(On weekend update)

"what to do?"

The refugees organized thousands of river embankments to build river embankments in the north of Taohuawu. It seemed that they wanted to live in the shallows in the north for a long time. Zhou Jun also felt helpless and looked at Chen Hai.

With Ge Xuanqiao and Chen Xuanzhen instructed, Chen Hai almost passed the imperial examination and entered the academy to practice.

Chen Lie was just the deputy envoy of the memorial, and temporarily stayed with Ge Xuanqiao in Yanjing to deal with the Hexiang Army envoy and the officials of the Taiwei Office. Once the two sides agreed on the terms of peace, they would go back to Hexi. Therefore, how to deal with the relationship with the refugees in the north of Taohuawu was fundamentally required Chen Hai to make an idea.

It is impossible to drive away, and the local prefectures and counties are left alone. Not only does it tend to gather more and more refugees, but they also have to occupy the shallow grass beach area north of Taohuawu for a long time. It is really difficult!

Wu Meng, Ge Tong, and Zhou Jingyuan all felt helpless.

"Ding Shuang, what do you think we should do?" Chen Hai asked directly when he saw Ding Shuang's expression was calm and guessed that he should have any questions.

"The livelihood of the refugees is not settled, and they will only travel around and take risks without making any investments. If they can really cultivate this grass beach in the north and live in a stable and stable manner, what are we going to worry about when we are adjacent to it?" Ding Shuang asked with a smile.

After hearing what Ding Shuang said, Zhou Jingyuan and Zhou Jun suddenly realized that they were just stubborn. Thinking about it, they had been secretly guarding against these refugees for causing trouble and had been secretly trying to drive them away, but they never thought that these refugees would really use the grass beach in the north to settle down. Even if the Red Eyebrow Cult secretly instigated them, how many desperate people would follow them to make trouble?

Even though Chen Hai did not care so much about the fate of the people in Yanzhou, he did not have a arrogant and arrogant mentality and did not regard refugees as ants.

Although reality does not allow him to appease these refugees, otherwise he would be regarded as ulterior motives by the civil and military ministers in Yanjing, he could not do nothing.

Chen Hai thought for a while and felt that Ding Shuang's plan was the best. He said to Zhou Jingyuan: "Seeing that their conditions are simple, you prepare a batch of farm tools and grains and send them with me tomorrow. Even if they really want to cause trouble in the future, it would be good to make a good relationship at this time!"

If the refugees really want to cause chaos in the county governments near the Gyeonggi, they, as a guest army, have no obligation to assist the local government in fighting and clearing out. They have better relations with the refugees and can also get rid of their affairs in the future.

"It's okay to have a contact. We have no right to stop them from reclaiming the river beach in the north, but we cannot let them take over the horse farm in Taohuawu." Zhou Jingyuan said.

Taohuawu farm is only 300 acres, about four or five hundred steps in square foot. The grass beach on the outside is their natural horse farm and drill field.

If the refugees had not taken action first, Zhou Jingyuan, who was good at economic and livelihood, planned to organize a group of people to build a large embankment after the spring, circled a grass beach and used it as a horse farm in Taohuawu.

In this way, they can continuously transport Hexi Liang horses into the horse farm in Taohuawu, and then sell them in Yanjing City to make a profit.

Zhou Jingyuan felt that it was necessary to explain the boundaries of the horse farm to the north at this time to avoid the breeding of right and wrong in the future.

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The next day, Zhou Jingyuan prepared two hundred bags of grain, one hundred bags of grain and thousands of farm tools onto the cart, put them on mules and horses, passed through the weedy silt beach, and followed Chen Hai to the refugee river beach camp north of Taohuawu.

In addition to more than a dozen grooms in the imperial carriage, Chen Hai also asked Wu Meng, Zhou Jingyuan and Ding Shuang to follow him to visit the refugee leader.

The refugees were camping on the side of the river beach, facing the vast waters of Qiuye River, which is nearly ten miles wide. The terrain is relatively high, but it is still much lower than Taohuawu. According to the rainfall in normal years, it will be flooded in late spring, not to mention that there may be heavy rainy weather in the upper reaches of Qiuye River that lasts for several days or even ten days.

The refugees also realized this and then organized people to build a large embankment on the east side of the campsite. They wanted to block the river water east of the campsite, and at the same time, the grass beaches west of the campsite could be used to reclaim and plant some grains.

The blue-green refugees were full of vigilance against Chen Hai and the others, but Chen Hai came this time with the tools, grains and a batch of food they were in urgent need, so the refugees would not keep Chen Hai out.

Chen Hai was welcomed into a straw shed.

Zhou Jingyuan had found some news before, and only knew that the rebels mainly came from the Lelin Mansion in the northern suburbs of the capital. The leader Cao Feng was also a member of the Lelin Mansion. He was about forties, with a burly figure and a dark face.

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

"Cao Feng's cold legs will occur every time the cold season. He is unable to move around and cannot meet Captain Chen from far away. Please be punished!"

Cao Feng is not like a sect cultivator with a foundation of cultivation, but he is full of energy and speaks with a strong and powerful voice.

The thick and strong bones, the smoothed calluses on the palm of the palm and the sharp eyes all show that Cao Fengchang always holds swords and weapons and his superb skills should be the most prestigious figures of the rural heroes and rogues in the countryside, so that they can be elected as leaders by refugees gathered here.

