Outside Kaifeng, there are more and more people picking wild vegetables, and they have become accustomed to picking up a few pieces of flatbread or a small bag of wheat outside the city, if mixed with wild vegetables, a family of three or four can last for two or three days.

There are soldiers coming and going from time to time, and the people have no fear, they never harass the people!

The old man laughed so much that his forehead was full of wrinkles, and when he met a woman with a good posture around him, he whispered something, which made the woman blush for a while, and the spicy woman would laugh and scold.

The old man didn't care, he knew in his heart that he didn't know which woman's light he had touched with these free foods...... What are these women shy about, isn't everything happening in front of Dongyue Temple? Who can survive the belly?

There happened to be a soldier parading not far away, and the old man had already picked up the bamboo basket, so he leaned over tremblingly, "Master Jun......"

The soldier thought that the old man needed help, and looked at his basket full of wild vegetables, at such an old age, I was afraid that he would not be able to carry it back, so he said: "Uncle has picked so many wild vegetables?" Do you want me to carry it to the city? ”

The old man was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be!" When he saw that the soldier was very kind, he put down the wild herbs and sat down cross-legged on the ground.

The soldier thought that the old man was too tired, so he squatted down, "Uncle, what's wrong with you?" ”

"The villain is nothing," the old man sneered, "It's the military master," after a pause, he finally said: "The military master, these pancakes and wheat are all placed outside the city by you, right?" ”

The soldier also laughed, "So you know? ”

"How can the villain not know your mind after living at this age?" The old man glanced at the most beautiful of the women, and whispered, "Is the military master in love with which woman?" ”

"Ah...... What did you say? ”

"You put these foods on the avenue for us to pick up, not ......" The old man's forehead was printed with deep wrinkles, "Exchange, this is very fair, both parties are consensual, but it's a pity that the villain ...... The villain picked up some pancakes and wheat for nothing......"

The soldier blushed, unconsciously glanced at the woman who was picking wild vegetables not far away, and there happened to be a woman who looked like Zhou Zheng was also looking at him, hurriedly lowered his head, and after a while, glared at the old man, "This is the ...... that the Metropolitan Governor asked us to leave to you."

"The Grand Duke?"

"Yes, the Governor has always loved the people like a son, and knew that the people in the city lacked food, so he retreated to the barracks twenty miles away and let the city open the door," the soldier said of the Governor, the blush on his face was long gone, and he changed to a very proud look, "The Governor was worried that the wild vegetables would not be able to survive, so he asked us to throw the pancakes and wheat on the avenue. ”

"You don't throw bread and wheat on the road, not for the sake of the women?" The old man wondered in his heart, the barracks were full of young men, and when he saw a woman, it was not like a cat seeing a fishy woman?

He was also worried about the women who had left the city for the soldiers, and the soldiers had not come to loot for the past few days, so he made up his mind to tell the story.

Could it be that the Mandate of Heaven really sent food to the people in vain?

"Oh, uncle, what did you say?" The soldier made a downward cutting motion with his hand, "Whoever dares to bully a woman outside will be killed......

"Kill the head?" The old man was startled at first, and found that the soldier did not draw his sword, so he relieved himself, "Master Jun, the Mandate of Heaven Army is really not for women when they send us food?" ”

"No, no, uncle, don't think about it, just take it if you have food," the soldier said, "We don't know how much food you need, we can only put so much every day." ”

"Ah......h

"Uncle, are there many people in the city who lack food?"

"Many, many," the old man sighed, and his face changed suddenly, "Master Jun, don't you know, the hundreds of thousands of people in the city, except for the eunuch's house, who is not short of food?" ”

"So much?" The soldiers glared, obviously they didn't expect that there were so many people in the city who were short of food, although the Heavenly Mandate Army was not short of food, especially harvested a large amount of wheat outside the city, and now it has basically stopped transporting grain from Luoyang and Nanyang.

But to save hundreds of thousands of people in the city, the food of the Mandate of Heaven Army is obviously not enough.

The soldier looked at the old man and shook his head gently......

The old man's expression was not disappointed, it would be good if the Heavenly Mandate Army didn't come to snatch the wild vegetables, and now they also gave them pancakes and wheat, and it was unrealistic to want the Heavenly Mandate Army to save hundreds of thousands of people in the city, and the Heavenly Mandate Army was still a rogue in the mouth of the government......

He squinted, looked at the soldier and said, "Master Jun, this is the life of the villain, and the life of a person in the troubled world is not as good as a dog......"

"Uncle don't worry, there will always be a way......" Although the soldier comforted the old man, he knew in his heart that hundreds of thousands of people could not be saved at all, and the Heavenly Mandate Army did not have so much food, so he didn't know if the Governor had a way......

"Master Jun, the villain is going back to the city," the old man pointed to the sun above his head, and said, "The family is still counting on the villain's wild vegetables, as well as the wheat you sent, to spend the ......" His hoarse voice has changed its tone a little.

"Then the old man walks slowly," the soldier waved his hand, and as the old man stood up, he suddenly remembered something, "Uncle, don't you have young people in your family, why don't they go out of the city to dig wild vegetables?" ”

"Young and strong?" The old man said: "The villain has two sons, but the soldiers guarding the city do not let the young and strong go out of the city......

"Ah......" The soldier was stunned for a while, staying in the city, was it to assist the Ming army in defending the city? For such people, does the Mandate of Heaven still provide them with food?

