Chapter 554: Recruiting Refugees
Hundreds of thousands of refugees have opened the eyes of gentlemen from the earth.
These guys, who are generally over 2 meters tall, went west from the temple front and almost ate all the animals and fruits in the forest along the way, like legion ants. Even saber-toothed beasts,
When vicious monsters like lizards and spotted bears fall into their hands, they can only contribute their bodies.
It has to be said that the Western Continent is a place where there are abundant resources. Even if the escape team continues to continue, they can get wild game from time to time to enjoy the teeth. Those who run on the ground, swim in the water, and those who fly in the sky can all be used to fill their stomachs. If you are really hungry, you can just dig it down the ground. From a depth of 10 cm to 10 meters, all kinds of insects and animals of all sizes survive. In addition to being ugly, the protein content is absolutely not low. In addition, wild fruits are common and often poisonous. Some people can identify them, but some people cannot identify them, but they are usually eaten completely and few people die.
These large armies that attempted to escape war and enslave avoided most slave city-states and eventually concentrated in the city-states of Xijiang, and the number was increasing.
Few knights capture slaves at this time. On the one hand, the military strength is tight, and on the other hand, it is easy to arouse public anger. During the Temple War, it is too unpleasant to stay in the battlefield. If you still have the energy to make a plan, it would be even worse.
In previous years, the long army of fleeing would continue to follow the West River until the hinterland of large temples such as the Water Dragon Temple and the Fire Dragon Temple were settled by the priests. This was like a natural population migration, which could just replenish the number of believers and take the opportunity to generate more magic knights.
However, when the refugee tide this year came to Laiban, many people who had never traveled far away had already started to kowtow and pray.
The trunk mine carts that are dozens of meters high and can move, the wide and flat roads and streets, and the often-appeared flags of the magic knights, all represent the core position of the temple.
Everything here except the city walls and altars conforms to the description of the temple by previous generations.
Yiyal had to spend most of his time to appease refugees and rectify the remaining army in Mara City. Of course, he didn't dare to say anything like repatriation.
However, the number of refugees quickly increased to a surprising level.
One million people may be 2 million people, and they began to spontaneously gather around the outer periphery of Xijiang City-State. Among them, there were defeated soldiers.
This population is common for Chinese officials with a county population of millions, and is too terrible for the Iyal preacher.
He began to ask for help from the high priest, and then asked for help from the surrounding garrisons. If it weren't for too many refugees, the troops in Mala City would have lost too much in the earliest confrontation, and he might have dared to kill some of them.
In the end, seeing that Mala City's own food reserves were decreasing day by day, Yial was also panicked and couldn't help but think of Chen Yi.
In his eyes, these strange Jiangning people were almost omnipotent. Even under the si, he suspected that the city-state of Xijiang migrated from a remote small temple. However, there were enough temples on the mainland, and the alliance between the Water Dragon Temple and the Fire Dragon Temple was forced to be helpless even if there was another small temple in the future and occupied millions of believers, it was his own side.
The front line of the temple war is thousands of miles away, and the city of Mara is a frontier hinterland. Anyone who builds a hostile temple here is really seeking death.
After reporting to the high priest, the chief priest Yial sorted out the resources at hand and came to the Xijiang Mo Bureau with the 10 tons of gold he had just delivered.
He believed that these "knocks on the door will definitely knock on the door of the people of Xijiang.
Nowadays, the gold and platinum in the entire temple have been concentrated just to supply and purchase the supplies of the people of Xijiang. There is no concept of foreign exchange in the Western mainland, but the slow price increase of gold and platinum is self-evident, which makes it difficult for the temple to collect such supplies.
A few years ago, 10 tons of gold could be taken out as long as Mala City until Chen Yi personally looted the Mala City State.
Thinking of the fierceness back then, Yiyaer was tightening.
"Mr. Chen, the chief priest, is ready to see you." Li Changning, who came to the messenger, had just been promoted to Shishiguan. He looked at the bulging movements of Yiyaer in surprise, and always felt that they were too vulgar. He secretly paid: Could it be that the temple priests are practicing martial arts? What kind of trick is this?
Li Changning led the way and sent him to the gate of the conference hall. He looked at his tun department suspiciously and said, "The time is very tight for adults. You only have old minutes, so you can't go beyond it."
Oyal is a tun part.
Li Changning glanced at him with satisfaction and pushed the door open.
10 minutes is only enough to state the facts, and even the causes and consequences may not be clear.
It took 15 minutes for the main priest of Oyal to explain the matter, and then closed the door of the conference hall in Li Changning's vicious eyes.
The moment the door latch touched, a fierce discussion began inside.
