Datang New Order

Li Chengzhong came in with his insights, and began to speak in a rush. While he was speaking, Fatty Wang Er switched to Khitan dialect at the side.

"You know, I'm in the White Wolf Mountain here, and the supply road leading to Yuguan is blocked by you Khitans..."

Xie Li had heard similar words from Li Chengzhong before, and when he saw him bring up this topic again, he nodded, but he was very happy in his heart: "It's better to completely seal off your supply lines!"

Not long after he was happy in his heart, he immediately knew that he was too happy. He only heard Li Chengzhong continue to say: "...there is not much food in the army camp, and there is no way to feed the disabled. I probably ask you everything I want to know." It's over, I really don't know what else is useful for you."

Xie Li's heart immediately rose to his throat, and he said quickly: "I am the most trusted tama in the tribe. I have said this before. You can exchange me for cattle, sheep and war horses. You can definitely exchange a lot. Believe me , the tribe is willing to pay a high price for my redemption."

Li Chengzhong shook his head: "Not to mention whether your words are credible, even if your Suju Department is really willing to pay for your ransom, it is not realistic at the moment. After all, I am fighting against the product department now. Do you think the product department will be happy to see so much money?" Cattle, sheep and war horses enter White Wolf Mountain?"

Xie Li remained silent. He understood that what Li Chengzhong said was indeed the truth. This piece of land belonged to the product department. If the sudden department wanted to redeem itself, it had to negotiate with the product department. It is possible that these supplies were allowed to fall into the hands of the White Wolf Mountain Military Village.

Li Chengzhong stared at Xie Li for a while, and said, "If you can't tell what you are useful for, I have no choice but to stop your food supply from tomorrow."

Xie Li's mind was a little messed up, he tried hard to recall everything about the various ministries of Khitan, but found helplessly that he had already told the other party everything he knew, and he really couldn't find any usable information to exchange for food.He was very unwilling. Is it because he embarrassed the other party during the snowball fight today, so he provoked the other party's revenge?Thinking of this, he was depressed for a while.

There was a moment of silence in the cave, and suddenly Li Cheng said: "Actually, you are also a man, I really can't bear to see you die like this. In this way, I will make an exception, but starting tomorrow, you have to do things, use your hands In exchange for food..."

Xie Li caught the life-saving straw in a panic, nodded hurriedly, his heart was at a loss, and he couldn't hear what the other party said later, so he was taken back by the guarding soldiers.

Back in the cave, Xie Li sat blankly in front of the fireplace, suddenly slapped himself twice, and pulled his hair vigorously with both hands. After a while, he curled up in the haystack powerlessly.He didn't understand what was wrong with him, as a warrior who was famous for his bravery in the tribe, how could he degenerate to such an extent that he was afraid of death like a coward!

Early the next morning, Fatty Wang Er took Xie Li out of the cave, and handed him a broom made of branches, so Xie Li got his first job in White Wolf Mountain, cleaning up the accumulation in the school grounds. Snow.At this time, several ordinary people waved brooms and began to clean the school grounds. Xie Li's task was to clean up one of the areas.Fatty Wang Er told Xie Li that after cleaning this area, he could earn a work point.

The "work point" system was proposed by Li Chengzhong to Feng Dao.Since the Bailangshan Military Village implements a material rationing system, it is necessary to make a reasonable plan for how to distribute materials. It is necessary not only to keep people from starving, but also to stimulate the enthusiasm of the people to work so that those who work more get more and those who work less get less. Well, according to Li Chengzhong's words, this is called "distribution according to work".After hearing this, Feng Dao's eyes lightened up. He believed that this kind of "work points" is actually equivalent to making money in a sense. People earn "work points" through labor, and then use "work points" to buy materials.The difference is that the "work point" system not only solves the current problem of lack of money in Bailang Mountain, but also facilitates organization and deployment, and facilitates the concentration of forces to do big things. …,

Under this system, regardless of adults or children, all people who are able to work must participate in labor to obtain work points, and then exchange work points for the goods stocked in the material warehouse of Bailang Mountain, including grain, clothing, salt, and dried meat etc.To this end, Feng Dao called together the three elders, old craftsman Zhang, and merchant Wang Er, and spent three days working out the scores for various jobs based on the intensity and time of the labor, combined with the results of the labor. And based on the existing material reserves of White Wolf Mountain, the scores of various materials were set.

Xie Li has also heard about this work point system, but he doesn't know how much grain can be exchanged for one work point.The fat man told Wang Er that one work point can be exchanged for a piece of bread or a bowl of porridge.So Xie Li began to work hard for this work point.

It took Xie Li an hour to clean up the allocated area, and then he piled the cleared snow on a wooden cart, and then pushed the wooden cart to a ravine in the back mountain to dump it.He ran back and forth several times before emptying the snow, and then Xie Li got a small piece of bamboo, which represented a work point for him.

He exchanged this piece of bamboo for a piece of bread at the door of the warehouse, and Xie Li stuffed it in two or three mouthfuls, and then he felt even hungrier.He went to the fat man Wang Er again and asked if there was anything else he could do. Wang Er led him to the back mountain, pointed to the four cabins and said, "Did you see those bathrooms? It will be bath time in a while." At that time, I had already applied for the care of two wooden houses for you. Every time a person went in to take a bath, you had to fetch a bucket of hot water from the hot spring on the side and send it to the bathroom. You can earn a work point."

It is a mandatory requirement issued by Li Chengzhong to let soldiers take a bath at least every three days.These soldiers were extremely unhygienic, and most of them rarely washed their bodies once a month, which made Li Chengzhong very unacceptable.Especially since training, he has been haunted by the smell of sweat every day, which is really unbearable.Since there are natural hot springs in Bailang Mountain, why not make full use of the resources?Therefore, regardless of whether the soldiers are used to it or not, he made bathing a military order and promoted it forcibly.

