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Chapter 398 Goodbye Red Lady(2/2)

The total number of people from Shanxi is about 3,000, most of them are elderly people and children. After two months of long journey, they are sleeping in the open and their health is generally not very good. When they first arrived, they lack the most, naturally, food, clothing, and medicine. It is March, and the weather is getting hotter, so the clothes can be reduced for the time being, and food and medicine are the most in short supply. After walking so far, many people are sick.

At the same time, the houses in Jimoying are also very old, and many of the roofs are cracked. It is okay if it doesn’t rain now, but if it rains, there will be big problems. Among the refugees, some young and middle-aged people can be responsible for repairing these houses. However, they need raw materials and tools, and these things have not been obtained yet.

In addition, what the villagers are most concerned about is where to make money. It is early March, and even if they are now allocating the fields to them, they still have no income. Because even if they are sorting the fields and sowing rice, they will not have a harvest until October. In this six months, they must find another way to do odd jobs, earn some silver, and buy food to survive this time when they are in trouble.

Since Zhang Zhun's territory has expanded a lot, he has seriously insufficient staff, and many details are naturally not done well. There is no way, everyone's energy is concentrated on land reform and bandit suppression, and in the resettlement of refugees, the work efforts have naturally been affected to a certain extent.

Zhang Zhun roughly estimated that the daily rations of these 3,000 refugees of these 3,000 people require at least 5,000 kilograms of food. In half a year, it is 180 days. There are a total of 900,000 kilograms (about 4,800 shi) of food. It is not too much or too little. If you come forward by yourself, of course it will not be a problem. If they go to find it by themselves, it will be troublesome.

Fortunately, Zhang Zhun had quite a lot of grain reserves in his hands. Before the court announced that Zhang Zhun was a traitor, he had already purchased a large amount of grain from Jiangnan to stock up. At the same time, at the right price, he purchased millions of kilograms of grain from the people of Fushancheng. When controlling Laizhou Prefecture, he also seized some of the grain. It is already March, and as long as it is June, there is a bumper harvest of winter wheat in Lingshanwei. There is basically no need to worry too much about the food problem.

Zhang Zhun immediately asked He Jianing to go back and pass the order, first transferring 1,000 stones of food to meet the needs of these refugees for about a month. As for their work, there are naturally full-time personnel to arrange it. As long as they are willing to work, Laizhou Prefecture now has more work. It is absolutely no problem to earn one or two taels of silver a month. But if you want more, you have to work hard.

According to the previous experience of resettlement of refugees, basically, as long as the refugees are given about one month of food, they can basically rely on their own hands to reliably. Now, this time is still shortening. Because some sweet potatoes, corn and potatoes in Fushan City can start to harvest crops and the grain yield increases. The previous crop of sweet potatoes seems to have harvested millions of kilograms. Due to the large sowing area and fast growth, it is quite high-yield.

The taste of these sweet potatoes, corn and potatoes is actually not as good as that of later generations. Therefore, if there is rice and flour, the people in Fushan City generally do not eat them themselves, but sell them at a cheap price. Basically, you can buy a pound of sweet potatoes for three cents. It is much cheaper than buying rice and flour. These refugees earn about 30 cents a day, and can buy ten pounds of sweet potatoes, which is basically enough for the whole family to fill their stomachs. Eat some rice and flour occasionally in the middle, and life will be dealt with like this. In fact, the nutritional effect of sweet potatoes is not bad at all. If you live on sweet potatoes, your body will still be healthy.

"Are there any craftsmen among your fellow villagers?"

Zhang Zhun suddenly asked.

“There are some.”

The Hongniang answered.

Zhang Zhun immediately asked her to gather all the craftsmen together.

The Hongniang agreed to go.

Soon, about forty craftsmen were gathered together. After Zhang Zhun asked, he was happy to learn that these craftsmen were actually jade craftsmen, specializing in carving jade. The so-called jewelry in prosperous times and food in troubled times are in chaos in the world. The craftsmen who make gold and silver jewelry are not very popular unless they are from big cities. There is no way, so they also follow Zhang Zhun's territory to make a living.

"You guys have the skills, it's great!"

"I have a lot of guys for you to do it!"

"As for the treatment, as long as you work hard, two taels of silver per month will not be a problem!"

Zhang Zhun said affirmatively.

The craftsmen immediately felt relieved.

Zhang Zhun immediately introduced their guy:

Thousand Mile Mile Mile Mile!

Scope!

Glass products!

The thinking of these things is actually similar to jade. They all require boldness, carefulness and superb thinking skills. Zhang Zhun now needs a large number of kilometer mirrors and scopes, and the craftsmen brought by Chen Lingfei are obviously not suitable for use. At the same time, when it comes to confidentiality, glass products cannot be left to them for processing.

Well, Zhang Zhun trusted Chen Lingfei, and she would not hide the secrets of ordinary people, but her craftsmen could not fully trust them. The reason is very simple. Some of the families of the Shen family craftsmen are still in Jiangnan. However, the craftsmen brought by Hong Niangzi came with their families and will take root and sprout in Laizhou Prefecture in the future, and the possibility of leaking secrets is relatively small.

"Yuwen Hantao!"

Brigadier General Zhang called over.

"You follow him and find someone named Zhou Yihang!"

"On Monday Airlines will arrange your guys."

Zhang Zhun ordered.

Soon, Yuwen Hantao took these craftsmen with him.
Chapter completed!
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