In the eyes of the general, refugees were the lowest-ranking people in the entire Ming Dynasty. No matter how many deaths there were, it had nothing to do with him. Besides, setting up checkpoints here to prevent refugees from entering Northern Zhili was the order of the court, and he was just following the order.

Thinking of this, he, who came from the Beijing Camp, subconsciously shouted at the battalion commander in front of him, hoping that the battalion commander would not meddle in other people's business.

However, when he saw hundreds of cavalrymen with excellent equipment and murderous aura around him, he still suppressed his dissatisfaction and replied with a smile: "Let this general laugh. We are from the Beijing Camp, and we are ordered to set up levels here to prevent refugees from entering Northern Zhili. As for not saving the enemy when they are dead, the general has wronged us, and we don't have much food."

"And if they have so many people, we have nothing to eat after giving them."

"Besides, it's better to feed the pigs to these refugees..."

Without food, I clearly saw that there were thousands of kilograms of grain piled up by the other party’s tent. Isn’t this lying with my eyes open?

However, although Zhao Yun was angry and full of contempt for the officers in front of him, he did not make any extreme moves. After signaling the first battalion commander to bring the one hundred officers to the checkpoint, he directly ordered his subordinates to take out the prepared dry food.

When the main force of the Tiger and Leopard Army led by Wei Zheng personally arrived at the checkpoint, hundreds of refugees became much more energetic because they had eaten. Not only that, Zhao Yun also learned from some of the refugees that the current bad situation in Datong Prefecture was learned from some of the refugees.

"General, according to my understanding, there are at least eight levels like the one in front of us in Datong Prefecture. As for the number of refugees in the entire Datong Prefecture, the number of refugees in the Shaanxi rebels has increased from more than 10,000 to more than 50,000 in a short period of time, and the court has forced the army to set up checkpoints on major traffic roads to prevent refugees from entering Beizhili and threaten the safety of Beizhili."

"Fifty thousand refugees, so many..." Zhao Yun just finished saying this, and Zhou Shuyuan's screams were already coming from his mouth.

He reminded Wei Zheng with a worried look: "General, so many refugees are a huge hidden danger for Datong Mansion, which we are about to stick to. If we cannot deal with it in time, I am worried that when we fight against the Shaanxi rebels, these refugees will make trouble in our rear."

"Because none of us knows whether there are any spies lurking the rebels among the 50,000 refugees."

"If the rebels really hid a large number of soldiers among these refugees, they are likely to attack us inside and outside on the battlefield in the future. At that time, we, with limited troops, will be in a dangerous situation of being attacked from both sides."

Zhao Yun followed closely and continued to report: "General, I think the military advisor's concerns make sense."

"As for the hundreds of refugees in front of you, because of long-term hunger and migration, the rest are basically young and strong. If there are really hidden rebel spies that we don't know, the rebels can definitely pull up a new rebel among the refugees in a short period of time and attack us from behind."

"In addition, according to my understanding from the official army, the number of refugees who are constantly pouring into Datong Prefecture is also increasing sharply. According to the general, there are at least 2,000 refugees entering Datong Prefecture every day. As for these tens of thousands of refugees, they are all scattered in Datong Prefecture in units of hundreds of people."

"What's more, in order to survive, some refugees have evolved into bandits and killed people and robbed people in Datong Prefecture..."

While the two of them were talking one after another, Wei Zheng's calm facial expression did not change from beginning to end because he was thinking about problems.

However, what Zhou Shuyuan and Zhao Yun did not expect was that Wei Zheng was not thinking about how to solve the threats these refugees might bring to him, but how he should use these refugees to make the large number of refugees use for me.

Just as Zhou Shuyuan and Zhao Yun looked at Wei Zheng at the same time, a strange smile flashed from Wei Zheng's face.

He said mysteriously to Zhou Shuyuan: "Military advisor, after we entered Datong Prefecture, where will the annual food and salary of our Tiger and Leopard Army come from? In order to gain a foothold in this troubled era, we must expand our army. Where will we obtain the food and salary of this expanding army..."

After a brief contemplation, Zhou Shuyuan replied: "Don't count on the court. With the food and wages given to us by the court's Ministry of War every year, it can only support two regiments at most. As for the rest, we have to rely on our Tiger and Leopard Army to solve the problem on the spot in Datong Prefecture."

