Chapter 57: Civilians, Soldiers, and Bandits

Shi Bin is a foodie, and he likes to cook by himself, and he wants to taste everything, according to him, it is called "do-it-yourself". In fact, he doesn't care about Fengyi, the main thing is to have enough food, and he has to eat well.

Nowadays, this condition is to eat fish and eggs, and even eat very little pork, not to mention beef and mutton.

But even though he loves braised carp and all kinds of egg products, he still misses beef jerky deeply, even if it is only made of pork with a little seasoning.

He can't stay in the barracks every day as a commander of Tanzhou, in his opinion, he will become a nerd who can only kill people, although he doesn't like the atmosphere and status quo in the city now, but he must also understand, he must see it with his own eyes, and he may have to feel it for himself.

The reason for everyone is to experience the "suffering of the people". Everyone praised him for having a bodhisattva heart, but he himself understood that this was to get rid of the boring life, and it was purely "nothing to do when he was full", and he just understood the life of the people by the way.

Behavior is habitual, with the first time, as long as it is not stopped, there will be a second and third time, so that he will become a wanderer, and he will walk around Tanzhou City when he has nothing to do, just like the scene of running to various real estate projects to observe and conduct market research after work in his previous life.

It's just that now it's not about buying a house, but about how to build this piece of land like an iron bucket, where needles can't be inserted and water can't be splashed.

Although the problem of food and grass for the army has been solved, Tanzhou is basically under his control, and the refugees in the city have gradually settled down because they can exchange labor for food, and the city has become a little angry, but he still feels that there is a problem that has not been solved, but he has not been able to think of it.

It was another cloudless sunny day, and the wanderer, accompanied by several guards, went out for a walk in the streets. Seeing that more small shops and tea stalls were starting to operate on the street, Shi Bin was happy, because the appearance of these people showed that people already had the ability to live a normal life, and some people were willing to make this money.

You must know that it is difficult for these small traders to appear in the case of a serious economic blow, and excessive taxes are rampant. In this case, people are more willing to work than to do business at their own risk.

Before he could finish his joy, there was a discordant sound in his ears - an old man stepped on the cobblestone street and fell and screamed.

In fact, Shi Bin was a little hesitant when he encountered such a situation, because what made him hesitate was not anything else, but "touching porcelain". Although it is ridiculous to think of touching porcelain at this time, it also shows that my heart is not peaceful.

However, he has been taught to have a grateful heart and help others all the year round, and he saw that the two guards on the side seemed to have the meaning of going up to help. He immediately dispelled the foolish thought, and immediately walked over quickly, gently lifted the old man who was lying on the ground and was unable to stand up, and carried him to a wicker chair by the side of the road.

Seeing that his own commander was so benevolent, several guards immediately came over to help, all of them were soldiers who were very good at handling this kind of injury, and it didn't take long for the old man to stop howling in pain.

The old man looked at Shi Bin with tears in his eyes, and saw that he was obviously a rich boy dressed like this, maybe he was still a relative of some big official, but he was very happy that people could be so kind.

"Old man, do you know who your son is who helped you up?" One of the guards said haughtily to the old man.

"Who?" The old man asked suspiciously.

"Stinky old man, you are really lucky to have the help of our Tanzhou commander." The other guard said with a deliberate prolonged laugh.

The words "Tanzhou Commander" immediately frightened the old man and bounced up from the rattan chair, which naturally pulled the wound and made him howl in pain again.

At this time, the old man's eyes like Shi Bin were not only grateful, but also a little afraid, as if Shi Bin was a fierce beast, and he wanted to leave immediately.

Seeing the old man's thoughts, and knowing that staying here for a long time would not bring him any benefit, he took out a few coins and stuffed them into his hand, signaled him to use them to grab a few pairs of medicines, eat some chickens and ducks to make up for it, and then turned around and prepared to leave.

With the help of the commander, the old man was already terrified, how could he dare to take any more money?

The two of them pushed it on the street like tai chi, and finally the old man couldn't resist Shi Bin because of the pain, so he had to accept the few coins of silver. After the matter was dealt with, he continued to parade the streets with his escort.

With this experience, Shi Bin somewhat understood what he was worried about, but it was still very vague. The old man's drastic change in attitude before and after must be because of his identity, and in his opinion, he should not be so frightened that he tore the wound again.

Seeing the doubts of his own commander, the guard smiled and said, "Commander, the common people are like this. If it were ordinary rich boys who helped them, they would be grateful to Dade; But if it is the officials who help, they will be uneasy. So officials usually don't show their identity on the street, and today the subordinates just want the untouchable to know how benevolent you are, but they didn't expect him to be so timid。。。。。。 ”

"I see that the two of you don't object to the official helping him, but you don't seem to agree with the official giving him some money to heal his injuries." Shi Bin lowered his head and said in a deep voice.

The two were naturally afraid that Shi Bin would think that they were wolf-hearted and had no mercy, so they had already told the reason before Shi Bin asked why.

It turned out that they thought that Shi Bin's approach was not wrong, but he did it in the wrong way and place. In public, such behavior is more like a show, and it is easy to be misunderstood; And such behavior is easy to be pushed to the forefront and criticized.

Knowing that the two guards were completely for himself, but he didn't want to listen to these unpleasant words, he could only raise his hand regretfully and motioned to the two guards to shut up and let themselves be quiet.

