HCB 0507: The Nobles Start To Get Restless.
0507: The Nobles Start To Get Restless.
At ten o'clock in the morning, in Hailan City's study.
Lei Nai turned around and handed the letter that he just took off from the messenger's claw to Qiao Ji.
She glanced at the signature on the envelope, and said softly, "My lord, it's a letter from Abyss City."
Shuiyuan City is a city in Qiao Ji's territory that does not rely on rivers or seas. It takes three days to ride a carriage from Hailan City to Hailan City.
Ever since the old consul of Abyss City returned to the imperial capital, Qiao Ji has arranged for him to manage it.
"Okay." Qiao Ji opened the letter and began to browse.
He leaned back against the back of the chair, sipping a cup of hot tea while watching, suddenly frowned and said, there is such a thing.
"What's the matter, master?" Lian Xin asked curiously.
Qiao Ji handed over the letter and said, "A large number of refugees have appeared in Abyss City.
In the past few days, he has received information from major cities and small towns one after another, saying that there are many refugees.
"Huh?" Lian Xin was stunned when she took the letter.
She immediately lowered her head and browsed quickly, and said in surprise, "There are actually more than 10,000 people this time, and the number is a bit exaggerated."
The letter from Shuiyuan City said that more than 10,000 refugees gathered outside the city, and everyone in 053 looked hungry and sick.
The manager of Abyss City was a bit at a loss, so he hurriedly wrote to ask Qiao Ji for advice.
Hu Erniang also knew about the refugees in the past two days, but she didn't expect that there would be so many people all of a sudden.
"It is estimated that there is a war, otherwise it would be unreasonable to have so many refugees all at once.
Qiao Ji frowned, and guessed, "There should be many refugees in the future. w
Since ancient times, the emergence of a large number of refugees is usually due to war or plague. Now it is just the time for the two princes to fight against each other, and the high probability is because of the war.
"But I haven't heard of any wars recently. It's not spring yet, and the two masters haven't confronted each other yet." Lian Xin ran her neck in doubt.
"The fact that the two princes did not start a war does not mean that the nobles on their side will not start a war."
Qiao Ji put the cup of tea back on the table and said in a deep voice, "It should be a tentative attack from each other.
He is not sure, but there are indeed many nobles in Beigang who stand in line with the two princes. Under the current situation, it is normal for them to start a war.
"It should be that after the war, those people ran out of food, so they ran to Abyss City?" Lian Xin guessed with her lips slightly pursed.
As long as a war is launched, some nobles will forcibly expropriate the food of the common people, and even forcibly recruit the common people to fight.
It's winter now, and civilians who have no food can only become refugees, going to various cities to beg kind nobles to distribute food.
"I'm not sure either, let's have someone investigate first." Qiao Ji said, blinking the odd-colored pupils slowly.
"Yes." Lian Xin responded immediately.
She turned her head and winked at Pooh.
Pooh nodded knowingly, turned around and left from the door of the study, ready to send a messenger to ask about the situation in various cities in Xiabeigang.
"Boom boom boom..."
Qiao Ji tapped the table with her index finger and murmured, "We have to find a way to resettle these refugees.
"Is the lord afraid that they will start a riot?" Lian Xin asked while holding a cup of hot tea.
"There is another reason. These refugees are considered a good labor force. It just so happens that all major workshops are short of people." Qiao Ji explained simply.
Not only Hailan City has opened major workshops, but other cities have also opened many workshops, such as toothbrush, shoes, and garment workshops.
These workshops require a lot of manpower to make a lot of goods and supply them to various cities.
"It's a good way to let them work themselves to get food." Lian Xin happily shook the fox's tail.
"That's right, and the shipbuilding workshop also needs people, and people will be needed even more when paving the road in the future.
Qiao Ji adjusted his sitting posture, and continued, "Some of these (adcc) people can be recruited as soldiers."
In the future, he plans to start paving the road from Hailan City, and continue to pave the way to various cities and small towns in his territory.
Replace all those muddy roads with flat concrete avenues, so that the transportation between cities will become very convenient.
"They will definitely be grateful to the lord." Lian Xin said firmly.
Many nobles don't care about the refugees' behavior, and some disgusting people will choose some beautiful young women in their pockets.
Some strong young people will be treated as slaves by them, and those old and disabled will be ignored.
Few nobles would be willing to help them arrange work, distribute food and the like.
"It's mutual benefit." Qiao Ji said flatly.
"By the way, my lord, "Where are the old people and children among the refugees?" Lian Xin suddenly thought of this question.
Old people can't go to work in the workshop, let alone paving roads, and the same goes for children, who don't understand anything at a young age.
If they still receive food without doing anything, other refugees will inevitably be dissatisfied and naturally want to get something for nothing.
"It's enough for the elderly and children to arrange for them to do some manual work, such as trimming toothbrushes, gluing and painting matchboxes." Qi Die said softly.
"Understood." Lian Xin replied belatedly.
She almost forgot that there are still some simple manual tasks, which are a test of patience.
Time soon came to night, and Pooh also brought back the collected information.
Since there is a messenger, the speed of delivering and collecting information is much faster, which is unmatched by other nobles at present.
Lian Xin took the information from the girl with double pupils, walked up to Qiao Ji, and said softly, "My lord.
Qiao Ji spread out the letter and browsed it quickly, and said with a sure-fire expression, "It's true.
Lian Xin also went to the boy's side to read the contents of the letter, and said with a frown, "It's really just like what the Lord said, those nobles are too much."
The letter was written in the east of Beigang, where some rebellious nobles sparked a small war.
The nobles who launched the war were all under the camp of the two princes. This time it was a tentative attack.
They not only collected a large amount of food, but also did not distribute relief food to civilians who had no food for the winter.
Originally, because of the war at the Pingdingshan Fortress, Emperor Austria sent nobles to collect a lot of food, and now this situation has made the civilians even worse.
Without food in the cold winter, the common people can only jump through the famine.
"Set the refugees down as I said first." Qiao Ji said coldly.
He doesn't want to take care of the wars of those nobles, the most urgent thing is to take care of himself.
It is estimated that this situation is not only in Beigang, but also in other places. The Kui people are starting to get restless.
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