Wei and Jin Cooks

  Chapter 986 Survive

  Zhao Hu's manpower left in Jiangnan was insufficient, so he sent three groups of people to send food back, but he couldn't mobilize manpower, so the stewards could only think of recruiting from the local area.

  Their recruitment is naturally young and strong, so the people they are looking for recently are all aspiring young people over the age of sixteen and under thirty.

  In addition to higher remuneration than Jiangnan's low wages, it is the unlimited opportunities in the Northland.

   "Don't even think about it. The imperial court is in the north. Will all the benefits given by the imperial court be placed in the north?"

  At first, the young people couldn’t help but retort: ​​“There is war in the north.”

   "That's all in the past. Now the general has regained the lost land and put down the Xiongnu. There will be no more wars in the north. Even if they fight, they are not afraid. The Zhao family army is here."

   "That's right, now that our north is in a state of waste, if you go to the north now, it's simply picking up money with your eyes closed."

   "Didn't it mean that the north is now poor and lacks food? Is it really as good as you say?"

"The lack of food is real, but poverty? Hmph, don't even look at it. Where do the most valuable glazes and books in the market come from? They are all transported from Yuzhou. Look at those who spend money like dirt in the city." Most of the people here are gentry families who migrated from the north, and there are more gentry families who have stayed in the north and have not moved away. Aren’t they richer?”

  The fledgling, innocent young people believed it, and couldn't help but look towards the north.

  The Zhao family's buddy continued to work hard, and lowered his voice to bewitch: "And do you know who our boss is?"

  Young people really don't know, they collectively refer to this group of merchants who came from the north to collect grain as "from the north."

   Zhao Guyji whispered: "Our boss is the great general's uncle, the Zhao family!"

  The young man exclaimed in admiration.

Mr. Zhao was also complacent, and said to them: "So, there is nothing wrong with following us. If you are lucky, the general will see our ability, and you may be able to work with the general, and you will change your family in the future. , Flying Huang Tengda."

  The eyes of the young people brightened, and their ambitions were provoked.

   So they all followed them north.

   In this way, the stewards used small money to recruit a group of passionate young people. They said it was small money, but it was considered high compared to the low wages in Jiangnan today.

   Due to the influx of a large number of people fleeing from the north, the price of goods in Jiangnan has risen, and labor has become cheap.

  The new gentry brought their wealth, craftsmen and servants, and they bought a large number of houses, shops, and fields.

  The local gentry are very wary of them, but they can still find ways to buy fields, forests, and Heze from poor farmers. A large number of farmers who lost their land can only become tenants or short-term laborers.

  They also brought all kinds of tools they had never seen before, whether it was weaving, building houses or farming, they were faster and more refined, and then a large number of local craftsmen lost their jobs because of the difference in skills from those in the north.

  So, now the market is flooded with a lot of idle labor, so that the wages are very low, but...the prices are high.

  The steward abducted these people, and when he collected another ten carts of grain, he immediately took them and set off back to Yuzhou.

   Just as they were heading towards Yuzhou with confidence and hope, the deserted and dead Youzhou also ushered in the first batch of grain.

  The arrival of this batch of food is like oil dripping into hot water, and it boils all at once, and Youzhou comes alive in one go!

Shi Le had a taste in his heart, but he had to admit that the batch of food sent by Zhao Hanzhang was very timely. In order to let the people have the confidence to survive, he had to make a big publicity, and let people publicize it in Youzhou. The general sent people to deliver the relief food Come.

At this time, Youzhou has started to turn cold, Xu Dayi pushed open the half-open wooden door with bare feet, walked in, stepped forward and pulled the person under the broken quilt, and said in a hoarse voice: "Get up, go to Dacunkou Receive the relief food."

  The woman on the bed struggled to open her eyes, unable to speak.

He gave her a sip of water, saw that her face was still gray, thought for a while, gritted his teeth and got up, went to the kitchen to get a knife, stood in front of the water tank and gestured, and cut half of the ear with one knife down.

  He took out the sackcloth and pot ashes that he had prepared earlier to wrap the ear, then took the half of the ear, chopped it up and steamed it, and fed it to her.

  The person on the bed ate it in a daze and managed to come back to life. Then he asked inaudibly, "What is this?"

  Xu Dayi said: "The rabbit meat I snatched from outside, let's go, I'll carry you. When I came back, Lizheng had sent someone to cook the porridge. We can get a bowl to eat later."

  He carried the man on his back, and stuffed two bowls from the kitchen into his arms.

  The woman wobbled on his back, her eyes gradually became clearer after eating, and she saw that his head was wrapped in sackcloth, and there were faint red blood stains on his ears.

  She couldn't help but raised her finger to touch it, and asked, "What's wrong?"

  Xu Dayi tilted his head, and said impatiently: "I was bitten when I was grabbing food from others, you care so much, save some strength to survive."

  He threatened: "If you die, I will exchange you for rations."

  The woman stopped talking immediately, but she wasn't too scared in her heart. She thought, if she was eaten by people or eaten by insects, what difference would it make?

  Her two children…

  When she thought of this, her heart ached, but she couldn't shed any tears, and she looked at the front with a numb face.

They started to meet people on the road. Those who still had strength ran towards Dacun in small steps with a bowl in their arms. move forward...

  Xu Dayi carried the man back to Dacun. The first pot of porridge had already been cooked. He immediately left the woman in a corner, and then went to line up with two bowls to get porridge.

Lizheng was pouring porridge for them, and said loudly: "One person can only have one bowl, I remember it, but you can't get it repeatedly, after a while everyone has eaten the food, this batch of food is sent from Yuzhou for relief Food, the general is concerned about everyone."

He also said: "Those who feel that one bowl is not enough to eat, but those who are strong, go to the village to lift people after eating. If you lift someone who can't walk, you can share half of the bowl for him. It is best to carry two people together. Carried to death, insignificant..."

Because of his words, Xu Dayi drank more than half of the two bowls of porridge he had just obtained, leaving one bottom of each bowl for the woman. Let’s go to Erzhu’s house to see if their children and younger brothers and sisters are still alive, they can be exchanged for porridge if they are brought here.”

  (end of this chapter)