Liuzi Town.

This is the most prosperous Zhendian in Bozhou. The canal passes through here, which creates the development of commercial development here. Merchants from all over the country like to rest here. In addition, the abnormal style industry makes this place famous far and wide. Many merchants do not rest in Linhuan, do not stay in Yongcheng, or stay in Fuli. But the reason for choosing this place is this.

Tongqiao Town and Liuzi Town, one east and one west, have become the most typical market towns in the Huaibei Canal area that are prosperous by rivers.

At the hour of Hai, a figure rushed into a fur shop in Nanwai Street, Liuzi Town.

This Shanji fur shop is a time-honored brand, and it was found in the era of Shipu. The boss was a son-in-law who came to pick up a family. Later, it gradually grew bigger. The source of goods was said to be from the north of the Marines, with abundant profits.

"who?"

"Sanlang, it's me, loyal!"

"Go to the hardship! So late, is there an urgent matter?" The oil lamp slowly lit up. In the square hut, a man in black leaned quietly against one end of the wall, covering his face with a mask, staring at the visitor.

"Well, there is something unusual, and it needs to be reported immediately." The man who came in was also standing by the door, covering his face with a black scarf, and his voice was a bit muffled.

Only after hearing the code was met, the two men took off their black scarves and masks and met each other.

"What's the situation?" The man who took off his mask had a dark face, his eyes were shining, but he was only about thirty years old and his hands and feet were thick.

"There is something unusual in Yongcheng. On October 24th, the brothers in charge of surveillance discovered that Yuan Wuwei entered Yuan Wuwei's mansion. The two of them had a long talk, and the two left the city that night; within the next ten days, the troops in Yongcheng increased sharply, and preliminary estimates were initially estimated to have increased more than six troops,..."

"Oh?" The black-faced man silently thought, on October 25, Qiaocheng reported that Yuan Wuwei and Yuan Wuwei joined forces to join the Yingbo Tuanjian Mansion to visit Yuan Huaiqing. Later, Qiaocheng and Ruyang frequently came to the crowd, which probably had a lot to do with the two Yuans visiting Yuan Huaiqing.

Although the Yingbo Regiment Envoy's headquarters is located in Bozhou Prefecture, the Yingbo garrison is actually mainly on the line of Yongcheng and Linhuan. Judging from the news from Linhuan, Shansang's troops are also thinking that Linhuan's strength is also shrinking. At the same time, the materials on the line of Zhenyuan and Qiaocheng are also transporting eastward. What does this mean?

This means that Yuan is preparing for war again.

Of course, these specific analysis and judgments are not his responsibility. He only needs to combine these information and report them. Naturally, there are specialized people at the headquarters to be responsible for the analysis.

"Is there any other situation?"

"There is also that Yongcheng's grain prices have continued to rise. They have stabilized for a while, but have started to rise again during this period, and they have risen very quickly,..."

The black-faced man nodded, "Did you bring the specific situation of the increase?"

"It has brought it, except for grain, iron and leather, all have risen sharply,..."

The black-faced man was slightly moved, and he was rising, and this became more and more obvious.

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It was already early November when Zhou Yang set out from Shuzhou.

The weather is already a little cold, of course, for Huainan area, it is undoubtedly more appropriate to go out at this time.

There are more than a thousand miles from Shuzhou to Xuzhou, and there are several routes.

You can go to Tong'an, Shucheng to Luzhou and then north to Shouzhou or Haozhou, take a boat to Huai River, Si River, go to Xuzhou through Suyu, Xia Pi, or take a boat to Shouzhou and Haozhou through the canal, pass through Linhuai, Hongxian to Tongqiao, and then go to Xuzhou by land from Tongqiao. Of course, you can also cross the Huai River directly from Haozhou or Shouzhou, and go north to Xuzhou by land. In short, it is very convenient.

Zhou Yang chose to go to Tong'an, Shucheng to Luzhou to Shouzhou, and then cross the Huai River from Haozhou directly to the north by land. This line is basically an official road, and it doesn't need to be detoured like a water road. It's just riding a horse all the way, which is a bit tiring.

It was already early winter, but once we entered Luzhou, especially after we went to Haozhou, Zhou Yang felt different from the past.

The refugees with a northern accent can meet a group of people almost every ten miles, ranging from seventy or eighty to two or three hundred people. Most of them regard shacks and straw sheds as their homes, mainly engaged in dredging and repairing canals, widening and smoothing roads, and working hard.

There are constant patrols of small groups of officials on the road, mostly cavalry teams, with only 20 or 30 people. Obviously, they are still not very relieved about these new refugees coming to Huainan.

However, they obviously estimated the compliance of these refugees too low. On the premise of ensuring a whole meal, almost no one would have any other ideas. The Baojia continuation system adopted also eliminated all possibilities to the greatest extent.

At most, it is the fight caused by some dietary disputes, which are acceptable.

Zhou Yang silently calculated the refugee community he saw along the way. From Shucheng to Hefei, he observed eleven refugee communities, with a total of more than 2,000 people. If the elderly, weak, women and children were included, the estimated number would be more than 3,500 people.

