Chapter 628: Population Transfer
The next morning, as soon as the porridge stalls set up around the city were opened, a group of people quickly gathered around them, led by Kong Daqian. The farmers who had been persuaded and decided to move to the Great Zhou to farm and live were at the forefront.
But it is still far from the point where the entire city’s population has gathered here.
Obviously, many people in the city are still maintaining a wait-and-see attitude towards this matter.
Most of the people who come here now are those whose families can no longer make ends meet.
However, this does not affect what Zhou Xu is going to do next.
After the people gathered, the soldiers responsible for maintaining order at the scene shouted loudly while directing the people to line up for porridge...
"Our king knows that many people in this city have run out of food, so he sent us here to distribute porridge. From today on, we will distribute porridge once in the morning and once in the evening. Anyone who needs it can line up to receive it."
For Zhou Xu, this was undoubtedly a good opportunity to win the hearts of the people. The fact that he was using the stored grain in the granary across the street doubled his happiness.
"At the same time, considering the future situation, this Huangsha City may not be safe, so our king is giving everyone a chance. It is entirely voluntary. Those who are willing to work and live in our Great Zhou can go to the side to register."
At the end, the soldier who shouted did not forget to add a sentence.
"The number of people that can be sent away in each batch is limited, and it's first come, first served."
This is not a lie. After all, they have limited manpower. If they send too many people away at one time, there is no guarantee that there will not be any trouble along the way.
Even for safety reasons, it must be transported in batches.
If, before this sentence was uttered, many people in the queue were just somewhat moved, then the utterance of this sentence was equivalent to adding fuel to this emotion.
After all, when these words fall into their ears, it basically means that if you don't leave now, you may not be able to leave even if you want to in the future.
During this time, before the people in the queue could think too much, Kong Daqian, who had already received the white porridge, turned around and pulled his son Kong Tiegan to run to the registration table nearby.
"Fuck! Lao Kong, please wait for me!"
Seeing that behavior, the farmers who came with Kong Daqian were all stunned. After they reacted and received the white porridge, they all followed with their bowls in hand.
Huangsha City is a border city, and the land around it is a bit barren, so the agriculture here is not well developed, and people only grow a little bit of crops casually. They mainly rely on the major grain-producing cities behind to deliver food to them.
But even so, there are more than a hundred farmers in Huangsha City, and almost all of them came today.
When they start running, it's quite a big scene.
However, humans are creatures with a strong tendency to follow the crowd. When the people of Huangsha City who were queuing up saw so many people running over to sign up, many of them even stopped eating porridge and immediately followed suit.
Only a few days have passed since Zhou Xu and his men captured Huangsha City.
Even if they didn't drink the bowl of porridge in front of them, they would still have it in the evening, so they wouldn't starve to death. But if they fell behind in signing up, who knows how long they would have to wait in line? In the blink of an eye, most of the people in the long queue for porridge had left on the spot.
Those who were still undecided were dumbfounded.
But now, they don't have to make a decision. The line at the registration office is already very long. If they go in line now, they won't get their turn in the short time. It would be better for them to get the porridge here and fill their stomachs first.
During this period, the registration office did not expect it to be so popular all of a sudden, so they quickly called for help, put up an extra set of tables and chairs, and helped with registration.
By the end of the day, the number of people who had registered to express their desire to live in their Great Zhou had exceeded five hundred.
Zhou Xu was already very satisfied with this number.
Because he also knew that at this critical juncture, most people in the city would definitely choose to wait and see.
He didn't care about this. Even if all the people in the city signed up on the first day, it would be impossible for him to send all the people in the city away at once, so Zhou Xu was not in a hurry.
At the same time, what the public does not know is that the order in which they are sent off is not actually entirely based on the order of registration.
When registering, the registration office will also ask about their occupation and what they can do. The first batch of people sent over must be those who are in the most needed job at this stage, that is, farmers!
Two more days passed. Huangsha City was so small and had such a limited population. After a few rounds of brief publicity about immigration, they stopped promoting it.
After all, the whole city already knows the news now. There is not much point in continuing to publicize it, and it will only annoy people.
As it turned out, even though there was not much publicity in the next two days, another three or four hundred people signed up one after another.
It was also confirmed that the first group of people to be sent away was 300.
In order to select the first batch of 300 people to be sent to their Great Zhou territory as quickly as possible, even Zhou Xu, the king, had to do the work personally.
There is no way. At this stage, there are only so many literate people. If he doesn't work, his efficiency will be much lower and he may not be able to catch up with the opening of the next energy channel.
During this period, Zhou Xu also estimated the time and began to notify the 300 people on the list one by one, taking them to the edge of the world in advance to wait.
In this process, some accidents are inevitable.
"Well, please forgive me, Soldier. I was just impulsive at the time. Now that I think about it..."
At this point, the other party's meaning is self-evident.
Faced with this situation, the soldier who came to inform him did not change his expression much, he just nodded.
"Okay, I understand. I will remove your name from the list then."
Seeing the other party eliminating him without hesitation, the young man felt a little shaken and a little regretful.
And just at this moment, the soldier's voice sounded again.
"By the way, let me remind you that since you gave up an opportunity, even if you sign up again right now, you will only be the last one in the city."
"ah?!"
The young man was stunned when he heard this.
[You should have said this before you crossed out my name! ]
Looking at the soldier's back as he turned around and left immediately after he finished speaking, the young man subconsciously stretched out his hand and opened his mouth a few times.
I wanted to call the person over and tell him that I regretted my decision and asked if he could add his name back.
But after thinking about it, I still didn’t dare say it out loud.
From what we can see so far, the soldiers do have good tempers, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have tempers at all!
If I really opened my mouth, I would probably get beaten.
There are obviously more than one situation like this, but it will not have much impact on them.
When Zhou Xu and his team were selecting the first batch of population, they not only picked out these 300 people, but also classified and arranged the order of all those who had registered.
Just cross out the ones you don’t want to go immediately, and then notify the next one in order.
(End of this chapter)
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