Although the city walls in Nancheng County and Dongyuan County were built with an outer layer of several meters of cement brick walls and an inner structure of rammed earth, which greatly reduced the use of cement and bricks, the three county towns are all one kilometer long.

The city wall, the length and width of the city wall itself are also a huge project for Qinghe Territory.

Even if the cement factory in Rock Town is operating at full capacity, it will not be enough to supply. For this reason, based on the recommendations of the Government Affairs Department and the submitted plan, Di Feng issued an order to split the original personnel of the cement factory into the first cement factory in the name of the Lord's Mansion.

and Cement Plant No. 2.

In addition, a group of apprentices and workers will be added to the two cement plants, and the cement kiln will be doubled to ensure the cement materials needed for the construction of Qinghe Lingda.

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The northern border of Dongyuan County.

With the expansion of the Qinghe Territory, the fog in the northern part of Dongyuan County also began to spread outward, and pieces of new land emerged from the fog.

These new areas were also plains, but because there was no order from the lord's government, the Second Border Guard Battalion stationed in Dongyuan County did not expand.

Guarding the border of Dongyuan County, training and patrolling day after day, sometimes driving away or hunting approaching wild animals, the days turned calm.

But in fact, because the boundaries of Dongyuan County are complete, the entire Dongyuan County now covers an area of ​​900 square kilometers. Only a battalion of 800 troops can barely guard the entire border, and the quick grab itself has not expanded.

Ability.

On this day, the patrol team on the northern border suddenly saw a group of refugees coming from the north. The reason why they thought these people were refugees was because the clothes they wore were relatively ragged.

Moreover, each of them looked sallow and thin, and it seemed that they had not had enough to eat all year round, and had been hungry for many days recently. The team leader who led the patrol took a rough look and found that the number of this group of refugees seemed to be very large.

The squad leader immediately issued the order.

"Er Niu, go immediately and notify the nearby outpost and ask for support."

This squad leader was also a refugee himself, and he sympathized with this group of refugees. However, as a soldier of the Qinghe Territory, he needed to abide by military discipline.

And based on the current policy of the Qinghe Territory, as long as this group of refugees is honest, within a few days, these refugees will be able to join the Qinghe Territory and live a life with food, shelter, and hope.

Therefore, the team leader immediately fulfilled his duty and blocked these refugees at the border, saying loudly.

"Stop, this is Qinghe territory, what are you doing?"

When the refugees approached, they looked at the majestic-looking soldiers holding weapons. The refugees were afraid and did not approach.

After a while, an old refugee man came out from the crowd. This old man was wearing a shabby gown and looked like a scholar.

The old man stepped forward and begged the soldier.

"Sir, we are fleeing famine from Jiangnan Province. There is a drought there, and now no one can survive. I hope you will do well and take us in."

Although this small team has a small number of people, every soldier is fully armed with sharp spears and swords, which makes it impossible for this group of refugees, who don't even have much strength to walk, to resist.

"Jiangnan Province is another place name that I have never heard of before." The squad leader secretly thought in his heart. However, when the squad leader was in the recruit training camp, he learned about the foggy world and could become the squad leader. He also knew that this must be another place.

They are just a group of refugees who entered the foggy world from other worlds under unknown circumstances.

"All of you, please wait here." Qinghe Territory has its own rules and regulations for the resettlement of refugees. The team leader said with a serious look. "I have already reported the news of your arrival. As for whether to take you in or something else."

, it’s all determined by our superiors.”

The soldier, whom the squad leader called Erniu, rushed to a post on the border, where a squad was stationed.

When the team stationed at the post heard Er Niu's intention, they immediately handed over a horse from the post to Er Niu and asked him to report to the brigade camp.

At the same time, he left five people to the team leader in the post to guard the post, and he took four soldiers to support the patrol team.

As messengers riding war horses, Soldier Erniu set off from the border and quickly arrived at the brigade station. This brigade is responsible for the garrison of this area in the northern part of Dongyuan County.

When the news of the arrival of the refugees reached the brigade camp, the brigade captain immediately asked Erniu and a squadron to return, and at the same time sent messengers to the camp headquarters.

When the messenger arrived at the battalion headquarters, he sent the information to Su Qiang, commander of the Second Border Defense Battalion. Seeing the information that a group of refugees had arrived at the border, Su Qiang was also alarmed.

As for refugees, as long as there are no special circumstances, the more the better. After all, only with more people can we produce more food and recruit more soldiers.

Su Qiang himself is the commander of the border battalion and has no right to deal with these refugees.

After thinking for a moment, Su Qiang handed this information to the current acting magistrate of Dongyuan County. The acting magistrate of Dongyuan County is responsible for coordinating all government affairs in Dongyuan County and has the right to resettle these refugees.

At this time, the acting magistrate who was at the Dongyuan County government office received information from Su Qiang. Immediately, the acting magistrate immediately called in all subordinate departments.

This group of refugees, no matter how many there are, must stay. The current population of the entire Dongyuan County is only about 10,000, which is too small compared to the entire Dongyuan County.

Because the entire county only has tens of thousands of people, and the population is still in dozens of subordinate villages. At this time, except for public departments such as schools and hospitals, and the construction team that is building the county seat, there are almost no other personnel.

Such a situation makes Dongyuan County feel like a ghost town. As an acting magistrate, I don't have much to do every day. I can only read books and drink tea in the county government office every day.

But now, a group of refugees suddenly arrived. This was definitely an opportunity to increase the population of the county. I must accept them as soon as possible. Only when the population increases can Dongyuan County be developed.

When he took office, he once walked through the entire Dongyuan County and found that although Dongyuan County is now a grassland, the land is very fertile.

There is also a lake and a river running through the territory, which is very suitable for farming. Now because there are not many people, large areas of land are deserted.

Moreover, those pastures were actually allocated a large area of ​​land because of the small population. In fact, that piece of land could accommodate more people and raise more cattle and sheep.

Now that this group of refugees has arrived, no matter what the situation is, it is a good thing. Even though the twenty pastures that Di Feng divided previously occupied a large area of ​​land in Dongyuan County, there is still a lot of land that is deserted.

The acting county magistrate estimated that there would be no problem at all in settling two to three hundred villages according to normal villages.


Chapter completed!