According to the arrangements of the Baoding Prefecture magistrate, after Li Yi and the others returned, they immediately led two thousand refugees and began to advance towards Anzhou.

The refugees also knew that it was impossible for them to enter the city, and they did not want to stay outside the city to die. With a piece of land that belonged to them, and the leadership of their benefactor, these refugees did not have the slightest panic, but were full of hope.

In fact, Li Yi didn't know how to face the next situation.

They did not have enough food, no shelter from the wind and rain, and even less confidence to cope with the coming difficulties.

At this time, he knew he couldn't mess up.

Everyone is looking at him. As long as he is a little flustered, this emotion will be magnified countless times, causing unimaginable shocks among the refugees who follow him.

Entering Anzhou from the boundary of Baoding Prefecture, crossing the Tang River, and passing under the closed gate of Anzhou City, they arrived at their destination - Anxin.

Anxin is located between Anzhou and Gaoyang. Anzhou is in the north and Gaoyang is in the south. To the east is the vast Baiyangdian and the vast plains. It is a beautiful place.

Because it is around the Zhulong River and has sufficient water, the land is very fertile and the plants are very luxuriant. But what surprised them was that they did not see a single person along the way, and the land was already overgrown with weeds. It was estimated that it would last for a year.

Most of them are not cultivated.

It seems that what Wang Zhixian said is true. There are indeed water bandits here, and no one dares to live here.

No matter what, after seeing that our future home was a place with beautiful scenery, everyone's tense faces finally had a smile.

Just when the handyman leading the way came to say goodbye, Li Yi knew that this land would really be their next home. Although it still seemed very desolate, he believed that he had the ability to change all of this.

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After giving ten cents to the handyman, Li Yi personally led the old patriarch and others around. They rode very fast. They also went in to take a look at the surrounding villages, but did not see a single person.

The houses were covered with wormwood, and many of them had collapsed. They seemed to have been abandoned for some time.

The old patriarch kept mourning with a sad face: "What a sin, what a sin. How come such a good land has become barren!"

The land in the northwest is barren. Where can there be such fertile land? The old patriarch regards these lands as treasures.

Land that can grow food and save lives is indeed a treasure in the hearts of farmers at this time.

Wang Jin smiled bitterly and said: "It seems that the thieves here are extraordinary. They actually forced nearly ten thousand people away from the entire place. I'm afraid we will have to live here without their nuisance. What should we do?"

"What else can we do? Beat them! If the beating hurts them, let's see who dares to bully us." Li Sihao spoke arrogantly and patted his strong chest, feeling full of confidence.

Li Yi said nothing. Compared with the banditry, what he is most worried about now is the food problem and the subsequent acceptance of refugees. If these two things are not handled well, I am afraid that the beauty in front of him will be just a mirror and will be shattered in the blink of an eye.

Riding horseback through two small woods, a river winding eastward lies in front of us. The land on both sides of the river here is more fertile than the one we just saw. There is even a small field growing food. It seems that there are still people living here.

"Brother Zhang, take the cavalry company around to see if anyone lives nearby." Li Yi sat on his horse and said.

Zhang Mingde nodded in response and led the five riders into the distance.

After a while, he rode back, dragging an old man with shabby clothes and skinny bones on his horse.

The old man had just been put down from the horse, but there was no panic on his face. Instead, he stood steadily with a trace of disdain in his eyes, leaving Li Yi and others speechless.

This old man is quite interesting.

Li Yi was secretly surprised and said: "Old man, aren't water bandits rampant here? Why do you dare to live here?"

The old man's clothes were shabby but very clean. He heard a young man with a handsome face speaking gently, saying: "The robbers are rampant, so the villagers naturally run away. I have reached the age of knowing my destiny, I am penniless, and I don't want to leave my hometown.

The thieves are too lazy to pay attention, so they live in their own land."

Hearing this answer, Li Yi jumped off his horse and said respectfully: "Little Li Yi, may I ask what I call my father-in-law?"

"I am Zhang Qianyi, a child born in this county." The father-in-law said calmly.

Tongsheng? Li Yi was slightly surprised. He didn't expect to meet a scholar here.

Tongsheng is a scholar who is a scholar. Regardless of his age, he is called Tongsheng before he is admitted as a scholar.

Although they were only the lowest-ranking children in the imperial examination, they were also students who could read and write and passed both the county and government examinations. They were rare intellectuals in this era when the literacy rate was only 5%.

"I have offended you just now. Please forgive me, Grandpa Zhang." Li Yi saluted quickly and said: "The boys are originally refugees from Yan'an. The Lord of the Palace took pity on me and ordered me to settle in Anxin, so I came to check first.

