The second batch of water boats had actually passed through Chen County and marched to the junction of Chen County and Yangxia, where they were stopped.
The Yamen Army set up a stronghold on the spot and unloaded the grain.
"General Li, there are 185,220 hu of grains and beans here. I leave them all to you." Chen Yan put away the delivery note written by Li Chong and said.
One canal ship carries 5,000 dendrobiums of grain.
He led a group of eighty ships in total, half of which unloaded grain on the spot, and the empty ships sailed down the river and returned to Hefei.
The other half of the ships continued to load grain and transported it to Junyi, where it was handed over to Luoyang Du Branch Captain Yang Bao's people.
More than 185,000 grains of grain could not actually save many people.
Assume that there are five people in a family, including young and old, male and female. On average, one person needs to eat one handful of grain per month.
In an era when fats and proteins are lacking, people who do physical work have an alarming thirst for carbohydrates.
In the Tang Dynasty, a peasant family of five people would eat an average of four dendrobiums per person per year (one dendrobium of corn = 108.32 kilograms), which is more than one kilogram of grain a day - the elderly, children, and women ate less.
Strong men eat more.
Moreover, they will also look for wild vegetables, mulberries, fruits and other things they can find to supplement their food.
Of course, this was the mid-late Tang Dynasty when ordinary people were short of food, because a lot of food was taken away to raise soldiers.
When food is relatively abundant, a person will definitely eat more than this much in a day.
The volume of a Jin Dendrobium is less than one-third of a Tang Dendrobium, about thirty kilograms of millet.
One dendrobium per month is equivalent to one pound per day, which is about three liters and three hexagrams (one dendrobium = ten buckets = one hundred liters = one thousand hexagrams).
But that's a normal situation. In a major disaster, it's okay to hang on to your life. Don't think too much.
Li Zhong directly ordered: Dakou (adult men) should be given two liters of food per day, Zhongkou (adult women) should be given one liter of food per day, and small mouth should be given one liter of food per day.
As soon as the order was given, action began immediately.
Everyone is organized into teams and battalions, with their own leaders and militarized management.
In addition, he also organized soldiers to dig trenches and spread curtains to catch locusts, dry or steam them, and mix them into grain.
At this time, you can't worry about whether you will get sick after eating it. Let's supplement your nutrition first - despite the "trivial matter" of catching locusts, it is really not something that hungry and dizzy victims can easily do.
Chen Yan stayed in the victims' camp for several days, feeling worried.
What he was worried about was the consequences of intercepting the canal.
Although half of it was cut and half was given to the imperial court, it is hard to say whether Luoyang would appreciate it.
Perhaps the emperor and his ministers are not short of food, but the Imperial Guards, craftsmen and other people in the capital are all counting on food from outside.
Once the conflict intensifies and the court and Chen Hou fall out, the trouble will be huge. When the Xiongnu goes south, the court and Chen Hou will be ruined, which will be a joke.
However, the matter has been done, and it is useless to think about it so much. Let's think about how to help the people.
"General Li, I heard that Cao Wei was providing disaster relief and gathered the refugees, forming a camp of five miles and leaving sixty people in each camp." Two days later, Chen Yan couldn't help it anymore. Looking at the messy refugees, he suggested: "General, use military law."
Governance is in line with the old practices of previous generations, but it is not an option to maintain it like this all the time. Now that the rebels have retreated, it is better to spread out the people along the river to avoid gathering together to cause epidemics. It is also better to select some land and occupy it first. In the future
If there is an abundance of grains and beans, we will provide more grains, which will last for a while, and then organize the people to plant grains for a season, which will be harvested in March. In this way, we may be able to barely make ends meet."
Li Zhong was silent for a while after hearing this, and said, "If it hadn't been for Captain Chen's reminder, I would have missed something important."
At the same time, I also felt a little emotional. If you asked him to arrange the troops, he would be able to do it easily, but if it involves the complicated resettlement of the victims, management and production organization, he would be a little confused.
