Chapter 496: The homeland is hard to leave

The "Red Banner Army" often reported to the imperial court, and the clan elders who had the fame of being a member of the clan had heard of it, and they all agreed when they heard that the Marquis of Dongping was ready to borrow Zhuangzi to do good deeds.

Liu Zaiqi, who was dressed in the regular uniform of a military attache of the third grade, patted his chest and assured that the "Red Flag Army" left behind would assist the strong men on Zhuangzi to hold Sun Liu Zhuang.

You can also select a lot of people from the homeless young and middle-aged people to help defend it, and if there are really tens of thousands of homeless criminals, they will be guaranteed to return.

At this time, asking for food was the life of Sun Liuzhuang's old and young, and the "Red Banner Army" not only did not want a grain of rice, but also prepared to store grain in Zhuangzi, and also sent hundreds of people to guard Zhuangzi.

Encountering such a good thing made the patriarchs and clan elders who were frightened every day during this period of time blossom, and they all felt that they had been blessed by misfortune.

It is not practical to be introduced by Liu Zaiqi, most of the people in Sun Liuzhuang know from the mouths of beggars who are constantly fleeing that Liukou has become a climate, and many county and state towns have been connected.

The walled wall of their humble Zhuangzi is only two zhang high and five feet wide, and there are no bricks, although there is no gap in the two years of insistence on repairing, but it is far less solid than the county seat.

If Liukou sees this place and dispatches thousands of people to attack, I am afraid that with the manpower that Sun Liuzhuang can organize, I am afraid that it will not be able to hold it at all.

With hundreds of more regular troops and hundreds or thousands of strong laborers to participate in the guards, they really have the ability to deal with the attacks of tens of thousands of rogue bandits.

Besides, the clan elders know very well that such a powerful army has not been able to capture it, does Sun Liuzhuang have the confidence to say no?

The "Red Flag Army" did not use force, and the soft-spoken negotiation sent by the senior officials has given enough face to the clansmen, and a group of clan elders finally thanked and thanked them!

That night, the fifth elementary school of the Liu family and the third child of the Sun family organized three hundred young and middle-aged people to take the initiative to help the army carry the materials stored in the Zhuangzi, and there were still many young people who were reluctant.

Who knew that the "Red Flag Army" did not take advantage of the people in vain, and after the young and strong people worked for an hour, Lord Liu, who contacted them, also arranged for everyone to have an additional meal.

The peasants have a hard time, and now they are only willing to eat two thin meals in the Zhuangzi, which is still less grain and more wild vegetables.

The 300 strong laborers who came to work actually drank rice porridge today, received two cooking cakes, and a sea fish of about two taels, and all of them had the feeling of eating Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve.

Most of the young men drank a large bowl of gruel, only willing to lick the salty fish, and then they carefully hid the two cooking cakes and a sea fish that had been given to them in their arms.

That night, many families in Sun Liuzhuang exclaimed, and then their wives and children, old parents, and small mouthfuls of cooking cakes and sea fish, and some women actually burst into tears.

"Dad, are these delicious cooking cakes and fish really given by the officials and soldiers outside Zhuangzi? I used to hear my father and mother say that I had to hide from the thieves, and even more so from the officials and soldiers, and those were all wicked people who ate children. ”

"Son! The officials and soldiers outside the village are not ordinary people, they are the 'Red Flag Army' who fought Tartars and Jiannu fled in despair, and they are all good people like Grandpa Qi's Qi family army. ”

"Boss, will those 'Red Flag Army' really be stationed in our Sun Liuzhuang for a long time? In the future, won't we Zhuangzi no longer have to be afraid of rogues and officials? ”

"Yes, in the future, the villagers of our grandson Liu Zhuang will be able to farm with peace of mind, I have seen those 'Red Flag Army' people with my own eyes, all of them are so spiritual, they seem to be able to read and write, I have never seen weapons and armor in my life, and the rogue will definitely go around us."

"Our land is far away from Zhuangzi, and I don't know what happened to me if I didn't take care of it for more than ten days, so we went to pick it up as soon as it dawned, and we had to make efforts to carry water and protect the seedlings, which was too dry these days."

"Don't worry, I have the strength, our family only has nine acres of land to water it for a few days, but unfortunately this year has been delayed, and I am afraid that it will be enough to harvest seven or eight stones of wheat."

"You are content, if you really harvest so much wheat, our family can drop three stones, and then exchange the wheat for some miscellaneous grains, and our family of five can still eat dry food once every three or five days!"

The preparation of the "Red Banner Army" to garrison has made hundreds of peasant households in Sun Liuzhuang have a vision for the future, presumably they will never be awakened by nightmares tonight, and they will be able to sleep soundly.

Huang Han and the main force will always advance to the southwest, and it is possible that the "Red Banner Army" has always fought independently at the beginning of its establishment, and frequently attacked Jiannu, which brought many surprises to the emperor.

This time it was transferred to the interior to suppress the Kou, and the emperor did not specify which civilian command this unit belonged to, but only indicated that the destination was Henan.

Huang Han guessed that it was nothing more than the following reasons, the first reason was that he was already a super-grade marquis, or one of the few generals and chief military officers with seals, and according to the Ming Dynasty etiquette system, second- and third-grade civil officials had to bow down.

Which civilian and military general can command such a large spectrum of Pingliao generals? In order to avoid contradictions, simply let the "Red Banner Army" fight independently.

The second reason must be that Chongzhen actually trusts Huang Hanken's attitude of fighting for the country from the bottom of his heart, thinking that it is impossible for the "Red Flag Army" to enter Henan to passively slack off, and he must always do something, maybe he can surprise the emperor again.

The third reason was that the emperor was not in a hurry, and the task of the "Red Banner Army" was not clear, which made it impossible for Huang Han to quickly complete the task and request to return to the station.

The emperor did not have a specific task, and the task given by Huang Han was quite clear, to enhance the influence of the "Red Banner Army" while trying to lure hundreds of thousands of Henan people into the western Liaoning corridor to reclaim.

This will greatly increase one's strength, so that there is more food surplus, and in the future, he will have the ability to eat and digest millions of people.

This is not an imagination, because the average household cultivating 50 acres of wheat fields can contribute more than a dozen stone of wheat after self-sufficiency, and in the case of two meals a day, an average of two stones of wheat can barely feed an adult.

At present, the number of acres of land in the western Liaoning corridor and the large and small basins of Yanshan, where small watersheds are constantly being managed, is enough to increase the number of 100,000 households, and after they settle down and participate in the reclamation with peace of mind, the grain produced will certainly be able to meet the needs of more than 100,000 households.

As for how to fight the rogues, he also has a charter, and he will do his best to kill the old bandits and save the cannon fodder who has just been coerced.

It is much simpler to deal with these ordinary people who have become rogues, and they will not be handed over to them for multiple choices, and will be directly loaded and transported to the western Liaoning Corridor for reclamation with the penalty of confiscation.

The initial treatment can be halved, as long as they are full of food and physical strength to do farm work, and they don't need to give six dollars of silver and five buckets of miscellaneous grains for a month.

It is difficult to leave the homeland, also because the popularity of the "Red Flag Army" is not very high in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, and along the way, Huang Han saw how difficult it is for the propaganda team to bewitch the homeless.