Su Hao's good wishes encountered a setback when the soldiers ate their first meal. The rice-grabbing brawl predicted by Hao Tong happened on the night of the same day.

"Third child, did you hear that, the white rice is enough! This soldier deserves it. After Xiong Minfan heard the rules about eating that Hao Tong came to convey, his eyes lit up with excitement. He had many brothers in his family, all of whom were old enough to eat, and the fields had limited yields, so he had been half-starved for many years, and now he heard that he could be allowed to eat, and he could not be ecstatic.

"Brother, this can't be true, right?" Xiong Minyang was suspicious, "I calculated, there are more than 50 people who have been left behind today, if this white rice is enough, you can't eat a stone of rice in one meal?" ”

"Maybe that Su Baihu is rich?" Xiong Minfan said, "Didn't you listen to the general banner, what kind of telescope is it worth 50 taels of silver, Su Baihu also said, as long as it is not a heart, it will be okay if it is broken, you think, how rich is he?" ”

Xiong Min looked up and said: "The telescopes and whatever, there are a number of them, and it is estimated that they were also sent by the imperial court, and maybe they will be sent in from time to time to check." But this meal is different, if you save a bite, you can go into the pockets of officials, why do they let us let go of eating? ”

Xiong Minfan scratched his head and said, "Third child, you're right. However, Hao Zongqi clearly said just now, the rice is enough, and the dish is one spoonful, so he can't say that it doesn't count, right? ”

Xiong Min looked up and said, "I'm thinking, this is their white spoon method." The rice is said to be enough, but when the time comes, it will be a bucket, and everyone will grab it and it will be over, you can't grab it, who is to blame? When the time comes, you will be hungry, and you will have nothing to say. Also, in this way, everyone will not count who eats how much, and it is more convenient for officials to get up and down? ”

Nor can they blame the soldiers for guessing the meaning of the officers with the greatest malice, but they have heard too much about such things in reality. In the entire Ming Dynasty, whether it is officialdom or the army, this kind of corruption is commonplace. Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, once punished corruption with severe punishments, but corrupt officials still went forward and followed, treating death as home. In the late Ming Dynasty, the rule of law was relaxed, and the government and the opposition were even more unofficial and greedy.

Of course, having said that, whether it is a civil official or a military general, although they will try their best to get some money for themselves, it does not mean that they all have a black conscience and are not involved. In most cases, officials keep their corruption under control so that they don't provoke public resentment. At the same time, when it is necessary to act impartially, or for the benefit of the people, they still do a very good job.

Looking through the chronicles of various prefectures and counties in the Ming Dynasty, there are many things recorded in them such as the government building almshouses, repairing river embankments, and "training agricultural mulberry". After taking office, a county magistrate personally summed up his experience in agricultural production, wrote a "book of advice to farmers," printed it into a book, and distributed it to various townships to help farmers improve their production technology. This is in line with what the Holy Entry said, at the beginning of entry, there are still many people who are good in nature and want to do something good in order to have a good conscience.

The Xiong brothers themselves have never been soldiers, but when they are usually in the township, they have also heard about how officers in the army deduct the salaries of non-commissioned officers, so they think they have understood the world. What they didn't expect was that they met a demon like Su Hao, who was really willing to take out his own money to feed the soldiers.

"Third brother, no matter what the official thinks, our brothers can't suffer. When the meal is opened, we will rush to the front, I will stop you from entering, you serve more food, we will eat a full meal, what do you think? Xiong Minfan looked at his companions around him, put his mouth to his brother's ear, and whispered.

Xiong Min looked up at the porcelain bowl that had just been distributed, shook his head and said, "What's the use of this, even if the bowl is full, we will eat two points full, you can't keep blocking the crowd from entering, right?" ”

"Let's find a big guy to fill the rice, 10 bowls at a time." Xiong Min Fan said.

"What's the big guy here?" Xiong Min said.

Xiong Minfan looked around, except for a urine bucket, there were really no other large containers in the barn, he sighed and said: "Alas, I still don't know the rules, I knew this was the case, so we brought one of the buckets at home." ”

Xiong Min rolled his eyes and said, "I have a solution......

When it was time for dinner, Hao Tong and Deng Kui came to the barracks, blew the whistle and ordered the crowd to assemble, and then hastily lined up in two columns and went to a board room that served as a canteen to eat. The Xiong brothers wanted to be at the front of the line, but they were kicked by Hao Tong and ordered them to line up in the predetermined position.

Before they reached the dining hall, they smelled the smell of food. The aroma of the dishes stir-fried with enough meat oil is naturally not mentioned, and even the rice is much more fragrant than its own one. When you enter the countryside and enter the house, where is you willing to steam this kind of real rice, who doesn't put in a large number of vegetable leaves and cook them into half-thin and half-thousand-thousand-leaf porridge to satisfy hunger?

When I entered the dining hall, there were six large vats, each of which was half a height and thick and thin, and it was full of white rice, steaming hot. Zhongjin's eyes widened all at once, and he couldn't wait to rush over, snatch the rice bucket into his arms, and eat as much as he wanted. This bucket of rice is almost a bucket of rice, but everyone firmly believes that they can eat it all by themselves.

