Ma Yun has not been involved in political affairs for a long time, she feels that after so many years, Liu Xin can be completely independent, and there are so many capable people and wise people, there is no need for her to continue to give advice, she is now focusing more on the business development and children's education of Dahan Qianzhuang. Ma Yun did this for a more important reason, she knew that Liu Xin would one day go to that once unattainable position, and she didn't want to leave the hidden danger of the harem doing politics.

However, seeing that Liu Xin was always worried, Ma Yun couldn't help but ask, "What happened?" Can't even frustrate them with a solution? ”

Liu Xin sighed, did not speak, but handed the two urgent military information in his hand to Ma Yun. In Liu Xin's opinion, it is not that they can't think of a good way, but that they don't think about it at all. Because they were frustrated with the princes who divided the land, they included themselves in the upper class of society, and those ordinary people were just ordinary people in their eyes, even if they were like Kuai Liang, who advocated the rule of benevolence and righteousness very much, they would not take these people very seriously.

However, Liu Xin, who came from later generations, knew very well that even if these people were not regarded as resources that could provide taxes and money, the common people could not be bullied, and under certain circumstances, the energy they burst out was enough to overthrow any seemingly powerful dynasty.

Ma Yun frowned after reading the two emergency military information, and said, "Husband, do you want to rescue all these people to Jiangnan?" ”

Liu Xin nodded and said, "Yes, it has entered the harsh winter now, and if we don't find a way to settle these refugees, many people will die of cold and starvation." If they can all be moved to Jiangnan, the dilemma of Jiangnan's vast land and sparsely populated land can be easily solved. It's a pity that such the best of both worlds is blocked by a Yangtze River. ”

Ma Yun suddenly laughed and said: "Everything has to be viewed from two aspects, the Yangtze River blocked the way for these fleeing people to move south, but it is not entirely a bad thing. ”

Since the Spring and Autumn Period, the north has been the economic, cultural, and political center of the entire Chinese nation, and the people living in the north have a natural sense of superiority and are unwilling to take the initiative to move to the south. Therefore, except for those who had already lived in the South, only some who had sinned would be exiled to the South. Now these people in Xuzhou are really desperate, so they will think of fleeing to the south, and the opportunity to increase the population of the south in this way will not happen often. If this time because the Yangtze River blocked the road, so that they could not go south, I am afraid that they would never encounter such an opportunity in the future, unless in the future, after Liu Xin unified the world, he ordered the people in the north to forcibly move to the south, but in that case, it would inevitably arouse the disgust of the people.

Therefore, Liu Xin didn't understand what Ma Yun said, and muttered: "If you miss this opportunity, it will be more difficult to increase the population of the south in the future, how can this be a good thing?" ”

Indeed, the large increase in the population of the south in history began with the Wuhu Rebellion in the last years of the Western Jin Dynasty, and many Han people who originally lived in the north had no choice but to move across the Yangtze River. However, in ten years, Liu Xin's mood has completely changed, he is no longer the thief with extraordinary skills, his goal is not only to end the disputes in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, he also wants to make the entire Han nation the most powerful nation in the world, and will never tolerate repeated invasions and humiliation by foreign tribes as in history, let alone allow such a scene as the Five Hu Chaohua, only by doing this, can he not go to this world in vain.

Ma Yun said: "As long as these people are brought to the south of the Yangtze River, they want to return to their hometowns in the future, and the Yangtze River will also be an obstacle in front of them." And when they have lived in Jiangnan for a generation or two, I am afraid that most of them will be content with the status quo and no longer think about returning to the north, which is not a good aspect for the stability and development of Jiangnan? ”

Indeed, Cai Yong's family had been exiled in the south for many years, but as soon as they encountered amnesty, they immediately returned to the north. And these people were forced to flee to Jiangnan, once the north is becoming more and more peaceful, who can guarantee that they will not try to return to their hometown? If there is a large number of refugees returning to their hometowns, it will seriously affect local production and social stability, both in the south and in the north. Therefore, from this point of view, with the Yangtze River in the way, as long as the ships are controlled, this situation can be completely avoided.

Although Liu Xin doesn't read much, he is not stupid, and after Ma Yun dialed it like this, he naturally figured out the joints, but that was a matter for the future, he had to solve the dilemma in front of him now, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I have to find a way to get them across the river." ”

Ma Yun glanced at Liu Xin and said, "Husband, you should have heard of the Dunkirk retreat, right?" ”

Liu Xin nodded and said, "I've heard of it." But what does this have to do with me? ”

Ma Yun glanced at him and said: "The British, facing the empty English Channel and the three-dimensional pursuit of the Germans by land, sea and air, still withdrew more than 300,000 people from France to the British, preserving their strength for the final counterattack. And now you are only facing a Yangtze River, and there are no pursuers behind these people, is it more difficult than the British back then? ”

Liu Xin suddenly woke up and said in a loud voice: "Wife, you said too much! There is nothing difficult in the world, but I am afraid of people with hearts, now it is not a question of whether I can bring these people to Jiangnan, but whether I have the confidence and dare to make this determination! ”

At this time, on the edge of the Guangling River, Mi Zhu was already a little anxious.

