Chapter 41: It's all on the line

Try 100 households is a military position, you need to go through the procedures of the military department, there is no one or two months can not get down, but the chief is not so troublesome, according to the convention, 11o households are organized into a mile, according to the number of people and food, the most ten households are selected as the chief, each household serves for one year, ten years of reincarnation.

Of course, in practice, the lieutenant chiefs basically fell into the hands of the clan family, and were selected from among the squires and elders, and reported to the imperial court immediately. In other words, Zhang Ke can take office immediately, and he doesn't have to worry about rotation, and he can directly give orders to the people.

It was originally a great thing, but the order behind made Zhang Ke feel like eating a fly.

"Uncle Qiao, what's going on with this Sun Youguang, why are you in such a hurry?"

Qiao Tieshan shook his head and said: "You let Qiao Fu enter the city, he told me the idea of moving to Hewan Village, I went to find Sun Youguang again, when I first arrived at his house, I heard that someone seemed to come from Yizhou, maybe he gave Sun Youguang an order." ”

Zhang Ke frowned, and said with a solemn face: "Sun Youguang doesn't look like a person who talks about the river, these officials can do anything, maybe they really kill the returning people as bandits!" ”

Qiao Fu's eyes couldn't help but widen, and he asked in surprise, "Brother Ke, do they really dare to do this?" Isn't this a matter of carelessness for human life? ”

Qiao Tieshan snorted, "What is this, your father has seen a lot of things about killing good people and risking merit." Even if these people are lucky enough to meet Ke'er, otherwise they probably don't even know how they died. ”

Qiao Tieshan's voice was not small, and he also deliberately let people outside the city listen to it, and sure enough, Yue Zixuan and Ma Rufeng's faces were extremely ugly.

"My lord, in that case, let's go to Hewan Village quickly, so as not to make trouble for the dog officer!"

"There's no hurry!" Zhang Ke smiled slightly, "If everything is foreseen, it will be wasted if it is not prepared." Let's have a full meal first, and then let's discuss how to divide the labor, and there will be no delay or anything. Uncle Qiao, lead everyone to kill sheep and cook meat! ”

"Okay!"

Qiao Tieshan had already prepared the knife, and Ma Rufeng picked a dozen good boys to help, and everyone saw that the fat sheep's eyes were straight, and they couldn't wait to eat the hot mutton immediately.

The four guys held down a sheep, and Qiao Tieshan wiped it on his neck with a fast knife, and blood spurted out.

"Quick, take the pot and continue, add some salt and chopped green onions, it is better than mutton when steamed!"

Someone had already come to collect the blood, and Qiao Tieshan shot at the next sheep again, and in a blink of an eye, all twenty sheep were killed. At the thought of being able to eat mutton, Ma Rufeng drooled for a long time, so he simply took off his bare shoulders, and worked with everyone to peel the skin and break the abdomen, and shave off pieces of fat and tender meat.

On the other side, Aunt Qiao also commanded Blacksmith Liu, they set up the stove, put the iron pot on the rack, and quickly boiled until the water was rolling, and a large piece of mutton was thrown in.

Shen and Xiaoxue are not idle, their baskets contain ginger, garlic and onion ingredients, Daming is not as good as later generations, many people's seasonings are only salt, most of these things are bought from Guangning.

Shen heard that the people outside the city had traveled hundreds of miles, and fled back to Daming at the risk of losing their heads, shedding a lot of tears, saying that they wanted to give everyone something good to eat.

Not only is the seasoning all the good, but the salt is also used well. Zhang Ke was not accustomed to eating coarse salt mixed with sand, so he specially bought two cans of green salt for brushing his teeth in Guangning, all of which were moved by Shen, the green salt was clean and easy to taste.

After throwing it into the pot, the aroma wafted out, and everyone present swallowed their saliva wildly, not to mention starving, even if they were full, they would drool when they smelled the fragrance.

A young man couldn't bear it anymore, he secretly ran to the stove, lifted the lid of the pot, and regardless of the boiling water, he reached out and grabbed a leg of mutton, which he was about to grasp in his hand.

Syllable!

The stick that came from nowhere slammed into the back of his hand, hurting the boy three feet high. raised his head suddenly, and it was Zhang Ke who made the shot.

"I'm hungry, isn't the boiled meat just for eating, are you reluctant?"

"Ma Biao, how can you talk to adults!" Yue Zixuan got behind the young man and pressed his big hand on his shoulder. "Hurry up and make amends to the adults."

The young man stubbornly held on, gritted his teeth and said, "I didn't make a mistake, why should I make amends?" ”

"You kid still dare to keep your mouth shut, see if I don't ......"

"Slow!" Zhang Ke smiled and took Yue Zixuan's hand, looked at Ma Biao, who was unconvinced, and said with a smile: "Of course, meat is for everyone to eat, but there are rules for eating, and if you don't follow the rules, you will be beaten." ”

"There are rules for eating? Haven't heard of it! ”

"Looking back, are there children, are there old people, are there women, are there people who are injured or sick? Shouldn't these people eat before you, you fled all the way, if everyone was selfish and thinking about themselves, I am afraid that you would have been killed by the Tartars a long time ago! ”

A few words, Ma Biao was speechless when asked, and his face turned red.

Zhang Ke turned his gaze to everyone present, and said loudly: "I, the lieutenant chief, will manage everyone from now on, our situation is not good, and it can even be said that we have nothing, and we may freeze and starve to death at any time." There is only one way to survive, that is, everyone unites, twists into a rope, thinks more about others, the old are like women and children, the wounded and sick must be treated preferentially, and no one can be abandoned lightly. If you abandon someone today, you may abandon you tomorrow, and the team will be scattered the day after tomorrow. So my first requirement is to enforce the ban, start from eating and sleeping, severely punish those who make mistakes, and those who do not change their mistakes will be expelled from the team and left to fend for themselves! ”

Zhang Ke, who had been smiling, changed his face in a blink of an eye, full of murderous energy, there was no doubt at all, if he really annoyed the new lieutenant elder, the knife and axe would fall on his head. In the past, everyone was "respectful" to Yue Zixuan, but in the face of Zhang Ke, they were "afraid" from the bottom of their hearts.

