Chapter 241 of 951
Chapter 241: Welcome to Jinxia City!
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Seeing the shining long sword, the person walking in the front showed shyness.
Opposite is the imperial court commander, the prefect of a city, if it is not
desperado, no one wants officials to conflict.
After a commotion, the crowd's momentum slowed down.
Hong Siqi knew that this pause was only temporary. He couldn't deter everyone
with a sword, so he shouted, "Listen to Lao Tzu, and the princess will be
merciful and won't push you like a rascal. Go, on the contrary, I will prepare
food and drink for you. But-you must obey Lao Tzu's command!"
This is not something that a fourth-grade civil official should say, but
rather the style of a Wufu. If it is on the streets of Gyeonggi, it will
definitely be out of order for someone to participate in him the next day. But
Hong Siqi couldn't take care of those at the moment-elegant shouts were
obviously not as easy to understand as yelling.
"Listen to Lao Tzu. From now on whoever is obedient will have food. Whoever
dares to make trouble, everyone around will not eat!"
As soon as this was said, the agitation suddenly disappeared a bit, everyone
looked at each other, and the atmosphere seemed to be wary of who was making
trouble.
"My lord, my lord," a woman asked tremblingly, "is what you said is true?
Princess... won't you drive us away?"
"And there is food?" another person asked.
This is also a concern for the vast majority of refugees.
"This matter involves the face of the royal family, do you think I will tell
you to play with you?" Hong Siqi drew up his sword and pointed to the West
City Gate. "The tent has been set up and the hot porridge is burning, but I
must obey my arrangements. To move into the camp! Ding Pan!"
"Master, please speak."
"Read the rules!"
"Yes!" Ding Pan hurriedly unrolled the scroll in his hand-this was also the
charter set by the master last night, "Everyone must not push or seize, and
must follow the guidance of the staff of the bureau to move into the camp in
batches."
"First of all, men and women are separated on the left and right, each forming
a team of six! Children under the age of six, regardless of gender, can follow
their mother, and those over six are lined up by gender!
Obviously this step cannot be done by refugees themselves. Hong Siqi nodded to
the manpower provided by the bureau, and the latter moved immediately.
The prefect unexpectedly discovered that these people were not very old, but
the officials were very agile. It seems that Xia Fan said before that they
were all good hands trained by the instructors and was not just perfunctory,
at least he understood the meaning of the command at the first time.
This process took nearly half an hour.
Someone in the line already complained that the line was too slow.
What a bunch of spooky people who don't know good or bad!
Hong Siqi waved his hand to Ding Pan and signaled him to proceed with the next
resettlement.
The latter cleared his throat, "Now, start counting in groups of ten, and
those who have been selected will follow and guide them to the camp! The
method of counting is one point, one jump, and one, regardless of whether it
is in a row or in a row!"
"My lord, that's my brother!"
"We are a family! My lord, please let us be together!"
At this point, the disagreement finally occurred. Because it was a jump point,
some refugees in line were forced to separate. This unexpected decision caused
a stir in the crowd.
Hong Siqi will definitely not let the beggar do what he wants.
In other words, disrupting small groups of refugees is his goal. When these
people gather together, it is easy to cause trouble. If there are many small
groups gathered together, as long as there is a little internal contradiction,
it will attract fighting. Conversely, the bureau's strict supervision will
also make them hold them together for a while, which can be said to be
bothersome.
Therefore, the most reasonable solution is to isolate them when the camp is
assigned.
"Want to be together? That's okay." Hong Siqi said coldly, "How about getting
out of Jinxia City together? I don't want to repeat what I said just now-only
those who obey the command will have food!"
"Don't worry, this arrangement is only temporary. After you register your
identities and become residents of Jinxia City, it doesn't matter how you
gather!" Ding Pan, who is a red face, added, "In addition, there are special
guards in the camp, so don't worry. It’s a safety issue. It’s just a matter of
patience for a few days. I advise everyone to follow the instructions of the
prefect."
Probably the bumps have been too long, everyone is eager to find a place to
stay, not many people follow the begging. Coupled with the warning from the
prefect, even if some refugees do not want to be separated from their
families, they can see the look of everyone around them, and they can't help
but restrain themselves.
After all, this step was smoothly passed.
Hong Siqi finally breathed a sigh of relief. Once the refugees were shattered
and reorganized, their potential deterrence would be much smaller.
After that, it became a matter of course.
Placing porridge, registration, inquiries... all these matters are handled by
the special personnel of the bureau, and he does not need to bother
especially. After a busy day, most of the tents outside the West City Gate
were occupied.
"It's the lord." Ding Pan said with sincere emotion, "A thing that had no
previous experience can be done in one go, and it can be done so smoothly! So
the princess will look at the lord too, right?"
"This is just the beginning." Hong Siqi said disapprovingly, "Leizhou is
eroded, how can there be only seven or eight hundred people who have escaped.
It is a flood, and the peak has not yet reached Jinxia City. Wait until the
next time. When a thousand people flocked to it, the fifty or so individuals
in the bureau were not enough to see."
"Then you can ask Master Xia more?"
"Heh, they must have enough manpower." Hong Siqi touched his beard and
chuckled, "but don't worry, I have already thought out a countermeasure, maybe
I can make a fortune."
The next day, the prefect came to the camp and announced to the refugees that
a large number of porters were needed in Jinxia City, and they could pay
daily. He intends to single out a hundred young men from the crowd to complete
the work.
This news immediately caused a wave of waves. Everyone left their homes and
was driven all the way to this point. It was hard to fill the hungry stomach
yesterday. The next thing to think about is what should be done in the future.
Everyone understands that there will always be a day when the supply of free
rice porridge will cease. If you can save some money here, you may be able to
save your life at a critical time.
These one hundred places were quickly occupied, and even though the prefects
proposed that 10% of the remuneration was time-consuming introduction
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After all, drifting and making money are commonplace, especially when the
government takes the lead. The other party only harvests 10%, which is already
a good official for the sake of the people.
On the third day, Hong Siqi brought more day-to-day job opportunities, this
time the number has increased to more than two hundred.
That night, everyone in the refugee camp knew one thing-Jinxia City was full
of opportunities. As long as you worked hard, it was not difficult to make
money. At the same time, the prefect was serious and responsible, and the
high-ranking officials It's not the same. The work involved is very reliable.
You can settle as much in one day. It is never right to default on the next
day.
The same is true for the fourth and fifth days.
On the sixth day, Hong Siqi offered a job by himself: recruiting 400 people to
help him attract the newly arrived refugees. Although the salary offered is
not high, everyone knows that this is helping the prefect. The responders are
quite enthusiastic, and many women are trying to get this job opportunity.
When Hong Siqi came to the old place in the western suburbs, the refugee tide
gradually came into view-this time the scale of the surging crowd was
obviously larger than the previous wave, and it is conservatively estimated to
be more than 2,000.
But now he is no longer just behind the fifty guides of the bureau, and a new
team formed by refugees is standing in rows and is pressing for him. These
people are holding long sticks with red satin on their shoulders, looking like
a city wall.
Even without him shouting, facing this eye-catching "line of defense", the
displaced refugees consciously slowed down and stopped slowly in front of the
prefect.
Hong Siqi stroked his beard and nodded towards Ding Pan.
The latter took a deep breath and yelled, "Everyone has been wandering all the
way, I must have worked hard. This is the end of the evacuation, welcome to
Jinxia City!"
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