My Apprenticeship to Uncle Jiu: I Was a Warlord in the Republic of China

After hearing this idea, everyone decided to do it this way. In this way, everyone could directly obtain some property, as well as houses and land.

As for the good deeds that Uncle Jiu was concerned about, Jiang Li explained, "Master, look, now there is no one to take care of the houses and land in the town. Judging from the current situation, we can at least take in 1,200 homeless refugees. Isn't this a great merit?"

Uncle Jiu nodded in agreement after hearing this, and then said, "In that case, I won't say much, but there are many items in this town that have been touched by zombies, and I'm afraid there will be some corpse poison left. We need to sprinkle some lime on them to avoid future troubles."

Jiang Li nodded in agreement and said, "Of course. This time when I go back I will buy supplies and recruit people to get Teng Teng Town back to production as soon as possible."

After some discussion, everyone decided that everyone would get some property, and the rest would be put away temporarily for easy use later.

The next day, Jiang Li drove back home with two members of the farm protection team and began to instruct the housekeeper to gather the farmers and tenants.

When most people had arrived, Jiang Li said to everyone, "I called everyone here this time because I want to tell you a good news."

"A few days ago, my master and I were entrusted by Tanjia Town to deal with the horse thieves. After we eliminated them, we learned that the horse thieves had lost all conscience and burned, killed and looted in Tengteng Town. Now there are only a few people left in Tengteng Town, some dead and some escaped."

"I am asked by the mayor of Teng Teng Town to gather the people to settle down in Teng Teng Town. When the time comes, not only will we be allocated houses but also fields. If you have any ideas, you can follow us."

Upon hearing this, the crowd started whispering to each other, and the noise became louder and louder. However, Jiang Li did not stop them and let them make noise. After an unknown amount of time, the crowd finally calmed down a little.

At this time, several young and strong villagers came out, bowed to Jiang Li and asked, "I wonder if what the second young master said is true. How much land can we get if we go there? What should we do if the owner of the land comes back after harvesting the grain?"

Jiang Li replied, "I can't say how much land will be divided. The more people there are, the less will be divided. As for the original owner, I will return the land to him when he comes back."

"Of course I won't let you suffer any loss. I will compensate you according to the yield of the best fields. I will never let you work in vain."

Having said this, he said to everyone, "If you are interested, please go to the housekeeper to sign up. You will set out with the village protection team early tomorrow morning."

At this time, a young man asked, "Won't the Second Young Master go with us? Is there something else going on?"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "I was asked by Mayor Teng Teng to gather more farmers. Today, I estimate that at most, I can gather dozens of people, which is far from meeting the mayor's requirements. Naturally, I have to gather more people."

Everyone was relieved and went to find the housekeeper to register. After Jiang Li arranged the distribution of resettlement fees and food, he explained the situation to his family and rode on horseback to Renjia Town with a wounded member of the village protection team.

He went to Ren's house and found Ren Fa. After explaining what happened, he said to Ren Fa, "This is the situation. Father-in-law, do you think there is room for maneuver in this matter?"

Ren Fa's expression changed after hearing this, but he finally gritted his teeth and said, "This matter has great potential. If it is handled well, our two families will surely soar to the sky. Ah Li, if you need anything, just ask, I will fully support you."

Jiang Li was excited when he heard this and said, "My son-in-law does have something to ask of you. First, it is not legitimate for me to take over Teng Teng Town now, so I need to donate a position of mayor as soon as possible."

"Secondly, Teng Teng Town is almost empty right now. We need a large number of civilians to go there so that the book can resume production as soon as possible, so as not to keep pouring money into it without any output."

Ren Fa heard this and said, "These are not difficult. I still have some face in front of the county magistrate. Just leave this matter to me. As for manpower, it is not a problem. These days, there are constant natural disasters and man-made disasters. As long as we provide food, we can recruit as many people as we want."

Jiang Li was overjoyed when he heard this and said, "I'm sorry to bother you, father-in-law. I'm very grateful."

Ren Fa laughed and said, "No need to express gratitude. If you can let Tingting give birth to a child soon, I will wake up laughing in my dreams."

Jiang Li also smiled when he heard this and said, "Don't worry, father-in-law. During this period, I will definitely stay at home and accompany Tingting more. I will definitely live up to your expectations."

Ren Fa nodded and said, "In that case, I won't waste any more words. I'll call the butler to pass the news on. Gather a group of people tomorrow morning and go with you to Teng Teng Town to stabilize the situation. This way, we won't be in a rush when more people come."

After saying that, he ordered the housekeeper to go out and spread the news. Jiang Li had also been traveling for a whole day, so he said goodbye to Ren Fa, washed up, and went to bed.

Early the next morning, Jiang Li woke up and went to recruit people with the Ren Mansion's housekeeper. Renjia Town was indeed a wealthy town, and the Ren family was worthy of the title of the richest family. In just one night, more than a hundred people were willing to follow Jiang Li to try his luck.

They boarded the twenty or so donkey carts and horse carriages prepared by Ren Fa, which were filled with various supplies, and led seven or eight security team members to the Jiang family.

The group of more than 120 people arrived at Jiang's house at around 10 o'clock. Because they had sent people home early to give instructions, they had hot steamed buns and meat soup as soon as they arrived at Jiang's house, and they took a lot of food with them when they left.

While leading the team on the road, I heard someone in the team jokingly ask, "Master Jiang, was the meal we just had breakfast or lunch?"

Jiang Li saw that he seemed to be joking, so he also joked, "What do you think if I say this is a bit early lunch?"

The man laughed and said, "When are we going to have a late lunch? I haven't even eaten enough just now!"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "We'll have a good meal when we get to Teng Teng Town. For dinner today, we'll eat the steamed buns in the car. After all, we still have to travel. If we waste time cooking, we won't be able to get to the destination tonight, and I'm afraid we'll have to sleep in the wilderness."

Upon hearing this, the man stopped pestering and returned to the crowd to continue on his way.

The group hurried and finally arrived at Tengteng Town when it was almost dark. Because they had recruited some people from their own tenant farmers yesterday, there were now some lights on in the whole town.

After settling the hundred people with the help of Uncle Jiu, Jiang Li discussed the funeral arrangements with Uncle Jiu and others again.

Jiang Li asked, "Master, have you counted how much food and clothing there is in the town? Is it enough for us?"

Uncle Jiu said, "The first group of people was about thirty people. They arrived an hour before you and didn't have time to count the food. However, we have already counted it at a grain store before. There is a lot of inventory, so there shouldn't be much loss."

Jiang Li smiled and said, "It's good to have enough food, so that we don't have to transport it from other places, which would cost too much manpower, material resources and financial resources."

After that, he said to Uncle Jiu, "Master, we have been traveling for a whole day. Let's get something for everyone to eat first!"

Uncle Jiu said, "This is what I should do. I have already arranged for Aqiang and Ade to take people to do it. Now come with me to a place and I will take you to see something."