After seeing the equally excited subordinates in front of him, he ordered loudly: "What are you still doing in a daze, such a big Datong Mansion, a thousand quintals of refined salt is not enough to even plug your teeth....you immediately arrange it and continue to the Datong Mansion to purchase the experiment....If you really don't have it, enter the Zhili area to continue the acquisition......

"Yes, my lord......"

Zhou Shuyuan began to purchase coarse salt on a large scale, preparing to make a big profit in coarse salt purification.

Wang Peng, who had food, was not idle.

As soon as the garrison of Datong Prefecture finished selecting troops, the displaced people gathered outside Datong City were divided into thousands of troops. Then, under the leadership of several tiger and leopard soldiers, with food and agricultural tools, they went to the designated area of the General Military Office to reclaim the tuntian...

However, when he arranged 100,000 displaced people again, he sent 100 troops of 1,000 people to the surrounding areas. Wang Peng suddenly found that there was no place for Tuntian in Datong Mansion......

In the face of this situation, in the face of the displaced people outside Datong City, who are still gathering, Wang Peng did not dare to slack off, and quickly asked Wei for help, hoping that Wei Zheng could come up with a specific solution for himself...

After listening to what Wang Peng said, Wei Zheng suddenly said: "I almost forgot....Our Datong Mansion is full of millions of acres of land that can be reclaimed. In addition to the fertile land that is still in the hands of the gentry and landlords, it is already the limit to be able to reclaim more than 2 million mu..."

Hearing this, Wang Peng was anxious......

Facing Wei Zheng, he said anxiously: "My lord, what should I do....not to mention more, there are still more than 100,000 displaced people gathered outside Datong City....and there is a steady stream of displaced people who continue to pour into Datong Mansion..."

"According to the estimates of Lord Zhou and Xia Guan, we still need at least two million acres of land. in order to arrange the remaining displaced people...."

"Two million acres of land. It's almost the same cultivated area of Datong Prefecture. Lord Wang. You're embarrassing me......" Wei Zheng said with emotion.

"I'm just a small Datong Mansion commander now, and once I reveal to the imperial court that I want to send troops to other state capitals. I can say with certainty that when the imperial court and His Majesty have become suspicious of our tiger and leopard army, the emperor will be the first to take down my official hat......"

"If there is no land, we will feed the remaining 200,000 displaced people in vain..."Wang Peng said with a face full of unwillingness.

As a magistrate, Wang Peng was very aware of the importance of food to the people of the Ming Dynasty and to the immediate conquest. The 200,000 displaced people, if used well, can definitely grow 4 million quintals of grain in the coming year.

So. No matter what the purpose is, Wang Peng doesn't want to leave the 200,000 displaced people outside Datong City idle.

Looking at the anxious Wang Peng, Wei Zheng was greatly satisfied with what Wang Peng had done, and his brain was already running rapidly.

In less than a cup of tea, an idea had already surfaced in Wei Zheng's mind.

Under Wang Peng's anxious gaze, he replied: "I can only find a way to let these homeless people do something else..."

"Do something else... What do you mean, sir? Wang Peng, who was anxious to know where these displaced people went, followed up and asked.

Wei Zheng did not hide it, and replied directly: "You are in contact with the military division every day, and you should know that the military division is now building a large number of workshops and needs a large number of young and strong workers... My thoughts are. First, select some qualified homeless people to work in these workshops to support their families. “

"Other than that. Before you entered the General Military Mansion, the Craftsman Battalion had already made a plan to make steel and iron on a large scale in Datong Mansion... Originally, I thought of postponing it for a year or two, but since there are so many displaced people who can't arrange it now, let's start mining and steelmaking now..."

"Mining, steelmaking, ironmaking, building workshops of all kinds... These can arrange at least 30,000 homeless people....plus their families, we are equivalent to arranging almost 100,000 homeless people..."

"In this way, you immediately go to the military advisor and tell the military advisor my idea, and the military advisor will tell you the specific implementation method...."

"Let's find a way to arrange more than 100,000 displaced people outside Datong City first, and as for the displaced people who continue to pour into Datong Mansion in the future, I will find a way to ......."

Wang Peng nodded, but before leaving, he still opened his mouth to remind: "My lord, even so, the homeless people will not leave us much time...... According to the speed at which the displaced people continue to pour into Datong Mansion, you will have to come up with a new way to do it in one month at the latest....otherwise, we will have another 100,000 displaced people who have nothing to do..."

That night, Zhou Shuyuan, Wang Feng, Zhou Shuyuan, and Zhou Yuhong, who later joined the Wei Zheng camp, secretly returned to the lobby of the General Military Mansion under the orders of Wei Zheng.

