Riding a chopping horse and stepping into the world

Chapter 189 Recruiting Refugees

Chapter 189 Recruiting Refugees

Ten days had passed since Zhang Tie repelled the Mongols, and the Mongol heads on the city wall were no longer on the wall at the north gate.

As early as three days ago, the state shepherd Gao Shi (played by book friend Xiao X Niu) who received Zhang Shun's letter sent someone to deal with the heads of these Mongolians.

Not long after receiving the Mongolian head, Zhang Shun wrote a letter and 100 taels of silver notes, and sent someone to send them to Zhou Mu Gaoshi.

If you want to obtain military exploits and silver, you have to report to your superiors, otherwise no one above will know what you have done, and naturally you will lose your military exploits and silver.

Reporting directly to Xiang Shaolong across the superior will not work, it will make it even more difficult for him, and will leave the impression of an unruly brat in the eyes of others.

As for the 100 taels of silver note, it was Zhang Shun's meeting gift to Zhou Mu Gao Shi.

The people sent by Zhou Mu Gaoshi first identified the authenticity of the heads, and then loaded all the Mongolian heads hanging on the city wall into the carriage and left Biancheng County.

These heads will be transported to Gao Shi first, and after being confirmed, Gao Shi will write a letter to King Yan, and at the same time transport the heads to Beicheng, the capital of Yan State.

The silver and so on can only be given by Xiang Shaolong himself after being transported to Beicheng and confirmed by Xiang Shaolong.

It wasn't this complicated before, but it became so complicated because there were more people who killed the good and pretended to be meritorious.

But by doing so, it is true that there are a lot fewer people who want to kill the good and pretend to be meritorious.

Gao Shi, courtesy name Youzhi, a native of Guanzhou, 31 years old, is not only the state shepherd of Guanzhou, but also the head of the Gao family, the three major families in Guanzhou.

The Gao family, one of the three major families in Guanzhou, is mainly engaged in the cloth business. There are almost all cloth shops opened by their family in the entire Yan Kingdom.

In addition to sending people to deal with the heads of the Mongols, Gao Shi also brought a personal letter of his own.

The contents of the private message were all homely words, some of which made Zhang Shun puzzled and didn't know what he was trying to express.

Gao Shi has been observing Zhang Shun since he took office.

After more than a month, what he did to Zhang Shun and others made Gao Shi feel that these two brothers were definitely not in the pool, and he wanted to establish a good relationship with them before they became prosperous.

Although the letter was very plain and seemingly nothing, but Qiao Shan, who has traveled far and wide, knew that this was the friendship between the other party and the adults, so he whispered a reminder in Zhang Shun's ear immediately.

There are many friends and many ways, Zhang Shun immediately wrote a reply letter and handed it to the person sent by Gao Shi. The content of the letter is also very plain, but at the end he wrote a lot of contact and a lot of words .

Although the letter was plain, both parties already understood each other's approach, and this relationship was naturally established.

……

In the yamen of Biancheng County, Zhang Shun, who was sitting in the lobby, was busy processing the documents, which were all Biancheng County household registrations.

Ever since Zhang Shun became the county magistrate of Biancheng County, he has never carefully checked the household registration in Biancheng County.

As soon as he took office, he first exterminated the bandits and rectified the management of the city. Then he supported Yan'an County and helped Yan'an County solve the bandit riots. Recently, the Mongols attacked again. I have never had time to check the household registration of the city and county here. .

Until now, in fact, there is still no time to check, because there are too many things that Zhang Shun needs to do.

If it wasn't for the sudden arrival of many refugees recently, Zhang Shun really wouldn't have come here to get rid of it now.

As for why I didn't look through the refugees I took in a month ago, that's because the refugees who were appeased were from Border City County and had a household registration, so naturally they didn't need to register again.

However, the household registration records have been cleaned up by the clerks in the Yamen. What Zhang Shun has to do now is to check to see if there are any mistakes.

Seven days ago, refugees from other counties began to arrive. Zhang Shun could not ignore the appearance of refugees, because they would not be taken in. If they were arranged properly, the security of Biancheng County would definitely be impacted.

And if you are not careful, it will cause turmoil. No one knows what he will do next.

……

Just when Zhang Shun was carefully reading the household registration, a person hurried in from outside the door. He saluted Zhang Shun in the lobby without a red face and said, "Sir, 56 more refugees have just arrived from other counties. Do you want to keep them?"

Zhang Shun raised his head, frowning slightly, pressed his thumb on the swollen temple, rubbed it twice, and then looked at the person who came in.

Staring at the household registration all the time, his eyes were dazzled by Zhang Shun. Zhang Shun didn't give an answer first, but instead asked the people who came in, "Hongyu, how many refugees have been taken in now?"

The person who came in was the scribe Hongyu. In the past few days, Zhang Shun had arranged him to the newly built camp outside the city of Nanmen to assist Guo Mingjian in dealing with the refugees.

"My lord, nearly 2000 refugees have been taken in."

After a slight pause, Hong Yu said hesitantly: "My lord, there is something I don't know if I should say it or not."

"Oh! But it doesn't matter."

Zhang Shun was a little curious about what Hong Yu wanted to say.

"Sir, there are nearly 2000 refugees now. Judging from our current food supply, even if we only feed them porridge every day, it can only last a few months. My Lord, the food is not enough."

What Hongyu said is the most real situation in Biancheng County at present, that is, there is not enough food.

Although Biancheng County successfully repelled the Mongols, the Mongols were not allowed to plough grass, so the harvest in Biancheng County did not drop sharply.

But the grain harvested by the common people is not a lot. There is no hybrid rice in this era, and the yield of rice is very low, and they can barely make ends meet.

The tax revenue paid is not very large, it is only enough to feed a thousand people. In other words, the food collected is not enough for the staff.

Most of the food and grass provided to the soldiers and refugees is provided by Zhang Tie and others from their own shops and grocery stores, but it is still not enough.

Zhang Shun thought about it, and breathed a sigh of relief, "Is it a month or so? That's okay, Hongyu, continue to harvest. In ten days or so, there will be food and grass."

"Since we have taken in so many refugees, we are not afraid to take in dozens more, so let's keep taking them in."

"Yes."

Although he didn't know why he said that there would be food and grass in a few days, but this didn't make Hong Yu feel that Zhang Shun was lying, if Zhang Shun said there was, then there would be.

Zhang Shuneng was so sure that there was food, based on the deal between Zhang Tie and Deng Wei, and calculating the time, it was almost here.

As soon as the members of the Deng family arrived, the so-called food crisis would naturally disappear. With the current silver taels of Zhang Tie and others, they could fully support these refugees.

Moreover, these refugees, Zhang Shun and Zhang Tie would not adopt them for nothing and give them food for nothing.

If the refugees want to have food, they have to work. If they don't work, they won't be given food, unless they are really unable to work.

Now the construction of the town has started, and all the recruited refugees have been arranged on the construction site to participate in the construction of the town.

The refugees work every day, and besides having food, they are paid five copper coins a day.

Although the wages were low, the refugees did not complain at all, instead they were grateful.

For them, eating and drinking is already good, and they never thought that there would be wages.

In addition, Zhang Shun also issued a decree that all homeless people can buy a house at half the market price in the newly built town.

If not, considering the feelings of the local people, Zhang Shun might directly give the refugees a house for free.

(End of this chapter)