Chapter 27: The Hearts of the People
Now it has just started spring, and there is great hope for the harvest of the two seasons, and there will be surplus grain, but I don't know if the cottage will collect taxes or not. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info but Jiang Sheng's benevolence was also told by the person who sent the letter, and the people were naturally happy, and it was not impossible to take the initiative to hand over some grain and grass to the cottage when the time came, and the matter of receiving the old and weak women and children in the cottage was also easily solved.
Overnight, Jiang Dashanren's prestige spread all over the villages and townships, and Zhang You's house, which was a "double old man", was also in an endless stream, and those who came to congratulate and thank each other came one after another, and Zhang You was so happy that he couldn't keep his mouth shut, and the son-in-law who "picked up" became a baby, and his two daughters were not married in vain.
"Is what you said true?" Zhang He's sister Zhang Ru couldn't believe it.
"Sister, you have experienced it personally, so naturally you can't take a vacation, and you can go up the mountain to receive food tomorrow." Zhang He said.
"Daddy's revenge has finally been avenged! Tomorrow, I will go up the mountain to thank the benefactor! Come with me. Zhang Ru said.
"Sister, I naturally want to go up the mountain, but there is one thing ......" Zhang He hesitated.
"Junyi, you are a cheerful person, why is that? If there is something, you must tell your sister. ”
"The benefactor is determined to resist the thief, conquer the world, and make a promise to the righteousness, and the righteous dare not be good at ......"
"The enmity of the parents is all reported by the Baien Gong, I and other sisters and brothers should be grateful for the picture, the sister is a woman, it is inconvenient to follow each other, but you are a man, you should serve in the saddle before and after the horse, why hesitate? Go ahead, my sister can take care of herself. ”
Although Zhang Ru is a woman in her teens, she is a bold person, and she has also practiced fists and swords, so there should be no problem with self-preservation.
In the early morning of the next day, as soon as the sky was brightened, many villagers had already come to the mountain one after another, and Yang Feng organized soldiers to maintain order, and these villagers consciously lined up in a long line.
Yang Feng was quite responsible, and organized personnel to sort out the treasury overnight, the ordnance and armor were gathered, and the grain and grass materials were also properly distributed. And Jiang Sheng was still asleep because of the excessive physical exertion when fighting with the green horns, and Zhang Wanrong had already gotten up and sat in front of Jiang Sheng's bed.
Because Jiang Sheng had already told Yang Feng how to distribute the grain and grass in advance, Yang Feng naturally didn't have to report it anymore, and proceeded in an orderly manner according to Jiang Sheng's arrangement. According to Jiang Sheng's arrangement, the cottage left enough grain and grass for 80,000 stones, and the rest of the grain and grass were distributed to the villagers. Above the Black Mountain, the voices of people are boiling, but it looks like a peaceful and prosperous world, but these villagers are full of vegetables, and some of the scenery is ruined.
Zhang Ru and Zhang He's sisters and brothers also came up to the mountain at this time, and witnessed the people who received the money and food crying with joy, and naturally sighed in their hearts, and Zhang He was also infected by this atmosphere, which strengthened his belief in following Jiang Sheng.
When Jiang Sheng woke up, it was almost noon, Zhang Wanrong personally cooked and prepared lunch, while Zhang He kept guarding the door until Yang Feng came to visit.
"Come in, all of you, no formality." Jiang Sheng dressed neatly and called the two in.
"Meet the Commander!" Yang Feng hugged his fists and saluted, and Zhang He said: "Meet Engong." "Relationships are internal and external.
"Deputy Commander Yang, has the distribution of money and grain begun?" Jiang Sheng asked.
"Commander, everything is carried out according to your instructions, but the cottage is small and a little tricky, so I have come to ask the commander for advice."
"Oh? Could it be that the surrounding people went up the mountain at the same time? Jiang Sheng was a little puzzled.
"It's not like that, it's just that the people who received the money and food gathered in the village and refused to leave, so they had to see you and thank you in person."
Why bother? Then I'll go out and see them. Be righteous, and come with me. Jiang Sheng strode out.
The people who had already seen Jiang Sheng recognized Jiang Sheng and shouted loudly, the people who had never seen Jiang Sheng thought that Jiang Sheng was such a burly man, but they didn't expect it to be a young offspring who looked weak, and they were surprised and praised, and they were called young heroes. Some of the older men had already taken the lead and knelt on the ground, and the people behind saw that the people in front of them were kneeling, and they all knelt down.
For a time, "Engong", "Good Man" and other titles came and went, and many people who had been bullied were full of tears and bowed down in front of Jiang Sheng. Zhang He and Yang Feng were both shocked when they saw this situation, especially Yang Feng, thinking of how Qingniujiao treated the people in the past, and how the people treated the Black Mountain Army, which is completely different from the current situation, and now is where the righteousness lies.
Jiang Sheng clasped his fists with both hands, which was regarded as a return salute, and then said loudly: "Fathers and fellow villagers, you really don't deserve to be treated so favorably if you do things with your conscience, please get up." ”
The people are so grateful, naturally they will not get up, Jiang Sheng no longer insisted, and continued: "When today, the court is deaf, the people are not happy, the whole world is full of smoke, and the yellow turban is in chaos. ”
Many young and strong laborers proposed to follow Jiang Sheng on the spot, but Jiang Sheng refused, his reason was that the Qingniujiao Righteous Army here already had the scale of self-protection, and there was no need to expand the army, and more importantly, the pressure on material support was too great to feed more soldiers.
"Brothers, how can Jiang Sheng be able to get you to follow? It's just that he has no power and no power at present, and he is still worried about self-preservation, so how dare he make a mistake? ”
"The Qingniujiao Righteous Army has been under the command of Engong, and we are willing to join the Righteous Army and be willing to be a pawn and serve Engong!" The crowd shouted, and soon more echoing voices followed.
The cottage was boiling again, it could be said that the crowd was excited, and more people wanted to join the rebel army, Jiang Sheng had no choice but to tell everyone his true thoughts.
“… The first priority now is to resume production and gather supplies for the coming days. If you can trust me, you will actively participate in production and construction, support the security camp, and ensure the safety and stability here, which is the greatest gratitude to me. ”
"Since Engong has made this decision, we will obey it, and I only hope that Engong's good news will spread frequently and reassure us and other people." There are also some of these illiterate people who can speak well, but when Jiang Sheng wanted to look for it, he couldn't find who said it first, so he had to give up the idea of recruiting this talent. In any case, there is finally a certain mass base in the Changshan area of Hejian, and the people at this time are really very good, and they may really need their support in the future. 、
After five days, the distribution of money and food was basically completed, and the rest was the problem of the reorganization and reorganization of the security battalion, under the direct command of Jiang Sheng, the security battalion completed the repair of the camp and the reconstruction of the defense facilities, the cottage is easy to defend and difficult to attack, although it is not impregnable, but there is no more than ten times the force to attack at any cost, and the cottage will not be lost, which makes Yang Feng worship Jiang Sheng even more.