Chapter 599 Return Visit

"My request is simple......"

Lin Xiao turned his head and said word by word, "Get out the salt as soon as possible." ”

"The villain understands."

Sha Chengzhe looked serious.

"Okay, if this thing is done, you will be considered to have made a contribution,"

Lin Xiao looked at his face, "After the new salt farm is completed, I will let you take care of things...... In this way, you also have your first career. ”

"Villain ......"

When Sha Chengzhe heard that the chief valued him so much, he hurriedly made a gesture to kneel, "Villain, thank the chief for his support!" ”

"No need to be polite,"

Lin Xiao waved his hand, his face straight, "You have to understand, this is a responsibility, and you have to work very hard." ”

"The villain must do a good job!"

Sha Chengzhe nodded solemnly, but his eyes were full of hope.

……

As soon as it was dark, the embankment began to fall silent.

After the migrant workers finished their dinner, most of them began to sit in groups under the trees and chat, while a few went to bed early and had fallen asleep.

Compared to the previous few days, everyone is not very tired today.

All afternoon, except for a few who were involved in the construction of the camp, many more were idle and did nothing.

The so-called camp is nothing more than a number of tents built along the embankment to park carts carrying food rations, in case of sudden rain and wetting.

The special combat team members also set up several large tents, which were mainly used to stack ammunition boxes, medicines and other military supplies, in addition to a headquarters for Lin Xiao.

In a big tent, under a lone lamp, Lin Xiao paced around with his hands in his hands, as if he was thinking about something.

Situ Zhengze sat by the radio with his chin in his hand, looking a little depressed.

The call with Zhang Chenfeng had just ended, and I learned that Yangzhou had succeeded, and it was estimated that within three days, the salt convoy would arrive.

However, I learned from Zhang Chenfeng that everything in Yangzhou is normal, but there is also an extreme shortage of food.

Zhang Chenfeng even asked the captain in a low voice if he could transport some more grain storage from Chongming Island, but Lin Xiao refused.

Lin Xiao knows very well about his family background - even the grain depot in Qinzhou is about to be emptied.

The "Longsheng" ran several times in a row, transporting millions of stone of grain from Qinzhou, and distributing no less than 800,000 stone along the way, and the rest of this point was all military food, which could no longer be moved.

At present, only in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, there are three armies of Liu Xulei, Xia Bomin and Wang Xing, not counting the two directly subordinate troops of Zhang Chenfeng and Duan Zhenghong of the headquarters.

According to Lin Xiao's plan, each of them is actively expanding their army, the main force of the field and the local garrison, and their total strength will soon exceed 70,000.

Lin Xiao silently calculated, with so many troops, people eat and chew horses, and the daily ration consumption is at least 120,000 catties, and the grain storage on Chongming Island is not enough for the troops to support them for three months.

Lin Xiao is very calm, of course the relief can't be stopped, but the stability of the troops is more important, if the troops are in chaos, nothing can be done......

Putting aside these annoying problems for the time being, the matter in Shijiaqiao Village in front of him made him a little annoyed.

"Food and clothing, are you ready?"

Lin Xiao stopped pacing, breaking the silence in the tent.

"It's all ready, sir."

Lin Xiao nodded: "Okay, I'll send it tomorrow morning." ”

"Master,"

Situ Zheng muttered, "They all say that emergency relief is not help the poor, we send food and clothes, what if they only eat and don't vomit, and refuse to help us dry salt?" ”

"If you don't help, you have to send it,"

Lin Xiao raised his eyes and looked at him, "What team are we?" In such a situation, since we have caught up with them, can they sit idly by? ”

"Don't worry, the masses aren't that bad."

Seeing that he was silent, Lin Xiao felt that this kid was good for everything else, but his ideological consciousness was still a little ......

You have to make a good adjustment......

"After all, the salt farmers in this salt factory are so numb because they can't see any hope of survival,"

He patiently explained, "Originally, it was not enough to deal with loan sharks, but now there is no guarantee of personal safety, how can you not be discouraged......

"If we want to resume production, only by helping them solve the problem of survival first and moving them with practical actions can they understand us and trust us......"

"I know ...... this"

Lin Xiao made a high-level argument, but Situ Zheng still couldn't figure it out, "However, these five thousand catties of grain are only enough for them to eat for a few days, what should we do after they eat it all, is it possible that we continue to send it?" ”

"I ask you,"

Lin Xiao smiled and asked rhetorically, "This village didn't grow grain before, what did they rely on to eat at that time?" ”

"Salt for food, of course."

"yes,"

Lin Xiao waved his hand, "If you are a human being, you have to eat salt, you can produce a ton of salt a day here, as long as you are willing to work, you still have no food to eat?" ”

"But,"

Situ Zheng frowned, and said worriedly, "The new valley in the south of the Yangtze River will not be on the market for more than two months, at this moment, even if the salt is sold, where can I buy so much grain......

"Hmm...... That's just as well,"

Lin Xiao was stunned for a moment, and muttered, "Now there is a shortage of food everywhere, this is indeed a big problem......

While he was talking, the sentry outside came in to report that there was a guest visiting, four people.

"Come in,"

Lin Xiao turned his head to Situ Zheng and said, "Prepare a few cups, and ...... Grab a few pieces of candy. ”

"You're going to eat sugar now?"

Situ Zheng was confused.

He did have some candy in his backpack, but these dozen or so candies were extremely precious.

This was still when he was in Qinzhou, that beautiful sister secretly stuffed it to Wang Dong, and later Wang Dong handed it to him, telling him that if he didn't have time to eat breakfast on the battlefield, he would give Hou Ye one to eat, saying that it could prevent something...... Hypoglycemia.

It is said that there were very few such sweets, which the chiefs had brought back from overseas, especially the kind of wrapping paper, which he had never seen before......

"Didn't you hear a guest coming, quick!"

"Got it."

Situ Zheng got up at this time and reluctantly went.

……

The person who came to visit was naturally the village chief of Shijiaqiao Village-Shi Xiude.

Behind him, followed by his only daughter Xiao Yun, as well as Shi Xiuming's father and son.

After Lin Xiao and the others left, Shi Xiuming and the two took people to look for the village chief Shi Xiude, and after looking for the old man for a long time, they didn't see anyone anywhere.

It wasn't until it was almost dark that he saw him rushing back to the village panting with more than a dozen young men.

After asking, it turned out that the old boy had just slipped out of the village and called someone to go......

Since the salt farm was occupied by Zhai Dahu, many young people have hidden out one after another to secretly reclaim the wasteland, and there are forty or fifty people who can be found by him, the village head, immediately.

Seeing that there were a bunch of strange uninvited guests, Zhai Dahu happened to come to the village to urge, the old village chief secretly said that it was not good, and in a hurry, his first thought was to find someone to come back to help.

However, only a dozen people followed, and the rest of the people were stunned and did not listen to him.

It's no wonder that the guys, they are all bare-handed, and it doesn't make a difference when they come back, at most they are just bold......

It wasn't until Shi Xiuming's father and son told him what happened that he understood-it seems that he has misunderstood others.

So, after a while, several people decided to go to the embankment for a return visit, first to confirm whether it is true or false, and by the way to explore their strength......

However, as soon as they reached the embankment, they saw a mile-long procession on the dam, and the group was immediately shocked.

In the hazy night, looking at the people who were crowded in the past, the old village chief immediately looked nervous, and Xiao Yun, who was following him, became even more panicked......