Ma Cheng knew that ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty ate two meals, of which breakfast was thin, and only laborers in the family could eat a dry meal in the afternoon, and other women and children could only eat thin, so Ma Cheng guaranteed that they had three dry meals a day It was too lethal.

Gu Xiying has been following Ma Cheng's side, and she didn't speak along the way, but now when she heard Ma Cheng say this, she hurriedly whispered on the side: "Master, three meals a day are a bit too much, even the border army only eats two times a day, how much silver does it cost to eat three times a day!" ”

Ma Cheng glared at Gu Xiying, and said sharply: "Now that you are in the army, if you want to follow the second master, don't talk, if you talk nonsense, go back!" ”

Gu Xiying couldn't refute being reprimanded by Ma Cheng, as long as she held back the tears in her eyes. Ma Cheng didn't deliberately reprimand Gu Xiying, Ma Cheng wanted to maintain his position in the army, so naturally no objections were allowed.

After Ma Cheng finished training Gu Xiying, he said to Gu Changwei: "Gu San, you will prepare dinner for the evening in a while, three steamed buns per person, a bowl of gruel, and each person must have a piece of fatty meat!" Remember that each slice of meat should not weigh less than two taels! ”

As soon as Ma Cheng finished speaking, he immediately burst into joy, after all, the most basic guarantee of a person is to eat a full meal, and Ma Cheng's meal will firmly bind the hearts of these hundred people.

After solving the problem of eating, the next step is to solve the problem of housing, Ma Cheng looked at everyone who had finished eating, and then stood on the cart and said loudly: "Now that everyone has eaten enough, the next step is to build our house!" ”

Ma Cheng pointed to a few rows of houses on the edge of the school yard and said, "See, that's where you live, we have to clean it out in the afternoon, and we are not allowed to eat at night until we finish it!" ”

Ma Cheng found that not being allowed to eat was the most severe punishment in this era, and sure enough, these guys were not allowed to eat at night after hearing that they were not done, and they promised to complete the task.

The work in the afternoon was very simple, Ma Cheng led people to sort out a few shops, and the roof leaks were also repaired, and then Gu Changwei bought the food he needed for the night.

Gu Changwei learned this time, the finished product that he bought directly at noon would be more expensive, and if he ate like this, his one hundred taels of silver would not last for a few days. So in the afternoon, Gu Changwei prepared all the materials, bought five stones of flour, fifteen stones of brown rice, two fat pigs, and prepared the rest of the cage drawers, iron pots, etc. Even the cook Gu Changwei was ready, but he was not a professional cook, but Ma Shun, who went to find him, hired five big-footed mothers-in-law from among the wives of the craftsmen to come over to prepare meals for these Qiu Ba.

Ma Cheng took people to renovate the house, Gu Changwei took five cooks to start preparing dinner in another room, and soon the aroma of steamed pork came over, and the hundred people didn't expect that Master Ma really prepared meat for them, and they worked hard one by one, and soon finished repairing the roof.

With the experience of noon, the guys learned the rules and honestly lined up in front of the kitchen door, waiting for the meal to start.

While waiting for the meal, Ma Cheng called Xu Dahu and the other eleven people over, and said to them: "Eleven of you are now the leader of this hundred people, the second master knows that many of you have official positions, and it is indeed a bit condescending to let you manage ten people, but you can rest assured, when the second master is developed in the future, you will be the chief soldier and the commander can also do it!" ”

Xu Dahu and the others had already turned to Ma Cheng, and when they heard Ma Cheng say this, they all knelt down on one knee and promised to train these farmers into elite soldiers.

Ma Cheng nodded and said, "Xu Dahu, you are one hundred households of this hundred people!" The remaining ten people are all small flags, and each person is responsible for ten soldiers! "In the Ming Dynasty, the military system of 100 households had two general flags, each of which had five small flags, and each small flag managed ten soldiers. Now there are hundreds of small flags, and there are still two general flags.

Ma Cheng looked at the ten people, among whom Tian Boguang, who was originally named Tian Liu, was the general banner, and one was Xu Dingguo. Ma Cheng looked at the two of them and said, "Tian Boguang, Xu Dingguo, you two are temporarily acting as the general banner, if you don't do a good job, the second master will be exempted from you!" ”

Among these eleven people, Xu Dahu has the highest official position, and the others are almost the same, so Xu Dahu has no opinion on the rest of the hundred. Now Ma Cheng has made Tian Boguang and Xu Dingguo the general flag, and Xie Guangkun, who is also the general flag position, has quit.

Xie Guangkun stepped forward and asked: "Second master, the last general is also the general banner, why can the two of them be appointed equally, and the last general will be relegated to the small banner?" ”

Tian Boguang saw Xie Guangkun say this and scolded: "Xie Si, what kind of thing are you, you were still farming when Lao Tzu was a soldier in Guiyang!" If you weren't lucky, would you be able to be the flag-bearer? ”

Xu Dahu is the commander, and when he saw that his subordinates were about to fight among themselves, he immediately stood up and scolded: "What do you want to do? Want to turn the world upside down? What did the second master say, Xie Si, do you have any opinions? ”

Xie Guangkun knelt down on one knee when he heard Xu Dahu say this, and said: "Second master, the last general doesn't dare to refute your meaning, but the last general thinks that his ability is stronger than Tian Boguang!" ”

Ma Cheng didn't explain anything when he heard Xie Guangkun say this, but squinted his eyes and asked: "Xu Dahu, second master, I heard that there are seventeen prohibitions and fifty-four beheadings in the army, what is the crime of not respecting the lord's order?" ”

The military law of the Ming Dynasty adhered to the military law of the Qin Dynasty, and the fifty-four beheadings were all cut off, Xu Dahu heard Ma Cheng say this and hurriedly said: "My lord, the fourth of the fifty-four beheadings: more complaints, anger at its main general, do not listen to constraints, and it is more difficult to teach the system, this is called building an army, and the offender is beheaded!" Xu Dahu was intimidated by Ma Cheng's momentum, and unconsciously changed his title from the second master to an adult.

