Fu Xun then spoke. He said: "Planting mulberry and raising silkworms is of course a good thing that benefits the country and the people. We have done it before. I wholeheartedly support the development of mulberry and raising silkworms in Jingzhou. However, I always feel that there are conditions. Incomplete - these hundreds of thousands of refugees, refugees, can they raise silkworms? Well, isn't it a bit of a joke? They, they are a bunch of beggars, as long as they have enough to eat, they will watch ants climbing the trees after they are full. , thinking about letting them work to create wealth, haha, I simply have no confidence in them."

When Fu Xun said this, he turned to Liu Bei and asked: "Uncle Emperor, don't you feel this way?"

Liu Bei looked at Liu Cong and did not answer him directly, but just smiled slightly.

Liu Cong listened and laughed and said: "Refugees are not all fools. They are also people with some flesh and blood and righteousness. They also pursue a happy life. Otherwise, would they still have to leave their hometown and flee all the way to get here?" So I believe that as long as they arrange things well, they will definitely be able to create wealth.

Well, now that the conditions for sericulture are basically met, there is no need to doubt it. Even if you have doubts, this matter must continue. This matter has been settled, and we should continue to study how to carry out the work."

Then Liu Cong and Liu Bei said: "Uncle, after the 20,000 elite soldiers arrive, we need a capable person to lead the affairs. Who do you think is appropriate to arrange for management?"

Liu Bei thought for a while and said, "I really can't find a suitable candidate for the moment. You can figure it out."

Liu Cong thought for a while and said: "I'll transfer Wei Yan over! Let him take charge. Let Wei Yan temporarily hand over the affairs of Fancheng to Liu Feng."

After Liu Cong finished speaking, he turned to Yuan Ying and said: "Manager Yuan, this way the matter of silkworm raising is settled.

There are two things that you need to solve at the moment. One is to seize the time to build dormitories and strive to complete the dormitory construction within these ten days. Your Sericulture Department is equipped with these assistants——Deng Bao, who is responsible for managing refugees, Wei Yan is responsible for leading the troops to build dormitories. You can arrange for them to do the future work.

Do you think there’s anything else to do?”

Yuan Ying thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Lord, the matter is a bit too urgent. Some details have not been settled and need to be resolved first."

Liu Cong stared at Yuan Ying closely and said, "Please speak."

"As the saying goes, food and grass must go before troops are deployed. How to solve the problem of feeding the 20,000 soldiers building dormitories and the hundreds of thousands of refugees?"

After hearing this, Liu Cong opened his mouth and replied: "You don't have to worry about the food problem for the soldiers who built the dormitories. Wei Yan took care of it himself. The soldiers' food problem will be provided by the original barracks."

The problem is these hundreds of thousands of refugees! In this way, if the issue of food is not mentioned within five days, it turns out that how they survive is still how they survive.

We can’t support them without working, let alone create a perception among them that they have to go to the government office if they don’t have enough food to eat.

If you think of the Yamen as a place to raise your father, it will be bad, and it will be difficult to solve the problems later."

When Liu Cong said this, he stopped and thought to himself: "Mother, if you have to take care of their food, each person has one pound of food a day, which means they have to supply hundreds of thousands of pounds of food every day. This is not bad. Needless to say, the yamen does not have much food. Even if there is, it won't be enough for them to eat for a few days. This matter must be considered in detail. In winter, just drink porridge to avoid starving to death. Yes, that's settled."

When Liu Cong thought of this, he said: "The problem of feeding refugees needs to be solved. But the government is too difficult and has too little food in stock, so it is difficult to meet the food requirements of refugees for the time being." At this point, he raised his head and asked Fu Xun: "Gong Ti, look at the warehouse. How much food reserve is left?"

"That's more than two million kilograms. But, my lord, these grains cannot be moved casually. This is called strategic reserve grain, which is to cope with emergencies. If it is moved, it may be difficult to cope with emergencies. "

After hearing this, Liu Cong agreed with a cold face: "Yes, I understand. Now is a special period, and this batch of food is needed for emergency relief. In five days, Yuan Ying, the director of the Sericulture Department, will come over to bring these food to the refugees. Then you can release the food." Already."

"This and this" Fu Xun was embarrassed and couldn't say it.

"What is this? If I ask you to put food out, you will put it out. If something goes wrong, you are not responsible."

"Here!" Fu Xun agreed.

Liu Cong turned to Yuan Ying and said: "Manager Yuan, the Sericulture Department has assigned two people for you. One is in charge of copywriting, and that is Mr. Accountant. This accountant also manages the daily affairs of the Sericulture Department. You are not at home. At that time, he took charge of general affairs.

The other is a custodian, managing various inventory goods in the Sericulture Department.

Two more groups of soldiers will be assigned to you, led by a commander, who will be responsible for standing guard and conveying orders, etc."

When Liu Cong said this, he looked at Yuan Ying and then said: "Manager Yuan, you are mainly seizing the time to deal with two things. The first is the resettlement of refugees. Wei Yan and Deng Bao will assist you in completing this matter. The second thing is The thing is to hurry up and contact Cui Jin, the official of the Yizhou Sericulture Department, and immediately go to Yizhou to transport grain back."

After hearing this, Yuan Ying stood up, clasped her fists and saluted: "I understand. If my lord has nothing else to say, I will go back and start working."

Liu Cong waved his hand and ordered: "Go ahead. If you have any difficulties, come and ask Uncle Liu Huang, the acting general manager, in time."

Yuan Ying agreed, said goodbye to everyone and left.

On the afternoon of the third day, Liu Cong came over to inspect the work of the Sericulture Department.

At this time, in the office of the Sericulture Department, two civilian officials were working, and Deng Bao and several assistants were also busy here.

Liu Cong came in and saw Deng Bao. He was very happy and motioned for Deng Bao to come over and talk.

Deng Bao handed over the matter to several assistants, walked to Liu Cong's side, clasped his fists and bowed and asked, "What are your orders, my lord?"

Liu Cong pulled him to sit next to him. Deng Bao was like a wooden peg nailed there. No matter how hard Liu Cong pulled him, he didn't move at all.

Liu Cong secretly admired him in his heart: "My God, what a great effort!" Thinking of this and seeing Deng Bao still standing still with a very humble expression, Liu Cong stopped inviting him to sit down and asked: "General Deng, what happened a few days ago?" Manager Yuan asked you to count the number of refugees, have you finished it?"

"Well, lord, it's done. Aren't these the ones who are doing statistics in groups?"

Deng Bao said and pointed at several officials next to the case.

"How many refugees are there in total?"

"One hundred and fifty-seven thousand and nine people."

"How many households are there?"

"Forty-three thousand four hundred households."

“How many young adults are there in the labor force?”

"Eighty-eight thousand people. If you include the children who are underage and can work, there are about 107,000 people."

"Oh," Liu Cong lowered his head and thought for a moment and said, "More than one-third of the elderly, young and old are sick and disabled, right?"

"Yes, my lord."

Liu Cong ordered: "Okay, General Deng, go ahead and get busy. I have something else to do."

Deng Bao returned to the case again, lowered his head and started working with a few assistants.

Not long after, Deng Bao rolled up a few reports, held them in his hands, came to Yuan Ying, lowered his head and reported: "Report to the manager, the work of counting the number of refugees you ordered has been completed. All the population numbers and groupings are in Please check the report." 046
Chapter completed!