"Mr. Liu."

With the five Jingnv, Cao An, Zhang Ji, Ma Cheng, Zheng Yong, Zhao Yu, and quickly walked to the place where Liu Ying was and bowed to the county magistrate of Luyang County.

"Second Young Master."

Liu Ying valued the young Zhao Yu very much. As the dignified county magistrate, he bowed his hand to return the gift. He immediately stood side by side with Zhao Yu and started chatting: "The second young master is worthy of being the second young master. In the past few days, I have ordered the other working stations to follow the example of Zheng Township to change the system. Sure enough, not only did the supervisors who supervised greatly reduced the pressure, but those lazy and slick people in several working stations dared not be lazy anymore..."

Zhao Yu smiled slightly.

He actually knew that in the past few days, the magistrate of Liu County and his father, Luyang Township, had sent people to secretly check the situation of Zhengxiang work sites. He was not convinced by him, but was comparing, learning from experience, and preparing to promote Zhao Yu's management method to several other work sites.

After thinking about it, Zhao Yu said to Liu: "In fact, it is still one step away from now, and that is the reward mechanism. At present, all the refugees in Zhengxiang eat exactly the same food regardless of the amount of work. In fact, this is unreasonable. Over time, refugees will be tired. Therefore, I think a reward mechanism should be set up to distribute additional food, even meat and alcohol to teams with a large number of work. However, because this type of material is currently lacking, and winter is about to enter.

I did not implement it immediately, but decided to put it aside for a while and wait until the spring next year... As for now, I am considering building some houses for these refugees that can block the wind. Regarding this, I have talked with the head of Zheng Township. Isn’t Zheng Township on the west side of the canal? He allowed refugees to build some houses on the east side of the canal, and the soil dug out these days can also pour some earth walls, so that when winter comes, it can block the cold wind for these refugees."

After hearing Zhao Yu's words, Liu Ying nodded and then praised: "It's really hard to imagine that the second young master is so young... Second young master, let's do what you want. In the future, I will order the rest of the work stations to follow and follow Zhengxiang..."

It has to be said that the county magistrate Liu really has great trust in Zhao Yu when he made such a decision.

Afterwards, the two chatted for a few more words. As they were chatting, Zhao Yu finally couldn't help asking a question he had hidden in his heart for a long time: "Mr. Liu, has the relief from the court... still not arrived for a long time?"

Hearing this, Liu Ying immediately frowned, then shook his head and said, "No... the court seems to want my Nanyang County to solve the problem by itself."

"Nanyang County?"

"Ah." Liu Ying nodded and explained: "My Luyang is located in the north of Nanyang County. Nanyang County was a kind of name in ancient times. In most cases, it was called Wanjun. With Wancheng as the boundary, it can be roughly divided into two parts: Wanbei and Wannan. It's okay for our Wanbei side, and Wannan side..."

As he said that, he sighed and shook his head.

Hearing this, Zhao Yu suddenly remembered what Liu said and asked curiously: "A few days ago, I heard Liu Gong say that Wannan was fighting, and it seemed that he even mentioned a general named Wang Shangde?"

"Um."

"Can you tell me in detail with the boy?"

"This..." Liu Hesitated for a moment, but in the end, he nodded.

He took a breath, stroked his beard and said, "Can the second young master know Nanjun?"

"If it is consistent with the world I live in, it should be south of Nanyang, right?"

Thinking about it, Zhao Yu shook his head: "I don't know."

"In the south of Wan County, it was the territory of Chu in ancient times. A few years ago, Nanjun rebelled, and some rebels claimed to be the King of Chu and established Chu. With various slogans of "overthrow Jin", they sent rebels to attack our Wan County. Within a few months, Wannan gradually became devastated. After learning about this, the court sent General Wang Shangde to lead his army to Wancheng to suppress the rebellion... After Wang Shangde arrived in Wan County, he fought several victories and curbed the rebels' offensive. However, the rebels were numerous and powerful. Based on Nanjun as the basis, they still often invaded Wannan. To this day, Wang Shangde has not been able to completely defeat the rebels and drove the rebels back to the south of the river."

Zhao Yu was shocked when he heard this.

A rebellion actually reached the point of establishing itself as a country, which shows that it is quite large.

He asked in confusion: "What does this have to do with the relief of the court?"

Liu sighed and smiled bitterly: "Wang Shangde and the rebels of Nanjun fought for several years and consumed countless money and food. But even so, the court cannot ignore Wang Shangde's army... Compared with disaster relief, the army on the front line is more important? So in recent years, the court has continuously transported materials to Wancheng and supported Wang Shangde to quell the rebellion. Although Wang Shangde has achieved great results, the rebels are like crucian carp crossing the river. In desperation, Wang Shangde recruited strong men in Wannan..."

Zhao Yu was slightly stunned and suddenly thought of refugees such as Ma.

He was already wondering why there were so many orphans and widows among this group of refugees. Logically speaking, even if someone died during the escape, it would be impossible for so many young and strong people to die in one go, right?

