"Du Gao, you two have just returned from Lao San's place. Tell me about the situation there." Du Rong was extremely happy when he saw Du Gao and Du Fang returning from Black Bear Castle.
"The third young master said that his place can accommodate about 15,000 more refugees." Du Gao deliberately pretended to be confused.
"I'm not asking you this. What? Black Bear Castle can still accommodate 15,000 refugees? Where did Lao San get so much food? Fifteen thousand refugees is not a small number. If there is a food shortage, it is not a small number.
It's a small thing. Even if I were at the Qianhu Station of the Guard, I could only bring out so much food. Didn't the third child ask his father for food? My father couldn't bring out so much food. Now the whole Chiyang Guard has the biggest headache.
The problem is food. But if Lao San can really solve the problem of food for these fifteen thousand refugees, it will really solve a big problem." As expected, Du Rong was still attracted by the incident reported by Du Gao.
"The third young master has reclaimed a large area of wasteland. Maybe he can really feed so many people. Moreover, there is a lot of wasteland in Black Bear Castle. If all of it is reclaimed, he can feed not only 10,000 to 20,000 people, but also 1 or 200,000 people.
Get off." Du Gao said.
Du Rong nodded, with a smile on his face: "So that's it, it's easy to handle. The third child has made great achievements this time. By the way, what else can the third child say?"
"It should all be written in the letter. Young Master, you'd better read the Third Young Master's letter first," Du Fang said.
Du Gao and Du Fang have not yet been able to recover from what Du Xuan said in front of them. They have always regarded themselves as people from Du Mansion. They are arrogant in the military camp and enjoy special treatment. They often appear in front of ordinary soldiers.
Show off your power in front of me. Now that I think about it, I feel even more that the third young master’s words are deafening in my ears.
Du Gao and Du Fang were both a little distracted. Although Du Rong was eager to see the letter from his third brother, he was not blind. There was something obviously wrong with the expressions of Du Gao and Du Fang.
"What's going on with you two? You came back from Black Bear Castle and you feel as if you've been hit by frost." Du Rong's face darkened, there must be something going on here.
"No, nothing happened." Du Gao was a little panicked.
Du Fang didn't dare to speak, and he didn't even dare to look at Du Rong, with an expression that said something was wrong with him.
"Du Fang!" Du Rong's voice suddenly became majestic.
Du Fang straightened up suddenly: "When Brother Gao and I went to the Black Bear Castle training ground to watch the excitement, we were kicked out by a team leader of the Third Young Master."
"What's going on? Don't you wear the military uniforms of our Du family army?" Du Rong was a little confused.
Du Gao shook his head: "I wore it, but he didn't admit it. He said that the third young master had entrusted him with the military training, and he had the final say on the training ground. Unless the third young master gave him a new order."
Du Fang also said quickly: "This is too bullying. I have told you that we are from Du Mansion, but he still refuses to forgive me."
"What did the third child say?" Du Rong did not make any statement and his expression remained calm.
"The third young master asked us, what did the general rely on when he went from hundreds of households to the position of commander of the guards? He said that people should not be nepotistic, but should be appointed on their merits, and they should be employed without suspicion." Du Fang said.
"Lao San is right. How can you break into the training ground without permission?" Du Rong said calmly.
Du Gao and Du Fang originally thought that the young master would be furious after hearing this, but they did not expect that his reaction would be so calm.
"You two go down and rest first. In two days, I will send someone to send another 15,000 refugees to Lao San." Du Rong said calmly.
Du Rong was actually not that calm in his heart. After hearing what Du Gao and Du Fang said, he was originally very angry, but for some reason, he suddenly felt that what Du Xuan did was not entirely unreasonable. Du Mansion came out
These people really have nothing to say in terms of loyalty. It is impossible for a treacherous person to stay in Du Mansion for such a long time without being seen through. But are they really suitable to control various important positions in the Du family army?
It is not an easy task to transport a population of 15,000 from Shiqiao Qianhu Station to Black Bear Castle. The daily food is enough to give Du Rong a headache. Fortunately, Du Rong himself is a defender of Qianhu Station and provides 10,000 people.
Food for five thousand people for several days is not a big problem. But if these people stay in Shiqiao Qianhu Station, they will completely consume the grain reserves of the Qianhu Station in the rear guard.
In order to prevent trouble on the road, Du Rong had to send thousands of soldiers from the guard Qianhu Station to escort these 15,000 refugees. Of course, these thousands of soldiers also had an important task, which was to ensure that these refugees would not become refugees again.
The rebel army also needs to be able to reach Black Bear Castle intact. Black Bear Castle is not a good place. It is the most remote fort of Chiyang Guard. The refugees are not willing to go to these places, and it is more promising to follow the "Emperor" of Lantian.
But with thousands of soldiers carrying bright swords following them, these refugees became more honest.
About ten days later, Du Rong's thousands of soldiers finally escorted 15,000 people to Black Bear Castle. The population tripled at once, which was indeed a very strange thing.
Fortunately, Du Feng had already made preparations and built a large number of simple houses. Once the 15,000 refugees arrived, they were all properly resettled by Du Feng. They had food to eat and houses to live in. For these refugees,
It seemed much more realistic than following Er Yang as the founding general. So the refugees quickly settled down.
Du Feng would not raise these fifteen thousand refugees in vain. He allocated a large area of land on the existing farm next to Black Bear Castle, but this land could not be cultivated for the time being and needed new refugees to cultivate it.
Of course, these 15,000 refugees will not be allowed to treat themselves like cattle and horses after enjoying the food of Black Bear Castle. Black Bear Castle has no shortage of livestock. With the help of the Fiery Wolf, Black Bear Castle continuously supplies food from the forests and pastures near Black Bear Castle.
Hunt bison back. After training them well, they can be used to reclaim wasteland.
There are more than 15,000 refugees, most of whom are young and strong. They can all be trained into new soldiers. Du Xuan's strength will suddenly increase. However, Du Xuan is not in a hurry to select soldiers from these more than 15,000 refugees at the moment.
. You must know that they participated in the rebellion before. If they are not completely rescued and let them become soldiers, they may rebel again at any time.
"Let them cultivate enough land first. After the troops are ordered on the battlefield, we can then consider selecting people from this group of refugees." Du Xuan muttered in a low voice.
Time passed quickly. In less than a month, the fifteen thousand refugees had reclaimed nearly one hundred thousand acres of land. If they harvested a season of Chiyang rice, they could immediately solve their own food problem.
The recruits trained by Yang Wanchai were finally showing some results. Du Xuan directly taught Yang Wanchai the Du family's body refining techniques. After this period of training, some of the recruits became masters who broke through the body refining stage and became the Ming Jin stage.
But the number was not very large, only a dozen people in total.
Among these dozen people, Chen Xiaochu and Xu Bazhi stood out.
Du Feng hurriedly found Du Xuan, naturally reporting on the preparation of troops on the battlefield.
"Master, Yang Wanchai asked me to ask you, does the comparison still count?" Du Feng said.
Du Xuan nodded: "Of course the battlefield review will be held. The time agreed before is almost the same. Then it will be held in three days."