Eight Hundred and Thirty-Eight: So What if I Kill You? (5)

Cheng Jing's team walked for a while, and there were more refugees ahead.

The tall man's expression darkened, and he raised his hand to order the guards to surround the convoy so that Cheng Jing would not be offended by the refugees.

I thought the situation would get better when we got to the gate, but I didn't expect that refugees would gather outside the gate.

In an instant, the man's face turned completely blue.

"Mr. Cheng, I'm afraid there will be no way ahead."

Cheng Jing felt the carriage stop, frowned, raised his hand and raised the bamboo curtain to ask the man on horseback outside.

"Huan Shu, what happened?"

The man riding the horse is called Yuan Chong, his name is Hengshu, he is a powerful general under Huang Song's camp, and he is now sent to escort Cheng Jing.

Hearing Cheng Jing's inquiry, Yuan Chong quickly pinched the horse's belly and told the horse to walk forward a few steps so that it was level with the car window.

Yuan Chong said respectfully, "Mr. Cheng, there are refugees gathered at the gate ahead, and I'm afraid they won't be able to get in for a while."

Cheng Jing didn't make such a rude move like sticking his head out of the car window, but instead ordered the driver to stop, get up and get out of the car.

Seeing the scene in front of him, he was startled.

He knew that the fleeing people in Wolong County had all gone to Maruzhou, but he never thought that there would be so many people!

Just what he saw with his eyes, there are thousands of refugees!

Yuan Chong jumped off his horse and walked to Cheng Jing's side, "Liu Xi also has a big heart, allowing so many refugees to gather outside the Maruzhou Pass."

There are too many refugees, and it is easy to cause disputes.

If these refugees were incited, maybe they would do something.

Yuan Chong saw so many refugees gathered outside the Maruzhou Pass, and then more refugees gathered here, he couldn't help but twist his sword eyebrows.

The sun in the sky was so hot that it caused a mist to rise from the ground.

No matter who it was, if they casually raised their hands to wipe their face, the palms of their hands would be covered with greasy sweat, which made people feel irritable and powerless.

"Yeah...all refugees..."

Cheng Jing didn't know what he was thinking,

Responded unconsciously.

Yuan Chong didn't bother Cheng Jing either, but instead hooked his fingers at the guard at the side. The other party understood, and immediately took out a paper umbrella from another carriage and handed it to Yuan Chong. Yuan Chong took the paper umbrella, opened it and placed it on top of Cheng Jing's head to shade him from the sun.

Military generals are rough-skinned and thick-skinned, resistant to fighting and falling, but literati always wear Confucian shirts, elegant and delicate, and need to be carefully served.

Sensing the shadow above his head, Cheng Jing just raised his eyes slightly, and did not decline or thank him.

"Mr. Cheng, will you send someone to inquire at the end, let's see what's going on?"

Yuan Chong offered to propose, and Cheng Jing nodded in response.

"Well, it's better to send someone to ask for clarification."

He really wanted to know how Maru State should resettle these refugees, if the resettlement was not done well, these refugees would become a thorny cancer.

"The end general will do it."

In terms of official positions, Cheng Jing and Yuan Chong are comparable, and the latter does not need to humble himself as a "last general".

However, even the lord Huang Song respects the counselors so much, the people below naturally follow suit and dare not neglect.

Yuan Chong is one of the better-tempered military generals. He loved reading when he was young, and he didn't have the bad habits of ordinary warriors. If someone else came over, he might complain about the frailty of literati, and stop and go on the road...Yuan Chong wouldn't know. , on the contrary, he respects Cheng Jing very much.

After a while, the soldier sent out to investigate the news came back.

Cheng Jing called Xiaobing to him and asked him carefully.

"What's the situation at the gate?"

Xiao Bing answered truthfully, and between the questions and the answers, Cheng Jing's face became more serious, which attracted Yuan Chong's attention.

"Sir, what's wrong?"

Yuan Chong thought carefully about Xiao Bing's words just now, but he couldn't figure out how to make Cheng Jing take it so seriously.

Cheng Jing is not heat-resistant, and he has his own rules in how he behaves. No matter how hot the weather is, he still wears a Confucian shirt tightly, and the cuffs can cover half of his fingers. Now I was outside the carriage again, even with a paper umbrella covering my head, I was still sweating profusely from the heat.

"There is something wrong."

Cheng Jing's voice was a little weak, full of dignity.

Yuan Chong was suspicious, he was the monk Zhang Er who was confused at the moment, no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't think of anything wrong.

Although his IQ can outshine ordinary military generals, when he meets someone with brain power, he can't keep up with the rhythm even with all his strength.

Yuan Chong asked doubtfully, "Chong is stupid, I really can't figure it out, please ask sir to clarify."

Cheng Jing explained, "Just now Xiaobing said that Maruzhou sent people to register the situation of refugees at the gate, and asked them carefully about their origin, place of origin, age, and family. Based on the conditions of family members, men, women, and young and old, we selected them one by one. A group of one hundred people will be introduced into the pass."

Yuan Chong nodded after hearing this, and said, "The general just thinks this method is a bit stupid, not to mention a waste of time, and tiring."

Cheng Jing shook his head, and he said, "Wasting time? Not necessarily. As for whether it is tiring or not, it's hard to say. Registering refugees in the register is indeed beneficial to management. A large number of refugees gather together, and it is easy to cause disputes. If someone sincerely stirs up trouble, it will inevitably It will bring trouble to Maruzhou. Maruzhou did not ignore the refugees, but sent people to register the news of the refugees at the gate, and then led them into the customs in batches. Isn’t it surveillance?…Nowadays, everywhere in Maruzhou needs Manpower, these refugees came at the right time."

Bring refugees to places where people are needed, and they can work when they go.

But Yuan Chong thought wrongly, he thought of the corvee, and showed a look of unbearable.

Refugees are willing to leave their homes to escape the flames of war and save the lives of their families.

But corvée is too hard, often close to death, I am afraid it is much more terrible than war.

Yuan Chong really can't figure it out, why are these refugees running to Maruzhou together?

He talked about his doubts, but Cheng Jing showed a wry smile.

"You are wrong, the corvee in Maruzhou is different from other places."

Cheng Jing and Feng Zhen knew each other, and the two successfully changed from pen pals to real friends during the alliance.

Although they have different positions, as long as they don't mention official business, they can still maintain their friendship in private.

Through what Feng Zhen said, Cheng Jing knew that the corvee in Maruzhou was not free and unpaid, but more like an employer and a laborer.

You contribute and I contribute money and grain, exchanged at equal value.

Once refugees leave their homes, they are like duckweed without roots.

Marushu can not only provide a safe place, but also provide jobs and rice food. It is simply a holy place in the hearts of refugees.

When Yuan Chong heard this, he couldn't help being surprised.

"If you distribute money and food to the people in corvee, how much money will it cost?"

Cheng Jing lowered his eyes and said, "Liu Xi is not short of money."

Yuan Chong nodded in response, "That's right, Liu Xi's father, Liu She, still controls Hu County secretly, and there is indeed no shortage."

Cheng Jing looked at the slow-moving crowd of refugees from a distance, those people were crowded together, looking like black algae.

Although the workload of registering refugees is heavy, the subsequent benefits are endless.

The most intuitive benefit is that it reduces the risk of refugee riots, and another benefit is the rational use of the labor of these refugees.

Yuan Chong on the side said again, "But...Even so, Mister won't be so pale..."

Cheng Jing smiled bitterly and said, "Hasn't Hengshu found out yet? Almost all of these refugees are from Wolong County." To find this site, please search for "" or enter the URL: