"Well, I can still do this."

Wang Xianchao, who had just returned to Dantu City to rest, looked at the sign set up outside the gate of the temporary camp with some surprise, and his two brothers, Wang Shenzhi and Wang Shengui, were even more dumbfounded.

"What are you talking about, why don't you hurry up and give Nian Nian."

The soldiers who couldn't come in next to them couldn't help but scream

"On the sixth day of the fourth month of the fourth year of Wang Ba, the latest ration index of the garrison battalion:"

Wang Xianchao came back to his senses at this time, and hurriedly opened his voice word by word.

"All new pawns are chosen, each person will be given one liter of rice noodles (ten days) two buckets of Liuhe, four catties of dried preserved food, half a kilogram of salted vegetables, half a jar of dried sauce (catty), four taels of plate (coarse) sugar, a bag of dried plums, half a catty of vinegar and ginger, eight taels of salty plate oil, and three taels of tea powder."

"Give one canned meat and vegetables and dried fruits for each fire (three catties of weight); Each team is given a barrel of cane head burning. Each brigade is given a stone of dried beans and a basket of salted fish. Fish floss, stone honey and wine extract are for the wounded only. No private exchange. ”

"If there is any deviation in it, please approve it by the Soldiers' Committee."

Thinking of this, the people around Wang Xianchao couldn't help but have some eager and excited discussions

"That's beautiful, isn't it?"

"Isn't it daydreaming?"

"You're going to give me a shave."

"Wouldn't such an official not have a tap and a water."

"What do people want to tap and water, as long as they work hard to reach the corresponding rank, they will naturally have more benefits and benefits from the corresponding ration. It's not uncommon for subordinates to have this little thing. This is called openness and justice, to show selflessness. ”

A veteran of the rebel army standing at the bottom of the list looked at them with some contempt and sneered.

"It is said that the Taiping Army is more like the official army of the imperial court, and the rules are stricter, and even the life is more comfortable than most of the official army, which is still true."

"Isn't Lao Tzu investing in these and earning them."

Then, after receiving their share one after another, the three brothers began to work together on a plan for the disposal of these things; After all, in addition to basic rations, these bits and pieces of rations are also sought-after goods that can be bartered in the army and in the market.

It can even be exchanged for backup weapons and emergency medicines at a discounted price at the mobile service in the army, or deposited under the corresponding name to return to the rear for withdrawal. Of course, more people still use it to "communicate with local residents".

The Taiping Army strictly forbade the means of forcible seizure or forced buying and selling, but fair trade on a voluntary basis to obtain the corresponding difference in the price of different local properties was not subject to this restriction and was even encouraged and supported.

Therefore, after thinking about it for a while, the three brothers decided to keep most of the things for their own use, and the money was deposited in the accounts of the service club with the army; In the end, only a few cans were saved as the cost of finding a woman privately.

After all, in this precarious and troubled world, wherever you go, there are women who need part-time jobs to support themselves; In this regard, the Taiping Army also adopted a limited guidance and standardized management attitude that it is better to block than to slacken.

This can also prevent the accumulated stress and negative emotions of soldiers from being vented into traditional vices such as gambling, fighting, and harassing the people, and turning them into new social problems and hidden dangers in the military. On the other hand, it can also minimize the exploitation methods of those traditional gray forces and these poor people.

And the market represented by these canned foods outside the city is enough to cover a woman from a small family for two or three days to spend the night in turn.

Suddenly, the king saw a procession coming in from outside the city gate; Most of them looked ragged and a little timid, but the leader looked a little familiar with the vicissitudes and exhaustion on his face; He hurriedly shouted:

"Brother, isn't that an old talisman, he still came back. Looks like I've brought back a team.。。 ”

"Could it be true that the old yellow sheep was right. It's really hard for anyone to have a good time these days. I didn't even have to vote for the official army. ”

Wang Xianchao is also deeply felt.

"I have to go back and have a drink with him, and talk about this experience."

And Fu Cun, who led the team on the street, had a sense of embarrassment and dislocation as if he was in a different world. Unexpectedly, after the accidents and twists and turns of these days, he still turned back as a rebel by mistake;

At the beginning, it was just to survive, let alone fight with those mutinous Suzhou solidarity soldiers; But I didn't expect that in the following days, the things of their group would get bigger and bigger; not only drove away the newly appointed Suzhou assassin Zhao Zai, almost killed all the Taining soldiers who crossed the sea, but also looted all the mansions and burned them.

So there was no way for him to turn back; Without the nominal deterrence and repression of the state capital, Suzhou, which was originally an undercurrent, had an undercurrent under its jurisdiction of Wu, Kunshan, Changshu, Wucheng, and Changcheng counties (Changxing County), and almost simultaneously rioted and unsettled.

And the mutineer he was in soon couldn't gain a foothold in the state city; was forced out of the city by the counterattack of the wealthy families in the city; Then, he met the remnants of Zhang Quan, who claimed to be the general of Jinwu and the coastal soldier and horse envoy, who came to seize the city.

In the end, in the chaotic battle that arose in the local area, in order to protect himself and survive, under the banner of the other rebel army to which Taiping belonged, he went all the way to the north to see if he could get some respite from the staggered gap between the other party's local regiments, official army and thief army.

However, unfortunately and luckily, he ran head-on into part of the defeated Hangzhou army; Then, in the inevitable conflict, many people and supplies were captured, and their identity as rebels was confirmed. However, Fu Cun wanted to abandon the crowd again, but he had already missed the most suitable opportunity.

Because then a rebellious army that pursued them joined them, and coerced them to go north to the city of Dantu to recover their lives; As a result, there are many indisputable characters inside and outside, and they can only accept this reality and mistake by mistake, and obediently come back to face the consequences.

。。。。。。

In the inner hall of the Dantu's festival, Zhou Huai'an was also sitting in front of the marked sand table, listening to the latest round of results report.

"Now, under the direct control of this army and its subordinates, there are six large and small cities."

"Eleven other cities controlled by the rebels. It is distributed in Chang, Hu, Xuan and Run. ”

"Among them, 12 men's and women's camps have been listed; There are 38,691 strong men registered in each register, and 24,879 strong women, widows, and young girls. ”

"There are also 3,157 people in the Craftsmen's Pavilion, and 1,239 members in the 100 Craftsmen's Battalion. Just waiting for the arrival of a new batch of shipments. ”

"In addition, the rebel armies of other tribes in other cities also have corresponding people, women, and craftsmen, who have been transferred one after another; It is estimated that 24,000 stone of grain and rice will be paid, 3.6 million yuan, plus about 8,000 pieces of silk. ”

As the Taiping army invaded to the south, each city would set up corresponding male and female battalions on the spot; Of course, compared with the traditional rebels, regardless of men, women, old and young, blindly coercing together; The Taiping Army, with its relatively sufficient resources and manpower, has long since developed into a fairly well-functioning system.

In the newly occupied cities, in addition to providing long-term and short-term paid labor for the front army, the formed male battalions were also responsible for recruiting and collecting those poor young and middle-aged people as the basic labor force to go to Jiangling, Yuezhou, Tanzhou, Hongzhou and other places to enclose land and tuntian.

The women's camp is to gather those young and middle-aged women who are lonely and helpless; Sent to the rear to participate in the work of the collective workshop, it is also a potential resource for soldiers' marriage and population fertility.

After these immigrants arrive in a new place, they are better able to grasp and control the transformation of the corresponding division of labor and the shaping of a new life after severing their past social relations and dependence.

At the same time, these immigrants are also used to mix sand with the local people, differentiating and restricting their possible township party, clan plots and potential ties; Give full play to the effect of corresponding competition and incentives.

After all, such things as indulgence, cheating, and taking advantage are part of human nature, and they will not completely disappear because of their status. Therefore, the relatively strict reward and punishment system and mutual supervision means in various workplaces are also indispensable lubricants for good operation.

In addition, there are also craftsmen's halls and 100 craft camps dedicated to craftsmen and specialists, the former is for the rear production and construction, collection and transportation of manpower in various industries; The latter is specially selected and can directly accompany the army to provide corresponding technical services for the soldiers.

In this way, we can continue to snowball and gradually tap and expand the potential and profits of war. At the same time, after being constrained by simple collective life, they were also one of the potential candidates for the Taiping Army.

You must know that according to the record in the "New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness", Qi Jiguang once specially formulated a set of extremely strict and unique recruitment standards, that is, "four wants, four don'ts".

Fourth: people who want to be standard peasants, who want to be stout and sturdy, who have a good eye, and who are a little afraid when they see the government.

Four don'ts: people in the city, including those who have lived in the market, do not do; Do not serve in the government; Those who are white and those over forty years old do not be; Don't be timid and especially bold.

