Housekeeper Zhang received the order from the master, went out to meet the guards of the East Palace and others, took out a tael of silver, stuffed it into the leader's hand, and said, "This is the leg money given by my master, please accept it with a smile."

The guards in the Eastern Palace weighed the weight and put them in the bamboo basket around their waists, and made a sound of silver and money colliding, saying, "Thank you. What is the population in your house?"

"Return to the commander, the epidemic came in. The population had dispersed a lot, only ten people." The housekeeper said, and one hand was ready to make some more money.

The guard of the East Palace held the wooden board with one hand and opened the wide open book with the other hand. He glanced at the newly hung door sign, which read "Tianshui Hutong No. 208". He found the door number in the book, and wrote the word "Ten" in the column of "Population" with a charcoal pen.

Someone handed over a printed note next to him. The housekeeper took it and saw it. It read: "I have received a one-month quotation for Zhangzhai's house number No. 208, Tianshui Hutong. Here is a proof."

"Sir, this is..."

"Receipt." The guard of the East Palace replied quickly, turned the wooden board in his hand and said, "Look, if there is no problem, sign the autograph at the back."

The housekeeper approached the book and saw that it was just counting the population. After his house number, he was indeed a "Ten". He was afraid that someone would tamper with the book after it was taken up, so he added a "Yi Shi" in the regular character after the word "Ten", and then signed his own secret.

The guards of the East Palace took it and looked at it without saying much. Under the leadership of the old man in the market, they went to the next house. The butler suddenly saw that there was someone who knew him in the group, so he hurried forward and stuffed a small bunch of money and asked, "Brother Wu, what are you doing?"

"Prevent the epidemic." The man said, "Don't lose the door sign. If there is no door sign, it will be regarded as a family death. At that time, the door will be sealed, and even if it does not die, it will die."

"Yes, the door sign will not be lost." The butler replied repeatedly.

The Ming Dynasty had the habit of hanging door signs, and the information on it was more complete than that in later generations, only one number was available. The prince re-numbered each house and household, which was just a supplement. Many places where the poor lived, there was no need to re-create the door signs. They just hung a house name or road sign in Fangkou, and then wrote the number on each door in black paint to add it to the address of the door.

These things are naturally done by the Eastern Palace Guard.

...

Wu Changchun went to Linqing, Shandong as far as the farthest, but unfortunately, this place had been plundered and killed by Jiannu. Not only were they kidnapped in their prime, but there were not many women and children left. What was even more outrageous is that Jiannu not only plundered, but also had to massacre the city. Linqing was originally an important town at the junction of the north and south of the canal. It was full of merchants and was very prosperous. After being ravaged by Jiannu, nine out of ten households were empty and the limbs were everywhere, which was like a hell on earth.

Wu Changchun picked up some people from the pile of dead people and went back, so where did they need to buy them? As long as they had some food to eat, they were satisfied. Then they returned north and recruited people along the way. When they returned to the capital, they recruited enough numbers, and even exceeded the amount.

After handing over these people, Song Hongye was indeed very loyal to recommend Wu Changchun to the crown prince. The crown prince was now at the moment of hiring people. He asked Wu Changchun to recruit helpers himself, report to keep files, and prepare to number people in Beijing. The crown prince also borrowed clerks from the Ministry of War Department, revised and drawn maps of Beijing, marked streets, yards, roads, and roads for epidemic prevention.

Wu Changchun could have had a few days off, but he couldn't stay at home, so he followed the East Palace guards to walk around the streets and watch them do their business. These East Palace guards who came out to do business were all the ones summoned by Song Hongye. After several days of training, they really looked a little. Even when they were walking on the road, there were five people in a row, no one whispering to each other, and no one disrupted the order.

In contrast, the people from the Bingmasi, Shuntian Mansion, and Jinyiwei walked beside them like a group of mobs.

——The prince said that he wanted to accept people according to the standards of a war-going man. How could he just let them do this after receiving them?
Chapter completed!