The Sacred Ding

“What to do?”

The refugees organized thousands of embankments to the north of Taohuawu. It seemed that they wanted to live for a long time in the shoals to the north. Zhou Jun also felt helpless, looked towards Chen Hai.

With the instruction of Ge Xuanqiao and Chen Xuanzhen, Chen Hai has almost passed the election by default and enters the cultivation.

Chen Lie is only acting as a deputy envoy and stays with Ge Xuanqiao temporarily Responding to the officials of Hexiang Army Envoy and Taiwei’s Mansion in Yanjing, once the two sides have negotiated the terms of the agreement, they will return to Hexi. Therefore, how Taohuawu should deal with the relationship with the refugees in the north is basically to Chen Hai to decide. .

If you can’t drive away, you can’t fight, and local governments and counties don’t care. Not only do the refugees tend to gather more and more, they also have to occupy the Caotan Qianzawa area north of Taohuawu for a long time. It is really tricky!

Wu Meng, Ge Tong, and Zhou Jingyuan feel helpless.

“Ding Shuang, what do you think we should do?” Chen Hai saw Ding Shuang’s expression indifferently, guessing what he should be asking, so he asked directly.

“The refugees have no livelihoods, so they stray around, walking without investment will take the risk; and if they can really reclaim this grassy beach in the north, settle down and settle down, we are next to this, what should we worry about? “Ding Shuang asked with a smile.

Listening to what Ding Shuang said, Zhou Jingyuan and Zhou Jun suddenly realized that it was them to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem. Think about it, they have been secretly guarding against these refugees. They are all secretly trying to drive them away, but never thought that these refugees really want to use this grassy beach to settle down in the north, even if the Scarlet Eyebrow cult secretly instigates them, how many outlaws will follow?

Even if Chen Hai is not so concerned about the fate of the people in Yanzhou, he does not have the arrogant mentality of aloof and remote, and does not regard the refugees as ants.

Although the reality does not allow him to solicit these refugees, otherwise he will be regarded by the civil and military ministers of Yanjing as having special intentions, but he cannot do nothing.

Chen Hai thought for a moment, and felt that Ding Shuang’s policy was the best policy, and said to Zhou Jingyuan: “Seeing that their conditions are also simple, you prepare a batch of farm tools and grain seeds and send them with me tomorrow. They really want to cause trouble in the future. At this time, it is good to have a good relationship!”

The refugees really want to cause chaos in the county near Gyeonggi on a large scale. As the guest army, they did not help the place to fight. The obligation of purging and suppressing, to have a better relationship with the refugees, and to get away from things in the future.

“Whether we have contact with them, we have no right to stop them from reclaiming the river beach in the north, but we cannot let them occupy the Taohuawu horse farm.” Zhou Jingyuan said.

Taohuawu Country Estate is only 300 acres, only about four to five hundred feet square, and the surrounding grassy beaches are their natural horse and drill grounds.

If the refugees hadn’t acted first, Zhou Jingyuan, who was good at economics and people’s livelihood, planned to organize a group of people to encircle the embankment after the spring and circle a grassy beach as a horse farm in Taohuawu.

In this way, they can continuously transport the Hexi good horses into the Taohuawu horse farm, and then sell them to Yanjing City to make great profits.

Zhou Jingyuan felt that it was necessary at this time to clarify the boundaries of the racecourse with the refugees in the north, so that right and wrong would breed after the province was able to.

The next day, Zhou Jingyuan prepared two hundred bags of grain, one hundred bags of grain seeds, and thousands of farm tools to load into the cart, put on mules and horses, and passed through the silted beach with weeds and followed Chen Hai Walk into the Liumin River Beach Camp to the north of Taohuawu.

In addition to a dozen horsemen, Chen Hai also asked Wu Meng, Zhou Jingyuan, and Ding Shuang to follow him to visit the head of the refugees.

The camping site for refugees on the banks of the river is facing the vast waters of the Qiuye River that is nearly 10 li wide. The terrain is relatively high, but it is much lower than Taohuawu. According to the rain in normal years In the late spring, it will be submerged, not to mention that there may be heavy rains that last for several days or even tens of days in the upper reaches of the Akino River.

The refugees are also aware of this. Only then did they organize manpower to build a large embankment on the east side of the campsite. They wanted to block the river to the east of the campsite. At the same time, the grassy beach to the west of the campsite could also be used. Cultivate and plant some grains.

The refugees with blue and green clothes are very wary of Chen Hai. However, Chen Hai came with the tools and grains they needed urgently and a batch of food. Hai turned away.

Chen Hai was greeted into a straw shed.

Before Zhou Jingyuan found out some news, he only knew that the refugees were mainly from Lelinfu in the northern suburbs of Gyeonggi. The leader Cao Bong was also a member of Lelinfu, about 40 years old, burly and dark-faced.

When Chen Hai bowed his head and walked into the straw shed, Cao Fengcai, who was sitting behind the long case made of rough wood, stood up to greet him. He took a straw rope and tied an unsheathed iron sword around his waist:

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“Cao Feng’s cold legs will occur every cold season, and he is inconvenient to move. You can’t welcome Chen Xiaowei from far away. Please see him!”

Cao Feng does not seem to have a cultivation The sect of the base is profound, but the energy is full and the voice is strong and powerful.

The thick and sturdy skeleton, the flattened cocoon on the palm and the sharp eyes all show that Cao Feng often holds swords and soldiers, and has exquisite martial arts skills. He should be a kind of knight-errant who is very prestigious in the countryside. It is possible that the people who have gathered here can be elected as leaders by the refugees gathered here.

