Shao Xun returned to his manor first.
"Mr. Lang."
"General Chen."
Tang Jian was leading the guests to manage the refugees outside the gate. When he saw a large group of cavalry coming, after seeing clearly, he immediately stepped forward to salute.
General Chen? Shao Xun glanced at Chen Yougen.
Chen Yougen was a little embarrassed and muttered: "Lang Jun, they are just calling you for fun..."
"Mr. Lang."
"General."
"Shao Gong."
When he heard the last title, Shao Xun felt a little ridiculous.
He is only eighteen years old and someone calls him "Shao Gong"? Taking a closer look, his appearance is somewhat similar to Chen Yougen.
"This is it?" Shao Xun asked.
"Reporting to Sir, this is my eldest brother Chen Jingen. He has been farming in Yuzhou before. Recently, he brought dozens of villagers to Luoyang to beg for food. Shao Dianji has agreed." Chen Yougen said.
"Shao Dianji" refers to Shao Xun's third brother Shao Fan, who followed Pei Jin and learned to manage the manor. Shao Xun once said that when Shao Yuan responded to matters, they would discuss them. Unexpectedly, many new people came here after many days.
In fact, this is normal.
As the saying goes, if a person achieves enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven, and Shao Xun becomes an official, not only his relatives will come to seek refuge, but also his close relatives and confidants will come to seek refuge. Even slaves will introduce people they know to be slaves...
"Since we're here, let's arrange it in the manor." Shao Xun nodded, then looked at the piles of tents set up not far away and said, "Go over and have a look."
Chen Yougen was about to say that his two brothers were also coming, but he had to shut up and follow quickly.
Wang Queer was faster than him, leading dozens of people to clear the way.
There are rice cookers piled outside the tent, and they are cooking corn porridge.
Shao Xun looked at it carefully and saw that it was okay, not full, but not hungry either.
"Add some fish soup to the army." Shao Xun pointed his riding whip at the westernmost tent and said.
There were more than a hundred women sitting there, some with babies, who had fled all the way and were reluctant to abandon them.
The baby was so hungry that he cried loudly, and the woman was eager to feed him, but there was no milk left, so she could only cry secretly.
In the end, someone was kind-hearted and took the child over, undressed him and fed him.
"No." Pei Jin, who hurried over, immediately sent someone to handle it.
Most of the fish in the pond were caught last year.
When Zhang Fang attacked Luoyang, he spent most of his time in the north of the city and did not come to the west of the city much. This allowed the manor to be barely preserved - perhaps because it was slightly far away from Luoyang.
If we catch it again, the pond fish may become extinct.
"Please add more porridge and rice." Shao Xun said again.
"No." Pei Jin went back in person to give the order.
Shao Xun was about to say something more, but he saw that Pei Jin had already run away, so he gave up.
Is he afraid that I will go bankrupt and cause him to lose his job?
Shao Xun sighed, his money was indeed a little tight, and his appetite was still too big.
He walked leisurely.
When people in the tent saw him, they came out to thank him.
"Where did you come from?" Shao Xun asked, looking at the frightened and undecided faces.
Everyone looked at me and others, and finally recommended a man who had been in his forties for a year to come forward.
"Greetings to Mr. Lang." The man said, "We are all from Taiyuan, working hard in the countryside. Suddenly we heard that the captives were coming, burning, killing, and looting. In panic, our family went south, begging all the way, and finally arrived in Luoyang."
"Have all the fugitives come to Luoyang, or have some of them gone elsewhere?"
"It was a hard journey. Some people stayed, some continued, and others joined us along the way. As far as I know, not many people came to Luoyang."
"I see." Shao Xun said, "Now that you are here, are you willing to settle down?"
The man was silent for a moment, and finally sighed: "I'll tell you the truth. The head of the family who is the guest of Taiyuan felt that he couldn't stay any longer, so he led the crowd south. After all, Luoyang is at the feet of the emperor, so it may be a little more stable."
Shao Xun secretly thought, you are wrong.
Before this year, Luoyang was a place where fighting was very frequent. After Sima Lun, Sima Jiong, Sima Yi died successively, and then Sima Ying was defeated, the place finally settled down.
"Why are you still willing to come here since you have a family master? Do you know that since you have surrendered to me, you will be a guest, but it is not easy to change." Shao Xun asked.
"I will not deceive you. If my master was still here, he would never come here." The man said, "Unfortunately, he died of illness in Hanoi. I am homeless, so I would like to join you."
"Do they all have general ideas?" Shao Xun asked, pointing to the hundreds of people behind him.
"Exactly."
"I want you to go to Yiyang instead of Luoyang. How about that?"
"A person who has lost his home has no choice but to make a wish."
"Okay, once I've said it, it's hard to catch up. It's settled. We will set off in two days." Shao Xun said, "Tang Jian."
"I'm here," Tang Jian responded loudly.
"How many guests are there today?"
"Twenty-three people."
"Two days later, I will ask Sun He to lead a team. You and the guests from Shaoyuan will escort the guests from Taiyuan to Yunzhongwu."
"promise."
"By the way, how many refugees are there here?"
"Two hundred and thirty-two households, nine hundred and twelve people."
"Okay, send them all over." Shao Xun said without hesitation.
Pei Jin and Shao Fan were jointly responsible for recruiting refugees, and Tang Jian only assisted in management. Shaoyuan will continue to send people out to collect people. After bringing back the rough generals, they will be raised and then sent to Yiyang for registration.
