Wanli 1592

Chapter 660

Xiao Ruxun's three years in Myanmar were also three years of frequent disasters in the north, and three years of large-scale migration of people from the Central Plains to Myanmar.

At the very beginning, this policy was widely questioned whether Burmese immigrants could work. The focus of the discussion in the court was not the rationality of the policy itself, but whether the displaced refugees believed that they could go to Burma to seek refuge. live.

As far as the conditions Xiao Ruxun put forward, the soil is fertile and fertile for thousands of miles, it is a barren land that no one develops. If there is population development, it may become a new paradise in a few decades.

To be honest, people in the officialdom don’t believe this kind of rhetoric at all. They don’t believe in the fertile land and the fat that can’t be put in front of them, and they don’t want to pay attention to it. It is indeed what they dreamed of.

After these people are transferred to Myanmar, they will not cause hidden dangers to the Central Plains, there will be no rebellion after starvation, and there will be no beating, smashing, looting and burning. Once it is effective, they can think less about the consequences when they want to annex the land in the future.

Anyway, if something goes wrong, just send people to Myanmar. Anyway, how can that barren land be compared with the rich land in the south of the Central Plains?Throw away all these redundant refugees as burdens, and the rest will be effective taxpayers, right?
According to the calculations of Yuan Huang and Xiao Ruxun, if the large piece of land in Myanmar is to be fully developed, at least 800 million to 1000 million people are needed, and they can continue to accept refugees from the Central Plains to fill the population for a long period of time. It took a year for this policy to be widely accepted. Since then, tens of thousands of refugees have been transferred from the Central Plains to Myanmar every month.

In the past few years, the north has been repeatedly hit by drought and cold, and a large number of people have lost their land and been displaced. In order to prevent them from becoming a hidden danger to the court, the court has gone to great lengths. Now that there is a good place in Myanmar, of course it is all in one brain.

But even so, for Xiao Ruxun, the population of Myanmar is still not enough. There are more than 100 million people concentrated around the four major treaty port cities. Primitive forests account for the majority, and the development has not been completed, so people cannot live there.

Even so, under the development of the Toungoo Dynasty for decades, a land of survival has been opened up. The current population of less than 200 million transferred to Myanmar is really not enough for Xiao Ruxun to develop the north.

Therefore, the population exchange between Myanmar and the inland areas of the Central Plains will inevitably continue.

It was against this background that Lao Zhou came to Myanmar from Xianyang.

Speaking of which, Lao Zhou and Xiao Ruxun are considered to be destined.

He used to work as a cook in a big restaurant in Xianyang, but in the 23rd year of Wanli, there was a disaster in that area, which caused population loss and large-scale disasters. The boss saw that he could only lose money if he continued to open the restaurant, so he gave up the restaurant and did not bring soft food. Ran away.

Lao Zhou's hometown is in Ningxia in the northwest. During the Battle of Ningxia, the rebel army swept most of Ningxia, and Lao Zhou's family was also affected. He was the only one left alive in his family of seven. Those who were rescued were always grateful to Xiao Ruxun.

The restaurant collapsed, Lao Zhou had no place to go, no land and no job, so he had no way to live. In desperation, I heard that the imperial court was organizing refugees to go to Burma under Xiao Zhennan’s command to develop Burma. I heard from Lao Zhou that Xiao Zhennan was Xiao Ruxun ?So I made up my mind to go to Myanmar by boat.

After arriving in Myanmar, it happened that Xiao Ruxun was recruiting cooks from the Central Plains refugees who came to Myanmar to cook for himself and the officials of the Zhennanhou Mansion. Lao Zhou immediately signed up, and the last ten people were selected to cook in the Zhennanhou Mansion.

Lao Zhou did the best cooking and was praised by Xiao Ruxun and Yuan Huang. They summoned him and gave him some rewards before he told the story of the past. Xiao Ruxun was very emotional about it.

After cooking for a year, Xiao Ruxun let Lao Zhou out of Zhennan Hou Mansion and joined the army as a firefighter, saying that he was the best at cooking and eating Qucai alone, and the soldiers worked harder, so let him go Cook better meals for soldiers.

At that time, the Zhennan Army was being reorganized. After Lao Zhou entered the Huotou Army, he became the leader of the Huotou Army with his good cooking skills. There were more than 20 Huotou soldiers under him. Bring the Huotou army that Lao Zhou belongs to, and the war meals are all cooked by Lao Zhou.

When he was going north, Lao Zhou happened to be cooking with the army, so he took him north together, and fought with Xiao Ruxun all the way, never missing a meal, he is indeed a good talent.

Xiao Ruxun has a lot of things going on, and it's been a long time since I met and chatted with Lao Zhou alone. Today, I rarely have time to visit Huotou Barracks, and I happened to bump into Lao Zhou cooking.

And Xiao Ruxun walked forward with a smile.

"Old Zhou! Where are you cooking?"

Lao Zhou was busy at work, when he looked up, Xiao Ruxun was coming, and a smile appeared on his weather-beaten face.

"Shiro!"

Lao Zhou shouted happily.

Xiao Ruxun moved closer to Lao Zhou, looked at the work in Lao Zhou's hands, and saw that Lao Zhou was cutting meat.

"What kind of meat is this? So delicious?"

Lao Zhou replied happily: "This is wild boar meat, which is firm and delicious. It is the best meat. When I was a cook in Xianyang, many people were willing to eat this boar boar. Ordinary beef and mutton are still popular, and the price is high, and many dignitaries are willing to eat it."

Xiao Ruxun nodded.

"I remember those bastards went hunting and got a lot of wild game. Well, yes, they also got wild boars. How, is there enough meat?"

Lao Zhou patted himself on the chest: "I promise to satisfy the soldiers. With so many things, how many delicious meals can't be made? Haha, Shiro, don't worry! By the way, Shiro, I have prepared wild pork here. Do you want to come a little?"

"Is there anything done?"

Xiao Ruxun felt that some kind of liquid was quickly secreted from his mouth: "Okay, give me some!"

"hey-hey!"

Lao Zhou happily lifted the cloth off a certain large basin, and then Xiao Ruxun saw a large piece of dark meat, Lao Zhou took out the large piece of meat, and chopped off a large piece with a knife Handed it to Xiao Ruxun.

"It's just baked, it's still warm, and I plan to prepare it for Shiro. If Shiro is too late to deal with military affairs at night, I will make some warm meat for Shiro to eat. It's cold now, and eating this meat is absolutely comfortable. If you think The taste is not enough, there is still sauce here."

Xiao Ruxun nodded repeatedly, took the piece of meat, brought it to his mouth, and took a big bite.

"En! Fragrance!"

The meat is chewy and not too old. It is delicious. After one bite, I want to eat another. I can't stop. He couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Hahaha! Old Zhou, get some for them too!"

"okay!"

(End of this chapter)