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Chapter 84: Painting cakes to satisfy hunger (2)

A large number of victims are still gathered near the city gate of Hangzhou. Although several camps have been built outside the city to accommodate victims, most people still think that it will be more secure after entering the city. After all, Song Dynasty officials closed the city gates and watched the people outside starve to death in the face of famine.

In fact, most of the grain that Changping warehouses was used to provide relief to the people outside the city. On the contrary, people in the city needed to buy grain from grain merchants at high prices. However, the propaganda methods at this time were not so easy to explain things clearly. The officers and soldiers guarding the city gates were scolded every day, and even attacked by stone slingshots from time to time.

Three commanding imperial guards were stationed at the East Gate to maintain order. The situation was pretty good because they were biased towards the seaside. Today, the rotation was an infantry commander named Jin Tianya. The Song commander is a grassroots military rank, and he is not included in the ranks. Each commander is 500 soldiers. Of course, if you search all over the world, you may not be able to find a commander with a total of 500 people.

Jin Tianya had 370 or 80 people under his command, which was already quite good among the southern army. Some commanded only more than 200 people. This was the imperial guards. If it were the wing army, it would be even more exaggerated. In many cases, even the establishment was incomplete, and most soldiers were sent to officials' homes or post stations as servants.

So during the war, the general of the army said: "I will go and clear the thieves for me for three thousand people!" The actual number of people allocated may be less than two thousand, but now all we need to do is maintain order, and as long as it does not cause civil unrest, there is still no problem.

With a "bang", a stone that flew from somewhere hit the wall brick beside Jin Tianya. When it bounced back, it hit the bend of his leg. Fortunately, the situation had disappeared and no harm was caused.

Jin Tianya glanced at the crowd fiercely, but did not find the murderer, so he had to spit on the ground, "That's a thief, Dou Qing and Li Zhong were both excuses of getting cold and eating and drinking delicious food at home. The sun in the sky can hatch chickens. It's because of his cold wind and cold, leaving me alone to get angry with the bird. I thought that catching a few people would scare them to be honest, but I don't know what kind of wind that Mr. Fan was sucking. It would be fine if he didn't let him catch people, but he couldn't even scold him. Now he couldn't beat him or scold him. How could he control him here?"

The deputy commander next to him quickly pulled his sleeve and whispered: "Please be gentle, if someone reaches the ears of the officials, you will inevitably suffer."

"Afraid of a bird?" Jin Tianya glared at his cow's eyes, "The civil servants hid in the government office and pointed at each other leisurely. We have to stay here for a month or two, and we can't let me complain?"

The deputy commander shook his head and smiled bitterly. There was nothing he could do about it. The Song Dynasty has always valued civil servants over military affairs. Civil officials could be arrogant and disrespectful when they saw military generals with two levels higher than theirs. They had long been used to it, but the commander had a bad temper and he could not persuade him, so he had to change the topic.

"I don't know when the grain and rice from the court will be shipped. A few days ago, Ning Que, who was guarding the granary, said that there was not much grain storage, and the people in the city still went to make trouble every day to open the warehouse and release the grain. If the trouble continued, I am afraid that Xianggong Fan would not be able to withstand the pressure."

"Ning Shouzi's single name is missing. He asked him to guard the granary and still wanted him to be short of food?" Jin Tianya snorted and said, "It's time for these troublemakers to take charge. Suddenly or later, something will happen if Mr. Fan is so spoiled. By the way, is there a shortage of food and rice in your family?"

The deputy commander looked at him in confusion and shook his head: "I have my own salary in the court, and I always have no worries about food and drink."

"Well, I think so. I heard that the 'Guangsha Camp' outside the city was inspired by the rich husband in Qingzhou?"

"I heard that this is true. It seems that some talented man wrote a letter and made suggestions, and he also changed a lot of things."

