On this day, Yang Lin summoned the leaders of the various li chiefs and asked them to write big-character posters at various transportation points, telling everyone that they needed to transport grain to the front line of fifty miles.

Now that the rice has already been processed into polished rice and the wheat has been milled into fine flour, the villagers can receive a load of grain from the locality and transport it to the front line forty or fifty miles away under the escort of the officials and soldiers.

Before coming, the capital of Changjia was uneasy, and one by one was afraid that the government would forcibly conscript labor, but now I heard that it was just to hire villagers to transport grain and grass, and one trip could drop 1 bucket of grain (the price of rice is relatively low, and now the war is in chaos, and a bucket of grain is more than 1 yuan of silver), which can be worth two or three days of wages.

Everyone was still quite skeptical, Wang Lichang looked at Yang Lin with wide eyes and said: "My lord, of course it counts if you speak as a man, but the matter is so big that you have to ask clearly, so as not to explain it to the villagers."

A trip to transport five or six hundred quintals, in the middle of which fifty or sixty quintals of grain will be consumed, this, is this too much, can you call the shots? ”

Some people next to him have already scolded: "Wang Lichang, you, what did you say?"

Don't you know who the folks are in your hometown?

Since my lord said so, of course it is, how can you be ungrateful and not conscientious. ”

Chinese people are good at everything, but what they are most afraid of is being scolded by others as ungrateful and unconscientious, so how can they gain a foothold in society?

Seeing Wang Li's head bowed with a red face, Yang Lin smiled and said, "Don't worry, of course, I will do what I say, and I will be absolutely unambiguous."

Come to think of it, the government has not suffered a loss.

There is a famous saying in the book of war, that is, the food feeders are hungry, and it is difficult to transport grain for thousands of miles, so it is not easy to transport grain and grass hundreds of miles away or fifty miles away.

Let's think about it, if you are forced to do labor as in the past, everyone will be reluctant to transport grain and grass, walking twenty or thirty miles a day, and going back and forth every three days, and a lot of grain and grass will be consumed on the road.

Now the contract system is adopted, everyone can bring their own dry food, receive a load of dry food from the township office, shoulder picking, wheelbarrow, can also be transported to the front line under the escort of the officers and soldiers, as long as everyone is not lazy, the grain and grass will arrive in one day.

After the delivery, everyone is resting, and then they can come back overnight, even if they count the consumption on the road, although they are hard, they can earn seven or eight liters of food in one day and one night, and one day is equivalent to two or three days, which is better than doing short-term work. ”

In ancient times, the people were most worried not about the excesses of taxes and miscellaneous taxes, but about the various kinds of labor imposed by the imperial court.

For example, in peacetime, labor was levied to garrison the border, and labor was levied to build the Great Wall and other important border defense areas, or to transport grain.

During the war years, he pulled strong dings, forcibly conscripted porters, etc.

The conscripted families lost their pillars and fell into collapse, often with wives and families separated and killed.

This time it was very different, and the wages offered were two or three times higher than those of the short-term jobs in the countryside, and some people were moved.

Thinking of his brothers and friends among the soldiers, someone asked: "My lord, there are more than 30 of us who are serving in the army, can we let the descendants in the village help when we are tired?"

Yang Lin smiled: "It stands to reason that they can't, after all, they want to keep everyone safe."

But the folks in the big hometown, tired of taking a hand, tired of helping, don't talk about them, even I can't refuse.

But you have to know that they have different tasks, and they mainly protect everyone's safety. ”

When everyone heard this, they even claimed that it was, and now it is idle anyway, and there is grain to be earned, so they don't have to worry about finding someone to transport military rations.

Back in the village, Liu Jiashou summoned all the heads of each family to come to discuss the matter, and after explaining the adult's idea, he said with a smile: "This time we need to transport 500 loads of grain and grass to the front line, no matter what, we need 500 offspring, more than 300 A, although the adults did not say it explicitly, but each A needs at least two people."

Ladies and gentlemen, you don't know that in the past, we can't be embarrassed, we can't embarrass adults. ”

Unlike modern times, the ancients lived with a face, and now since it involves face, although everyone is a little worried, they think that their brothers and acquaintances are serving as soldiers, and everyone can take care of each other on the road.

In the end, there were more than 500 people, some people carrying burdens, some pushing wheelbarrows, and some people driving ox carts and donkey carts, anyway, there were only more than 50 miles, and everyone was quite familiar with the road.

In the unit of li, the team stretched very long, spread for more than ten miles, and it was very spectacular from afar.

In order to ensure the safety of the grain road, Yang Lin was cautious, not only sent several soldiers and horses to inquire about the news the night before, but also brought all the soldiers and horses to guard against the other party's grain interception.

Twenty miles away from Heshu Temple, the news tree in front of him fell, Yang Lin knew that there was an enemy situation, and hurriedly gathered the grain transportation team together on a few small hills, while he led the soldiers to wait for the battle.

It was dusty in the distance, and the sound of horses' hooves could be clearly heard lying on the ground, Yang Lin held a monocular to observe the situation of the local rioters a mile away.

There were more than 100 horsemen in front, more than 200 soldiers in the back, and hundreds of strong men.

The Tyrant riders wore armor, but the horses had no harness, and most of them had no armor behind them, except for a few who wore armor.

Yang Lin was a little relieved, but the soldiers around him didn't think so, and the beads of sweat on his face asked, "My lord, there are so many people in the soil riots, can you stop it?" ”

Handing the telescope to Yang Wei, Long Zhijiao and others, Yang Lin smiled and comforted: "Although the local tyrant has been planning for a long time, he didn't expect that I had already arranged it and lost the opportunity.

Although there are many local tyrants, they only rely on the advantage of cavalry, and here is surrounded by mountains, and the roads in many places are rugged and not conducive to walking, but the road in the north is relatively open, although the local tyrant cavalry is strong, but I and a few hundred others can stop the local tyrant cavalry no matter what."

Taking into account the range and the coordination between the various divisions, the musket bureau was arranged in the open place, neatly arranged at the junction at the foot of the mountain, and on both sides of it was the crossbow bureau, which was covered by trees and weeds, and behind the musket bureau was the strong bow bureau, which hid behind the ditch and among the trees.

Different from the ancient generals, many generals almost arranged all the soldiers and horses with great fanfare to deter the other party, and some even laid more pennants to deter the other party.

In addition, what is more worrying is that everyone shoots in waves, in the previous life movies, the brave commanders will mostly put the enemy closer before fighting, in the Ming Dynasty Qi Jiguang is also this kind of thinking, in the "Training Documentary" to prevent many soldiers from shooting arrows in the distance, not only limited shooting, a large amount of waste of gunpowder arrows, affecting the accuracy of the gun, and more importantly, the gun can not effectively shoot long before the opponent is approaching.

Although there were drills in the past, the first time they faced the cavalry, everyone was quite nervous and did not dare to be careless at all.