Dayong Tumu People

In the northern territory of Dayong, there was a severe drought for three years. When Xu Dingchuan, an old civil servant, opened his eyes, he became a grain house clerk who was about to be executed. The food relief was short of 298 dan, but the county magistrate gave him 3,000 refugees, a waterless desert, and a 30-day death limit. If the resettlement fails, his head will be used to quell the chaos. The barn door was opened, and there was only enough food for twelve days. Xu Dingchuan has no magical skills and cannot produce a yield of ten thousand catties per mu. He could only count every person in the household, count every grain of grain, and gather together old farmers, masons, carpenters, remnants of soldiers, and fugitives. Canals were dug, roads were built, bricks were fired, and markets were opened. Many years later, a city wall was erected on the deserted beach, where thousands of miles of caravans rested their horses, and the prairie cavalry stopped outside the city. On the day when the imperial envoy entered the city, the yoke was prepared for detention. Later, the shackles were not used. There is only one sentence recorded in the history books: The people are all submissive and cannot be taken by force.