Chapter 267: Unscrupulous
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Next to the dilapidated wooden door, there was a wooden stick, and the only pair of pants hung on it, and he could only put it on when he went out.
They say they are pants, but they are actually just sewn together with torn linen pieces. The quilt on the kang was even more miserable, it was pitch black, and the color could no longer be seen, and the large and small holes revealed the contents inside.
Wu Kaijie crushed it in his hand curiously, and said in disbelief: "Grandpa Guo, this is a reed flower, don't you even have cotton!" ”
The embarrassed old grandson said ashamedly: "Master, a few years ago, there was a quilt, but it was snatched away by the rebels, and we don't dare to use it in the future, and we can't afford to use it." Reeds, bark, straw, frozen and immortal! ”
"Is it like this in the village?"
"Hmm!" Lao Sun nodded: "Some people are worried about being robbed, and they still smear dung on the quilt, so that the gang of rebellious soldiers and bandits will not take it." ”
Gu Zhenhua couldn't help but let out a long sigh, he suddenly saw a broken cylinder in the corner. When Gu Zhenhua's eyes locked, Lao Sun hurriedly blocked in front.
"Master, there's nothing to see, don't look at it, really don't look at it!"
Gu Zhenhua deliberately said with a tiger face: "Fellow, I will help you solve the problem, if you don't let me see it, do you still want to be fed and clothed?" ”
"Oh, how dare you think about it!" Lao Sun hung his head.
Gu Zhenhua lifted the lid and looked at it, and suddenly a sour smell came out, and when he looked inside, there was a small layer of black and gray things at the bottom.
"This, is this food?"
"Hmm."
Chen Qianfu also arrived at the tank. Grabbed a little with his hand, put it under his nose and sniffed, frowning. Looked and looked.
"What is this, I'm afraid the horses won't eat it."
"Sir, horses are a precious thing, people, people are not as good as dogs. This, this is grain bran, mixed with acorns. Sawdust. I, when I was carrying a bag for the landlord's family, I got some moldy grain. It's just mixed up. Let's die! Croppers are like weeds in the field, the more lowly they are, the more they have to live, what else can they do! ”
Listen to Lao Sun's words. Gu Zhenhua's heart was extremely painful. I'd rather be a peace dog than a messy person! The lives of ordinary people are too hard, too difficult!
"Old Sun, I'm afraid this little thing is not enough to eat, have you thought about what to do next?"
"What, what to do?" Lao Sun suddenly became confused, and a trace of tears flashed in Mu Ne's eyes.
"What else, my daughter can't afford to raise it, so I'll sell it. Then the two of us went to flee the famine. Wherever you die, forget it! ”
Gu Zhenhua shook his head and said nothing. bowed his head and walked out of Lao Sun's house, and took Chen Qianfu and Wu Kaijie to see a few more in succession, and after looking around, Lao Sun's house was the best situation. Some of the other families were cut by the bandits, some were bedridden, and some were dead.
The house I lived in was all in shambles, as if a gust of wind could blow it away.
Gu Zhenhua turned around, but he could only return to the entrance of the village, found a big locust tree, and the big guys sat down. It was already late, Gu Zhenhua simply said: "If you don't leave today, just set up a tent here, I will discuss it with Lord Chen, and we must come up with a plan to relieve the people!" ”
The soldiers were all busy, and at this time, Lao Sun ran over from the village with a few people, holding a jar and water scoop in his hand, and came to Gu Zhenhua and them.
"Master, there is really nothing left, this is mountain spring water, cool and sweet, you can taste it!"
The others were all teenagers and half-olds, all of them black and thin, extremely short, with frostbite on their hands and feet. Looking at An**'s soldiers, they were all timid, and couldn't help but hide behind Lao Sun.
"It's all a bunch of things that don't grow, don't you see, these big masters are different from the previous people, they don't rob or rob, when they come to us, you are the masters, don't you entertain well, and are you a little polite?"
Gu Zhenhua waved his hand: "Don't scold them, I'll invite everyone to dinner today, let's have a meal together." ”
"This, how can this work, you are a guest!" Lao Sun's face was full of shame: "Master, I, we really have nothing." ”
"Hahaha, as long as people are alive, there is hope, sooner or later you will have everything."
"What you say is true?"
Gu Zhenhua smiled and nodded: "I invited everyone to dinner, I just want to discuss a way together, otherwise it will be really hard to say whether you can survive or not!" ”
As he spoke, the soldier had already set up a cauldron, poured sweet mountain spring water into it, and then added a few pieces of whale oil to the pot, and after the water boiled, the fat fat tumbled up and down.
The soldiers of An ** hated these whale oils, and the fishy taste made people vomit, but after they saw it, their eyes were all round, and their breathing was held.
The soldiers added peppercorns to the pot again, especially some dried chili peppers, and suddenly an unexpected aroma wafted out, passed through the nostrils, and stimulated the cranial nerves!
Goo!
Lao Sun couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and the others were already salivating, and their eyes were staring at the cauldron.
"Let's go and call everyone in the family, be full, and eat as much as you want!" Gu Zhenhua said with a smile.