"Each small flag lined up, took the rice in order, put a bowl into each bowl, and then served it after eating. After taking the meal, each small flag shall eat around a table, and shall not make noise, and there shall be no ...... left in the meal."

Hao Tong and Deng Kui loudly announced discipline, and then made great efforts to line up the small flags, and then let them go to the rice bucket in turn to serve the meal, while they themselves patrolled back and forth in the dining hall.

The Xiong brothers were in the middle of this small flag, and they were itching to watch their companions in front of them serve dinner. The companions in front of them were obviously thinking the same as their white spoons, desperately filling the porcelain bowl with rice, until it was piled up like a small mountain, and it was really impossible to hold it, so they reluctantly put down the wooden spoon, carefully held the bowl, and walked to the designated table.

"This bird, with so much of it, this bucket of rice will go down a lot." Xiong Minfan whispered to his younger brother.

"I pondered, this bucket of rice is enough for us to fill a bowl, what to eat and then serve, after eating a bowl, even the bottom of the bucket is gone." Xiong Min said.

Xiong Minfan said: "The third child, you are still smart and have thought of such a good way, what kind of idiom is it called?" What did the gentleman teach, what is it called......

"Draw wages from the bottom of the kettle." Xiong Min said.

"That's right, that's right, when it's our turn to make a white spoon, let's wrap all the rice round, as for the later ones, hum, let them find the officials." Xiong Min Fan said.

Xiong Min shook his head: "No, we must leave a bucket bottom, we can't finish the meal in our hands, otherwise, the officials will hate us for white spoons." ”

Xiong Minfan said: "That's right, but just keep a little less, just enough for a small bowl." ”

When the two of them were talking, it was already their turn. Xiong Minfan took a look and saw that only half of the bucket of rice was left. He reached into his pocket, took out a small gown that was washed and cleaned, spread it out on his hand, Xiong Min picked up the wooden spoon on his back, and began to fill the small gown held by Xiong Minfan. Xiong Minfan's gown was spread out, almost three feet square, and Xiong Minyang desperately piled rice on top of it spoonful by spoonful.

"Hey, you two, what are you doing?" The soldiers behind the Xiong brothers saw that something was wrong. Each bowl is filled with rice, and no matter how much it is filled, this bucket of rice is enough to divide. But these two actually took clothes to eat, this is a rack style that is rushing to wrap a round. Everyone is a big-bellied man, who can tolerate the rice under their name being intercepted by Pinjin, and for a while, all four people in the back rushed forward.

"We're going to have dinner!" Xiong Minfan shouted, "The general flag said, let everyone line up, what do you want to violate military regulations?" ”

"Is there anything like this that you serve? Everyone uses bowls, how do you use your clothes? Soldier He Bencheng said angrily.

Xiong Minfan used his back to block the companions who rushed up, repelling his brother from serving rice, and at the same time turned his head and said, "Our brothers forgot to bring bowls, now take a piece of clothing to fill the rice, can't you?" ”

"How many have you loaded? Don't eat or not? ”

"Our brother has a big belly, and he can't eat enough if he pretends to be less. Besides, you see who pretends less. ”

"Don't pretend too much, are there so many of you? Your pocket is worth more than a dozen bowls, you see, it's almost to the bottom of the bucket. ”

Hearing that the rice had reached the bottom of the bucket, the four soldiers who did not serve the rice could not calm down, and Youjin began to push Xiong Minfan, and He Bencheng rushed forward and snatched the wooden spoon in Xiong Minyang's hand.

"Thousands of what, do you want to fight or what!" Xiong Minfan roared, he was physically strong, he was used to fighting when he was in the countryside, and when he saw that He Bencheng and others were not as tall as him, he began to threaten him with force.

"What about fighting, don't think you're big enough to be great, we have four of us!" A soldier shouted.

"It doesn't hurt if I hit the four of you one by one!"

"You try it!"

"Mother sells x, you dare to push me?"

"What's wrong with pushing you!"

"Third child, you hold the rice, don't spill it, I'll clean up these boys first!"

"Ouch!"

"Flutter!"

"Click!"

A string of onomatopoeia passed, and six entries became a ball. Xiong Minyang was going to stand aside at first to protect the hard-won rice, but when he saw that his brother was a little powerless with one enemy and four enemies, he put a bag of gown containing rice, put his hand on the table next to him, and joined the battle group.

The other soldiers around saw that there was a lively fight, and they avoided it one after another, vacating the venue for them to fight, and at the same time holding bowls and eating in large gulps, while watching this good show that did not cost money.

"Stop it!"

Hearing only an angry roar, Deng Kui rushed over. He just walked away a little, but he didn't expect such a big leak to happen here. Several soldiers who were fighting were fighting fiercely, and where they could listen to Deng Kui's orders, they still waved their fists unrelentingly.

Deng Kui stepped forward in two steps, reached out and grabbed the collars of the two soldiers who were fighting, and pulled them back, and the two soldiers staggered and fell into the crowd of onlookers.

Deng Kui dragged two more in, and only the disheveled Xiong brothers were left on the field.