Liu Cong thought about turning around and walking out, but he almost tripped.

It turns out that when going out from the underground of the shack, you have to climb a slope. Liu Cong didn't remember how to get in, but he stumbled on the slope when he came out.

Liu Cong laughed unconsciously, stood up straight and took a good feel on the ground of the shack. He felt warm inside, and muttered: "It's good to have a place like this to stay. They came all the way from the north with their families. I don’t know how much suffering I have gone through, but I am lucky to be alive.”

When he looked down at the two children again, he saw that the two children were trembling with fear.

When Liu Cong saw this, he hurried out of his lair and muttered to himself: "When life is like this, why are you still getting married and having children? Isn't it a sin to let children suffer such a crime?"

When Liu Cong muttered here, he remembered the feeling of getting married and doing good deeds with Cai Yunfei in bed. He laughed out loud and muttered again: "What a beggar-ass----Qile. Well, I'm afraid these refugees are the most comfortable." The only thing I can do is lie in a grass house and do that kind of thing."

With this thought in mind, Liu Cong came out of his den, slapping the dust off his body and looking up at the refugee couple.

Seeing the couple still standing in front of the stove, looking at him in horror, Liu Cong comforted him gently: "We have nothing else to do here, we just want to see how you live and eat. Don't think too much, Let's light the fire quickly. Is the rice ready?"

As Liu Cong spoke, he walked to the stove and opened the lid to take a look. Although the pot was still steaming, the firewood in the stove mouth had gone out.

Liu Cong urged them to light the fire, while standing and asking: "Isn't it cold to sleep here at night?"

The man replied: "It's really not cold, Master Jun. We used to sleep in the wilderness in the wilderness, so we came here without freezing to death."

Now we have this house, dug so deep into the ground, with walls on all sides to protect it from the wind and cold, and thick withered grass inside. The whole family is huddled together, and it’s very warm to sleep in.”

"Are you full?"

"Honestly, Master Jun, how can we get enough to eat? But the yamen distributes more than two kilograms of grain to us kids every day, and we go out with our mother to beg for more, so we have to make do with it.

It's better than going out to beg in the past - when you were hungry, you would have a full meal. Alas - when you didn't have a full meal, it would be nice to have something to look forward to at this time. The yamen would then distribute food. If you were hungry, Immortal."

Liu Cong lowered his head and looked at the pot. He saw that the iron pot was just the size of an ordinary washbasin. He felt strange and asked, "When did the Yamen send the iron pot to you?"

"No, Master Jun. The yamen doesn't care about these things. It's good if it only distributes some food.

When they fled, every family had nothing, but every family took the iron pot with them. No matter day or night, when the cold was unbearable, they would go out to pick up firewood and put it under the pot to burn, and then they would have hot water to drink. .This way you can survive the cold. You won’t dare to throw away this iron pot until you die.”

The woman then interjected: "I heard that the Yamen even gave out some salt to the population for a few days."

The man rolled his eyes at the woman and continued: "The refugees are spreading rumors like this, but they don't know whether it is true or not."

"Xianyan?" After hearing this, Liu Cong reacted and thought: "You have to eat some salt, otherwise it won't work. But, I didn't say this." Thinking of this, he said: "I haven't heard it yet. I mean, maybe the Yamen will issue it. This person can't survive without eating salt for a long time."

When Liu Cong said this, he saw that the woman had cooked the wheat grains. She stirred the wheat soup in the pot with a wooden spoon, scooped it out and poured it into two stoneware bowls, and asked Liu Cong: "Jun." Master, don’t you want to eat something?”

Liu Cong smiled bitterly and said: "We have eaten. You guys eat." When he looked down, the stoneware bowl was full of soup, with only some boiled wheat grains under the water.

Liu Cong stopped talking. Watching the woman pick up the two stoneware bowls and take them into the shack, Liu Cong asked the man: "Are there any vegetables to eat?"

"Master Jun, how can you think so much? This is good. We have food and shelter. Jingzhou Yamen is so good to us."

"Is it okay not to eat vegetables for a long time?"

"It's okay if I don't feel it. Sometimes I feel uncomfortable, so I just cook some wild vegetables and eat them, and I'm fine. It's winter now, where can I find wild vegetables? When time passes and I feel uncomfortable, I cook some fallen mulberry leaves. Even if you drink water, you can resist the past."

Liu Cong listened and looked around. Through the gap between the mulberry trees, he saw dozens of refugee shacks standing there near and far. Most of the families were cooking in the shelter from the wind in front of the shacks. When Liu Cong and his entourage came over, they did not hesitate. Whenever he knew something was going on, he would avoid looking here from a distance.

After Liu Cong learned about the resettlement situation of the refugees, he wanted to visit Wei Yan, Deng Bao and others, so he asked the refugees: "Where does your General Deng live?"

"I heard that in Jiangbei, young people only know about General Deng Bao, but they don't know where he lives."

"Have you seen General Wei Yan, who helped you dig the tunnel?"

"Master, General Wei and his men dug all the underground tunnels the day before yesterday. After digging, he left with a large group of people. I heard that he went back to the barracks."

Liu Cong did some calculations and originally planned to build shelters for the refugees within ten days. Unexpectedly, Wei Yan led the troops to complete the task two days ahead of schedule. He was really capable.

