Wen Mu looked at the sporadic trembling figures on the head of the city, and really had no desire to attack. If he could, he really didn't want to do anything here, but attacked the governorship of Donglai Kingdom.

It's a little bit of a challenge to hit there.

Unfortunately, his task was not to conquer the city, but to lay down a small piece of territory to build a dock to provide a landing site for the subsequent army.

However, since he came and didn't fire a few shots, he really felt uncomfortable, so he said: "Tell the artillerymen to fire a few shots at the city gate tower, and then let people persuade them to surrender." ”

However, before the cannon could be fired, he saw a white flag raised at the head of the city, and Wenmu simply pretended not to see it.

Soon, there was a loud bang, and a five-pound iron bullet flew towards the city, and this cannon hit a corner of the city gatehouse.

The corner of the "boom lala......" was smashed and collapsed.

The stench quickly spread across the city, and water stains appeared under the feet of at least dozens of people.

The county commander Wang Xuan didn't care about his wet pants at all, and roared: "Hurry up...... Fast...... Wave the flag, we surrender. ”

Without his reminder, the person holding the white flag shook it like a dead person.

Wen Mu suddenly became distracted, and said, "Forget it, let the artillerymen stop wasting ammunition and send someone over to persuade them to surrender." ”

Immediately, a cavalryman wearing full armor came to the city wall and shouted: "We are the vanguard army of the Tang Kingdom, quickly open the city and surrender." Give you a quarter of an hour, or we'll start a siege. ”

After shouting three times, he retreated.

The reason why he wore full body armor was to prevent the people at the head of the city from being unwilling to surrender and shoot the messenger with arrows, Wen Yi didn't want to sacrifice the lives of his subordinates in vain.

Tang army? Not from the Jin Kingdom?

Wang Xuan and the others were a little surprised, how could Tang Guo appear here? Do they also want to participate in the struggle for hegemony in the world? It's been an eventful time.

But at this time, he can't care about so much, he has to surrender anyway, no matter who is down there and what.

found a subordinate who did not pee his pants, changed his pants with the other party, and hurriedly climbed down the city to let people open the city gate. And they bound themselves up and went out of the city to surrender.

Seeing Wen Mu, he hurriedly knelt down and said, "I didn't know that the heavenly army had arrived, and I really deserved to die." ”

Wenmu said disdainfully: "Shut up, get out of the way, I'm talking when I ask you." ”

Then he ignored him, and said, "Hasn't the secret agent of the Weiwei Division come out yet?" ”

At this time, a person in the crowd said: "General Yu, I am the secret agent of the Wei Wei Division, codenamed Huangyu, docking code A8416, lurking here on the order of the General Banner of Lu. ”

Wang Xuan's eyes widened suddenly, and he looked at the person who spoke in disbelief, wasn't that his most trusted staff?

followed himself two years ago, how could he be a person from the Tang Kingdom.

"Cow ...... Mr. Niu, you ...... You...... What's going on? ”

Niu Zhuang said lightly: "Wang Xianling is sorry, my true identity is a secret agent of the Tang Kingdom." ”

Wen Mu ignored his conversation, and after confirming that the code and password were correct, he said, "What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and loosen the tie." ”

Immediately a soldier untied him.

Niu Zhuang rubbed his wrist, clasped his fists and saluted: "Wei Wei Si Niu Zhuang to meet the Minister of Culture and Tourism, I have been waiting for you here for a long time on the order of General Lu Qi. ”

Wen Mu nodded, and couldn't help but ask, "The identity of your secret agent of the Weiwei Division should be kept secret, right?" Is it okay to expose code names and codes in public? ”

Niu Zhuang explained: "This is my last mission, and I will be leaving the Guard Division when I am done. ”

"Because I worked as a staff member for Wang Xianling in the Yamen, I am quite familiar with this aspect of work, so I applied to be transferred to an administrative officer."

"It has been approved by the above, and I will join the ranks of the administrators in the next step and cooperate with the army to govern the land that has been defeated."

Wen Mu suddenly realized, nodded and said, "I see, congratulations." ”

With the cooperation of internal response, the rest of the matter is very simple. Troops were sent to take over the city gates, yamen, and warehouses, and notices were posted everywhere.

Every house in the city closed their doors and windows, for fear that the next moment there would be a sound of slamming the door.

Born in troubled times, they know this kind of rule too well, and every time the city is broken, it is inevitable to burn, kill, and plunder.

They prayed that the enemy would only rob things, and even if they committed adultery, they would endure it with their eyes closed, as long as they did not kill anyone.

In fact, even such a low prayer is impossible most of the time.

However, this time, after waiting for a long time, they did not hear the terrifying sound, but the patrol officers rang the gong and read out the measures to reassure the people.

What Tang army is to save the people, will never hurt a hair of the people, will not take a grain of grain from the people.

Even, if there are grievances, they can go to the yamen to complain, and the Tang army will uphold justice for them.

At the same time, he also warned the ruffians and hooligans not to take the opportunity to make trouble, and all those who make trouble will be killed.

