As long as Li Shimin approves the land, he can arrange everything on his own. After all, what Wang Can has to do now is just to ensure that the refugees do not go hungry, and there is no need for the rest.
In years of famine, having a mouthful of food to eat and staying alive without starving to death is the greatest care.
Wang Can said: "Your Majesty, what I ask for is not your Majesty's help. Because the Tang Dynasty is leaking from all directions now, and needs your Majesty's care from all sides. So what I ask for is actually very simple, that is, your Majesty agrees to grant the land."
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Li Shimin also had a smile on his face.
If a piece of land is granted to Wang Can, then Wang Can can save thousands of refugees, prevent countless people from falling into the desperate situation of exile again, and prevent them from having no way out.
This is beneficial and harmless.
Li Shimin said: "Mr. Wang, I approved every request you made. This matter is not difficult after all."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Wang Can opened his mouth to thank him.
Li Shimin immediately wrote an edict, allocating an area outside Beicheng, with a radius of nearly ten miles, to Wang Can, allowing Wang Can to plan on his own.
This is not difficult for Li Shimin.
Moreover, Wang Can was of great help to Datang, and Wang Can never made any requests. Now, when Wang Can made a request, Li Shimin immediately agreed, because this was equivalent to giving Wang Can a reward.
Li Shimin gave the edict to Wang Can and said: "Mr. Wang, these thousands of refugees gathered in Chang'an will be free of you. In short, if Mr. Wang has any request that requires my intervention, just come to the palace."
Wang Can said: "I understand."
After finishing speaking, Wang Can went straight out of the hall without wasting any time. After leaving the imperial city, he headed to the north of the city.
Previously, arrangements had been made for Changsun Chong to go.
Let Changsun Chong gather the people together.
Now, Wang Can just needs to go.
Wang Can hurried all the way. When he arrived at Beicheng, after walking a short distance out of the city, he saw Changsun Chong and the common people standing in the wind and snow, wearing ragged clothes and even shivering.
These people are all extremely poor.
All of them are sallow and thin.
The body is very weak.
After all, they left their hometown and lived here, living a very simple life.
As soon as Changsun Chong saw Wang Can coming, a smile and expectation appeared on his face, and he shouted: "Young Master Wang is here. He is here to place you and treat you."
"Prince!"
Someone in the crowd shouted.
"I've met the prince."
"Meet the prince!"
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One by one, the people knelt down in the ice and snow, kowtowing and saluting.
They are all people who have endured hardship.
Kneeling down in the ice and snow is nothing.
During the most difficult times, I had to eat ice and snow, because at least I could have some water and some food, and at least I could feel full.
If they kneel down like this, they can get help from Wang Can, and they are all willing.
It's not that they don't have any self-esteem.
It's because they have reached the most difficult time, and everything is extremely fragile in the face of survival. Their poor self-esteem is even more vulnerable, so they keep talking and express gratitude on their faces.
Because Wang Can wants to help them.
Wang Can is willing to help them unconditionally, which is worth it.
The shouts came one after another, because more and more people were shouting, and they became so fierce that for a while, all the voices were suppressed, and only the voice of the people shouting to see Wang Can was left.
Wang Can walked closer and saw Chang Sun Chong and others. He raised his hand and pressed down. When the soldiers at the front saw this, they began to hiss and signal to stop and say nothing. After a while, everyone stopped talking.
A pair of eyes fell on Wang Can.
There is more hope in everyone's eyes.
Wang Can watched them all kneel down, and even because they were kneeling on the snow, the worn and thin pants on their knees immediately became wet, but the people didn't seem to feel it.
Seeing this scene, Wang Can sighed in his heart.
The people are in hardship!
These people's lives have truly reached the most helpless and desperate situation.
Wang Can said: "Everyone, please get up and stop kneeling. This is not popular here. Moreover, it is freezing and snowy. Kneeling on the ground is so cold that your body and bones cannot bear it."
Changsun Chong also echoed: "Yes, yes, get up quickly."
The people at the front stand up.
When the subsequent people saw this, they also followed suit.
After all, in this wind and snow, even if Wang Can is in good health and his voice is rich and resonant, under the current circumstances, many people behind him cannot hear him and can only watch the people in front of him act.
After a while, all the people stood up.
