Under the numb gaze of the hungry people, the giant ship slowly approached the shore, and then a few small boats were lowered on the battleship, and several hundred sailors Lu Yong took the landing craft and sailed to the shore.

Soon, hundreds of soldiers landed on the shore one by one, and one of them, a general-like general, jumped onto the river bank, holding a banner and shouting: "We are soldiers under the command of Yanhou, and we have come to rescue you and others in the name of Yanhou." ”

There was silence all around, and the expected cheering scene did not appear, which made the general a little embarrassed.

Another slightly older general next to him smiled, stepped forward and patted the young general on the shoulder, and then said, "Now, you have been recruited to build a port for us. ”

Seeing the numb gazes of the people around him, the older military general paused, and shouted with all his might: "Take care of the rice!" ”

Although the hungry people were a little commotion, they still didn't react too violently, staring at the generals with godless eyes, their eyes full of suspicion, but at the bottom, there was a hint of longing.

The military general was not surprised by this scene, and waved his hand to the soldiers behind him.

The subordinates were immediately instructed, and more than a dozen large iron pots were removed from the landing ship, and at the same time, two non-commissioned officers worked together to move down a large box.

Under the expectant gaze of the hungry people, the soldiers quickly built a simple stove, and then fetched water from the riverside to fill the iron pot.

Take out a brick-like thing from the wooden box next to it, cut the bricks into small pieces with the blade you carry, and put them in an iron pot.

Judging from the strength of the chopping, the hardness of these "slab bricks" is definitely not inferior to the real slab bricks!

Soon, the water boiled, and the broken pieces of "slab bricks" also melted with the boiling of the water, and slowly a pot of water turned into a pot of porridge.

With the passage of time, there was even a faint smell of meat in the pot, and with the overflow of the aroma, the hungry people around them obviously began to be agitated, if it weren't for the hundreds of heavily armed soldiers next to them who were on guard, I am afraid that the hungry people would have rushed up long ago.

Seeing that the time was almost up, the older military general signaled to the young military general, and the young military general immediately understood, and shouted loudly: "Everyone listen, we are under the command of Yan Hou, Yan Hou heard that Yangzhou has been plagued by disasters, and the people are displaced, and he can't bear it, so he sent me to help you and others." However, our navy does not have a suitable port, and now we need your help to build the port, and we will take care of your meals during the construction of the port. ”

Everyone was slightly stunned, and then their eyes immediately bloomed with dazzling brilliance.

"Yanhou Rende, long live Yanhou!"

An old man fell to his knees with a pop and shouted excitedly.

Under the leadership of the old man, the others also reacted, knelt on the ground one after another, and shouted Long live Yanhou.

The two generals of the Shang Army glanced at each other, and a pleased smile appeared on their faces.

"Okay, we will definitely convey your thoughts to Yanhou, now please come forward and pick up the meal if you are interested in participating in the construction of the port."

When the hungry people heard this, they immediately rushed forward, and when the generals saw this momentum, their faces suddenly changed, and they shouted, and the long knife cut out, drawing a crack on the ground that was three zhang long and more than a foot wide.

"Be quiet, maintain discipline, we have enough food, line up for dinner, and those who dare to make trouble will not be forgiven!"

The other soldiers immediately bowed their strings and unsheathed their swords, looking at the hungry people with murderous awe, and it was obvious that if they moved again, these armies would definitely not be relentless.

The older military general looked at this scene and nodded with satisfaction.

Although he lacks experience and does not have a deep understanding of human nature, he is resolute and resolute in his work, and he still does not lose the style of a general.

Under the shock of the generals, the hungry people maintained order with the last of their senses and lined up to get their meals.

During this period, there was naturally no shortage of some guys who were not very spiritual, but they were all decisively executed by young generals, and although the team was a little chaotic, the basic order was never lost.

The generals only brought more than a dozen pots, which was obviously not enough. However, soon some hungry people spontaneously donated the pots they brought out of the evacuee, and many healthy women spontaneously came to cook and share porridge, and order gradually returned to normal.

At the same time as the food was distributed, several huge ships sailed into the river, and the army that landed on the shore also quickly broke through the 5,000 mark, and a large amount of materials were carried ashore, accompanied by hundreds of scribes wearing Confucian robes and more than a dozen protégés of the sons of the public losers wearing black robes.

Under their command, the hungry people who had had a good meal began to work, the supplies were quickly distributed, and a simple port rose from the ground at a speed visible to the naked eye.

A large number of supplies were unloaded from the battleship, and the most striking of them were the square wooden boxes about three feet long, wide and high, which were piled up in a heap, and soon fell out of a small mountain.

The victims looked at the mountain-like wooden boxes, and their hearts were so excited that they were about to shed tears.

Under the deliberate disclosure of the army, it is no secret that the contents of the wooden box are no longer a secret - they are pieces of special military rations, that is, things that have just been used to make porridge.

The hungry people saw with their own eyes that a few pieces of special military rations the size of bricks and stones, put into boiling water, could make a full pot of thick porridge in a short time, enough for a full meal for one or twenty people.

A wooden box can hold 500 special military rations, and thousands of boxes have been moved down from the battleship in a short time, and more wooden boxes are still being carried downwards in a steady stream.

Special military rations, this is just a nice way to say, its real name should be inferior military rations.

If you give the army inferior rations, the morale of the army will definitely fall, and it will not take a month or two to mutiny and rebellion.

The smell of meat that the hungry people smelled just now is just an illusion under long-term hunger, and the composition of the special military ration is relatively complex, and the main raw materials are corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, soybeans, etc., which are ground into flour, mixed with kelp, fish meal, animal fat, salt, sugar, etc., and the cost is very low, and the production is convenient. Different regions can also adjust the preparation of raw materials according to the actual situation of each locality.

For example, in areas near the sea, the proportion of fishmeal has been increased, and in areas close to livestock areas, fishmeal has been replaced with animal fat and offal.

However, no matter how it is adjusted, under the premise of reducing costs and improving efficiency, the taste can only be described in words. The porridge always exudes a faint fishy smell, and only the hungry and skinny hungry people will take it for the smell of meat.

Of course, although the taste is a bit anti-human, it is absolutely nutritious, and at the same time, it has the advantages of transportation, simple cooking, and easy storage, which is the emergency material for disaster relief approved by Shang Ji.

Because of the anticipation of the Yangzhou disaster in advance, Shang Ji mobilized the whole territory to make special military rations, and has now reserved 10 million boxes, and at the same time can produce more than 300,000 boxes per day, and it is the massive amount of special military food that gave Shang Ji the confidence to intervene in the Yangzhou disaster.

While the hungry people were building a port with great hope, thousands of scouting horses and flying horses galloped around, bringing the merchant army to the place and spreading the news of large-scale relief to the victims.