Fang Chen couldn't help but feel a little sad when he heard these words. In this era when human life is so worthless, having a full meal has become a luxury!
He nodded fiercely and shouted: "Yes! As long as you follow me, you will have food to eat. Let's go! Li Yun! Order your people to move faster. I see that they are almost dying of hunger!"
Li Yun hurriedly responded.
After bringing the refugees back to the Bingmasi compound, Li Yun led his subordinates back with steamed buns, noodles and other food.
The refugees rushed forward as soon as they saw it. Upon seeing this, Fang Chen turned over and came to the front, kicking all the people who wanted to fight away, which shocked everyone.
"You are not allowed to rob me! There is enough for everyone to eat. Just wait and wait for my people to give you food!"
The roar shocked all the refugees, and upon seeing this, Fang Chen asked Li Yun and others to start distributing food.
As soon as the food arrived, all the refugees started gobbling it down.
Upon seeing this, the enlightened officials hurriedly took people to get some water, fearing that some people would choke to death. This scene made people feel sad.
Li Yundu couldn't bear it, so he said to the person distributing food to a child: "Eat slowly, there is not enough."
After more than an hour, three or four baskets of steamed buns were finished.
During this period, people from the Bingma Division kept buying food, and the one hundred taels of silver given by Fang Chen was enough for more than two hundred people to eat until they died.
Wait until everyone is full.
Fang Chen then spoke: "Are you all full?"
No one responded, but looked at him cautiously. Fang Chen did not force himself, but asked: "Where did you all escape from?"
Someone said timidly: "I'm from Yunzhou. There was a flood in my hometown and many people drowned."
"I am also from Yunzhou."
"I'm from Ping County."
With the person taking the lead, everyone else will follow suit and report one by one.
Fang Chen looked at a middle-aged man and asked, "Is there anyone else at home?"
The man grinned, his eyes full of numbness: "Where is anyone else? The child was washed away by the water and his life or death is unknown. The wife and parents couldn't resist on the way and they all starved to death. I am the only one who has come here.
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Many people sighed, and some refugees shed tears silently because of their sad memories.
Fang Chen sighed helplessly when he saw this, and then cheered up: "It's okay, everything will be fine. Li Yun asked people to buy some clothes and prepare hot water for them to take a bath and change clothes."
"I obey my orders."
Li Yun now guessed what Fang Chen was thinking, and wanted to take these refugees under his command.
In one day, all the refugees were cleaned up. Until they met Fang Chen, they were still in disbelief.
Everyone seemed to be newly born, staring blankly at Fang Chen opposite.
Suddenly, someone knelt down with a plop.
"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir!"
In an instant all the refugees knelt down.
Fang Chen hurriedly helped them up and asked everyone to calm down. He thought for a few seconds and then said: "You all fled here and have no friends. In this case, how about I arrange a place for you to work and live?"
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Hearing this, all the refugees looked at him in disbelief.
One person said excitedly: "What you said is true!"
Fang Chen nodded: "Of course it's true. Apart from other things, the food and clothing problem of three meals a day can definitely be solved for you. Of course, the premise is that you must obey the orders and my arrangements."
There was almost no hesitation, and all the refugees expressed their willingness in an instant.
When they fled here, even eating was a luxury before, but now Fang Chen said that not only could they be fed, but he could also arrange work for them.
This is like going from hell to heaven all at once! Happiness comes so suddenly!
With such a large number of people, it was naturally impossible for Fang Chen to arrange them all in the Military and Horse Division.
The Bingma Division was not a refugee shelter, so the refugees were temporarily asked to wait. Fang Chen asked Li Yun to come to the lobby with him.
"Your Excellency, are you thinking about how to arrange them?" Li Yun was also a smart person and he immediately guessed what Fang Chen was thinking.
Fang Chen nodded: "The number of refugees in this batch just meets our needs, but the difficulty now is the housing problem."
It is impossible to build a room for each of them.
Li Yun came up and said, "Why don't we ask the Ministry of Household Affairs to allocate funds to build a few big rooms and let them sleep in Datongbu."
"This is a good idea. You go find Xiao San."
Fang Chen's eyes lit up. It was indeed impossible for him to find a room for each of them, but he could find a dormitory!
Soon Xiao San came to the Soldiers and Horses Division, and Fang Chen looked at him with a smile and pointed at the refugees next to him.
"Mr. Xiao, look. Didn't you say you didn't have enough manpower a few days ago? I've got hundreds of younger brothers for you, but these days, I have to trouble Third Master to arrange accommodation for your younger brothers."
Xiao San was speechless. He had indeed told Fang Chen about the shortage of manpower, but adding one to two hundred people at once was a bit too much.
But he didn't dare to disobey what Fang Chen said, and since his family had a big business and contributed a little, he could make arrangements.
Then he said: "Master Fang, will you let them stay in one of my inns first?"
"Okay, you have also arranged their meals these days. Remember how much it is, and I will reimburse you when the salary is paid."
Hearing this, Xiao San breathed a sigh of relief. He would have to pay for the food expenses of these people himself.
Then his third master is really going to scold his mother!
After hearing that they had a place to live, all the refugees expressed their gratitude to Fang Chenna.
Several people looked at each other and stepped forward with gritted teeth: "Sir."
Fang Chen: "Is something wrong?"
"Sir, someone found us in the middle of the night yesterday. He arranged for the officers and soldiers to let us enter the city. He also gave each of us one tael of silver and said that if the master expelled us, he would find an opportunity to cause trouble."
The refugee who spoke felt ashamed: "But sir, you are a good person, so this matter..."
"I know you can tell me the truth, I'm very happy." Fang Chen smiled.
He knew this well. He had heard Li Yun say that these refugees had been expelled from the imperial capital, and suddenly they appeared again. It was strange that there was nothing fishy in them.
There is no need to think that it must be Liu Yuanqing and his group who are behind this.
Asking people to send the refugees to their accommodation, Xiao San, the captain of the urban management brigade, looked at Fang Chen: "Master Fang, so many people are asking them to join the urban management brigade?"
"No, you select a hundred people to join the urban management team, and we will set up a gold juice business with the rest."
"Would you like gold juice?"
Li Yun and Xiao San were stunned.
Fang Chen nodded: "Golden Juice is excrement water, and Golden Juice Company specializes in collecting excrement water."
The Great Yan Dynasty did not have a special business to deal with this matter. Every household had a cesspit of filth. When it was full, it was dumped elsewhere.
In Fang Chen's opinion, this is a huge waste! And in the history of the Chinese feudal dynasty, although this gold juice business was not popular, it was very profitable!