He didn't even know what the "Old Laws of Cao Wei" mentioned by Chen Yan were about.
Chen Yan was born in the Chen family of Yingchuan, and was a child of an aristocratic family. He read many books and knew many things, and was indeed better than him in this regard.
No wonder these matters have been left to literati since ancient times. They may not be good at fighting, but they are indeed better at managing the people than warriors like them.
"The area around Yangxia, Fugou and Chen County has crisscrossed rivers and many fertile fields, so many people can be resettled. However, many of the lands are owned, which is troublesome." Chen Yan said: "The general will first pick the unowned land for resettlement.
Well, most of the rest will be decided by Lu Yuzhou and Chen Hou. Having said this, the general can think about it for himself."
"Thank you Captain for the tip." Li Chong cupped his hands and said.
Chen Yan took another look at the people.
If Chen Hou can really resettle all these victims and survive, it will only take a few years before these places will no longer be owned by the imperial court.
What he did was much more difficult than Shi Le's, but the subsequent benefits were also greater.
To a certain extent, he was in the same situation as Shi Le and Wang Mi.
Shi Wang is now under the control of the Liu Han court and cannot stand on his own, let alone dare to stand on his own.
Chen Hou is also ambitious, but at this stage, he does not dare to stand on his own.
But if there are these resettled refugees, it will be completely different.
They are equivalent to Chen Hou's tribe and are no longer Wang Min.
On May 28, Chen Yan led part of the fleet to leave Chen County and return to Hefei to load the next batch of grain.
And after hearing the news, more and more refugees are gathering in Chen County and Yangxia area.
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On the last day of May, Lu Zhi, the governor of Yuzhou, arrived in Chen County.
The first thing he did was to visit Xie Pe and Yuan Chong.
As May draws to a close, the locusts are becoming fewer and fewer, and the situation is becoming clearer.
Zhixiong's troops, who went south to Yingchuan to plunder, fled in panic because they could not raise enough food. They were chased by the government soldiers and suffered heavy casualties.
Kui'an returned directly to Chenliu and risked his life to plunder them.
Wen Zhi and Kui both retreated, Taobao who was active in the Liang area did not dare to go south, and Ji Yin retreated towards Puyang.
He suffered the least losses along the way, but during the retreat, some people still collapsed due to lack of food.
It is in line with the saying: "There are countless people who are invincible and self-defeating."
Of course, speaking from a darker perspective, this may not be a bad thing for Shi Le.
In an environment of food shortage, it is too risky to recruit a large number of weak soldiers in the hope of winning by relying on numbers. Once enough food is not looted, there will be great internal turmoil.
The casualties and the dispersal of ten or twenty thousand people may have helped lighten his burden.
"You have done a great job in repelling the traitors this time." Lu Zhi complimented him as soon as he came up.
"When the drought locusts arrive, how can there be any surplus food for Shi Le to raise his troops?" Yuan Chong smiled bitterly and said: "Besides, retreating from the enemy still depends on Chen Hou's reputation."
Xie Pei also said: "If it weren't for the Marquis of Chen, who was here, and Chen County and Yingchuan were united, it would probably not be easy to retreat."
Lu Zhi smiled and said nothing after hearing this.
This is the attitude.
In fact, even without him and Chen Hou, Shi Le would be unlikely to go south.
After all, this person is a Han official. Without the order of the Liu Han court, how could he act on his own like a wild horse? Is he looking for death?
Unless there is a great opportunity in Jingzhou and the Liu Han court sees the possibility of conquering these states and counties, it will send Shi Le or Wang Mi deep into Yuzhou and go south.
"You two know how good Chen Hou is, but now we have a difficult problem that requires your help." Lu Zhi clapped his hands and asked his entourage to come in from the door.
Yuan Chong and Xie Xi felt a twitch in their hearts. They were asking for food from them, right?
To be honest, they are also very short, after all, this year's harvest is basically gone.
