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Volume 1: I want to be a rich playboy, but my destiny is not in the pool. Chapter 84: Painting cakes can satisfy hunger (2)

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    There are still a large number of victims gathered near the city gate of Hangzhou. Although several camps have been built outside the city to accommodate the victims, most people still think that they will be more secure after entering the city. After all, Song Dynasty officials closed the city gates and watched the city in the face of famine.  It is not uncommon for outsiders to starve to death.

    In fact, most of the grain in Changpingcang was used to relieve the people outside the city. On the contrary, the people in the city needed to buy grain from grain merchants at high prices. However, the propaganda method at this time was not so easy to make things clear. Guarding at the city gate  The officers and soldiers were shouted at and scolded every day, and were even attacked with stones and slingshots from time to time.

    Three commanding imperial troops were stationed at the east gate to maintain order. Due to the fact that it was leaning toward the seaside, the situation was pretty good.  The person on duty today is an infantry commander named Jin Tianya. The commander in the Song Dynasty is a basic-level military position and is not a rank. Each commander has 500 soldiers.  Of course, if you search all over the world, you may not be able to find a real commander with five hundred people.

    Jin Tianya has 3,780 people under his command, which is quite good among the southern armies. Some commanders even only have more than 200 people. This is still a forbidden army. If it is a Xiang army, it is even more exaggerated. In many cases, even the organization is incomplete.  , most of the soldiers were sent to officials' homes or inns to serve as handymen.

    Therefore, during the war, the general who commanded the army said: "I will give you 3,000 men, go and wipe out the bandits!" The actual number of people allocated is probably less than 2,000, but what we have to do now is just to maintain order, as long as it does not arouse the people.  Changing is still no problem.

    With a "pop" sound, a stone flew from nowhere and hit the wall tile next to Jin Tianya. When it bounced back, it rubbed the crook of his leg.  Fortunately, the attack was over and no harm was done.

    Jin Tianya took a sharp look at the crowd, but did not find the murderer, so he had to spit on the ground, "You damn bastard, Dou Qing and Li Zhong are eating well and drinking hot food at home under the pretext of catching the cold.  The sun in the fucking sky can hatch chickens. It's so damn windy and cold, so I'm left alone to suffer from this bird's evil spirit. I thought that arresting a few people and scaring them would make them be honest, but I don't know how.  My husband is so angry. It¡¯s just that he won¡¯t be arrested. He can¡¯t even curse, and now he can¡¯t beat him. He can¡¯t even scold him. How do you think he can control him here?¡±

    The deputy commander next to him hurriedly pulled his sleeve and whispered: "Speak softly. If someone spreads it to the ears of the officials, you will inevitably suffer."

    "Afraid of a bird?" Jin Tianya stared at him with a pair of bull's eyes, "The civil servants are hiding in the government office and gesticulating. We have to stay here for a month or two, and you can't tolerate me complaining?"

    The deputy commander shook his head and smiled bitterly. There was nothing he could do about it. The Song Dynasty always valued culture over military affairs.  Civil servants could be arrogant and rude when meeting generals who were two ranks higher than themselves. They had long been accustomed to it. However, the commander had a bad temper and he could not persuade him, so he had to change the subject.

    "I don't know when the grain and rice from the court will arrive. A few days ago, Ning Que, who was guarding the granary, said that there was not much grain left. The people in the city still went to make trouble every day to open the granary to stock up on grain. If the trouble continues, I'm afraid that Fan Xianggong will have to  I can¡¯t stand the pressure anymore.¡±

    "Then Fatty Ning has a missing character in his name, so he is asked to guard the granary, and he still expects that he will not be short of food?" Jin Tianya snorted.  Then he said: "This bunch of unruly people should be controlled. Mr. Fan is so used to it that something will happen sooner or later. By the way, is there a shortage of food and rice in your home?"

    The deputy commander looked at him doubtfully and shook his head: "If you have a salary from the imperial court, you will never have to worry about food and drink."

    "Well, I think so. I heard that Nao Shizi's "Guangsha Camp" outside the city was inspired by the wealthy Xianggong in Qingzhou?"

    "I heard that it was like this. It seems that some talented person wrote a letter to make suggestions and changed a lot of things."

