Immediately, someone moved forward, and after seeing someone move, it didn't take long for everyone to come to Zhang Shiping a foot away.

If it weren't for the soldiers in front of them, they would have squatted under the table long ago.

Nanyang people love to squat, and even the elderly in the countryside don't sit on a stool when eating, but squat in the corner with a bowl to eat.

……

Guo Xiaosi had already ridden two bags of sweet potatoes, and there was even a convoy behind him to transport them to this side.

Some soldiers set up cauldrons and began to boil water, and some soldiers found firewood and lit piles of bonfires.

The soldiers were busy, washing the sweet potatoes with clean water, chopping them into pieces, and throwing them directly into the pot to cook.

There are also people roasting sweet potatoes around the fire.

Zhang Shiping saw that everyone was attracted by the strange behavior of the soldiers, and chuckled:

"This thing is called sweet potato, this is what my family planted this year, and it tastes very sweet."

In the crowd, I don't know where a sycophant came: "It's still the Zhang family, this sweet potato, we haven't seen it yet!" ”

Someone slapped his forehead suddenly: "Young Master Zhang, this won't be the fruit of the seedlings you let us plant in spring, right?" ”

It seems that the tender seedlings are called sweet potato seedlings?

"Yes!"

Zhang Shiping nodded: "The food I want to give you is also this thing, as for the taste, you will know later!" ”

When he saw that the soldiers were properly arranged, he didn't delay any longer, and said directly: "The first question, is the land in our inner countryside enough for us to eat?" ”

"Where's enough!" Someone laughed: "The Zhang family has a big business, and the eldest young master naturally hasn't experienced the suffering of our little people."

The cultivated land in our inner township is only one million acres, where is there enough land to eat! ”

Zhang Shiping nodded, his brother is the classic history of Neixiang, he naturally knows that there are more than 300,000 people in Neixiang County, and such a little arable land is naturally not enough.

Not to mention the fields of the big family, the county has three acres of land per capita, and the per capita grain output is only about 300 catties......

Even if you eat wheat bran together, it's not enough!

"Okay, I'll reward you with a hundred catties of sweet potatoes!"

Zhang Shiping immediately pointed out the first lucky audience.

"Really...... It's true? ”

The man's lips trembled, and he couldn't speak, and he trembled.

Although I don't know if this sweet potato is delicious or not, even if it is unpalatable, it is still food!

It's better than the bitter leaves, isn't it!

"Naturally it's true, when did I Bai Shui Zhang deceive someone?" Zhang Shiping chuckled.

This side of the inner countryside is a mountainous area, and His Royal Highness said that he should recruit 3,000 soldiers, and he made up his mind that he must exceed the quota!

If you want to do that, you have to make the people flock to it.

And what could be more attractive to the people than food?

Especially in the mountains where there is not enough to eat.

This is what His Highness often says, "Tempt it with profit, and know it with righteousness!" ”

Zhang Shiping felt that if the movement he made was big enough, he was afraid that the people over there in Yunyang would come over!

"Guo Xiaosi, weigh him a hundred catties of sweet potatoes!" Zhang Shiping pointed at the man and said.

"Great!" Guo Xiaosi smiled, and immediately walked over with a bag of sweet potatoes: "Old man, this is yours!" ”

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, you are all good people!"

The old man clutched the sweet potato bag tightly, and his eyes were red with emotion.

What a good man, he has grown so old in vain, and no one will give them food!

Zhang Shiping smiled and continued: "I ask you, which of you will strike iron? ”

"I ......"

A thin man with a large skeleton with deep eye sockets stood up: "I have studied for three months, and I will know a little, but the master dislikes me for eating too much, so don't let me ......"

"Zhao Donkey Dan, do you call it iron? The hoe you hit won't even turn ...... the arc."

Someone immediately pierced Zhao Donkey's words.

This guy is also known as being able to strike iron, and everything he kneades with mud looks better than what he beats!

If it weren't for the fact that he was the cheapest place to strike iron, they wouldn't have hired him!

"I will!

I just didn't teach me how to make a bend......

The master said that I have great strength, and wrought iron is the best, that is...... I ate too much, master...... Master, don't let me ......"

Zhao Donkey Egg himself can't go on, he will only build some of the simplest things......

He was very fond of the food in that area.

The roasted sweet potatoes by the fire are already starting to smell good.

Smelling the sweet smell, Zhao Donkey's stomach was very uncomfortable......

I don't know what's going on, he has eaten a lot since he was a child, and if he lets go of his belly, or even the family's food, it will not be enough for him to eat alone.

When they were children, there were wars everywhere, and the village was destroyed, so my father fled with them.

After coming here, the family became more and more unhappy, and my mother stepped on a long worm (snake) while picking wild vegetables.

Zhao Donkey Dan lowered his head and stood alone in the crowd, his eyes were red.

Even no matter how the people around him pulled, he still stood stubbornly.

Because he was hungry all day, not long after his mother's death, his father hit a pole in his leg while hitting a stone with a sledgehammer in the quarry......

My sister, who was just twelve years old, sold herself, exchanged ten catties of millet, and hired a Lang Zhong for her father......

The Zhao family, whose family is as poor as water, where can they raise an injured patient......

After his father's death, he began to wander, and came to Bauhinia Pass a few years ago.

The Zhao blacksmith family in the town all died when the Qing soldiers attacked, and they were alone in the blacksmith shop.

Blacksmith Zhao saw that he was pitiful, so he took him home and prepared to be raised as both an apprentice and a son.

Blacksmith Zhao's own family died tragically, and he was heartbroken, and he was not ready to regenerate, so he wanted to raise him for his death......

Who knows, three months later, he ate so much that Blacksmith Zhao couldn't hold it anymore, so he kicked him out.

"Oh, you have a lot of strength?"

Zhang Shiping was slightly surprised.

Zhao Donkey Dan strode forward, grabbed half a bag of sweet potatoes on the ground, threw it into the air casually, and then caught it with one hand, and caught it steadily.

"Okay, there are two hits!"

Zhang Shiping nodded, his eyes showed a little surprise, the land in the inner countryside is poor, the people are thin and weak, and even a five-foot man is already a big man.

This Zhao donkey egg can't eat enough and can't wear warmth, and he even has a height of six feet, although he is very thin, the strength of this body is not small......

Zhang Shiping touched his chin and thought to himself......

After Zhao Donkey Dan saw the old man say a word, he was silent, and thought that his performance did not satisfy Zhang Shiping, so he secretly gritted his teeth and threw dozens of catties of sweet potatoes in his hand up and down, left and right, playing like a flower!

Who knows, he couldn't eat enough, and under such hard work, he suddenly felt dizzy, and half a bag of sweet potatoes smashed firmly on his head.