When we arrived at the entrance of the village, we saw a group of refugees with sallow faces and extremely miserable expressions.
These people are mostly composed of dozens or even hundreds of people from families, clans and villages. They come begging for food along the way, asking for a chance for the whole family to survive in a humble and despicable manner.
Under normal circumstances, the government and local gentry would try their best to help these refugees, because improper handling of large groups of refugees could easily trigger civil unrest and turn into a catastrophic disaster that corrupts the state and county.
As soon as the refugees arrive, the local government will act as if they are facing a formidable enemy, mobilizing large households to provide food and medicine, and try their best to help them. On the other hand, they will negotiate with the refugees to make them leave as soon as possible. As for what happens if they go to other places, it will be someone else's business. What a disaster.
In addition to the refugees, many villagers from the village also gathered at the entrance of the village.
The people in these villages either held wooden forks or wooden sticks in their hands, and some even took out rolling pins.
Villagers must also beware of refugees turning into bandits and looting their villages.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, the chief is coming."
Gou Shengzi, who was leading the way, pushed aside the villagers blocking the way and allowed Chen Lizhang to walk out from behind the villagers.
Chen Lichang looked at a few men among the refugees who had wary eyes and said, "Did you escape from Liaodong?"
A man among the refugees looked at Chen Lichang and nodded.
"It's bitter!" Chen Li sighed and said immediately, "I will arrange for someone to cook some rice porridge for you to drink, but you don't go into the village and don't cause trouble. The people from the Tiger Flag will come to settle you. When you get to Ling Qiu, with the Tiger Flag here, you can finally settle down."
These people who fled from Liaodong will naturally not be able to go back to Liaodong. If they can still stay in Liaodong, they will not flee.
"Sir, are everything you said true?" an old refugee asked hesitantly.
Many refugees around him looked at Chen Lichang expectantly, hoping to hear a word of affirmation from his mouth.
Li Chang Chen nodded solemnly and said: "I dare not say anything else. As long as you come to Lingqiu, even if the government doesn't care about you, our Lingqiu Tiger Flag will take care of you. In the future, as long as you are willing to work hard, the Tiger Flag will There are plenty of jobs for you to do, so it won’t be a problem to feed your family.”
"It's great, I can finally settle down."
There were constant sounds of joy among the refugees, including the coughs and laughter of the elderly, the low sobbing of women, and the shouts and cries of children.
Chief Chen looked at Han Dafu and said, "Go to your father and ask him to collect more food. There are more Liaodong refugees here at the entrance of the village."
"Hey." Han Dafu agreed, turned around and ran towards the village.
Li Chang Chen looked at the people in his village and said, "Don't just sit here. Every family is preparing pots and stoves to cook some porridge for others. They are all hard-working people."
With the help of the village chief, most of the villagers who were blocking the entrance of the village dispersed, but some villagers still stayed at the entrance of the village.
In this regard, Chen Lichang didn't say much.
Although he knew that these people who had fled from Liaodong would be taken away and resettled by the people of the Tiger Flag, before that, they were still refugees after all. As long as they were refugees, he had to be prepared and not bet on the lives of the whole village. .
The refugees were not so particular. They all sat on the ground, with children leaning on their adults, without any intention of going to the village.
Several iron pots were carried to the entrance of the village by the villagers, a stove was set up, and some people started to make a fire to cook porridge.
Han Guangsan stayed aside and stared.
Nowadays, he is considered a prominent figure in Han Zhuangzi, and even the head of the village will come to him to discuss anything. All this is because his second son is qualified to enter the Tiger Character Banner Hall of Merit.
Nowadays, the tiger-character flag has become more and more important in the hearts of the people in Lingqiu, even more than the government. All this comes from the fact that the people's lives are getting better and better.
In Lingqiu, even if you don't have land, you can still work in several workshops in Huzi Banner. As long as you are not a sneaky person, your life will only get better and better.
The refugees drank the porridge and became much calmer. Many children simply fell asleep in the arms of adults.
In the afternoon, a cavalry team with the tiger flag came to Hanzhuangzi.
"Who is the chief?"
A man at the head of the cavalry asked the villagers at the entrance of the village.
"I am." Chen Lizhang walked out of the crowd.
Tan Zaiwang said: "I am the captain of the cavalry. My surname is Tan. This is an official document from our Military and Political Department. Take a look at it. If there is no problem, we will take away these people who fled Liaodong."
Li Chang Chen took the official document, but he was illiterate, so he gave it to a literate person in the village to read it to him. He looked at the seal on it again, and after confirming that it was correct, he said, "Thank you for your hard work, Captain Tan."
Tan Zaiwang took back the official document and said: "It's hard to talk about it, but more and more people from Liaodong have come to Lingqiu recently. The village must pay more attention to it. Write down how much food is used and take it to Xujiazhuang. Our tiger character The flag association will provide corresponding compensation.”
"No, no need." Chen Lizhang waved his hands and said, "Since the village dug ditches and installed water trucks, the harvest is getting better and better every year, and every household has a surplus of grain. This is all thanks to Dongzhu Liu."
Tan Zaiwang said with a smile: "My husband, please don't be polite. People in the village also have to live. The village has been a big help to us by temporarily resettling these refugees. That's it. We will go back to Xujiazhuang to collect food. I There are still several villages to go to here, so I won’t stay here.”
Soon, all the refugees at the entrance of Hanzhuangzi Village were taken away by Tan Zaiwang.
"Okay, okay, put away all the pots and stoves, and take whatever is left home to your own home." Chief Chen shouted to the villagers at the entrance of the village.
At this time, Gou Shengzi said: "Li Zhang, what about the grain? When I was making porridge, my family produced two buckets of rice."
"What kind of food do you want? Without the tiger-shaped flag, your family can't even eat sorghum." Chen Lichang glared at him, then looked at the other villagers and said, "We must be conscientious as human beings. Without the tiger-shaped flag, we can't dig canals to carry water for us." Che, how can we collect so much grain? Now the demand for payment is tight, and the government has added a new bandit suppression tax. If we didn't have the tiger-shaped flag in Lingqiu, I'm afraid every family would have sold their sons and daughters! Where can I have spare money to pull out a few feet of cloth and make clothes for my wife and children? We Hanzhuangzi people should know how to be grateful and know how to remember Dongzhu Liu."
Many surrounding villagers lowered their heads.
Two years ago, they never imagined that they would have such good days as today. Not only that the whole family was well fed and clothed, but they could also cut a pound of meat to eat during the holidays.
Chen Lichang continued: "Dongzhu Liu is kind-hearted and resettled these refugees who fled from Liaodong. Our village cooked a meal of porridge for the refugees. We used as much food as we could. Anyway, I am too old to go to Xujiazhuang and ask for this food. "
"Li Chief, we don't want any more food. There isn't much anyway."
"Yes, we have to compensate for not going to Xujiazhuang. Boss Liu can resettle so many refugees from Liaodong. Although we can't control the food and drink of so many people, we can still control a bowl of porridge."
Several villagers who had produced food spoke one after another.
"What about you?" Chen Lizhang looked at Gou Shengzi.
Gou Shengzi scratched the back of his head and said, "I don't want it anymore, why don't you, Mr. Li, can you stop looking at me like this? I'm really worried."
Chen Lichang glared at him again, then looked away and looked at the other villagers and said: "Okay, let's all disperse and go back to our homes, but you must remember that we people in Hanzhuangzi cannot be without conscience. Doing things that poke people in the spine.”
The villagers took their belongings and left the village entrance one after another, heading towards their homes.
