Bring the whole war back to Nanming

Chapter 20 Refugees Recruitment Program
The orc kid packed up his scraps, and led by Boris, walked towards the center of the barracks with his head down.

After finally solving the problem with the orcs, Fang Xiaobai breathed a sigh of relief, returned to his residence, and ordered Boris to inform Lou Zhangyou to come to the castle to discuss anything.

There are more and more refugees going south these days, and the public security in Gaoyou County is in unprecedented chaos. From time to time, you can see the ragged corpses of lurkers on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Fishing boats can always catch a few unknown corpses when they go down the net. It's worthless, but that's all.

Faced with an increasingly urgent situation, Fang Xiaobai summoned Lou Zhangyou to discuss major issues in his room.

The servant filled tea and snacks for the two of them, and thoughtfully put ice cubes on them to cool down. They exited the room and closed the door, leaving Fang Xiaobai and Fang Xiaobai to discuss how to increase their power.

"Old Lou, I decided to expand the village and recruit homeless people to enrich the population of the village and make up for our lack of population. Half of my mind is on this.

Nowadays, there are wars in the north, refugees everywhere, and countless people starved to death on the roadside. As long as people are sent to set up a porridge shed on the official road, and swordsmen maintain order, it is easy to win the favor of the people, shorten the distance between each other, and finally throw out One-tenth of the land harvest is a big killer. I believe that the population of Altdorf Village will exceed [-] within a week!Fang Xiaobai seemed to see Altdorf at the town level waving to him.

Lou Zhangyou stroked his gray goatee, pensive, and knocked irregularly on the wooden floor with his cane.

"My lord, this old man believes that this matter needs to be done step by step, and there must be no haste. Although there are new houses in the village, the number is not many. If too many refugees are recruited rashly, fish and dragons will be mixed. If they are not kept properly, there will be trouble."

Lou Zhangyou's words were like a bucket of cold water, extinguishing Fang Xiaobai's enthusiasm. He thought calmly for a while, and found that his thinking was too simple.As Lou Zhangyou said, it is easy to recruit refugees, but not easy to manage them. As the saying goes, it is easy to win the world, but difficult to rule the world.

"Old Lou, what's your opinion?"

Fang Xiaobai lowered his posture and asked Lou Zhangyou for advice.

"Your Majesty, your words are serious. Now that your Majesty has asked, the old man boldly speaks out. Nowadays, it seems that there are so many refugees. Thousands can be recruited without any effort. However, Your Majesty, you should know that the refugees recruited have no fixed residence and have no loyalty to us. , once something happens in Altdorf, the refugees without cohesion will flee completely in a short time. Are you willing to accept this result?"

"This"

"So, according to this old man, it's okay to recruit refugees, but you need a strict screening condition issued by the adults."

Hearing what Lou Zhangyou meant, he was not opposed to recruiting refugees, but just wanted to tamper with the recruitment conditions. The fire of hope in Fang Xiaobai's eyes was ignited again: "I don't know if Lou has a conspiracy?"

The building manager smiled and said nothing, his mysterious and unpredictable appearance made Fang Xiaobai want to go crazy on the spot. "My lord, this matter was brought up by you. Your lord has to think about the solution. I am already 73 years old. If this old man needs to solve everything, I won't be exhausted, hehehe."

Damn, this old man, forget it, just think for yourself, without you Lao Lao, I can't do anything really.Fang Xiaobai walked to the mahogany desk, picked up the quill, and dipped the ink: the first rule: those who are in good health and have no bad habits are preferred; Article: Those who are proficient in arithmetic and have studied in private schools are preferred; Article 13: Orphans under the age of [-], regardless of gender, are preferred; Article [-]: Ladies who are married are preferred!

Fang Xiaobai put down the quill, blew on the white paper, dried the ink on it and lifted it up, and brought it to Lou Zhangyou: "Mr. Lou, do you think the five items I listed are all right? If you have anything to add, you can add them." Proposed."

Lou Zhangyou squinted his eyes, opened the paper a little distance, read it word by word, and nodded slightly: "Sir, in such a short time, you were able to come up with five decent conditions, which impressed me. But there is something wrong with me. I don’t know, please enlighten me.”

"Mr. Lou, tell me."

Pointing to the last item of the screening criteria, he asked suspiciously: "My lord, why did you include unmarried ladies in the screening criteria? You must know that what Altdorf is short of is men engaged in farm work!"

"Old Lou, you don't know. In Altdorf, are there many professional soldiers stationed outside the village?"

"How about that?"

"Haha, Mr. Lou, you are indeed old. Most of the professional soldiers in the military camp are young, strong, and energetic young men. What do you think they want at this age besides being brave and ruthless?"

Fang Xiaobai showed a wretched smile, Lou Zhangyou was stunned, and immediately understood: "Could it be." "That's right! They like women, beautiful women! Everyone says women hold up half the sky. I have nothing to do during the day, so I just took this opportunity to find someone to take care of me!"

Lou Zhangyou smiled helplessly: "Master, I was negligent. Your inclusion of this condition is like the finishing touch. It's amazing. But I have a few words to say."

"You say."

"I think that you should also have certain military talents, and those with battlefield experience are preferred." Lou Zhangyou's eyes were bright, and the light of wisdom flashed by.

"As expected of Mr. Lou, why did I forget this matter? Add it, you must add it." As he spoke, Fang Xiaobai picked up a pen and wrote Lou Zhangyou's opinion on a blank sheet of paper. He held up the paper, read it from top to bottom, and asked: "Old Lou, do you think this is almost the same?" Youzai Lou Zhang looked at it carefully, nodded and said: "My lord, I think it's almost the same, my lord. , I am old and my body is not as good as before, so I feel tired after a while, I implore you to allow this old man to retire."

"In that case, Boris!"

"To!"

"Send Mr. Lou home!"

Boris pushed open the door, walked in quickly, helped the handicapped Lou Zhang, and disappeared down the stairs step by step.

After they left, Fang Xiaobai drank the slightly cool tea and kept his eyes on the paper in his hand: There are only less than two months left, and I must use my strength within these two months. Success or failure depends on it. I am disappointed.

"Come here! Tell the team leaders to gather in the small square of Altdorf, I have something to say!"

Half an hour later, Fang Xiaobai, dressed in the uniform of the Imperial Marshal, stood in the center of the small square in Altdorf, looked at the neatly lined up imperial officers, raised the copy in his hand, and shouted loudly.

"I ordered the training to be suspended for the next few days. Three teams of imperial swordsmen (120 people) will set up a free porridge shed every five miles along the official road from Gaoyou to Yangzhou. Take a copy of this notice and hang it Outside the porridge shed, your task is very simple, feed the refugees, maintain the safety of the porridge shed, and recruit refugees who are willing to join the village under these two prerequisites! Others, besides helping in the fields, are soldiers on duty, and others take axes Saw, go to the depths of the forest to chop as much wood as you can, and build houses! Let's welcome new partners together!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)