After telling the difficult problems that Wang Peng had raised for himself during the day, Zhou Shuyuan was the first to speak: "General, this problem is indeed a difficult problem....I have already discussed it with Lord Wang in the afternoon, even if all the workshops are set up, and the old and weak women and children are mobilized to raise chickens, ducks, geese, cattle, sheep, pigs and other livestock. However, even then, we can only arrange for a maximum of 100,000 displaced people. ”

"And the remaining displaced people around Datong City have far more than 100,000, plus the displaced people who continue to pour into Datong Mansion in the future. 100,000 displaced people went out, and the rest had at least 100,000, or even 150,000. If we can't find something to do for them, these homeless people will definitely become a bunch of chaotic people and disturb the stability of Datong Prefecture..."

Wei Zheng nodded, and asked in a solemn tone, "What about you, do you have any ideas..."

Under Wei Zheng's gaze, Wang Feng spoke: "General, otherwise, we will follow Lord Wang's original proposal, hit Datong Mansion, and dig out a piece of land outside Datong Mansion to settle these displaced people..."

"More than 100,000 displaced people, if all of them are used for heavy food, at least three million quintals of grain can be harvested....such a large fortune, if we waste it like this, it would be a pity..."

"In addition, as far as the last general knows, although the prison troops scattered in various regiments have been much quieter recently, they have an ulterior purpose..."

Wei Zheng's brows furrowed, and he asked with a little urgency: "Purpose, what purpose?" ”

"During this time, several prison guards were very cooperative with the leading generals in training the troops. However, they did not sit idle, but constantly encouraged our leading generals to take the initiative to attack the rebels outside Datong Mansion and fight a decisive battle with the rebels..."

"Since the prison army has this idea, it proves that the court and the emperor also have this idea. And why don't we take this opportunity to let the prison army give an order, send troops to Huairen, and take the Huairen, San'in and other counties occupied by the rebels into our own hands, and carry out tuntian. ”

"In this way, we don't have to bear the responsibility of sending troops at will, and we can get more than one million acres of fertile land in the two counties, so why not?"

As soon as Wang Feng finished speaking, Zhou Yuhong, who rarely spoke on such occasions, said very unexpectedly: "General, the last general also supports sending troops to Huairen, Shanyin and other county seats..."

"There are two reasons for this: first, after the rebels captured these counties, they did not run them, but burned and looted them in the occupied areas. It is safe to say that the land of the two counties has now become terra nullius. As long as we send troops, the more than 1 million mu of fertile land in these two counties can be turned into the tuntian of our general military office. ”

"Second, the rebels are training every day, just like us. If we don't send troops now, and wait until the rebel training is completed, the cost of sending troops will be very great..."

At this time, Zhao Yun, who had always thought about fighting, subconsciously said: "General, I agree with sending troops to Huairen....Our Tiger and Leopard Army has also been training for more than half a month. If you don't go through some actual combat, the soldiers will always be a bunch of recruits who have never seen the world. ”

Wei Zheng didn't answer immediately, but asked Zhou Shuyuan, "Strategist, what do you think?" ”

After a short period of contemplation, Zhou Shuyuan replied in a surprising voice: "General, colleagues, I don't agree to a decisive battle with the rebels now..."

"I don't know if you colleagues still remember what the general said at the beginning, raising your own self-respect... If we fight a decisive battle with the rebels now and destroy the rebels, then how can we raise our own respect....After losing the rebels as a great enemy, will the imperial court still let our tiger and leopard army continue to be stationed in the strategic place of Datong Province. ”

Wang Feng's facial expression, which was still hot just now, was instantly replaced by disappointment.

Wei Zheng replied: "The military advisor is right, not to mention that the imperial court has begun to suspect us, even if there is no suspicion, the imperial court will not look at a powerful general with heavy troops, stationed in the strategic place of Datong Mansion, threatening the safety of Datong Mansion and even the capital at any time." “

"Therefore, the last general can say with certainty: as long as we have a decisive battle with the rebels and destroy the rebels....the imperial court, which has lost the threat, will immediately transfer us from Datong Mansion, and the farther away we are, the better... When the time comes, this qiē that we have worked so hard to build in Datong Mansion will be completely destroyed..."

Zhao Yun said with an unwilling face: "Then let's just let go of the two pieces of fat that have been eaten in our mouths..."

Not only Zhao Yun, but also Zhou Yuhong also showed an unwilling expression on his face.

Seeing this, a smile full of weirdness quickly appeared on Wei Zheng's face. said to a few people: "Since the fat has been delivered to the mouth, of course we will not let it go..."

"Not only can't you let him go, but you have to eat him cleanly..."

Zhou Shuyuan looked puzzled and asked: "General, you really decided to give up raising your own respect, fight a decisive battle with the rebels, and take the two county towns of Huairen and Shanyin..."

Wei Zheng shook his head and replied: "No, raising self-respect was our original decision, for the sake of our foundation in Datong Mansion, this decision must not be changed... Therefore, what I want is to take the two county towns of Huairen and San'in, but not fight a decisive battle against the rebels. (To be continued......)