Zheng Zhipeng stood on the boat with his entourage, and was already stunned by the current scene on Zhifu Island. Near the port, when you open your eyes, there were densely packed refugees in ragged clothes everywhere, with a total of three to five thousand people.

And this is just one of the seven camps on Zhifu Island.

When the sand boat leaned onto the beach, the refugees and refugees suddenly became turbulent. They knew who was in charge of Zhifu Island and whose food they said came from. The word "Zheng" on the sand boat was not too eye-catching.

The scene was also chaotic, and the news had been received. Zhang Leshu, who had been waiting in the port for two days, saw that the refugees and refugees were in chaos, immediately glared at the manager of the port camp. The latter immediately took a group of guards' brave men and swung the stick and finally controlled the situation.

Zheng Zhipeng did not bring back food from Tianjin. Although there were as many as one million stones of grain, it had to be supplied to the capital. The imperial court could control it so little food and fodder.

The Battle of Songjin ended now. In order to provide Ningyuan and provide pensions to the military, the treasury was already empty.

At this critical moment, Zheng Zhipeng was incapable of transporting food from Tianjin.

Fortunately, Zheng Zhilong realized this and not only bought a new batch of grain from the sand boat, but also sent a batch of sweet potatoes and potatoes for planting. The area of ​​Zhifu Island is quite large, with a vast area of ​​10,000 or 20,000 mu of land. Even though most of it is mountainous and hilly, it can be leveled and can be rested and replenished for thousands of acres. Planting some grain and self-reliance is also a harvest!

It can lay the foundation for the future.

These potatoes and sweet potatoes are life-saving medicines for China's current environment. These crops native to South America have been introduced to China since the middle and late Ming dynasties, and have spread in China in only a hundred years in the original time and space. By the middle of Kangmazi, the cultivation of these crops has been spread all over China, and the yield has also increased, and gradually become the main food for the Chinese.

In this era, some people in Fujian and Guangdong provinces are already growing potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn and peanuts, and even tobacco leaf planting has appeared. Isn’t it easy for Zheng Zhilong to collect some potatoes and sweet potatoes? Even these foreign species have been cultivated for many years, and the yield has been much stronger than when they first came.

Seeing Zheng Zhipeng step down, Zhang Leshu quickly walked up to him. Although he was "powerful" during the period when Zheng Sen was away, he was too breathless by the burden on his shoulders.

It is not that their existence is beneficial to Denglai. Zhang Leshu should have collapsed long ago with the care of Governor General Zeng Ying, and the support of local governments and even gentry.

Because Zheng Sen was gone for more than a month, the matter on Zhifu Island was completely lost. Thirty thousand stones of grain storage took away 20,000 stones, and tens of thousands of silver dollars were also taken away. Zhifu Island had all the money, grain and material resources were short, and it had already entered a dilemma.

The fault is not the support of the Denglai government, and the reputation of the Zheng family is here. Zhang Leshu collected 30,000 shi of food from the Denglai gentleman and obtained a lot of winter clothes, which at least supported it. Zhifu Island had already been in chaos.

Refugees and refugees were recruited by Zheng’s family with food, and the real food was absolutely correct. In this way, those refugees and refugees would be tamed.

But once there is no food, no matter how many refugees and refugees are, they will disperse overnight, and even cause chaos. The Zheng family's hard work in Denglai for several months will be destroyed.

Now that Zheng Zhipeng is here, he comes to Denglai to take charge of the overall situation, this is great. Although Zheng Zhipeng is not Zheng Zhilong's brother, he is also a backbone figure of the Zheng family.

Whether it is borrowing money, grain, and goods from gentry, or anything else, it is considered convincing.

"I heard that there are seven villages on Zhifu Island, and the total number is only 10,000 people. Why are there so many people in this village in front of me?"

Zhang Leshu smiled bitterly, why are there so many people? The Denglai government was stuffed in.