"How long does it take to take a bath?" Xie Li asked.

"A quarter of an hour." Fatty Wang Er said.

Xie Li did the math, and there were 25 soldiers in a team, and if they were divided into two wooden houses, there would be [-] soldiers in each.A quarter of an hour per person, so if they are all washed, it will take more than three hours.

"I want to take care of all four bathrooms, is that okay?" Xie Li asked.

In order not to pollute the hot springs, the bathrooms are built on the edge of the ravine far away from the hot springs. The nearest hot spring is about [-] steps away. In one and a half hours, it is necessary to carry fifty buckets of water and walk three hundred steps repeatedly.This physical work is not light, so the fat man Wang Er asked: "Can you take care of it?"

Xie Li nodded, he needs to shorten the time for work points as much as possible, even if he is a little tired, it doesn't matter, he really wants to eat more.

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Fatty Wang Eryin led him to get to know Li for three days, helped him get acquainted with various jobs, and met people in charge of various jobs. Xie Li also worked hard in three days, and all the work points he earned were replaced by food. in stomach.Although he was tired these three days, he ate more than before, so Xie Li felt that it was not bad, and his life was more fulfilling than before, not as boring as being locked up in the cave all day.

In the days that followed, Xie Li began to rush around for his own food. He cleaned the school grounds and warehouses, went to the mountains to cut down trees, took care of and fed the war horses, cleaned the latrines and bathrooms, dug ice in the Xuanshui to catch fish, He even followed Wang Dalang to harvest hay outside the mountain... After working hard every day, Xie Li could fill his stomach to six or seven percent full.While Xie Li was working, he still couldn't find a chance to escape, and there were always two soldiers guarding him by his side. …,

Fatty Wang Er couldn't always be Xie Li's translator, so he also taught Xie Li some simple Chinese.Unexpectedly, Xie Li has some talent in this area, and he learned very fast, and he was able to have simple conversations with people in less than a month.In order to reduce and avoid misunderstandings during labor, and to get as much benefit as possible from labor, Xie Li decided to go to Feng Dao's class at night to learn to speak Chinese and recognize simple Chinese characters.

There are everyone in the classroom, including ordinary Han people, Han soldiers, and even some military officers.Xie Li didn't encounter any discrimination or exclusion in class. Everyone was listening intently and didn't care about him.After all, Xie Li's Chinese level is very poor, and he can't understand it often, but Feng Dao seems to have a bit of partiality for him, and he speaks very slowly and clearly.Xie Li had the courage to ask questions a few times, and Feng Dao tried to answer them in the most understandable way. After a month, Xie Li's Chinese level has improved by leaps and bounds.

With the gradual disappearance of the language barrier, Xie Li's life finally improved. He began to have simple conversations with some "workers", and successfully participated in several labors that required collective cooperation, and even made a few friends among the common people. A friend—well, strictly speaking, it’s just an acquaintance. The Han people seem to be wary of him all the time, but for Xie Li, being able to talk to each other is already considered a friend.

In addition, Xie Li also met a woman.

The life of a woman is very hard. Besides herself, she has to feed two children who are not able to work.When we first met, the woman was full of hostility towards him. Xie Li didn't quite understand it. He only found out in a chat with the common people that this woman was a widow. A young child fled into Bailang Mountain.After knowing it, Xie Li suddenly felt guilty, and began to consciously help this woman, such as choosing the same things as her to do as much as possible, actively helping her share the heavy physical work when doing things, or saving a couple of dollars. A piece of bread, secretly given to two young children to eat.

As the days passed, the woman's hostility toward Xie Li gradually disappeared, and the two finally talked, but when it came to the past, the woman would always think of her dead husband, and Xie Li felt even more guilty.The past is irreversible. Although the woman's husband died at the hands of Pinbu, not Xie Li himself, Pinbu is also a Khitan tribe, and Xie Li shares the same clan, so Xie Li decided to use actions to make up for his own clan. mistakes people make.He worked harder in exchange for more food to help women raise their children.

One day, Xie Li was about to fill the bucket in the woman's cave with snow water from the back mountain, but saw the young child crying loudly.Xie Li took care of the two children for so many days, and already had feelings, so he hurriedly asked what was going on. The woman said that the child was ignorant, so Xie Li asked why the child was ignorant?The woman said that the child was clamoring for meat, but it didn't make any sense, so she beat him.Xie Li was silent for a long time after listening.

It has been a long time since Xie Li has tasted meat. The price of dried meat in the warehouse is very high. A piece of dried meat that is less than one tael actually costs ten work points. Even if it is fish, the price of each piece reaches five. work points.Even if Xie Li worked as hard as he could for a whole day, he still couldn't get so many work points.When Xie Li returned to his cave, he couldn't help but ask the soldiers guarding him: "Those dried meats require so many work points, who can eat them?"

The soldier said: "Generally speaking, only us soldiers can get enough work points to exchange for meat."

"You soldiers also earn work points?" Xie Li was very curious.

The soldier smiled and said: "Those who perform well in training, or when they go out to perform missions and make military exploits, they can all get rewarded work points."

Xie Li thought for a while, then asked: "What counts as an excellent performance in training?"

The soldier said: "For example, the most active in the queue will select ten brothers after training every day, and each will be rewarded with two work points; another example is when training and fighting, every five days there will be a whole battalion confrontation. Each of the top ten will be rewarded with five work points; or in the archery competition, if five out of ten arrows hit the target, two work points will be awarded."

After listening, Xie Li went back to the cave and tossed and turned all night.