In the lobby of the General Office, Wang Peng, the Tongzhi, the Datong Xuanfu envoy who was responsible for resettling refugees and military farming, was paced back and forth in the lobby with anxiety on his face, waiting for Wei Zheng to arrive.

Although Zhou Shuyuan, the Xuanfu envoy who held all the money and food of the Datong General's Office, sat on a chair, his frown frown on his forehead, betrayed the anxiety in his heart at this moment.

Wei Zheng had just walked into the lobby, and Zhou Shuyuan, who was sitting on the chair, seemed to be suddenly shocked and stood up from the chair.

Then, he walked directly to Wei Zheng and said, "General, something happened, something big happened..."

This must be very difficult to make Zhou Shuyuan look so anxious.

So, as soon as Zhou Shuyuan finished speaking, Wei Zheng's brows subconsciously frowned.

He asked Zhou Shuyuan with a little urgent question: "What's the matter..."

Zhou Shuyuan did not answer directly, but pointed to Wang Peng beside him and said, "Mr. Wang knows more about what is specific than me."

"Mr. Wang, you should immediately tell the situation as simple as possible and see if there is any good solution for the General... If such a big thing is not resolved as soon as possible, it may cause turmoil and uneasiness in the entire Datong Mansion..."

Under Wei Zheng's gaze, Wang Peng quickly sorted out the ideas in his mind. Then, the very concise version came to: "Sir, as the new round of recruitment notices of the Datong Prefecture garrison spread, the number of Liu Min who poured into our Datong Prefecture through various means every day was more than 10,000 people..."

"After preliminary statistics, the number of refugees who have entered Datong Prefecture has reached an astonishing 150,000. What's more important is that in every day of the following, almost tens of thousands of refugees have entered Datong Prefecture..."

"According to my estimates by Lord Zhou, in the next month, the number of refugees pouring into our Datong Prefecture will definitely reach an astonishing 300,000..."

"We have felt very stressed that resettlement of 100,000 refugees in Datong Prefecture. Now there are suddenly so many refugees. With the existing strength of our Datong Prefecture, we can't support them at all..."

Seeing Wei Zheng's eyes quickly shift from Wang Peng to himself, Zhou Shuyuan nodded directly with approval and replied: "General, what Lord Wang said is not exaggerated at all..."

"The 300,000 refugees that Lord Wang just mentioned are just our most conservative estimates. If all the refugees in Datong Prefecture really pour into our Datong Prefecture, then it is possible that the refugees in our Datong Prefecture will exceed 400,000 within one month."

Hearing this, Wei Zheng's face became solemn, and he asked Zhou Shuyuan and Wang Peng: "Is it because we don't have enough food..."

Zhou Shuyuan nodded affirmatively and replied: "Yes, General..."

"The food and grass in our General's Mansion are all donated by General, when you just entered Datong Mansion, the officials, gentry and landlords in the country were pledged. The amount of money was only a few million kilograms. These million kilograms of grain, plus we usually buy them with silver to deal with the 100,000 refugees and tens of thousands of soldiers in the country, are just enough..."

"And now, several times the number of refugees are added at once. There are so many mouthfuls to eat. Even if each person only drinks a bowl of porridge every day, the food we have stored in our hands is only enough for more than half a month.

"Of course, what I said is the calculation of the half month before our Datong Prefecture will no longer accept refugees. If our Datong Prefecture continues to accept refugees, we will be grateful if we can eat these millions of kilograms of grain for ten days..."

Speaking of this, the solemnity on Zhou Shuyuan's face had been replaced by concerns, and he continued to say to Wei Zheng: "General, once there is no food, not only the tens of thousands of soldiers under our command will go hungry, but hundreds of thousands of refugees in Datong Prefecture will also go hungry because of this. At that time, I dare not imagine that hundreds of thousands of refugees who have no food will cause trouble in our Datong Prefecture."

Hundreds of thousands of refugees who were red in their eyes because of hunger, in order to survive, they attacked the government offices and the officials, gentry and landlords...

What's more, they are hungry and red-eyed, and they are directly fed by their children.

When the tragic and bloody scenes appeared in Wei Zheng's mind, Wei Zheng, with a solemn expression, also became anxious.

He asked Zhou Shuyuan directly: "Military advisor, what are your thoughts?"

"I have two opinions in total: First, immediately block all the major traffic roads around Datong Prefecture to prevent refugees from entering Datong Prefecture. Because more than 100,000 refugees who have entered Datong Prefecture are enough to select enough qualified soldiers."

"Second, take out the silver immediately and buy grain from the officials, gentry and landlords in Datong Prefecture. We will sell as much as we can and last as long as possible. Not only that, we also have to take the silver to buy grain in Jiangnan. There is a lot of grain in Jiangnan. As long as we have silver, we can buy enough grain..."

"But, in this way, the money we have will become less and less, and even all of it will be used to sell food. At that time, the money we pay military salaries to tens of thousands of soldiers will become another problem."

Seeing Zhou Shuyuan and Wang Peng looking at their desired gaze at the same time, Wei Zheng refused without thinking: "No, you must not set up checkpoints around Datong Mansion to intercept refugees..."

"I can't make up this determination even though I know that stopping these refugees outside Datong Mansion is to let them die, but I still do this. Do you just have the heart to watch hundreds of thousands of refugees starve to death and freeze to death because of a blockade?"

"Besides, these refugees come with hope. If we keep them out, then the good reputation that our Datong Mansion just made will be destroyed."

"At that time, the imperial court far away in the capital may take advantage of the issue and participate in my book..."

After Wei Zheng questioned, Zhou Shuyuan and Wang Peng both fell into their heads and remained silent. Then, Zhou Shuyuan mustered up the courage to continue and said, "General, I don't want to do this, but I can't think of any other way except for the method in front of me..."

"If we really can't make this decision, let refugees pour into Datong Prefecture. At that time, those who are starved to death will not be the more than 100,000 refugees outside Datong Prefecture, but the entire Datong Prefecture and 100,000 refugees."

"Not only that, a large number of people and officials, gentry and landlords in the entire Datong Prefecture will also die due to a series of turmoil and uneasiness in Datong Prefecture... Therefore, I insist that we cannot let more people die because of the temporary kindness of women."
Chapter completed!