This is Zeng Ying's return. He has provided support to the Zheng family and borrowed money and grain to the Zheng family. At the same time, he has also sent all the refugees and refugees in the country.

The small Zhifu Island has a population of less than 10,000 people in the early days, and now it has as many as 30,000 to 40,000. In addition to the several camps on the land of Denglai, the total number is at least 50,000.

After hearing the cause and effect, Zheng Zhipeng smiled indifferently. No matter how nervous the situation is, it has already supported it, right? "This is a good thing." Zheng Zhipeng didn't take some money and food seriously at all, but he valued more 50,000 refugees.

Those who can be refugees in the north are not comparable to those in Fujian. You can’t see a few old men and women in the refugees here. Among the 50,000 people, at least 60% of them are Dingkou, and at least 20,000 soldiers can be picked out from 30,000. These are all statistical conclusions drawn after some previous data were sorted out.

Compared with at least 20,000 soldiers, what is this amount of money and food?

"Brother has already arrived, and a grain ship will arrive soon. You go to tell the villages and ask them to be the superiors and subordinates, and there is no need to worry. The majority of the officials are fertile land, and the Zheng family lacks the most is people!"

Zheng Zhipeng rode a fast horse and turned around the seven camps like flowing water. His smile had become very ugly. He could see clearly at the port that the order on Zhifu Island was probably not good, otherwise so many people would not have picked up things on the shore in the cold wind.

Now, it seems to be true.

When Zheng Sen went north, he took not only three bird boats, but also the sailors and half of the guards on the boat. He had created thousands of people, and he took half of them away.

The current situation in Zhifu Island is very simple, that is, the Zheng family's direct forces have been pulled away too much, so that Zhang Leshu's control over the situation has been lost.

In order not to let the situation get out of control, Zhang Leshu had no choice but to ask for help from the Denglai government.

In addition, so many newly arrived refugees sent by local officials directly disrupted the entire order on the island.

It can be said that success or failure is the government of Lai.

"Zhang Kui?" Zheng Zhipeng muttered.

"Sir, Zhang Kui was originally a servant of Shandong General Liu Zeqing. He was very brave. He accidentally beat someone to death because of a fight with his colleagues in the army after drinking. He was then a bandit. But he knew a little that he had become a bandit. Although he became a bandit and harassed villages and towns, he did not see him committing many murders. When the eldest son sent someone to recruit people here to recruit immigrants, he led his subordinates to join him. Because of his extraordinary bravery, he was very popular with the eldest son. He stayed with him to lead the guards."

"Before, a large number of refugees flocked in. When Zhang Kui first saw that Zhifu Island had lost order, he suggested to the villain to take action and show his power. It was just a villain..." Zhang Leshu was an ordinary person. How could he not hesitate when facing murder? And because of his identity, he was not confident. This killing attack was not just one or two.

When the order on Zhifu Island became more chaotic, he wanted to kill people, and the effect was no longer there. However, he still killed people, and the effect was not great, and it was better than not.

Several people who were angry and outraged were all pulled out and chopped their heads.

But more people had long been mixed with the officials and soldiers on Zhifu Island. They were all in a nest of snakes and rats, and they were in a mess. That would be impossible for Zhang Kui to behead his head.

Officials are small officials in Denglai, while soldiers are servants of Denglai's generals.

From the public, these people are all faces that the Denglai government gave to the Zheng family. Not only can they not be punished, but they must also be held with them.

But the fact is that the order chaos on Zhifu Island began with these birds.

For money, they colluded with bandits among refugees, joined forces to snatch food and beat others, and became king among refugees, with a very bad influence.

You should know that it is winter now. Although the food price is not as high as the time when the green and yellow are not met, it is also very high.

If the refugee rations are deducted, the deducted are all silver. Not to mention that there are clothes and quilts, or even ginger that make ginger soup, people are greedy for ink.

This is the real official atmosphere in the late Ming Dynasty!
Chapter completed!