open sea

Chapter 811 Phase II
There are not many news in this world that can make the commander of the Ming army Jing Haibo Chen Mu and the commander of the Western army Duke Alva feel their hearts sink at the same time.

"This is a good thing. The second phase of Beiyang is here. There are soldiers available in the military mansion, and merchants who are transported by ships are here. I, Changsheng County, can also do more trade, not to mention that the county government of the students can also be well repaired."

As soon as he heard that the second phase of Beiyang had arrived at Majia Port, the county magistrate Zou Yuanbiao entered the port office excitedly, but he saw Xu Wei, Zhao Shizhen and others in the meeting hall were all depressed, holding the sleeves of their official robes and holding their hands in front of them. Shou, blinking his eyes and asked: "This, this is, the official ship was shipwrecked?"

Zhao Shizhen raised his eyes and glanced at Zou Yuanbiao, but he was not interested in speaking, so he shook his head.

The magistrate breathed a sigh of relief, took a four-character step and sat at the end, then calmly cupped his hands and said, "Hello, everyone, are you afraid that there will be insufficient food and wages or too many merchants will disturb the price?"

"The corn and beans have been harvested three months ago, the yield is extremely high, the imperial court's land tax is not heavy, the common people have surplus food in their fields, and flour is being milled everywhere. In a few days, the flour must be sold to buy bricks and tiles to renovate the house. Courtyard, there is no need to worry about food."

"It's not a problem that there are too many people. The student's county government now only has one guard, three officials, and one clerk. There is a huge gap between the three classes of yamen servants. There is still a shortage of 140 people to support the government office."

Zou Yuanbiao talked to himself, poured bitter water, and said aggrievedly: "You are not county magistrates, and you don't know the difficulties of a small county. The county government has been repaired for several months, but only two entrances have been made, the corridors are only half repaired, and the official building in the lobby has been repaired hastily. Even the Temple of the Prison God was not built."

"Although a small county is small, its affairs are particularly busy. Appointment and removal of officials, rewards and punishments, geographical conditions, scenic spots, native products, household registration population, taxation and taxation are all part of the job."

"Solar and lunar eclipses, rainy and snowy weather, floods, wind and hail, earthquake disasters, disaster relief, we must plan ahead."

"Local customs, township rules and regulations, family rules and clan rules, loyalty and filial piety, women's longevity, Chinese language classes, class examinations, Wuwei township examinations, and opening of hospitals, which one does not require manpower?"

"Soldier recruitment, defense, mobilization of pensions, rewards and punishments, raising military salaries, inspections, and guarding against rebellion, this is where the army is here. The imperial army will never be here all the time, and students must prepare in advance."

"Not to mention the laws and regulations, economics, homicide, assault, gambling, adultery, theft, fraud, weddings and funerals, inheritance, property rights, tenancy, loans, contracts, and other common people's lawsuits. No, fortunately, the students brought a copy of "Winning Injustice Collection" when they came to Dongyang, and if there is a death or injury, you have to hold the book and read it by yourself in front of the corpse."

"In the end, there are major issues such as mining salt wells, building water conservancy, encouraging farming and mulberry, and allocating land, Commander."

Zou Yuanbiao said as he took off his black gauze cap and put it on the tea table, pointed to his head, cupped his hands and said, "Students, it's really difficult to magistrate the county, it's really difficult! You don't even have a sedan chair, and you ride a mule to take over all the classics, history and teachings in the county except Wen Po. , Discipline, work, official media and other matters, the head is almost bald."

Chen Mu was quite worried at first, but his brows were amused by Zou Yuanbiao's self-concerned nagging. He was always curious that the tens of thousands of people in Changsheng County couldn't even make up three classes of yamen servants. How does the small county government work?

Looking at the sparse area under Zou Yuanbiao's hair scarf now, let alone - it makes people happier than winning a battle.

"Okay, you have nothing to worry about. This time, there are many civilians accompanying the Beiyang Second Phase Army, which is enough for you to fill the county government."

Zou Yuanbiao was overjoyed when he heard the words. As soon as the smile appeared on his face, he quickly blocked it with his hands, stroked his beard and asked a little greedily: "Then there are ten townships under Changsheng County. , Richang, Liangchang, Menzi, Archers, etc., can they be fully recruited?"

Chen Mu didn't speak, looked at Zou Yuanbiao who was enjoying himself in bitterness, frowned slowly, and asked in a very probing tone: "Do you know how many people the imperial court sent me this time?"

Without waiting for Zou Yuanbiao to answer, Chen Mu patted the letter from Majiagang on the tea table at hand, asked himself and answered as if reciting the text: "Ninety-six warships of various sizes in the second phase of Beiyang, five thousand six hundred banner troops, There are 96 military craftsmen, totaling 800 people."

"There are 64 warships in Jizhen, carrying four Mongolian cavalry teams, totaling 220 people."

"There are 42 Liaodong warships, carrying seven teams of Jurchen three-part infantry archers, totaling 21... [-] people."

Chen Mu still didn't memorize all of them, glanced at the letter, and then continued: "There are 220 warships in Nanyang, carrying four Japanese governors and their subordinates, 8000 soldiers!"

When he said this, he gritted his teeth and even showed a bit of hatred. He slapped the table with his palm and said, "Do you think this is over? There are homeless people in the four provinces of Zhili, Guangdong and Fujian in the north and south, and 120 ships from the coastal provinces, carrying [-] people. Four thousand floated across the sea."

"I don't know which fool gave the order. They don't know how to bring some food to the people? Let people eat up half of my Beiyang Army's rations at sea!"

"They are disregarding human life!"

Majia Port is already in chaos, that small place can't support so many people, and the cold winter in the north is about to come, and the food stored in the port is simply not enough for the people who are traveling across the sea to eat for ten days.

When the emergency ship came from Majia Port to Changsheng County, the ships carrying the people had already assembled and headed for Jincheng.

Wu Zhongxing, the magistrate of Jincheng County who led the Iraqi alliance to kill the Quartet, was full of fear in the letter. Tens of thousands of people flocked to the small Jincheng County.

Wu Zhongxing didn't even dare to imagine what would happen in a month.

Undoubtedly, those civilian soldiers must continue to migrate southward, cross Jincheng, and the next stop is Jiexian County, which is ten times poorer than Jincheng. Ai Mu, the magistrate of Jiexian County, has nothing but wool. With [-] households, the grain reserves may only be enough for the common people and soldiers to eat for three days.

three days?

He couldn't even get out of the boundary peninsula for three days. Even if all the sheep on the island were slaughtered, it was only enough to send people alive to Changsheng County.

But Changsheng County has bigger problems.

The Ming army and the local people have just established a fragile trust. What kind of consequences will the sudden influx of Ming Dynasty people and soldiers from all over the country bring to this place?

Chen Mu didn't dare to think about it.

"Wu Zhongxing said in the letter that he can keep everyone in Jincheng County for ten days, and after ten days, distribute all the grain stored in the county except Ma Shuai's headquarters, and the soldiers and civilians will board the ship to Nanhangjie County—the military government must come up with a plan within these ten days. The way to properly resettle the people, otherwise people will die."

In this world, morality, prestige, imperial court, and gods are all bullshit in the face of hunger.

In particular, the food on these more than 1000 ships may have been eaten up, but there are still things in their cabins.

Chen Mu looked at his staff and said slowly, "Many people will die."

(End of this chapter)