Chapter Forty-Six: Celebration Wine

When the undercurrent in Guanping City was surging, Wang Baoshan took his soldiers and returned to Heifengzhuang with fifty carts of food, cloth and other materials.

Xu Feng didn't come back, he stayed in the city and didn't know what to do. Obviously, there are many things that Wang Baoshan doesn't know, and he doesn't ask more, just do his own thing.

This mission was completed so quickly and so easily, even Wang Baoshan himself couldn't believe it. When he returned to Heifengzhuang and handed over the grain, cloth and other things to Du Xiaosan, he learned that these were all a plan from a mining slave named Liu Hai to Zhao Qingshan.

It turned out that that day, when Wang Qiang went to rescue the miners in the Li family's iron mine, the bangs did not drown. There was not much water in the water tank he was planted in at that time, and in the cold winter wax moon, the night was biting cold, and the water in the water tank had already been frozen out of a thin layer of ice. Bangs broke through the ice headlong, and the person was also knocked unconscious, and was later saved by other mine slaves, which can be regarded as saving his life.

Subsequently, after following Wang Qiang to Heifengzhuang, after a period of recuperation, Liu Hai gradually regained his senses, and was recommended by other mine slaves, and was soon treated as a guest by Zhao Qingshan.

After all, Liu Hai used to be a grain official in Pingcheng, Guanping, and what he did was quite high-spirited and bright, and he was deeply loved by the people.

Of course, Zhao Qingshan knows this, so he has a lot of respect for bangs, treats him with delicious food and drink every day, often shushs the cold and asks for warmth, takes good care of him, and moves the bangs so much.

Recently, the weather has been freezing, which has led to a crisis of food shortage in the newly established Black Wind Army, and Liu Hai sees it in his eyes and is anxious in his heart.

As for the affairs of the Black Wind Army, he has a deep understanding through his personal experience during this time. What's more, what happened to him made him completely lose confidence in the current city lord's mansion a long time ago.

And today's Black Wind Army, under the banner of serving the people, is doing the right thing for heaven and relieving the suffering of the people, which may not be a good source.

Therefore, Liu Hai told Zhao Qingshan this clever plan, which can be said to have avenged himself and solved the urgent need for the Black Wind Army.

If it weren't for Liu Hai's understanding of the officialdom of Guanpingcheng, this strategy would not have been so easy to do, and if he didn't know the root of Deng Zang, the current grain official, he wouldn't be able to grasp the other party's vein, so that he could obediently obey, so it would be easy to be deceived.

Of course, Wang Baoshan and Xu Feng also sang a song, exchanging stones for food. The two of them, with the cooperation of each other, played Deng Zang around.

As for Deng Zang, he was later destroyed by Zhang Sanwan of the Axe Palace, and he was so angry that he vomited blood and died...... Wait, that series of things, that's a complete coincidence, and it has nothing to do with them directly, maybe only indirectly.

This is the cycle of cause and effect, retribution is not slack, and the wicked have their own wicked grinding!

Fifty carts of grain really rained in time, which improved the food of the Black Wind Army, changing the previous three meals a day of steamed buns and vegetable soup.

Wang Baoshan followed the soldiers in his barracks, eating and drinking together, and he also had a deep understanding of the daily meals. It's almost the New Year, and although his daily food is better than before, with rice and vegetables fried in different ways, he still doesn't dare to compliment, because these meals are as unpalatable as they are.

For this reason, Wang Baoshan told Du Xiaosan a few times and asked him to change a few guys with better skills, but Du Xiaosan couldn't help it, saying that there were too many people, in order to ensure that the whole army was full, it would be good to have a full stomach, and that could also take into account personal tastes.

In this way, there is no way. Big guys, you can only have what to eat, after all, you can't be picky. And he himself can't eat whatever he wants like before.

On this day, Wang Qiang sent someone over and invited Wang Baoshan to the Zhongjun Hall for a banquet, saying that it was to celebrate, and he led the troops in a good way and could get back food and cloth from the city.

After arriving at the Zhongjun Hall, Wang Baoshan found that Wang Qiang, Zhao Qingshan, Du Xiaosan and Liu Hai were already sitting around the wine table, obviously they had already arrived and were waiting for him alone.

After taking a seat, everyone present toasted Wang Baoshan together, and he did not refuse to come, and walked around with each of them.

At the wine table, in the face of other people's polite scenes, although he didn't know much, he could barely cope with it.

After three rounds of drinking, Wang Qiang personally poured a bowl of wine for Wang Baoshan, and said with a smile: "Big brother, thank you for your hard work." ”

"It doesn't matter... It's okay..."Wang Baoshan hurriedly took the wine bowl.

"Big brother, thanks to you this time, otherwise it's almost the New Year, and our army's food can't keep up!" Wang Qiang raised the wine bowl and touched it with Wang Baoshan.

