It was getting slightly brighter, and Jin Feng took Guan Xiaorou, Tang Dongdong and others to send Tang Xiaobei to the entrance of the village.
"Alan, Xiaobei will be left to you. You must not make any mistakes!"
Jin Feng pulled a female soldier to explain.
Amei followed Qing Mulan to Xichuan, but Alan Azhu and others stayed behind.
In order to protect Tang Xiaobei, Jin Feng specially sent Alan out.
Three squads of female soldiers and two squads of male soldiers were also sent to accompany them.
The weapons carried are also the best.
"Don't worry, sir. If anything goes wrong with Mrs. Xiaobei, I will give you my head!"
Alan patted his chest and promised.
"Xiaobei, pay attention to safety outside. If something cannot be done, don't force it. Everything is based on your own safety." Jin Feng told Tang Xiaobei again.
"Don't worry, I found my sister and such a good husband, so I can't bear to die." Tang Xiaobei said.
"What nonsense are you talking about so early in the morning? Just slap the wood and say bah bah bah!"
Tang Dongdong said with red eyes.
"Bah, bah, bah!"
Tang Xiaobei smiled and patted the car window: "Okay, don't send me off, just wait for my triumphant return at home!"
After saying that, he jumped onto the carriage and asked the driver to drive on.
Jin Feng and the others did not return to the village, but kept watching Tang Xiaobei's motorcade enter the morning mist.
At the foot of the mountain, Tang Xiaobei opened the carriage curtain and looked back at the foggy village.
When she was first ransomed by Jin Feng, she often stayed in the county. Thinking about it now, she hasn't been there for a long time.
Unknowingly, she left too many ties with this small mountain village, and when she thought of going to Jiangnan, thousands of miles away, she felt a little reluctant to leave.
Turning around the foot of the mountain, Tang Xiaobei found a large group of people coming across from them, most of whom were women. Many of them were in ragged clothes, carrying iron pots on their backs, and holding children in their hands.
Some people even carried tables, chairs, benches and other things on their backs, obviously carrying all their belongings.
Seeing the carriage, these people quickly and cautiously moved to the side of the road.
Tang Xiaobei sighed, knowing that these people came to Xihewan to find jobs.
Due to continuous rainfall, people in Jinchuan were severely affected.
Xiaoyu sent people to the villages yesterday to inform Xihewan that they were hiring people, and countless people responded immediately.
Fearing that their job opportunities would be taken away by others if they arrived late, many people started out last night with their families and traveled all night.
The carriage advanced for more than a mile, and the team still could not see the end.
At the entrance of the village, Jin Feng and the others were preparing to go back when they saw this refugee-like team.
The veteran in charge of the patrol stopped the team and asked them to go to the threshing floor and wait.
Soon, the threshing floor was packed with people, and people kept coming from behind.
This is not only true for places like Xihewan, Iron Can Mountain, Shuangtuofeng, and Hutou Mountain where bodyguards are stationed.
"Three of you, are we enough people now?"
Jin Feng looked at the two village chiefs and Zhao Laoshan.
Three people have always been responsible for the construction site in the village.
"It's enough, but I think with this situation, I'm afraid everyone in the county will look for you, Brother Feng, to find work for you. You can get a lot of money, right?"
The old village chief became worried about Jin Feng.
According to official statistics, there are about 40,000 people in Jinchuan County.
But it's actually not just that.
Many people could not afford to pay taxes and fled to the mountains to become bandits or refugees.
The refugees are not that easy to live in. There are no good fields for farming in the places where they hide, and most of them have to rely on hunting to make a living.
If you kill prey and sell it to registered hunters, the price will be severely reduced.
If you go to the market to sell by yourself, and meet the government officials to check the tooth tags, you will be arrested on the spot.
It's no good hiding in the mountains without coming out. They need daily necessities such as salt and cloth.
In addition to being careful about arrests by the government, you also have to be careful about jackals, tigers, leopards, snakes, insects, rats, ants, etc. in the mountains.
Especially children, who have no ability to resist danger and have a very high mortality rate.
Out of ten refugee children, it would be good if two or three survive and grow up.
Since Jin Feng set up industry in Jinchuan and recruited people everywhere, more and more refugees came out of the mountains and forests to work for Jin Feng.
Nowadays, the number of people working under Jin Feng in all the factories, chambers of commerce, escort agencies, and Iron Can Mountain in Xihewan combined exceeds 10,000.
With so many people, the wages alone are not a small sum of money every day.
Coupled with the free food and clothes provided by Jin Feng, as well as various raw materials for building the factory, the daily expenses were at least several hundred taels of silver.
The scale of recruitment required by Jin Feng this time is very large, at least several thousand more people will be recruited.
The burden will increase a lot.
The village chief couldn't even imagine where Jin Feng was going to get so much money.
"Village Chief, you don't have to worry about money, I'm here with you."
Jin Feng said: "But you have to arrange these people well. It's getting cold. We can't let people freeze to death in our village."
Not to mention black knives, textile factories and glass beads that are about to be launched, just the soap alone, the money I earn every day is enough to cover expenses.
If it weren't for hoarding food and requiring too much money, Jin Feng wouldn't have to worry about money at all.
"Sir, don't worry. Many of the newly built dormitories outside the village can be used, and the rest are almost completed. If they are squeezed in, they can accommodate another two thousand people." Zhao Laoshan said quickly.
"That's good," Jin Feng nodded, and then reminded: "One more thing, everyone's origins should be ascertained as much as possible, and those who are not known to anyone should be placed separately and examined carefully."
People in this era rarely go out, and everyone knows each other from all over the country. Even if they are refugees, no one will know about them. Once a person appears out of thin air, there is no way to avoid interrogation.
"Understood, I will check them one by one." Zhao Laoshan nodded quickly and asked the old village chief of Xihewan: "Old Liu, you come with me to do this."
The old village chief did not refuse, nodded and said: "Okay."
In the next few days, God was very generous and it finally stopped raining.
There are many construction sites outside Xihewan, Iron Can Mountain, Double Hump and other places.
Almost half of the population in Jinchuan County gathers on these construction sites.
At the same time, the glass beads were also rushed to the capital.
"Miss Luo Lan, this is the order list for this time. Please order it."
Tang Fei took out an envelope from his arms and handed it to Luo Lan.
"Brother Tang, you have worked hard all the way. Go and take a rest."
Luo Lan took the envelope and said with a smile.
After this period of experience in the capital, Luo Lan has become more mature and stable, and has a better temperament. She is more like a lady than many young ladies from wealthy families.
"I'm not busy. Miss Luo Lan should order some goods first."
Tang Fei waved his hand and said.
According to the rules, the escort cannot open the manifest envelope on the road. If the items are not correct when you get to the place, the escort must bear the responsibility.
"That's fine."
Seeing Tang Fei's insistence, Luo Lan checked the envelope's lacquer seal, then opened the envelope and took out the manifest, giving it to his assistant to inspect the goods.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Tang Fei quietly called Luo Lan aside: "Miss Luo Lan, Mr. Luo Lan also brought you a letter."
After saying that, Tang Fei took out another envelope from his arms and handed it to Luo Lan.
"A letter from sir?"
Luo Lan was a little surprised.
Usually it was Tang Xiaobei who wrote to her, but this was the first time I received Jin Feng's letter.
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