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"Oh?" Knowing that these were actually refugees, Zhang Qian was slightly startled, and then laughed loudly and said: "We are afraid to avoid this place, so why would we expect that someone would dare to live here? Boy, if you

If you are smart, listen to my advice and leave quickly. Otherwise, if the robbers see your food and horses, you may be killed within three days."

"It was not my wish to live here. I just wandered thousands of miles without a home. I finally found a place to settle down. We would rather have the black soil and white clouds to bury our bodies than have our bodies eaten by wild dogs. Since the thieves and thieves

If they want to eat our flesh and blood, we will not sit still and wait for death. When the time comes, there will be corpses everywhere, but we can’t tell who they are.”

Zhang Qianyi did not expect Li Yi to say this. He turned to look at the riders standing on the horses, their blood-stained skirts and cold sabers, and then looked back at Li Yi, who looked calm, and suddenly fell to his knees.

"I saw that you were young and didn't care much about you. But I saw that there are both majestic warriors and wise old men here. They all follow you as their leader. I guess you are the leader of the refugees. I am not talented. I would like to ask the leader to save me.

Xin, and more importantly, save our Anxin people."

As he spoke, he bowed his head and his eyes were unusually determined.

Li Yi hurriedly stopped him and asked an old man in his fifties to kowtow to him. He believed that his life would be shortened.

"Grandpa Zhang, let's stop for now. I understand what you mean. The old and new people of Anshan can come back, but this is not only their hometown, but also our home. I hope we can live as a family without any estrangement.

Kill the enemy."

"That's natural. When the leader saves Anxin, he saves our ancestral homeland and everyone in Anxin. We naturally follow the leader's lead. If they dare to make trouble, I will be the first to refuse."

Pulling up Mr. Zhang, Li Yi asked him to ride a horse with Zhang Mingde, and began to circle around to listen to Mr. Zhang's introduction to An Xin's situation.

It's different when there are acquaintances around. Mr. Zhang quickly gave everyone a general understanding of An Xin.

There are thousands of hectares of fields in Anxin, which can be used to grow rice and wheat. If they are all cultivated, it will not be a problem to feed ten thousand people in ordinary years. It is just because there are thieves in Baiyangdian to the east who often come to rob it, so it gradually becomes deserted.

There are seven gangs of thieves in Baiyangdian, the largest is led by Han Tiehu, with a total of 800 thieves. However, they only rob big families and have never harmed the common people, so they have a good reputation among the people.

The rest of the thieves, as many as five hundred and as few as three hundred, were all powerful bandits and committed all kinds of evil. No less than a hundred An Xin died in their hands.

Following Mr. Zhang's suggestion, Li Yi settled the team.

The place Mr. Zhang suggested was a village that was abandoned and the houses were no longer habitable, so everyone did not camp there, but set up tents around it to spend the night.

Three miles east of the village is a forest, where you can use materials to build tents. To the north is a vast plain field, and to the south is the Zhulong River. The water in the river is crystal clear and flows into Baiyangdian. It is very convenient to get water, which makes everyone very satisfied.

By the time everyone was settled, it was completely dark.

After living on the move for so long, everyone naturally yearns for a stable life. When Li Yi announced that he would live here from now on, the team was filled with joy. They were really scared of wandering, and the faces of women, children, old and young all had happy smiles on their faces.

On the first day, Li Yi did not start cultivating the land as the old patriarch suggested, but started creating household registration.

It's said to be household registration, but it just asks everyone to line up and register their information.

According to Li Yi's request, people from every household lined up in a long queue, and the rest were divided into four long queues, men, women, old and young, and began to register and record their names, genders, ages and what they did.

For those who live in a household, the relationship between their family members must also be recorded.

After statistics, Li Yi had a total of 453 young people, 322 women, and 676 old people and young children in total, for a total of 2,651 people.

Most of these people are just farmers who know how to farm. There are also many craftsmen who know some crafts. They are just monks and can only make simple furniture and other things. Scholars are even rarer. There is only one down-and-out scholar.

There are more than a dozen children.

After counting these rosters, Li Yi handed one of them to Zhang Mingde, and asked him to take a few people to hand over the household registration yellow list to the county government and the prefect's Yamen, select the old clan leader as the head of the district, and report to the government that they were no longer

He is a homeless refugee, but a local citizen of Anxin.

Anxin has been dilapidated for a long time and can be said to be in poverty. Li Yi and the others can only start from scratch to build their future home. But everyone is very satisfied with their current life, because they have land in their hands and hope in their hearts.

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After choosing the address, Li Yi divided the refugees into four groups. Among them, those with families went to cultivate farmland and start planting seeds quickly. The remaining young men and women went to cut trees and build houses. The orphans and young children were busy with scattered light tasks.
Chapter completed!