: A matter of mercy

Author: Emei Swordsman

: A matter of mercy

As he thought about it, Gu Yunji's thoughts drifted farther and farther away. Liu Dazhuang called out several times before he slowly came back to his senses.

Gu Yunji shook off the chaos in his mind, pulled his attention back to his eyes, looked at Liu Dazhuang and asked, "Then what are your plans in the future? Will you go home?"

"What can I do? One day is counting on a day." Liu Dazhuang smiled bitterly, "I want to go home. No matter how good Jiangnan is, I can't stand it, as a northerner. But I don't have much money. It's a long way from Baoding Prefecture. It's a big mountain and a long river. It's a big deal to go back."

"If there are construction sites recruiting people along the way, what can you do and make money while going north to return to your hometown?"

Liu Dazhuang's eyes lit up when he heard this, but soon became dim again: "It's naturally good, but it's useless to me. After all, I can't carry my children to work, right? There are also those who have wives and parents at home, so it's impossible to leave their families and go to make money by themselves. But for those bachelors who have no worries, it's a good choice."

Gu Yunji's heart moved and asked tentatively: "So, for someone like you who is with your family, is it better to stay in Hangzhou Prefecture?"

Liu Dazhuang scratched his head, and there was a little uncertainty in his tone: "You can also say that. The house and fields in my hometown have been sold out, and it doesn't matter if I go back. Although my other relatives are gone, I still have Yaya. My father and daughter live the same life everywhere, and there is not much difference. Of course, if you can stay here and don't have to run around again, it will be better."

This answer is more in line with Gu Yunji's expectations. He thought early in the morning that there are so many refugees, and everyone has different situations and ideas. Not everyone is willing to travel north to return home. There will definitely be people who prefer to stay locally and live a stable life.

There are not many wastelands that can be reclaimed in Hangzhou Prefecture, but it should be enough if it is only allocated to refugees who have families and families and are willing to stay.

In this way, it is equivalent to screening refugees. At that time, most of the people who sent them away in Hangzhou will be middle-aged bachelors who are prone to riots; those who stay will be small families who can quickly settle down and devote themselves to agricultural production.

Moreover, this is also a measure to break the whole into pieces. It divides the refugees from the family as a unit, and divides the closely-knited fellow villagers into small families that are easy to manage and control. To a certain extent, it can offset the resistance brought by their original clans to the local people.

It is simple to think about it, but there are many difficulties to do it. The first is the problem of planting habits caused by regional differences. These refugees are all northerners. While allocating fields to them, they also have to teach them step by step how to adapt to local conditions and plant southern crops such as rice.

Secondly, it is the spring season, and there are still several months before the autumn harvest. During this period, the refugees have no income, and the food problem needs to be solved by the government.

For example, the above issues need to be listed carefully, discussed carefully with Lu Xianzhi and others, formulated a detailed charter before they can be implemented. In short, there are still many things to worry about.

In any case, the subsequent resettlement method for refugees has now taken shape. Whether it is a bachelor who has no worries or a young couple who has a family, their future is at least under the plans and considerations of the government.

It would be great if those helpless women could have such a proper place to go.

Thinking of this, Gu Yunji's mood became heavier again.

After chatting with Liu Dazhuang for a few more words, Gu Yunji said goodbye to him and returned to the city to meet Lu Xianzhi and Xu Chengyu, preparing to tell them about their experiences and their related ideas.

When he arrived at the refugee camp outside the suburbs of the city, Gu Yunji thought that since he was here, he would take a look and inspect it. Who knew that before he could enter the gate, he saw a man in the shape of an officer and soldier dragging a thin refugee woman into the secluded woods.

Gu Yunji tightened his scalp and immediately called two yamen runners to chase him.

When they got closer, the figures of the two men disappeared. Gu Yunji and the yamen runners searched in the winding forest for a long time, and finally heard a man's voice coming from a distance:

"If you want to take off, you will take off. It's such a sluggish thing! Just now you said that as long as I sell you a handkerchief, you can do anything. Why? I want to regret it now? Tell you, there's no way!"

The man breathed heavily, and there was a little impatient in his tone. After saying that, he reached out eagerly, trying to take off the woman's clothes in front of him.

The woman was in a messy clothes and her eyes were red when she cried. She was frightened by the sudden movements of the officers and soldiers. She quickly covered the collar of her chest with both hands and sobbed in a low voice: "Jun, Jun Jun, wait a moment, I, I'm not ready yet..."

"What's there to prepare for this? You are not a yellow-flowered girl who has never married, so why are you pretending to be reserved here? If you are not a chaste girl, don't think about erecting a archway!" The officer and soldier raised his eyebrows, rudely stripped the woman's hand, and tore the clothes on her chest suddenly revealed a large piece of snow-white.

The woman's face turned pale when she was talking, and she felt the chill in her chest. Two lines of humiliating tears fell from the corners of her eyes, and she closed her eyes in despair.

Seeing that she was crying in the rain, the officers and soldiers looked a little charming, so they felt a little pity, reached out to brush away the tears from her face, and comforted her in a gentle tone: "Don't worry, as long as you follow me, no one will dare to bully you from now on. Will you and your son have a better life, right?"

When the woman mentioned her son, she felt a little shaken in her expression, and the strength of her struggle was also weaker.

Seeing that this was effective, the officers and soldiers curled a smug smile on their lips and continued to induce them carefully: "You said that you are a woman and you have a five-year-old son. Without a man behind you, you are excluded everywhere. You are sent to the line to get porridge and no one takes over the handkerchiefs you have worked so hard to embroider. How can you live this life?"

"Let's do this. As long as you serve the uncle today, I will charge your handkerchief at a price of 8 cents per person, which is one cent higher than others. How about it?"

Hearing this, the woman's dull eyes finally regained a little bit of her spirit and asked, "Really?"

"Of course it's true! Can I still lie to you?" The officer and soldier licked his lips and looked at the woman's eyes with a greedy light flashing. "Isn't it just a few handkerchiefs? I haven't taken these two cents to heart. As long as you are obedient, you can do whatever I ask you to do. There will be many benefits in the future."

"But now, you have to make me happy before talking about it!"

As he said that, the officers and soldiers laughed lewdly, looked the woman up and down with lust, and reached out to continue tearing her clothes.

At this moment, a loud shout came from behind the two of them, which scared the officers and soldiers and suddenly shrank: "Stop it!"
Chapter completed!