Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

Regardless of the doctors' doubts, as the refugees entered Chongshan Town, the entire Chongshan Town entered a state of full-speed operation.

From the General's Mansion to the government offices in various places, and down to the soldiers in various guards and garrisons, almost everyone has a mission except the Zhenbiao Five Battalions and the West Road.

The Zhenbiao Five Battalions are the most important combat power of Chongshan Town. In order to prevent other accidents, Yang Zhengshan did not mobilize the Zhenbiao Five Battalions.

As for the West Road of Chongshan Town, the south of the West Road of Chongshan Town is Liaoxi, and there was no drought in Liaoxi this time, so naturally no refugees entered the West Road of Chongshan Town.

So the most idle one at present is the West Road of Chongshan Town, but the West Road of Chongshan Town and the Zhenbiao Front Camp are responsible for resisting the Wulianghu tribe in the west, so although they are idle, they are not relaxed.

And almost all the reinforcement battalions of other routes participated in the escort mission of refugees.

A large number of refugees entered the north under the escort of the soldiers of the reinforcement camp. The first batch of refugees who were resettled had about 800 households. They were resettled in several newly built villages in the north of Fuzhou City.

These newly built villages were actually very simple. Each household had only three main rooms, two side rooms and a kitchen. The yard was planned, but in order to save time, no walls were built for them.

The houses were also the most common adobe houses. There was no furniture in the room except for the kang and the stove. The conditions could be said to be very simple.

However, even so, the refugees who came here felt very satisfied.

At least they had food in their hands and a place to stay. The most important thing was that there was no shortage of water here.

After the refugees were resettled, there were follow-up management tasks.

Yang Zhengshan assigned the management tasks of the refugees to the soldiers of the guards and the soldiers of the reinforcement camp.

One hundred households were responsible for ten villages, and five soldiers were arranged in each village to manage the refugees, distribute wasteland and supplies, and help the refugees adapt to their new homes.

The remaining soldiers were responsible for transporting supplies to these villages, and then each thousand households reserved a small number of soldiers for emergency.

In this way, batches of refugees were sent to the north, and soon the refugees who migrated from Dongyang Prefecture were resettled.

However, the refugee reception and resettlement work was not over. As August came, more and more refugees began to pour into Chongshan Town.

Of course, more refugees migrated to Jizhou and Shanhe Province.

At the end of August.

The central and northern parts of Pingyuan have already presented a scene of thousands of miles of barren land. At a glance, it is all dry and cracked land, without a trace of green.

There are still many ragged refugees migrating on the official road, and dried corpses can be seen everywhere on both sides of the official road.

The horror and cruelty of natural disasters are presented to the world without any cover.

Countless human tragedies are being staged.

At the same time, many demons and monsters are openly plundering the refugees' last wealth.

Outside Jizhou City, a large number of refugees gathered here.

The porridge sheds are connected into a piece, and a large number of matchmakers shuttle among the refugees.

A matchmaker is one of the three aunts and six aunts. She is a woman who makes a profit by introducing people to trade.

Whenever there is a disaster, the matchmakers are most active.

They will help the suffering people sell their children.

It seems a bit inappropriate to say that they help!

But that's the fact!

Although their actions are shameful, some refugees can only sell their children to give themselves and their children a chance to survive.

Even the government can't control such a matter that is consensual.

If you don't let them sell their children, will you watch them starve to death?

Under a disaster, the boundary between good and evil will become blurred.

On the city wall.

Ji Zhen and Ji Hai stood with their hands behind their backs, looking at the dark refugees outside the city, their faces solemn.

"How much food do we have?"

The breeze was blowing gently, stirring Ji Zhen's snow-white beard and hair.

Ji Hai said in a deep voice: "There are less than a thousand stones!"

Hengdaomen is rich, but it can't stand so many refugees outside the city.

Let alone Hengdao Sect, even the prefectural government office could not hold on any longer.

The number of refugees pouring into Jizhou was greater than that of those heading to Chongshan Town. Even though Luo Ren had made preparations in Jizhou, he could not change the reality of food shortage.

Yang Zhengshan had accumulated more than three million shi of grain in half a year, but the imperial court had only allocated one million shi of grain for disaster relief. Facing millions of refugees, one million shi of grain was a drop in the bucket.

At this time, countless ships were transporting refugees across the river at the canal wharf in the south of the city.

Jizhou was no longer able to provide relief to more refugees, so it could only let the refugees go to Shanhe Province to find a way to survive.

"Hey~~" Ji Zhen sighed, "You go and select some disciples from them."

"How many to select?" Ji Hai's face was full of helplessness.

There were many disciples who had joined Hengdao Sect, and there were at least five thousand in Jizhou, if not eight thousand, but there were actually only three hundred disciples who truly belonged to Hengdao Sect.

