The late Ming Dynasty in the living room

Chapter 155: What the hell is written in this terrible chapter?

For example, letting these new refugees "temporarily" live outside the city was proposed by cadres such as Liu Ji, Gao Er, and Niu Peng, and Old Man Zhao also expressed his support for their proposal.

Their reason was isolation to prevent plague. In fact, there were many open areas in the new city where isolation areas could be built.

"It doesn't matter if it's a little slow, as long as they can settle down and follow our plan." Fang Yu said indifferently.

The most important thing is that the refugees can settle down.

On the contrary, Fang Yu was very curious about how Liu Ji and his team managed to make these refugees live obediently in the quarantine area and start working in a very short period of time. An extremely loose group began to work according to the plan, which showed that they had already become obedient and organized. For refugee management, this was an extremely difficult beginning, but also the best beginning.

These people have experienced life and death on the road. They are very sensitive inside and always have the mentality of "there are always villains who want to harm me".

They are easily excited, and any unfriendly behavior toward them is likely to cause them to react violently.

For example, in April, a group of refugees came to the outside of Xin'an County (south of Laishui County, near Baiyangdian Lake), with nearly a thousand people. The local gentry felt very uneasy, so they sent servants and soldiers to drive the refugees out of Xin'an County, but the county was driven away. There are many similar incidents, and no less than 20 examples can be found in the counties and prefectures of Baoding alone.

Liu Ji and his colleagues wanted to forcibly control people in the quarantine area, not allowing them to leave or enter. This practice was actually no different from Xin'an County's expulsion of refugees, and was of course also very "unfriendly".

However, after three waves of refugees came, Fang Yu did not see any reports of conflicts with the refugees... Could it be that the refugees who came to the new city (or the county town) outside all understood the meaning of isolation and were particularly reasonable?
Liu Ji shook his head and said, "Those people are illiterate. No matter how much we talk about advanced knowledge like the incubation period of the plague, epidemic prevention and quarantine, they won't understand it. We are too lazy to explain so much to them."

Fang Yu had a blank expression on his face, indicating that he was listening attentively.

Ah Xiu opened her mouth to say something, but Fang Yu covered her mouth.

"We first select an isolation area and then place a few buckets of porridge there. The refugees will definitely rush over to grab the porridge, and then the security team can just surround them. The refugees will only be busy grabbing the porridge, and they won't care even if they are surrounded, let alone the sky falling... We have experience in this."

Liu Ji had a smile on his face, and it seemed that he was a little sarcastic. He continued, "We will use quicklime to make a circle outside, and this circle will serve as the quarantine area. Those buckets of porridge are not enough to fill them up. The refugees will feel hungrier and hungrier. At this time, we will tell them that as long as they stay in this circle, they will have more porridge to drink later. As for those who want to go out, they can do so, but they will not be allowed to come in again... Haha, in fact, the security team only needs to send a platoon to watch outside, and they don't need to do anything. Those people will not come out to wait for a bite of food. Even if you beat them with sticks, they will not come out."

The prerequisite is that what was said can be fulfilled. If the second meal of porridge is not in place, they will "come out", Fang Yu thought to himself.

As for what happened next, there was no need to ask, it was nothing more than a "Porridge Strategy". Of course, he still praised Liu Ji's work: "This method is good, simple and practical."

"After you are done with this period of work, you need to write a report on your experience in resettling refugees. Write it in detail, especially any difficulties you encountered during the work, any unexpected events, and how you resolved them. Finally, summarize a standard process. This way... if you are no longer in charge of logistics work in the future and someone else takes over, they will not be so flustered with this experience."

Liu Ji was very happy to be praised.

He also felt that the young master's last words were hinting at something. Uh, could it be that old man Zhao was sick and was going to retire? Was he, Liu Ji, about to become the second most important person in Xincheng and become the chief steward?
Before he could think of anything good, he heard the master calling him, "Are you off work? Come on, let's go to the classroom together."

The collective shack was originally a temporary residence. The sleeping bunks took up most of the space, and a small area near the door became the current teaching place. There were no desks inside, and there was not enough space for many stools. More than 50 people sat cross-legged on the ground, facing the teacher and a small blackboard, crowded together.

Although the teaching conditions were simple, the light was sufficient. In addition to the original lights, there were now several thick white candles. These candles were also sent by Teacher Pan. After being melted, molded, and wicked by the logistics department, they became the well-known "Xincheng Candle". The fashionable wealthy families in the county all wanted to get one.

This is because the candles on the market produce smoke that stings the eyes, and there is a very touching smell that lingers in the house. If they are inferior, there will be "crackling" sparks from time to time, because there are a lot of unfiltered fat residues in the candle... Of course, even the inferior candles are not something that ordinary people can light every day. Night lights were a luxury for the ancients.

The person giving the lecture inside is Mr. Huang. He has already finished teaching the pronunciation of today's six new characters (using pinyin), and has also broken down the strokes of the characters and explained how to write them. Now he is explaining the meaning of characters.

"When a person is born, his nature is good. Nature means quality. It can be interpreted as the disposition of a person, which can be good or evil. It can also be interpreted as the nature of life. All living things have different lengths of life. It can also be interpreted as the nature of male and female, the nature of male and female..."

When they heard the last few words, the men below all showed lewd smiles on their faces.

They really hoped that Mr. Huang could explain these words in a little more depth. In the past, they would have already started to make a noise or had a heated discussion on this subject among themselves. But now they did not dare to do so because they had already heard the voices of the Young Master and Liu Ji talking outside.

They quickly put away their smiles, and sat upright, looking straight ahead, with a serious look on their faces.

Fang Yu took a quick glance outside the door and realized that he had alerted the enemy.

So he picked up Ah Xiu and turned to leave. There were classes going on in several other shacks, and he didn't believe that these people were all honest. He heard that their attitude towards learning was similar to that of Liu Ji and Gao Er. So he must catch a few examples today to serve as a warning to others, and tomorrow he would put their names on the "Honor Roll" and make them clean the toilets.

(End of this chapter)