Ma Cheng nodded: "Okay, Xie Si, back then, the eleven of you swore to the sky in Huaiyang Tower to follow me, what should you do now that you have violated the military order?" ”

Xie Guangkun heard Ma Cheng say this, and the sweat came down, although he was not afraid of Ma Cheng but was afraid of Ma Cheng's old son Ma Shiying, Xie Guangkun quickly knelt down on his knees and begged for mercy: "My lord, the last general is wrong!" ”

At this time, everyone saw that Ma Cheng was serious, and they knelt down to help Xie Guangkun intercede, and even Tian Boguang, who was scolded by him just now, also knelt down to intercede.

Of course, Ma Cheng couldn't kill his own men on the first day, and today it was just Ma Cheng who took this opportunity to establish his prestige. The army is the place where prestige is most important, and without prestige, is it still called an army?

Ma Cheng looked at Xie Guangkun, who was sweating, and said after pretending to groan for a while: "Since your robe is interceding for you, and seeing that you are making a mistake for the first time, now the capital crime is changed to three lashes, can you be convinced?" ”

When Xie Guangkun heard that he didn't have to die, he hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him: "Thank you for not killing your lord!" ”

The next thing is simple, Xu Dahu took off Xie Guangkun's shirt and whipped three times directly at the kitchen door. Seeing this, everyone felt in danger and reminded themselves that they should never make mistakes.

With the help of Xie Guangkun's fart, Ma Cheng established his initial prestige in this small army, and seeing that the eyes of all the soldiers were full of awe, Ma Cheng nodded secretly.

Later generations of Taizu said that power comes out of the barrel of a gun, and Ma Cheng thought that only by firmly grasping an army can he ensure his own safety. These 100 people now seem to have a poor morale in the army, but if nothing else, this 100 people will be the core of Ma Cheng's future army. If they can survive until Ma Cheng succeeds, they must all be high-ranking generals in the army.

Ma Cheng must pass through these people in order to master the army, so it is necessary to maintain a certain majesty in their hearts, but it is also necessary to be relaxed, and not to make things extremely negative and end up hating themselves is not good, so the next step for Ma Cheng is to show grace.

At this time, the meals were ready, and the cooks carried the big buckets out of the kitchen, steaming steamed buns and fragrant slices of big fatty meat, all of which were seducing the gluttony in everyone's stomachs.

If it was changed to the morning now, these guys would definitely rush up and grab it, but Ma Cheng had just established his authority, and these people didn't dare to move, looking at Ma Cheng with their eyes and waiting for instructions.

This effect was very good, Ma Cheng looked around, and then shouted: "Everyone sit down and wait for the meal!" ”

In front of the kitchen was a row of benches, as well as long tables, the fruits of an afternoon's labor. All the soldiers listened to Ma Cheng and began to sit down under the leadership of Xiaoqi.

After everyone was seated, the cook began to put the meals on the table, which were actually very simple. Three steamed buns per person, a bowl of gruel, and then a strip of large fatty pork slices boiled in salted water. Gu Changwei strictly implemented Ma Cheng's orders, each piece of big fat meat was one finger wide, and even the belt meat was two taels, Ma Cheng looked at it and was very satisfied.

The soldiers were foaming at the mouth when they saw the fat flowing with oil, but no one dared to start eating first, and they were all waiting for Ma Cheng's order.

After the meals were finished, Ma Cheng said to the soldiers: "Okay, everyone can eat!" Evening and noon are different, three steamed buns per person, gruel tube is enough! "The stomach of these guys hasn't gotten used to it yet, and Ma Cheng is afraid that they will eat too much at once, so there are some restrictions on steamed buns, but there are no restrictions on gruel.

After getting Ma Cheng's order, all the soldiers began to let go of their cheeks and chew, and for a while, the whole school yard heard the sound of drinking gruel.

Ma Cheng looked at the soldiers who were eating, and said to Xu Dahu and the other eleven people: "Let's eat too!" After speaking, Ma Cheng first made it in front of a table, and then motioned to the cook to serve him food.

This can make Xu Dahu and others stunned, the Ming Dynasty adhered to the military law of the Qin Dynasty, and all officers ate differently according to their official ranks, such as Xu Dahu's hundred households, according to the standards of the imperial court, each meal should have a chicken, of course, the standard is the standard, and no one implements it at all when it is implemented, but it is a rule that officers eat better than soldiers.

Gu Changwei said anxiously on the side: "Second master, can you eat this kind of vulgar food?" The villain is going to re-prepare for you! After Gu Changwei finished speaking, he was going to reorder the meal for Ma Cheng, but Ma Cheng was there for this bite.

It was Liwei who punished Xie Guangkun just now, and now eating with the soldiers is a gesture.