Of course, this is mainly based on the overall obedience and training costs, and the selection of soldiers in feudal society under the small peasant economy. But having a better organized, disciplined, and collective-coordinated industrial worker and collective farm member, as a source of recruits for the Taiping Army, really did not look down on these traditional standards.

However, as the second- and third-line garrison forces along the back road and in the local areas for maintaining public order and preparing for thieves and clearing the township, it can still provide a temporary source of supplementation. After these reports, the soldiers and Yu Hou retreated one after another, but Xiao Qi, who was in charge of the investigation team, stepped forward alone and said:

"Xuanzhou's Xuancheng has already responded. A few days ago, there was indeed a mess in the inner house of the Yellow King.,It's just that the people who interfere with the matter have been disposed of.,So the inside has always been unknown.。。 ”

"I only know that at that time, Huang Hao, the leader of the front wing, was suddenly grounded and thought about it, and recruited back the army to split his subordinates. However, it was re-exonerated just a few days ago, and it was reconvened before being sent to the Jiangbei Army. ”

"In addition, although the General's Mansion had only established a system of female officials a few years ago, that Cui Sizan had only recently been appointed; It is said that she was originally the person who called Mrs. Cao, and her father was the chief ceremonial envoy of the military government, and Cui Miao, the military aircraft praised the painting, and she also served as the companion of Cao Xiaoniang. ”

"It's actually Cui Miao's daughter"

At this moment, Zhou Huai paused, and couldn't help but want to admire the other party's courage and determination.

"So this Cao Xiaoniang came by taking advantage of the opportunity of this agreed marriage date, but in fact, she did not have a private interview that was publicly announced and declared."

This is a little woman who looks quite timid and afraid of life on the surface. actually ran away so suddenly to send the sheep into the tiger's mouth, aren't you afraid that you will die after eating and wiping it out?

Zhou Huai'an was thinking about it, and suddenly smelled a faint fragrant wind approaching, but it was my aunt who reported in a low voice.

"Cui Sizan and Little Lady Cao have already settled down in the back hall."

"But are there any shortages and complaints?"

Zhou Huai'an asked in a low voice.

"Not yet."

My Lady also responded in a relaxed tone.

"It's just that I hope to be able to make an appointment with Lang Jun for a suitable reunion."

"My aunt, guess according to your thoughts as a woman."

Holding my fair lady's soft and well-proportioned body with his backhand, Zhou Huai'an asked softly.

"Do you think this person has any other intentions and inside information when he came this time?"

"Slave. . . The slave also thinks. Between the words and deeds of the little lady, she seems to have some admiration and expectations for Lang Jun. ”

Hearing this, my aunt was slightly touched and touched, but she bit her lip lightly.

"It was also Guan Nu who asked about the words and tunes that Lang Jun had recently made.

"What... And this kind of thing. ”

Zhou Huai'an was not surprised, and even the claws of Lushan, which routinely enjoyed the wonderful Lushan on her, paused.

Could it be that the heirlooms that I routinely threw out and pretended to force accidentally touched the gentle wandering heart of a certain literary girl? This is a breakthrough that can be tested a little. Thinking of this, Zhou Huai'an suddenly had a plan in his heart, and whispered to her:

"I have a "Qingyu Case" here that has not yet been transmitted, so you can take it and ask her for advice."

Then there is no need for Zhou Huai'an to dwell on anything; Just the next day, there were documents sent urgently from the Jiangbei General's Mansion; In public, this little lady Cao was shown as Huang Meijun, and the Quan Taiping Army and the Jiangnan Righteous Army were all consoled; Later, he will continue to send 10,000 brocades, 4,000 cattle and horses, 16 million money, etc., as a reward and consolation in his possession.

Although the Taiping army gained a lot after defeating the Dantu, they didn't care much about the value of these rewards; But it's finally a little better than nothing. In addition, 800 guards in armor and rods, 128 maidservants, 366 rough slaves, and 50 carts of supplies and utensils were sent for the basic pomp and daily use.

But more importantly, at the same time as the wooden clamp order recalled the South Road Righteous Army under the command of Gai Hong; By the way, he also used Huang Silk to grant Zhou Huai'an and his Taiping Army a name of "expedient moderation of the righteous soldiers and soldiers of the Jiangnan Provinces".

"Now that the east wind has arrived, it is not yet the river, and when will it be."

Then, Zhou Huai'an announced loudly to the reconvened subordinates.

"I am willing to lead the army and go to the soup at any cost."

Most people echoed in unison.

(End of chapter)