Chapter 119

"What should I do?"

The refugees organized thousands of strong people to build riverbanks in the north of Taohuawu. It seems that they want to live in the shoals in the north for a long time. Zhou Jun also felt helpless and looked at Chen Hai.

Inspired by GE Xuanqiao and Chen XuanZhen, Chen Hai has almost decided to enter the school palace to practice

Chen lie is only acting as the Deputy envoy, temporarily staying with GE Xuanqiao in Yanjing to deal with the envoy of Hexiang army and the officials of Taiwei's house. Once the two sides negotiate the terms of peace, they will go back to Hexi. Therefore, Chen Hai is basically required to decide how Taohuawu should deal with its relationship with the refugees in the north.

We can't drive away, we can't fight, and local governments and counties don't care. Refugees not only tend to gather more and more, but also occupy the grass beach and shallow area north of Taohua dock for a long time. It's really tricky!

Wu Meng, Ge Tong and Zhou Jingyuan all felt helpless.

"Ding Shuang, what do you think we should do?" Chen Hai asked directly when he saw that Ding Shuang looked indifferent and guessed what he should ask.

"If they can't find a way to improve people's livelihood, they will flee everywhere. If they don't have investment, they will take risks. If they can really reclaim this grassland in the north and live and work in peace, what's to worry about? Ding Shuang asked with a smile.

After listening to Ding Shuang's words, Zhou Jingyuan and Zhou Jun suddenly realized that they were the ones who had been trying to get rid of the refugees. Even if the red eyebrow cult secretly encouraged them, they had been secretly preventing the refugees from breeding right and wrong and had been secretly trying to drive them away, How many outlaws will make trouble with you?

Even if Chen Hai doesn't care about the fate of the people in Yanzhou, he doesn't have a arrogant attitude and doesn't regard the floating people as ants.

Although the reality does not allow him to appease these refugees, otherwise he will be regarded as having ulterior motives by the civil and military ministers in Yanjing, he can't do nothing.

Chen Hai thought for a moment and thought that Ding Shuang's strategy was the best one. He said to Zhou Jingyuan, "look at their poor conditions. You prepare a batch of farm tools and grain seeds and send them with me tomorrow. Even if they really want to make trouble in the future, it's good to have a good relationship at this time!"

The refugees really want to make a large-scale riot in the Prefecture near Gyeonggi. As a guest army, they have no obligation to assist the local government in the war and suppression. They have better relations with the refugees and can get out of the trouble in the future.

"We have no right to stop them from reclaiming the river beach in the north, but we can't let them occupy the horse farm in Taohuawu," Zhou Jingyuan said.

Taohuawu grange is only 300 mu, about four or five hundred steps square. The grass beach outside is their natural horse farm and drill ground.

Zhou Jingyuan, who was good at economy and people's livelihood, planned to organize a group of people to build a dike and circle a grassland as a horse farm in Taohuawu after spring.

In this way, they can continuously transport Hexi horses to the horse farm of Taohuawu, and then sell them in Yanjing city for heavy profits.

Zhou Jingyuan felt that it was necessary to clarify the boundary of the horse farm with the refugees in the north at this time, so as to avoid breeding right and wrong in the future.

The next day, Zhou Jingyuan prepared 200 bags of grain, 100 bags of grain seeds and thousands of farm tools, put on mules and horses, passed through the overgrown silt beach, and followed Chen Hai into the refugee River Beach Camp North of Taohuawu.

In addition to more than ten Royal chariots and grooms, Chen Hai asked Wu Meng, Zhou Jingyuan and Ding Shuang to follow him to visit the refugee leader.

The camp of the refugees on the beach is facing the vast water area nearly ten miles wide of the Qiuye river. The terrain is relatively high, but it is still much lower than the Taohuawu. According to the amount of rain in normal years, it will be submerged in late spring, not to mention the rainstorm weather that may last for several days or even ten days in the upper reaches of the Qiuye river.

The refugees also realized that this time, they organized people to build a levee on the east side of the camp to block the river to the east of the camp. At the same time, the grass beach to the west of the camp can also be used to reclaim and plant some grain.

The refugees dressed in blue and green are full of vigilance against Chen Hai, but Chen Hai comes with their urgently needed tools, cereals and a batch of grain this time, and the refugees will not turn Chen Hai out.

Chen Hai was welcomed into a hut.

Earlier, Zhou Jingyuan inquired about some news. He only knew that the refugees were mainly from Lelin house in the northern suburbs of Beijing. Cao Feng, the leader, was also a member of Lelin house. He was about 40 years old, tall and dark.

When Chen Hai lowered his head and walked into the hut, Cao Fengcai, sitting behind a long table made of rough wood, stood up to meet him. He took a straw rope and tied a sheath less iron sword around his waist:

"Cao fenglao's cold legs will break out every cold season. He is inconvenient to move. He can't welcome Colonel Chen far away. Please forgive me!"

Cao Feng doesn't seem to be a xuanxiu with a foundation of cultivation, but his essence is complete and his voice is thick and powerful.

The thick and strong bones, the flattened cocoon of the palm and the fierce eyes all show that Cao Feng often holds swords and has exquisite skills. Only people such as Xiang Hao rangers who are very famous in the countryside can be elected as leaders by the refugees gathered here.

In the small hut, there are more than a dozen Jianyong wearing rough leather armor, or tied into their waist with knives or swords. They all stare at Chen Hai vigilantly, and even want to show their Wuyong deliberately.