Because the imperial court had limited military orders, there was a limit on how many disciples a sect could recruit.

For example, the Tianqing Sword Sect only has dozens of disciples, while the Hengdao Sect is stronger, so no more than 300 people are needed.

Therefore, most of the disciples who are not talented will leave the Hengdao Sect after practicing for a few years.

"Choose 300 people, and stay in the sect as servants first!"

"Also tell those brokers that the price of human trafficking must not be less than three dou of rice!"

Ji Zhen said softly.

Three dou of rice is the price of one person!

In fact, the price of a child outside the city is not even worth one dou of rice.

You can even exchange a few steamed buns for a child!

Yaxing dare not not listen to Hengdaomen's words, but Hengdaomen cannot be too overbearing. If these Yaxings cannot provide food to buy people, more people will starve to death.

Compared with Jizhou, the situation in Chongshan Town is much better.

As long as the refugees enter Chongshan Town, they can have a full meal, and as long as the refugees arrive in the resettlement village, they can get three months of rations.

With food in hand, the work of accepting refugees in Chongshan Town is getting easier and easier.

By September, the number of refugees resettled in Chongshan Town had exceeded 300,000.

A large number of refugees poured into Chongshan Town, which also had a great impact on Chongshan Town.

First of all, prices have skyrocketed. The prices of almost everything, such as grain, cotton cloth, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, etc., have increased by 30% to 50%.

Even the price of tea has increased!

Naturally, refugees cannot afford to drink tea, but it is not only refugees who enter Chongshan Town, but many wealthy households also flee to Chongshan Town.

The most terrifying thing about a severe drought is the lack of water. Whether it is ordinary people or wealthy households, they have to flee once the water is cut off.

These wealthy households looked down upon the wasteland arranged by Chongshan Town, so they did not join Chongshan Town and just came to Chongshan Pass for refuge.

A large number of wealthy households poured into the city of Chongshan Town, especially Chongshan Pass. In just two months, hundreds of wealthy households poured into Chongshan Pass with their families in tow.

Hundreds of families may not sound like much, but there are more than a dozen or even dozens of wives, children, and children in these wealthy families. Plus servants, a family without hundreds of children has the right to be called a wealthy family.

Not to mention other things, even the house prices in Chongshanguan have increased by 30%.

In the General Military Mansion, Yang Zhengshan listened to Lu Wenhua's report and shook his head dejectedly, "If I had known this was the case, I should have renovated more houses in the city!"

He can't make money from those refugees, but he can make money from these rich families.

Lu Wenhua smiled and said, "Master Hou, Tenglong Wei is probably going to make a fortune this time!"

"..."

Yang Zhengshan was speechless for a while.

Isn't it?

Tenglong Wei has made a fortune this time. Not only Tenglong Wei, the six major agents, but also the merchants in Chongshan Town are expected to make a small fortune.

With prices skyrocketing and demand for various commodities increasing, merchants can naturally take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune.

However, there is a severe drought in Liaodong, and all commercial goods in Chongshan Town can only be transported through Liaoxi and Tenglongwei.

Western Liaoning is a land route, and the previous plunder by the Uliang army has not recovered yet, so this time Tenglongwei became the entry and exit channel for Chongshan Town's merchandise.

Tenglongwei was lucky that the damage there was relatively mild. Although the crops in the fields were somewhat affected, the benefits from transporting goods far exceeded the impact of the drought.

However, whether it is the soaring prices or Tenglong Wei taking the opportunity to make a fortune, it is a normal market change. Yang Zhengshan can neither prevent the skyrocketing prices nor let Tenglong Wei make a fortune.

Of course, Wu Zhongzhe is not a money-grubbing person. Until now, Tenglongwei and the six major agents are still helping Chongshan Town purchase grain.

Now they are really giving money to help. Although Yang Zhengshan has increased the price of purchased grain by 30%, they are still not making money.

"Go and send an official document to the various councils, generals, and shogunate, asking them to keep an eye on commodity prices, and absolutely do not allow profiteers to take advantage of the opportunity to drive up prices!"

Yang Zhengshan thought for a while and then said.

He may not interfere with normal market changes, but if profiteers take the opportunity to drive up prices and make a fortune, he will never allow it.

"Here!"

Lu Wenhua responded and went back to his study to write official documents.

And Yang Zhengshan also concentrated on handling official duties.

Although more and more refugees are pouring into Chongshan Town, things are actually getting smoother as everyone becomes familiar with the work of accepting and resettling refugees.

When refugees enter the territory of Chongshan Town, each reception point records the identity and origin of the refugees and provides medicines and meals. Then the soldiers escort the refugees to the Northland. When they arrive in the Northland, the soldiers arrange for the refugees to enter the village, distribute materials, and distribute wasteland.

Everything has formed a set of procedures and everything seems orderly.

