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Section 56 Treatment (Part 1)

The Ming army was unintentionally attacking Wang Xincheng's troops, which made the prisoners of Shanxi Green Camp feel even more furious. I don't know who was the first to run to the side of the ship and cursed at the Qing army on the shore. Soon, the officers on the deck, Mo Huaizhong and others also used this privilege to exhale their anger to Deputy General Wang's army. Under the influence of these officers, the soldiers of Shanxi Green Camp who were locked under the deck could not get on the deck, and they also cursed in the cabin.

"Wang Xincheng, who has lost his son and grandson!"

"Baby!"

"The king thief who was cut into pieces!"

The insults of thousands of people finally rang out like thunder, rolling towards the shore.

The Ganzhou Green Camp was a little puzzled at first, but soon they heard the Shanxi accent and realized that the Ming army fleet passing by was probably carrying the captives of the Shanxi Green Camp.

"Are they those Shanxi guys?" Wang Xincheng's commander of the camp was beside the enthrone leader and asked with a smile.

"It's for sure." Wang Xincheng had a bit of a spitting out of his face. Although he was criticized by thousands of people, he was not angry at all: "It must be those piglets."

"Piggy?" the commander of the Biao Camp asked in confusion.

"Well, this is what Admiral Deng said."

After reaching an agreement with Wang Xincheng, Deng Ming, who was in a happy mood, casually called Wang Xincheng the pig seller, but immediately realized that it was all the blood and tears of Chinese people. While reflecting on his inappropriate words, he never mentioned this word. But Wang Xincheng heard it clearly and remembered the word firmly. At first, he felt that it seemed more appropriate to use cowboys to call these sold Shanximen. After all, they were all converted into cows and paid to Mingjun. But after careful consideration, Wang Xincheng felt that this word was indeed wonderful.

"Haha, it's really a group of fat pigs." The commander of the Biao Camp burst into laughter.

After the transaction was over, Deng Ming had to pay Wang Xincheng a kickback as usual, and Wang Xincheng also realized that selling all the auxiliary soldiers in one breath would affect the marching of the soldiers, so he asked Deng Ming for some Shaanxi civilians and several ships. Now Wang Xincheng's soldiers put the baggage on the ship, not only did the marching pace relaxed, but they also didn't have to worry at all, and there was no need to be afraid of the Ming army's navy rushing out to grab their armor.

After completing the transaction, Wang Xincheng did not monopolize all the benefits. All officers and more than 100 veterans each received a certificate of release. Deng Ming promised to release the person when he saw the bond. As long as the Qing army did not kill the Ming army's prisoners (whether it belonged to Deng Ming's troops or not), the release coupon would not be ignored; theoretically, the loss to the Ming army in the battle would not lead to the invalidity of the release coupon. But Deng Ming had the words first, and only after the captured person entered his prisoner camp would this thing have a chance to be recognized. If the angry Ming soldiers refused to surrender due to fierce resistance, Deng Ming would certainly not hold his subordinates accountable.

Every Qing soldier who received the release coupon carefully treasured it. With this thing, his life will be guaranteed and the prerequisites will be kept in mind. In the future, they will not kill the Ming army's prisoners again, because this is basically equivalent to suicide; it will be easier to deal with it when they go to the battlefield. Anyway, they will not lose their lives if they are defeated. So why are they fighting to the death to resist?

The more than 400 green camp recruits who did not receive the release coupon were very envious, but they had not made military contributions to Deputy General Wang, and the friendship was obviously not reached. However, the officers assured these recruits that as long as they fight bravely on the battlefield in the future, they can get the release coupon as a reward - after getting it, they can be assured and bold as not to fight bravely.

"Those who curse on the boat are Shanxi guys who have no coupons to avoid death." Many clever officers also took the opportunity to educate their soldiers: "Do you know what their fate will be? They will all be sent to Tibet. Admiral Deng will exchange them for yaks with the yaks. Some of those yaks are yaks, which tastes good personal meat. So remember, contribute to General Wang in the future, otherwise you can just wait to feed the yaks."

The Ming fleet escorted the prisoners by the Ming army, and after gaining the last experience, the Ming army officers and soldiers on the prisoner transport ship were as if they were facing a great enemy, fearing that the captured officers would start "collectively jumping into the river and commit suicide" again. Because all the prisoners calculated the ox based on the head and Wang Xincheng, the Ming army also counted the numbers before sending the prisoners onto the ship. Deng Ming also told the officers who were escorted: these prisoners are precious labor and can create wealth for the Chengdu government. They will also be the source of troops and taxes after paying taxes in the future, so they are not allowed to abuse the prisoners. If there is serious reduction in personnel in the transportation of prisoners, the escort officers will be reprimanded, and the commander may face punishment.

Therefore, the Ming army officers and soldiers were very polite to these prisoners. When they saw someone falling into the water, they thought of saving people instead of shooting arrows. Even the bodies of the unfortunate dead were salvaged as much as possible in order to prove to Deng Ming that these people were "successful" rather than "abuse to death".

