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Chapter 704 Future Meat Grinder?

Early in the morning of the second day, when the sky was just getting dark, there was only a white belly behind the mountains in the east, and the area around Chen Zheng's camp on the slope of Changling in the north of Xingshan Mountain was already crowded with people.

More than ten thousand people's army is busy and busy, and the sergeants under Chen Zheng's command are also distributed in every corner of Changling Mountain. They also hold shovels and pickaxes, digging trenches and building walls.

Only the firemen in the bureaus of his infantry battalion did not participate in the work, but they were also busy busy, the sun was only slightly bright, and the sun only poked out one head, and they gathered densely on the slopes of Changling Mountain.

The fire soldiers were busy setting up large iron pots, boiling water and making porridge, and the fragrant steamed buns were also ready quickly. The civilian husbands and soldiers who were closer were all salivating.

They were bathed in the smell of steamed buns and the aroma of wheat porridge, but they worked harder, as if they were afraid that if they didn't exert more energy, the soldier would not give them wheat porridge steamed buns for a while.

"See that big bun, it's so big and mysterious!"

"...This General Zhang is really willing... Can you really care if we are full or not?"

"It's probably true, I didn't see that the steamed buns are piled high..."

A few laborers were chatting while digging a trench. Song Shanquan, the general manager of the central government, happened to pass by here. , the buns that look like hills over there are all prepared for you."

"Hey, Xiaomin thanked the general first. We must fight with all our strength today, but we will never dare to play tricks with the general in front of his eyes!"

An old man over forty years old was smiling and talking. He had already taken off his coat. Although there was not much flesh on his bare arms, his veins were exposed. Although the sun was not strong, he was still sweating all over his body. It looks like it's really hard work.

Song Shanquan stood up, and he raised his voice and shouted to the peasants: "You can hear the truth. As long as you work hard today to dig trenches and build walls, you will be able to control everything, and you will be a mommy in the morning." , wheat porridge with pickles, and big pancakes with broth at noon.

But if someone dared to hide traitors and play tricks, and did not work hard, we caught him, not only did he not get steamed buns, pancakes, and broth, but he was not paid a penny of wages, and he would be sent to Qiu Futai for punishment.

Do you really hear me? "

Before Song Shanquan could finish his words, the surrounding civilians and soldiers showed unconcealable excitement. They were enlisted to serve with the army without any compensation, and because they didn't need to go to battle to kill the enemy, they did it every day. Just barely half full.

Yesterday, I heard that Marshal Zhang in Xuan Town was going to build a camp in Changling Mountain. Not only did he keep the big guys fed, but he also paid two cents of silver a day for their wages.

Although I still have some doubts in my heart, but considering that where I work is not the same, even if the Marshal Zhang from Xuanzhen deceived them, so what, at most it will still be the same as before, working hard all day, eating half full, nothing. Nothing to lose.

But when they arrived around the camp in Changling Mountain, they saw teams of officers and soldiers already digging trenches. The army soldiers are just in charge of overseeing the work?

Now, looking at the hill-like steamed buns next to the cauldron in the distance, the pots of steaming wheat porridge, and hearing that everyone will eat big pancakes with broth at noon, they are all motivated immediately.

They shouted their unique chant, and started working again in full swing. Song Shanquan looked at the situation in front of him and was very satisfied in his heart. He estimated that it would take only one or two days for the Changling Mountain defense line to see its first scale.

He looked at the sky, and shouted again: "Everyone work hard, in half an hour, we will have dinner!"

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The big pancakes, which are bigger than a sea bowl, are thick and soft, and the smell of meat wafting out of the big pot, seduce everyone's gluttons to scream.

With the experience they had at breakfast, they are now more disciplined. They still form a team and line up for meals in their own order.

Each person has a large pancake, a large bowl of broth, plus some finely chopped pickles, mixed on the pancake, and if there is not enough, you can get a second time.

Now, they no longer have any doubts about whether it is really a problem, and they are fully convinced that they can really get a second time, so they don't gobble up it like they did at breakfast.

A healthy young man was holding half a pancake in his left hand, and the big bowl in his right hand was stretched out, and a large spoonful of boiling broth was poured in, filling the big bowl to the brim immediately.

In the thick broth, the meat is full of fragrance. Although each person can't share a few pieces of meat, it is enough to make everyone excited. For them, this is the only meal they should have during the Chinese New Year!
Some greedy ghosts, who are usually restless, want to jump in line when they see broth, and even secretly snatch other people's broth pies.

Of course, this kind of incident cannot be allowed in the Xuanbei Army. The Dushiying Zhenfu sergeant who was in charge of maintaining order picked them up on the spot, beat them mercilessly with leather whips, and smashed them with military sticks, until they cried and cried. Mother, keep begging for mercy.

The onlookers burst into laughter, all gloating and watching from a distance: In front of this gang of wolves and tigers, are you still trying to bully the weak?I don't even look at the occasion, I'm really asking for trouble!
Amidst the laughter, the men and women gathered in one place, either squatting or sitting directly on the ground, and began to gobble it up.

Many of them sighed while eating, they never imagined that they could live such a good life like a fairy after going out of the mouth with the army.

Chen Zheng also ate his lunch hastily and watched silently from the sidelines. Seeing that most of the people were already full, he waved his hand, and all the generals, generals, and clerks in the camp understood, and they all stepped forward and shouted: "Start work, Let’s start work. Hurry up and work when you’re full, and you’ll still be paid after work ends today.”

"Work...work..."

The team leaders and deputy officers selected from the civilian husbands and soldiers of each team shouted loudly, and the civilian husbands and soldiers were full, and all of them were satisfied, and they all stood up and started working energetically.

Starting from the mountainside of Changling Mountain, white lines have been sprinkled with lime by the scribes accompanying the camp according to the construction drawings. .

These civilian husbands and soldiers have a lot of strength, and now they have the good thing of making a living with their strength and earning money, so naturally don't mention it.

(End of this chapter)