As soon as they heard this, these boys immediately ran away, faster than rabbits.
Looking at their backs, Gu Zhenhua sighed.
"Lord Chen, what do you say should be done in Shaanxi?"
Chen Qianfu frowned, and couldn't help but say: "Grandpa Guo, to put it mildly, if you want to restore your vitality, you can't do it in three or five years!" ”
Wu Kaijie frowned even more, his face full of worry, "Grandpa Guo, if you want to say that there are still one or two million people in Shaanxi, according to reason, it is no problem to raise tens of thousands of soldiers." But looking at the situation of the people, there is no drama at all. With their physical condition, even if all the people in this village are gathered, I am afraid that they will not be able to kill a single Tartar. This person can't eat meat, can't eat meat, and when he arrives in front of the battle, he is a goods to death! ”
Gu Zhenhua also deeply believed that the battle of the army was a contest of nutritional level to a large extent. The Ming soldiers are much weaker than the Tartars, and the important reason is that people can eat meat, and they can't eat enough food!
Chen Qianfu thought for a while, and then said: "Grandpa Guo, according to my original plan, it is to restore the livelihood of the people in Shaanxi, establish a grange, and wait until there is a season of harvest, and the people will be able to live." But now it seems that it will not work, at least for a year or two, Shaanxi will not even have the possibility of self-sufficiency, let alone support the war. Now that we have won Shaanxi, we are actually carrying a big burden! ”
Wu Kaijie's face was more beautiful than bitter gourd, and he couldn't help but say: "Grandpa Guo, why don't we give up Shaanxi and concentrate on running Henan." ”
"When there is a difficulty, you have to find a way to solve it, not hide from it. If we leave, the people of Shaanxi will really have to ask for more blessings for themselves! ”
At this time, the people of the village had already helped the old and the young, and all smelled the fragrance and rushed over, and a total of forty or fifty people came, and some of them had no clothes to wear, so they could only wrap themselves in quilts, and rushed over in a swarm.
At this time, the soldiers poured them a bowl of fat soup one by one, and then distributed the dry food they had brought to everyone.
Seeing the oily, hot soup in the bowl, some people poured it directly into their stomachs, but they rolled their eyes as a result, but they were reluctant to spit it out and swallowed it desperately. Their faces turned red, and their eyes were full of happiness.
The black hand took the white-flour steamed bun and scallion pancake, and some people simply burst into tears. How many days have I not seen white noodles!
With tears, I sent it to my stomach in two bites, drank a bowl of hot soup, and finally recovered my spirit.
"Hey, even if you kill me at this time, it's all straight!"
The adults couldn't stop sighing, those half-grown children were still staring at the pot, and they didn't have enough oil and water to eat at their age. Unable to withstand the eager gaze, the soldiers had to take out the barrels again and cook the soup with whale oil again.
At this time, Gu Zhenhua called Lao Sun aside and said with a smile: "I have an idea that can solve everyone's problems, I don't know if you are willing!" ”
"Master, as long as we can live, even if it is a sword mountain and a sea of fire!" Lao Sun lay on the ground and kowtowed.
"Master, I know that you are a good official, reward a way to live, please!"
Not only Lao Sun, but when the others heard this, they all kowtowed, tears streaming down their faces.
Gu Zhenhua nodded, and then said: "Benjue doesn't dare to say that he loves the people like a son, but he doesn't want to watch everyone starve to death, there are only two plans for now, the first is to temporarily give up his homeland and go to Henan and other places, there is not much spare land in Henan at the moment, but there are many workshops and mines, all of which need manpower." It's hard work, and it may be life-threatening, but one thing is guaranteed, and that's to be fed! ”
"It's done, it's enough to eat!" Lao Sun nodded like pounding garlic: "Master, half-dead, it's already boring, you can eat a few full meals, even if you cut me off, you will admit it." ”
Gu Zhenhua nodded: "The second way is to attack the heroes in various places, they have hoarded a lot of food, you can stand with An **, exterminate these heroes, and grab the food." ”
"Huh?" Lao Sun said in surprise: "Those old men are not, they are not with you, how can they rob them?" ”
Wu Kaijie said unceremoniously: "We are the people's soldiers, can we be the same as those guys who knock out the bones and suck the marrow?" ”
Lao Sun was so frightened that he shrank his neck, and only after a while did he grit his teeth and say: "It's done, I can't live anyway, just listen to the master." ”
Chen Qianfu grabbed Gu Zhenhua on the side, and couldn't help but say: "Grandpa Guo, whether it is relocating people or organizing an attack on Haoqiang, we must solve the problem of food first, where can we find so much food!" ”
Gu Zhenhua laughed and pointed to the side of the guide, "Lord Chen, why have you forgotten that the south of Shaanxi is the land of abundance, are you still worried about the lack of food?" ”
"Grandpa Guo, are you going to beat Zhang Xianzhong?" Chen Qianfu asked in surprise.
"It's not about fighting, it's about trading, exchanging our things with Zhang Xianzhong for food!" (To be continued......)