Uliyan's attitude towards Leo changes every month. Before arriving at the river bend, he only regarded Leo as a little savage and his vanguard. To put it more coldly, it doesn't matter even if it is consumed. People who have been on the battlefield for a long time have a completely different mentality from ordinary people. Human life is not important in Uliyang's eyes, even if the other person is a junior he values very much. It's okay to die, as long as your death is meaningful. After returning to the village, the young people he valued and trained seriously were not only Leo and Vic, but most of them died in the past two years. The deaths of these people gave the remaining villagers a chance to survive. Considering the previous dire situation, if one tribesman died, ninety-nine others could be saved, which was a good deal no matter how you looked at it. Not only Uliyang, but even the families of the deceased felt it was worth it.
But after arriving at the river bend, Leo obviously came to his senses after being seriously injured and nearly dying. He finally learned to do things with his brain instead of his forehead. At this time, Uliyan began to change his previous carefree and laissez-faire attitude, and started to give Leo instructions and beat and scold him at any time. This is because he has become more thoughtful and no longer regards Leo as a combat consumable. He began to hope that Leo could learn some military knowledge, become a qualified militia leader, and provide greater help to himself and his people. After Leo returned victorious from several battles and made good suggestions for every major decision, Uliyan regarded him as his successor. At this time, he began to discuss and communicate with Leo before speaking and doing things, instead of ignoring Leo's words as he did before. By now, he can rest assured and let Leo take charge of things on his own. This process of changing mentality seems complicated and long, but in fact it only took half a year. Even the Gnolls cannot mature so quickly in half a year! The rest of the villagers had the same mentality. At the beginning, no matter what Leo wanted to do, the militiamen and villagers who were commanded and mobilized would wait for Uliyang's nod first, and some people even had doubts. Now, at Leo's call, the villagers followed without asking any questions, carrying their food. With one hundred soldiers and five hundred laborers in his hands, Leo had the confidence to do things. As the saying goes, it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. It is useless to rely solely on disaster relief. It is better to use work instead of relief. However, in ancient times, the frequency of using work as a substitute for relief was far less than that of directly opening warehouses to release grain. It’s not that the officials in ancient times were stupid, it’s that they didn’t have the conditions. Work-for-relief can only be used in small-scale famines. For example, if there is a famine in this province, but there is grain in the neighboring province, there is the confidence to supplement a large amount of external grain in a short period of time. Otherwise, once the project started, food consumption would increase several times. It was already a period of famine, and using work instead of relief would not only be a waste of money and time, but would also aggravate the disaster. In addition, there must be strong organizational capabilities so that the rulers can control the hands of petty officials and the refugees on the construction sites. Otherwise, out of ten officials responsible for disaster relief, nine of them will only think about how to make a fortune.
It is impossible not to be corrupt. Even if you are rebelled against by refugees or beheaded by your superiors, you will still be corrupt! Eighteen years later, he is still a good corrupt official! Out of ten foremen, nine of them wanted to form gangs and gather in the mountains. It is impossible to work, so it is better to rebel and wait for amnesty. Eighteen years later, he is still a brave man! This is why records of work-for-relief often appear in the early and middle heyday of a dynasty, while in the late years of the dynasty, it was all about opening warehouses and releasing grain. Don’t the lords of Isenpol want to reap the benefits of the refugees, and take the opportunity to develop their territories and expand their territory? It’s not that they don’t want to, it’s that they don’t have the execution ability. A lord with poor management ability cannot even manage his own people. If you set up a construction site for displaced people, not to mention directing them to work, you can't even maintain order in the queues for meals. The nobles above didn't think of intervening, and the supervisors below didn't want to intervene at all. The refugees worked but did not get any food, and were even whipped by the supervisors. Except for those habitual criminals who are brutal and strong enough, the rest either gather into gangs and increase their priority for eating. Otherwise, you can just try to be lazy while working, conserve your energy, eat leftovers, or simply run away on an empty stomach. When distribution according to work becomes distribution according to strength, a good thing turns into a bad thing. The Knights of Solovyv only recruited 500 refugees to build the hot spring villa, which was already the limit. This is just a population problem. In order to transform them into qualified labor, almost all the grassroots management of the other three knight territories in River Bay and Petukhov, that is, the experienced craftsmen and trusted subordinates, were exhausted. Without these grassroots organizations, the refugees would be a mess and would be even less useful than the kobolds. This is not something that any small lord can accomplish. Leo tried his best to be kind to everyone, but he was also well aware of the evil of human nature. If he were asked to go alone with food to provide disaster relief, he would be sending himself to die. However, one hundred fully armed Hewan veterans and five hundred trained migrant laborers are able to protect themselves even when facing five times the number of refugees and will not lose their composure. The refugees were not regular troops, and they included men, women, old and young, and they were too hungry to walk. No matter how they are instigated or forced, once a real battle breaks out, after two waves of arrows, 80% of people will turn around and flee. Leo led the army and the labor group, checked the supplies, and set off along the river bend towards the western watchtower. Although this 30-mile road is still a muddy road, it has been trampled and repaired day after day and is now able to allow passing convoys to enter and exit smoothly. Less than two miles away from the western watchtower, there is a small river less than ten meters wide, which flows into the Anzeno River from the dense forest in the west. There is an open space next to the stream, with only some large oak trees that are hundreds of years old growing there. Because the oak trees were so huge, there was almost no grass growing on the open space.
Leo and his men were stationed here, and the labor group was divided into five teams, each led by five foremen, and they were assigned tasks. One team is responsible for cutting down trees, one team is responsible for collecting stones, one team is responsible for building camps, and one team is responsible for transporting materials. Another team is responsible for recruiting refugees from the western outpost. The first step to save lives is to open a factory! He plans to open a cassava flour processing factory here, implement assembly line production, and turn the refugees into his own workers. The production process of cassava flour is very simple, and more than half of the steps are not strenuous work, so even the elderly and the weak can participate. Therefore, Rio's recruitment of refugees was a reversal of Hewan's previous policy of only recruiting young and strong people. Those with families are given priority! Refugees with families have ties to their hearts, but are more docile and easier to manage. The whole family can work in the factory together, with free food and accommodation, as well as salary and benefits. It is simply wonderful. The refugees from the magical Middle Ages are now happily living the life of workers in the 21st century. As long as a steady supply of deer antler cassava is delivered in, a steady supply of cassava flour will be delivered out. They can be self-sufficient in food. As for the sales issue, there is no rush at this stage. Hewan Territory has not yet achieved self-sufficiency in food, so it has to consume what it cannot sell itself. At this stage, there is no need to worry about having too much grain inventory. Instead, it will allow more manpower to be invested in land reclamation and other construction with peace of mind.