He knew that Mr. Hou had specially requested him. As long as he was managed well, Guifeng would be able to let outsiders in, and he would be able to meet his family!
He wanted to scream, but he also knew that this matter could not be publicized yet, so he just knelt down and kowtowed directly with great excitement: "Thank you, Mr. Hou! Thank you, Mr. Hou!"
Hou Hong asked someone to pull him up, "Don't thank me yet. I'll ask someone to take you to clean up, change clothes, eat enough, and then start doing things. You're busy!"
Zhou Dashan naturally thanked him profusely and left with the two soldiers.
When other refugees saw this scene, they were jealous, envious, and most of all, numb.
Someone boldly said: "Sir! Master Hou! Why don't you take a look at me! I can also help manage it! I can also be your front and back horse!"
Someone else shouted loudly: "Sir! Sir, I was once a gentleman and could read and write! I can help you, sir!"
Now, the sounds became more numerous and chaotic.
Everyone wants to work hard to find a way out for themselves!
But Hou Hong had no idea of employing people lightly. He just said smoothly and thoughtfully: "In this way, the government doesn't need so many people now. As long as you are obedient, obey the order, listen to Zhou Dashan's command, and have talents, I will naturally need you."
I'll find you when I'm here, do you understand?"
The refugees suddenly shouted: "I understand, sir!"
"We must obey the order! We must not cause trouble!"
"Yes, sir! Whoever dares to disrupt order and cause trouble at will will be isolated by us!"
Seeing that the refugees were very aware, Hou Hong nodded with satisfaction: "You remember your words and do what you say. I will leave first."
"Congratulations, sir!"
Hou Hong left, he also wanted to inspect the current storage situation of rice grains.
After Hou Hong left, he quickly washed up and changed into clean coarse clothes. Zhou Dashan returned to the refugees. Now, although he has washed his whole body and looks brand new, he is still as skinny as before. But at least he is.
After eating a full meal, his belly bulged strangely, and his figure looked strange, as if he was being held up by a few bones. Looking at his face, he looked quite upright.
His belly made the refugees jealous, and some even wanted to have a relationship. Their dirty hands almost touched him, and then they felt it was inappropriate and took it back, "Dashan, Dashan, I am from your village.
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Clinging to relatives, maybe Zhou Dashan can turn around in the future and take him with him.
But Zhou Dashan knew that he was also a refugee, and now that he was being reused by Lord Hou, these refugees were inevitably unconvinced and would not even obey his orders. He could not be biased and could only say loudly: "Everyone is the same, I only do things according to your orders! You guys
It’s also best to obey the orders of adults! If you obey the rules, it will be easy for me to speak. If you don’t, I will hand you over to the adults! Do you understand?”
These words did not mean to show off one's power or to be the king, but more to ask everyone to do things according to the adults' words.
The refugees had nothing to say, and those who were restless stopped thinking.
They finally had a full meal, and now they all closed their eyes and wanted to take a nap. At this time, Qi Lin, the adjutant next to Hou Hong, came over with people and wood. Qi Lin was a soldier with a cold face, standing there with an imposing manner.
Bufan. Qi Lin said loudly: "Zhou Dashan!"
Zhou Dashan quickly came over and said, "Here! Sir!"
Qi Lin glanced at him and saw that there was indeed no flattery in this man's eyes, and his attitude was neither humble nor arrogant. He nodded secretly in his heart, but his face was still cold.
"Your Excellency wants to build temporary shelters here. You refugees can build them on your own! The government doesn't have that many manpower available for you!"
Or Qi Lin waved his hand and the soldiers around him dropped the wood on the ground, "The government can provide wood tools for free. You must speed up the progress and stop spreading it on the ground! If you don't want to freeze to death in the spring cold, just start moving by yourself!"
The refugees became happy, and Zhou Dashan knew what this meant.
They finally don’t have to sit on the floor! They can at least have a place that can protect them from the wind and rain!
If you have food and a place to live, there is hope for life!
Zhou Dashan quickly shouted: "Yes! Take the order, little one! You must work hard to complete the progress! Live up to the expectations of adults!"