"It's like that. I went to take a look two days ago. His mother made it cleaner than our military camp. Even food, drink, defecation and slaughter were separated. There was also a storyteller who was talking about the storytellers. There was no such thing as a disaster victim. I really don't know what city these birds at the door were busy entering." Jin Tianya glanced at the crowd outside the city who was still shouting and snorted from his nostrils, "Next time, will there be any civil servant coming here, go and tell him if you want to learn from your husband.

Recruiting soldiers to provide disaster relief. In the first two years, more than a hundred people died of illness in our camp, and more than a hundred victims could be stuffed in. Anyway, you don’t lack food and rice, so let’s keep them first.” He didn’t know the details of the disaster relief in Qingzhou, but recruiting soldiers to provide disaster relief involves military affairs. He had a little understanding. Although he thought from the bottom of his heart that the soldiers recruited for disaster relief could not fight any wars, he also felt that this method could indeed solve some urgent problems. At worst, he could just recruit him and practice.

Almost no officers in the Song Dynasty did not receive empty salary. Most of the military pay less than the established military salary would fall into the hands of the officers. Everyone in the court knew this, but no one was going to expose it. Jin Tianya's move was not much different from using his own money to provide disaster relief.

The deputy commander was stunned and then understood why the commander came over to ask him if there was any food or rice at home. It turned out that he wanted to block his retreat and not let him refute it. He didn't expect that he seemed to be a rough man and could be careful.

Although the deputy commander was unwilling to do so, there was always a way to "reduce personnel" after the disaster. It was not easy to refute Jin Tianya now, and flattered with a smile: "The heart of the commander Jin, I will do whatever I want."

"Stop flattering me. I've been in the fire for so many years. When did I believe in the Bodhisattva? I just can't stand Dou Qing's face. Last time you guys fought with his men, he forced him to count them. When did I suffer this loss? I'll fight again and then pull out five hundred people, scaring him out of courage!"

The deputy commander laughed and replied twice. Dou Qing was transferred to the capital camp. He probably hadn't figured out the situation in the south yet. He recruited more than 400 people at the first time. Instead, he compared Jin Tianya, who claimed to be elite. Both of them had a stubborn temper and did not like each other. Jin Tianya was also a real sword and gun to achieve military merits. Unfortunately, he had a bad temper and had more achievements than Li's achievements. After seven or eight years, he still had only one commander. Dou Qing also relied on the people in the capital camp and was a thorn in the capital. He was quite arrogant in his daily life and did not take Jin Tianya seriously. After a while, he was naturally strong. However, this was a bit more concealed. Perhaps it was because Jin Tianya was afraid of being said to be as soft-hearted as a woman and made excuses.

While they were talking, the people outside the city gate suddenly started to scream, and the sound was so loud that a lot of dust fell on the door.

Jin Tianya looked out, and he stood inside the door, his eyes narrow, and he didn't know what was going on, so he stretched out his finger and shouted outside, "You will not let you in even if you shout, save some effort and eat less!"

After waiting for a long time, I saw that the momentum outside was still still, and frowned at the deputy commander beside me and said, "You go out and see. I was hit with a stone when I went out last time. I can't catch people to take revenge. They think they can't recognize you, so be careful."

The deputy commander responded for a moment, and soon ran back with joy on his face, shouting loudly while running: "The grain truck is here, the grain truck is here!"

"What are you doing when you scream? When is there no grain truck coming in?" Jin Tianya glared at the eyes, turned to find a horse stool and sat down, "Daily, you can send it in at dozens or hundreds of stones, which will help you get the birds?"

"It's not a few hundred stones, 50,000 stones! A total of 50,000 stones!"

"Fifty thousand stones...what?" Jin Tianya just sat down and stood up again with a cry, "You're not mistaken?"

"It's true that the white rice is put in the bucket and the lid is open, so I can't make a mistake!"

Jin Tianya slapped his thighs and walked out: "The grain and rice for the imperial court's disaster relief arrived so quickly? It's rare that those civil servants can also be efficient!"

"It's not from the court, it's the grain and rice of the major grain shops in the city!"
Chapter completed!
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