As the highest officer of Black Bear Castle, Du Xuan naturally needs to have a comprehensive understanding of his own territory, especially his own people.
Although the current people of Black Bear Castle are all refugees recruited by Du Feng, these refugees are all bringing their families with them, and they are obviously kind people. They only come out with their families and their families because there is no way to survive.
Whoosh!
A small sandbag flew in front of Du Xuan from nowhere. If Du Xuan were an ordinary person, he would have been hit by the sandbag. Du Xuan turned his body slightly to one side and easily caught the sandbag in his hand.
A boy about five or six years old stood aside blankly. The child was obviously frightened, because he saw his sandbag flying towards the most powerful person in Black Bear Castle, the third son of the Du family.
"Whose child! He didn't discipline him well and almost hit Mr. Du!" Du Feng shouted in dissatisfaction.
Soon a young woman in tattered clothes rushed out from a house. She came over and took the boy who had just thrown the sandbag to Du Xuan and knelt down in front of Du Xuan: "Third Young Master, please don't be offended. My Xiaonian did it unintentionally."
Yes, I will discipline him well when I get back."
"Sister-in-law, get up. It's okay for children to play. Don't be so scared. I'm not a robber who kills without blinking an eye." Du Xuan quickly helped the boy and the young woman up, then turned back and glared at Du Feng.
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Du Feng quickly lowered his head, looking at his eyes, nose, and mind at ease.
"Thank you so much, Third Young Master, thank you so much, Third Young Master." The young woman thanked her repeatedly.
"Sister-in-law, where did you come from? The past few years have been going well in Daqi. How come you couldn't live a good life and became refugees?" Du Xuan asked casually.
"Alas! If life can still go on, who wants to be a refugee? We are from Lantian Fort, Xining Guards. Although there have been no natural disasters in the past few years, there have been disasters. Barbarians invaded the border, and all the guards in the fort left for the border.
.In the past, when wild beasts came out and caused trouble, the guards in the fort would be responsible for driving them away and killing them. Once the guards left and the wild beasts came out, we ordinary people couldn't deal with them at all. The farmland was destroyed and the houses were destroyed. Naturally, these days
I can't live any longer." The young woman sighed and shook her head.
"Shouldn't it be? Even if the guards are taken away, there should still be militia groups in the fort?" Du Xuan asked in confusion. Du Xuan was still very familiar with Da Qi's system.
"The militia? The militia are all those nobles and powerful people. They wish that all the common people would lose their homes so that they could occupy all those fields. As soon as we left, our land turned into wasteland, and the noble and powerful people could get it without any effort.
A large area of land. All the families in our village were ruined, and most of them sold themselves into the families of nobles and powerful people as servants," the young woman said.
"What about you?" Du Xuan asked.
"Those nobles and powerful men only want labor. We have an old man above us and a young man to take care of the family. They don't want to support idle people," the young woman said.
"I'm different from those powerful people who abandon their families and children. I don't want any of them, I only want good people. You guys can live a good life in the castle. I, Du Xuan, will stay in Black Bear Castle for a day, and I will ensure that you have no worries about food and clothing. Now you are living well.
No matter how hard it is, once the land in Black Bear Castle is harvested, life will get better and better in the future." Du Xuan said.
"Thank you so much, Third Young Master. We are living a good life now. We have enough food every day, and we also have wild beast meat to eat. This is all due to Third Young Master's benevolence. We will work hard for Third Young Master in the future!" said the young woman.
"You don't have to work hard, as long as everyone does their best, everyone must understand that this Black Bear Castle not only belongs to my Du family, but also to everyone." Du Xuan said loudly.
At this time, many residents of Black Bear Castle were surrounded. After hearing Du Xuan's words and thinking about the time he lived in Black Bear Castle, he naturally understood that what Du Xuan said was true.
The nobles were different. They originally thought that when they came to Black Bear Castle, a remote and backwater place, they would have to live a hard life, but they didn't expect that this place would turn out to be a paradise for refugees. Not to mention anything else, the three meals a day were full of rice and wild beast meat.
Really. Here, they see the hope of living and working in peace and contentment.
"Thank you Third Young Master for your kindness! We will definitely do our best to contribute to Black Bear Castle in the future!"
"Yes! If the barbarians dare to come to Black Bear Castle, we will all fight against the barbarian dogs!"
"Serve the Third Young Master!"
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More and more people gathered around, and the crowd was so excited that it suddenly turned into a people's meeting in Black Bear Castle.
Naturally, Du Xuan would not miss such a good opportunity. He stood at a high place and pressed down with both hands. The noisy scene suddenly became quiet, and there was silence, as everyone was waiting for Du Xuan to speak.
"Dear fellow villagers! When Du Xuan first arrived at Black Bear Castle, there were only a few shabby thatched houses and not a single resident in Black Bear Castle. But now, I see a Black Bear Castle full of hope slowly rising. Tens of thousands of acres of wasteland have been
After planting Chiyang rice, in two months we will be able to eat the food we grew ourselves. When I brought you here, I asked Du Feng to promise you that you will be able to eat enough after you come here.
Food and beast meat are enough. But it is not enough now. I hope that you can live a better life, wear beautiful clothes, and live in clean houses. In the future, the children of Black Bear Castle will be able to stand out! Civilians
There is also a way to be promoted to the nobility!..."
The more Du Xuan spoke, the more excited he became. Unknowingly, his voice was filled with awe-inspiring righteousness, turning a speech into a lesson. The people of Black Bear Castle looked at Du Xuan's eyes and felt grateful from the beginning.
, worship later. If the barbarians attack at this time, Du Xuan only needs to give an order, and the people of Black Bear Castle, even the little kids who were playing with sandbags just now, will take up arms and fight the barbarians.
At this time, the more than one hundred officers and soldiers of Black Bear Castle were completely loyal to Du Xuan. Ordinary soldiers will be defeated when the casualties reach a certain proportion. But loyal soldiers will fight to the last man.
, as long as the leader does not give the order to retreat, no one will flee.
Du Xuan himself did not realize that his casual speech actually planted the seeds for his great cause.
After Du Xuan's speech, the most direct consequence was that the construction speed of Black Bear Castle suddenly increased, almost double that of usual times. The area of reclaimed wasteland suddenly increased from 10,000 acres to 20,000 acres.
In addition, several refugees from Black Bear Fort took the initiative to ask to go back and bring their relatives to settle in Black Bear Fort. The sergeants from Black Bear Fort also took the initiative to ask to bring their family members to Black Bear Fort. More people wrote letters and had them delivered.
Let relatives and friends come to Black Bear Castle. In this way, the population of Black Bear Castle is increasing every day.