"Sir, now these more than 50,000 refugees have been led by us to the junction of Fangcheng County and Donglai County according to your previous instructions. What should we do now? Should we go by land or by sea?" Shen Guoer asked for instructions.
"By sea and land, I will immediately take a boat to go personally and give orders to Liu Ziming to prepare food and medicine, start transporting them there, and carry out disaster relief." Wang Junlin ordered.
Shen Guoer quickly agreed.
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Near the seaside at the junction of Fangcheng County and Donglai County in Fanyang County, there is a bay called Silver Fish Beach, where 50,000 refugees were arranged by Wang Junlin to stay.
It was more than 300 miles from Fanyang County to Silver Beach. Liu Ziming only took ten guards with him to protect him. After receiving Wang Junlin's order, he set out from the county without any delay, carrying the first batch of 10,000 shi of food. Along with some medicines, more than a dozen doctors arrived at Silverfish Beach within five days. Before that, Wang Junlin ordered five thousand shi of grain to be transferred from Fangcheng County and sent to Silverfish Beach first.
"Thank you for your hard work, Ziming." Wang Junlin took the sea route two days ago and took a big boat to arrive at the Silver Fish Beach. Here, the soldiers Wang Junlin brought led the refugees to set up a refugee camp. After Liu Ziming arrived, He ordered people to take control of the food and began to boil water to make porridge and cook. The doctor treated the refugees before reporting to Wang Junlin.
Liu Ziming said with a smile: "Your Excellency, you have given me a reward. The three poor men you hired in Zhuoxian County are all very capable. Xiangnan was assigned to be responsible for farming. The two boys Mou Xuhong and Zhao Shuren are also very capable. During this period, I I have also practiced with Du Ruhui, and with their help, I didn’t have to worry about it all the way, and it was a lot easier."
Wang Junlin said: "Oh! In this way, I really picked up three treasures. After this incident, they were given official positions in the county government. They couldn't just let the horses run and not let them eat grass. , you scholars still attach great importance to official positions."
Liu Ziming smiled and said: "My lord is wise, but these more than 50,000 refugees are not a small number. What are you going to do, sir? Should you transport them directly to the salt field by ship, or stay here for some time first?"
"Sending them directly to the salt field is too noisy and can easily attract others' attention. I prepared to transport them in batches. In the end, it gave outsiders the impression that the 50,000 victims had dispersed or left their hometowns."
Liu Ziming suddenly stood up, bowed deeply to Wang Junlin, and said solemnly, "More than 50,000 people are crying for food. If you don't lend a hand, few of these people will survive. This is a great kindness."
"Those who have the world in mind must first have the will to help the world." Wang Junlin knew that Liu Ziming was the kind of scholar who had the world in mind, so he sighed: "The officials in the Huainan counties did nothing to drive away more than 50,000 refugees, so they thought It was okay, thinking that they would disperse on their own, or let him slowly starve to death. As he went all the way north, the officials in various places did not care about their life or death, and sent large armies to continue driving them away. There was no shortage of sensible people in the center of the imperial court, but the most important thing was that they had no money. What's wrong is that they are used to not caring about the lives and lives of the people, but do they really think that the 50,000 refugees will really disperse on their own? I don't think so. If people have no way to survive, what else can't they do? If I don't get them When we go to the salt field, there will inevitably be another riot. Not only will these 50,000 people die sooner or later, but the chaos in the local area will snowball, increasing the scope of the riot. When the imperial court sends a large army to suppress it violently, far more than 50,000 people will die in the end."
"Indeed, I was also worried about this, so I hurried here with food and medicine. It's just my lord, most of this Silver Beach belongs to Donglai County. There are so many refugees staying here for a long time. I don't know what the governor of Donglai County will do.
What do you think?" Liu Ziming was a little worried at the end.
"What else can you think?" Wang Junlin snorted coldly, "Then Chen Shengping, the governor of Donglai County, must be thinking that I sent people to block these refugees here because I don't want them to enter Fanyang County. They sent people to negotiate, and I
So I took the opportunity to blackmail them for some food."
"My lord is wise." This was the second time Liu Ziming said these four words, but he really spoke from the bottom of his heart. He nodded and said: "I heard that Chen Shengping, the governor of Donglai County, is an old fox, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with him.
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Wang Junlin nodded: "I am too lazy to play tricks with such an old fox. I like to force or scare such people into obeying my wishes."
Liu Ziming said with a smile: "With your reputation, if you do a few things, Chen Shengping will probably have trouble sleeping and eating. He will have to have someone test the poison before eating or drinking anything."
At this moment, the camp tent began to shake, and the sound of a violent storm came from outside. Wang Junlin and Liu Ziming looked at each other with worry on their faces.
It suddenly rained heavily at night. Fortunately, Wang Junlin chose a slightly higher slope in the Northeast Beach to build a large refugee camp. There are large bushes on the east side of the camp that can block wind and rain. It is generally safe. But there are not enough buildings yet.
Most of the refugees had to stand in the heavy rain for the night, except for priority care for injuries and illnesses.
Wang Junlin originally wanted Liu Ziming to be busy. He went to Yilishe Island overnight to discuss with Nie Xiaoyu about occupying the two islands given to him by Taizuo, Goguryeo. However, the sea was very rough tonight and he failed, so he
Wearing raincoats, he personally ran to inspect the situation of the more than 50,000 refugees.
But the raincoat was really not that good. It was quickly soaked by the rain. He took off the raincoat directly and inspected the disaster situation in the heavy rain while wearing a soaked official robe. There were several temporary dikes that were flooded by the heavy rain.
Areas collapsed, and the silt was carried away by the rushing river embankments. It seemed as if a large area of land had disappeared overnight. However, these dangerous areas were alerted in advance, and the people placed there were evacuated in time, and no casualties were caused.
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On the seaside in the distance, Nie Xiaoyu personally led the people to build it. Now it has become the huge ship that Wang Junlin uses to travel on the sea. It rises and falls with the waves. There are still a few wind lanterns in the temporary camp for victims of the heavy rain.
From a distance, it looks like a faint firefly.
In a very secret bush on the other side, more than a dozen figures were riding horses, watching as the people brought by Wang Junlin and Liu Ziming gradually controlled the refugees, fed them, and sent doctors to treat them. The 50,000 people had already been treated.
The refugees were completely stabilized.
There were two people sent by Yuan Taizuo to negotiate with Wang Junlin. One was the family general Jin Yibei, and the other was Liaodong businessman Mao Haitao. At this time, Mao Haitao was among the group of people, ignoring the raindrops and looking into the distance.
The firefly-like wind lantern in the refugee camp stomped its feet in annoyance. Unexpectedly, it was a step too late.
Yuan Taizuo sent many spies to the Sui Dynasty. Their main task was to use all means to cause trouble in the Sui Dynasty. Mao Haitao also received this task. He knew that 50,000 refugees were coming to Fanyang County. He was in Youzhou at the time.
Without delay, he took the people away and came over.
Whether they instigate 50,000 refugees to rebel, or send a few groups of pirates under their control to pick these people up and bring them to the island to strengthen the East China Sea bandits in their hands, they can accomplish great things.