The Ming army advanced steadily, but the speed of advancement was extremely slow. Every day, they would stop after walking for about 40 or 50 miles forward, and then set up camp and start their regular operations.

The so-called routine action is to deal with the epidemic.

Teams of soldiers were sent out to search on a large scale within the dozens of miles that had just passed. The bodies of the deceased were to be burned and the living were to be brought back to the camp. After Shu Chang and Shu Wan and other large waves of doctors from the Ming Medical College arrived on the battlefield, the mortality rate of people infected and infected was declining rapidly.

The first camp built after the army arrived was the shelter camp. People found in the epidemic area were in the shelter camp for several days. They would not be released until they were confirmed to be uninfected or had been completely cured.

Of course, after they come out, there will be a lot of things waiting for them.

The first thing is to continue to search for all regions. These locals are more familiar with the local situation than the Ming soldiers. They can always find some locals hiding in extremely hidden places. Under the threat of the epidemic, no one dares to shelter these people. What if some of these people are also infected?

Furthermore, the Ming army seemed to be good to them.

The second is to clean up this messy stall that was washed away by the flood. The flooding of Qingxiang River not only brought about death, plague, but also fertile soil. Xiangzhou has been completely destroyed this season, and it is basically a waste of money. Especially in northern Xiangzhou, I am afraid that it will take all the entire year this year to save the day.

However, life still has to be passed. If this year is not possible, then we have to focus on next year. After the fertile soil is well organized, it can also be expected that next year will be a bumper year. After the chaos, there will be great governance, which is also the law of the development of things.

So the Ministry of Revenue came over and over again. They needed to count the population and re-register. Fortunately, after the Chinese New Year this year, a large number of the staff of the Ministry of Revenue were already active in Jinghu, Jinzhou, the six eastern counties and other places. These places were almost completely handed over to the Ming Dynasty. Things like Hujitian and Jiji were all ready-made, that is, you can register them in the general book again, which means that it takes some effort to do so.

Now that this happens in Xiangzhou, the workload will be huge.

The large number of casualties and losses made the books seized by the Ming army basically become waste. They had to go to the shelter camps established by the Ming army to register and build them one by one. This was a hard work. Because the number of people in these shelter camps seemed to be increasing.

Compared to the sufferings of Huji, the officials of the Land Department who manage the land across the country were so happy that they couldn't close their mouths. The land was not like a human being. No matter whether he suffered or suffered or suffered from disasters, he was wherever he was. So after these people arrived in Xiangzhou, they began to recruit some people in the shelter camp and began to count the land on earth.

A large amount of unowned land was all reclaimed. You must know that this is the prime minister of Chu, not the bitter and cold land of Qin, these places are all fertile land! It is the kind of place where you sprinkle a handful of seeds and will bring you a lot of harvest next year. If you cultivate it carefully, you will definitely have a good harvest.

Too many people died in Xiangzhou, and too much land suddenly became ownerless things. If those living people cannot find the land certificate, the Ming government will naturally not admit it. A flood, an epidemic, and two consecutive disasters occurred. How many people still remember to leave these things?

Of course, after measuring the fields, the Land Department began to divide the fields into households. The remaining Xiangzhou people were placed in new settlements after another. The fields into households were executed for more than ten years. They were already familiar with the roads. The family had me and the number of fields in each Dingkou was divided into households. There was a law to follow.

Taking these guys who were registered as the people of the Ming Dynasty, he walked to the fields, and after some measurement, he laid a boundary monument, and stuffed a piece of land with the seal of the Ming Dynasty into the other party's hands. This was done.

The Ming army slowly advanced in the front, and the yamen behind were carrying out these work in an orderly manner. In short, His Majesty the Emperor's request was to restore order in these places as soon as possible.

If there were other people in the Ming Dynasty besides the army, there were no other people who were not afraid of death, then they would definitely be those merchants. Although the epidemic in Xiangzhou scared many people, there were still some business people who did not believe in evil. In the eyes of ordinary people, Xiangzhou has been destroyed, so what business opportunities are there? But in the eyes of these people, such a situation is the biggest business opportunity.

Not to mention anything else, Xiangzhou has washed away a flood, and this infrastructure alone is a big piece of cake. Whether it is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, government officials at all levels, or the army, it attaches more importance to houses, roads, water conservancy and other infrastructure. To rebuild a place, one must start with these things. Whoever enters first will naturally get the largest piece of fat.

