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Chapter 70 Refugees Gather
  Fugu County Government Office, the county magistrate's public house.

Su Shunnian hurried in to report: "Your Majesty, the number of refugees outside the city has increased sharply recently, and the weather has turned cold. If we don't deal with it in time, the hunger and cold may lead to a civil uprising."

"Approximately how many refugees are gathered now?" Lin Feng asked.

"There are at least 2,000 people here now. I heard that refugees from other places are still coming here. I have asked someone about it, and they said that someone is spreading the news that our valley will open warehouses for disaster relief, deliberately inducing the refugees. Come to us." Su Shunnian continued.

"Oh, we are preparing to cause trouble."

"Yes, County Lord, someone is obviously inciting. With so many refugees gathered here, if there is no food to eat, there will definitely be trouble."

"How much food do we still have available in the warehouse?"

"The last time we inspected the Liu family, we brought back 3000 tons, and there was nothing else in stock."

"More than 3000 stones can last for a while. In this case, you should quickly notify Sun Jiewu, Fang Tiezhu and Yang Sen, the shopkeeper of Li's Grain and Oil, to come over and hold a meeting to discuss the resettlement of the displaced people. Also ask Hu Yanming from the workshop to attend.

Soon, everyone attending the meeting was informed to arrive at the county government lobby.

After Lin Feng sat in the court and wrote the case, he glanced at everyone and said: "Recently, under the instigation of people with ulterior motives, refugees from northern Shaanxi and even further away have gathered in Fugu.

This is a big test for us. If we don't handle it well, it may breed civil unrest. Let's talk about it. How should we handle it? "

Su Shunnian was the first to stand up and said: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, the only way to resettle the refugees is to set up porridge stalls for relief. As long as we ensure that they don't starve to death, there will generally be no trouble."

"Now there are more than 5000 refugees outside the city, and there are still many people on the road. We expect the enemy to be more lenient, so we assume that 15 refugees will come to Fugu. Now that the weather has turned cold, there is no place to dig wild vegetables. We just We can rely on the county government to organize relief. Based on half a catty of grain per person per day, we need about 450 shi of grain per day, which is shi per month.

There are still more than four months between now and the beginning of spring next March, and 1800 shi of grain are needed. We still have 3000 stones in the warehouse, which seems to be enough. But there are still so many people in the county who need to eat, so we need to prepare more food. Lin Feng said after a simple calculation.

"County Lord, we Li Ji Grain and Oil still have 1000 stones of grain. We can use it when needed. We will also work hard to organize the purchase of grain from Taiyuan to stabilize the supply of the county." Yang Sen also stood up in time and said.

"Well, a shop like this is a good shop that can cooperate with the county government to stabilize the overall situation." Lin Feng praised, and took the opportunity to advertise for his company.

"Your Majesty, just having food is not enough. There are so many refugees and we must find something to do for them, otherwise it will be easy to cause trouble." Hu Yanming from the workshop continued.

"County Lord, we cannot ignore the issue of public security. Once the number of people increases, there will be people of all kinds. A security team needs to be set up to strengthen the management of the refugees. In this regard, our strong squad can play a good role." Sun Jiewu didn't have many opportunities to show his face recently, so he hurriedly fought for it.

After listening to their opinions, Lin Feng finally said: "Everyone's opinions are very good. In summary, there are three main aspects."

"One is to provide porridge for disaster relief. We must ensure that the refugees have food to eat. They cannot starve to death, but they cannot eat too much, which will easily feed lazy people. Porridge is given according to the standard of half a catty of food per person per day. This work is done by each household. Fang is responsible.”

"Understood!" Su Shunnian came out to accept the order.

"The other is to carry out work-for-relief work, and organize the young and strong people among the refugees to work. Let's build a number of simple houses outside the city first. The weather is already cold, and it is definitely not possible to live outdoors for a long time.

To build a house, the county government can pay for it and ask the Fugu Li family to organize it. They are more professional in construction.

If we still have more manpower, we can organize the reclamation of wasteland. Those who participate in labor can eat better and be paid a little wages as appropriate. This matter will be implemented by the workshop. Lin Feng continued.

"Understood!" Hu Yanming responded immediately.

"The last thing is to maintain stability. This time it is obvious that someone wants to cause trouble, so it is very likely that the refugees will be incited to cause trouble. Zhuangban needs to set up a security team outside the city to manage it in a timely manner and prevent it before it happens."

"Got it!" Sun Jiewu finally accepted the task and happily agreed.

"Okay, then you can go your own way. Su Shunnian and Fang Tiezhu accompany me to take a look outside the city." Lin Feng finally said.

