Chapter 40: Double Steamed Rice and Popcorn

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After borrowing the head of Deputy General Zhao Yun to deter the army and buy the hearts of the people, relying on the captured Jiange stockpiles, Dong Zhuojun basically maintained the minimum living guarantee for Brazilian refugees, and Kang Peng went to Yizhou County by the way, and Ma Chao and Zhang Xiu led 30,000 Xiliang iron cavalry to take Dingding and Linjiang to defend against the threat of Huo Jun's troops, the last Yizhou army in Yong'an, and Jingzhou; One route was led by Gan Ning, Wu Yi and Chen Gong to lead 50,000 flying bear troops down the Dianjiang River to take Deyang, Bajun, Hongqu and Fuling, Kang Peng also gave a heavy task to this way, asking Chen Gong to build a warship in Fuling, and Gan Ning recruited strong sailors to prepare for the next plan; Another 60,000 infantry, mainly from Yizhou, were left in Brazil to cooperate with migrant workers to repair and widen the Qinchuan Mountain Road. Kang Peng himself led Lu Bu, Zhao Yun and others to lead a total of 120,000 of the remaining elite troops of Dong Zhuo's army to pass through Xichong to occupy Chengdu and Qianwei and other places, and prepared to go south to pursue and kill Liu Yan.

Entering the Sichuan Basin, the road is much better, although there are still hilly slopes, but compared with the steep and rugged Qinling Mountains, it is much easier, but Dong Zhuojun went up to Kang Peng, Jia Xu and Lu Bu, down to ordinary soldiers, but the more he walked, the more panicked, the more he walked, the more he dared not move forward, for no other reason, Dong Zhuojun passed through the places along the way, starvation was everywhere, frozen corpses crossed the road, and groups of refugees cried to the sky, all came to beg Dong Zhuojun for a little life food, and it was endless, and the number of refugees was getting more and more, in just ten days, Dong Zhuojun's grain and grass were distributed for most of it.

On the twenty-third day of the first month of the fourth year of the first peace, Dong Zhuojun's brigade arrived in Chengdu, where the Yizhou Mansion was located, and announced that Dong Zhuojun officially occupied Yizhou, although it was the capital of Yizhou, it was also the deepest poison by Liu Yan. Because Dong Zhuojun arrived late, the people of Yizhou, who had no clothes and no food, had no choice but to have a tragedy of cannibalism.

Kang Peng inquired with the local people and learned that when Liu Yan's army retreated that day, he looted the grain in Chengdu's official warehouse, and burned all the grain that could not be taken away, and set fire to Zhumen, not allowing the people to save each other. During the burning of the city, the people of Yizhou did not obey the slightest disobedience, so they immediately killed them, created countless bloody cases, and took advantage of adultery to humiliate women and rob the people of money, turning a country of abundance into a hell on earth.

"How much food do we have left?" After returning from inspecting the refugees, Kang Peng asked Lu Su, who was in charge of logistics statistics, worriedly: "Look, how much more can be extracted?" I gave some more to the refugees, and when I went to patrol around, I met more than a dozen people who died of starvation. ”

"Not much." Lu Su replied with a sad face: "The army only has enough rations left to last for ten days. ”

"Why is there only so much?" Kang Peng lost his temper and said: "When you were on the east side of Tuoshui four days ago, you said that there were twenty days of grain left, why is there only ten days left?" ”

Lu Su shouted that he was wronged, and Jia Xu reminded: "Taishi, have you forgotten? When you first arrived in Chengdu two days ago, you ordered Zijing to distribute food to help the refugees. ”

Kang Peng slapped the fat head and collapsed on the chair like a deflated ball, and then he remembered that two days ago he did order Lu Su to allocate grain for disaster relief, but there were 350,000 victims near Chengdu alone, plus the victims who fled from all directions, and the 610,000 victims of Qianwei, his little food was just a drop in the bucket and useless.

"When will the grain escorted by Sun Ce arrive?" Kang Peng patted his head, closed his eyes, and asked in a low voice, "How much can I get?" ”

"It will take more than half a month to get to Chengdu at the earliest." Lu Su quickly replied: "Let's save some money, it's no problem for the army to last for half a month, and the amount of food allocated this time is very large, which should be enough to last for a while." Moreover, after Li Yan and others surrendered, there were also some stocks of grain from the Yizhou Army in Yuzhong, which could be transported in about 20 days. ”

"The army is fine." Kang Peng shook his head and said, "But what about the people of Chengdu? For more than half a month, and few people will starve to death? What would they think? ”

Lu Su was speechless, only Jia Xu admonished: "Taishi, those who have achieved great things, are not limited to small sections, everything in the world, there are gains and losses, even if our army takes out all the food to help the refugees, how much can it save?" How many of our soldiers are left? We can't starve all our brave soldiers to death for the sake of relief for the refugees, right? ”

This time, Kang Peng was speechless, among the innocent people and the army loyal to him, Kang Peng could only choose one to preserve, how to make a decision for bad students? After a long time, Kang Peng said in a low voice: "From today onwards, the food standard of soldiers will be lowered, and the original one pound of grain per person per day will be changed to half a catty, and all the food saved will be used to relieve the refugees to solve their urgent needs." ”

