Daming Military Empire

Chapter 624
Early this morning, the resident of the No. [-] Household Office of the Fifth Capital of Xibo suddenly heard the ringing of the assembly bell, a melodious sound of "dong dong dong" drifted by, and the whole resident suddenly felt as if a pot had exploded. He ran out of his building with a weapon in his hand and went straight to the school yard in the middle of the resident.

Luo Zongshan from the [-]th household was standing under the pine tree in the middle of the school grounds and hit the copper bell with a shovel. He hit it with such vigor that a large group of people gathered behind him, and he still hadn't stopped. mean.

Seeing that everyone was almost there, Luo Zongshan was still ringing the bell vigorously, so he couldn't help walking behind him and shouting loudly: "Boss, what's the matter, tell me quickly, don't keep ringing the bell!" ah."

Luo Zongshan trembled when he yelled, "Grandma, this collision is going on vigorously, but was suddenly interrupted, and was shocked, Luo Zongshan is so angry, he turned around and yelled at Lao Zhang." : "What boss, how many times have I told you, call me Lord Qianhu."

Lao Zhang shrank his neck in fright, and quickly raised his head and chest, performed a standard military salute, and shouted: "My subordinates will see Mr. Qianhu."

Luo Zongshan was still angry, and shouted at the messy guards below: "Stand there and shout, why don't you hurry up and line up, whoever doesn't stand up, I will beat him to death."

The people below were also frightened by his yelling, and quickly lined up, and soon more than 1000 people lined up neatly. It seems that they are not good at queuing, but they are not used to gathering together. Just line up.

Looking at the neatly lined up team, Luo Zongshan's anger finally subsided. In fact, he was still in a good mood, but he was shocked by Lao Zhang's yelling from behind, and then he burst into anger of.

After yelling twice at this moment, his anger has almost subsided. He wiped the sweat from his brow, straightened his formal attire, and then raised his head and chest, and said loudly: "Old Xie."

Baihu Laoxie hurried forward, gave a standard military salute, and then said loudly: "My subordinate is here."

Luo Zongshan directly ordered: "Take your people and go collect all the old straw mats from every household and bring them here."

Old Xie was taken aback when he heard the words, and couldn't help asking: "My lord, why do you need so many straw mats?"

When Luo Zongshan heard the words, he yelled directly: "Why do you ask so many questions, don't you remember the military regulations and disciplines, why don't you hurry up, and be careful that I will beat you."

When Lao Xie heard the words, he quickly answered yes, and then he led his 300 people to collect straw mats in a hurry.

Luo Zongshan said to the old Zhang of Baihu: "How much food is there in the coal mine?"

Lao Zhang thought for a while and replied: "Four or five hundred people are probably enough to feed for ten days."

Luo Zongshan heard the words and ordered directly: "Take your people to pull thirty carts of grain, five pigs, and ten empty carriages."

Lao Zhang didn't dare to ask any questions now, he answered yes directly, and then left with four or five hundred people under his command.

At this time, more than half of the school grounds were empty, only Lao Wang and Lao Cai and a few hundred households and about three hundred people were left standing there.

Luo Zongshan thought for a while, and then ordered: "Old Wang, you take the rest of the people to pick a cart of vegetables."

The people in the next school ran away, Luo Zongshan stood there thinking for a while, then slapped his forehead and ran to the warehouse where the bacon was stored.

In less than half an hour, everyone gathered on the school yard again. Luo Zongshan threw the bacon in his hand onto the empty carriage, and then ordered: "Old Xie, put all the straw mats on the carriage."

When Lao Xie heard this, he waved his hand, and his subordinates immediately piled the straw mats in their arms onto the empty carriage, and it took seven or eight carts to pile them up.

Luo Zongshan then ordered: "Old Zhang, knock the pig unconscious, put it in the car, gather the team, and go to the coal mine, Lao Xie, Lao Wang, go and do your own work."

This order was so inexplicable that no one could figure it out. Halfway on the way, Lao Zhang couldn't bear it any longer. He rode his horse carefully to the edge of Luo Zongshan, and smiled apologetically: "Hehe, Mr. Qianhu, what do you want today?" Good day, you got up so early in the morning and took so many things to the mine."

Luo Zongshan said mysteriously: "Today is the day to recruit people."

Lao Zhang was overjoyed when he heard the words: "Recruitment, you mean the labor force organized by the imperial court is coming?"

Luo Zongshan nodded and sighed: "Yes, I will be there this afternoon, I hope I can recruit more."

Old Zhang asked puzzledly: "My lord, do you mean there are not enough people?"

Luo Zongshan nodded again, and sighed: "Yes, we have a total of sixteen mines in the Fifth Capital of Xibo, but the labor force that comes here is only one car, with a maximum of 500 people, and it would be good to recruit [-] people. "

There is no way this can be done. Due to the large number of mountains under the jurisdiction of Xibo Fifth Capital, there are more mineral deposits discovered. However, it is impossible for the imperial court to specially arrange for them to come here. For the sake of fairness, this batch, each They are all in one car, and if you want more people, you have to wait until next year. "

This time, due to driving the carriage, the group of people walked for about an hour before arriving at the mine, but it was still early, and the hundreds of guards on duty just got up, and work had not yet started.

Luo Zongshan has handed over all 300 of his men to Lao Zhang. Lao Zhang has a total of 600 men who are responsible for mining. Due to the poor conditions of the mine, they have to go back every day, leaving only 100 people to take turns guarding here. In fact, there are many houses in the mine, and it is no problem to accommodate thousands of people, but they just can't recruit people, so they have been empty there.

When Luo Zongshan arrived at the mine, he announced: Today we will stop working for one day!
Now, the five or six hundred young men were very excited. It was actually quite tiring to dig coal every day, so it would be nice to have a rest for a day.

Then Luo Zongshan took people to inspect the premises of the mine, and left 500 people behind, asked them to clean up all the rooms, killed all five pigs, stewed them in a large pot, and made 500 more people Noodles and white flour steamed buns, waiting to welcome newcomers.

After arranging all this, he took Lao Zhang and a hundred guards, carried straw mats on their backs, and brought bacon to the station of the mine.

At this time, there was already a coal truck parked there. Since the work had not started here, the five carriages were all empty, but the inside was dark and dirty.

Luo Zongshan greeted the driver, ordered someone to find a broom and cleaned it, and then ordered someone to spread the straw mat directly on the floor of the carriage, layer by layer, like a bed, The cushion is soft and comfortable.

Lao Zhang felt distressed, and couldn't help persuading: "Master, we will use these straw mats to sleep next year, how can we sleep all this time?"

Luo Zongshan rolled his eyes, and said angrily: "Don't worry, I will buy new ones for everyone next year."

Thousands of straw mats are really not a problem for Luo Zongshan. Lao Zhang also realizes that he is a rich man now, so what kind of straw mats do he still feel bad about?
After nearly a quarter of an hour, the straw mats were finally finished. Luo Zongshan ran to greet the driver again, and asked him to drive directly to the bastion where the fifth capital was located.

(End of this chapter)