Mo Huaizhong naturally knew nothing about these policies. Looking at the mountain city of Chongqing, which was gradually left behind, he was filled with sadness and melancholy; and when the soldiers in the cabin learned that they had sailed through Chongqing, they also had low whimpers. Based on past experience, these Shanxi men knew that as warriors, nine out of ten people would die of exhaustion in the military camp, and they never asked Sun Sike and Wang Xincheng for justice. The despair of fate made them unable to help but shed their men's tears.

Wanxian-Chongqing battle is still continuing, with tens of thousands of Ming dynasties and Qing soldiers still fighting hard, but for these prisoners who passed through Chongqing, this battle has nothing to do with them.

A few days later, when Li Guoying was still trying to break through and Deng Ming tried his best to block the attack, the Ming army's fleet arrived in Xuzhou and put the prisoners on the shore here and handed them over to Yuan Xiang for inventory. The escort officials thought that the mission was completed very well, and the prisoners were all red when they got off the ship. After crossing Chongqing, the Ming army officers escorted even allowed the soldiers to go to the deck in batches to let the air out, so as not to cause any problems in the cabin.

To the surprise of the officers, the governor of Xuzhou Yuan Xiang personally came to the shore to greet the prisoners. After learning that tens of thousands of prisoners would be sent here and then transferred to Chengdu, the entire Xuzhou caused a sensation.

"Brothers, please be hungry." After Yuan Xiang counted the number of people, he smiled and invited all the presidents of the Green Camp to the large tent that was urgently built. The food for them was very rich, not only fresh river fish, egg flower soup, but also each officer had a small pot of fresh wine: "Eat quickly."

Mo Huaizhong stared at the snow-white rice in front of him. It was obviously the new rice I had just harvested. Then he weighed the small pot of wine he gave him, full, and weighed two taels. Everyone around him was also stunned. Mo Huaizhong slapped himself in the cheek while it was not paying attention. It hurts very much, not dreaming. The officers around Mo Huaizhong also slapped his face and pinched his thighs, and were very busy. The prefect of the Ming army's Xuzhou prefect came to greet them, let alone the food provided, which was simply the treatment of returning from a great victory in the past - even if the Ming army wanted to recruit them as cannon fodder, it seemed that there was no need to do this, right?

Since Yuan Xiang arrived in Xuzhou, he has been determined to show his strength and build Xuzhou to flourish. However, even if Liu Jinge is his brother who survived his life, it is impossible for him to send a large number of residents to Xuzhou when Chengdu is still in urgent need of labor. Most of the fellow scholars are unwilling to leave Chengdu, which has gradually improved, and come to Xuzhou. After all, most of the supplies in Xuzhou still rely on Chengdu's supply.

Yuan Xiang simply calculated that in order to make the salt and shipbuilding industry in Xuzhou develop greatly, he needed more than 100,000 workers. In order to support these workers, he also needed at least this number of farmers. In order to meet the needs of farmers and workers, and to allow low-tax farmers to willingly trade the surplus grain. Yuan Xiang also needed a large number of fishermen, textile workers, blacksmiths, and breeders. These personnel in Chengdu are not enough now, and it is impossible to provide large quantities to Xuzhou.

A good wife cannot cook without rice. The shortage of labor made the prefect Yuan, who was determined to achieve great things, feel so worried that he had several white hairs. The old Yuan family does not have a tradition of white hair. The few white hairs on the prefect Yuan's head are really contrary to family common sense.

When Deng Ming lived in Xuzhou this time, Yuan Xiang raised the issue of relocating the population almost every time he met, but Deng Ming couldn't help him much. The total population of Chengdu is less than 300,000, and Liu Jinge kept shouting that Chengdu Prefecture needs at least one million labor force to meet the basic requirements, and it is not too much for five million - now Liu Zhifu wants Deng Ming to go to Wuchang tomorrow to empty Hubei.

Therefore, as soon as he heard that tens of thousands of prisoners were about to pass, Yuan Xiang made up his mind to intercept them with all his might. These Green Camp officers were obviously the backbone of the prisoners. The prefect Yuan abandoned all the civil affairs and came to entertain them - because there was no population and there were not many civil affairs.

"Eat meat steamed buns casually!" Outside the camp of the prefect Yuan, Ye Tianming and his shopkeepers beat the gongs loudly. The steamed buns were steaming and formed a hill in front of the captives. Like the prefect Yuan, the salt merchants in Xuzhou all realized the rare opportunity. They had been waiting on the shore for a long time. The captives got off the boat and went up to meet them, trying their best to make them voluntarily stay in Xuzhou.

"Boss Ye, are you too unreasonable?" Several burly men rushed into the team of salt merchants. The leader was the boss of a shipbuilder in Xuzhou, and brought his friends to grab people. Although he was Liu Yao's auxiliary soldiers like Ye Tianming, it was related to the life and death of the business, and the friendship of the Sichuan Army had to be released backwards.

"Come on our boat trip," the boat owner said, and slapped a heavy palm on the shoulder of a Shanxi man, so heavy that he was like the keel of his new boat that had to be placed by the river because of the lack of a man. This unpredictable blow almost knocked the prisoner to the ground: "Three meals a day are enough, and the apprenticeship period is also worth twenty yuan a month, and you will learn quickly and have a bonus!"
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