Traveler Major League

Chapter 17 Operations of Harvesting Grain in the Countryside

Looking at the eager crowd, Liu Ze waved his finger at the smelling pot and said, "Those who want to do it with me, all come to Lao Kong's to queue up to eat porridge by name! One bowl per person! Others want to follow us and wave the flag Those who are cheering can only wait for us to receive the food before eating!"

That old Kong held a writing brush in his right hand and an empty account book in his left hand. He was dipping his foot on the car floor, and he was about to record the names and ages of those who wanted to eat porridge one by one.

There was constant commotion in the crowd, and many people stretched their necks to look this way. Facing the conditions offered by Liu Ze, most of them were ready to move, but they didn't dare to be the first to stand up!

As for those old and weak hungry people, they probably knew that they did not meet the requirements for conscription, and they would not be able to fill their stomachs, so they silently retreated to the side, blinking their eyes and looking at this side.

Liu Ze's requirements for the source of recruits are also simple, there are only two: male and live.

Guo Shunwang and Wang Shanbao were not idle either. They held long guns and maintained order in front.

Soon there will be the first person to eat crabs.

There was no patch on the man's clothes. With his back hunched, he walked up to Lao Kong step by step. Lao Kong stroked his beard and asked, "What's your name?"

"Dog eggs."

There was laughter nearby.

"how old?"

"Thirty."

Someone beside him laughed and said, "You look like fifty, how can you look like a strong laborer at thirty?"

Goudan glared at the person who was speaking next to him, and hurriedly argued, "It's thirty!"

Guessing that Liu Ze would not believe him, he explained: "I grew up in a poor family. I had no father and no mother. I had only one elder sister who lived with me. Later, when my elder sister got married and had a baby, I became an old bachelor! Eat enough, the whole family is not hungry! There have been disasters around the past few years, and my sister’s whole family has been starved to death! I always seem to be suffering because of my life! I’m not really old!"

"You're lying! If you're really thirty, why don't you have a wife and children? Instead, you're all alone!" Someone in the crowd questioned.

"The fortune-telling old gods say that I am against my family, which woman dares to follow me?"

Everyone didn't expect him to say that, they all exchanged glances and fell silent.

Liu Ze saw that there was a blind man who was about to question him again, so he stepped forward and said, "Okay, okay! Lao Kong will write him down, and he will be mine in the future! Others who want to sign up Hurry up and line up! Remember to eat porridge early!"

After hearing Liu Ze's words, everyone lost interest in goudan at all, and they all looked forward to queuing up, wanting to eat porridge early.

In fact, Liu Ze didn't want this guy named Goudan at first. Although he explained that he just looked old because of his hard life, but from Liu Ze's point of view, it might not be true. Judging by his skin, teeth and action posture, he doesn't look like a man at all. 30 year old strong man!When it's time to collect grain, I'm afraid I can't even hold a long gun!But since he was the first person to try, he must have some guts, and he was even more afraid that if he was rejected, others would not dare to vote, then the gain would outweigh the loss!

Goudan came to the cauldron that Wang Guizhi had set up after registering.

Wang Guizhi just heard what he said, and felt that it was a sympathy for each other. At this moment, she was still immersed in that misery, and she hadn't recovered for a long time!
"Do you have a bowl? Let that big sister serve you a bowl of porridge!" Old Kong looked at the gluttonous Goudan, and yelled kindly from behind.

Seeing that Goudan received the porridge, he turned around and said to the crowd behind him: "The chopsticks will not fall down, and there is a piece of bacon!"

Now the crowd couldn't bear it any longer, they rushed forward one by one, you pushed me, I squeezed you, even the old and the weak who had retreated to the side before got involved, and disaster was about to happen, Liu Ze quickly jumped out of the car, drove the crowd with a scabbard, and shouted: "Don't grab it! If you want to do it with me, go to the old man to sign up. After signing up, come and eat, there are all! There are all! Don't worry!"

Seeing that this group of people couldn't be restrained, Liu Ze quickly drew out his knife, and told the ten soldiers standing idle behind to stop pretending to be dead, and come together to maintain order, otherwise he would go back and worry about suing them!
Liu Ze threw the waist knife in front of the person in front, and that person backed away in fright, but the crowd behind him was still squeezing him, so he couldn't move back, so he sat down on the ground and shouted: "My mother! !"

This shout finally calmed down the gradually frantic crowd. Liu Ze raised his knife and looked around and said, "Don't treat me as a soft persimmon. I have also seen blood hacking people under the hands of Second Brother Wang. If any of you dare to mess with my rules, I will immediately Just hack him to death!"

The group of more than a hundred hungry people looked at the steel knives on the opposite side and the dozens of long spears laid flat behind them, and finally calmed down. The brave men lined up one by one, ready to have a full meal after receiving the porridge.

The unqualified old and the weak were all driven aside, smelling the scent, swallowing their saliva, and some children were crying, causing their families to take out a little dry food to satisfy their hunger. This is not a waste of food. The hungry people have very little food with them, and one meal a day is good. Otherwise, I wouldn't have listened to Liu Ze's tricks.

