An hour later, the sky was completely dark, and the campground was surrounded by torches. Although this was not what Qin Feng wanted, the atmosphere at the scene seemed extremely depressing and solemn.
Due to time constraints, it was naturally impossible for the Beixi soldiers to go door-to-door to offer "good words", so the people who were almost driven to the school grounds seemed extremely nervous.
They had no idea what was going on, but looking at the murderous soldiers around them and the silent Qin Feng standing on the high platform of the school grounds, no matter how stupid they were, they vaguely realized that something was wrong. happened.
As the saying goes, it's hard to prosper the people, and it's hard to destroy the people.
The people present were mentally prepared for the worst.
The reason why Qin Feng remained silent was because he was examining the number of people in the school grounds. According to the information provided by Jinyiwei, there were 800 registered households in Changshui County. Based on the three generations and six people of each household, a total of four Eighteen hundred people. If we only take young and middle-aged men, then a conservative estimate should be between 600 and 700.
However, there were less than 500 people gathered in the school grounds, and there were also many old and weak people among them. I am afraid that there were only 300 people in the real prime of life.
This number is really different from Qin Feng's expectations.
After all, Changshui County is a county in Gyeonggi Province. Excluding various public facilities and personnel, it can only recruit 300 people.
Obviously, the people in the city regarded Qin Feng's recruitment and mobilization as "catching strong men". Most of the strong men would hide if they could, and run away if they could. If they couldn't escape, they would simply let their father or their youngest son come. replace.
When the time comes, the "official master" will let him go home when he sees that he is old, weak, sick, and incompetent for the job of coolie.
For the common people, this kind of "little cleverness" can be life-saving. You must know that once the vast majority of strong men are pushed to the battlefield, they will most likely not be able to return home alive.
Thinking about it this way, it is actually a matter of joy that there are still three hundred strong men at the scene.
Qin Feng enlightened himself in this way, and his mood suddenly became brighter. He went straight to the topic and announced loudly: "Everyone who is under fifteen years old and over fifty years old, all come forward."
Following Qin Feng's order, more than half of the people came out with a roar.
Qin Feng did not hesitate: "You all go home."
A group of old and weak people immediately felt grateful and left without looking back. The remaining people at the scene were all strong and healthy people between the ages of fifteen and fifty.
Qin Feng took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "You must still not know what happened. I, Qin Feng, never like to show off, and I don't want to keep you in the dark and take advantage of you."
"Do you know who Lu Li is?"
When they heard the name "Lü Li", all the people present looked confused.
Although they are common people in the Gyeonggi region and are very close to the royal capital, how can ordinary people dare to talk about people in the imperial court? Not to mention Lu Li, they didn't even know who the Minister of Household Affairs was.
Seeing that everyone was confused, Qin Feng immediately explained: "Lü Li is the Zhuguo of the current dynasty. What is the Zhuguo? The Zhuguo is also called the General of the Zhuguo, and he is a second-grade honorary officer!"
"It's unbearable for such a big shot to do something like a rooster, a dog, or a robber, and he intercepts and kills me on the way!"
"In a few days, a large army will surround Changshui County. By then, war will be inevitable."
"Although you are citizens of the Di Kingdom, you should not associate with foreign ministers. This is an extraordinary period, and I can only do extraordinary things. From now on, you are all requisitioned and assigned with heavy logistical tasks, building city defenses, transporting supplies, etc. "
"As long as you all work hard, each of you can get five taels of hard-earned money. In addition, I, Qin Feng, can guarantee the reputation of Daliang Tianluhou. After the matter is completed, whoever is willing to return to Daliang with me can do so in Bei I will make my home in Xi County. If God does not bless me, I will definitely leave a letter before my defeat to prove that the people in the city have never been with me."
"You have no choice in this matter!"
"In addition, whoever dares to violate the law, flee without permission, or collaborate with the enemy secretly will be dealt with according to military law once discovered!"
Qin Feng knew that suddenly involving these people in the war was definitely not something a man would do, but in order to achieve something big, Qin Feng could only bite the bullet and "not stick to trivial matters."
The only thing Qin Feng can do is to let these people only do logistical work as much as possible, stay away from the frontline battlefield, and save their lives.
As Qin Feng expected, bursts of discussion immediately erupted at the scene.
A strong man frowned and said in a deep voice: "Although we are ordinary people, we help foreign ministers and become enemies of our own army. How can this be justified?"
The young man next to him whispered: "What if I don't help? If the Marquis of Qin is angered and kills us all, there will be no explanation."
Upon hearing this, the muscular man immediately raised his head and assumed a posture of not fearing life and death: "Kill him! It's better to be a good man again in twenty years than to be infamy."
The old man opposite curled his lips with a look of disdain on his face: "Even if you are scolded, it's not your turn to shoulder the blame."
"We will help whoever occupies the city. Is it difficult to understand such a simple principle?"
"Even the county magistrate didn't show up. Even if the sky fell, it wouldn't be able to suppress us."
"Besides, the Marquis of Qin treats the people well, so it's better to help him than to help those bastard corrupt officials."
As soon as this statement came out, many men responded immediately.
"That's right! Although Qin Feng is a foreign minister, he is much better than those corrupt and corrupt officials."
"That's right, since Qin Feng came to Changshui County, he has helped us redress our grievances a lot. If he can become Qin Feng's governer, it will be a blessing he cultivated in his previous life."
"Hahaha, you can't even eat, what's the point of loyalty? Besides, this is the Di Kingdom of his Jing family, not our Di Kingdom. The powerful men in the city, the popular and popular ones, my relatives outside the city, Several people have already starved to death. When we had no money to buy food, why didn't anyone say, this is our Di country?"
"Didn't you hear the news? The government soldiers in the city have already fled and ran away! If the government soldiers are like this, let alone us?"
"And... have you noticed that the soldiers under Qin Feng are all proud of being the people of Beixi County. There are only so many people, but they are not afraid at all in the face of the upcoming war."
"I'm just doing logistics. If you do it, it's better to survive than anything else."
At this moment, Qin Feng's voice sounded again: "Those who are willing to defend the city with me, take a step forward!"
More than a dozen people immediately came out of the scene, and the people who were waiting and watching also came out one after another when they saw someone taking the lead.
However, only half of these three hundred people came forward in the end, and the remaining half were still hesitant.
