Zhou Quan waited in the barracks for more than an hour, and the bandits who had just been confiscated completed all the tattoos.

Zhou Quan took a group of officials, a deputy team leader named Han Cheng, and fifty soldiers under his command to escort this group of soldiers to the land of rebuke.

In the Song Dynasty, those who scolded the soldiers often scolded the thieves for matching the army, and this group of thieves was the real "thief with the army".

There were 159 men in total, and the reason why 60 men had to be sent to guard them was because tools were necessary to clear the weeds.

Scythes, shovels are indispensable tools.

Both of these tools are lethal, and if there are fewer people, they will not be able to suppress them.

Especially when the army has just been filled, the wildness has not yet been tamed, and it is easy to riot and disperse in a hurry.

Therefore, Zhang Junping will dispatch sixty servants, and the soldiers will guard them.

"Listen, everyone, the magistrate is merciful, exempt you from the pain of traveling, and did not send you to the frontier to fill the army, but stayed in this county, you must know and be grateful!

Give me a good job!

Today, one hundred and fifty-nine of you are in charge of clearing the weeds in the brine field!

I have to clear a clearing in my designated place with a width of fifteen zhang wide!

All of you are divided into three teams, and none of them are responsible for cleaning up one!

Before dinner, clean up to the east end, it can't be finished, there is no food to eat at night! Zhou Quan rode on his horse and shouted loudly to the army, "Don't think about running away, once you find out, kill on the spot!" ”

Thoughtful enough, Zhang Junping asked to clean up the ten zhang width, and directly increased the size by half to him.

This piece of salt-repellent land, or saline-alkali land, is irregular, but has an average width of more than six kilometers.

Thoughtful and let them clean up before dark, that would be impossible.

Zhou Quan also knows that he can't clean it up, this is a dismount.

These bandits have just been confiscated, and on the first day of work, give them a dismount and starve them for a day, which is also the rule.

Ten servants, fifty sergeants, with swords on their waists, bows and arrows in their hands, riding on horses, staring majestically at the work of the supporting army.

Especially those sergeants and soldiers, they were even more attentive, their eyes were wide open, staring at those supporting troops.

These soldiers turned out to be the cronies of the thieves, and only cronies had the opportunity to rape ** children.

When they were in the cottage, they bullied these ordinary bandits, and now they can be regarded as turning over.

The feeling of being on a horse and being on top of it is really cool.

While secretly grateful to the magistrate in his heart, he stared at the army.

Thinking of the oppression he had received before, he wished that someone would run away quickly, and his bow and arrow would be opened.

Shoot a few arrows to get out of breath.

It doesn't matter if you don't run, if you are smarter, find a stick, see who is slow to work, and go up with a stick.

This stick goes down, and the feeling of pumping on the back is so cool.

So there were ten servants, twenty soldiers, and each with a thin wooden stick.

At the end of this day, this group of troops suffered a great sin.

The wild grass in the saline-alkali land is mainly thatched and reed, and the leaves of these two plants are relatively sharp, especially after drying, if you are not careful, it is easy to cut your hand.

At the end of the day, one hundred and fifty-nine soldiers were deployed, and none of them had their hands intact.

The small wounds on his hands were cut by weeds, and the flesh and blood were blurred.

The most important thing is that they did not complete the task and did not have food to eat at night.

Poor thing, they didn't eat in the morning!

Not to mention this morning, I didn't eat in prison yesterday!

After two days of starvation, another day of work, and in the evening, tired and hungry, collapsed on the bed, looking at the roof, and weeping.

The so-called bed is a layer of weeds on the ground.

How had they ever suffered this sin before?

In the cottage, every day is a big bowl of wine, a big bite of meat, and from time to time there can be a woman who is rewarded by the master.

I hated Zhang Junping in my heart.

No matter how much you hate, there is no way, you should starve, you still have to starve, and the wound still hurts.

When I sleep at night, I can only huddle together, report to the group for warmth, and as for the quilt, don't even think about it.

That night, this group of troops woke up hungry several times, woke up from freezing several times, and woke up crying several times.

I finally managed to stay up until dawn.

Watching those sergeants drinking fragrant bone broth and eating big steamed buns, they were even more hungry.

"Listen, the magistrate knows that you didn't eat yesterday, so be gracious and let you eat enough!

Two steamed buns per person, a bowl of porridge! "If you are thoughtful, for these supporting troops, it is as beautiful as a fairy sound.

For a while, many soldiers knelt directly on the ground and kowtowed in the direction of the county government to thank them.

The original hatred is also replaced by gratitude.

The black steamed buns, the porridge that is not much thicker than water, but the soldiers feel that this is the best thing they have ever eaten in their lives.

After eating, the soldiers were driven to the saline-alkali land outside the city to continue their work yesterday.

The army starved yesterday, it really wasn't Zhang Junping's intention, he didn't have the habit of abusing prisoners, it was just a rule for prisoners in this era.

Zhang Junping only found out this morning.

So he specially ordered that they should be fed, and that they would have the strength to work when they were full.

This group of troops, he didn't just use a few days, tired and pulled down, there is a lot of work waiting for them in the county!

I'm tired, where can I find free labor?

……

"Thank you Zhang Zhixian for your willingness to appreciate the light!" Looking at the sea pavilion, the head of the Li family warmly welcomed Zhang Junping into the private room on the third floor.

"Li Yuanwai is polite!" Zhang Junping arched his hand at the head of the Li family, strolled into the private room, and sat down on the main seat.

When the head of the Li family saw Zhang Junping on the main position, his eyes flickered, and he didn't say much, and sat down with Zhang Junping.

"Zhang Zhixian is still used to living in Muping?"

"Habits, habits, the official's hometown is Dizhou, and the border with Dengzhou Mansion is almost the same!"

"I invited Zhang Zhixian this time, mainly to thank Zhang Zhixian, who helped us eradicate a cancer in Muping County at the beginning of his tenure!

The people of Mu Ping praised Zhixian and said that Zhang Zhixian was the master of the blue sky......" The head of the Li family said with a smile and flattery.

"Huh! Li Yuanwai has won the prize! This official just did what a magistrate should do!

Maintaining law and order in the county is the duty of this official, and he can't afford to be praised by Li Yuanwai! Zhang Junping smiled modestly.

Zhang Junping smiled brightly, and the head of the Li family smiled amiably.

It seems that the atmosphere is very harmonious.

"Zhixian invited two Confucians from Beijing for us, this first cup of wine, I respect Zhixian on behalf of the scholars of Muping County!

Thanks to the magistrate for giving them the opportunity to accept the teachings of Confucianism! ”

"Li Yuanwai is polite! I really dare not be grateful, the official family ordered me to know Mu Ping, so it is also my duty to educate one party!

I really can't afford to thank you.

I respect Li Yuanwai, and I will inevitably trouble Li Yuanwai in the future, and I also ask Li Yuanwai to support the work of this official more! Zhang Junping held the wine glass and smiled modestly.