Qi Lin finally said: "Do it well!"
"yes!"
Qi Lin led soldiers on patrol and gave birth to seven or eight soldiers who were responsible for keeping order in this area of refugees, but they did not participate in the construction.
Zhou Dashan quickly greeted: "Those who have experience in building materials, come forward!"
The refugees have now really seen Mr. Hou's determination to govern, and are very enthusiastic about owning a house of their own!
Many people stood up immediately, and their eyes that were originally numb were filled with light.
"I!"
"I!"
"I can!"
"I worked as a carpenter!"
Slowly, more and more people stood up. Although these people were dirty and looked miserable, there was light in their eyes without exception.
There were even some with red eyes and tears in their eyes.
Yes, people are such stubborn and tough creatures. If they have any hope of survival, they will be like an invincible little strong man who will never give up easily.
Soon, Zhou Dashan divided the refugees into groups. One group was responsible for construction, another group was responsible for sawing wood, a group was responsible for measuring, and a group was responsible for delivering wood. As for the elderly who were really sick and could not get up,
Women and children, etc., just wait and watch, without forcing them to contribute.
Zhou Dashan was very efficient and quickly led his people to build a settlement for the refugees.
Half a day passed in a blink of an eye.
At this moment, for some reason, the simple porridge shed of a wealthy family, which had only provided water-like porridge in the morning, was set up again.
It was already past noon, so it would be too weird to set up the porridge shed now.
However, these porridge shacks were specially replaced with thick rice, which was not much different from the government officials. The servant in charge of the porridge shacks even shouted: "Free porridge! Fragrant porridge! Thick porridge!"
Porridge with pickles!”
These refugees are already very hungry. No matter how full they are, they still feel like they are empty of food, and they still have nerve reflexes to want to eat more. They don’t know what it means to be full.
In addition, I worked hard to build the wooden house, and I also want to drink a bowl of porridge.
Someone said: "This powerful man finally realized his conscience when he saw that the government was giving such thick porridge!"
"In the past, as tenants, how much we contributed to these gentlemen! Now in exchange for a bowl of porridge!"
"There are pickles... those with a bit of salt would be good..."
Everyone was ready to make a move, but due to Zhou Dashan's presence, no one dared to act rashly. Everyone looked at Zhou Dashan with eager eyes, waiting for his order.
"Mountain……"
But Zhou Dashan felt something was wrong. Why did he suddenly give him porridge at this time?
Moreover, it is these powerful men who take the initiative to give porridge. It cannot be that their conscience suddenly discovered it!
Although Zhou Dashan was also very hungry and greedy, he frowned and said, "No!"
Now some refugees have stopped working.
"Zhou Dashan, you can't do this! When you're full, you don't care whether we live or die!"
"We need to tell Mr. Hou!"
"Yes! Tell Mr. Hou! People like you are not worthy of managing us!"
Just like this, regarding the issue of food and drink for the refugees, Zhou Dashan suddenly became the target of everyone's criticism. The refugees all stared at Zhou Dashan with anger.
The shouts of the servants in the porridge shack continued, pulling on the hungry nerves of the refugees.
Zhou Dashan remained unmoved and simply said, "You guys stay here, I'll go over and check out the situation."
The refugees wanted to be restless, but after being stared at by several officers and soldiers, they immediately did not dare to act rashly.
Many people complained: "I think this Zhou Dashan just wants to benefit from the public good for personal gain. Only when he is full can it be our turn!"
"That is, next time Mr. Hou comes, I will definitely expose Zhou Dashan's bad behavior!"
Over there, Zhou Dashan has walked to the porridge shed of the dignitaries. The big pot is indeed thick and steaming porridge, with pickles on the side.
This was already good stuff, so the servant asked: "Want to drink? It's free!"
While he was talking, he also made some gruel, and a large bowl of hot gruel was placed in front of Zhou Dashan.
Zhou Dashan swallowed, but did not reach out to take it.
"Why, isn't it enough?" The servant even added another bowl of gruel diligently.