Wei Zheng nodded and continued to ask: "Two ways to solve the problem without outside calls. First, find a way to set up checkpoints in Datong Prefecture and exploit the people. Another way is to assign officials, gentry and landlords in Datong Prefecture to ask them for food and grass."

"But after seeing the situation in front of us, the first one will definitely not work. If the people can't even support themselves, how can we exploit money and food?"

"As for the second article, due to the military power of our Tiger and Leopard Army, the officials, gentry and landlords in Datong Prefecture may also provide us with some food and salary because we are here to defend Datong and protect them. But what if we fight back the rebels? Will the officials, gentry and landlords who are not threatened with life still provide us with food and salary for free?"

"In addition, I have another saying to warn everyone that if our Tiger and Leopard Army wants to really discover and grow, the source of food and salary must not be entrusted to others, but should have its own channel of food and salary."

"The vagrants in front of us seem to be burdensome on the surface. However, if we can use them well, these vagrants are the best channels for our food and salary sources, and are completely controlled by us."

Zhou Shuyuan has read books and read some military books. He is very clear about the importance of logistics to an army. In detail, many powerful troops in history have ended up with a complete defeat because their logistics supply cannot keep up.

So, after listening to Wei Zheng's analysis, Zhou Shuyuan spoke directly and affirmed: "General, I completely agree with your analysis."

"But, with so many refugees, how can we make good use of them?"

Based on history, Wei Zheng, who already had specific ideas in his mind, did not answer immediately, but asked with a serious look on his face...

"Military advisors, based on the calculation of 100,000 refugees, as long as they are not allowed to starve to death, how much food is needed in a month."

"When they are not allowed to do things, the porridge made from three taels of grain a day is enough for these refugees to save their lives."

"A person has three taels of food a day, and 100,000 refugees are 30,000 kilograms of food. In a month, one million kilograms of food will be gone. Even if the general adds the grain supplies we received from more than a dozen counties along the way, all the grain reserves of our Tiger and Leopard Army are only enough for these refugees to spend a month and a half."

Speaking of this, Zhou Shuyuan seemed to think of something and asked with a worried look: "General, do you want to use our military rations to help these refugees and support them..."

Seeing that Wei Zheng did not speak, Zhou Shuyuan's expression of worry became even stronger.

He quickly reminded: "Please think twice, general. Let's not say that our Tiger and Leopard Army does not have the ability to support them. Even if we have the ability, we cannot support them."

"Otherwise, once the news of our Tiger and Leopard Army relieving refugees in Datong Prefecture spread, refugees from all over Shanxi would flood our Datong Prefecture. Not only that, our relief of refugees will also arouse suspicion from the court, believing that our Tiger and Leopard Army is buying people's hearts and have any bad intentions."

Wei Zheng shook his head and replied: "You don't have to worry about the court. The court now has to rely on us to resist the Shaanxi rebels and will never do anything that is unfavorable to us. Besides, in the court, we also have a backstage, otherwise so many thousand-year-old ginseng sent out would be given out for nothing."

"As for the food issue you mentioned, when we enter Datong, I have some ways to get food, so you don't have to worry."

"In addition, I will not support these 100,000 refugees. I want them to exchange their own strength for food from us."

"One of the most direct way for us to obtain food and wages through these refugees is to farm farms. In this chaotic world, with food, we don't have to worry about anything."

"Since you want to farm and grow grain, you need a lot of fields. I took a look along the way. Because of the drought all year round, the fields in the north, except for those close to rivers, are basically deserted. Since others don't plant them, we will cultivate ourselves and grow our own grain."

"If one hundred thousand refugees can open one million acres of land in Datong Prefecture before the spring next year, it means that we will have one million acres of land next year. With these harvests, we can not only feed the Tiger and Leopard Army, but also continue to expand the army."

Speaking of this, Wei Zheng directly ordered in an undisputed tone: "Military advisor, among us, you have studied and served in the court. Therefore, after entering Datong Prefecture, I will hand over all the recruits to you to gather all the refugees in the entire Datong Prefecture. Organize them into an army and disperse them to Datong Prefecture to reclaim wasteland... Is there any problem?"

As it is related to the future of the Tiger and Leopard Army and its own future, Zhou Shuyuan no longer vaguely and answered decisively: "General, as long as you can ensure the supply of food and ensure that the officials, gentry and landlords in Datong Prefecture do not make things difficult for us, I promise to open 1.5 million mu of mu of fertile land before the spring next year, no, two million mu of fertile land will come out."
Chapter completed!