"Master, the goods sent to Houjin are almost ready. When will we arrange for the convoy to set off?"
Fan Youfu came to the house and asked Fan Yongdou who was sitting in the house.
Fan Yongdou put down the tureen in his hand and said: "Now that everything is ready, you can set off on the road tomorrow. Wang Guoqi from Ji Town will take care of you and arrange for the convoy to leave customs. You can go directly to Horqin with the convoy. "
"Yes." Fan Youfu agreed, and then said, "The grassland has not been peaceful recently. Do you want to add more guards to the convoy?"
Fan Yongdou said: "I know what you are worried about. Don't worry. The person sent to Horqin to deliver the letter will set off with you, but he will not go with you. He will go to Horqin first to deliver the letter and notify the Jurchens in Horqin."
Horqin was the first Mongolian tribe to form an alliance with Hou Jin. There were marriages between the two parties, and Hou Jin also sent people to station in Horqin.
The Fan family's motorcade left Ji Town and went directly to Horqin. The goods carried by the motorcade would also be handed over to Houjin's people in Horqin, instead of going deep into Houjin's place.
Knowing that there were Jurchens protecting the convoy, Fan Youfu put aside his worries and immediately said: "More and more people have fled from Liaodong recently, and the road to Ji Town is not as safe as before."
"You mean the people in Liaodong have fled to Xuanda?" Fan Yongdou looked thoughtful.
Fan Youfu nodded and said: "The people who fled from Liaodong were all stopped outside the city, so there is nothing to see in the city. But the outside of the city is now a mess, and many people living outside the city have food in their homes." They were robbed, and I heard people died in some villages.”
"The government doesn't care?" Fan Yongdou asked.
Fan Youfu replied: "There are too many people who have fled from Liaodong, and the government cannot control them at all. Now they can only stop those people who fled from Liaodong to Xuanda and prevent them from entering the city."
"What do you think of sending all these Liaodong people to Datong?" Fan Yongdou said suddenly.
Fan Youfu was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "How to send it there?"
Fan Yongdou said quietly: "Since ancient times, people who fled have gone wherever there is food. Now that they have arrived at Xuanfu, they are not far from Datong. As long as we give them a little guidance, we can say that Datong is Lingqiu is very prosperous and everyone has food to eat and clothes to wear. Do you think these refugees will go to Lingqiu?"
"That will definitely go." Fan Youfu said, "As long as this news reaches the ears of the refugees from Liaodong, not only the refugees from Xuanda will go to Lingqiu, but even the refugees who have gone to other places will also Rush to Lingqiu."
Fan Yongdou smiled coldly and said: "You find some of our guys to spread the news everywhere outside the city. Let these Liaodong refugees know that as long as they go to Lingqiu, they will have food. I want to see how many refugees there are. We have all gone to Lingqiu, and seeing how rich Lingqiu is, will we plunder Lingqiu and completely mess up Lingqiu?"
"Master, this is a good idea." Fan Youfu's eyes lit up, and he said immediately, "I will arrange for the guys to leave the city right now, spread the news that there is food in Lingqiu, and ensure that all the refugees from Liaodong gather in Lingqiu."
"Go!" Fan Yongdou picked up the tea bowl and took a sip.
When the Fan family competed with the Tiger Banner for trade routes in Tumote, they suffered a lot of losses. Not only did they lose money, but they also lost Tumote's trade routes. It can be said that they lost both their wives and their troops.
This time he wanted to see how Liu Heng could solve the problem after so many refugees from Liaodong gathered in Lingqiu. If these refugees from Liaodong were unable to eat after arriving in Lingqiu, they would definitely mess up Lingqiu. He believed that it would always be Xu Tong, who was eyeing the tiger-character flag, would never let go of such a good opportunity to deal with Liu Heng.
There are refugees from Liaodong inside, and Xu Tong is eyeing them outside. Maybe this time will be the end of Liu Heng and the Tiger Flag.
Once the Tiger Flag falls, the Fan family will have the opportunity to regain access to Tumote's trade routes, no, the entire Monan trade routes.
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"Gou Shengzi, what are you doing, leaving in such a hurry? You are in a hurry to reincarnate!"
"Don't mention it. There are some refugees coming from outside the village. I'm going to find the village chief. You should hurry up and inform the people in the village to be on guard. Don't let these refugees rush into our village."
"Refugees? Where do these refugees come from?"
"How the hell did I know, just go as soon as you are told. It will be too late by the time the refugees rush into the village."
After saying that, the man who called Gou Shengzi ran towards the village along the street of the village.
It was almost noon, the weather was hot, and there were not many pedestrians on the street. After running for a while, Gou Shengzi was sweating profusely.
"Gou Shengzi, what are you doing here? Are you sweating profusely from running?"
Han Dafu, who was walking out of his house, saw Gou Shengzi who was sweating profusely and couldn't help but ask.
"I, I'll go to the mayor's house to find the mayor." Gou Shengzi said while breathing heavily.
Han Dafu smiled and said: "Don't go, the mayor is at my house, come in with me!"
Han Dafu, who was about to go out, took Gou Shengzi directly into the yard.
Gou Shengzi nodded and followed Han Dafu into the yard. At the same time, he shouted loudly: "Chief, Chief, something happened, something big happened."
Han Dafu, who was walking in front, paused and looked at Gou Shengzi beside him with a surprised expression.
At this time, an older man walked out of the main room and yelled at Gou Shengzi: "Why are you howling in mourning at noon?"
"Something really happened, Chief, otherwise I wouldn't be in a hurry to come to you." Gou Shengzi said urgently.
Chen Lichang frowned and asked, "What happened?"
"Refugees, there are many refugees coming outside the village and they are almost at the entrance of our village." Gou Shengzi said hurriedly.
Boom! Boom! Boom...
A rapid sound of gongs sounded in the village, and at the same time there were shouts, but they were too far away and the sounds were a bit messy, so they couldn't be heard clearly.
Li Chang Chen realized immediately that it seemed that refugees were really arriving outside the village, otherwise the warning gong would not have been sounded.
Han Guangsan, who was in the main room, walked out of the room and asked hurriedly: "What happened? Why is the gong even ringing?"
"They are refugees." Chen Lichang turned around and said to Han Guangsan, "Not long ago, Tiger Flag just sent someone to deliver a message to the village, saying that refugees from Liaodong will come to Datong in the near future. I didn't expect them to arrive so soon. "
Han Guangsan said hurriedly: "We can't let these people enter the village. Although they are poor people, they are extremely hungry and can do anything."
"Don't worry, I know." Li Chang said, "I have to ask Brother Han to organize some people to cook a few pots of porridge and appease these refugees first. I will arrange for someone to go to Xujiazhuang to deliver a message to the Tiger Flag. Let them send people to take over the refugees.”
Han Sanfu, who was standing next to Han Guangsan, suddenly said: "Let me go to Xujiazhuang to deliver the letter. I have been there before and met Liu Dongzhu."
Chen Lichang glanced at Han Sanfu, nodded, and said: "You go to Xujiazhuang now, the sooner the better, let the people from the Tiger Flag quickly arrange for people to come to our Hanzhuangzi."
"I know, I'll go now." Han Sanfu nodded solemnly and ran out of the yard alone.
Chen Lichang said to Gou Shengzi again: "Take me to the entrance of the village to see the refugees."
"Hey." Gou Shengzi agreed and walked ahead to lead the way.
Han Guangsan said to his eldest son Han Dafu: "You should also go with the chief and see if there is anything you can do to help."
"I got it, Dad."
Han Dafu walked a few steps closely, followed Chen Lichang and the others, and walked out of the yard together towards the entrance of the village.
