After the people from Chaisang moved here, a total of nine thousand people gathered in the Jiangzhou camp.
Judging from the population alone, it is almost the size of a small county town.
Jiangzhou is not a populous state, with only over 600,000 people in the whole state.
The urban population is only about 400,000, more than half of which are in Fucheng.
The remaining five counties are Chaisang, Pengze, Duchang, De'an and Ruichang.
Now Song Yang can contact De'an. The last report said that there were more than 3,000 people left.
According to Chai Sang's situation, it is estimated that it can be collected to more than 5,000 now.
Wait until the situation in Fucheng gets better, or until there is enough food after the autumn harvest.
Just move all the population of De'an here.
Song Yang felt that without Wan Bakou, it would be impossible to explore a place as big as Fucheng.
Chai Sang has moved here, and De'an still has to wait a little longer. Peng Zena's letter has been sent out.
As for Duchang and Ruichang, the news has never reached them.
So much so that I still don’t know what the situation is on both sides.
Song Yang and the other three cadres discussed it.
Wait until the situation becomes a little more stable, at least after the epidemic has passed.
So I sent people to Duchang and Ruichang to see the situation.
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"Sir, the messenger from De'an has arrived."
The day after Chaisang moved, De'an's people arrived.
It was the same messenger as before, but this time two people came.
Following him was a De'an County magistrate named Wang Ran.
"Wang Ran, the Prime Minister of De'an County, pays homage to the prince. The prince is a thousand years old."
Wang Ran is a middle-aged man in his forties. He does not wear official uniforms and is dressed like a scholar.
It is said that he was wearing this ordinary clothes when he escaped from the fire, and his official uniform had long since been burned away.
Although Wang Ran looks like a scholar, he must have a strong body.
I didn't feel any fatigue after riding all the way here.
"Your Majesty, this is a letter written by Liu Huairen, the magistrate of Duchang County. Please read it."
"Duchang? Liu Huairen?"
Wang Ran did not report directly to them about De'an. Instead, he first took out a letter from the Duchang County Magistrate.
Yesterday, Song Yang was talking to Yu Ming and Fang Zhe about the incident in Duchang. Unexpectedly, there would be news today.
Song Yang took the letter. The paint was still there, but there was a large blood stain on the envelope.
Written on the front of the envelope is "Your Highness the King of Jiangzhou, Your Excellencies of Jiangzhou Prefecture."
The signature is Liu Huairen's name.
Duchang is east of Poyang Lake, and there are two roads to Jiangzhou Fucheng.
One is to take a boat directly from Duchang Ferry to De'an, and then turn north.
This method of walking is slightly farther by water and takes at least two and a half days.
The other is to go north to the mouth of Poyang Lake first, and then take a boat to Jiangzhou Fucheng.
This way is closer, you can get from Duchang to Fucheng in two days.
"Your Majesty, Duchang County is also severely affected. According to the refugees who came to swim, Poyang Lake north of Duchang is overflowing and almost all roads are blocked."
"I think it was because of this that their letter was sent to De'an."
Wang Ran explains the report.
"Where's the messenger?" Song Yang looked at Wang Ran and asked.
Wang Ran shook his head and said:
"The messenger... was already dead when we found him, and he must have been there for some time... We found this letter from a package not far from his body."
Song Yang frowned and said, "How did the messenger die?"
"He should have been bitten to death by a tiger or leopard. When we found him, his body was already..."
Wang Ran did not continue, and Song Yang also knew that he must have been almost eaten.
"Stab~"
He tore off the paint and took out a letter.
After unfolding it, it turned out to be the handwriting of Duchang County Magistrate Liu Huairen.
Liu Huairen's handwriting came to Song Yang's mind. This guy was good at handwriting and wrote several letters of greetings to Song Yang every year.
After Song Yang's baptism of time travel, his memory became very strong, and he could recognize his handwriting at a glance.
The content of the letter is concise and to the point, mainly telling about the situation in Duchang.
By the way, I would like to request some support and help from Fucheng.
Judging from the letter, the situation in Duchang is considered the best among the four counties in Jiangzhou.
There were actually 9,800 survivors.
There should be no shortage of food and drinking water.
However, Liu Huairen thought that he was the only one affected by the disaster, so he wanted to ask the city to help with disaster relief.
At the end, the letter was signed on April 17th!
The day after the natural disaster.
It seems that Liu Huairen sent someone to deliver the letter immediately.
Unfortunately, his messenger was unlucky and was attacked by a wild beast just after crossing Poyang Lake.
So this news was only sent here today.
Song Yang read the letter and circulated it to Fang Zhe and Yu Ming.
"How about it? Tell me what should be done in Duchang?"
According to Song Yang's original plan, De'an was going to move here.
But Duchang has never reached a conclusion.
There was no news from there.
Secondly, Duchang is located in the east of Hudong, so it is not convenient to move there.
"Bizhi thinks they should be moved here. People's hearts are unstable after the natural disaster. If they are allowed to stay in Hudong, there will inevitably be problems." Yu Ming put forward his own opinion.
"Xiaoguan thinks they should be left in Hudong. I know a lot about Liu Huairen and he is loyal to the prince."
"And this person is also very capable. If he can keep Duchang, it will be of great help to us in restoring stability in Hudong in the future."
Fang Zhe put forward different opinions.
This is the first time since the natural disaster that Fang Zhe and Yu Ming have different opinions on a major decision.
"However, if Liu Huairen has second thoughts, or something happens again in Duchang, we will lose nearly ten thousand people." Yu Ming shook his head and said with some worry.
Song Yang was also undecided. He had a good impression of Liu Huairen in his original memory.
But he couldn't bear to part with those ten thousand people, and always felt that he could make full use of them by having them under his command.
"Your Majesty, I don't know if I should say something or not." Wang Ran interjected from the side.
"explain!"
This is the problem among literati, they say what should be said and what should not be said.
It's a meeting, just talk freely!
"The official thinks Fang Changshi and this..." Wang Ran looked at Yu Ming.
He naturally knew Fang Zhe, but he had never met Yu Ming.
"Jiangzhou Guard Yu Ming." Yu Ming hugged his fists at him.
"Be polite to your lord."
Wang Ran also clasped his fists and continued:
"Master Fang and Master Yu both have reasonable opinions."
When civil servants like them have disagreements between two parties, they basically make peace with each other in the first sentence.
Song Yang curled his lips and continued to listen to him.
"But... the official thinks, should Duchang be relocated?"
"It still depends on where they can generate greater benefits."
After saying this, Wang Ran paused and looked at Song Yang.
Song Yang nodded and said, "Keep talking."
Wang Ran knew that his general direction should be right.
So he went on to say:
"If Liu Huairen and more than 10,000 people stay in Hudong, the situation in Hudong should be stabilized soon."
"If they migrate here, Hudong may have to temporarily give up some places!"
De'an has received a lot of refugees in the past few days, and the news coming from everywhere is almost all about disasters and collapses.
Wang Ran has been an official for many years, so he naturally knows that this means chaos is coming.
In this case, if the territory is gathered too much.
The losses may not be visible in the short term.
But as time goes by, it becomes difficult to return to the original territory.