On the official road leading to Laizhou Bay, more than 300 trucks were loaded with grain and cement...... The carts of all kinds of materials, escorted by 500 musketeers and hundreds of salt workers, were like a long dragon of earth-gray and drove into Laizhou Bay.

In the face of this sudden group of outsiders, the military households guarding both sides of the official road, with yellow and thin faces, all quietly looked at the convoy on the official road and the mountains of grain on the cart with a complex expression of caution and eagerness.

To be sure, if it weren't for the hundreds of well-trained Haw Par Musketeers guarding around the cart. These yellow-skinned soldiers will surely pounce on the grain piled up on the cart like hungry wolves.

Five hundred musketeers, under the command of He Guozhong, worriedly delivered food and supplies all the way to a thousand households abandoned by the Yamen of Shandong. All the soldiers' underwear had been soaked by the cold sweat that kept flowing from their bodies.

After breathing a long sigh of relief, He Guozhong directly found Zhang Daotian, the director in charge of the entire Yantian, and reminded him with a worried face.

"Director Zhang, you should have seen it all the way, the real situation here is definitely much more severe than what the marshal told us."

"From the time we entered the area assigned to us by the Yamen of the Governor of Shandong, the number of military households that we would have seen exceeded 3,000. If you count those military households who are a little farther away and have not arrived, there are definitely 10,000 or 20,000 people. ”

"So many military households, once they learned that we were going to develop salt pans here, they cut off their livelihood from boiling salt. What kind of consequences will be, I would not have dared to imagine. ”

"So, what Ben General means is that he wants to open salt pans on the territory of these military households. Ways must be found to solve the livelihood problems of these military households...... Otherwise. There's no way we're going to be able to gain a foothold on this tidal flat......"

Wang Daotian nodded silently. replied to He Guozhong: "General He, I can see it too......"

"I used to be a military household, and I also boiled salt, and I know more about these military households than anyone else. So, general, this conjecture of yours is likely to become a reality......"

"Boiling salt is the only livelihood for these military households, as long as they know about it. When we come, we cut off their livelihoods. In order to survive, for food, these military households will surely turn into hungry wolves and tear us to pieces......"

"So, whether it's for our safety or for the sake of Yantian's future...... We all have to appease the military families here and make them work for me......"

He Guozhong nodded and replied: "Director Zhang, you are right, I would have thought this: the army can solve a thousand young people here. According to the salary we offered, the income of these thousand recruits after they joined us. At least five thousand of their families can be fed......"

After a short silence, Zhang Daotian replied: "According to the production scale of Yantian in the next year, I can accept 2,000 people here. But. Yantian's wages are not as high as those of the Haw Par Army...... Two thousand artisans, at most can only feed their six thousand families. ”

He Guozhong shook his head and replied: "Five thousand people plus six thousand people, a total of only 11,000 people, is still too few...... If there is not much gap between the situation here and the commander's explanation, our plan can meet the livelihood of all local military households. ”

"However, the situation here is clearly beyond our expectations...... It took us all the money to settle the livelihood of half of the military households...... There is another half to be solved......"

At this time, Zhang Daotian spoke again: "I have a way to solve the remaining 10,000 military households...... It's just that, in this way, we have to transfer grain from Shanxi again. Otherwise, with the food we carry with us, we won't be able to last even a month......"

"With such a large salt pan, if you want to ensure secrecy, the protection of a musket regiment alone is absolutely not enough. Therefore, I plan to organize the military households to build the salt pans while organizing the military households to build a wall around the salt pans. ”

"Fifteen hundred musketeers working closely with the wall will definitely ensure that the secrets of our salt pans will not be leaked in a short time."

With the arrival of the Haw Par Army in Laizhou Bay, under the guidance of some well-intentioned people, all kinds of rumors, like a plague, quickly spread among military households.

Of course, these rumors are all unfavorable to the Haw Par Army, and some say that the Haw Par Army is here to rob everyone's money and cut off everyone's livelihood.

Some say that the Haw Par Army wants to build a military camp here, and they want to drive out all the military households here and let them leave their homes.

Of course, some people say that the Haw Par Army is here to grab territory......

However, just one day after this rumor appeared, a team of tigers and leopards escorted a large amount of grain into the major hundreds of households scattered in Laizhou Bay......