    "It's something like that. I took a look two days ago. It's even cleaner than our military camp. They even have separate places for eating, drinking, and eating. There's also a storyteller, Cuo Da, talking about storytelling inside. Where can I find it?  He looks like a disaster victim. I really don¡¯t know what kind of city these birds at the door are trying to get into." Jin Tianya glanced at the crowd who were still shouting outside the city and snorted from his nostrils, "Next time, some civil servants will come over.  , you go and tell him that if you want to follow the example of Prime Minister Fu in recruiting troops to provide disaster relief, more than a hundred people in my camp died of illness in the past two years, and we can still fill in another hundred or so victims. Anyway, you are not short of food and rice, so we can take care of them first."  Fu Bi didn't know the details of Qingzhou's disaster relief, but recruiting troops for disaster relief involved military affairs. He knew a little bit about it. Although from the bottom of his heart, he thought that the soldiers recruited for disaster relief could not fight any battle at all, but at this time he also felt that this method  It can indeed relieve some of the urgent needs. At worst, we can just recruit him and practice again.

    There were almost no officers in the Song Dynasty who did not receive free pay. Most of the soldiers whose pay was less than the official salary would fall into the hands of the officers. Everyone in the government knew this, but no one tried to expose it. However, Jin Tianya's move was in line with  It¡¯s not much different to use your own money to provide disaster relief.

    Deputy CommanderHe was stunned, and then he understood why the commander had just asked him about whether he had any grain or rice at home. It turned out that he wanted to block his way out and prevent him from refuting, but he didn't expect that he seemed to be a rough man, but he could still do it.  Be careful like this.

    Although the deputy commander was unwilling to do so, there was always a way to reduce the number of troops after the disaster was over. It was not a good idea to refute Jin Tianya now and flattered him with a smile: "Commander Jin has a bodhisattva heart, so I will just do as he is told."

    "Stop flattering me. I have been through fire and sword for many years. When have I ever believed in Bodhisattva? It's just that I can't see Dou Qing's face. Last time you brats fought with his men, you were taken by him.  The number of people is overwhelming. When have I ever suffered such a loss? Next time we fight, we will drag out 500 people and scare him out of his wits!"

    The deputy commander responded with a smile. This Dou Qing was a person who was transferred from the Beijing camp for committing crimes. He probably didn't know the situation in the south yet. He recruited more than 400 men as soon as he came to save face.  Compared with Jin Tianya, who claims to be an elite, both of them have bad tempers and dislike each other.  Jin Tianya was promoted through military service with real swords and spears. Unfortunately, he had a bad temper and committed more crimes than meritorious service. After seven or eight years, he still only had one commander position. Dou Qing relied on himself in the capital camp.  He is a thorn in the middle of the capital. He is quite arrogant and does not take Jin Tianya seriously on weekdays. He is always full of energy when he comes and goes.  However, these words are still more of a cover-up, probably because Jin Tianya is afraid of being said to be soft-hearted like a woman, so he makes an excuse at will.

    While he was talking, the people outside the city gate suddenly shouted loudly, and the sound was so loud that a lot of dust fell on the doorway.

    Jin Tianya looked outside. He stood in the doorway with narrow vision. He didn't know what was going on. He stretched out his finger and yelled outside: "What are you yelling about? I won't let you in even if I scream. Save your energy."  You can save two bites of rice!"

    After waiting for a long time, he saw that the momentum outside was still unabated. He frowned and said to the deputy commander beside him: "Go out and take a look. I was stoned last time when I went out. I can't arrest him for revenge. They just don't recognize him."  You, just be careful."

    The deputy commander responded and went out for a moment. Not long after, he ran back with a face full of joy, shouting loudly as he ran: "The grain truck is coming, the grain truck is coming!"

    "What are you yelling about? When will no grain truck come in?" Jin Tianya's eyes glared, and then he turned around and found a horse to sit down, "Every day, dozens and hundreds of dan are sent in.  Got something wrong?"

    "It's not a few hundred stones, it's fifty thousand stones! A whole fifty thousand stones!"

    "Fifty thousand stoneswhat?!" Jin Tianya just sat down and stood up with a cry, "Did you read that correctly?"

    "It's absolutely true, the white rice is all in the bucket, and the lid of the bucket is open, there's no mistake!"

    Jin Tianya slapped his thigh and walked out: "The grain and rice for the court's disaster relief have arrived so quickly? It's rare for those civil servants to be efficient!"

    "It's not from the imperial court, it's from the major grain shops in the city!"

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