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Chapter 333 Three Choices
Zhang Kun came to a larger camp and found that there were as many as a thousand captains and captains here for a meeting!

After Zhang Kun took over his own shop, he practiced arithmetic and immediately started calculating in his mind——

Assuming that each team leader is responsible for managing ten households of victims, with an average of five people per household, it can be inferred that there are at least [-] victims here!

If the food provided to them by the Eijun army remains the same as last night and this morning - a bowl of porridge for each person, although it is not the kind that can not be poured over with chopsticks, it is not too thin, and the most important thing is that it is slightly greasy. And plenty of salt.

Still three meals a day.

Calculated in this way, each person consumes at least one kilogram of grain per day (lack of other energy and nutritional intake, so they eat more than white rice).

Fifty thousand disaster victims need to consume 250 stone of food every day!

According to Zhang Kun's observation when he arrived yesterday, there are probably more than 10,000 victims here, and there are probably [-]+, or even more!

This means that the Yi army needs to consume nearly a thousand kilo of food on the victims every day!

That’s [-] to [-] shi of food a month!

If you include the food rations for the officers and soldiers of the Yi army, the monthly food consumption must be tens of thousands more dan!

Zhang Kun was first frightened and admired King Xingmei's generosity, and then he couldn't help but worry, fearing that it would be difficult for the army of Wei to rescue the victims for many days.

While Zhang Kun was thinking about these things, he also lined up with the captain - thousands of people arranged in a hundred columns, with ten people in each column, giving the impression of an army.

Then a general of the Yi army boarded the wooden platform in front.

He started talking with a tin speaker, and his voice seemed to be louder than the loudest a normal person would.

"Fellow folks from Kaifeng, I am Duan Lei, military officer of the No. 17 Independent Brigade of the Wei Army. I have summoned you here for a meeting today to mainly explain the next arrangements of our troops for the affected people."

When Duan Lei opened his mouth and named the topic of the meeting, which involved the future of all the victims, the captains, big and small, became nervous.

The same is true for Zhang Kun.

After all, his house and only property are now buried in mud and floods - unless the floods in the entire city of Kaifeng recede, the mud and sand are removed, and some of the prosperity of the past is restored, otherwise his family will There is no industry to live on.

Therefore, he listened extremely carefully to what the military and political officer said next.

“Our Ministry has prepared three options for the affected people.

For the first option, those who have the talents and skills required by our department, such as literacy and arithmetic, iron and steelmaking, carpentry, lacquer carving, masonry, etc., can apply.

As long as you pass the interview with our department and are approved by the examiner, you will be hired by our department, arrange corresponding jobs, and receive a salary that can support at least two or three people.

The second option is that if you don't have any skills but are in good health, you can work as a laborer and wait for the officials of our department to dispatch you to build rivers and dig canals in various places in Kaifeng to relieve floods.

Although this job is harder, the pay is not low, and it can also support two or three people.In the future, our Ministry will also divide the fields according to the situation, lend seeds and grain rations, and they can become farmers.

Of course, everyone has seen the current situation in Kaifeng. Even if the flood recedes, it may be difficult to cultivate in many places within a year or two.

Therefore, we do not guarantee that all laborers will be allocated fields in Kaifeng in the future, and may be moved to other places for farming.

As for the third option, it is to directly accept the migration of our tribe and go to other places to cultivate wasteland.

Our Ministry will provide food rations needed on the migration route, as well as food rations, basic tools and shelter needed for reclamation.

What we can guarantee is that the land we will move to is no less fertile than Kaifeng Prefecture.As long as you work hard for a year, you can basically live a stable life.

In addition, if you choose to be hired by our department, you may also be placed in the migration team.It's just that when I went to the place of migration, I didn't go to farm, but to do a lot of work for our tribe. "

Duan Lei paused for a moment when he said this. Seeing that some people could not help but start talking in low voices, he continued: "Every captain and squad leader, please explain this matter clearly to the people in the team after you go back. If there is anything you don't understand. , you can ask the military and political officers patrolling the camp.

Our department will give everyone three days to think about it. No matter what, you will have to make a choice after three days.Because there are still many victims waiting for rescue, a lot of food will be needed, and our department cannot feed everyone in vain.I believe that everyone doesn’t want to live for free every day, right? "

After saying that, Duan Lei left and handed over the venue to lower-level military and political officials and soldiers.

As for him, as the military and political officer of the first brigade, as well as the temporary general military and political officer of the three independent brigades heading north, he has a lot of matters to deal with every day, and he does not have much time to spend here.

Zhang Kun is a showman, so he first patiently listens to the discussions of the captains around him——

"Eijun's support for us is indeed not in vain."

"What you're saying, does it mean that Wei Jun should have raised us in vain? We are not their old parents."

"The Tai army saved us, and now they are ready to give us a job that can support our families. Even if the upright officials in the Ming government were able to provide disaster relief in the past, they may not be able to do this job. Let's just be content."

"What I'm talking about is - which path are you guys going to choose?"

"I feel that if you have a skill, it would be best to be hired by the Ministry of Finance. Just like us, many people are literate and can do math, and maybe they can work as small officials."

"What if we are arranged to move elsewhere? Do we really have to take our family away from home?"

"The city of Kaifeng has been flooded. It's probably going to be ruined. Why are we staying here if we don't leave? Are we going to eat the sediment?"

"···"

After listening for a while, Zhang Kun also felt that it would be best to be hired by the Ministry of Health.

After the meeting dispersed, he returned to the victims' camp and explained everything to his subordinate Zhao Erlang and other nine families of victims.

The heads of these nine households started asking questions.

"Zhang Xiucai, do you believe what this Wei Jun says? Will he really arrange a man for us?"

"I can make paper figures. Can they recognize this skill?"

"My family used to sell snacks, and I can only make a few kinds of snacks. Can I be hired?"

"I used to grow vegetables... I'm afraid I can only work as a laborer."

"···"

The victims under Zhang Kun's command were all his neighbors, and their street was a place where ordinary people gathered.Many people depended on the huge city of Kaifeng for their survival and had no real skills. At this time, they became a little pessimistic.

On the contrary, Zhao Erlang, who had a carpentry skill inherited from his father, was grinning happily at this time.

After everyone was quiet for a while, Zhang Kun said: "I can understand that you want to be hired by the Ministry of Health. As for whether it is possible, you can report it to the superiors and try it in front of the examiner.

Even if it doesn't work, whether you accept the migration or stay in Kaifeng Mansion as a laborer, it is still a way to survive.So, you don’t have to worry too much. "

After hearing what Zhang Kun said, everyone's mood was indeed not so low.

In the afternoon, a military and political officer patrolling the camp led a team of people to record the victims' choices.

Zhang Kun did not hesitate and reported his "literacy and arithmetic" skills, preparing to be hired by the Ministry of Agriculture.

He had no worries about whether he could pass the examination of the Ministry of Education - he was a scholar no matter what, and he would not be able to pass the examination of "literacy and arithmetic".

　First more.

　　[Grandpa was sick. He was sent to the hospital for examination the day before yesterday. It took two days and was only completed yesterday.After the gastroscopy, the doctor said it was 90.00% likely to be gastric cancer and we had to wait for the biopsy results.Although grandpa is 79, he has always been in good health. He never expected to get this disease.Dad came back yesterday, but it’s hard to say whether I can make up for all the missed updates later. It depends on the situation. I will try my best to ensure normal updates first. 】

　　
　
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