With the sound of a thunderous gong sounding in the Hundred Households, the military households scattered throughout the Hundred Households were full of worries about their future and fate. However, out of fear of the government, he still dragged his family to the training ground of the hundred households.

Five or six hundred people gathered together, confused, desperate, and helpless...... With all kinds of complicated expressions, he looked at a few Haw Par Army soldiers on the platform.

At this time, a platoon commander suddenly stood up.

After taking a deep breath, he shouted in his own loudest voice.

"Brothers, what is our identity, I believe that everyone should have heard of it. That's right, we are the Haw Par Army from Shanxi, the Haw Par Army that wiped out tens of thousands of Mongols and the Later Jin Tartars. ”

"Here, I want to tell you that we, the Haw Par Army, are not here to seize the ...... of everyone's homeland."

"The rumors you have heard are all false, and we, the Tiger and Par Army, will never do anything to be sorry for everyone..."

"We, the Haw Par Army, are here, not only will we not seize everyone's homes, but we will also provide everyone with a better life than before, so that your family can have enough to eat and no longer go hungry......

Seeing the disbelief on everyone's faces, the platoon commander continued.

"I know that all the military brothers don't believe what I just said, and even don't believe in the imperial court anymore. However, what I want to say is that we are the Haw Par Army from Shanxi, not your former guards. ”

Speaking of this, the platoon commander pointed directly to several large cars next to the Dianjiangtai. Then, he continued to yell......

"You've seen these grain trucks...... There are a total of 12,000 catties of grain here, and these grains are all distributed by our Tiger and Leopard Army. ”

A crowd of five or six hundred people gathered, and when they heard these words, a noisy discussion immediately sounded. The eyes of the five or six hundred people looking at the grain were also full of heat, and they were eager to take it for themselves immediately.

At this moment, the platoon commander's words suddenly changed and continued: "Of course, our Tiger and Leopard Army will not give you these grains in vain. You have nothing else, but your body is very abundant, so you must exchange your body for this food from us......"

"We, the Haw Par Army, will build a lot of buildings in the Laizhou Bay area in the next time, which will require a lot of workers...... In order to help all the military brothers, we adults give you a chance to pay a salary of 100 yuan a day. ”

"As long as everyone works for my Haw Par Army, they can earn a salary of 100 wen a day."

"Of course, in order to ensure that every family of your military brothers has the opportunity to earn this money. Our adults have made a special request that each family only recruit one young man. As long as you sign up, I will give each family a settling-in allowance of 100 catties of food, so that your family will have food in the next month. ”

"After a month, our Haw Par Army will pay everyone on time at the price of 100 wen a day......

"When the time comes, your family will have a steady stream of wages to sell food. In addition, we in the Haw Par Army will also provide other opportunities for your family to earn money, so that everyone can get rid of this hungry life little by little. ”

"Okay, I've said everything I need to say...... Those who are willing to work with my Haw Par Army and receive wages will come and sign up. As long as you sign up, you can get back a hundred catties of food......"

For these hungry military families who only live by boiling salt, 100 catties of grain and 100 wen a day are very fatal temptations.

You must know that their only livelihood is to cook salt, even if the whole family goes out together, they can only harvest about 20 catties. If it is exchanged for silver, it is forty wen, and in today's market, you can't even buy a pound of grain.

But now, only one person needs to do one day's work to get a salary of 100 wen...... As for others, they can continue to do other things to earn money.

One hundred dollars, if all of them are used to buy grain, is a whole two catties of grain.

When the time comes, the whole family will eat white rice, and it will be enough.

Therefore, as soon as the platoon commander's words were finished, most of the military households on the training ground flocked to the registration point with their eyes shining.

What's more, they directly shouted if they could work for two or even three people in a family. Because, the wages offered by the Haw Par Army are too high for these military households......

However, some people think that the Haw Par Army, like the imperial court, says one thing and does another, and will not give everyone such a high salary at all. However, when they saw that the applicants had actually received 100 catties of white rice, this hesitation and worry disappeared immediately.

In their eyes, 100 catties of rice are enough to pay for a month and a half.

When the time comes, if the Haw Par Army can't pay itself on time, it will be a big deal for him to quit his work, and he will earn half a month's salary, why not do it......

It was with this kind of thinking in mind that it only took one hour for the platoon commander to pick out the 125 people who were the best and strongest in the 100 households. (To be continued......)