"It should be ......" Wang Baoshan touched the wine bowl with him, made a bitter face, and drank the wine, obviously unhappy and a little worried.

This is a good and dignified banquet specially held for him, how can he not be happy?

It turned out that the food he and the soldiers in the battalion had never been very good, and it was deserved to be described as pig food.

Tonight, I suddenly invited him to drink, and the dishes that served the wine were really rich: roast chicken, pig's trotters and elbows, braised pork, sauced beef, dog meat hot pot, mutton hot, steamed sea bass...... In addition to the hard dishes and so on, what are the vegetables and fruits, pork rib soup, crockpot dog meat pot...... And so on, all kinds of meat and vegetarian dishes, a big table was set up.

Looking at the weight of this table, the soldiers of a battalion have more than enough to eat and drink. But now there are only five of them, and they are drinking, which makes Wang Baoshan, who has always been accustomed to living a simple life, feel very wasteful, and makes him feel uncomfortable for a while.

There are so many dishes, although they are not some delicacies of the mountains and seas, but they are far stronger than the green vegetable steamed buns that day, and they are many times stronger.

Besides, this time he went to the city to borrow food, and it was not his credit alone, but also the soldiers in his battalion, Xu Feng, Luo Ying, and Yang Zhuoyi!

If it was in front of other people, he might have held back and said nothing. But in front of his sworn brothers, he was often outspoken, venting the unhappiness in his heart, and saying whatever he wanted.

But on the occasion now, he can't talk casually, so he has to keep a bitter face and barely deal with Wang Qiang.

Wang Qiang saw that he was not very happy, and he was a little puzzled, so he asked him: "Big brother, what's wrong?

"Well, the second brother is a bit serious, this time I was able to transport the grain back smoothly, thanks to General Xu Feng, Luo Ying, Brother Yang, and more than 30 brothers in my camp, without them, how could I have that ability! Besides, there are only five of us, just drink some wine, can we cook so many dishes?" After Wang Baoshan finished speaking, he drank another bowl of wine and glanced at the other people.

"Of course they are meritorious, but they have to be led by your eldest brother!" Wang Qiang listened, and did not blame him for his words, but smiled.

He smiled, and the other four people also felt a little funny, and they held a celebration banquet well, but Wang Baoshan said this, it seemed to be wrong.

Wang Baoshan saw that everyone was smiling, so he said: "Second brother, Mr. Zhao, I have an uninvited feeling, I don't know if I should talk about it......

Zhao Qingshan nodded, as if motioning for him to say, but he didn't say anything.

Wang Qiang said: "Big brother, there is something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

When Wang Baoshan saw that they agreed, he said with some twists: "I think so! Eat wine! Just get some peanuts and other snacks, it's fine, can you let me send these meat to the brothers in the camp, it's cold and freezing, and it is hard enough for them to transport grain......

"Haha, General Wang, I really love soldiers like brothers!" Liu Hai on the side listened to it and smiled.

Zhao Qingshan touched it, and the goat's beard also nodded.

"Big brother, you usually eat and drink with the soldiers, and you often complain to me that the food is not delicious. That's why I made you something delicious today, why do you want to give them to them?" Du Xiaosan was a little puzzled and looked at Wang Baoshan blankly.

Wang Baoshan listened to Du Xiaosan's words and said solemnly: "I said the third brother! In the military books, it is often said that the management of the army should be people-oriented, and that the soldiers should be loved like sons, and others should work hard for us, but how can we enjoy the fruits of it alone? What does this make those brothers think?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned. Wang Qiang and Du Xiaosan also looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

Zhao Qingshan, who has always looked like a master, was also silent for a while before he spoke: "General Wang, what you said is extremely true, our army has just been established, and many places still need to be improved. ”

"It's... Be... The eldest brother is right, it's best to have someone send a few jars of good wine over..."Wang Qiang saw Zhao Qingshan open his mouth, and hurriedly nodded yes.

"Then I will thank the second brother and Mr. Zhao for the brothers in the camp..."Wang Baoshan raised his hand to them and saluted each of them.

Then, he called Liu Qing, a soldier who had been waiting beside him, and said to him: "Liu Qing, you go find a few people to come over and help send these drinks and food back to the barracks." Let the brothers, eat and drink well, and it will be the New Year... You don't have to come back, I'm not going back to the barracks tonight, I'm resting..."

"Yes, thank you, General..."The corners of Liu Qing's eyes were a little moist, and he quickly nodded yes.

Waiting for Liu Qing, with a few soldiers of the Chinese army, after a long period of busy work, only some salted peas, fried peanuts, and preserved fruits were placed on the wine table... And so on, a kind of ordinary wine to drink.

Wang Baoshan's five people, just started again, while scalding wine and drinking, crunching, chewing fried peanuts, talking and laughing, there is also a different mood.

Zhao Qingshan accompanied them, drank a circle of wine, and said to Wang Qiang: "General Wang and the soldiers, eat and drink together, this is a people-oriented model, it is best to follow suit in the Black Wind Army." In this way, all the soldiers can think in one place, work in one place, and work together to have a surprising victory..."

