Chapter 2400

For people from other places who do not know the real situation in Fushan County, the obedience they are showing now is more out of fear of the Haihan Army and the desire to survive, but it is not a sign of trust and dependence on the Haihan Army.

Compared with the Haihan people, they are still more willing to trust local officials. Even if local officials do not come forward at all in the process of accepting refugees, they are still more reliable in the eyes of the refugees than armies from other countries from overseas.

The biggest official that many people can come into contact with in their lives is probably the county magistrate. Therefore, to them, the magistrate represents the existence of the country and imperial power to a certain extent. What the magistrate says symbolizes the ruler.

The will of Zhang Zhixian of Fushan County requires them to accept Haihan's rescue arrangements. According to ordinary people's understanding, this represents the attitude of the government. As helpless refugees, besides obeying the orders of the government, what else can they do now?

Is there any other choice?

Zhang Pucheng actually rarely spoke publicly to the people like this. Even before the Haihan people came to Fushan County, he had not been in the habit of going deep into the countryside to contact the people. But now seeing the awe on the faces of these refugees, Zhang Pucheng

Suddenly I regained the sense of authority I felt as a county parent official.

How long has it been since I felt like this? Zhang Pucheng thinks it probably started when the Haihan people took control of Fushan County. Since then, no one has gradually cared about the authority of the county government anymore. In the past year, it has almost become invisible.

State, not many people may even remember the local magistrate Zhang Pucheng. If Haihan hadn't arranged such a special task today, he would have almost forgotten the feeling of being awed by the people.

Zhang Pucheng was a little confused for a while. Who gave him his current position and power, and whether he served Haihan or Ming Dynasty. This is really a confusing question.

As an official of the Ming Dynasty, the authority was given by Haihan, and it was the people of the Ming Dynasty who were saved, but it was Haihan who issued this order. Zhang Pucheng had never experienced this strange feeling of being separated before. He could only

I sighed secretly in my heart, this is probably a troubled world!

Chaos or non-chaos, Zhang Pucheng said, of course it doesn’t matter, but Haihan definitely doesn’t want Fushan County, which has been working hard for several years, to fall into chaos, so he will try every means to divert and control the refugees entering Fushan County, and even use the empty

Local officials came to calm the refugees and ensure that they would comply with Haihan's immigration arrangements.

However, the situation in the first refugee camp Zhang Pucheng visited is not universal. After all, the hardware facilities of this refugee camp are relatively complete, and the refugees admitted here have also undergone preliminary screening. It can be said that the situation in Fushan County is the best

It is one of the refugee camps. Liu Shang arranged for Zhang Pucheng to show up here first, hoping that he could get a feel for it in this relatively good environment, so that when he goes to other refugee camps later, he can adapt better.

Faster.

Compared with this "model camp" next to Majiazhuang, most other refugee camps in Fushan County are much simpler in terms of hardware. The camps are basically made of tents, and similar toilets and cisterns

, facilities such as drainage ditches are also temporarily built, and they are almost built while housing refugees.

Young and strong men among the refugees will be selected to serve as temporary laborers, and new refugee camps will be continuously expanded to ensure that the refugees who are still entering Fushan County can be accommodated as soon as possible.

Laborers who bring their families with them tend to gain more trust, and they are even taken to Zhifu Port to help unload various emergency supplies from cargo ships arriving here. These people also have family members staying in the refugee camps, so they are also

Don't worry too much about them causing trouble outside.

Thanks to Haihan's troops stationed in the north, they are currently in a truce period and no troops need to go out to fight. Therefore, most of the military tents in warehouses have been transported to Fushan County to be used as temporary camps for refugee camps. But even so, military tents

The number of tents is far from enough to meet the housing needs of many refugees. After all, the total number of troops deployed by Haihan in several control areas in the north is only a few thousand people. Military tents are naturally equipped according to the strength of the troops. So far, there are still a large number of

demand gap.

Fortunately, emergency supplies are also being shipped to Fushan County from the south. At the second refugee camp Zhang Pucheng visited, more than ten military tents were being built. These tents are made of high-quality canvas, which is tough and durable.

