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Chapter 144 The Red Lady Leads Troops to Join the Champion

"June, how much rice and flour do you have in a month?"

"No limit, eat whatever you want, and don't waste food!"

"Who will waste food!"

"that is!"

"I actually have meat, and I don't have this treatment either!"

It is actually an irresponsible statement to say that the Ming Dynasty court treated the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. For every soldier in the court, it costs 35 taels to 39 levels of silver. It is even nearly twice as high as in the early Ming Dynasty.

However, in the early Ming Dynasty, although there were cases of generals drinking blood to eat vacant amounts, it was not so obvious and not as unscrupulous as it is now.

Liu Mingyu's treatment of the Liu family army was actually not as good as that of the Guanning Army soldiers in Mingyi, but the generals did not eat and asked for the bribe, and the soldiers could still enjoy enough food and clothing.

"Mr. Jun. I can shoot arrows. If you want to say that you can pass through Yang a hundred steps, I will brag, but if you want to change the target to someone, I will shoot one shot at a time!"

"That's useless to tell me. I'm just a leader. The marquis can recruit soldiers. If he has good skills, he will definitely be selected. Maybe in a few months, you will become my Shangguan."

A bandit from Qinglong Mountain, a big black man with big big and thick face rubbed his hands and said with a simple smile: "This is good, this is good!"

Li Hu said angrily: "Xu Meng, you..."

Before Li Hu finished speaking, Hongniang said, "Xu Meng and I were forced to become a government official. He wanted to be an official army, so it was a way out!"

Xu Meng was originally a good family and a wealthy family. He was also a small landlord with more than 170 acres of land. He had three long-term workers and several short-term workers, but he had no tenants.

Xu Meng's father Xu Liang practiced martial arts since he was a child. He wanted to train Xu Meng to participate in the martial arts competition to make a comeback, but Xu Meng had a conflict with Dong Qianli, a brother from Qianqian's house in the right front of Guide Mansion. The young and energetic Xu Meng accidentally killed Dong Qianli's younger brother. Although it was a manslaughter, Dong Qianli's family was destroyed.

In desperation, he was wandering around the world and following the Hongniangzi to become a bandit. Although he was extremely brave, he still had a short time to become a bandit and still maintained the simplicity and honesty of the peasant children.

The officers were very optimistic about him.

Hong Niangzi and Li Hu looked at each other, and their hearts quickly sank.

Liu Mingyu dismantled the bandits in Qinglong Mountain after just one meal.

There are really no evil people under the bandits under Hong Niangzi, but just a group of poor people who cannot survive. Their real purpose is to survive in this era.

"No wonder, they are so desperate when fighting!"

The boss sighed and said, "Eat rice and white flour at will, and there are six kilograms of meat. This is a better life than a little landlord!"

“What the boss means…”

The face of the Hongniang turned red. She was captured last night and knew that the woman's reputation had been completely ruined. She was shocked and frightened, but the actual situation was far beyond her expectations.

Liu Mingyu didn't do anything to him, and even asked the medical staff to treat her injuries. The female medical soldier who was responsible for the treatment was also a girl. During the communication between Hong Niangzi, he knew that the other party was named Su Yin. This name was obtained by Liu Mingyu for Su Yin, and Su Yin had a nickname called Zhaodi.

Perhaps because he saw Hongniang's concern, Su Yin once told Hongniang that in the Liu family army, there was no need to worry about women's reputation, and the soldiers here did not dare to do anything randomly.

In Qinglong Mountain, Hong Niang actually enforces such rules. She can kill the other party, but she is not allowed to be tainted.

From Su Yin's mouth, she also learned that since the Liu family army was established, it has rescued tens of thousands of people and fought more than a dozen battles with Jiannu. They are now farming outside the Great Wall. In the future, Jiannu will come, and their Liu family army will also fight Jiannu and defend the country.

