Because since the fifth year of Daye, the number of refugees has increased, the Daizhou General Administration Office in Yanmen, where the government is located, immediately ordered to resettle the refugees properly.
It can be seen from the wording of the order passed down by the Governor's Office that it still has a very human touch.
In order to prevent disasters, epidemics, etc., Mayi County was ordered to properly resettle the refugees, and open the county warehouse to release grain according to the situation, so as to save the people from freezing to death.
Therefore, the four cities of Mayi City all set up refugee camps in the winter of the sixth year of Daye, and the counties and lands under their respective jurisdictions were also handled accordingly.
However, no matter how humane an official article is, it is still an official article. No matter in the past, present or future, such articles will inevitably end up being perfunctory.
Like today, Junjun Li Jing, who is sitting in the high hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion, will not take the orders of the Daizhou Governor's Mansion seriously.
The Prime Minister of Mayi County, who took office after the rebellion of King Yang Liang of Han Dynasty, knew very well that most of the refugees today originated from Yanmen, because in the fourth year of the Great Cause, the refugees in Yanmen started to cause chaos and banditry increased.
Extending to Mayi, this order was issued.
The reason is not for the humble body of a refugee, but for Ma Yi to share the blame with Yanmen.
In the so-called Daizhou General Manager's Office, the person who has the final say now is not the Daizhou General Manager, but the Yanmen Prefect.
Just like here in Mayi, nominally, there should be the post of governor of Mayi County, which is above the county magistrate. However, because Mayi has Li Jing, the post of governor has been vacant to this day.
As a result, the situation in the refugee camps under Mayi County can be imagined.
For the people of Mayi, this winter is no different from previous winters.
But for the people in the refugee camps, they find this winter to be so difficult.
Li Po and Li Chun both felt like this.
The weather is getting colder and colder, and the second winter snow is coming as scheduled, which makes the strong and healthy Li Po a little unbearable, let alone Li Chun, who has just recovered from a serious illness and walked such a long distance.
After the snowfall, Li Chun could only hide in the corner of the hut and tremble, not even daring to go out for a walk.
For the lives of both of himself, Li Po could not hide in the thatched hut all the time.
He first guarded the city gate and beat two woodcutters who came into the city to sell firewood until their faces were bruised and swollen, and robbed them of half of their firewood.
Because of Luo San's presence, the two beaten woodcutter didn't dare to do anything. They carried the remaining half of the firewood gruntingly and entered the city. The next time they entered the city, the two of them did not dare to come alone again.
Instead, he had five or six companions.
Speaking of which, people who have to go to the city to sell firewood in cold weather are also poor people.
But Li Po couldn't care about this. His own life was at stake, and robbery was a trivial matter. If this was not the city of Mayi, he would have thought of killing people and taking wealth.
So, in two or three days, he robbed six or seven woodcutters and got a lot of firewood, as well as two pieces of clothing for himself and Li Chun.
However, before his notoriety spread, some unsighted guys came forward.
Speaking of which, this is also the harsh winter season. Otherwise, if these things are done, the people in the refugee camp will not be unaware. Some people will soon know that this new guy cannot be easily provoked.
But then again, in winter, everyone in the refugee camp wants to hide underground, but no one knows that the new boy has started to act as a street gangster and road bully at the gate of the city.
Even the pawns at the gate of the city were led astray by this man. Not only did he become an accomplice, it was only a matter of time before he went up and took action himself.
But Li Po still knew that this kind of thing couldn't be done often.
The guys who come into the city to sell firewood, especially here in Beicheng, are all villagers near Mayi Beicheng.
Being beaten up, throwing some firewood or something like that is not a big deal to the people of the North who have such tough folk customs.
But if you pick fights one after another and suffer more than you deserve, one day someone might come over with a knife and fight you tooth and nail.
So, after a few days, half of the thatched house was piled with firewood, and Li Po stopped and thought about what he should do next to make the two of them live a better life.
On this day, he did not go to the city gate early in the morning to wait. In addition, it had been very cold these days, and there were many cracks on his hands and feet. Therefore, he stayed under the fire that had been built that day.
Beside the stove, it was dark and dark.
Li Chunze stayed by his side, his eyes red.
The child now understands that he has been a drag on his eldest brother. Seeing that his eldest brother is getting more and more haggard day by day, he has been feeling sorry for himself.
At noon, seeing that Li Po was still awake, Li Chun picked up the earthen pot, left the hut, and went to the porridge tent in the south to make porridge.
However, before he could go very far, he ran into two "heroes" who blocked his way...
One is tall and the other is short, one is a short and stocky man who is lame in one leg, and the other is a tall and thin man with a scar on his face.
Both of them were wearing tattered leather jackets with no visible color. Their faces were swarthy and they hadn't washed their faces for an unknown amount of time. They were no different from other refugees.
But the lame man had a sheathed short knife on his waist.
When the two men saw Li Chun, their eyes suddenly lit up. Without any hesitation, they came up and blocked Li Chun's way.
Like a hungry wolf seeing a lamb, he didn't say anything, he just walked around and looked at Li Chun.
The infinite malice in their eyes made Li Chun feel numb all over.
Without Li Po's instructions, Li Chun could still show off his strength, but Li Po's instructions came first, so Li Chun hesitated, turned around and ran away.
The two guys didn't chase them, they just laughed evilly.
Looking at the running little guy, both of them were very satisfied. It had been many days since we had seen such a happy and down-to-earth little guy in the camp.
In their eyes, a child who can run so fast, has sound limbs, and is around ten years old is just a pile of coppers running around...
"Let's go over there and have a look. There's someone new here."
The tall and thin man took the lead and followed Li Chun's footsteps heading south.
They are not afraid of people running away. This camp is like a prison. Once they come in, where can they go if they run away again?
The lame man licked his chapped lips, followed behind the tall and thin man and said with a smile: "For a child of this age, my mother may be here, haha, you can't steal it from me this time..."
The harvest was about to come, and the tall and thin man was in a good mood, "What are you trying to grab? We brothers, who comes first and who comes last, aren't we all the same? How can you monopolize it?"
The two of them laughed obscenely, but the lame man was a little worried, "It would be better not to be a sickly woman."
"I've thought about it so much. I'll go to the market later and talk to Zhang Dalang to see what price I can get for it. I don't have to think about such a baby without having two strings."
"How about... let's wait for Fat Aunt, she will always give higher prices..."
Selling refugees, these two are really good guys...