The first batch of resettled refugees had already begun to build their new homes. Under the leadership of the soldiers, they reclaimed wasteland and collected available materials, such as food, firewood, stones, etc.

In fact, the earlier they are resettled, the luckier they will be, because they have nearly two months to prepare for the coming cold winter.

The later the refugees enter Chongshan Town, the harder their lives will be.

There is nothing that can be done about it. Yang Zhengshan has done everything he can.

What he can do now is try his best to ensure that the refugees will not freeze to death or starve to death in the next year.

And while the entire Chongshan Town was busy accepting refugees, several figures stood on the cliff on Heiyun Mountain in the North, overlooking Heiyun City below the mountain.

If Luo Jinsong were here, he would find a familiar figure among these people.

Yan Huichun looked down at Black Cloud City and frowned, "Yang Zhengshan is really beyond the reach of others! In less than two years, he actually built a city in this desolate land!"

"Haha, there is no false person despite the great reputation! But I think people in the world still underestimate Yang Zhengshan!" The young man stood in front of Yan Huichun, twisting a string of black pearls in his hand.

"Then how are we going to get rid of Yang Zhengshan?" Yan Huichun felt a little difficult.

Now Yang Zhengshan can be said to have achieved success.

In the court, he is the only marquis who has been granted a title in Darong in the past forty years, and he is in a high position, holding a large number of troops, and is feared by all.

In himself, he has the cultivation of half a step into the innate realm, and is also known as the first person under the innate realm. If the innate realm does not come out, no one can match it.

It is almost impossible to deal with such a person with their strength.

The young man has a deep gaze, a faint smile on his face, wearing a gray-white cloak, and silently twisting a string of pearls in his hands.

"Killing people does not necessarily require a knife! And we don't need to kill Yang Zhengshan, just drive him out of Chongshan Town and drive him out of Liaodong!"

"Drive him out of Liaodong? Let him return to Beijing?" Many ideas emerged in Yan Huichun's mind. Although these ideas are complicated, he feels that he should follow the master's thinking.

The young man continued, "Yes, it is very simple to get Yang Zhengshan back to Beijing. Just make him more meritorious than his master!"

"More meritorious than his master!"

Yan Huichun felt confused again, "Do you want to instigate the Wulianghu tribe to go to war with Chongshan Town?"

If you want to make more meritorious than your master, you must first establish military merit.

At present, the only enemy that Chongshan Town may have a war with is the Wulianghu tribe.

The young man glanced at him and sneered, "Now we have no way to instigate the Wulianghu tribe. It is estimated that King Wuliang hates us more than Yang Zhengshan!"

"Great merit does not necessarily mean military merit, other merits can also be used!"

"For example, loving the people like his own children, saving the people from danger, and being deeply benevolent and virtuous and supporting millions of people in Liaodong!"

"Do you think this merit is high enough?"

Yan Huichun looked at him blankly, "High, it is really high!"

Military merits for the country, benevolent governance for the people, great merits, and great reputation in the world.

At this time, Chongshan Town is gathering refugees and resettling refugees. It is the best time to make Yang Zhengshan famous for his benevolence.

When a general of a border town with a reputation for benevolence, military exploits, and military power appears before the eyes of the world, how will the court view it, and how should the emperor treat it?

When the birds are gone, the good bows are hidden; when the cunning rabbits are dead, the running dogs are cooked.

It is not that Darong has no such precedent!

Even Chongshan Town has such a precedent.

More than 30 years ago, after the Battle of Heiyun Mountain, that is, after the tragic battle experienced by Yang Zhengshan's predecessor, the Darong Prince Taibao, the Right Commander of the Central Army Commander's Office, the General of the Northern Expedition, and the General of Chongshan Town Jiang Zhen became a taboo in the court.

The current Yang Zhengshan is not a little worse than Jiang Zhen back then, but if he is given a reputation for benevolence, then what is the difference between him and Jiang Zhen?

Yan Huichun's eyes became bright.

Without a single knife or a gun, without taking any risks, Yang Zhengshan can be eliminated!

"My Lord is wise!"

"Haha, if you add a sentence of heavenly disasters as a warning, the new emperor is immoral and will bring disaster to the people!"

The young man said with a smile.

Yan Huichun also smiled, "I understand, I will do it now!"

To make the ministers more meritorious than the monarch, it is not necessary to let the ministers build more achievements to suppress the monarch. You can also raise the ministers and lower the monarch.

While promoting Yang Zhengshan's reputation for benevolence, spread rumors about the emperor's immorality.

How will the world see it? What will the civil and military officials think?

Can Emperor Yanping still sit still?

"Do it cleanly and don't show your feet! It's not time for us to appear yet!" The young man reminded.

"Yes!"

Yan Huichun responded with a happy expression.