A seven or eight-year-old boy ran up to Liu Ze, clenched his fists and said firmly, "Master, I'm going to collect grain with you, can you give me a bowl of porridge for my grandma? I haven't eaten for several days! "

Liu Ze looked at the dying grandmother sitting on the ground behind him, smiled bitterly, and said, "You are too young, you can't come with me to collect food!"

Hearing what Liu Ze said, the little boy's eyes immediately turned red, and he rolled up his sleeves anxiously, as if to prove his strength.

"Look, my lord, I'm strong. I'll be the first to collect the food. I just ask you to give my grandma a bowl of porridge!"

Seeing the little boy pretending to be a grown-up, Liu Ze stroked his hair and said, "You can follow us from now on. Now you have your first task, which is to take good care of your grandma. Now go get a bowl of porridge." Feed your grandma."

Liu Ze looked at the group of hungry people sitting in the distance, and felt very helpless. They suffered from disasters year after year, had no food to eat, were forced to collect food and taxes, and were bullied by officers, soldiers and robbers!It's a sad day!Now that I heard the news of the release of food in the city, I guess I rushed here before dawn, just to have something to eat, I don't know how I got here all the way!
But Liu Ze couldn't help it. It looked like there were a lot of packages in his car, but it was actually only two hundred catties of grain. How could he dare to make things indiscriminately, otherwise it wouldn't be enough for the people in front of him to eat for a meal!The most urgent task at the moment is to find someone to collect food for him and strengthen his power, so he can only take care of the strong men to eat, and when they receive the food later, give some points to these old and weak people!Liu Ze shook his head with a wry smile.

There are still some strong men in the old and weak team. They look left and right, thinking about the porridge in the pot, but they don't want to come to Liu Ze to sign up for this risky job. They just squat there. Follow behind to pick up cheap.

Not as good as that little boy who is seven or eight years old!Liu Ze sighed inwardly.

It seems that we still need to give them more publicity in the future, and use water to attract them to work for me!Isn't it a big waste if these young and strong men don't use them in front of their eyes!
In the end, it took half a day, and after stopping a few more batches of hungry people, a total of 75 strong men who dared to break trees into soldiers were recruited, and there were no less than 500 people who were old, weak, sick, and disabled who were going to eat together. !
Old Kong asked Liu Ze curiously: "You people can't stand to be killed at all. If Zhuang Ding is provoked, I'm afraid two or thirty people will chase you and run away!"

"Hahaha, don't worry, Lao Kong, I have my own coup!" Liu Ze comforted. The coup is actually very simple, but it still requires luck.

Liu Zexian found the old and the weak in the crowd who had been staring at them all the time, and asked, "Does anyone know any wealthy households nearby? There are few people, poor defenses, and villages with food?"

Seeing that no one in the crowd answered, Liu Ze continued to seduce: "Anyone who is willing to lead us the way, I will also reward him with a bowl of bacon porridge. When the time comes, he will receive money and food, as well as a big reward!"

Hearing Liu Ze's reward, an old man replied: "The official is serious?"

"It must be true, don't call me the official, I'm just the leader who leads everyone to survive!"

"Big boss, big boss, I'll show you the way, I just ask you to do me a favor and give my grandson a bowl of porridge!" As he spoke, the old man pulled a seven or eight-year-old child hiding behind him to the cauldron.

This Liu Ze rushed over to greet them, served them a bowl of porridge, and then unfolded a blank sheet of paper to record what he said about the nearby villages. After checking with two old people in the crowd, he breathed a sigh of relief.

One of them is the grandmother of the little boy who just insisted on signing up for grain collection.

Liu Ze also rewarded them with a bowl of porridge, and he felt much more relieved.

Liu Ze asked about the intention of the nearby villages, because these people were recruited purely to scare people by supporting the number of people.Ask for information from old people who are familiar with the distribution of nearby villages, and only look for the villages of rich households and rich landowners, those with poor reputations, especially those with few guards.

As long as you bring Qi people to build up momentum, go to the gate of the village and say that you are ordered to borrow food, and given the prestige of Second Brother Wang who has already captured the county, who is not open-eyed and dares not to pull out a cent?
As long as they borrow some food, they can stabilize these hungry people. They occupy the Majiazhai that was slaughtered two days ago, and settle the hungry people here.

The letter can be written like this:
Natural disasters and man-made disasters have caused hunger and suffering among the people. My second elder brother couldn't bear it, so he has now captured Chengcheng and killed more than a hundred county magistrates and officials.
Ask Guizhai/village quite wealthy, why not save the people from fire and water?The special envoy sent a letter to ask you for grain and silver for our army to relieve the people!
Within a day, all the grain and silver were collected and sent to Majiazhai.Nearly [-] members of the Ma family village, old and young, have been slaughtered by the second elder brother Wang. If they dare to delay and refuse to send them away, they will report to the second elder brother, and the village will be destroyed.
If you receive the food, you will stop the hungry people at various intersections, and say that Majiazhai has opened a warehouse to release food, so hurry up!

Then continue to recruit strong men who are brave and willing to eat their heads, and gradually accumulate strength. In view of the encirclement and suppression of the Ming army that may be faced in the future, the main development direction should be in the mountains, with the goal of controlling the people in the villages in the mountains. As long as you have a certain self-protection ability, you can use technology to break the situation!

Let's start the first step!
(End of this chapter)