Ten days later, Qin Feng came to Huangniling Village again. It was completely different as Sima Sukan of the Army said. If Qin Feng had not been here ten days ago, he would have almost no longer recognize that this was the extremely dilapidated place.

Rows of new thatched huts are neatly arranged, horizontally and vertically, much more refreshing than the disorderly arrangement in the village. The roads in the village divide these thatched huts into squares, like tents camped by large army. The roads are covered with gravel, and then they are crushed down firmly, and when walking, there is no mud.

I randomly pushed open a thatched hut. There was no one in the house, but it was cleaned very clean. There was a fire pit at the corner of the house, and the inside was full of roasted ashes.

"Where are the people?" Qin Feng asked the village chief in a strange way. A wounded veteran was appointed here to manage these refugees. The dozen soldiers who came with him were all injured and had not recovered.

"Your Majesty, the people in the village are working in the shed now!" The veteran bent over and was frightened.

Qin Feng nodded: "What kind of regulations is this village now? It doesn't seem to be a sign of fire?" The little house that looked like a kitchen, there was no pot, pan, etc. There was still a big black hole in the stove.

"Now the village adopts military management. Everyone works and eats together. There is a shed and a canteen built on the other end of the village." The veteran explained: "There is not enough food, and centralized management and use is more economical. These refugees have nothing and there is no private property."

"So that's the case, take me to see." Qin Feng withdrew from the thatched hut and strode towards the other end of the village.

On the other end of the village is a shed. Compared with the thatched huts that live in it, this shed is much simpler. There are more than a dozen pillars in each row, each of which is several meters apart. The tops of dozens of pillars are the roofs with two oblique ridges, which are also covered with thatch. The four sides of the shed are not covered, but the lower half is blocked with rows of tied grass rows.

The shed was much more lively. When I walked in, I saw that at least hundreds of people were busy inside. Basically, it was women, children and children. The shed was divided into several areas and was distinguished by grass rows.

There are piles of fermented hemp in the area that covers the largest area. The work here is to weave hemp ropes. All the hemp ropes in the Ming army are twisted with extremely thin steel wires. It is much more difficult to weave them than ordinary hemp ropes. This kind of rope can be used in the army and it is damaged quickly. Once damaged, the steel wires can be recycled. They have always been very fast-consuming items in the army.

On one side of the rack, there were strings of braided hemp ropes hanging, and rows of women and children were sitting on short halters, weaving them with concentration.

The shed was very cold. The fermented hemp ropes were obviously taken out of the water for a while, and there were still ice slags on them. Qin Feng looked at the hands with bloody cracks and frowned. Whether it was women or children, his hands were basically covered with bloody cracks, and bloodshots could occasionally be seen on the woven hemp ropes.

He turned to look at the army Sima Sukan who was accompanying him.

"Your Majesty, this is impossible. You cannot make a fire in this shed. When the open fire is ignited, it is easy to get out of water." Su Kan knew what Qin Feng wanted to say, and explained: "There are all flammable things in this shed. This is all."

"If you were in the Ming Dynasty, you would be enough to convict you." Qin Feng snorted.

"Isn't this a way out?" Su Kan said: "But compared to those Qin refugees who are still struggling in the snow, their lives are much better. They are a little colder and harder, but at least they can eat and wear warm clothes and have no risk of life. It is already a very lucky thing here. Now we can only do so."

"I always have to do some things to improve." Qin Feng still felt a little reluctant.

"Your Majesty, there are more and more refugees coming. Apart from Huangni Village, several new villages have begun to be built. The logistics soldiers from Chen Shaoweier cannot always be here, so they will transfer some engineers from Pingtang City and hire some locals to continue the work. In order to give these people a place to shelter from the wind and rain as soon as possible, we can only make do with it first and slowly improve it in the future. The most important thing now is to save their lives."

“Are there many people coming?”

"More!" Su Kan nodded: "It seems that the news of our refugee collection has spread, and more and more refugees are rushing into this area. The general is already a little worried about the safety of these places, because among the refugees coming, there are more and more young and strong. There must be spies mingling among them. The general has sent a sentry soldier to station nearby."