He is the official in charge of refugee affairs in Xuzhou personally appointed by Liu Xin, and he is also a native of Xuzhou, and he is even more benevolent, so he naturally hopes to complete this errand. However, it backfired, because after staying in Wu County for more than half a month, a total of more than 100,000 people who fled were accepted, and more than 100,000 people who had originally heard that they were exiled in Guangling were only brought by Zhenrong from Pengcheng, so the estimate of the situation here was seriously insufficient.

When he saw so many people rushing over at once, Mi Zhu was suddenly dumbfounded, and he was a little at a loss. It is also thanks to the fact that Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong are both powerful people in governing the world, so they reluctantly set up a few camps by the Guangling River, so that the people can temporarily settle down there and wait for the boat to pick them up.

However, the carrying capacity of the 500 merchant and fishing boats was limited, and they only dared to sail during the day, and at night they did not dare to cross the river at any time. In this way, at most, more than 10,000 people are transported every day, but more and more people gather by the riverside, and the number of people has reached 800,000 in four days, and people continue to rush here.

In fact, now that the war in Xuzhou has temporarily subsided, it is common sense that there will not be so many people fleeing outside. However, because Cao Jun burned and looted everywhere he passed, leaving behind a piece of scorched earth, if these people returned to the village, they would not even have a place to stay, let alone solve the problem of food and clothing. And after the large-scale looting of Guangling, the people here are also facing the same dilemma. There are only two ways for these people to survive.

One way is to count on the local government to come forward to organize disaster relief.

Among the five counties of Xuzhou, Cao Cao now occupies three counties, and what he lacks most is money and food, not to mention that he is originally a character of "I would rather let the people of the world bear the world, and Hugh let the people of the world bear me", how can he care about the life and death of these people?

Xiapi County is still under the control of Liu Bei, he is the nominal pastor of Xuzhou, and it is his job to help the victims, and he also wants to help these people. Doing so, whether it is to win a good reputation or to stabilize his position in Xuzhou, is a very beneficial thing. However, he didn't have this ability, because he didn't have any extra money and food in his hands to help so many victims, otherwise, he wouldn't have let Guan Yu dismiss the army in Xuzhou, let alone entrust him with an important task just because Cao Bao donated some money and food.

As for Guangling County, it is now in a state of anarchy at all, and who will come forward to help the victims?

As a result, the millions of victims in Xuzhou have only one way to go, and that is to go to the refugee camp and accept Mi Zhu's resettlement. Because Yuan Shu blocked the road to Jiangxia, these people had no choice but to cross the river through Guangling and go south.

In the face of more and more refugees, the Yangtze River has become a narrow bottleneck on the entire migration route. In order to increase the speed of the disaster victims crossing the river, Mi Zhu has gone to Gan Ning more than once, hoping that he will use the ships of the water army to transport these Xuzhou people. Mi Zhu, who has always been good-tempered, even quarreled with Gan Ning a few times because of this incident, but Gan Ning was resolutely unmoved, and refused to let these ordinary people board the ships of the navy. Because Gan Ning knows very well that there are many secrets on these naval ships, which embody the efforts of countless craftsmen in the research institute and Jiangling Shipyard, once it is leaked, it will be difficult for him Gan Ning to atone for his sins even if he dies a hundred times.

However, Gan Ning did not ignore the life and death of these people, seeing that more and more people gathered in Jiangbei, he sent more soldiers from the navy to maintain order, and on the other hand, he sent more ships to patrol the river day and night to protect the safety of the merchant ships and fishing boats that transported the people. Moreover, the food and medicine urgently needed by the people gathered in Jiangbei were all transported from Wu County by the ships of the navy, and a large part of them was allocated from the supplies of the navy itself. It is precisely because of this that Mi Zhu, Zhang Zhao and others were polite to Gan Ning, and did not completely turn his face because he refused to use water warships to transport refugees.

Another day passed, and the number of people gathered by the river had reached a million, and the river beach was full of black and oppressive people. There weren't so many tents, so people had to huddle together to keep each other warm to ward off the bitter cold wind. Although the people could temporarily fill their stomachs with a large amount of food brought in by the navy, the diseases caused by the severe cold were still inevitably prevalent among the people, and walking in the camp, you could meet patients with runny noses and loud coughs everywhere.

Seeing such a situation, Zhang Zhao couldn't help but sigh and said to Zhang Hong: "Zigang, it is precisely because of us that so many people who have suffered from military disasters will gather here, in case there is a great epidemic after the catastrophe, you and I will become sinners for the ages." It's not going to work like this, you have to think of a perfect solution. ”

Zhang Hong's face was also solemn, and suddenly Mi Zhu ran over excitedly, holding a letter in his hand, and said loudly: "Two gentlemen, the lord has sent a letter!" ”

"Oh, what does the lord say?" Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong blurted out almost subconsciously, completely forgetting that they were not officials under Liu Xin at all.

Mi Zhu was overjoyed, and he didn't notice anything wrong with the two of them, and said excitedly: "The lord has ordered, let us organize a great retreat from Guangling!" ”