my wonderful zoo

Chapter 35 Settlement
Hurry up and go back to Chenjiazhuang after crossing a hundred miles, and the sky is getting dark.

As soon as I entered the village, I saw many shacks set up on the drying ground. There was a temporary cloth shed in front of the shacks. There were several large pots set up under the sheds, and something was being cooked.

The hungry people I saw in Daling Mountain had already lined up in front of the big pot, holding in their hands the pottery bowls produced by the Chenjiazhuang Pottery Kiln, which were large, thick and heavy.

These ceramic bowls have only one advantage over porcelain bowls, and that is they are cheaper!
"Mr. Lang is back." The second uncle Chen Lu came to greet him. His father Chen Yi was making porridge under the porridge shed. It is estimated that he will be the one giving porridge later. He likes to do these things.

So much face!
"How many people are here?" Chen Xun asked.

Every time he receives refugees from the north, Liu Yu cooperates with Chen Lu in collecting statistics and providing relief in the early stage, and then Chen Xun assigns the refugees to various posts. If Chen Xun is not at home, the three Chen brothers and the Chen family Several housekeepers discussed the distribution.

"There are 260 people in total, including 65 young people, 72 strong women, 23 old people, and the others are children and teenagers." Chen Lu replied.

Since what happened last time, Chen Lu is now in a good position.And Chen Xun had a feeling that Chen Lu was afraid that he would send him overseas like his third uncle.

"Send all the children under the age of 16 to the South Campus, and then build a Dafang City for these people on the other side of the private port. They will build the houses themselves, and they will be assigned after the houses are built." Chen Xun quickly arranged.

The houses built by these people will be allocated to them first, and then paid back to the Chen family every month. The price is not expensive. Based on the calculation of one family and one strong laborer, after normal expenses are excluded, it can usually be paid off in three to five years. .

After paying back the money, the house belongs to them, but the land under the house still belongs to the Chen family. Currently, Chenjiazhuang treats refugees from the north in this way. Only some of the Chen family's homesteads belong to them.

"Where are those old people?" Chen Lu asked.

"Those who have family members will be taken care of by their families, and the orphans will be sent to nursing homes to arrange some work within their capabilities." Chen Xun replied.

The nursing home is the nursing home in Chenjiazhuang. It only accepts orphaned elderly people who have no one to support them. As long as they can move, they will be allowed to do some light work and given some money as pocket money.If you can't move, you will keep it for free.

Chenjiazhuang does not allow the family to have children and then send the elderly to a nursing home, unless they are sent out by the government and have no one to support them.In order to find work for the former clan elders, Chen Xun asked them to take charge of the clan's elderly care work. Not only were they responsible for the nursing home, but also the elderly care of the villagers' own homes.

Those clan elders are old people themselves, so they manage this aspect very well. Not only the abuse of the elderly and failure to support the elderly in the village have disappeared, but Chen Xun no longer needs to arrange special personnel for sanitation, minor road repairs and other chores in the village. Go and everything is taken care of.

"Any other arrangements?" Chen Lu asked.

"No more, just follow the previous regulations." Chen Xun shook his head and did not give any further instructions.Chen Lu and Liu Yu are more experienced than themselves in resettling refugees.He didn't let them arrange for these hungry people to live in the house. Even though there were many empty houses in the village, he still understood the principle of good rice and bad rice.

I stepped forward and took a look in the porridge shed. I saw very thick rice porridge with fish and meat grains, which these hungry people never dared to eat before. Looking at those hungry people again, from last night to now, they have had three full meals, and their faces are... His complexion was completely different.

"Thank you, officer, for saving us." came a timid voice from a girl next to her, soft and nice.

Chen Xun turned around and saw that she was a little beauty. He could vaguely tell that she was the girl who came out to identify him yesterday. She didn't notice that her face was dirty yesterday, but now that she had washed her face, she turned out to be very beautiful.

Clear and bright pupils, big eyes, curved willow eyebrows, long eyelashes trembling slightly, standard oval face with a little baby fat, slightly dark skin with a faint pink color, the skin is very delicate and thin There are some slight cracks on her thin lips, which shows that she was extremely hungry before, but this flaw does not affect her beauty.

The body proportions are very good. It feels like the length of the legs is more than half of the body length. The height is already close to my shoulders, probably 1.6 meters.This is the most beautiful girl Chen Xun has ever seen since his reincarnation, and the girl who best suits his aesthetics.

I have never seen the courtesans in those brothels, so I don't know how stunning those women are, but Chen Xun believes that as long as she takes good care of her for a period of time, she will definitely be as good as anyone else.

"No, I'm giving it to you now, and I'll need you to help me work and pay off my debts in the future." Chen Xun can be considered a straight man, and he said some care-taking words.

"Of course we have to pay it back, but I believe that the official is a good person. You promised us enough food and clothing yesterday, and you have already done it today. The little lady is very grateful."

"I'm not an official, so you don't need to call me an official. Since you're young, just call me brother."

At this time, the middle-aged man and the tall man who had talked to Chen Xun yesterday also left the team and walked over.

"Lang Jun, you are back."

"I don't know what your name is yet."

"My surname is Chen. I am the sixth child in my family. You can call me Chen Liu." The middle-aged man introduced himself first, then pointed at the tall man and the pretty girl and introduced: "This is my son, Chen Zhuang." , this is my daughter, Chen Qin."

"Chen Liu is the protector of these salt households." Seeing the hungry people gathering around Chen Xun, Chen Lu stepped forward and introduced to Chen Xun: "The salt households on Lantau Island all belong to the same village. They are scattered villages. There are 71 households in total, which makes it a big village.”

In this era, due to inconvenient transportation and production needs, most of the villagers in a village live scattered, and there are few villages that gather together. Looking at the landscape paintings in ancient times, the houses in them are all here and there, and they are all realistic paintings. , belongs to the actual situation.

"Our Yushan Village originally had 350 people, but these are the only ones who have escaped so far. We don't know what's going on at home yet, but they must be in dire straits. Those pirates are extremely vicious. I just hope that more of the other villagers can escape." Chen Six continued.

"Don't worry, I will send someone to Lantau Island to have a look in two days. There will be news soon." Chen Xun responded.

"Thank you, Mr. Lang, you are such a kind person."

Chen Xun sighed inwardly. Chen Liu didn't know that all this happened because of Chen Xun's order, otherwise he would never think that Chen Xun was a good person.

"Where are the people in your family? Is there anyone who didn't escape?"

"My family is fine. The old man passed away early, and my humble wife had a difficult childbirth when giving birth to Qinqin, and she also left. There are only three of us left in the family. We all escaped this time." Chen Liu replied.

"That's good. You help Chen Baozheng manage the people in your village well, and tell them to abide by the rules of Chenjiazhuang and not to cause trouble. I guarantee that everyone can live a good life." Chen Xun said.

Chen Xun is the patriarch of Chenjiazhuang, but the Baozheng of Chenjiazhuang is Chen Lu. In the clan village, the power of the patriarch is far greater than that of Baozheng.Chen Xun deliberately said "Chen Baozheng", also hinting to Chen Liu that when you arrive at Chenjiazhuang, you are no longer Baozheng, so don't gather people to make trouble.

"Don't worry, Mr. Chen, I, Chen Liu, know how to measure." He is not a mediocre person who can protect integrity, and he immediately understood the warning implied in Chen Xun's words.

(End of this chapter)