Cheng Wanwan and Mrs. Zhao quickly rushed back to Dahe Village.
As soon as she arrived in the village, she put down all kinds of things and went straight to Li Zheng's house.
Li Zheng's house is busy. Li Zheng is sitting at the door of the kitchen smoking a cigarette. The weather is getting colder and colder. When he is not working, there will be air-conditioning rising from the soles of his feet. He is shivering from the cold. Sitting there At the door of the kitchen, you can warm yourself by the fire and feel more comfortable.
Seeing Cheng Wanwan approaching, he quickly stood up: "Dashan Niang, what happened?"
In the past, Dashan Niang would come to him with a smile on her face, but now she looked serious. Something big must have happened.
Li Zheng's wife brought a low stool and placed it next to the stove for Cheng Wanwan to sit on.
After Cheng Wanwan sat down, he recounted everything he saw and heard when he entered the city.
Li Zheng's face suddenly became serious: "When my father was still alive, refugees visited Dahe Village. More than a hundred refugees entered the village like bandits and swept away everyone's food. That night, six or seven people died in the village. Ten people...if it hadn't been for that incident, there would have been even more people in our Dahe Village...I won't mention the past. In short, to me, refugees and bandits are the same, they all come here to steal food. In the past, more than a hundred refugees were killed, but this time there are hundreds, so we must take precautions."
Cheng Wanwan nodded: "No matter what Uncle Li Zheng decides, I will cooperate."
Li Zheng stood up and said: "First call some old guys in the village for a meeting. Let's discuss a charter and then implement it."
The old guys in the village are farmers over sixty or seventy years old, and there are also patriarchs with various surnames, totaling more than twenty people.
Because they were both from the village and had limited knowledge, Li Zheng sent Zhao Tiezhu to invite Master Yu and He Xiao. One was a typical scholar and the other was a master who taught the villagers how to practice martial arts. They each had their own strengths and could think of many of them. Unexpected things.
Cheng Wanwan's status is unusual, so of course she has to participate in the village's core meeting.
A large group of people sat down in the main room of Li Zheng's house. Li Zheng's wife brought two braziers in and then quietly left.
Li Zheng was the first to speak: "Anyone who came to the city today should have heard about the refugees. The refugees have caused a disaster and will one day come to our Dahe Village. Now every household in the village has surplus food, and everyone's The days are getting better and better. Every once in a while, I can buy some lard residue from Dashan Niang’s house and take it back for toothpaste. Would you be willing to have such a good life taken away by the refugees?"
"I called everyone here today to discuss a charter for dealing with refugees." Li Zheng paused and continued, "No matter what method can be used to prevent refugees from entering the village, we can propose it."
Mrs. Zhu said in a trembling voice: "Actually, it would be fine if each household pooled some food together and gave it to the refugees..."
"Grandma Zhu, your idea is unacceptable." An old man said sternly, "People in the village help the Zhu family, because we are from the same village, so we can help a lot. And it is the majority who help the minority, and each family has so much money. Just a little bit will do. Didn’t Li Zheng just say that there are thousands of refugees, and it’s not enough to take out all the food in our village."
Mrs. Zhu sighed.
She had been hungry, been caught in the rain, and wanted to hold an umbrella for others.
But she knew that she didn't have the ability, so she could only think about it and give up.
Cheng Wanwan patted Mrs. Zhu's arm, looked at the crowd and said, "Dahe Village has two main entrances and exits, as well as countless mountain roads. The main roads are guarded by dedicated personnel, and a roadblock is set up along the village to block all the small roads. , to prevent refugees from sneaking in."
Mr. Zhao Er said: "The river in our village has risen. Maybe some refugees will make bamboo rafts and swim over, and people will have to be arranged on the river."
Patriarch Xu said: "We need to call on every household to dig more cellars and hide the food separately. If... I mean, if the refugees invade, there will still be a way out."
The royal family leader said: "The patrol team is still too loose. The patrol must be strengthened and cannot stop twelve hours a day."
He Xiao said slowly: "Leave the roadblocks to me. Every morning I take the martial arts practitioners to prepare. It will take about three days to complete. In addition, everyone in the patrol team will train for half an hour every day..."
Master Yu paused and said, "Actually, what Old Madam Zhu said is not unreasonable. Those refugees who are extremely hungry should not only be stopped in the village, but should they also be given a way to survive?"
Cheng Wanwan looked at him: "What Master Yu means is...relief with work?"
Master Yu was a little surprised. He didn't expect that a woman in the village would know how to work for relief. However, after thinking about it, it was normal. After all, she was a Suiru person personally conferred by the Holy Emperor. She must be much better than others in terms of knowledge, otherwise it would not be possible. The discovery of regenerated rice.
"Relief for work is mostly just talk on paper. It sounds very easy on paper, but in reality it is very difficult to implement. The most critical difficulty is that there is no extra food." Cheng Wanwan said methodically, "There is something for these refugees. If you do it, but there is no corresponding reward, what is the point of providing work-for-relief? Furthermore, these refugees appeared in the summer, wandered in the south for three or four months, and struggled on the edge of life and death for such a long time. , perhaps, there have been incidents of exchanging children for food... No one knows whether these are weak people or evil people. If the evil people are given work in exchange for relief, the consequences will be unpredictable."
These words made Master Yu silent.
Most of the newly emerged refugees still retain their basic conscience and moral bottom line.
But this group of refugees has been wandering around for too long. They cannot survive without food for several months without some skills.
Evil people are comparable to bandits. Allowing bandits to come into the village to do work is tantamount to luring wolves into the house.
Thinking of this, Master Yu smiled bitterly.
He once cared about the world, and he was worried first and then happy. In the end, he quit the temple in despair.
He has fallen to this point, why is he still thinking about how to resettle the refugees for the court?
What does these refugees have to do with him?
What does the rise and fall of the world have to do with him?
Cheng Wanwan didn't know that he had thought so much. He turned to look at the crowd and said, "I don't know yet whether the refugees will come to Dahe Village, or whether they are good or evil. I just want to tell everyone that kindness is very valuable. , but releasing kindness to evil people will kill the whole village. What I mean is that before getting to know these refugees in depth, the whole village must restrain their kindness, remain indifferent, and must not have private contact with any refugees."
Although she needed people to dig ponds and refine crude glycerin... she did not dare to let down her guard. She had to make sure that these refugees were harmless before she dared to selectively let some refugees be used by her.
Moreover, the whole village must be alert to prevent the disaster of refugees from happening again.
"Ms. Dashan, I understand what you mean." Mrs. Zhu said with emotion, "I can't harm everyone just because I'm soft-hearted."
Li Zheng said: "Master He, I leave the roadblocks to you. Master Yu, please write a notice to inform the whole village about the refugees. Chief Royal, please ask all the captains of the patrol team to come to my place. The patrol needs to be rearranged.”
Li Zheng was busy here, and people in the village quickly got the news.
Apart from being more vigilant and not coming into contact with strangers, the routine in the village is the same as usual. After all, one cannot let something that hasn't happened yet affect his or her current life.
The next day, a carriage came at the entrance of the village. It was the Cao family's carriage.
Behind the carriage were many mule carts, all of which were filled with small saplings, all of which were small mulberry trees. This kind of tree is suitable for planting in winter. It will sprout and grow leaves in the next spring. In summer, the branches and leaves will be lush, which is perfect for raising silkworms.