Besides, Xiangzhou is cheap now! Most of the people in Xiangzhou who survived the disaster and survived by chance now have nothing. The Ming army could not always support them, at most they would not starve to death. At this time, merchants followed up and recruited these people to work, have food, accommodation and money. Who would not be happy? Not only was the emperor satisfied, but the government satisfied, but these refugees themselves were satisfied.

Of course, wages are less if you can. Now the labor in the Ming Dynasty is getting more and more expensive, so I can’t afford it!

Of course, this is the idea of ​​the big merchants, and the small merchants naturally follow the footsteps of the big merchants. When the big merchants eat meat, they drink soup. When the big merchants make money from the government, the small merchants can only make money from the people. The people of Xiangzhou have nothing left. They work with the big merchants and get their wages, so they naturally have to buy things for life. Then, these daily necessities and other products are definitely a best-seller in Xiangzhou. After shipping, the price will increase by two or three times, and it will still be easy to sell!

Under such a way of thinking, where the Ming army passed, the government quickly restored its governance of the local area, and then merchants of all sizes quickly followed, and in the midst of a devastated area, re-working was unfolding vigorously, and vitality appeared on this land again.

The people of Xiangzhou who suffered a great disaster were at this time when the six gods were in power. Someone came out to restore order, resume production, give them food and work. They also took care of whether the other party was an invader. They naturally integrated into this mechanism. When everything stabilized, there was food and house to live in, and they could think of something else in their minds, the Ming Dynasty's local rule had already stood firm. At this time, even people with other ideas immediately strangled some thoughts to death in the bud.

It is said that the Chu State has achieved some results in its propaganda of the Ming Dynasty over the past year. If it weren't for this flood and an epidemic, the Ming army would have to spend more effort on the advancement of Xiangzhou.

In the Ming Dynasty, not only the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue were busy, but also the Ministry of Works was also busy. Originally, the entire infrastructure of Chu State was not very good and was completely incomparable to the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, those newly acquired places will inevitably set off a new round of construction frenzy next, and the road will be the first to be affected.

If you want to be rich, you should build the road first! This is already a public knowledge for the people of the Ming Dynasty. Haven’t you seen the place where you were so poor that you lick the bran in Changyang County of the Ming Dynasty? Ma Xiangnan gritted his teeth, borrowed a lot of debts and even ran to the emperor to cry in a desperate situation. After finally repairing the road, is it now rich? There are too many examples of this, so whenever the Ming Dynasty got a place, the first thing that the local officials thought of when they took office was that I needed a good road.

In the past, because cement was a control material, and the price was high and it was not easy to buy, the construction of this road was slow. However, as the Ming Emperor reached an agreement with the Emperor of Qi, the Ming Dynasty exchanged cement manufacturing methods for some Ming prisoners, the cement manufacturing process disappeared from the control material of the Ming Dynasty. Any merchant, as long as he paid a considerable amount of money to the Ministry of Works, he could immediately obtain a complete production process. You can build a cement workshop anywhere in the Ming Dynasty, and the Ministry of Works will even send craftsmen to guide you for free.

The result was that in a very short time, the cement workshops in the Ming Dynasty sprung out like mushrooms after a rain. The cement production increased significantly. As soon as the east and west were connected, the competition naturally became fierce. The originally high price instantly dropped to a point that everyone could accept.

When building roads, it is naturally fast and easy to use. In the past, it took a lot of effort to build a slightly higher-end stone road. Now, it’s better, a road that is much smoother than a stone road can appear in front of everyone in a short time.

The people were very happy because they were no longer suffering from mud. The officials were very happy. After having a good road, more good roads would naturally appear. Good things were naturally contagious. Great local developments can be expected. Businessmen were very happy and could make a lot of money. The skilled hands were naturally happy, because in this series of operations, the authority of the Ministry of Works has been expanded again and the impact has been further improved.

Of course, now he did not focus on these things, but focused on Qingxiang River. This river must be managed. The river embankment has basically been destroyed. The spring flood is over now, but it will not take long before the summer flood will come again. If this is not managed quickly, it will be another catastrophe at that time. Although Qingxiang River has not completely fallen into the hands of the Ming Dynasty, it seems that it will not take long and we have to start preparing for this matter.

When the clever hands led the craftsmen to start surveying along the Qingxiang River, Qin Feng finally bent his eyes on Xiangshan Fortress and Xiangzhou County City.

These are the last two fortresses, but it seems that it doesn't take too much effort.

Once the epidemic spreads, it is not different from our enemies.
Chapter completed!