"These people are all rushing here, and there must be someone guiding them. No matter what intentions this person has, 99% of the people here are always some elderly, weak, women and children. They should be saved." Qin Feng said: "Be alert."

"Yes, Your Majesty. In every village, we have sent more than a dozen soldiers, all of whom are slightly wounded, and they can't get on the front for a while, but they can still be competent for the refugees. Your Majesty, let's take a look here. The one end is made of hemp and hemp rope, and here are some tinkering work. The soldiers' cotton robes, bedding, gloves, and hats are all collected and transported here to repair." Su Kan guided Qin Feng to another area in the shed.

The things to be repaired here are also piled up like mountains, with groups of women sitting there, lowering their heads, and carefully repairing them one by one.

"In the past, once these things were damaged, they were thrown back into the warehouse. The final result was either thrown away or letting those merchants recover them at extremely low prices. Now with these people, you can save a lot." Su Kan smiled and said, "The merchants gathered in Pingtang City to work in this vocation are disappointed."

As soon as I came out of the shed, I heard the sound of gongs. A veteran stood in another shed dozens of meters away from the shed and shouted: "Stop work, start a meal!"

The shed was busy for a while, and everyone put down their work, rushed out of the shed, and rushed towards the shed opposite.

"Look in line, don't squeeze." Several veterans walked out with heavy buckets and placed them outside the shed, and then carried baskets of steamed buns, and the air was filled with the aroma of food.

Seeing the women, children and children line up neatly, Qin Feng chuckled: "It's quite good."

"Your Majesty doesn't know that this was not the case at the beginning. Everyone rushed up and squeezed the food all over the floor. They were very punished and slowly made them develop the habit of queuing." Su Kan said: "I have gradually gotten used to it these days. In fact, although I don't have enough food, I won't let them hungry. But these people are probably hungry and afraid that they will be gone in the end."

When he walked to the shed, Qin Feng stretched his head and looked in the bucket. It was just some vegetable soup, with some oil flowers floating on it. Each person had a bowl of vegetable soup and two steamed buns. This thing was not very oily and meaty, and he was not hungry. But for these people who were struggling on the line of life and death not long ago, it was already a very good thing.

"The army has difficulty transporting materials, so it can only be like this. By the beginning of spring next year, it will be better." Military Sima Sukan was afraid that Qin Feng would be dissatisfied again, so he quickly explained.

"It's already good. It's much more important to help your life now than to eat better. By the way, there are only four or five hundred people here, have the others been placed elsewhere?" Qin Feng asked.

"Yes, there are more and more refugees, and there are many young and strong people. If they gather together, it is difficult to manage and it is easy to cause trouble. We must be more careful of people making trouble, so we chose several places to build new villages. The people in the village were grouped at will, especially those young and strong people, who were all dispersed and they lost a few in each village, so we didn't have to worry about what kind of tricks they could do."

"Is there no other way to keep warm?" After leaving this place and walking on the gravel path in the village, Qin Feng felt a little uncomfortable when he thought of the bloody holes on the women's hands. Among them, there was a little girl, probably the size of Xiao Wen. He was seriously weaving a hemp rope on a small trunk. Qin Feng couldn't bear it even more.

"Your Majesty, we are also trying to find a way. The soil in Huangniling is suitable for burning bricks. The logistics soldiers of the Central Army are building several cellars there to prepare for burning bricks. A coal mine was found in Heiniling, not far from Huangniling. A merchant in Pingtang City has paid for the management rights of the coal mine and is preparing to start mining there. I heard that he is going to do something honeycomb coal, and he has hired a lot of blacksmiths and bricklayers in Pingtang City, and the construction is about to start. But this is not a matter of time and takes time."

"Where did this businessman come from?" Qin Feng was stunned.

"I came from Xintong and brought a few very special stoves for burning media. The general liked it very much and asked him to put it into production as soon as possible and give priority to the supply of the army. The general said that with this thing, the army would not have to send so many people to burn firewood for heating every day. The samples have actually been delivered to me, but I have been concerned about the affairs of these refugee villages for a while, but I haven't returned to take a closer look."
Chapter completed!