requirements."

Hearing what the officials said, the eyes of the people who had worked as blacksmiths or repaired houses and city walls before suddenly lit up.

However, some people are happy and some are worried. Those ordinary people who don't have any craftsman skills and only know how to farm, suddenly become worried.

They know how to farm, but now that the whole Datong is suffering from drought, what is the use of farming?

The whole of Datong is in severe drought. They can grow food again, but without water, what is the use?

As long as God can be a little bit more uplifting and rain a little bit more, these people will not be reduced to this level.

Just when they were depressed, the recruiting officials spoke again.

"The second type of workers we recruit are those who trim water conservancy projects. Dig canals and build dams. Projects to prevent future floods."

"This kind of workers don't need any professional skills, as long as they have a lot of strength? You are only responsible for doing the work. As for how to do it, someone will teach you."

Hearing what the recruiting officials said, all the victims became excited.

Tangtang used to do this kind of work quite often.

It's just that, in the past, doing these things was a labor of the imperial court. Not only did they have no money, they might have to bring their own dry food.

When the Mongol Yuan ruled before, they really did a lot of this kind of work.

This situation did not completely disappear until after the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

However, the official's voice was not over yet.

"As for the third type, it is temporary work, building refugee camps."

"These camps are for us fleeing people to live temporarily. Now that there are more and more people, this kind of work is harder and more time-consuming."

After a pause, the official added: "This kind of work also has its advantages, because the construction period is relatively short and the work is relatively hard."

"So, the daily salary for this kind of work is [-] Wen, and there are two meals a day."

Many young people went crazy when they heard that there were two meals.

After all, for them, as long as they can eat enough, everything else is secondary.

No matter how hard and tired you are, it’s not as scary as being hungry.

Some of the older people in the crowd opened their mouths in shock.

In the past, when encountering such a famine, it was impossible for the imperial court to achieve this level of disaster relief.

The most is to let them fend for themselves outside the city, hoping that they can leave as soon as possible.

But this time, the Datong Mansion actually gave them a place to live.

Don't the officials in Fucheng not worry this time, they live here and won't leave?

In any case, the people are still very happy to have a way out.

At this time, an old woman in the crowd asked in a trembling voice: "My lord, what should we women do if we can't do those physical jobs?"

The official smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, we also need women to work on the construction site, whether it's washing and cooking, or cleaning the house."

"Although the salary of these jobs is lower, it still manages a meal."

Hearing this, the women also showed surprise expressions on their faces.

The official yelled hard with a loudspeaker: "Anyone who wants to apply for a job can come here."

Although Datong's work-for-relief is quite powerful, after all, not all the people can find work.

There are also a lot of people who are old, or physically disabled, or sick and other reasons, unable to work.

For these people, Datong Prefecture provides them with accommodation in the refugee camp, and also provides them with a free meal every day.

It's just that their treatment is not as good as those who really work.

Every day, there is only one bowl of gruel to ensure that they will not starve to death.

However, unlike previous disaster relief, the porridge these people drank was quite thick.

Speaking of which, some of them may not eat better than they do now.

After Zhu Han's arrangements, although the disaster situation in Datong has not been alleviated yet.

But the situation is much better than expected.

Among them, the most shocking one should belong to Wu Zhen, the prefect of Datong.

He originally thought that when Zhu Han came to Datong, he would definitely devastate the already terrible Datong.

But the result is quite the opposite.

Originally, they could only keep the people out of the city, barely provide some food and let them live and die.

It's not that they are cold-blooded, but this feudal bureaucrat, this is already the limit of what they can do.

But now?
Although the refugee camp outside the city is called a refugee camp, it looks clean and full of vitality.

To put it bluntly, even in Datong Prefecture, except that the buildings look better than those tents and wooden houses, it seems that they may not be better than the refugee camps.

For the management of the refugee camp, Zhu Han has put in a lot of effort.

It is even stipulated that those refugees are absolutely not allowed to defecate or spit anywhere, and they are absolutely not allowed to drink unboiled water.

If you want to drink water, in the refugee camps, there is a continuous supply of hot water throughout the day, just go and get it.

These rules, at the very beginning, made many people secretly greet Zhu Han's eighteen generations of ancestors.

They were already so unlucky, how could they meet someone like King Ying Zhu Han?

In the past, I always heard that Zhu Han was brilliant and powerful, but now it seems that Fu Fa is a demon tormenting their common people.

This is the first time I heard that officials even take care of shit and pee.

(End of this chapter)