Jia Xu and Lu Su were shocked, and asked in unison: "If the soldiers mutinied, what would they do?" What's more, the food saved is only a drop in the bucket, and it can't save the people of Chengdu, so why bother to be angry at both ends, and the army and the people are uneven? ”

"The image has its own idea, just do what it means." Kang Peng also instructed: "This matter must not be revealed, just call the general Zhongcang official and the refugee warehouse official to see me, and then send a letter to Sun Ce and Guo Yan, telling them to send grain and grass quickly, no matter what means are used." ”

Jia Xu and Lu Su didn't know what medicine was sold in Kang Peng's gourd, but under the military order, they had to go down to handle it. In a moment, Dong Zhuojun's military food inspector and the relief grain supervisor in charge of the victims knelt down in front of Kang Peng, and Kang Peng didn't tell them to get up, and asked with a face: "This minister asks you?" What is the food used in the army? How is it processed? ”

The two granary officials were inexplicable, and they didn't know what the Han Taishi suddenly asked what to do with this trivial matter, but they all replied truthfully: "Back to the Taishi, most of the grain in the army is wheat, millet, divine rice and divine fruit, wheat, millet and divine rice are twisted and steamed, and the divine fruit can be cooked and eaten together." ”

"Good." Kang Peng nodded, very satisfied with their voices, and suddenly lowered his voice and said sharply: "Listen, from today onwards, among the rations given to the soldiers, only corn porridge and the divine fruit that have been cooked twice will be given; The rations for the refugees were only given to the wheat rice god, the wheat rice was steamed three times, and the god rice was sealed and fried at high heat (PS: popcorn). It's all made with a lift, understand? ”

The two granary warehouse officials both looked embarrassed, and kowtowed: "Hui Taishi, that porridge and the divine fruit that has been boiled twice look like a large amount, but it won't take long to eat it and you will be hungry?" As for the wheat rice that has been steamed three times, it is almost a packet of water, and after eating it for less than half an hour, you will be hungry. ”

What does Kang Pengxin say about this? You haven't seen it yet, the popcorn in the fast food restaurant is the thing that pits people and doesn't spit out bones. Kang Peng said sharply: "How much food is still in the army, you know better than your own appearance!" After the deed is completed, you have your own promotion rewards, if you let the prime minister hear a little wind outside, the lives of your whole family will ......, hum! ”

How could Boss Dong's threat be covered? The next morning, Dong Zhuojun's soldiers found that the amount of food they received looked like the amount was not reduced, but before lunchtime, their stomachs were hungry and growled, but fortunately, Dong Taishi suddenly found out in his conscience, greatly lowered the training standards, and also sent singers and dancers to sing and dance for the army to relieve fatigue, beautiful and delicious, Dong Zhuojun soldiers also temporarily put aside hunger, drooling to appreciate the beauty of singers and dancers. Only the patrol horses on duty could receive double rations and a piece of fat that was dangling in oil.

The Yizhou refugees who queued up to receive the grain were also very strange, they each received a handful of thumb-sized white flowers in the morning and evening, exuding a fragrant and fragrant divine rice, which looked fragrant and crispy, and when they ate it, it was also crispy and fragrant, but in less than half an hour, two bubbles of urine went out, and their stomachs were empty, but the Chinese people are kind, as long as there is a little hope of survival, they will not fight against the government, and they will not go to the swords and guns against the life-saving benefactor. What's more, Mrs. Dong also took into account the bad teeth of the elderly and children, and especially distributed fragrant and steamed wheat rice to the elderly and children, which warmed the stomach, filled the stomach, and was easy to digest - the only disadvantage was that it was easy to get hungry. But in any case, it is much better to have a little bit of life-sustaining food to eat than to starve to death or cannibalism.

When Kang Peng abducted the people of Sichuan with double-steamed rice and popcorn pit in Chengdu, the original owner of Sichuan, Liu Yan, was not idle, first Liu Yan's envoy Zheng Du arrived in Xiangyang, because the relationship between Liu Biao and Cai Mao in Jingzhou Thorn History is known as long as the people of the Han Dynasty know, so Zheng Du first took a large number of jewels looted from the heads of the people of Chengdu to ask to see Cai Mao, Cai Zhong and Cai He, and first opened the joints of the three brothers of the Cai family, and then the Cai brothers introduced Liu Biao.

In the Xiangyang hall the next day, Liu Biao and Jingzhou Wenwu met Zheng Du together, Zheng Du first complimented Liu Biao, which explained the intention: "Liu Jingzhou, my lord Liu Yan and you are both relatives of the Han family, and now the national thief Dong Zhuoxing invaded Yizhou, although the name is ordered, but the heart of Dong Thief, everyone knows, it is actually an intention to annex Yizhou, usurping the government and not ministers." My lord is not afraid of **, rise up to resist, helpless, the situation is precarious, my lord sent Zheng Du here, just to ask the assassin Shi to send troops to help, fight against Dong thieves, and save the people from fire and water. When it is done, my Lord will be grateful. ”