Obviously, orphans and widowed mothers like Ma's family should have fled from Wannan to Wanbei. Then, when Wang Shangde was collecting grain in Wanbei, he continued to flee north and eventually fled to his Luyang County, Yecheng and other county towns that are the northernmost in Nanyang County.

"Is the rebellion in Nanjun very large in scale?" Zhao Yu asked Liu.

"It's very big." Liu nodded and explained: "Because the rebels occupied not only Nanjun, but Jiujiang has long been captured by the rebels. Liu doesn't know the specific situation. However, as far as Liu knows, the rebels have power in Jiangnanji, and only Jiangdong is still under the control of our Great Jin..." As he said that, he lowered his voice and reminded: "Don't spread these things to avoid causing turmoil."

"Boy knows it's amazing." Zhao Yu nodded, and then couldn't help asking: "Why did it cause a rebellion of such a scale?"

Hearing this, Liu Ying's gaze flashed slightly a few times, then shook his head and said, "This is unknown."

As soon as he heard this, Zhao Yu knew what Liu Ying should know, but he did not dare to tell him because he was worried.

Seeing this, he couldn't ask any questions anymore, so he took the initiative to distract the question and asked Liu Yi: "If this is the case, there should be many refugees from Wannan and even Wanbei coming to our Luyang County. As long as that General Wang still failed to completely defeat the rebels... can't Wancheng think of a solution?"

Zhao Yu shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The officials of Wancheng almost died when the rebels attacked Wancheng a few years ago. Now Wang Shangde is stationed in Wancheng. You know, the second son, he is the general sent by the imperial court to quell the rebellion. He only cares about quelling the rebellion, not what will happen to my Wancheng. Look at these refugees who fled into my Luyang County. These are the consequences of Wang Shangde's wanton recruitment of strong men and wantonly collecting food and grass. We can only rely on ourselves."

Hearing Liu Ying's words, Zhao Yu suddenly realized.

He originally thought it was strange that, logically speaking, disaster relief should be led by the court and the county government. When will Liu Xiaoxiao Luyang County Magistrate have the power to decide the major disaster relief matter?

It turned out that the county government of Nanyang County had already collapsed, and General Wang Shangde, who was the replacement, did not care about the stability of Nanyang County at all. He only wanted to quell the rebellion. In this case, no wonder the county magistrate Liu could only find a way himself.

"Just as the second young master said, there are only Yecheng, Luyang and other few counties in Wanbei, and only one or two counties are still stable. Although we should thank Wang Shangde for blocking the rebels' offensive in Wannan,..." As he said that, Liu shook his head and continued: "In short, our county can only find a way to settle refugees. The court is still strongly supporting Wang Shangde, and has no time to worry about us in a short period of time... Even, my Luyang County is small, like Yecheng. It is said that Wang Shangde not only sent people to help Yecheng steadily pour into the local refugees, but also asked Yecheng to collect a batch of food and grass for him. Compared with Yecheng, my Luyang County is still lucky... By the way."

Speaking of Yecheng, Liu Ying seemed to have thought of something and said to Zhao Yu with a smile: "A few days ago, I sent someone to Yecheng, and Yecheng also began to imitate my Luyang County for work-for-relief..."

Zhao Yu was also very happy when he heard this: "Take it serious? If that happens, even if Ye Cheng can't share some of the burden for me, Luyang, at least I don't need to worry about the refugees coming here."

"It's the most extreme." Liu Ying nodded while stroking his beard, but then said melancholy: "But I'm a little worried about Yecheng's grain storage. I, Luyang, is only a small county, and Wang Shangde may not be able to take it seriously, but Yecheng is a big county. If Wang Shangde ignored Yecheng's situation and forced Yecheng to recruit a batch of money and grain for him, I'm worried that something would happen..."

"Is it OK?" Zhao Yu asked in surprise: "From what Liu Gong meant, Wang Shangde had already made Wanbei a mess. Will he even reach out to Yecheng? The court doesn't care?"

"Hmph." Liu Ying snorted softly, "Wang Shangde, although he can fight, he never cares about people's livelihood. He has no good reputation at all, but as I said, he can fight. Therefore, even if he commits some violations of the ban, the court will eventually acquiesce. After all, that guy has fought well in the past two years and killed more than 100,000 rebels... But as I said, God knows whether there is a lie here, cough."

At the end of the conversation, he realized that he was speechless and coughed.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu tactfully did not ask any further questions.

After a while, Liu Ying said goodbye and left. It turned out that he came to Zhengxiang today, just to see the changes in Zhengxiang Workshop, and to praise Zhao Yu in person and thank Zhao Yu for his contributions in person. Otherwise, he would have time to chat with a ten-year-old child for a long time as a county magistrate?

After Liu left, Zhao Yu looked at the refugees working hard in the distance, recalling the things that Liu Ying had just revealed to him.

Judging from the current situation, Nanyang County is basically paralyzed, Wannan is the worst, Wanbei is slightly better, but it is not much better. Only a small county like his Luyang County, which is located on the northern border of Nanyang County, is currently the most stable in the county.

But it is conceivable that as long as Wang Shangde has not completely defeated the rebellion and Nanyang County cannot stabilize, then there will be a steady stream of refugees to Luyang next.
Chapter completed!