Thinking of this, Liu Cong said goodbye to the refugee family and walked with Liang Zhuer and others to inquire about it. After crossing Xiangjiang River, he found Deng Bao's residence in less than a meal.

It turns out that Deng Bao left the inn at this time and had already built an office here. On the north bank of the Xiangjiang River, there were more than a dozen straw houses. They were tall and imposing, and a sign was hung beside the door. , it says "Jingzhou Yamen Refugee Management Office".

There is an open space in front of the house, and there are several wing rooms on the east side. Half of the walls are built around the main house and the wing rooms, and the arrangement is very regular.

There is also a guard at the door, standing there with a spear in his hand on duty.

Liu Cong was very happy to see him and muttered: "Deng Bao has made long-term plans. Hey, he is really a down-to-earth person." Then he ordered the sentry at the door to go in and report: "Just say that Jingzhou Yamen Zhizhong is visiting. "

After a while, Deng Bao ran out. As he ran, he wiped the crumbs from his mouth. He came to him and clasped his fists, gave a big salute and said: "I didn't know that the lord was coming. Deng Bao didn't come far to greet me. Please forgive me, lord."

Liu Cong smiled and took Deng Bao's hand and entered the room while talking.

It turned out that Deng Bao and others were having dinner. When they heard that Liu Cong was coming, they ran out without taking care of themselves.

After Liu Cong came in, he looked down and saw that the rice Deng Bao ate was actually boiled wheat grains. The color was the same as that of the refugees, with some boiled wheat settling under the hot soup.

Liu Cong asked in surprise: "Does General Deng also eat such a meal?"

When Deng Bao asked, he looked at Liu Cong puzzled and said, "My lord, what kind of food should I eat?"

"Why are you like a refugee?"

"I, Deng Bao, am also a refugee. Besides, the government just distributes these grains. There is no difference."

"How can this happen? Let's allocate some rice from the Yamen warehouse tomorrow to feed General Deng."

"Don't say goodbye, lord. This is not good. It cannot be done. I, Deng Bao, came here with the refugees without merit. I am already grateful to my lord for not abandoning him. How dare I accept any more gifts? Besides, Deng Bao has done nothing in half his life. I did something that I was satisfied with. I escorted refugees out of the sea of ​​misery today and saved hundreds of thousands of lives. I felt a little at ease. Even death was enough at this time. How could I dare to expect to be treated better than refugees? My lord has great intentions. I have captured the leopard, but I cannot accept the lord's kindness. I hope my lord will understand."

Liu Cong was very moved after hearing this and insisted on improving Deng Bao's life. Deng Bao knelt down and said: "My lord is going to expel Deng Bao from here. Deng Bao has something to tell my lord - Deng Bao has been since the first day he escorted the refugees." Make an oath - if the refugees die, Deng Bao will die; if the refugees live, Deng Bao will live, vowing to be one with the refugees.

Therefore, after a year of exile, the refugees have always followed Deng Bao, which can be said to be obedient.

If the lord insists on improving Deng Bao's treatment today, he will definitely separate Deng Bao from the refugees. In this way, Deng Bao will no longer be able to manage the refugees. Since he cannot manage the refugees, he will not be able to repay the lord's kindness in the future. As expected, it is better than Deng Bao Commit suicide on the spot." After Deng Bao said this, he looked at Liu Cong with tears in his eyes and his temper was very urgent.

After hearing this, Liu Cong became emotional for a moment, with tears welling up in his eyes. He hurriedly bent down to help Deng Bao up, and choked up: "General Deng, please rise. Liu Cong agrees to your request. From now on, General Deng will handle all matters concerning the refugees." , Liu Cong will never interfere."

After Deng Bao stood up, when Liu Cong turned around to look, he saw more than twenty young and middle-aged refugees who were eating with Deng Bao kneeling on the ground.

Liu Cong asked in surprise: "General Deng cooks and serves so many brothers?"

At this time, Deng Bao had stabilized his emotions and said with a smile: "Deng Bao could not convey the Lord's instructions to more than 100,000 refugees on his own, so he selected 24 brothers as his deputies, each of whom managed thousands of households of refugees. In this way, he managed It’s much more convenient.”

"They eat the same food as you?"

"My lord, I, Deng Bao, am just like a refugee, how can they be different?"

After hearing this, Liu Cong hurriedly reassured everyone and ordered them to stand up and speak.

So everyone gathered in a circle in the room and listened to Liu Cong's words.

Deng Bao ordered two of them to go out and boil water to quench Liu Cong's thirst. Liu Cong asked Deng Bao: "Now the refugees have a place to live, and food has been supplied. What kind of work does General Deng plan to arrange for the refugees to do next?"

"I'm telling you, my lord, that Manager Yuan had already made arrangements before he left. All Deng Bao has to do is follow Manager Yuan's instructions.

When Manager Yuan left, he had already arranged things like this - in the first two months of the year, all mulberry branches were pruned. None of the cut mulberry branches were allowed to be burned, and were all dried in the shade in preparation for being soaked in water for a while after next spring. When the time comes, fish them out and make silk baskets to raise silkworms. This is the first thing.

The second thing is, after the mulberry branches are cut and tidied up, everyone goes out to cut mountain grass, and also use hard mountain grass, like wheat straw, to prepare silkworm beds next year.

The third thing is that every family has to dig its own underground cellar house, just like people live in it. The more spacious the better, and after it is built, it will be ready to raise silkworms." 060
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