In the small straw hut, there were dozens of brave men wearing rough leather armor, tied with swords or swords around their waists, staring at Chen Hai vigilantly, and even trying to deliberately show their bravery.

Chen Hai just smiled in his heart. He could send troops to raid here and take down these dozens of people, causing tens of thousands of refugees to be dispersed. However, without these dozens of people taking the lead in doing something, the livelihoods of tens of thousands of refugees outside would be even more difficult, and I don’t know how many people would starve to death in spring.

Although Chen Hai had no feelings for the people of Yanzhou, he did not want to stain the blood of these refugees with both hands. After hearing Cao Feng's name to him, Chen Hai knew that these refugees had inquired about the background of Taohuawu, and thought that this would be fine, so he would save trouble in the future.

"You are polite to the President Cao. We live next door and we are not here to visit until today. It is Chen Hai's rudeness." Chen Hai replied politely. After sitting in the long case made of miscellaneous wood, he saw that the chopping board was rough and the wood thorns were pricked. It can be seen that these refugees gathered for nearly a month, and the conditions were really difficult.

Chen Hai didn't test anything with Cao Feng and others. After presenting the gift list he brought this time, he directly stated the purpose of the trip:

"It is a good thing that Cao Dangjia led everyone to build a dam in the north of Taohuawu to block the river water. It can also alleviate the spring and summer floods of Taohuawu and horse farms. We sent grains, grain, farm tools, twenty mules, horses and carts, which can be considered a little bit of effort."

"Rattlefield?" Cao Feng and others were also smart. They immediately heard the implicit meaning in Chen Hai's dialect and looked over vigilantly. They didn't know what Chen Hai had to do when he entered the refugee camp this time.

"It's not to be hiding Cao's family. On behalf of Zhaoyangting Hou Mansion, we bought Taohuawu. In addition to building a casting ground, casting high-quality soldiers with Hexi craftsmanship, selling them in Yanjing City, opening escort shops, and practicing escorts, we will also transport Hexi Liang horses into the capital for sale. There is no place where Cao's family can be invited to help in the future." Chen Hai said.

Chen Hai was not greedy, so he set the scope with Cao Feng and other refugee leaders on the spot.

There is a three-mile-long walkway between Taohuawu and Meiwu Fort, which can be said to be a river-blocking embankment that has been built.

After Chen Haichun, he would use the grass beach between Meiwu Fort and Taohuawu to make use of the ground, and at the same time, he would have to make the 20,000 to 30,000 acres of grass beach west of Taohuawu empty. The refugees could only reclaim the grass shoals north of Taohuawu, and could not reach their hands to the south or west of Taohuawu, and not to think about building villages between Taohuawu and Meiwu Fort.

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

Even though two hundred soldiers were left in Taohuawu, it was extremely taboo to provide relief to the enemy army near the capital and recruit refugees. Especially Emperor Yitian, Prince Yingdan was still unable to argue at this time and was interested in suppressing local governments to provide relief to the victims. Chen Hai could not even hire a large number of refugees to work in Taohuawu.

Whether it is to build a dock or to strengthen the dam barrier between Meiwu Fort and Taohuawu, a large amount of stone and wood are required; in the future, a large amount of charcoal melting iron is required to be built in the casting yard.

Taohuawu can use grain and buy stones and wood from refugees. Chen Hai believes that he can barely help them overcome the spring famine. This is the strategy offered by Ding Shuang. As long as tens of thousands of refugees can really settle down north of Taohuawu, they will no longer become a hidden danger in Taohuawu.

Chen Hai prohibited them from entering the west and the grass beach in the south of Taohuawu. This made Cao Feng and others unhappy. At the same time, they had to meet the stones and wood needed for Taohuawu. At this time, only 10,000 refugees were strong, so half of them needed to mine the quarry and wood and transport it to Taohuawu. However, only in this way, Cao Feng and others could obtain enough food from Taohuawu to survive the spring famine and obtain corresponding materials, causing the blocking river embankment before the spring tide.

Chen Hai did not ask Cao Feng and other refugee leaders to respond immediately, and only two hundred bags of grain, hundreds of bags of grain, thousands of farm tools, twenty ordinary mules, horses and carts were left in the refugee dormitory, hoping to help them.

The next day, Cao Shuang rushed to Taohuawu in person and agreed to Chen Hai's conditions. He wished he could send someone to Shiling twenty miles away to mine quarries and deliver them to Taohuawu.

The hidden dangers of refugees have been temporarily alleviated. Zhou Jingyuan and Ding Shuang have been traveling for more than ten days and have found a house suitable for opening military and armor shops in Tieqiao Lane in Xicheng. Chen Hai still needs to confirm it. Chen Lie and Su Yuan are completely unable to escape.

The house chosen by Zhou Jingyuan and Ding Shuang, three in front and back, and more than 30 rooms are also included in the courtyard on both sides. The courtyard is close to Tieqiao Lane in the north. The courtyard wall can open the door hole and open a military armor shop. After the courtyard wall of Hongwu Street in South Street is opened, it can be used as the door face of the pharmacist garden escort shop...

In this way, you only need to arrange a team of elite soldiers to stay in the yard to take into account both sides.
Chapter completed!