The large refugee community has more than 300 people, and it is building a canal, while the small refugee community is about 60 or 70 people. It is mainly responsible for the widening and leveling of the official roads. They all use the simplest wooden tools, and even fewer iron farm tools, but they are working very vigorously.

Zhou Yang also observed their diet and basically maintained two meals a day. However, it is said that young and strong laborers will have a bowl of porridge in the morning, which is a bit sparse, but after all, there are, while the elderly, weak, women and children can only eat two meals.

This is reasonable. Heavy physical labor requires sufficient diet, but it is difficult to do this. This shows from another perspective that Huainan has indeed reserved a lot of grain in the past two years, otherwise it would not be able to afford such expenses.

As a neighbor of Huaiyou, Zhou Yang of course knew that in the past two years, Huaiyou recruited a large number of refugees to open up land and reclamate in Wenzhou and Shouzhou. Not only did he reduce rent and taxes, he also forced some familiar land owners to reduce land rent, which greatly stimulated the refugees' enthusiasm for land reclaiming land and reclamation.

These refugees who were almost willing to eat in the north came to Wenzhou and Shouzhou and devoted themselves to their work. In addition, the Huainan Gods were doing good things in the past two years, and there was no war, which quickly restored their vitality to Guangxi Shou and the three states.

Even though the yield of Xinken's raw land is not high, it is said that every county in Huainan has specially set up agricultural officials, mostly bachelors with experience in farming. Their main task is to persuade and teach these refugees from the north to adapt to the cultivation methods in the south, and achieved good results.

Now it seems that the measures taken by Huaiyou are probably making excellent profits. In addition, Luzhou, Haozhou and the newly included Chuzhou are also considered as grain production in Huainan, and it is estimated that it has also brought a lot of grain reserves to Huainan, so Huaiyou dared to accept refugees so boldly.

The method adopted by Huainan is also very stable. It is spread out in batches and solves their livelihoods through labor-for-relief, reclaiming wasteland, building water conservancy, and building roads. These methods can greatly digest these labor force, so as not to make trouble for these guys living together.

"Mr., so many refugees enter Huainan, the county magistrate is not afraid of chaos? The young man made a rough estimate. There are thousands of refugees along the way. The young man also asked. He heard that there are still many waterways building canals next to the waterway. There are probably three or four thousand refugees in Shucheng County alone. Could it be that there are tens of thousands of refugees coming in Luzhou? But there are familiar land around Luzhou and there are also a main land. Apart from a small amount of land reclamation, where can we accommodate so many people?"

The one who followed Zhou Yang was his relative Zhou Kang. Zhou Kang's father was the eldest steward of the Zhou family, so Zhou Kang was also considered Zhou Yang's confidant and knew about the situation of Zhou Rui, the second lady of the Zhou family.

Zhou Kang has also studied in the school academy since he was a child, and his martial arts level is not bad, he is flexible in mind, and he is quite familiar with the surrounding situation. He is gradually participating in the Zhou family affairs in the Zhou family. Zhou Fu arranged him with his second son, so he naturally considered it.

"Well, if you change to other places, three or four thousand people will flood into a county and cause chaos, but the county magistrate must have made arrangements for the county to put so many refugees in." Zhou Yang was also thinking, "Although the counties in Luzhou are mostly familiar, they refer to the plains, and there are many mountainous and hills around it. Erlang, haven't you heard of the prosperous Tang Dynasty in Wenzhou, and although Huoshan County was mainly mountainous and hilly, it also accommodated many refugees?"

"What does the Langjun mean is that the county magistrate wants to use these refugees to reclaim wasteland and grow tea?" Zhou Kang's eyes flashed, and he was also a little excited. "I heard that the county magistrate has invented a new way of tea tasting, which has been popular in Huaibei and Huainan, making tea tasting very popular. Our Shuzhou is now starting to be popular. If this is the case, it will really attract many refugees. If so, our Shuzhou can also accept some refugees to reclaim wasteland and plant tea trees."

Traditional tea making is indeed a bit complicated and not highly accepted. However, since the tea making technique came out, it immediately attracted popularity in Huaiyou (Wunning), which also greatly increased tea consumption.

Shuzhou is also a traditional tea-producing place, especially the mountains and hills, and many have not yet been cultivated. However, the people living in plains are unwilling to go into the mountains to cultivate tea. If refugees can be recruited to cultivate tea, it is a good thing.

"Well, this trip will take a good look. If there are really a lot of refugees in the northern region, you can consider it." Zhou Yang was also a little moved.

It is not just a problem with Chashan. In the past two years, the ant thief Han Baling tribe was rampant in the riverside area along Shuzhou. There were many households and many abandoned lands. If the ants thieves could be eliminated from crossing the river, of course, some refugees would need to be absorbed to reclamate, but this would require the possibility of the ant thief returning to the north to cross the river.

"Mr. Lang, in addition to the second lady's matter, should we discuss the relationship between our Shuzhou and Huaiyou?" Zhou Kang asked in a low voice.
Chapter completed!