I received breakfast, which was not much, just a bowl of porridge, but the porridge was thick and there were two dried radishes in it!
Shanzi and Li Goudan got together and started eating. In a short while, they swallowed a large bowl of porridge and this dried radish.
Li Goudan rubbed his belly and said with satisfaction: "It's so comfortable. It didn't feel like this when I was in the mine before."
Shanzi licked the bottom of the bowl again with his tongue, and did not stop until the porcelain bowl assigned to him was shiny. Hearing this, he said disdainfully: "Come on, that stingy Zhang Bapi still wants him to provide you with Breakfast?
It would be nice if he could provide him with a bowl of porridge for lunch. It was so thin that he would feel hungry before an hour passed in the afternoon.
If it wasn't to make some money and go back, who would do it for him!
But this bastard doesn’t care if he doesn’t give us food. He even refuses to give us the wages we worked so hard to earn!
Damn it! If not him, who will! "
Speaking of the former mine owner, Li Goudan also had an angry look on his face.
"That's right, when I hit him on the head with a mine manuscript, he threatened me and said he would kill me if he didn't die. What happened in the end? Hum! Then let him die first!"
Putting his bowl carefully, Shanzi said: "Okay, it's all over. Now we are in this situation, not much better.
Just work hard and save your life. "
Li Goudan also carefully put away the bowls and chopsticks. He was going to eat by himself later, so he couldn't lose them.
road:
"Brother Shanzi, don't worry, I know.
However, if there were always such good food here, I think it would be much better than in the mine. "
"Okay, stop dreaming. Maybe it's because I was given something good to eat on the first day here, but it won't be so good after that."
"Can't you?"
"who knows……"
The conversation between the two did not attract anyone else's attention. Everyone was eating rice in big gulps. The soldiers of the Ping Japanese Army were somewhat unfinished after finishing their porridge this morning:
"Why is your breakfast so vegetarian today? There aren't even any eggs?"
The comrade on the side gestured with his chin to a group of miners who were drinking porridge and said:
"Look at how many more people are eating. Now that they are using our military rations, the quality will definitely drop.
But it’s probably just a day or two. I heard from the official next to the high official that the high official has already sent a signal to Bianjing. The grain ship will arrive this afternoon, and we will be able to restore the food standard by then. . "
"That's it, oh...that's okay."
The soldiers of the Taira-Japanese army who were not too full could only nod helplessly.
In the Chinese army's tent, Li Dingguo drank the porridge in his bowl with big gulps. Then he wiped the corner of his mouth with his sleeve and asked Zhou Lin, who was still eating the porridge slowly: "Shilang Zhou, when will the supply ship from the imperial court arrive?" ah?
All the food used here is our military rations. You also know that there are not many soldiers in the marching and fighting groups. It was originally expected to be enough for us to eat for more than ten days. Now we have an extra 200,000 mouths. I am afraid that we can eat it today. Finished eating.
That's all because we lowered the ration standards for the soldiers!
But we can't delay it too long, lest the brothers under me have opinions. "
Zhou Lin was shocked when he heard this. He pointed at the porridge bowl on the table and said in surprise: "Is this still lowering the standard?"
He knew that what he was eating now was the rations for the Japanese army. He also knew that feeding so many people at once would be stressful for the Japanese army.
But this morning he was still a little shocked when he saw that Ping Japanese soldiers were actually eating porridge made from polished rice.
At this time, ordinary people in the Song Dynasty used polished rice to cook porridge in the morning. Even ordinary landowners could not help but eat like this. Most of them just ate chestnut rice porridge.
Now after hearing what Li Dingguo said, a breakfast with such a good relationship still lowered the standards in others' eyes. How good they had to eat in Yunzhou County!
Li Dingguo picked his teeth with the toothpick he brought with him and said nonchalantly:
"This naturally lowers the standard. When we were in Yunzhou County, the standard set by His Majesty King Yun was that we would have porridge and vegetables in the morning, and each person would be given an egg and a cake.
This is our normal breakfast standard.
The conditions are not that good when we are away from home. We usually have to have at least one piece of cake. Even if there is no cake, there must be eggs.
Now, in order to save money for stuttering, I don’t give the brothers any bread in the morning, and the food standard has dropped off a cliff! "
Zhou Lin was shocked and opened his mouth wide.
what? What?
What did he just hear?
The soldiers under King Yun's command had to have porridge, vegetables, cakes and eggs just for breakfast when they were in Yunzhou County!
Even the palace guards of the Song Dynasty did not have this standard!
This is not a big-headed soldier. Even the wealthy landlords in the countryside are reluctant to eat like this!
No wonder these soldiers are good at fighting. If they eat so well and can’t fight even a little, King Yun might not be able to tear him apart!
But, isn’t this food too good?
Zhou Lin was frightened. He didn't dare to continue asking about the standards for lunch and dinner, otherwise he was afraid that he would be irritated.
If he were to know that Yunzhou Army now has meat for at least two meals a day, he would not only be able to open his mouth so wide that he could not close it, but he might even be shocked and his jaw would fall off!
This is the food standard of the Yunzhou Army, and this also symbolizes the underlying power of the Yunzhou Army.
