Interstellar boss dressed as a peasant girl and became rich

Chapter 261 Leaving One After Another
After hearing this, Gu Yu muttered to himself: You have already made up your mind, why are you asking me?
However, General Cheng has an army of 100,000. Is it enough to take away one-third of the supplies?
After thinking for a moment, Gu Yu asked, "Qianxue, how many refugees are still stranded in the county?"

Mu Qianxue, who was sitting quietly in the chair, hesitated for a moment when she heard Gu Yu's question, and replied: "The entire Linfeng County originally had a population of 500,000. Later, due to the influx of refugees from the border and Beiping areas, the population of the county suddenly increased to more than 2 million."

"Even after the new emperor ascended the throne, some people returned to their hometowns, but in Linfeng County, a small county to begin with, there are still as many as 1.5 million people stranded..."

Gu Yu learned that the original population was only 500,000, but now the stranded population is more than twice as much as before.

Not only is there a shortage of housing, there is not even enough land to be distributed.

At the beginning, Mu Qianxue ordered the yamen runners to gather some refugees to reclaim wasteland for cultivation, thinking that after the situation stabilized, these people would return to their hometowns.

Who could have expected that many people would hear that the Yunxi Chamber of Commerce’s factory would recruit workers on a large scale at the latest in a year, and that the wages would be very stable.

As a result, those who had originally planned to leave, in order to be able to work in factories and earn a stable income, all stayed willingly and all stayed around the county town.

This situation resulted in a large number of stranded people in and outside the county, and it was difficult to properly resettle these people in a short period of time.

"Are you all waiting for Yunxi Chamber of Commerce to recruit?" Gu Yu asked Mu Qianxue, "Have you ever heard when the Chamber of Commerce will announce the exact recruitment information?"

Mu Qianxue had dealt with Guan Linglong several times, and learned from her that the earliest possible time would be this year, and the latest would be the year after next before they could start recruiting workers. "I once tried to contact Guan, the shopkeeper in charge of this matter in the county, and she said that the earliest would be this year, and if it was later, they would have to wait until the beginning of next spring to recruit workers."

"And according to Shopkeeper Guan, only one or two thousand people are needed for this recruitment. So many people are eagerly waiting for this. If only one or two thousand people are recruited, countless people will be sent back to their hometowns later."

It's not that he hasn't reported this problem to his superior prefect, but the prefect just told him to continue waiting for the order from above.

In desperation, he could only arrange for these refugees to repair canals or help build roads.

After all, the government can't keep them for nothing, they have to at least give them some work.

Before Gu Yu came back, she had not discussed the court affairs with Han He in depth. So after hearing these things, she could not provide more useful suggestions, and could only say: "I remember that since the new emperor ascended the throne, it seems that there has been no amnesty for the whole country!"

"Not yet, but it will probably be soon." Since ancient times, whenever a new emperor ascended the throne, there would be a general amnesty. Now the prince has not issued an amnesty decree.

Mu Qianxue thought to herself that the cities were far apart from each other, and even if the decree was passed on to Linfeng County, it would probably still take some time.

General Cheng Lai, who had been listening quietly, echoed, "When the decree of amnesty arrives, the decrees on other matters may follow. At that time, you can forcibly repatriate some of the people back to their hometowns."

Mu Qianxue had long wanted to repatriate some of the refugees back home. There were countless refugees whose hometowns were barren, and asking them to go back would simply be pushing them to death.

If they stayed with him, they could at least have some porridge to drink, even if they didn't get much. If they went back, they would really just die on the road, or become food in other people's mouths.

He responded with a helpless smile: "The border people didn't pay attention to natural disasters. The people in the border might be able to find a safe place to live if they go back. But it's difficult for the people from Peking to go back!"

General Cheng was in office in Peking a year ago and was very familiar with the situation there. He had also heard about the current natural disaster.

His head drooped immediately, and he sat on the chair without saying a word. Gu Yu thought about it and remembered that there was a factory in Qingfeng City that was larger than the county town. He suggested: "I remember there is a factory in the city that is larger than our county town. The number of workers recruited in the city should be more than our county town. We can arrange for some people to go to the city to make a living."

Mu Qianxue looked at Gu Yu as if he were a fool and said, "You have really been away from home for several months and you know nothing about what happened in the capital city." Then, she continued to explain, "To tell you the truth, the number of refugees stranded in the capital city is much greater than that in our small county town!"

Many refugees who originally planned to go to the provincial capital were unable to enter the city, so they had to come to Linfeng County.

If there was a way, he would have persuaded these refugees to set off for the provincial capital.

After listening to Mu Qianxue's words, Gu Yu was silent for a while.

Ok!

It was true that she had been away from home for too long, and her knowledge of the situation in her hometown was merely verbal, without any real in-depth understanding.

It was decided that General Cheng would take away one third of the supplies first, and the rest would be given to Mu Qianxue to give to those in urgent need with the money.

After finishing lunch and seeing off Mu Qianxue and General Cheng, Gu Yu returned to his study to handle official business, considering whether to open a few more factories in other cities.

On second thought, there are relatively fewer refugees in other cities, but the number of local people is no less than that of refugees.

Even if she built factories in other cities, the number of manpower required would be limited and could not meet the needs of everyone.

In desperation, she put down the plan in her hand and rubbed her brows when there was a knock on the door. She heard Qiu Cai say that Nan Quan came to see her.

Gu Yu hurriedly got up and went downstairs. Seeing Nan Quan dressed in black, he asked, "Brother Nan, do you have something to talk to me about?"

Last night's bonfire dinner not only successfully narrowed the distance between Gu Yu, General Cheng and Mu Qianxue, but also made Gu Yu and Nan Quan, who were originally called "Mrs. Gu" and "Nan Escort Head", become more familiar with each other.

Now they can call each other "Sister Gu" or "Brother Nan".

Nan Quan came here to say goodbye to Gu Yu. He said, "I came here to tell Miss Gu that we plan to go to the county town and return to Dezhou in a few days."

"Didn't you agree to stay for a few more days? Why are you leaving suddenly?" Gu Yu asked with a puzzled look on his face.

If Nan Quan was the only one out to travel alone, he might have stayed a few more days. But this time he brought many brothers and sisters with him on the mission, if there was no special reason.

After they got off the ship yesterday and handed over their tasks, they should have rushed to the county town to pick up the goods, or taken on one or two business orders and returned to Texas.

There is another reason for leaving today - after all, there are so many people, and it is not a good idea to eat and drink for free at Gu Yu's place.

So everyone discussed and decided to set off today, and said: "You should know that in this line of work, we have a set time for departure. This time we need to rush to the county town to contact the people in the escort agency, and there may be more escorts who need to go out later."

Gu Yu originally wanted to keep Nan Quan and the others for a few more days and take them to the resort to have a good time.