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The soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven Army paraded around outside the city of Kaifeng, they would not harass the people who went out of the city, and as always, they left some pancakes and wheat for the people, but the amount was not too large, such information quickly spread in the city, and some people with ulterior motives in the city spread around, and the people had a good impression of the Mandate of Heaven Army outside the city.

At least the Mandate of Heaven will not be like the officers and soldiers in the city, who may snatch their own food at any time.

At this time, in Kaifeng City, all the grain stores have stopped selling grain, and most of the people's homes have been cut off.

Only grain merchants, eunuchs, and families can have a full meal, and the people who have not been cut off from cooking are also changed to porridge with one meal a day, and they can all see the figure of the person!

The government has already requisitioned grain semi-forcedly, and the grain collected from large households is gathered to ensure that the soldiers defending the city can eat half full, and the ordinary people, because there is no oil and water, the government is too lazy to pay attention to him, and they can only fend for themselves.

Fortunately, the city gate can still be opened, and more and more people go out of the city to pick wild vegetables, but there are so many wild vegetables outside the city, and there are more people picking them, and everyone picks a lot fewer wild vegetables.

In order to pick more wild vegetables, the people who picked wild vegetables could only run away from the city wall, and some people often did not return to the city for the night.

The strong men are still not allowed to go out of the city, for the sake of their children, they must let the women of the family out of the city, as for what the women do outside the city, they can no longer take care of it, and the men themselves need women to support them......

The Mandate of Heaven army will also give some pancakes and wheat, but the quantity is far from enough, and many people actually fight outside the city for this bit of food, for the sake of their belly, whether it is an old man or a woman, they have no shame.

The fight for food outside the city was fed back to Li Zicheng, and Li Zicheng laughed unconsciously, "I can't eat enough, and I still have the strength to fight?" They are all old and weak women and children, so it shouldn't hurt much, just think it's exercise! ”

He Xiaoxiao said: "Governor, if the people fight outside the city for food, wouldn't it be good to spread the word?" If it is passed into the castle......"

"Millet is right," Li Zicheng thought for a while and said, "Millet, how many people go out of the city every day?" ”

"Back to the Governor, there are 5,000 people, and I heard them say that only 5,000 people are allowed in the city every day, regardless of the old and the young!"

"Five thousand?" Li Zicheng thought for a while, and said after a while: "That's it, starting tomorrow, when the people return to the city, they only need to line up and distribute a pancake to each person, no, no need to send pancakes, send half a catty of wheat, let them go back and dispose of it themselves!" ”

The fight was settled, but the Mandate of Heaven soon encountered new problems.

The people who went out of the city, because they were worried that they would be late in line the next day and would not be able to get a place to go out of the city, after getting acquainted with the soldiers, many of them hid outside the city and refused to go back at night, so there was the young woman who was good-looking, willing to sacrifice her hue, just in exchange for a little food.

Li Zicheng was angry, it was nothing if he didn't return to the city, but the matter of seducing soldiers must not happen, there were tens of thousands of troops outside the city, and everyone couldn't see women, so they had no idea, if they got the opportunity, the number of women was far from enough, the army would be chaotic sooner or later, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers would also decline.

Li Zicheng handed over the matter to Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance, all those who are willing to stay for a long time, regardless of the old and young, the Heavenly Mandate Army will all take them in, manage them centrally, and unify their work and rest time, if anyone seduces the soldiers, they will be expelled immediately, and they will never want to get food from the Heavenly Mandate Army in the future.

After rectification, the people who had defected to the Mandate of Heaven Army were concentrated in the south of the city, and there were soldiers outside to guard them, and they were not allowed to run around in the camp tents.

However, in three days, six or seven thousand old and weak women and children were placed in the big tent, and some young and strong people discussed with their own women, and the women took the initiative to join the Mandate of Heaven Army, and in the middle of the night, the men used ropes to climb down the city wall and joined the Mandate of Heaven Army with the women.

The number of people resettled gradually exceeded 10,000 people, Li Zicheng had a headache, the food consumed by these people every day was not a minority, could they just raise them in vain?

Even if the Mandate of Heaven Army has enough food, it can't make the people develop the habit of being lazy!

Li Zicheng placed male and female families, including their elders and children, in the surrounding areas, and formed villages, and the Heavenly Mandate Army distributed food, seeds, and farmland to them, and they had to cultivate them themselves, and when the crops were ripe, the Heavenly Mandate Army would stop supplying food.

The remaining old men and women, as long as their bodies permitted, also participated in labor, and could temporarily serve as firefighters for the wheat harvested in the early stage of the Mandate of Heaven, drying them, etc., and helping the battalions to wash and cook, and there was really nothing to do, so they set aside a piece of land for them to grow vegetables for the soldiers.

When these people join the labor, they will save the young and strong soldiers who are engaged in miscellaneous labor in the battalion, specialize in labor, and cultivate a large area of land outside Kaifeng City.

Li Zicheng deliberately sent the cavalry back a large number of potatoes and sweet potato seeds from Luoyang, so that they could cultivate them as soon as possible, and when they waited for the harvest season, they would be able to increase a large amount of coarse grains.

Outside Kaifeng City, there is no battle for the time being, but it presents an idyllic scene: men plough the land, women water; Men grow grain, women grow vegetables; Men cook wheat, women cook; Men train, women do laundry......

Li Zicheng saw such an idyllic scenery, and smiled from the bottom of his heart, the people of Kaifeng, as long as they get out of that high wall, there will always be a way to live!

However, Li Zicheng was not happy for long, and on 14 July, he received a message from the rangers: Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, had landed at Zhujiazhai in the northeast of Kaifeng with his soldiers.

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