In the small thatched shed, there are dozens of Jian Yong wearing crude leather armor, or knives or swords tied around their waists, staring at Chen Hai vigilantly, and even wanting to deliberately put their Wu Yong showed it.

Chen Hai just smiled in his heart. He could send troops to raid here, take down these dozens of people, and make tens of thousands of refugees scattered without a head, but if these dozens of people take the lead in doing something, The livelihoods of tens of thousands of refugees outside will be even more difficult, and I don’t know how many people will starve to death in the Spring Famine.

Chen Hai has no feelings for the people of Yanzhou, but he does not want his hands to be stained with the blood of these refugees, and listening to what Cao Feng calls him, Chen Hai knows that these refugees have explored the details of Taohuawu. It’s okay if I think so, I can save some trouble next.

“The head of Cao is polite. Our two families live next to each other. It was Chen Hai’s impoliteness to visit until today.” Chen Hai politely replied, and sat down on the long made of Zamu After the case, looking at the rough cutting board and wooden thorns, it can be seen that these refugees have gathered for nearly a month and the conditions are really difficult.

Chen Hai did not test anything with Cao Feng and the others. After presenting the gift list he brought with him, he directly picked out his intentions:

“Dang Cao took everyone in Taohua It is a good thing to build a dam on the north side of the dock to block the river water. It can also alleviate the spring and summer floods in Taohuawu and the horse farm. We sent grain, grain, farm tools, 20 mules and horses and carts, which is a little bit thin. Power.”

“Horse Field?” Cao Feng and the others are also smart. They immediately heard the overtones in Chen Hai’s words, looked at them cautiously, not knowing that Chen Hai walked into the camp of the refugees. What is the intention?

“Don’t lie to the head of Cao, we, on behalf of Zhaoyang Pavilion and Hou’s Mansion, bought Taohuawu this land. In addition to building a foundry, we used Hexi craftsmen to cast first-class soldiers and sold them in Yanjing City. , Set up a dart line, practice darts, and at the same time transport the Hexi Liangma into Gyeonggi for sale. There will be a place where Cao will be asked to help in the future.” Chen Hai said.

Chen Hai is not greedy, so he set aside the area with Cao Feng and other refugee leaders on the spot.

There is a three-mile-long sidewalk between Taohuawu and Meiwubao, which can be said to be an existing embankment.

Chen Hai will use this grassy beach and broken land between Meiwupu and Taohuawu after spring. At the same time, he must leave the 20,000-30,000 mu grassy beach west of Taohuawu empty for use. Only the Caoze Shoal in the north of Taohuawu can be reclaimed. You can’t stretch your hands to the south and west of Taohuawu, let alone build a village between Taohuawu and Meiwupu.

After the beginning of spring, Chen Hai also wanted to build a strong dock in Taohuawu.

Even if the two hundred soldiers stayed in Taohuawu, it is extremely taboo as a guest army to provide relief and help the refugees near Gyeonggi. In particular, Yi Celestial Emperor and Crown Prince Yingdan are still struggling at this time, and they are both deliberately suppressing the locals to come forward to provide relief to the victims. Chen Hai cannot even directly hire a large number of refugees to work in Taohuawu.

Whether it is to build a dock or to reinforce the dam access between Meiwu Fort and Taohuawu, a large amount of stone and wood are needed; in the future, a large amount of charcoal will be needed to build a foundry. Ironmaking materials.

Taohuawu can get food and buy stones and wood from the refugees. Chen Hai believes that he can barely help them survive the spring famine. This is a strategy offered by Ding Shuang. As long as tens of thousands of refugees can really be north of Taohuawu Once settled down, they will no longer be a hidden danger to Taohuawu.

Chen Hai forbids them to enter the grassy beaches on the west and south of Taohuawu. This is upsetting Cao Feng and the others. At the same time, they must meet the stone and wood materials needed by Taohuawu. For Wan Jingzhuang, it is necessary to allocate half of the manpower to mine stone and wood and transport them to Taohuawu, but only in this way can Cao Feng and the others get enough food from Taohuawu to survive the spring famine, and it is possible to obtain the corresponding The materials will be created before the spring tide.

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

The next day, Cao Shuang personally rushed to Taohuawu, promised Chen Hai’s terms, and wished to send someone to Shiling, 20 li away, to mine the stone and send it to Taohuawu.

The hidden dangers of the refugees have been temporarily alleviated. Zhou Jingyuan and Ding Shuang have been running around for more than ten days. They have also found suitable homes for the establishment of soldiers’ armor shops and escorts in Iron Bridge Lane of West City. Chen Hai needs to confirm. However, Chen Lie and Su Yuan could not get rid of them at all.

The house selected by Zhou Jingyuan and Ding Shuang entered the compound three times before and after, plus the cross courtyard on both sides, there are more than 30 rooms. The courtyard is north of Iron Bridge Lane. The courtyard wall can open the door and open the Bingjia shop. After the courtyard wall of South Street Hongwu Street is opened, it can be used as the door face of the Yao Shiyuan escort…

In this case, Usually only need to arrange a team of elites stationed in the yard, can take care of both sides.

Chen Hai believes in Zhou Jingyuan and Ding Shuang’s abilities in this area. He ran to the courtyard north of Iron Bridge Lane and took a look and was quite satisfied. If he stays in Yanjing City for cultivation in the future, he can also live in. After all, Taohuawu will have to ride a horse for nearly two hundred miles out of Xicheng.