Fortunately, the student soldiers are all literate, and some can do arithmetic. They may not be very good at management, but at least they have management.
In troubled times, talent is most valuable.
The first batch of Donghai student soldiers studied for more than two years and finally came in handy.
The second batch of Luoyang student soldiers has been studying for less than a year and has to continue.
In addition, we can recruit the third batch this year.
From a rough analysis of the current situation, it can be concluded that Luoyang will usher in a rare period of peace.
How long this period of peace will last is hard to say, but at least there will be no war this year. What will happen next year remains to be seen, no one can guarantee it.
The period of peace is precious, and if you don't make good use of it, you will have to pay the price in the future.
After leaving Shaoyuan, Shao Xun ran from the west to the east of the city like lightning and stopped his horse outside Panyuan.
Another Dianji came out of the manor, named Pei Gong, followed by his eldest nephew Shao Shen.
"Mr. Lang."
"Second uncle."
The two of them saluted one after another.
After Shao Xun returned the gift, he felt a little uncomfortable.
There are Pei family members everywhere. Can I still live without the Pei family?
Forget it, stop complaining, I will have to borrow money from Concubine Pei later...
"How many people have been taken in?" Shao Xun looked at Pan Yuan, who was once very familiar with him, and sighed with emotion.
There are no traces of the war here anymore, only the two sentry towers originally built still clearly told him that he had fought here.
"One hundred and ten households, 451 people, mostly from Taiyuan, and a few from Xihe and Pingyang." Pei Gong replied.
Fourteen-year-old Shao Shen wanted to answer, but couldn't, so he scratched his head anxiously.
"How many days have you been raising it?"
"Today is the fourth day."
"Two days later, you gather the bankers and send them all to Shaoyuan and hand them over to Tang Jian and Sun He."
"promise."
Shao Xun pulled his nephew over and asked, "Have you been studying hard recently?"
"You worked hard...you really worked hard." Shao Shen said immediately.
"Why do some people say that you ride horses all day long and kill straw men with a broken gun?" Shao Xun asked.
"Ah?" Shao Shen was dumbfounded.
Is there a craftsman around me? Still suing?
"If you eat well, your strength will be of no use, right?" Shao Xun slapped him on the ear and neck, and said: "It's not that I won't let you practice martial arts, but you can't be partial. You are too much of a student. If you go out and you can't even read, A few, not only are you embarrassed, but I am also embarrassed. From now on, I will study essays in the morning, practice martial arts in the afternoon, and review my homework in the evening."
"Okay." Shao Shen didn't dare to refute, so he could only bow his head in agreement.
Shao Xun had lunch in Pan Yuan, and then met the guests of the village - all old acquaintances.
"Piyong said goodbye and saw Lang Jun again." Someone cried: "Luoyang was beaten and killed, and there was almost no way to survive. If Lang Jun hadn't taken him in, I don't know where he died suddenly."
"Three years ago, Lang Jun defended the enemy here, and now he is famous in Luoyang. We follow Lang Jun, and we are doing the right thing."
"Master, don't leave me alone."
Everyone was talking and shouting.
In fact, most of the farmers in Panyuan have gone to Donghai. That was what happened when Sima Ying's army threatened Luoyang. Two and a half years passed in a flash.
Shao Xun looked at these familiar faces and said warmly: "In troubled times, getting together is fate. Once you follow me, there is no reason to give up. It's a good life to farm here, no one will ask you for taxes, and no one will ask you for taxes." We will recruit you, and you will feel at ease. If you have relatives or acquaintances, you can also recommend them here. There is plenty of land, but people are lacking."
He plans to recruit the third batch of student soldiers this year and place them in Panyuan.
There are currently fifty or sixty farmers here, who grow and harvest their own crops. Apart from paying rent to the manor, they have no other burdens, which is quite comfortable.
However, the number of bankers is still a bit small. It would be best to expand it to more than 100 households. Anyway, there is a lot of abandoned farmland around.
The student soldiers will be supported by them from now on.
Shao Xun recalled it carefully.
In the second year of Tai'an (302), he began to take care of the first group of teenagers.
There were originally one hundred and fifty people, but now there are only a hundred or so people left.
Some went home, some died in battle, and some died of illness.
Among the hundred or so people, the young men over fifteen years old supported themselves with nearly 600 soldiers in the first building of the Silver Spear Army, which was their bottom line.
Yesterday, Wu Qian told him that there are currently 62 student soldiers and officers in the first building. This year, more than 20 people have reached the age of 15. In addition to those who continue to "further study", there are still 19 available.
The most outstanding person among the nineteen was named Xu Yu, who was proficient in writing, good at archery, and good at riding horses.
Shao Xun thought for a while, and while Sima Yue did not come to Luoyang and had the final say here, he continued to gather the wool of the Jin Dynasty and built a second building of the Silver Spear Army, temporarily forming three teams of 168 officers and soldiers. .
He no longer held the concurrent post of the first building owner, and Jin San was appointed instead. Wang Queer, the supervisor of the teaching team, was transferred back to serve as the second building owner.
Wu Qian was still in charge of recruiting troops, and he had to complete the recruitment as soon as possible and start training.
Every minute before Sima Yue returns to Luoyang is precious.
His return means uncertainty, and Shao Xun hates uncertainty.
He left Pan Yuan early the next morning. After entering the city through Jianchun Gate, he first went to a tailor shop to pick up things, and then went straight to Sikong Mansion.