Yue Zixuan chewed Zhang Ke's words carefully, the more he felt that it made sense, more than 2,000 of them fled, if there were really rules, maybe the casualties could be greatly reduced. He also gradually tasted the gap between himself and Zhang Ke.

Yue Zixuan suddenly knelt on one leg and said convincingly: "My lord, we are willing to listen to the orders of the adults, whoever dares to disobey the order, my surname Yue will not spare him!" ”

"Yes, adults are our heaven, without the protection of adults, where do we come from, whoever does not respect the dà people, who has a bad conscience, and who should be thrown out to feed the wolves!" Ma Rufeng also said.

When these people saw that the leaders were like this, they also knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Zhang Ke.

"Everyone, hurry up, let's eat!"

Zhang Ke smiled and helped Yue Zixuan and them, and then they took the first lesson of Village Chief Zhang...... Line up!

According to Zhang Ke's requirements, the old, weak, women and children, and the injured and sick were all at the front, and the meat was given priority, and the young and strong were divided into two batches, one group was on guard outside, and the other group was lined up to receive food, and then replaced after eating.

The originally chaotic team finally had order, Zhang Ke personally checked it, and the slightest mistake would fall mercilessly.

Ma Biao was the last in line, holding a big bowl and walking in front of Zhang Ke with trepidation, and came to the stove.

Shen smiled and took out two ribs from the pot, which were full of lean meat, scooped up a spoonful of thick broth, and poured it into Ma Biao's bowl.

"Young man, I'm your eldest mother, there are no rules, don't blame him for beating you."

"Hmm!" Ma Biao nodded vigorously, he took the big bowl to the side, and drank it slowly. The hot and delicious broth enters the stomach, the heat clears the limbs, every pore and eye are opened, the cold runs away without a trace, and the body is not to mention how comfortable.

When he held the broth in his hand, Ma Biao didn't hate it, he was not stupid at all, he was willing to give them such a good broth, this lieutenant was not a bad person, he was just a little harsh!

Ma Biao peeked over, Zhang Ke hadn't eaten yet, and was discussing with a group of people, in order to keep them well fed and warm!

"Uncle Qiao, do you know the situation in Hewan Village?"

"I've been there a few times." Qiao Tieshan said: "The village is not bad, it is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the fish and shrimp in the mountains can't be eaten, but the Tartars have been frequently looted over the years, and the village has been defeated." If we want to get there, we must first repair the houses and put up the walls of the village to guard against bandits and wild beasts. In addition, there is food, hundreds of people need a stone of grain a day, which is not a small amount! ”

Zhang Ke nodded after listening, it was indeed a lot of trouble, he thought for a while and said: "Uncle Qiao, I want to leave the matter of repairing the wall of the house to you, as long as men, women and children can move, they have to work." At the moment, you can't use bricks and mud, so let's use more wood, plug up all the holes, and as long as you survive this winter, it will be easy to do. ”

Qiao Tieshan nodded and said, "No problem, I'll take twenty people to Hewan Village to see the situation now." ”

Zhang Ke said to Qiao Fu again: "Brother Fu, you and Ma Rufeng have selected fifty young men who can hunt." I don't care what you think, in short, you have to beat 300 catties of meat a day. ”

"Hahaha, Brother Ke, don't worry, fifty people, it's no problem to beat five hundred catties!"

"This is official business, you take care of it, there are more than 500 people in front of you, and more than 500 people will be able to arrive tomorrow. There are a total of 1,000 people, 300 catties of meat, and each person can get about 5 taels (16 taels and 1 catties), even if there is no food, they will not starve to death. You have your lives on you, you know? ”

Qiao Fu immediately put away his hippie smile and nodded solemnly: "Brother Ke, don't worry!" ”

Zhang Ke finally smiled at Yue Zixuan and said: "The rest is a matter of safety, Brother Yue, the two of us will take the remaining young and strong, divide into two groups, patrol day and night, we will use human walls if we don't have a city wall, and we must protect the villagers!" ”

"Adults, the little ones must do their best."

Everyone was assigned, Zhang Ke was about to lead everyone out, and Liu Blacksmith and Liu Shishi's father and son suddenly stood up.

"Zhang Ke, do you think that Uncle is a waste, just knowing how to strike iron, and there is no other use?"

When Zhang Ke heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand and smiled: "Uncle, isn't this the general going to be put behind, you are always counting on everyone's life!" The court doesn't know silver, so we have to find a way to make money, if you always want to, move the workshop to Hewan Village, and start making a stove immediately! ”

Blacksmith Liu finally showed a satisfied smile: "Okay, Uncle didn't want to stay in Daqing Fort to be angry for a long time, so he followed you kid!" ”

Now that the sky is completely dark, the people outside the city are marching to Hewan Village in batches.

Zhang Ke quietly called Qiao Gui over, "Take out that box of silver, buy food immediately, buy as much as you can!" ”

"All spent? Shall we not leave some left? Qiao Gui asked in surprise.

Zhang Ke actually has some pain, Xuehua Guanyin, can shake his eyes, and he has to spend it before he can cover the heat...... I can't bear to let the child trap not look for a wolf! Zhang Ke gritted his teeth and said: "Brother Gui, Zhang Ke doesn't want to be a miser, do big things, don't be stingy with money!" ”

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