At first, everyone naturally didn't believe it, for the sake of the people? How can there be such a good thing. But after waiting for most of the day, I still didn't hear the terrifying sound of burning.

Is it really not to rob or kill?

Some of the bold ones peeked through the crack in the door and found that there was no sign of any commotion.

Some of them were more daring to open the gate and try to go out into the street, but the patrolling Tang troops did not pounce on them and kill people, and some even smiled kindly at them.

Then more and more people took to the streets.

The propaganda team of the Tang Army came again, beating the gong and preaching the regulations of the Tang State.

Facts speak louder than everything, although they don't believe in the words of the Tang Army for the people, but at least they believe that they will not kill innocents indiscriminately.

At the Yamen, Wen Mu said, "Our task is simple, but very important. Choose a suitable place to build a simple dock here to welcome the arrival of the following army. ”

"We have a very short time of only three days, and we have to fix the dock in three days, otherwise it will become a big achievement."

Niu Zhuang knew the seriousness of the matter and said: "There are many such locations, and the most suitable one is a place called Jiashuigou, not far from the county seat. The terrain is flat and open, and the water depth is sufficient. ”

"But it may not be easy to repair the wharf in three days, Dongmu County is a small county, and there are only 6,000 people in the city. You can't even pull the whole city over, unless you ......"

Wen Mu said: "Unless what? Don't sell it, just say it if you have any way. ”

Niu Zhuang said: "Unless we find a way to requisition even the people in the township, but those people know that the army is coming, and they don't know where to hide for a long time." ”

Wen Mu was also a little big-headed, and said: "No matter, it's important to requisition the people in the city to work first, and it's really not okay to let the army go." ”

Niu Zhuang said: "It's better to take two steps, while requisitioning the people in the city, and at the same time going to the villages and towns to publicize." Never mind whether they believe it or not, it's better to do it than not to do it well. ”

Wen Mu said: "Okay, just do it." I will send people to publicize, do a day's work, give ten copper plates and take care of three meals. ”

Niu Zhuang said: "Don't, this is not the Tang Kingdom, the people are used to being oppressed, and they won't believe it if they are suddenly given such good treatment." ”

"Let's just say that two meals a day are enough, and the people will rush to come and work."

Wenmu couldn't help but think back to Jin'an County back then, why weren't they like this at that time.

Before they met Wen Yi, they would never believe that there would be people in this world who really thought about the people, and there would be a country like Tang Kingdom.

"Okay, just do as you say. When they came, we treated them according to our standards, three meals a day, and ten copper plates. ”

This time, Niu Zhuang did not object, and began to implement the countermeasures after discussion.

The soldiers who beat the gong on the street immediately changed their story: requisitioning people to go to the ditch to repair the wharf, and to feed two meals a day.

Sure enough, as Niu Zhuang said, I heard that the two meals were full, although many people still had doubts, but more people had already come to inquire about the situation.

"Do you really care about two meals?"

"Can I do this?"

"Is it okay for a woman?"

"Is it okay for a half-grown child?"

"Is the old man okay?"

Originally, he was only young and strong, but looking at the expectant eyes of the people around him, the soldiers who struck the gong couldn't open their mouths to refuse.

But they didn't dare to agree, and hurriedly ran to ask their superiors.

The problem was reported to Wenmu one by one, and he went to the street to check it himself. When he saw the ragged and thin people who showed their ribs, his nose was sore, and he said:

"Yes, as long as it's human."

Hearing the news, the whole city was boiling, and the people went home to get tools.

Of course, there are still a lot of people waiting to see what happens.

Niu Zhuang came up with another idea, and asked the cooking teams of each company to gather at the city gate and cook a meal for the people first.

When they heard that they would eat first, the people came out in an uproar, and they all stood from afar and watched.

Originally, the people in the cooking class still wanted to cook a good meal, but Niu Zhuang came to see their ingredients and said directly:

"Don't make so many tricks, just pour the canned meat into the pot and cook it with the rice to make a thick porridge."

A cooking squad leader frowned and said, "This is too foolish, we can't afford to lose that person when it gets out." ”

Another person said, "Yes, it's a waste of ingredients to do this, and the food is not delicious." ”

Looking at this group of soldiers in their twenties, Niu Zhuang sighed in his heart.

These people should have joined the Tang Kingdom at a very young age, and they don't have much memory of the hard days, so they will say such things.

Now he suddenly understood a little, why Emperor Jin Hui would say such a thing as why he didn't eat minced meat.

He did not criticize these soldiers, and the reason why the young soldiers were like this shows the greatness of the Tang State?

Isn't their purpose in unifying the world precisely to let everyone in the world live such a good life?

"Listen to me, this kind of meat porridge is already a rare delicacy for people outside the Tang Kingdom."

At this time, Wen Mu's voice came: "Listen to Mr. Niu, hurry up and cook." ”

Although the soldiers didn't seem to understand, they didn't dare to say anything more when they saw that the brigade commander had spoken, and hurriedly went to cook porridge.

Looking at the refugees-like people, Wenmu suddenly said, "I now understand the greatness of Your Majesty better. ”

Niu Zhuang said: "I already knew it from the moment I set foot in Dongning, so I chose to join the Weiwei Division. ”

The people in the distance craned their necks to look at the place, and saw the soldiers of the cooking squad pouring bags of snow-white rice into the pot.