Before he could calm down, a sharp voice came, "Boss Wang, our brother is fighting the front line with those murderous and unblinking Yuan dogs, are you okay, don't you even give us a cup of tea?" Is your tea Biluochun or West Lake Longjing? Isn't it just a bad green tea? ”

The boss trembled and said that of course he could drink tea, but he couldn't drink it all afternoon, implying that he shouldn't drink it again after drinking a few bowls to quench his thirst.

It turned out to be a civilian-military exchange next to the tea stall. A strong man with the appearance of a soldier was holding the collar of another middle-aged man and was exploding vigorously. The one who was wearing the collar should have been the owner of the tea stall, but he didn't resist, just begged the soldier to pay for the tea. The other male-looking one fanned the flames on the sidelines, even though he didn't use his hands, and seemed to find it very funny.

When several guards saw this, they immediately wanted to lead Shi Bin out of here, hoping that their own commander would not see it. The old man's affairs had already made him suspicious, and it was hard to guarantee that he would not be furious if he did this again.

But Shi Bin didn't get angry, didn't turn around and left with a few guards, just stood there and asked coldly, "What's the situation?" ”

It was as if time had suddenly stopped, and the air had suddenly vanished, making it feel long and oppressive, and finally, they all nodded.

I thought that Shi Bin would immediately take in the two guys who caused trouble, but he didn't expect him to silently walk to another small noodle stall and order a bowl of noodles for everyone.

The boss of the business is happy, the owner of this noodle stall is a middle-aged woman, seeing that Shi Bin and the others have been staring at the tea stall, she said: "A few little brothers, don't look at it, everyone is used to it." As long as you don't open the stall, everyone won't care about the guy who smashed him eating. After all, those military masters don't know tomorrow today, and they really shouldn't complain when they drink a bowl of tea, it's too stingy. ”

"Big brother, I'm so upset. Those township soldiers in Yiyang and Loudi were actually happier than us. The strong man cried out in mourning.

"That's why you're finding fault today? Aren't they just the Emperor of Shangao, who is far less controlled? What is there to envy. You've taught the miser a lesson, aren't you? The vicious soldier laughed.

"You really don't know? They had chickens, ducks, fish and meat that day, and they could eat whatever they wanted, and they would go directly to the homes of the common people to get them. This is what the aunt next door said today when she showed off her son's situation. You see us? I have to pay for a bowl of tea, can I not be angry? ”

After listening to the strong man's words, the fierce-looking military man said: "Brother, don't be so careful, our conditions are much better, not the fierce mountains and bad waters." You also have to think about our current food and equipment, which are not available to ordinary forbidden troops, and Commander Shi led us to fight, do we still get less benefits? You can't afford to pay for tea with such a few copper plates?。。。。。。。 ”

Of course, these words blocked the strong man's mouth, but he was obviously still indignant, he just thought that he was working hard for these people, and he needed money for tea, and they were too ignorant of what to do.

You don't have to think about it to know that these two sergeants will definitely not be able to convince anyone, so Shi Bin didn't bother to listen to the rest of the words, and got up and went back to the house directly, at this time he finally knew why the old man was so frightened that he kept trembling when he heard his identity.

Back at the mansion, he immediately called Wang San and asked him carefully. Hearing this question, Wang San's face was not good-looking, and he was even a little ashamed, after all, he, the former chengguan, had also done things of forcible seizure. But since Shi Bin asked, he still said it for the sake of the overall situation.

In fact, the current people, soldiers, and bandits are just like that. When the people in the village are green and yellow and have no food to eat, they go up the mountain to be bandits, but the rabbits do not eat the grass by the nest, and when they can eat enough, most of the bandits on the mountain will go down the mountain to become farmers, leaving only a few poor and vicious people to continue to be good men in the green forest, for the disaster of the township.

If the soldiers in the army feel that they have suffered a loss, the more daring ones will take it by force, but in fact they are just bandits in military uniforms, sometimes even better than bandits.

After being given the proper treatment and disciplined, they are qualified soldiers again.

At this time, Shi Bin realized that he had been worried but didn't realize that it was military discipline, and the adage "Those who win the hearts of the people win the world" came to his mind.

"Brother Xian, please start supervising military discipline from now on, and all violations of military discipline must be severely punished, and no mercy will be tolerated! Especially those village soldiers in Yiyang and Loudi, I want an army that will never disturb the people! Shi Bin said firmly.

This is not easy to say but difficult to do, and it will never be possible to do without putting in a lot of effort. I wanted to remind Shi Bin to act moderately, be a low-key person, and leave a way for others to live, but this slippery head will naturally not come out to discourage at such a time.

"Understand, if we don't win the hearts of the people, we will always be under the fence and can't make a big deal. I will do my best to accomplish this without the slightest mistake. Wang San also replied "in the affirmative".

After talking about this, Wang San left the study, and Shi Bin finally felt relaxed, although this tumor has not been removed, at least he knows where it is.

After Wang San went out, he did not go back to his study to work as usual, but wandered among the corridors. "People die for money, birds die for food", this is what he has a deep experience, so it can't be as Shi Bin said. And according to Shi Bin's nature, maybe he killed people because of the rectification of military discipline, and he would not only be useless, but also guilty.

This made him decide to soften down first, let some wind out, let the sergeant be self-disciplined, and if it didn't work, he would make an example of the chickens and monkeys.