In Su Yin's mouth, Liu Mingyu was a great saint who had never been seen in the ages. The Liu family army had nearly a thousand female soldiers, and they looked so handsome that they were still handsome. There were more than 20,000 women in Kuanhe City. However, Liu Mingyu never let any female soldiers enter his bedroom. Even when he was in the hospital, the female soldiers who took care of him wanted to climb up Liu Mingyu's Guangmu.

He punished corrupt officials.

Be compassionate and sympathetic to the people.

There are countless living people.

"Or, let's vote for the Champion!"

"Go to the championship Hou!"

When Li Hu heard this, he was shocked and hurriedly closed the door, looking at Hong Niangzi solemnly: "Boss, are you really not wronged?"

"No!"

The Matchmaker blushed and felt a little guilty.

He heard that there were nearly 1,000 female soldiers in the Liu family army, but there was no female general yet. The highest official position was Zhao Gu, a doctor in the internal medicine department of the field hospital. Zhao Gu is a family-born medical skill, about 40 years old, and serves as the chief officer of the third department of the Medical Bureau, and is in charge of more than 200 doctors or nurses.

The Hongniang discovered that many of Liu Mingyu's actions coincided with her.

"Li Hu, you know me too. If someone else asks me for one foot, I will respect others even if I want to give it to you!"

The Hongniang looked at Li Hu and said, "It is not a long-term solution for us to gather together in Qinglong Mountain. At that time, the imperial army was busy dealing with Jiannu and had no energy to take care of our Qinglong Mountain. Now Jiannu has retired. Is it difficult for the government to deal with us? Li Hu, you were eating food from the official army. With the strength of our Qinglong Mountain, can you really protect yourself?"

"cannot!"

Li Hu sighed and said, "As long as the imperial court sends out a normal guerrilla, three hundred troops, it will be enough to easily capture Qinglong Mountain."

"Now we have not formed a mortal enemy with Champion Hou, everything is easy to say!"

The Hongniang said: "Crime and set fire to be recruited. Can we brothers really overthrow the Zhu family emperor? We just want to survive. Now there is a way to let the brothers survive. What's wrong?"

Two or three hundred young and strong people gathered near Wangyue Tower. This was not a trivial matter. As early as that night, the shopkeeper of Wangyue Tower sent someone to report to the official.

The Tongzhou government did not dare to be careless. Under the leadership of a clerk, more than 30 yamen runners and more than 100 archers came to the Moon Watching Tower in a mighty manner.

Li Hu was very nervous when he saw this scene.

Their lives and deaths are just for Liu Mingyu's thoughts. Fortunately, Liu Mingyu reminded the Qinglongshan gang members in advance and told them that it was because the champion Hou hired them to do things.

It is no secret that champion Hou Liu Ming hired civilians and craftsmen to go north to Kuanhe City.

After inquiring, the yamen runner and the gongshu left one after another.

Li Hu also breathed a sigh of relief.

The two sides really have no capital and advantages to bargain. Perhaps as Hong Niangzi said, defecting to Liu Mingyu may be a good choice.

When the officials left Wangyue Tower, Hongniang took Li Hu and asked to see Liu Mingyu.

However, Liu Mingyu was not looking at the building at this time, but in front of the porridge shed on the street.

"Sir Fang, countless refugees have emerged in the city. Why don't you open a few more porridge shops? So that they can save more lives by eating a bite of hot food early!"

Fang Zhizhou smiled bitterly and said, "Open a few more porridge shops? It's not easy to talk about it. There is not much food in the prefecture yamen, so he can only give a little porridge. In this way, there are too many monks and too little porridge. I don't know how long it can last. This world really makes people unable to live!"

Liu Mingyu pursed his lips, and he had a deeper understanding of the hardships of the survival of farmers in the late Ming Dynasty.

In the 21st century, even in the poor mountainous areas, he did not have to worry about food and clothing. He endured rolling his eyes and cursed just to get a bowl of porridge that could be seen. This was unimaginable for him.

If this continues, before Jiannu can be called, as long as someone raises his arms, these victims will probably follow.

At this moment, the yamen runners' shouts came from the front of Changlong: "There is no porridge, no porridge, everyone will disperse, come early tomorrow!"