Zhao Jun said that there is no one else but us in the entire Song Dynasty who can supply this standard of food to the army for a long time!
As the saying goes, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers. Other people's soldiers are half-fed, but his own are full every day. The meat on his body is swollen. During the battle, the big guys have enough strength to charge up with roars. , how could the Yunzhou Army not be strong?
"Shilang Zhou! Shilang Zhou!"
Zhou Lin, who was in a daze, was awakened by the gradually increasing call. When he came back to his senses, he found that Li Dingguo was looking at him with a puzzled expression.
"What?"
Zhou Lin was a little confused.
Li Dingguo sighed and had no choice but to repeat the question he just asked: "I am asking the Minister of Zhou whether there is food in the supplies shipped by the imperial court this time?"
Zhou Lin came back to his senses and hurriedly replied: "Yes, yes. I specially sent back the news that a large amount of food is needed here, and asked them to prepare it according to the amount of 200,000 people a month. When the food arrives, Li General, I will return the food supplement you received these two days to you."
After hearing this, Li Dingguo finally felt relieved, nodded and said, "That's very good."
At this time, Zhou Lin said again: "Originally, the imperial court prepared a sum of money to recruit people, but now it seems that it is no longer needed. I plan to use the money to go to northern Hunan to buy more food and materials for building river embankments."
When Li Dingguo heard this, he was confused and asked: "I can understand buying food, so why do I need to buy more materials for building river embankments? Didn't the imperial court provide them?"
Zhou Lin smiled bitterly and said: "General Li, you are not in the officialdom, so you don't know that the things allocated by the court have never been completed from beginning to end.
The Holy Emperor is personally watching over the construction of river embankments. They don't dare to go too far. If the materials, money and food from ten cities are given to us, there should be about seven cities left.
If it weren't for us, this matter was decided by His Majesty himself. It would be great if they can keep five points.
This is definitely not enough. The remaining money can be used to purchase more materials. In this way, the materials for building the river embankment should be almost enough. "
Zhou Lin said, shaking his head with a look of sadness and helplessness on his face.
Li Dingguo said: "Shilang Zhou, His Majesty personally ordered the supervision this time. They dare to reach out. Have you never thought of reporting them to His Majesty?"
Zhou Lin shook his head: "General Li, do you think His Majesty doesn't know?"
Li Dingguo was stunned for a moment, then heard Zhou Lin continue:
"His Majesty knows all the things they have done, but they are just pretending not to know.
Now it is not just them, but almost the entire public officialdom has this kind of trend. Everything that passes through their hands will definitely be intercepted.
And if you don't go through them, you can't do anything about it, so even if you know that they will reach out, His Majesty can only turn a blind eye. "
Hearing this, Li Dingguo suddenly laughed and said:
"Why do I feel that Your Majesty, the emperor, is so aggrieved? He is not as comfortable as our prince.
If anyone in our Yunzhou County dares to do this, the prince will dare to go to them the next day to see their grandma, whom they have not seen for a long time.
According to the prince's temperament that likes to eradicate the roots, the most likely thing is to send the other party's family neatly on the road. "
Zhou Lin smiled bitterly, but couldn't refute.
The two talked for a while and then dispersed. Li Dingguo still had many things on his hands.
The nearly 20,000 troops with all kinds of miscellaneous things kept him busy every day, and he had no time to chat here.
Zhou Lin also had to prepare for unloading the ship in the afternoon and had many things to do, so the two of them dispersed.
Time soon came to Xiangwu.
After eating this morning, Shanzi, Li Goudan and others were taken to their work place today to identify the place. According to the soldiers of the Ping-Japanese Army who brought them here, there will be transportation from the imperial court this afternoon. When the ship arrives, their main task today is to put down everything on the ship.
Not long after I had just finished identifying the place, it was time to put out the meal again.
This time, there was no need to be urged by the soldiers who defeated the Japanese army. Many miners who had gained experience consciously lined up in a queue. They took their own bowls and chopsticks and rushed towards the place where the food was placed with expectant faces, watching them like this. The Ping Japanese soldiers rolled their eyes for a while.
Just for some food, right?
…
As for that? Of course.
You have to know what kind of life they lived before, doing the hardest and most tiring work, but drinking gruel every day, or chestnut porridge. Sometimes they couldn't even eat porridge.
That's not how people live, they are worse than animals.
A breakfast this morning suddenly made everyone excited.
The porridge made from polished rice was so thick that everyone began to look forward to the lunch meal early.
Now that the time has finally arrived, everyone immediately ran over impatiently to wait for their meal.
They want to see what they will have for lunch today?
The soldiers in charge of serving food were startled when they saw so many people coming over at first sight, and it took them a while to react.
Without any delay, he immediately opened the bucket of rice, and the next moment, the aroma of wheat suddenly flooded everyone's noses.
The bucket turned out to be full of a big bucket of white-flowered white-flour steamed buns.
Another bucket on the side is filled with pickles, and there is Baisong soup next to it!
Wow!
In an instant, all the miners were drooling all over the floor!
Damn it, where is the food for the captives? Even during the Chinese New Year at home, it is only so rich.
That’s white noodles! White flour buns!
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(End of chapter)
