Yu San sent people to leave Wuhe County and go to find Mr. Cui.

Now more than 40,000 refugees gather outside Wuhe County.

40,000 people can provide food, drink, defecation, and urination, but these people are prone to trouble when they are idle every day. Anyway, they are idle, so why not do anything?

The court provided food to treat sick refugees, which was what they should do.

After October, even the southern region became colder day by day. Some refugees still fled with cold clothes, while others were empty-handed.

The fifth prince is trying to find a way to wear clothes and quilts, but now he can only ensure the most basic survival problems first, and he can't take care of them.

It is unrealistic to donate old clothes by the people in the county like Hong County. There were few refugees outside Hong County at that time, and there were more than 40,000 refugees outside Wuhe County. How could the people in the county have so many old clothes to donate?

As there are too many people, there are also many materials needed. Whether it is the fifth prince or Cheng Qing, the supplies will be given priority to the elderly and weak when raised. They are the most vulnerable groups who need to be taken care of.

As for the young and strong among the refugees, those who have hands and feet can earn it themselves.

When it's cold, don't want to sleep in a shack with air leaking from all sides?

Can you build a mud brick house?

Refugees outside the city can apply for a small piece of land to build a house from Wuhe County, and the cost of buying land is allowed to be paid within three years.

If you want to stay in Wuhe County after the disaster is over, the fee must be paid. After the disaster is over, you have to leave Wuhe County and return to your hometown. You don’t have to pay for the money to buy land. Of course, the government will not compensate for the houses built outside the city... The mud brick hut is not worth much. It is a temporary transition of one or two years. It is not a long-term solution to live in a long period of time.

There are plans for applying for building a house. There are regulations on how many people in the family can apply for the largest place.

Cheng Zhixu felt that Cheng Qing was a waste of manpower. These mud houses were outside Wuhe County. Once the army of long scarf thieves arrived, they would be destroyed by the war!

Cheng Qing smiled: "The officials thought that to put down the rebellion was to send troops to Huainan and Haozhou to retake the prefecture occupied by the Changqiu bandits. It turned out that the Minister wanted to wait for the rabbit in Wuhe County and wait for the Changqiu bandits to besiege Wuhe County?"

How can that work?

This can be a place where the imperial court hosts refugees, a place where the rebels are stationed, but it cannot be a place where the two armies are fighting!

The disaster relief supplies are all in Wuhe County, and tens of thousands of refugees are also in Wuhe County. Even the layman Cheng Qing, an amateur, knows that Wuhe is the rear base for suppressing rebellions. If it is affected by the war, the court will suffer too much!

Cheng Zhixu did not feel sorry for the mud houses built by refugees. In fact, he thought Cheng Qing wasting manpower. With tens of thousands of refugees outside the city, he could completely build Wuhe County into a solid fortress.

The city walls can be built higher, and the moat can be dug wider. The court will feed these refugees, so they will naturally have to repay their labor!

"I remember that this was the method proposed by Mr. Cheng in the Linqing period, using work for relief."

Cheng Zhixu reminded Cheng Qing.

The uncle and nephew were at odds and almost started arguing in front of the fifth prince again.

Cheng Qing praised: "Mr. Master is very good at memory. Thank you for your recognition of the subordinates. However, the situation in Wuhe County is very different from Linqing. Linqing is still far from Huainan, and the thieves of Changqin will not attack Linqing. Wuhe County is adjacent to Huainan. The thieves of Changqin may always want to spy on the situation in Wuhe County. Let refugees repair the city walls and place traps is a trivial matter. If there are spies of Changqin, wouldn't we clearly understand the defenses of our soldiers in Wuhe?"

Cheng Zhixu didn't say anything.

This is indeed risky.

Cheng Zhixu couldn't guarantee that there were no spies among the refugees who had long scarves just because he sang against Cheng Qing.

The fifth prince tried to smooth things over, "Master Cheng has other suggestions, so why not say it!"

Cheng Qing didn't keep it a secret either.