Wang Can looked around and saw a small slope not far away. Although it was not high, it was about 1.8 feet tall. He walked straight over and stood at the top of the slope. Although he was standing here
Being in such a location, with the cold wind blowing, is very unaccustomed, but in fact, in such an area, everyone around him can be seen, and his words can be transmitted farther, and more people can know.
Especially when Wang Can stood up, he made people stand around the hillside and expand outward in circles. Even though there were more than 10,000 refugees here, they circled around and it was not like before.
Wang Can spoke so that the people behind him would not hear.
Wang Can raised his hand and pressed down again.
Suddenly, the surroundings became silent.
Everyone stopped talking and looked at Wang Can again, waiting for Wang Can to speak.
Wang Can said: "Folks, I am Wang Can. As Chang Sun Chong said, I am now willing to lend a helping hand to help you survive the current cold winter."
"Let me talk about what we need to do next. What we need to do next is to build a small city within a ten-mile radius with this place as the center, and build houses, streets, and shops."
"Now you just do this thing and complete this thing for me."
"You should be rewarded for your hard work."
"So if you do things according to my arrangements, firstly, I will give you a very meager salary, at least to ensure that you make money; secondly, you will be provided with three meals a day during the work period on the construction site.
Although there is no big fish or meat, or delicacies from the mountains and seas, at least it will keep you full."
Wang Can continued: "As for the third thing, after this small town is built, there will be many residences in the city, and very simple houses will be designed specifically for you to live in. To sell the house to you, all you need is
Pay a small amount of money every month, and after three years, this house will be yours."
"This is my promise."
"Anyway, when you come to Chang'an, I guarantee that you will have something to do, a house to live in, and opportunities to make money, and I will not let you starve to death."
"Of course, if you don't want to buy a house, then give up and make other plans on your own."
Wang Can said: "In a word, I guarantee that you will have a chance to survive this cold winter, a chance to make money, and even a chance to live in Chang'an. This is my guarantee."
After hearing this, the people below became excited one by one.
The reason is simple, they have a chance to survive.
If it weren't for Wang Can, they could only live a hard life. Maybe one day, many people here would die like this. Maybe one day, they would lose consciousness.
But now, they have a chance to gain a foothold.
This is the most important.
"Long live the prince!"
In the crowd, someone suddenly shouted.
"Long live the prince!"
"Long live the prince!"
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More and more people chanted.
The sound started out scattered, but at the end, all the sounds came together to form a vast momentum and a surging momentum.
It was as if all the shouts had pierced the clouds and reached the sky.
Wang Can listened to the people's cries, but he shook his head and sighed in his heart. The reason is very simple. These people's requirements are very simple. In fact, they just want to survive.
That's all.
More, they never asked for.
Now that Wang Can has given them the opportunity to establish themselves in Chang'an, everyone is extremely grateful to Wang Can. Some of them may even be tempted to set up a memorial tablet for Wang Can.
This is my gratitude to Wang Can,
Wang Can raised his hand and pressed it down again, and the people gradually stopped talking.
Every one of them was extremely excited.
Wang Can continued: "Next, is the first general direction arrangement I have made today. Some of you are women and children, some are old people, some are children, and some are young and strong."
"Different people do different things."
"Children under the age of fourteen are mainly responsible for delivering messages. This task is relatively simple."
"Young adults between the ages of fifteen and thirty-five are mainly responsible for doing things. They specialize in building houses and shops. This is your own residence, and of course you are also doing things for me."
"Those who are over thirty-five to fifty years old are responsible for carrying some materials, etc."
"People over fifty years old are responsible for transporting some food."
Wang Can continued: "As for ordinary women and children, they prepare meals and are responsible for cooking for everyone. This is a general arrangement. You can form your own lines and divide the lines according to what I just said."
At that moment, Wang Can said where the people in each area were standing.
Divide the team.
This matter took a long time. After half an hour, all the more than 10,000 people were divided into teams and in their respective positions.
But Wang Can looked carefully and his eyes fell on people between the ages of fifteen and thirty-five. Among this group of people, according to Wang Can's observation, there are probably many people over the age of thirty-five.
Even though people in ancient times generally looked older, at this glance, one could tell that they were at least fifty or sixty years old.
These people are all mixed in.
Of course, Wang Can also knows the reason. Because this group of young people work and the wages they receive are naturally more, these elderly people are also willing to join in and work.