Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 226 Meng Jinkou

After pondering for a while, Li Jing looked at Yuan Keli and said, "Sir, I estimate that there will be countless homeless people in Henan. Given their current situation, it will be impossible for them to rebuild their homes for a while, and it is impossible for us to Deliver food to them all the time, not to mention the high cost of transportation, and the troops can’t stay in Henan forever. I mean, bring those victims over, so that a lot of food can be saved. It solves the problem of labor shortage on our side.”

Yuan Keli nodded after hearing this: "To accommodate so many people, we must arrange a place for them to live. However, our land is basically allotted, and it is impossible for so many people to arrange work for all of them, so we need to think carefully about where they will be resettled. gone."

Li Jing pondered for a while, and then said: "The salt factory can definitely accommodate a group of people, and a few mines can also accommodate a lot. You can ask Zhang Lihe to calculate how many people can be accommodated in these two places, and then press The number of family members can be settled locally. In addition, factories in each county can arrange as many as they can, and the rest can be arranged in places like mountains. If they can’t farm, let them plant mulberry trees and raise silkworms. You can raise sheep and cattle, pigs and chickens, anyway, as long as you can make ends meet, arrange for them."

Yuan Keli sighed: "The amount of work is not small, so Zhang Li and Fang Fang must prepare quickly."

Li Jingjing nodded, he didn't know that this is a huge project, and it will cost countless money.But what can I do?Now, unlike later generations, relief supplies can be transported to the disaster area very quickly. Now the disaster relief is very difficult. Just for transportation alone, a lot of food and supplies will be consumed, not to mention that he has to lead troops to protect these supplies. Consume a batch.

If Li Jing provided assistance to these disaster victims for a long time, no matter how much wealth Li Jing had, it would not be enough to make a fuss about.

Therefore, if you want to save those victims, taking them to Shanxi for resettlement is the most economical way.

When the flood subsides, these people want to go home, and then let them go back.

The two then discussed again to see if there were any omissions, and Yuan Ke immediately went back to arrange specific matters.

After everyone left, Li Jing took out the map and began to study it carefully.

The fastest way from Jiangxian to Henan for disaster relief is to go through Yuanqu County to Jiyuan and enter Henan, and then cross the Yellow River south at Mengjinkou.

But this time the Yellow River broke through at Mengjin, and there is probably a whole country there.If the water has not receded, a large number of ships will need to be arranged to reach Henan. If it has receded, the road will be muddy and it will be difficult to move an inch.

If you go south from Anyi, you will enter Henan Prefecture through Shanzhou (now Sanmenxia), but you must also go to the flooded area of ​​the Yellow River after the Mengjin breach.

If you don't follow these two roads, you will have to detour and waste food and grass all the way.

After thinking about it for a long time, it was difficult to choose for a while.

After rubbing his temples, Li Jing only felt a severe headache.

After closing his eyes and meditating for a while, Li Jing called a soldier and asked him to invite Zhu Huiyu.

After a while, Zhu Huiyu came in with Xiaozhu's style: "Master, are you looking for me?"

Li Jingjing nodded, motioned Zhu Huiyu to sit down, and then said: "Help me make up my mind, the Yellow River burst, and there was a flood in Henan. I am going to transport food to rescue the disaster, but the nearest road is all yellow flooded areas. The road is bound to be difficult, is there any way to solve it?"

"Did the Yellow River burst? Where did it burst?" Zhu Huiyu exclaimed.

Li Jingdao: "Mengjin, Zhongmu, and Cao counties have all been breached, and the hinterland of Henan has been completely flooded."

Zhu Huiling was stunned for a while, then suddenly murmured: "Then Kaifeng is also flooded? My father, my father, I don't know what happened to the old man!"

As he spoke, tears suddenly fell from his eyes.

Li Jing sighed, Zhu Huiyu had been away from home for many years, and the nature of father and daughter, how could he not miss his father.

Patting Zhu Huiyu's back lightly, Li Jing said softly, "Don't worry, your father will be fine. Well, I'm going to Henan for disaster relief this time, and I have a chance to meet your father."

"Thank you, master." Zhu Huiyu hurriedly got up and gave a blessing.

Li Jing gently pulled Zhu Huiyu up, patted Zhu Huiyu's little hand and said with a smile, "Thank you for what I did, you and I are husband and wife, and I should go to see my father-in-law."

Zhu Huiling blushed, but her heart was full of warmth.

In fact, before Li Jing married Zhu Huiling, Shen Ying specially ordered people to send a big gift to Kaifeng Zhou Palace, using 120 people to carry 64 gifts, and said that it was sent by Princess Minde .

This gift is very special, and a sensible person can tell it is a lower offer at a glance.

But in Zhou Palace, no one dared to say even if they knew it was an appointment, because the royal family had to report to the clan mansion for marriage and get the permission of Zongzheng or the emperor to get married.

Princess Minde was kicked out of the house, not to mention that she didn't tell the emperor about such a big marriage, if it gets out, then the king of Zhou will be in big trouble.

It can be said that the marriage between Li Jing and Zhu Huiyu belongs to the kind of family that is not right and wrong.