It can play a certain role in preventing wind, rain and snow. Using the matching ropes, brackets and ground nails, seven or eight people can set up a tent in about half an hour.

This kind of military tent can accommodate about twelve to sixteen soldiers. However, there are too many refugees now and there is a serious shortage of tents. Haihan can only arrange for more refugees to squeeze into the limited tents, at least to ensure that these people do not have to suffer

It was windy and rainy. But it was not all without its benefits. In a tent without a fire for heating, it seemed to be a little warmer after there were more people.

"In this season, if you have a place to live, your chances of survival will increase exponentially. Although the conditions we can provide are very limited, it is still better than letting these refugees become refugees." Liu Shang took Zhang Pucheng with him.

Check out the refugee camp and explain to him the situation here.

Zhang Pucheng responded quickly: "What Mr. Liu said is absolutely true. Your country has provided food and accommodation for so many refugees, which is really a blessing to thousands of families. I also admire you very much."

The living conditions here are undoubtedly not as good as the refugee camp that Zhang Pucheng visited before, but as Liu Shang said, it is better to have a place to live than to be a refugee, not to mention that in addition to accommodation, Haihan can also provide them with

Provide food.

Currently, there are tens of thousands of refugees in Fushan County waiting for food. It is not an easy task to provide a stable food supply for so many people. Even if it is as strong as Haihan in terms of resource allocation and maritime logistics, it will be difficult to provide it in a hurry.

Transport enough grain.

Fortunately, Haihan has made preparations for possible food crises. In the past two years, he has promoted the planting of potatoes and sweet potatoes on a large scale in several control areas in the north. These crops with simple planting techniques and considerable yields were quickly solved.

The local food shortage problem can also be used to help refugees in Fushan County at this time.

These two crops appeared here earlier than in the original history, so these non-rice and non-noodle foods are very novel to the refugees. However, as long as they can make a living, they will not have the time to make them.

Knowing the origins and cultivation methods of these foods, we can only treat them as unique products of the Haihan Kingdom.

No matter how rough the food is, at least Haihan can maintain the supply and the refugees will not starve to death. After all, the situation is better than before they arrived in Fushan County. From this, they had heard that Haihan was in Fushan in Zhaoyuan, Laixi and other places.

It is true that the county provides food and accommodation for the refugees.

Of course, in addition to food and accommodation, there is another extremely important but easily overlooked point, which is safety.

There is basically no safety for the refugees during their escape. There are many things that may endanger their personal safety, including rioters, refugees, and wild animals. But after arriving in Fushan County, they were assigned to various refugee camps, and these camps were all

With fully armed Haihan soldiers on duty, you no longer have to worry about your own safety.

Especially those who fled with their belongings, they don’t have to worry about being robbed here. If they are willing to spend money, they can change themselves to a camp with relatively better conditions and say goodbye to the days of eating potatoes every day.

Most of the people staying in such refugee camps have limited knowledge and are not willing to believe things that they lack knowledge of. For example, there is a Haihan Kingdom overseas that is more powerful than the Ming Dynasty. Some people even worry that they are just...

Coming out of the wolf's den and into the tiger's mouth, these Haihan people may not be any better than the Qing army, which is as wolf-like as a tiger.

Of course, in essence, Haihan's purpose is indeed similar to that of the Qing army. They both want to obtain a large number of people from the Ming Dynasty. They just use force to rob, and the other coaxes and deceives. Although the former is more efficient,

He kidnapped hundreds of thousands of people from the Ming Dynasty at one time, but Haihan did not want to break up with the Ming Dynasty, and was more willing to use peaceful methods to achieve his goals.

In this case, the role played by local officials like Zhang Pucheng in the Ming Dynasty became particularly important. After Liu Shang briefly introduced the situation here, he followed the previous operation and summoned the refugees in the camp

Let’s listen to Zhang Pucheng’s speech.

With previous experience, Zhang Pucheng's mood at this time was also calmer. He had a rough idea of ​​Haihan's purpose of asking him to come forward, so he also made some adjustments to the content of his speech, focusing on accepting Haihan's rescue and

He even patted his chest and assured the refugees in the name of the Fushan County government that the new resettlement place provided by Haihan would be much better than the current treatment. Not only would they be guaranteed food and accommodation, but also

He could even be allocated his own land, or obtain other livelihoods provided by Haihan officials - this was also the condition for Liu Shang's new membership just now.

