Hearing this, Guo Lang seemed very excited. He said with a slightly trembling voice: "Company Commander, you really treat everyone as your own brothers."

"If the brothers know about this, if you tell them to jump into the river now, they will all run into the river without blinking an eye!"

Lin Hongfei smiled bitterly: "I have nothing to do, why should I let them jump into the river?"

"As long as the brothers feel that it is worthwhile to follow me, Lin Hongfei."

"This is enough!"

"Okay, without further ado, this drought has been going on for a while, so hurry up and get ready."

"If we arrive a day earlier, we might be able to save one more brother's family."

"Okay, let's make arrangements now!"

"We will definitely handle this!"

Guo Lang did not dare to delay and immediately led everyone to the army to select personnel.

As expected by Lin Hongfei, when the soldiers learned that there was a drought in Zhili, Henan, and Shandong provinces, and a large number of people fled, they couldn't sit still. Although they had left some food for their families when they were soldiers,

Some food and money were sent to my family in the meantime.

But once the drought breaks out, not to mention ordinary people, even landlords and wealthy people will have a hard time surviving the drought. If they can't make ends meet, they will have to follow the ordinary people to flee the famine.

Therefore, everyone was restless, with worried expressions on their faces, wishing they could fly home and take a look.

At this time, when Guo Lang told everyone that Lin Hongfei was going to send some capable people to rescue the soldiers' families, everyone immediately cheered up!

Without Guo Lang's instigation, everyone immediately elected some officers and soldiers who were recognized as not greedy for money, reliable in work, and kind-hearted.

When the soldiers heard that Lin Hongfei wanted to pay these people to take them back to buy food to save others, they all immediately refused:

"Master, you can think of sending someone to visit the brothers' hometown. This is a great kindness."

"Yes, how can we still ask Master to pay for it!"

"We paid for this ourselves!"

So, the soldiers took the initiative to take out their military pay one by one and put it together to have people take it back to their hometowns to buy food.

However, after Lin Hongfei heard about this, he allocated another sum of money on the basis of the funds raised by the soldiers to make more money to buy food. This move moved the soldiers so much that they all wanted to give Lin Hongfei their heart and soul.

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Soon, a relief team composed of more than 130 officers and soldiers embarked on the road back home with a huge sum of money.

Although the huge amount of money in everyone's hands was eye-catching, these officers and soldiers did not have any evil intentions. This was the life-saving money of the old family. If this money was greedy, it would be worse than a pig or a dog!

At the same time, Huaishui County was also bustling. The county government's estimate was correct. After the first batch of victims from western Henan arrived, several more batches of victims came one after another. According to them, there was still a long queue of victims behind.

Huaishui County is not wealthy. Although the county's granaries store a lot of food, most of it is prepared for the people of Huaishui in disaster years and cannot be easily moved.

Therefore, the porridge factory in Huaishui County had only been open for two or three days, and there was not much food left to use. The county government had to start thinking about whether to use disaster year food.

Fortunately, the 206th Regiment sent by Lin Hongfei escorted a large amount of grain to Huaishui County in time, which solved Huaishui County's urgent need.

Before the soldiers of the 206th Regiment came, they were told by brothers from other units in Yu Province for a long time that they must take care of their old families. If they were lucky enough to meet their brothers' families, they must take them back to Jiangdu.

When the soldiers of the 206th Regiment who were born in Henan Province listened to the familiar dialect of their hometown and looked at the skinny, numb and lifeless expressions of their old family members, it was impossible not to feel uncomfortable.

A sixty-year-old man heard a few soldiers from the 206th Regiment speaking in Henan dialect, and he seemed to grasp at straws.

He knelt down in front of them with a plop, then pulled his two granddaughters over and begged:

"Masters, for the sake of the fact that we are all fellow villagers, please accept my two granddaughters."

"I don't want money, I just ask you to give them a way to survive!"

Around them, other victims of the disaster followed suit, carrying their daughters and granddaughters, who had been reluctant to sell them to traffickers for food along the way, to the soldiers and begging them to take in their girls.

In the eyes of the victims, these soldiers had rosy faces and neat clothes, and there must be no shortage of food and drink at home.

In addition, they are all fellows from Henan Province, so it shouldn't be too difficult for my daughter.

When the soldiers saw this, they quickly helped everyone up and told them that as long as they came to Chief Lin's territory, they would no longer go hungry, and they would no longer have to sell their sons and daughters.

I don't know if I am far away from home, but hearing the words of people from my hometown in other provinces will make me feel at ease.

In the past few days, the porridge factories in Huaishui County have indeed had sufficient supplies, saving everyone's lives.

The victims no longer bothered the soldiers of the 206th Regiment. They stayed in their shabby tents and waited for Huaishui County's next arrangements.

Some courageous victims cautiously asked: "Master, I want to ask you something. How is that Commander Lin you mentioned going to deal with us people?"

The soldiers were also enthusiastic. They squatted beside the victims and said with a smile: "How to resettle them? It's simple. Chief Lin said that you can provide relief through work."

"We have many construction sites in Jiangbei that need manpower."

"So, Chief Lin is going to send you to work on the construction site. Those who are strong will do hard work, and those who are weak will do some odd jobs."

"We start work in the morning and finish in the evening. We distribute food according to your daily workload. Although there may be more or less, it is enough for a family."

After hearing this, the victims finally felt relieved, and everyone knew that if the soldiers said that Chief Lin would continue to provide everyone with free porridge and free food, this would definitely be a lie!

No one's food is brought by strong winds, and no matter how kind a person is, he can't be so generous.

On the contrary, the idea of ​​letting everyone use their strength in exchange for food is very convincing.

Therefore, the emotions of the victims gradually stabilized, and they were somewhat open-minded. They even took the initiative to help the soldiers of the 206th Regiment with work, in order to be taken care of more in the future.

Just when the disaster relief work in Huaishui County was going very smoothly, Lin Hongfei's Jiangbei Military and Political Office welcomed a special guest.

"Hello, General Lin!"

"I, Xiang Xinrong, was appointed by Mr. Yixian to visit General Lin!"

At this moment, a tall man in his thirties, with fair skin and no beard, in a long gown bowed slightly to Lin Hongfei, and then extended his right hand.

Lin Hongfei held Xiang Xinrong's right hand. He did not respond to the other party's greetings, but was surprised and asked:
Chapter completed!