"What kind of grain is that, it's so white."

"Rice, that's rice, it's especially delicious when cooked."

"How delicious is it, better than wheat rice?"

"Mai Rice? Fart, as delicious as white flour cakes. ”

"Shhh...... It's true? What's better than white flour cakes? ”

"Huh...... It's as if you've eaten white bread. ”

In the midst of everyone's discussions, the soldiers of the cooking squad took out boxes of canned food, including canned meat and canned carrots.

Well, forgot to mention that the first carrots were purple, and the red carrots were cultivated later, but the nutrients were all the same.

The people in the distance began to discuss again:

"What's that? It can't be meat, right? ”

"What about dreams, in this life, I can let you eat a meal of white rice is the ancestor of Jide, and I still want to eat meat."

"It should be a dish."

"It looks like meat."

"What's that purple one......

"Vegetable ......"

Naturally, no one believed that it was meat, they all thought it was a dish, but it didn't take long for them to change their minds.

Soon the water in the pot boiled, and the meat in the canned meat was cooked, and the rich aroma came out when heated a little.

The fragrance from one pot doesn't go far away, but the fragrance from hundreds of pots is different.

A gust of wind blew, and the smell of meat and rice reached everyone's nostrils.

I don't know who shouted: "Meat, it's meat, I smell the smell of meat." ”

Then the onlookers exploded in an instant, it was really meat, not only did we eat white rice in our lifetime, but we also had the opportunity to eat meat?

They don't remember the last time they ate meat, and they don't remember eating meat anyway.

You can imagine how excited I was at this time.

These Tang troops actually gave meat to the people, if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they would never have believed it.

Even if I saw it with my own eyes, I thought I was in a dream.

The porridge was quickly cooked and very thick, more like rice cooked with more water.

Before the meal, Wen Mu asked someone to bring a stool, stood on it, and said loudly with a trumpet-shaped iron cylinder in his hand:

"Do you remember what we said when we entered the city? I, the Tang Kingdom, have come to save the people...... After that, we will work and every meal will be like this. ”

"If the meal is not as good as today, you can come to me and directly spitt me in the face."

"If you have friends or relatives who are not here, you can also go and notify them so that they can come out and help us...... Alright, I'm done talking, let's eat. ”

In fact, none of the people listened to him at all, and their attention was focused on the porridge. When I heard the word "open rice", I immediately squeezed forward.

Fumiki had thought of this a long time ago, and sent the army over to maintain order and forcibly command everyone to line up.

Although the people wanted to eat early, they did not dare to crowd in this situation and obediently queued up to eat.

Many people don't care about burning their mouths after getting the meal, and just stuff it into their mouths. The burned jumped to his feet while shouting: "Again...... The whole system is ...... It's really meat. ”

The people were even more excited, eager to rush over immediately.

Soon Wen Mu noticed that someone was hovering not far from him with a bowl, and he was very curious, so he called the person over and said, "Have you eaten so quickly?" ”

I only heard the man say hesitantly: "General, I ...... I didn't eat enough...... I...... Can I ask you something? ”

Wen Mu said: "If there is something, let's talk about it." ”

The man said worriedly, "I don't have enough to eat myself, can I give my family the food I saved?" ”

Afraid that Wenmu would not believe it, he hurriedly explained: "I really only ate half a bowl, and I definitely didn't eat much, everyone can testify." ”

"I ...... My dad had never eaten such a good meal in his life...... He's sick and I want to take it back and give him a taste. ”

The people around him said: "We can testify to him, he played this bowl of rice, absolutely not more." ”

Someone else said, "General, I just made a bowl and wanted to take the rice home for my family to eat...... They hadn't eaten in two days. ”

"This big bowl of porridge with some water is enough for our family to eat, as well as meat...... General, okay. ”

"Okay, general, we really didn't eat much."

"When we can work, we must work hard and never be lazy."

Wen Mu naturally believes that everyone didn't eat more, because the first round of people has not finished eating, even if they want to play the second bowl, they should still be in line.

These people really give the food they save to their families, and some don't even eat a few bites themselves, just taste it.

I heard someone say that the family has not boiled the pot for two days, and some people say that this bowl of rice is enough for the family to eat a full meal.

His eyes couldn't help but moisten, he took a deep breath, and said, "Don't be like this, eat boldly and worry, and when you are full, call your family to come over and eat together." ”

"I said that the Tang Kingdom is here to save the people, and it will definitely not let the people starve."

The people were quiet as death at first, and then they didn't know who shouted first: The general is merciful, long live the general.

Then all the people shouted together, and many knelt down and kowtowed to him.

Wen Mu hurriedly said: "Don't thank me, it's all taught by Your Majesty, and if you want to thank Your Majesty, thank Your Majesty." ”

finally persuaded everyone to leave, only to find that he was sweating all over, and the people were too enthusiastic to resist.

Niu Zhuang came over and said: "The people's hearts have been decided, and the big thing has been accomplished." ”