Henan Road was in a state of chaos. Although the so-called disaster relief had begun, the situation was not as good as imagined. The officials of the court had indeed decided to mobilize the grain in the granary for disaster relief. However, let alone the Great Tang a thousand years ago, even in the modern city a thousand years later, the country's action was not so fast. In this era, it was even slower.
First, it was decided, and then the decision was sent to the six departments, and then the six departments were issued to the place where they were located.
It would take at least one or two months to achieve any results. Of course, one or two months was nothing for a feudal dynasty. As long as it could be resolved in the end, the country would be stable and there would be no trouble.
However, the situation had inevitably taken a different path. This was because a person who should not have appeared had stepped on a path that should not have been taken, and the outcome was naturally completely different.
It was as if the entire Henan Province, which was originally in a state of panic, had seen new hope at this moment.
Li Chengdao's large ships had brought them enough food to survive, although the price was a little high. It seemed that they had to follow those people to the sea.
To them, this might require some hesitation, but it was only a moment of hesitation.
Although going out to sea was a risk, at this moment, their survival was a problem. Under such circumstances, going out to sea seemed to be nothing.
Especially when the people they were already familiar with returned to where they were, this choice was beyond doubt.
This was also Li Chengdao's method. Fortunately, this was the Great Tang of today, and not the people of China who had been tortured by the Manchu Qing in the future. They did not have the same resistance to going out to sea as in the future.
In this era, every Chinese person still had a fighting spirit. For themselves, for their future, or for their families, everyone had a fighting spirit.
For this reason, they could rush to the battlefield without hesitation, or they could also choose to step onto the ocean, even if it was even more unknown.
This result meant that the number of people that Li Chengdao had mobilized far exceeded his original expectations. In his previous consideration, Li Chengdao felt that it would be good if he could carry about 20,000 to 30,000 people. By then, he would have 70,000 to 80,000 people. Such a large number was enough for him to completely establish a foothold in the four northern islands. At the same time, it was enough for him to develop for a period of time.
However, he did not expect that as time passed, his number of people would quickly break through the limit of 70,000 to 80,000 people, and even begin to charge towards 100,000 people.
This was 100,000 people, which was not a small number. Or rather, it should be considered a relatively terrifying number. It should be known that in the early Tang Dynasty, the registered population was less than 2,000,000, and the number of people was less than 10 million. This 100,000 population was already one percent of the total population.
Although the actual population was definitely more than 10 million, there should be around 20 to 30 million, or even more than 30 million. However, this was still not a small number. The number of people affected by the natural disaster this time was only a few hundred thousand. This 100,000 people represented that Li Chengdao had taken almost half of the number of disaster victims.
As long as one was not blind, they would be able to sense something. It was even enough to make the country wary.
As the population transportation continued, Li Chengdao could not help but be shocked by such a number. He really did not expect to poach Li Er at once.
This made his eyebrows twitch slightly, and the corners of his mouth twitched, but he had no intention of stopping.
In any case, he was not poaching his own people. Just as he had said before, poaching more would not do any harm. Under such circumstances, it was obvious what choice he would make.
Of course, in order to meet the needs of so many people, Li Chengdao had no choice but to give up his original idea and continue to build the entire four northern islands, or rather, further expand the four northern islands.
In his original plan, the four northern islands were just a transit station. They only needed to be used as a springboard for the base. Although the base was expanding, it was not a large-scale expansion. It was similar to the feeling of the United States Army in the United States.
However, with the increase in numbers, the current situation was naturally not the same. Moreover, it was not just Iturup Island, but even the surrounding Thousand Islands and Sakhalin Island, as well as the entire Southern Thousand Islands, where people could spread.
100,000 people was definitely not a small number. Li Chengdao could only take 50,000 people at once. He could imagine that the number of people would increase in the future. When the time came, 70,000 to 80,000 people would definitely be easy. Under such circumstances, an island was obviously not enough. There were even some lack of living materials and various aspects.
Fortunately, his vision was still sufficient. He did not have the time now, nor could he return. Winter had already arrived. In this situation, the Bering Strait had long been frozen, which meant that the sea route had been frozen. Under such circumstances, if he wanted to resist, he would have to wait until March next year. He still had three to four months to build.
When he first arrived in America, he only had 6,000 people under him, and he was able to get enough time to complete the construction in a short period of time. Now, his number had reached tens of thousands. With this scale, it was even easier to build only a few small islands.
Unlike before, Li Chengdao now had a large amount of steel and cement, which were used as ballasts like sea salt. It was more than enough to increase the speed of construction. The 50 ships had enough cement, at least for a short period of time.
There were also many craftsmen among these disaster victims. Li Chengdao also began to re-bake cement on the four northern islands. He believed that there would be results soon. After all, there was a complete process. The craftsmen were waiting to become familiar with it.
As for food, it was not a problem. The ships that went out to fish not only brought in a huge amount of food every day, but also a bigger harvest. However, on the third day, a big ship pulled back a huge monster, causing a commotion among the disaster victims. At the same time, it also made Li Chengdao completely smile.
Whales, with their huge bodies and terrifying threats, were undoubtedly whales. If they could catch whales, then there would be no problems.
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