Wuhe is a county. In later generations, Cheng Qing had no impression of this place. The time and space are different, and the geographical environment is the same. Isn’t the name “Wuhe” just because there are Huai, Wuhe, Wuting, Tong, and Tuo Wushui gathered here? It has abundant water resources, so why can’t it develop?

Cheng Qing found the Wuhe County Chronicle and asked the local officials. He found that Wuhe County is connected to the five waters and often suffers from floods during the rainy season!

There are so many laborers available outside the city now. This year, there is a drought. The water levels of the five rivers are falling, revealing dry riverbeds. Such a good opportunity, you should clean the dikes! The silt cleaned from the bottom of the river is a good material for fertile fields and can also be the raw material for building mud brick houses. It can kill the numbers at one stroke.

"If we have been suppressing the rebellion for a long time, we will use the rear stronghold of Wuhe County for a long time and the river channel is unobstructed, which is beneficial to us. Even if the rebellion is suppressed for a short time, clearing and consolidating the dike will be very beneficial to Wuhe County and will not be troubled by floods in the coming year."

If the spies who are long-scared thieves are hidden among refugees, they will all be sent to clean the dike.

Cheng Qing said this suggestion, but the other person had no reaction, and the magistrate Wuhe almost hugged Cheng Qing's thigh and called him father.

A good person like Cheng Xueshi is rare in the world. He has political achievements everywhere in the river engineering. After the rebellion in Huainan was quelled, the fifth prince, Cheng Qing and others left, and the refugees also left, leaving such great achievements.

The magistrate not only wanted to hold Cheng Qing's legs and call him father, but at this moment, Cheng Qing is the magistrate Wuhe's biological father!

In the past, Cheng Qing and others spoke in front of the fifth prince, but the magistrate Wuhe was not qualified to interrupt. At this time, the magistrate didn't care about anything else and made a big call to support Cheng Qing, hoping that the 5th prince could agree to Cheng Qing's proposal.

Cheng Qing also said: "Let the refugees build mud brick houses by themselves to calm their hearts and avoid being easily instigated by long scarves. This is where they keep warm during winter, and they will be very concerned about it... If they don't care, they probably feel that they don't have to spend the winter in Wuhe County."

The real refugee must spend the winter in Wuhe County. Whether to return to his hometown or not is another matter. There is a relief from the court here, so where can I go if I don’t stay in Wuhe County?

Only spies with long scarves do not need to consider the issue of winter. They burned, killed, looted, and wanted to grab Wuhe County together. They did not have the mood to earn some wages on their hands to buy clothes, quilts, repair houses, and slowly set up a "home" in Wuhe County!

Cheng Qing suggests Yu San likes this the most.

It was Yu San's responsibility to find a spy. Yu San felt that Cheng Qing was helping him, and he had figured out a lot of details and was secretly enjoying it.

In addition to Cheng Zhixu's initial opposition, even Governor Shi agreed with Cheng Qing's suggestion, so naturally he passed it at the fifth prince.

Sure enough, as soon as this measure was promulgated, refugees outside the city were all afraid of the outbreak of the epidemic, and they were immediately distracted and began to discuss building a house in full swing.

It is very slow to make money by dirt and dam-building, but it is also a hope.

The land for building a house can be deposited. Mud bricks are mixed with mud and straw, and put them in a mold to dry them. It is okay to use other weeds without straw. Mud is everywhere, without money, just manpower.

Young and strong people can earn money by clearing the dike and dams, saving up and buying clothes and daily necessities, and the elderly and weak can stay at home and slowly make mud bricks.

The refugees have been in a depressed and panic atmosphere for a long time, and now they feel that life is booming, and the depressed atmosphere has been relieved a lot!

Moreover, although most of the refugees have no money, a small number of refugees are on their bodies when they flee the famine. Everyone dares to take out the money when they are hungry. Now other refugees have a way to make money, and these refugees who have hidden money dare to pay out the money little by little!
Chapter completed!