There are so many Buqu bankers to support, and I really can’t provide food. Buqu, the bankers are attached to you just to survive. If you can’t even guarantee this, it will be equivalent to destroying the contract and the foundation of the family.
It was shaken.
There is never anything in the world where you only enjoy the benefits without paying any obligations. You must pay for what you get.
Fortunately, the entourage spread out a map, which made the two of them breath a little relieved.
"There have been two consecutive years of natural disasters, mixed with a lot of wars." Lu Zhi pointed to the map, drawing back and forth in the Suiyang Canal and Woishui area, and said: "Some people died from natural disasters and military disasters, and some people were discouraged.
Crossing south, a lot of land was vacated."
Xie Xi looked at the map and seemed to understand something in his heart.
In fact, he was a little indifferent, because he didn't really want to stay in the Central Plains. He wanted to find a place to settle down in the south of the Yangtze River and continue to live a leisurely life.
The land of Yangxia is no longer that important to him.
Yuan Chong was an old fox. How could he not think of things that Xie Pe could understand? But he remained calm and continued to listen.
"The prince wants to gather these lands and resettle the refugees in a unified way." Lu Zhi said: "But some of the fields seem to have owners and need to be replaced..."
The venue was a little quiet for a while.
Theoretically speaking, Chen Hou did not let the Yuan and Xie families suffer. After exchanging the land, it was not for nothing.
But the problem is that their land is now connected together. This makes it easier to manage and protect themselves.
The land exchanged to them may not necessarily be connected with the current fields. If the villagers are sent to farm, additional resettlement will be required, not to mention the cost, and safety will not be guaranteed, because the family
The power is dispersed.
Let’s take the simplest example.
Which one is safer if two thousand households gather together to farm, or if they are divided into four areas with five hundred households in each area?
It's definitely the former.
Of course, it is not impossible to continue the replacement and connect the land as much as possible.
But this matter is more complicated. It requires gathering all the scholars and powerful people in the county and discussing it together. In the end, we may not be able to come up with a result.
Because the land is fat and thin, and there is also the issue of whether irrigation is convenient or not, there are a lot of trivial matters, which will probably cause a lot of noise.
"You two don't need to worry." Lu Zhi looked at them and said: "I will personally supervise this matter. No matter how much energy I spend, I must get this matter done. Chen Hou's army is in Xingyang and will be there in a moment. If anyone makes trouble
, but it can be suppressed immediately. How about it?"
The place became quieter.
Xie Fe was angry, but he didn't want to have any more entanglements with Lu Zhi on this matter. He was disappointed with the north and wanted to cross to the south of Wu. He didn't particularly care about Yangxia, but Lu Zhi's aggressive attitude
Make him very uncomfortable.
I don’t know what Shao Xun saw in him. How could such a person with no sense of propriety be a good governor of a state?
Yuan Chong also understood the threat in Lu Zhi's words, but he was deeper in the city and knew that there was no reason to argue with the man holding the knife. After thinking for a long time, he finally nodded and sighed: "Natural and man-made disasters are coming.
, we have to get through the difficulties together, I have no objection, let’s just do it.”
After Yuan Chong finished his expression, Lu Zhi turned his attention to Xie Pe.
Xie Fe only said, "Yes."
Lu Zhi smiled. He grabbed the noses of the two cows, and Yangxia, the cow, could be led away by him.
As the two largest existing aristocratic families in Chen County, they have both set an example, and there is nothing much to say for others.
"This matter should be done as soon as possible." Lu Zhi said: "The locust plague is about to end. It is best to rush to plant beans and millet in June. I'm sorry for bothering you."
The two nodded again.
The implication of Lu Zhi's words is: I will take your land first, and we will discuss the replacement later.
What can they do? Discussing with you is already giving you face and respecting the rules.
If you continue to pester me again and again, the He family's learning is not far away, so you can do whatever you want.
Chapter completed!