West of Fugu City.

Lin Feng and his party changed into civilian clothes, went out of the city gate, and went to check on the situation of the refugees.

Along both sides of the west city gate, many shacks have been built densely. The refugees are sitting or squatting in groups, most of them in ragged clothes, shivering in the cold wind.

On the official road from Fugu County to Shenmu County and Jiazhou, there are still two or three refugees coming here, and it is estimated that the number will increase soon.

Lin Feng saw what looked like a family of three refugees, a young couple with a little girl about five or six years old, and walked over. The three people who were sitting on the mound with sad expressions saw Lin Feng and others approaching, their desperate eyes immediately showed a look of hope, and their thirsty mouths squirmed twice, showing that they were hungry.

"Dad, Mom, I'm hungry." The little girl, dark and skinny, shouted.

"Master, please do me a favor. As long as I can give you something to eat, you can take Xiaochan away." The couple pushed the little girl out, trying to find a way for her to survive.

"Folks, where did you come from?" Lin Feng asked.

Seeing that Lin Feng did not accept the little girl, the young man said with a dark look: "We escaped from Qingyang Mansion. The official army and the peasant army there were fighting fiercely, killing everyone on sight, and the villagers had no choice but to come out. Fleeing.

The children's grandparents were starving to death on the way, and we had spent all the money we had brought with us and all the food we could eat. I heard that Fugu was going to provide disaster relief, so we came all the way to beg for food. "

Lin Feng touched the little girl's head and said to the young couple: "What are your names? Are you willing to work?"

"Yes, yes! As long as we have food to eat, we can do any job. The younger one's name is Zhao Jialiang, this is my wife, Mrs. Chen, and the younger daughter's name is Zhao Xiaochan," the young man replied excitedly.

"What did you do before?" Lin Feng then asked.

"The villain went to private school for two years when he was a child and knows some words. He used to work as a bookkeeper in a shop in Qingyang." Zhao Jialiang replied.

When Lin Feng heard that this was also a useful talent, he said, "It's fate that we met him. Tie Zhu, please send someone to take them to Fudong Courtyard to work when you get back. There is a shortage of people there now."

"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir!" The young man was about to kneel down and say thanks.

Lin Feng quickly stopped him and said: "Don't make any noise. There are many refugees here, and we can't take them all back. You stay here and don't move. I will take you away when I can leave."

"Okay, okay, Xiaomin will wait here." The young man replied.

Lin Feng looked around again. The refugees who arrived here were basically out of ammunition and food. They had to carry out disaster relief quickly, otherwise they would starve to death soon.

Lin Feng immediately asked Su Shunnian to go back and organize the household workers to come over and set up two porridge stalls first. Before nightfall, he ensured that every refugee would receive a bowl of thin porridge and that they could eat.

At this time, Sun Jiewu also led a team of strong squad officials to the city gate. Lin Feng immediately asked them to clear an open space about two to three hundred meters away from the west city gate, and set up two porridge sheds on the left and right. Asking Zhao Jialiang and his wife to come over to help means they started work in advance.

When the porridge shed was almost set up, Su Shunnian came over with people and utensils.

This old official was also smart. He bought ten briquette stoves and ten iron pots directly from "Dahami Iron Art" and brought 10 shi of grain.

There are five briquette stoves in one shed, lined up and they start cooking porridge.

As soon as the refugees were about to start giving out porridge, they immediately gathered around. Some of the hungry ones even wanted to grab a handful of uncooked rice and start eating.

Sun Jiewu and his strong squad yamen officers immediately stepped forward and beat them with sticks and kicks before they stabilized the situation.

Lin Feng stood on the grain pile and said loudly to the refugees: "Dear fellow villagers, I am Lin Feng, the magistrate of Fugu County. Look, our grain has been transported and the porridge has been cooked. Please be patient a little longer. As long as you obey the county Follow the government's arrangements and abide by the order, and I promise not to starve to death."

"Thank you, Mr. Qingtian!" the refugees knelt down and shouted.

Lin Feng raised his hand and continued: "Everyone be quiet, but I also want to say something first. If a few people try to attack the county government for disaster relief and rob food, this behavior is tantamount to rebellion, and the county government will not tolerate it! You all understand this Is it done?"

"Understood, we must obey the arrangement!" shouted the refugees.

It didn't take long for the porridge to be cooked, the aroma of the porridge wafted out, and the refugees began to swallow their saliva.

Under the maintenance of the government officials, the refugees began to line up in an orderly manner to receive the porridge. No matter how hot the porridge they received, they couldn't wait to drink it.

　A new test has come.

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)