Yu Yalan and Xu Yongnian discussed it and finally decided to temporarily resettle these refugees near Lijia Village under the jurisdiction of Jinming County. There happened to be a village that had been abandoned for more than ten years. The villagers who had fled due to natural disasters in the early years had long abandoned it.

Once we get there, the existing old houses that have been renovated should be able to barely accommodate these refugees.

Of course, Yanzhou will not accept all the more than 3,000 refugees. After all, not every refugee is willing to stay here.

Qinxi, like Longxi, is a drought-stricken area. Many areas are so short of water and food that they have begun to sell their children. The victims of Longxi are not the only ones whose families are migrating south. Many people in other areas of Qinxi are also fleeing.

hometown.

Many refugees actually had no hope for the situation in Yanzhou. After taking a short rest, they planned to continue southward to find a suitable place to live. Although Yu Yalan provided them with ginger soup and hot porridge, they did not think that the disaster in Yanzhou would be alleviated.

After all, Yanzhou Prefecture is notoriously poor. It is hopelessly poor even in good years. It is too close to the Yulin front line. It is not surprising that it will be captured by the Tatars or Beidi at any time.

Xu Yongnian sent yamen officials to register and investigate, and most of those who were willing to stay were poor and sick widows. The young and strong were more willing to settle in wealthy places, where it would be easier to earn a living in the future.

In the end, only more than 500 people were approved to stay, and some suspected bandits had been eliminated. Xu Yongnian took them to deserted villages to settle down, and instructed the head of Lijia Village to assist in management.

Yu Yalan plans to provide seven days of relief to the refugees in deserted villages. The government officials will deliver two meals of hot porridge and drinking water every day. After seven days, the refugees must be self-reliant and try to find a way to support their families in Yanzhou.

The refugees were very grateful to Magistrate Xu for taking them in, and they even knelt down to thank Liuhe Villa for their generous porridge. Yanzhou was also suffering from drought, but was willing to lend a helping hand to them in desperate situations.

Both the prefect of Yanzhou and Liuhe Villa have gained a reputation for benevolence. Whether they are refugees passing through this place or newcomers who are about to settle down, everyone is full of praise for Yanzhou. They do not know the true situation of Yanzhou and think Liuhe

The villa sacrificed its own life-saving food to help the refugees.

Yu Yalan and others were naturally happy to see this, and did not explain the misunderstandings of the refugees. The year of great disaster was not suitable for outsiders to easily know the situation in Yanzhou, otherwise trouble would inevitably come in droves.

As for those refugees who are allowed to settle down, they will become like the current Yanzhou people in the future, voluntarily and spontaneously keeping the secrets of Yanzhou to prevent outsiders from breaking in and diluting the city's limited resources.

Not all the refugees outside the city are grateful. Occasionally, there are those who have ulterior motives and cause trouble. However, before they cause any trouble, they are directly punished in public by the soldiers of the Yanzhou Guard, and then driven away to Yanzhou far away.

Outside the state capital.

The combination of kindness and power quickly suppressed all the refugees, allowing this sudden trouble to be resolved smoothly.

With the full cooperation of the Yanzhou Magistrate, Yanzhou Guards and Liuhe Villa, the crisis of refugees overwhelming the city was completely quelled in only a few days. All personnel were properly resettled, and the refugees outside the city were also resettled within three days.

After that, they left one after another, and the noisy Yanzhou Mansion gradually returned to calm.

As soon as the refugee crisis ended, Yu Yalan once again devoted her energy to meritorious causes.

The construction of the Salesian Home and the Free School has been completed, and the biggest headache now is recruiting relevant manpower.

Yu Yalan plans to name this free school Shuguang Hall, which means to bring a glimmer of hope to children in trouble.

The school is expected to offer six courses, namely literature class, mathematics class, basic nature and geography, handicraft class, cooking class and farming class.

Among them, the literature class will teach basic knowledge such as the Thousand-Character Classic and the Three-Character Classic, striving to make the children who come to school literate and understand etiquette, and be fully prepared for deeper learning in the future.

Mathematics classes will use modern mathematics as the outline to teach students basic mathematical knowledge such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, calculation of the volume and area of ​​geometric objects, calculation and conversion of units of measurement, as well as methods and techniques of abacus and mental arithmetic.

The physical geography class will teach some simple scientific knowledge, mainly focusing on common sense content such as biology, physics, chemistry and geography that are closely related to life.

There are two types of handicraft courses, one is technical courses focusing on weaving, pottery, carpentry and construction, and the other is women's courses focusing on female embroidery and textiles.

Cooking classes and farming classes, as their names suggest, specialize in teaching students cooking skills and methods of growing various crops.

All courses taught are practical first, so that graduates can apply what they have learned in the future and make a living after graduation.

Yu Yalan had a very thoughtful idea, but the reality in front of her was that she couldn't find a suitable husband at all.

In order for the school to open smoothly, she could only recruit relevant talents first, and then conduct unified training before officially taking up their posts.

Song Xi and Xu Yongnian were both very supportive of her idea, so they issued a recruitment announcement at the government office to recruit outstanding talents for Shuguang Hall and Salesian Home.

As soon as the announcement was released, the entire Yanzhou Prefecture was in an uproar.

In the year of the catastrophe, there were many unemployed people, and they were very excited when they saw the recruitment notice.

"With so many shops closing down and resigning, it's really rare for someone to go against the trend and recruit! If you're lucky enough to get this job, you won't have to worry about it in the future!"

"It's the Liuhe Villa that sells food and drinking water at low prices! No wonder he is so wealthy!"

"Really?! Then I have to give it a try! I have been envious of the long-term workers in the rice shop for a long time. They all have rosy faces and have no worries about food and clothing. I heard that their boss pays them very generously. A person's monthly salary is

I can support a family of five with just the money, and I even have some left over to build a house and buy land in the village!"

"Isn't it! It's a pity that the number of people recruited by Yujia Mipu and the grocery store is too small, and there are some character tests to pass. Very few people can pass. Those of us who are late-minded can't even get a turn in the queue, and now we have to go through it again."

When new workers start to be recruited, I have to seize the opportunity and be the first to sign up!"

"Hey! If you want to sign up, you have to see if you are qualified. We are recruiting talented talents or craftsmen. What are you good at?"

"I can't teach but I can still do some chores! Who can't do such things as sweeping and moving goods? My seven-foot tallness is not in vain!"

There are many people in Yanzhou who have similar ideas. Although most applicants have no knowledge or skills, they have rich experience as handymen in ordinary shops.
Chapter completed!