On the coast, dozens of cauldrons lined up, flames burning at the bottom of the pots, and the crackling sound of burning wood accompanied by misty green smoke swirled in the air nearby. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Dozens of soldiers of the Daishan Army were stirring vigorously in the pot with big shovels in their hands, and the fragrance of rice was mixed with the aroma of fish, and the steam drifted in the air, far away.

The homeless people lined up in jagged lines, saliva in their mouths, and their eyes fixed on the steaming cauldron. At the strict demands of the Daishan soldiers, all the displaced people had to line up to receive food.

Displaced people continue to pour in from Laoshan under the city of Jiaozhou, and there are long queues in front of each cauldron, and it is roughly estimated that there are at least three or four thousand displaced people in the entire seaside.

A group of Daishan soldiers, under the leadership of Jin Yufei, stood on the side of the cauldron in full armor, with the heads of the guns flashing with cold light, the muzzles of the muskets with black holes, and the shocked homeless people did not dare to move.

Dozens of slender wooden poles are erected on the seashore, and each one hangs a bloody one on top. The human heads, which were those who were strong and tried to grab food, were all killed by the Daishan army, and their heads were tied to high poles. For those who tried to cut the queue undisciplined, the Daishan army also gave severe punishments, each of them beaten half to death with 20 bamboo canes.

The number of displaced people is too large to be strict. And in order to make them obedient in the future, Ren Siqi deliberately instilled the concept of discipline in them.

Li Shiyuan, with a hundred and ten henchmen, was also helping to maintain discipline on the side. Thousands of loads of grain that were aided by Ren Siqi, but he failed to capture Jiaozhou, which made him feel very ashamed, and when he came to ask for help again, Ren Siqi's immediate promise to help the displaced people made Li Shiyuan even more grateful.

"Let's eat!" With the shouts of the Daishan soldiers in front of the cauldron, the ranks of the displaced people slowly squirmed. Everyone waited nervously and excitedly with their rice bowls in hand.

Soldier Lin Yue scooped up a large spoonful of thick rice porridge and poured it into the bowl of a peasant woman in her thirties.

The peasant woman thanked again and again, carefully held the big bowl with both hands, walked quickly to the side of the clearing, squatted on the ground, and swallowed the rice porridge despite the hot heat.

"I must let everyone know that we are the subordinates of General Ren, who inspected the coastal defense guerrillas of the Daishan Inspection Division. However, we have limited food and rice, so we can only take care of you for one or two meals. However, there are fathers and elders who are willing to go to Jiangnan, you can sign up, and we will bring you to Jiangnan when the fleet leaves. ”

Taking advantage of the soup kitchen, Xiaoshi Ren Jun and Chen Mingyang and others preached loudly. The two of them had been studying on Daishan Island, and this time they came to Shandong, Ren Siqi brought the two of them out, which was also an experience for them.

Ren Jun is sixteen, he used to be Ren Siqi's scholar, and he read well. Chen Mingyang is fifteen years old this year, and he used to study for several years with his sister Ah Zishi. Ren Siqi was now short of talents, so he brought the two of them to use as scribes.

"People say that there is heaven and Suzhou and Hangzhou, and our Daishan is less than 100 miles away from Hangzhou, with beautiful scenery and abundant products, and you can live a good life when you get there." Ren Jun and others praised Daishan Island as a flower, but they didn't say that Daishan was a desert island far from the coast.

"Men can be soldiers, they can farm. If you are a soldier, you will receive a salary of two or five thousand a month. If you want to farm, each family can be allocated 50 acres of arable land to cultivate, and you don't have to worry about the tools for cultivating cattle seeds. ”

"Women can also work in the factory, we set up a canning factory in Daishan, and we work in the factory to manage food, even women can earn one or two silver per month."

"Our general said that in the future, we will run a school, and every child can go to school for free, not only do you not need tuition, but you will also have all the food and clothes."

Listening to the hard work of Ren Jun and others, many homeless people showed excitement in their eyes.

"This little gentleman, I'll go, I'm going to sign up!" A young man in his twenties asked Ren Jun loudly with a large bowl of porridge.

"After eating, go to the open space on the right, see that there is no there, it is the place where the table is placed, and go there to register." Ren Jun pointed with a smile, and following the direction of his finger, more than a dozen soldiers of the Daishan Army were moving stones and placing wooden planks, and the wooden planks taken out of the boat were placed on the stones, which was a simple table. Six or seven scribes sat behind the table, pens, ink, paper, and inkstones.

"I'll go too, I'll sign up too." Some homeless people shouted, for them, the preaching of Ren Jun and others just now was really tempting, to be able to eat enough and have land to plant, for many people, this is the greatest wish.

However, there are also some displaced people who only care about eating the rice porridge in their hands, and for them, it is really not a good choice to leave their homes. Their ancestors lived here, this is their hometown, there are their ancestral graves.

Of course, for most of the displaced people, as long as there is a way to live, they are willing to leave here, for them life is getting more and more difficult, the food brought out from home has long been eaten, and now most of them live on the bark of wild vegetables and trees, and by collecting fish and shellfish on the beach. There have already been things about people starving to death in Laoshan Mountain, and there are many things such as robbery.

After eating porridge, many homeless people hurriedly went to the open space on the right, and they wanted to sign up to go to Daishan.

But it's not so easy to be recruited, and they have to pass several levels.

First of all, someone will interrogate them and ask them about their families. Young people with wives and children will be allowed to sign up first, while those who are single will be denied. Only those who have a family can be concerned about it, and they will live in Daishan with peace of mind.

The second is that every young man was told that he had to be a soldier, and the purpose of coming to Shandong this time was to recruit soldiers, and then to recruit workers. The manpower of Daishan Island has been almost excavated, and even the manpower of the entire Zhoushan Islands has also been excavated. Now on the islands under the rule of the Daishan Inspection Division, almost all the young people are recruited into the militia, but the total number of people is more than 10,000, and the requirements for leaving Siqi are still much short.

In Ren Siqi's concept, in the future, all men under his rule would basically be soldiers, and all men between the ages of 20 and 40 would have to join the army.

Therefore, those displaced people who are only willing to farm and do not want to become soldiers are rejected.

Then, for those who have families and are willing to join the army, they will be examined again to see if their hands have calluses, and those with delicate palms look like idle people, and such people are not wanted.

There are no treacherous people in the market, and for Ren Siqi, loyal and honest farmers are the best choice. (To be continued.) )