The people who were struggling forward were stunned, and then there was an uproar: "Why didn't there be any porridge shortly after this?"

"Yes, I got up early in the morning and lined up. Why didn't I have any porridge before it was my turn??"

"It must be these little guys who secretly distributed the rice they gave us in private!"

"We want to drink porridge! We want to drink porridge!"

For a moment, people were roaring and the crowds were in full swing. A sentence: "There is no more porridge" aroused the anger of countless people. Everyone roared or begged, the scene was in chaos and was about to lose control.

The Dian Lie, who was responsible for serving porridge, spread his hands: "It's gone, it's gone! There's only so much grain and rice that the superiors have put down. What should you do if you ask me to do? You can't chop me up and cook soup for you to drink, right? It's gone, it's gone, come early tomorrow!"

Several women squeezed in front of them with tears in their eyes and begged: "Official, we haven't eaten anything for a whole day. It's okay for adults, but children can't stand it! Please be kind and give us a bowl of porridge, we'll kowtow to you!"

The person in the last line was mentally prepared for this and left with a sigh and relentlessness. The one in front refused to give up and begged hard. However, looking at the attitude of the minor officials, you can tell that even if they cried blindly today, they would not have thought of getting a bowl of porridge.

Liu Mingyu was moved when he saw this scene. He looked at Fang Zhizhou and said, "Mr. Fang, these refugees in Tongzhou are probably also a big hidden danger, right?"

Fang Zhizhou sighed and said, "Who said no? I am also anxious, but I am helpless!"

"I have a way!"

"oh!"

Fang Zhizhou asked curiously: "What does the Champion Hou mean?"

"I am ordered by the saint to rectify the Wu Lie Army. The Wu Lie Army has the eight battalions under its jurisdiction. Now, I believe Lord Fang also knows that with the Liu Xingzuo army transferred to the Wu Lie Army, the Wu Lie Army has only more than 7,000 people, which is far less than the eight battalions ordered by the Emperor!"

Before Liu Mingyu could finish his words, the prefectural governor understood what Liu Mingyu meant and used these refugees and disaster victims to serve as heads of Wu Lie's army and asked the court for money and food.

"This...is not easy to deal with!"

The magistrate Fang looked embarrassed: "They are all people under the rule of this prefecture, if so..."

Although Liu Mingyu was a newcomer in the officialdom, he also heard what Magistrate Fang said. It was difficult to deal with, but it was not impossible to deal with it. He took the opportunity to take advantage of it.

"Liu Fugui!"

"I'm humble!"

Liu Mingyu gave Liu Fugui a look that both of them understood.

Liu Fugui walked towards the master behind Fang Zhizhou. The two began to bargain with each other. In the end, these victims and refugees, regardless of men, women, young and old, had a total of 5,326 victims in Tongzhou, were packaged and sold to Liu Mingyu by Fang Zhizhou.

The price Liu Mingyu paid was a set of high boron glass teapots with six small tea cups, which were exchanged for 9:9 points in the system mall.

Fang Zhizhou believed that Liu Ming could deal with this person. From his perspective, this crystal clear teapot and tea cup sold more than a thousand taels of silver.

Liu Mingyu also thought that this business was worth it. Although these people were weak, teenagers and children accounted for nearly a thousand people, but there were very few elderly and weak, because the elderly, weak, sick and disabled in this era could not survive at all.

As long as these refugees follow the Liu family army to Kuanhe City, they can also grow a season of sweet potatoes or corn. It is not difficult for each person to support themselves, and Liu Mingyu's efforts are just three or four months of food.

Speaking of food issues, we have to mention Wang Yong, the Wu Lie Army Supervisor. He has been in Tongzhou for eight days and is responsible for trading with Shuo Rat in Tongzhou. He uses the handicrafts or silver given to him by Liu Mingyu to buy low-priced grain from Shuo Rat. He can buy a large amount of old grains and miscellaneous grains.

At night, Liu Ming met back to the Moon Tower.
Chapter completed!
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