The people couldn't wait to go to Ruichang, even Song Yang and others hadn't entered Yinanji yet.
These people came out.
Song Yang took a rough look and found that there were indeed four to five hundred people.
These are the local people of Jiangzhou and they are also important human resources for the future revitalization of Jiangzhou.
The people came unexpectedly and left in a hurry. It was not their own home anyway, and nothing was more important than having a full stomach.
"Your Majesty, what should we do now? Should we go back to Fucheng or De'an to mobilize troops?" Fang Zhe asked nervously.
"No need, let's go and explore first. After all, the bandits are just hungry common people."
"As long as their food problem can be solved, I believe no one will be willing to rebel."
Song Yang's eyes were as bright as fire, according to what the old man said just now.
The rogue bandits must have occupied Ruichang County a few days ago.
Without the instigation of evil people, the refugees would not have turned into bandits so quickly.
It looks like someone is stirring up trouble in the mess.
"Your Majesty, there are only a hundred of us, will it be dangerous to pass by like this?" Fang Zhe asked with some worry.
"My lord, why don't you let the common people go and find out the news first? If there is a chance, the common people can directly bring back a thief!" Gongsun Qi, who had been silent until now, said.
This guy has now recovered from his injuries, and he looks very energetic.
But he is a ruthless person who doesn't talk much.
He works as a bodyguard next to Song Yang every day.
Song Yang didn't let him speak, and he never took the initiative to speak.
"Don't worry. It's just a bunch of people! There are more than a hundred of us armed with weapons and more than twenty bows. Are we still afraid of a group of hungry bandits?"
"I want to meet this group of thieves in person! I want to see who is inciting the people to rebel!"
Song Yang showed disdain and really didn't pay attention to these bandits.
"My lord! How can I put you in danger..."
Fang Zhe wanted to persuade again, but Song Yang waved his hand and said: "No need to say more. This matter is settled. Make rice today and set off at dawn tomorrow!"
Fang Zhe couldn't change Song Yang's decision, so he could only hope that the bandits were not very strong.
"We must protect the prince tomorrow. If the thieves' army becomes stronger, we will tie up the prince and take him away immediately!"
In the afternoon, Fang Zhe secretly found Gongsun Qi and gave him instructions.
Gongsun Qi: ...Although I am not cruel and talkative, I think I may not be able to defeat the prince...
Fang Zhe was afraid of being discovered by Song Yang, so he confessed and ran away.
Gongsun Qi was left with a look of helplessness.
In the afternoon, Song Yang gave the team a good rest. There might be a battle to be fought tomorrow.
When the twelve guards officers and soldiers heard that there was going to be a fight, they excitedly geared up.
I can't wait to have a fight with the bandits now.
Although the people were a little nervous, Song Yang promised that after the war, everyone would take three days of paid leave and receive fifty kilograms of grain.
Food is hard currency, and the people also want to work hard for food.
What's more, the prince has just analyzed with everyone that the bandits are not strong in combat, and they may not even have enough to eat.
Therefore, the people of the people also felt some contempt for the bandits.
The mobilization work before the war had just been completed when two fast horses came from the east.
One rider is Wei Nan, and the other rider is Hu Hai.
Wei Nan set off from Wushan yesterday morning and went to De'an with the wild boar cub.
Song Yang asked him to take Xiaozhu back to Jiangzhou. If he wanted to go back to Jiangzhou, he had to go to De'an first.
As a result, when I arrived in De'an, I met Hu Hai who came to deliver a letter.
Hu Hai was also born in the Guards, and was one of the two Guardsmen who followed Cui Qiang to Duchang some time ago.
He came back this time with news from Duchang.
So Wei Nan handed the piglet to Qiao Jinglong and asked him to arrange for someone to send him back to Jiangzhou, while he and Hu Hai turned around to find the prince to deliver the message.
"Hu Hai meets the prince, and the prince is a thousand years old!"
Hu Hai got off his horse and bowed before him.
"Please get up quickly. I have been waiting for news from you." Song Yang said with a smile.
Hu Hai looked relaxed, and Song Yang knew that nothing happened in Duchang.
Sure enough, with Hu Hai's introduction, the situation in Duchang was also revealed.
Overall everything went well.
Liu Huairen, the magistrate of Duchang County, was also a good official.
A few days ago, Cui Qiang arrived safely in Duchang with the prince's warrant.
County magistrate Liu Huairen read Song Yang's handwriting and immediately explained the situation in Duchang to Cui Qiang.
Later, some of the work in Duchang was handed over to Cui Qiang.
Cui Qiang has been sorting out the basic situation in the past few days, until this time he asked Hu Hai to come back to report.
Now there are more than 18,000 surviving people in Duchang!
Jiangzhou Fucheng and Duchang combined have more.
Among these 18,000 people, more than 6,000 were people from Duchang who gathered one after another.
A smaller half are refugees from the Pengze direction.
The remaining 10,000 people all came from the direction of Raozhou and Xinchang.
According to Cui Qiang, the number of refugees is still increasing.
Fortunately, Duchang's grain reserves were sufficient, and half of the grain depot was saved.
Moreover, the water quality of Poyang Lake near Duchang has not been polluted.
During this period, due to water pollution in other waters, a large number of fish and shrimps gathered in the waters of Duchang, which also provided sufficient meat guarantee for Duchang.
During this time, Cui Qiang had roughly finished counting the composition of the people.
There are people from all walks of life, including more than a dozen boatmen, all of whom have driven large water transport ships!
At that time, Song Yang had obtained more than a dozen boats, but there were no boatmen available.
Cui Qiang knew about this and specially paid attention to Song Yang.
"Very good! Haha! Finally there is a boatman!"
"Your Majesty! There is good news. There are also many ships in Duchang, including several large cannons!"
Hu Hai grinned.
Wei Junmen had been following Song Yang for more than half a month, so he naturally knew what he wanted.
"Very good! Great! Let the big ships sail to Jiangzhou Fucheng. Then select some refugees with professional knowledge to take them there with them!"
It is very troublesome to go from Duchang to Jiangzhou by land, but it is not easy to go by water.
You can get to Jiangzhou Ferry directly by boarding the boat in Duchang.
It can be said that there is constant good news in the direction of Duchang.
In terms of civil affairs, Liu Huairen fully implemented all the rules and regulations brought by Cui Qiang.
Moreover, they also adopted Qiao Jinglong’s work-for-relief method and began to rebuild Duchang County.
I have to say that these county officials in Daqian are quite capable.
In terms of epidemic prevention, no traces of infectious diseases have been found in Duchang.
But even so, Liu Huairen still established a temporary isolation point for refugees in accordance with Song Yang's request.
Various disinfection and epidemic prevention measures have also been effectively implemented.
It can be said that all conditions in Duchang have stabilized now.
"Well done. In a few days, let Liu Huairen follow the boat to Fucheng. He will also attend the reform meeting."
Song Yang was very satisfied with Liu Huairen's performance and wanted to bring him into the core of the new system.
After reporting on his work, Hu Hai wanted to stay and help Song Yang deal with the rogue bandits in Ruichang.
As a result, Song Yang ordered him to leave immediately.
"You kid! The key task is to go to Duchang to assist Liu Huairen and Cui Qiang, not follow me to suppress the bandits!"
Hu Hai could only leave reluctantly.
Wei Nan stayed, and Song Yang asked him to send Hu Hai back to De'an.
This guy scratched his neck and shouted:
"I drove back to De'an very quickly. It's not dark yet. Why should I send him away? He's not a girl!"
"Fart! You are the bitch, I want you to give me away?"