The next day, Luo Lizong, the newly appointed guerrilla general of Tianjin Spring Banying, came to visit Li Zhi.
In addition to the Zhenhai camp stationed in Gegu, Tianjin also has two guerrilla camps, spring and autumn, each with 1,500 people, stationed in the north of the Acropolis. Luolizong was originally the left guard of Tianjin, but now Fanjiazhuang has won a great victory
After earning more than a hundred levels of leadership, he was promoted to a guerrilla in the Chun Ban Camp in Tianjin.
He was grateful to Li Zhi for Fenrun's head and optimistic about Li Zhi's future future, so he came to visit Li Zhi.
In the second hall of Fanjiazhuang's official hall, now known as the Guerrilla General's Palace, Li Zhi met with Luo Lizong, who was full of joy.
As soon as he came up, Luo Lizong gave out a gift list worth seven or eighty taels, handed it over and said: "It is all because of the majesty of this great victory of my dear brother that we can ascend to heaven. If before, I could only think about ascending to heaven in my dreams.
For guerrillas, now my dream has come true!"
Li Zhi said modestly: "Brother Luo is joking. This guerrilla campaign is the result of Brother Luo's years of doing things. This victory is just a matter of course."
Luo Lizong seemed to agree with Li Zhi's words. He burst out laughing and said, "Xiandi is really good at talking." After a pause, Luo Lizong said sourly: "A year ago, Xiandi was just a little kid."
Defense is my subordinate. Now my dear brother has been promoted to six levels in a row and is now ranked as a guerrilla general. He is really rising through the ranks. No one else can guess."
Seeing Luo Lizong's envious look, Li Zhi smiled and said nothing.
After saying a few words, Li Zhi inquired about Luo Zhending's information and asked lightly: "Brother Luo, how is this Luo Zhending?"
Luo Lizong laughed when he heard this and said, "You ask Luo Zhending?"
Li Zhi asked: "Yes, Luo Zhending!"
Luo Lizong said: "Brother, you don't know, the rumors about this new commander-in-chief are very bad. The Zhenhai camp he was originally in charge of originally had 3,000 troops, but he ate up 1,200 free wages. In fact,
There are only 1,800 soldiers in the battalion, and the ratio of empty pay is the highest in Tianjin. Not to mention, he is still making trouble in the Gegu area by saying that a few rich families with no background are colluding with thieves and ransacking other people's homes.
I robbed several thousand taels of silver by force."
Li Zhi said: "So his reputation is so bad?"
Luo Lizong said: "Notorious! But this man is ruthless in making money and generous in giving away money. He has taken care of all aspects of Tianjin, so this time it was his turn as soon as the general position became vacant.
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Luo Lizong was deeply dissatisfied with Tianjin officialdom, so he told Li Zhi everything that had happened before Luo Zhending.
Li Zhi asked Luo Lizong a few more questions and then changed the subject: "Let's not talk about Luo Zhending. Let's talk about Brother Luo's spring camp."
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Whether He Shishou will be transferred soon or not, Luo Zhending will not raise any issues in the short term. Of course, Li Zhi is not afraid of Luo Zhending's attacks. So Li Zhi temporarily puts Luo Zhending's matter behind him and continues to be busy with the governance of the leadership.
In mid-September, the Tatars had already left the customs, and the roads were already clear. The sowing of winter wheat had begun, and the refugees gathered in the north of Fanjiazhuang City went back to their hometowns one after another. Although the poor people had no money, they could still rely on relatives and friends for help.
These grains will last half a year. As long as we go back and sow seeds in the wheat fields, our lives will be back on track next year.
Li Zhi gave each refugee a bucket of rice to make dry food for them on the way, otherwise these refugees would starve halfway.
Within a few days, 30,000 refugees in the north of Fanjiazhuang City left, leaving only 10,000 people.
Seeing that the last ten thousand people were not leaving, Li Zhi went to the north of the city to have a look.
When Li Zhi arrived in the north of the city, he found that those who stayed were the most hungry and poor poor people. They were all skinny and skinny. There were men, women, old and young, and many of them brought their families with them, huddled in the dens in the ground, looking at people.
timid.
Li Zhi walked around the refugee camp, and several old people walked up shakily on crutches.
As soon as they arrived in front of Li Zhi, these old men kowtowed to Li Zhi. Li Zhi quickly helped them up.
"General, if we are not just living in Fanjiazhuang, we are really desperate!"
Li Zhi nodded and said, "Don't the common people have any relatives or friends to whom they can rely? Can't they borrow enough food for a year?"
The old people sighed and said: "Those of us who stayed behind are the most miserable. Either our relatives are poor or they have suffered the same disaster. Where can we borrow a year's rations? The house at home is probably also destroyed by the Tatars."
If it is burned, all the food will be robbed by the Tatars, and it will be a dead end if we go back!"
After several old people said this, they knelt on the ground one by one.
"Please take us in! We don't need money or a house. We just need to live in this house and have a mouthful of porridge! As long as we have porridge to eat, we will serve you like cows and horses!"
Li Zhi helped the old people up, walked a few steps forward, and looked at the poor people again.
Most of these people are poor people with families. Because there are many old and young people in the population, the economy is the most difficult. If a single, young and strong family has a farm, they can survive a year by borrowing a stone and a half of food from others. It is still easy to find a place to borrow money.
. With a family of five or six people, we need to borrow at least eight or nine dan of grain. In this time of war and chaos, the price of rice is soaring, so it is difficult to borrow that much grain.
In the past few months after the Tatars entered the customs, the capital was plundered and a lot of grain was transported back outside the customs. Now the grain in the capital needs to be shipped in from other places to meet the demand. The original price of rice, which was two liang and one stone, has increased to four liang and one stone.
It is estimated that the price of rice will not drop in half a year. In this situation, if there is not enough money, it is impossible to buy life-saving food.
But all the jobs in Fanjiazhuang are currently full, and there is no need for so many people! Li Zhi cannot support all these people.
These people don't have any skills, they just plow the land.
However, Li Zhi thought again: Fanjiazhuang has been importing grain from outside, and the logistics pressure is quite high. Now that rice is expensive in the capital, Li Zhi spends a lot more money to maintain Fanjiazhuang every day. Why not gather these to cultivate the land?
Where can we find land for these farmers to plant?
Li Zhi did know about the manufacture of some high-efficiency hydraulic machinery, which could turn dry land that could not be irrigated by ordinary methods into fertile farmland. Those wastelands were cheap, and Li Zhi could turn them into fertile farmland after buying them. Why not rely on these hydraulic machines to do it once?
Cultivation of new fields?
Li Zhi thought for a while and asked the old people: "Do you know how to farm?"
The old people suddenly saw hope, and quickly walked up with crutches and knelt in front of Li Zhi, and replied: "Come back to the general, we are all farmers with responsibilities, and we can grow wheat! Are you willing to take us in as tenant farmers?"
When the men, women, and children next to Li Zhi saw Li Zhi asking questions, they all felt hopeful and climbed out of their nests one by one. They all knelt down in front of Li Zhi with a huff.
"Sir, accept us, we will starve to death if we go back!"
"Sir, please save us!"
Li Zhi nodded, and in the excited eyes of the poor people, he said calmly: "Then you can stay and farm the land for me!"
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