"Sir, it is very important to say that I will issue a military order tomorrow. Wang Qiang nodded hurriedly, as long as it was Zhao Qingshan's decision, he was completely in favor of it, otherwise he Wang Qiang would not be what he is now, he was still a street gangster in the past, Sanpi.

"I'm sorry for the soldiers of the Black Wind Army, thank you Senior Brother Zhao..."Du Xiaosan picked up the wine bowl and toasted Zhao Qingshan.

"Thank you, Mr. Zhao..."Wang Baoshan also toasted Zhao Qingshan.

The bangs on the side also followed the toast, he has been an official for many years, and his ability to observe words and colors is not bad, and he can understand some potential things.

He looked at the other people, in the Black Wind Army, they were all pivotal figures, but they all respected Zhao Qingshan. Presumably, the deeper meaning is already very clear, so that he doesn't need to think about it too much, and he understands the truth.

To the surprise of the soldiers of the entire Black Wind Army, their daily meals of three meals have undergone a qualitative change because of this celebration banquet.

Although there is not much improvement, it can make the soldiers feel the meaning of sharing weal and woe, and psychologically, it will also make people more balanced. is not the result of his own hard work, but just a few words of commendation, or simply add a little military salary, but others enjoy it alone.

Is it fair to them that they are like oxen plowing the fields and horses pulling carts, ploughing the fields and pulling carts all day long, giving their owners an income in exchange for their own income, but they themselves can only enjoy what dirty weeds to eat?

When Zhang Beidou was alive before, although the main purpose of Heifeng Village was to pay attention to benevolence, righteousness and morality, but the minions in the village were desperately fighting and robbing the house, and the gold and silver treasures they robbed were all the first to let the owner get the big head, followed by the leaders, each scraping points, and finally it was the turn of the little minions, which was pitiful. At most, a few bowls of wine and a few pieces of meat, and they often have to give their lives in exchange for them.

In this regard, Zhao Qingshan was deeply touched, and since he came to Heifeng Village, for the sake of fairness, he put a lot of effort into it, so that all the people in the village have been duly rewarded.

It is because of this that Zhao Qingshan, in the minds of those little minions, has a very high status, and everyone respects him, and many times surpasses Zhang Beidou.

Therefore, after Zhang Beidou's death, not many people thought about avenging him.

And when Zhao Qingshan wanted to establish Wang Qiang as the owner of the village, many people were unconditionally in favor, after all, they all believed in Zhao Qingshan, because only he, Zhao Qingshan, was really thinking about their interests.

Soldiers work together and love soldiers like sons, this is the style of a general. Wang Baoshan has often read military books recently, and he has a lot of feelings, he thinks about the problem himself, it is very simple, he thinks it is good, he will learn to do it, no matter what the result is, he will do it.

It is precisely because of this that the more than 30 soldiers in his battalion have special respect for him. Usually, Wang Baoshan also discussed with his subordinates first, listened to everyone's opinions, and looked for a suitable plan, so everyone did not disobey his words at all.

This time, he asked Liu Qing to bring them wine and meat to eat, and they had a good night's trouble. The soldiers in the battalion, after learning that it was Wang Baoshan, asked the commander Wang Qiang for them, they were overjoyed one by one, and they were allowed to drink happily.

So they drank wine in large bowls, ate large pieces of meat, celebrated for a while, and rejoiced all night.

That night, the entire Black Wind Army knew that the soldiers in Wang Baoshan's camp had drunk and eaten meat last night, and were eating and drinking celebratory wine lively.

The soldiers in the other barracks were greedy one by one, drinking green vegetables and millet porridge on weekdays, there was no oil and water at all, and they couldn't drink alcohol.

For a long time, they have also complained a lot about the commanders of their barracks, after all, the commanders can eat small pots of rice, and the food is much better than them.

Now I look at Wang Baoshan's barracks again, because it is meritorious to go to find food and come back, and the people's celebration wine is a happy drink. For this reason, the soldiers in the other barracks all wanted to be proud of themselves, they were soldiers under Wang Baoshan, and they all wanted to make meritorious contributions immediately, so they could eat and drink happily.

In this way, at dawn the next day, many of the generals of the barracks were upset by the noise of their soldiers. They had no choice but to go to Wang Qiang and Zhao Qingshan to see if they could find something that could make meritorious contributions and do it.

When Zhao Qingshan saw the soldiers, he was eager to petition and understood the truth.

This person is a person who has a heart of comparison! They all need to be stimulated by the method of agitation in order to be motivated!

Immediately, he ordered people to gather the generals of each battalion and invite them to the hall of the Chinese army to discuss countermeasures.

This meeting lasted all day, I don't know what they discussed, anyway, after the meeting, the generals were as calm as water, obviously something big was going to happen.