But Li Jing said that Kaifeng was going to see King Zhou, so he wanted King Zhou to reunite with his daughter.

After a while, Li Jing suddenly smiled and said, "Well, if you can figure out a good way for us to enter Henan smoothly, I will take you to Kaifeng together."

After hearing Li Jing's conditions, Zhu Huiling's eyes flickered immediately: "Master, are you serious?"

Li Jing gently pinched Zhu Huiyu's nose and said with a smile, "Of course it's true, it doesn't count when I speak."

Zhu Huiling was overjoyed, and after pondering for a while, he said, "It's simple. The master doesn't need to do anything himself. When we reach the Yellow River Flooding Area in Henan, we only need to send people around to tell people to release food for disaster relief. Those who are affected by the disaster are afraid that even the bed and door panels of their own homes will be destroyed." They will all be used to pave the way for the master."

Li Jing was taken aback, so simple?If you think about it carefully, it's not that simple.

The victims are just waiting for food, so naturally they have to do their best to help them transport the life-saving food.

"Hahaha! Good! Good idea. Go talk to Yingying, then pack up and take you home for my husband." Li Jing laughed.

Zhu Huiling was overjoyed, smiled at Li Jingfu and said, "I will tell Yingying about this."

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Once Li Jing's order was given, the following quickly moved.

Two days later, Shen Zheng came to report that [-] shi of grain had been raised, and there were also a large amount of medicine and cloth. At the same time, grain from various places was also being shipped to Jiang County.

Li Jingjing nodded. Pingyang Mansion was also raining month after month, and the roads were muddy. It was really commendable to raise [-] shi of grain so quickly.

Li Jing knew that the disaster waited for no one, and the earlier the food was transported, the more lives could be saved.

Therefore, Li Jing decided not to wait any longer, and first took people to transport the [-] shi of grain to Henan. After the grain supplies from the remaining counties arrived, Zhang Chu led a team to transport them there.

Fifty thousand stones of grain plus a large amount of medicine and cloth required a large number of vehicles and manpower to transport. This time, Li Jing really spent a lot of money. The manpower and material resources of the entire Pingyang Mansion were mobilized to form a mighty transport army. .

At the same time, Chen Guozhu, Sun Hutou, Li Dingguo and the first part of Chen Dazhuang's Pao Battalion were also escorted by the Five Thousand Jishi Army.

Li Jing led the grain transportation team, traveling day and night, traveling more than [-] miles a day, and arrived at Mengjin Ferry in less than five days.

Li Jing covered his forehead with his hands and wanted to look across the Yellow River from a distance, only to see a khaki color on the opposite side, shining dazzlingly under the sunlight.

Sighing, Li Jing ordered all ships along the coast to be confiscated and loaded with food.

Seeing that Li Jing gave orders and didn't take the local officials seriously, the officials in Jiyuan and Mengjin counties had nothing but helplessness.

No way, Li Jing didn't reason with them at all, and took them directly to the Yellow River Ferry.

Detaining this group of officials is to use their flag to issue orders, after all, organizing the ferry must be in the name of the government.

In addition, although the method Zhu Huilai came up with was good, the disaster relief announcement had to be issued in the name of the government before the common people could believe it.

Let a group of soldiers carry the notices of local officials to post around, and soon a large number of people came with wooden boards and other things.

Li Jing took a closer look, and sure enough, many of them were holding door panels and bed panels.

All the people worked together and quickly paved a road for grain trucks to pass.

After bringing the grain transport team to the county government office in Mengjin County, he gathered all the local officials together, and then Li Jing said to Yang Liufeng who organized the grain transport: "Be careful, I will leave you [-] shi of grain here in Henan Province. You bring local officials to organize disaster relief."

Glancing coldly at all the officials in the hall, Li Jingsen said: "If there are troublemakers or plotters, I will kill them on the spot, no matter who they are, understand!"

"Students understand!" Yang Liufeng said loudly.

Li Jingjing nodded, this Yang Liufeng was really smart, he knew that he couldn't be called a marshal at this time, besides, although Yang Liufeng was a scholar, he spoke neatly and acted neatly, and he was very majestic.

Then, Li Jing said to Sun Hutou: "Hutou, you lead the people in your headquarters to be responsible for food safety, so as to better protect Mr. Yang's safety. Mr. Yang is serious and careful in doing things, you have to study hard."

"My son knows, father, don't worry!" Sun Hutou has been with Li Jing for many years, and under Li Jing's influence, he is used to thinking about things before doing things.

Moreover, Sun Hutou knew very well that the cross-border release of grain was of great importance, and there must be no omissions.Yang Liufeng's dealings with local officials would naturally be a bad face, so he had to do this black face, so as to calm down these local officials.

Thinking of seeing the drowned and starved people along the way, Li Jing seriously instructed Yang Liufeng to take care of these corpses to prevent a plague from breaking out.

Yang Liufeng had dealt with this kind of thing in Jiangzhou years ago, and he knew that if so many dead people were not dealt with properly, the plague would spread if one was not careful.

(End of this chapter)