Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 390 Conscription Again
The next day, at the gates of the four city gates in the east, west, north, and south of Hejian Mansion, soup kitchen sheds appeared.

The well-dressed Cangzhou army set up a big pot to cook porridge for the people who had nothing to eat or drink.

Thousands of catties of people are waiting to eat and drink with bowls.

Daoist Gongsun Sheng presided over the relief, and Wu Yong found all the clerks at the grassroots level of the government office, and began to count the people who had no food and little food according to the villages and workshops.

Hejian Mansion is a small border town with only over 4 people in it. The main targets of the Liao soldiers are big households and government office warehouses. The ordinary people's homes have not been taken care of. The situation is better than expected.About [-] people in the city have no food and need relief, otherwise they will starve to death after the winter.

Wu Yong suggested: "Brother, it's still the old way, start the project. Let's repair the official road, and clean up the official road from Hejian Mansion to Cangzhou, so that it will be convenient to transport materials."

"It can only be like this. There is never a good thing to eat for free. Prepare immediately and start working tomorrow. People over 14 and under 60 years old, regardless of gender, can participate. Bring your own tools and take care of three meals a day." Chailin said.

Now that the seized food was useful, more than [-] refugees were recruited, men, women, children, and all of them took hoes and shovels to repair the official roads.

Chai Lin shook his head as he watched, the efficiency and the technique were unbearable to look at directly.

Dian Zhengnan said with a smile: "Brother, do you think they don't work well?"

"Yes, it's really not decent. They work slowly, a bit like a Kunlun slave like a buffalo." Chailin said.

"That's because my brother is used to the professional construction team led by Tao Zongwang. Ordinary people work like this. They just suffered a disaster, and now they are not in a high mood."

After thinking about it, Chai Lin felt relieved. After all, this is not his headquarters in Cangzhou. The common people's awareness is not so high. Everyone is more for food. They don't understand what kind of dedication and road construction are for the convenience of everyone. .

"Send supervisors and propaganda teams. Anyone who steals, rapes, cheats, and refuses to change after repeated admonitions will be cleared out and will never receive relief. The propaganda team should also publicize more and explain more about who the road is for. The road is for everyone to walk, not for The Cangzhou Army is not for me, Chai Lin."

As soon as the supervisors were sent, their mental outlook was greatly changed immediately, and their work efficiency was also improved. Sometimes it was useless to say good things, and they had to be whipped to open the way.

"Let's serve dinner." Following the voice of the master cook, everyone gathered with their own tools, fetched water, washed their hands and dishes, and lined up for dinner.

Someone with a sharp nose asked, "Why do I smell so good? What are you having for lunch today?"

"Horse meat stewed with potatoes. The Cangzhou army killed a large number of Liao soldiers' war horses, and then brought potatoes from Cangzhou for us to eat. What is Chai Zongbing trying to do, he just wants to help us." The master cook said .

"That's right. The Liao soldiers robbed us of our food and told us not to do it every day. When the land was not working well, Mr. Chai helped us. Besides, who is it convenient for us to build roads? Shouldn't we go by ourselves?" Some enlightened people also said.

Lift the lid of the cauldron, and the heat wave hits people.

Chunks of horsemeat, chunks of potatoes.After stewing for an hour, it is already overcooked.

The master said: "This meal is the only one in the world for disaster relief. Who is willing to invite us to eat such a good meal? Remember that we are refugees. If there is no one to provide relief, we will not be able to survive this winter."

A man in his 40s said: "The master is so right. The Cangzhou Army is closer than relatives. This time, I borrowed eight relatives, but I couldn't borrow a catty of grain. I didn't expect to get one. When the shovel comes over to shovel some soil, I will eat horse meat and stewed potatoes. I feel that I am sorry for others, and I will definitely work harder in the afternoon."

The master said: "Listen up, everyone. Mr. Chai was very angry because some people were stealing, raping and playing tricks. He had already sent him down to pretend to be a supervisor. If he found someone sabotage, he would be warned for the first time, beaten for the second time, and beaten for the third time. Drive away, so you are not eligible for relief."

"As long as you don't shake your hands when cooking, master, we will work hard." Everyone said quickly.

Most people still know how to be grateful these days.

The master took a piece of meat with chopsticks, tasted it, and said: "Okay, it's rotten. Everyone queues up and eats. Each person has a bowl of vegetables and two steamed corn buns. Whoever dares to pick up the bowl to eat, put down the bowl and scold your mother." Blame me for being rude."

For a group of [-] people, each person has a bowl of vegetables, and the portions given are still acceptable. The staple food is corn bread with sorghum noodles.

In the afternoon, the mental outlook of tens of thousands of people was greatly improved, their motivation was much stronger, and the propaganda was still very effective.

Wu Yong deployed dozens of blacksmiths to set up blacksmith stoves and repair tools for everyone for free. Whoever's hoe or shovel is broken can be brought over for free repairs.

It was getting dark, and the bell rang to call off work on the construction site.

Everyone took their tools and rushed to the grass shed where they ate.

"Tonight I have sweet potato and carrot porridge, plus old pickles. After eating, each person can take two pieces of boiled sweet potatoes home and give them to the family. But remember, sweet potatoes choke people, so take small bites when eating, especially Don't choke, little one." The cook made the arrangement several times in a row.

Carrot and sweet potato porridge is quite delicious, carrots are sweet and sweet potatoes are noodle.

People from the publicity team came up and sang allegro first.

Then he started to introduce, saying: "Everyone has eaten carrots, but everyone has never eaten sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes are a good food, rich in nutrition, and you can feel full after eating. But you can't eat too much, because eating too much will make your stomach full. One mu can produce Four thousand to six thousand catties, the most amazing thing is that the drought resistance is very good, and the high yield is strong."

"It's delicious. My family doesn't even have seed food. Can I grow sweet potatoes next year?"

"It's hard to say whether it can be planted or not, but Chai Zongbing said, to ensure everyone's seed food. In order to help everyone, Chaijiazhuang brought tens of thousands of acres of sweet potatoes and corn from the village to everyone to eat." Propaganda Said the players.

On the one hand mobilization, on the other hand publicity.At the same time as the construction site was started, on-the-spot conscription began quietly.

The conditions for conscription are still very harsh. Soldiers are over 30 years old, in good health and free from illness.

They still have to take a series of physical fitness tests, but once they are selected, the conditions are very generous, with a monthly military salary of [-] Wen.If there are military exploits and meritorious service, then the income will be doubled.

In five days, [-] strong recruits were recruited, all of whom were extremely strong, and they were trained to be elite troops.

The soldiers recruited by Hejian Mansion did not stay in Hejian Mansion, but were sent back to Chaijiazhuang for training.

Pang Wanchun and Ma Lin's battalion of light cavalry are also trying new reforms. Due to the need to defend the city, [-] light infantry were transferred from Cangzhou to form a diversified army.

Two thousand infantry defend the city, plus three thousand light cavalry.Pang Wanchun's battalion has completely taken over the Hejian Mansion.

At the same time as the road was being built, the craftsmen began to strengthen the city walls, rest the city defenses, and re-improve the city defense system that had been damaged by the war.

(End of this chapter)