In short, after going to Haihan, they don't have to worry about continuing to live a refugee-like life. They can start their new life in overseas resettlement places, and there will be no more wars.

Of course, the most important thing is that Zhang Pucheng claimed that Haihan's immigration relief measures have been approved by the Ming Dynasty. They will not bear any charges for leaving the Ming Dynasty, and they can still return to Shandong at the appropriate time in the future.

Although the content of his speech was largely the same as before, due to some more targeted adjustments, Zhang Pucheng achieved quite good results here. Some refugees who had no worries because their homes were destroyed immediately expressed their willingness to follow the arrangements.

Travel to a resettlement location overseas.

There are still people who have doubts about this, and there are also many people who are reluctant to leave Shandong, but at least there is no public opposition to Haihan's arrangement. However, these refugees have many strange problems, and Zhang Pucheng had to spend a lot of money to explain them.

They provided answers, and after all the questions and answers, my mouth was dry. Thinking that there were dozens of refugee camps to visit one by one, Zhang Pucheng couldn't help but feel a little tired, and for a moment he was a little doubtful that he would beg for mercy and come back to pick him up.

Was this hard work the right decision?

As if he had seen through his thoughts, Liu Shang said: "Master Zhang, as long as you do your job well, our country will not treat you badly. If you work here for one day, we will account for your day's reward. No matter what you do in the future,

Whether you continue to stay in Fushan County or let our country arrange to leave this place, you will be treated politely based on your actions at this time."

Liu Shang's words made Zhang Pucheng's mood slightly better, and he quickly said a few words: "Master Liu, you are too polite. It is my duty to rescue these fleeing people. Even if I am limited in my ability and cannot save them, I cannot sit idly by and watch them in Fushan County."

Something happened. Since your country's purpose is also to let these people live well, then it is consistent with my purpose, and it is natural to put in some effort."

Liu Shang smiled and said: "If all officials in the Ming Dynasty had the consciousness of Mr. Zhang, there would not be so many refugees. It is a pity that people like Mr. Zhang who serve as officials in the Ming Dynasty are really bright and hidden.

Voted."

Zhang Pucheng thought to himself, "Do you still want to drag me to serve as an official in Haihan?" Although this is an excellent way out, Zhang Pucheng did not dare to take up the topic casually. He was worried that Liu Shang was deliberately testing him.

Not necessarily a good thing.

But Liu Shang just said a few polite words. Officials like Zhang Pucheng have no backbone and no outstanding abilities. It is okay to hang around in Fushan County, but it is not so easy to become a local official in Haihan State.

Happy. He didn't think Zhang Pucheng had such ability. Even if he went to Haihan, he could only manage a town with his ability.

But in any case, the identities of Zhang Pucheng and others still played a positive role. Their public appearance made the refugee group think that Ming Dynasty had reached an agreement with Haihan on relevant rescue measures, which also included sending refugees overseas.

The content of the placement.

"If local officials come out to endorse us, the process of organizing immigration will be much easier. It's a pity that we can't invite higher-level officials to come forward, otherwise the effect should be even better!" Chen Yixin listened to Liu's speech two days later.

After Shang’s report, he commented on the current situation in Fushan County.

Chen Yixin's regret is actually a compliment to the work at this stage, because everyone knows that Dengzhou Prefecture and Haihan have never dealt with each other, and if they want Dengzhou Prefecture to agree with Haihan's measures to rescue refugees, then basically

It is impossible to achieve, let alone endorse Haihan’s immigration action.

If these things in Fushan County were spread to the court, Dengzhou would most likely have to bear the punishment of the court, because they could neither implement effective relief measures to control the flow of refugees to Fushan County controlled by Haihan, nor prevent Haihan from sending them to Fushan County.

A large number of refugees were shipped overseas. The imperial court could hold its nose and admit this embarrassing loss, but in the end someone would have to bear the responsibility, and Dengzhou Prefecture would definitely bear the blame.
Chapter completed!