Chen Hai just smiled in his heart. He could send troops to raid here and take down these tens of thousands of refugees, leaving tens of thousands of refugees headless and scattered. But without these tens of thousands of people to take the lead in doing something, the livelihood of tens of thousands of refugees outside would be more difficult, and he didn't know how many people would starve to death in the spring famine.

Although Chen Hai has no feelings for the people of Yanzhou, he doesn't want his hands to be stained with the blood of these refugees. Listening to Cao Feng's address to him, Chen Hai knows that these refugees have inquired about the details of Taohua stronghold. He thinks it's good. It can save some trouble next.

"Cao's family is very polite. Our two families live next to each other and didn't visit until today. It's Chen Hai's faux pas." Chen Hai politely replied. After sitting on the long case made of miscellaneous wood, he saw that the chopping board is rough and there are wooden thorns. It can be seen that these refugees have gathered for nearly a month, and the conditions are very difficult.

Chen Hai didn't try anything with Cao Feng. After presenting the gift list, he directly pointed out his intention:

"It's a good thing for Cao's family to build a dam in the north of Taohuawu to block the river. It can also reduce the spring and summer flood of Taohuawu and the horse farm. We can do a little bit by sending grain, grain, farm tools, 20 mules, horses and carts."

"Racecourse?" Cao Feng and others were also smart. They immediately heard the implication of Chen Hai's words and looked warily. They didn't know Chen Hai's attempt to enter the refugee camp this time.

"To be honest, on behalf of the Marquis of Zhaoyang Pavilion, we bought the land of Taohuawu. In addition to building a foundry, casting top-grade military armour with Hexi craftsmen, selling it in Yanjing City, setting up an escort shop and practicing escort, we will also transport Hexi's good horses to Jingji for sale. We need a place for Cao to help us in the future," Chen Hai said.

Chen Hai was not greedy, so he delimited the area with Cao Feng and other refugee leaders on the spot.

There is a three mile long access road between Taohua dock and Meiwu castle, which can be said to be the built river embankment.

After Chen Haichun, he wants to make use of the grassland and broken land between Meihua dock and Taohua dock. At the same time, he also wants to leave 20000 mu of grassland to the west of Taohua dock empty for standby. Refugees can only reclaim the Caoze shoal in the north of Taohua dock, not reach to the South and west of Taohua dock, let alone build a village between Taohua dock and meihua dock.

After spring, Chen Hai also wants to build a strong fortress in Taohua dock.

Even if all the two hundred soldiers stayed in Taohua stronghold, it was extremely taboo to serve as guest troops to relieve and comfort the refugees near the capital. In particular, Emperor Yitian and Prince Yingdan are still struggling at this time. They all intend to suppress the local government to come forward to help the victims. Chen Hai can't even directly hire a large number of refugees to work in Taohua dock.

Both the construction of Wubao and the reinforcement of the dam access road between meiwubao and Taohuawu require a large amount of stone and wood; In the future, when the foundry is built, a large number of charcoal melting ironmaking materials are needed.

Taohua stronghold can take grain and buy Stone and wood from refugees. Chen Hai believes that he can barely help them through the spring famine. This is the strategy offered by Ding Shuang. As long as tens of thousands of refugees can settle down in the north of Taohua stronghold, they will no longer become a hidden danger of Taohua stronghold.

Chen Hai forbids them to enter the grassland in the West and south of Taohua dock, which annoys Cao Feng and others. At the same time, in order to meet the stone and wood needed by Taohua dock, the refugees only have 10000 strong people at this time, so they need half of their manpower to mine the stone and wood and transport them to Taohua dock. But only in this way can Cao Feng and others get enough food from Taohua dock to survive the spring shortage, It is also possible to obtain corresponding materials and drive the river retaining embankment before the spring tide.

Chen Hai did not ask Cao Feng and other refugee leaders to respond to him immediately. He left 200 bags of grain, hundreds of bags of grain seeds, thousands of agricultural tools and 20 ordinary mules, horses and carts in the refugee dormitory, hoping to help them.

The next day, Cao Shuang personally arrived at Taohua dock and promised Chen Hai's conditions. He wanted to send someone to Shiling 20 miles away to mine stones and send them to Taohua dock.

The hidden danger of refugees has been temporarily alleviated. Zhou Jingyuan and Ding Shuang have been running around for more than ten days. They have also found a house suitable for setting up soldier armour shops and escort agencies in Tieqiao lane of Xicheng. Chen Hai needs to confirm it, and Chen lie and Su Yuan can't get away at all.

The house selected by Zhou Jingyuan and Ding Shuang has more than 30 rooms in the front and back courtyard, plus the cross courtyard on both sides. The courtyard is adjacent to Tieqiao Lane in the north. The courtyard wall can open the door opening and set up a soldier's armour shop. After the courtyard wall of Hongwu street in South Street is opened, it can be used as the front face of the escort shop in the herbalist garden

In this way, we only need to arrange a team of elite to garrison in the yard, and we can take into account both sides.

Chen Hai believed in Zhou Jingyuan and Ding Shuang's ability in this regard. He ran to the yard near Tieqiao Lane in the north and was quite satisfied. If he stays in Yanjing city to practice in the future, he can also live in it. After all, when Taohuawu comes out of the West City, he has to travel nearly 200 miles by horse.