"We really have to take on the resettlement of 2 million victims? This is not only money, but also very dangerous. We only have tens of thousands of people in the Western Continent. We can overturn this place in one night." The Li family first objected. They just built a food company in the Western Continent. Nearly 800 employees can produce 100,000 military rations a week, all sold to the temple front line, with a profit margin of up to 5,000%. The raw materials for these military rations mainly use local ferns and meat.
There is no doubt that if millions of refugees are accommodated, the local area will no longer be able to provide food raw materials. The food factory that is worth a lot of money will suddenly fall into a desperate situation. This is not a joke. The logistics and transportation in the Western Continent are extremely poor, and they are mostly used in busy wars. The price of supplies provided by other places may soar more than 10 times. As for the profit from transporting food from the earth to the Western Continent, this profit always belongs to Chen Yi and his Xijiang Association.
Mr. Zheng was present and said, "The 10 tons of gold that Yiyaer has taken out is quite a lot. I think we should still strive for some political benefits."
He agreed.
Xu Chengchu paid attention to Chen Yi and said, "Refugees can solve the employment problem."
"These indigenous people can be workers. They are not able to understand language and are not easy to manage. Our degree of mechanization is so high, so there is no need to find them." The Zhang family is a metal processing company, and the construction industry that is involved does not welcome a large number of refugees. They occupy land without paying money, and are not good construction workers.
"The refugees can stutter, at least they can do jobs like miners." The people present nodded in the afternoon, and some shook their heads, each with their own ideas.
Chen Yi turned around and smiled at the old man Fo who happened to be in the inspection, "What do you think?" Old Man Fo moaned his beard and smiled: "During the war, we organized millions of people to be transport teams to help the army carry out construction. Today there are only 2 million people, can't we deal with it?"
The middle-aged man from the Li family said boldly: "It is not only necessary to deal with them, but it must be beneficial. Besides, we are now hosting 2 million people, and maybe 20 million people will come."
When everyone was disagreeing, they all looked at Chen Yi. Although they were just over 20 years old, Chen Yi firmly grasped the passage between the Western Continent and the position of the Chen family heir, and was qualified to make any dictatorial decisions.
After a little contemplation, Chen Yi gave the answer: "Since the refugees have concentrated in Xijiang, it will be Xijiang after all."
He ordered people to call Yial and said, "Since I help you resettle refugees, I want the corresponding administrative power."
"You mean..., a knight?"
"A higher title." "Then" Yial had no right to give the title, and hesitated: "Can the title of the Great Jazz satisfy you?" "Okay, I'll help you place these 2 million people."
Iyal left thankfully.
Everyone looked at Chen Yi.
Student Chen had already thought about it, spread his hands and said, "Every time a refugee is solved, 100 kilograms of tonnage will be sold at a time."
Mr. Fo was immediately happy.
The family that I chose to oppose was changed immediately after seeing that the decision had been made. Feng Feng began to consider how many refugees he could get.
Even if it is free to give refugees food, it is cost-effective to exchange for 100 kilograms of tonnage. Moreover, refugees may have low work efficiency, but they are not unemployed.
"We want 500,000 people." Xu Chengchu said first: "We are preparing to expand the airport." "We also need 500,000 people, and roads and railways can be used."
Several families started scrambling to compete.
Chen Yi moaned his chin and said nothing and went with them to negotiate. Anyway, he only paid half a month's tonnage. In fact, once the canal is repaired, what is 200,000 tons?
Human efficiency is much slower than machinery, but it cannot withstand more people. China has not yet entered complete mechanization until today. It is not uncommon for rural areas that use cattle, horses and even manpower. There are many workshop-style factories, and it is a tradition to employ people from major projects from beginning to end.
There are only a few projects in the Western Continent that are complicated, most of them are silly physical work. As long as they can be managed well, many people can use it.
Of course, no matter whether it is enough or not, the money for food is indispensable. The money obtained by each company in the short term was returned to the nobles of Mara City to buy various ferns and meat. After a little processing, it became food for refugees. Due to the increase in quantity, the price also increased significantly.
The currency cycle is the foundation of the commercial economy. Because of the temple war, the temple family that continuously spends is immediately strongly supplemented.
Any family with a manor will store food for at least ten or eight years. It is their business method to sell it out at a high price.
More than one million refugees stabilized, which also caused a prosperous scene near the city-state of Xijiang. The originally empty forests appeared in small villages. Although the slums surrounding the cities and mining areas were conspicuous and ugly, they turned the Xijiang into a big city.
If the number of people is calculated, this will exceed the number of believers in the city-state of Mala.
Faced with such a huge priest, the chief priest Yiar applied for the title of Grand Jazz for Chen Yi, while secretly sent people to preach everywhere.
Seeing the opportunity, Chen Yi secretly found his elder brother Chen Heng and said, "Are we considering expanding the number of pure indigenous teams?"
“How much is it expanded?”
"A teacher."!.
Chapter completed!