Qin Feng did not force anything, and immediately waved his hand: "Those who are willing to defend the city with me do not have to wait until the matter is completed. From now on, you are the people of Beixi!"
“Since we are citizens of Beixi, we will all receive preferential treatment!”
Under Qin Feng's order, Beixi soldiers went directly to the warehouse and transported the "commodities" that had been stockpiled in advance.
Most of these commodities, except food, were clothes.
Qin Feng nominally wanted to do "cloth business", but in fact the cloths shipped were all "ready-made clothes". From the beginning, winter war was Qin Feng's backup plan, and if he wanted to fight in winter, cold-weather clothing was naturally indispensable.
In addition to clothing to keep out the cold, there was also a large amount of armor.
However, compared with the sets of armor worn by soldiers, these armors are very simple, and are mainly "breastplates".
Two large carts of supplies piled up like a hill in front of Qin Feng.
Qin Feng immediately ordered loudly: "Count the number of people!"
The Jin Yiwei, who had been preparing for a long time, walked directly into the school grounds and counted all the strong men who took the initiative to defend the city, a total of 152 people.
Qin Feng deliberately raised his voice, just to let everyone know that those who are willing to follow him will never be treated badly.
"Distribute supplies to the strong men who defend the city!"
"Each person has a set of warm clothes, a breastplate, ten kilograms of grain, and two taels of silver."
Under the arrangement of Jin Yiwei, these 152 strong men lined up and came to Qin Feng one by one to receive their supplies and equipment.
The strong man in the lead thought he was dreaming when he took over the heavy supplies.
In his understanding, there is no difference between strong men and animals. They are all driven to the battlefield. Life and death are determined by fate, and wealth is in the sky. But looking at the supplies distributed by Qin Feng, the strong man suddenly realized that Qin Feng did not regard himself as cannon fodder. On the contrary, Qin Feng cared about the life and death of his mud-legged person.
Breastplate...
This was to prevent the strong men from being accidentally killed by stray arrows fired from outside the city when they were transporting supplies to the front line.
This well-made breastplate alone is worth at least one tael of silver, and it is the kind of military supplies that even rich people cannot buy.
The strong man's initially hesitant eyes gradually became firm.
As the one hundred and fifty-two strong men were all distributed, Qin Feng asked loudly to the Jin Yiwei again.
"How long will the supplies stored in the city be enough to sustain us?"
Jin Yiwei quickly replied: "It can last for two years!"
Qin Feng nodded: "It won't take that long. Before next spring, if the iron hooves of our northern army cannot reach the city, it means that this winter war has failed."
"In other words, the beginning of spring is the time when I am waiting to die."
"Therefore, our goal is to last for three months! With so much supplies, we can never use them all. We must feed the soldiers and strong men with every meal."
"Deploy ten Beixi soldiers to be responsible for logistics and food security. In addition..."
Qin Feng looked at the one hundred and fifty-two strong men in front of him and said loudly: "Fifty cooks are still needed to help. Your wives, if they do not need to feed young children or support the elderly, can come to help and receive a monthly payment of one." Two cents of hard-earned money.”
One tael of silver...
This is the food expenses for the people in the city for a year.
You can earn a year's worth of money in one month, and the man who participated in the logistics work received two taels of silver directly, as well as the five taels of silver Qin Feng promised to settle down after the project was completed.
Calculated in this way, any strong man who chooses to follow Qin Feng will gain a full ten taels of silver for his family in three months!
The people at the scene suddenly became excited.
They couldn't believe their ears. This winter was supposed to be a once-in-a-hundred-year freeze disaster, and every family was living an extremely difficult life. However, this sudden winter war actually "fatted" the people of Changshui County.
The one hundred and fifty-two strong men were trembling with excitement, while the common people who had been hesitant and unwilling to participate in the logistics were beating their feet and chest in frustration.
You can earn ten taels of silver in three months. You must know that whether most people can "live for ten years" is a question, let alone earning such a large sum of money?
"Damn, what on earth was I hesitating about just now?!"
"Ten taels of silver... you can get ten taels of silver in three months... this is simply pie in the sky!"
"If it were anyone else, I would never believe it, but if these words come from the mouth of Marquis Qin, there is no way anything could go wrong!"
"Yes, you see, those guys received two taels of silver on the spot..."
Listening to the constant sounds of envy at the scene, Qin Feng himself made a calculation.
The other people in the city are not counted, only the strong and strong are counted. Assuming that 500 people can participate in defending the city in the future, then each person will eventually be given ten taels of silver, which is only 5,000 taels of silver.
Coupled with the loss of various materials, after three months, the total expenditure will be about 20,000 taels of silver.
And most of the expenses here are concentrated on the loss of military supplies. After all, this is a city defense war. Military supplies such as arrows can be recycled normally, but now they cannot be recycled once they are shot outside the city. Equivalent to disposable consumables. Therefore, the consumption of arrows alone is a huge sum.
However, instead of saving this money, all of it will have to be spent!
Thinking about it from his perspective, if you only spend this little money, you can hold Changshui County until the reinforcements arrive. It's worth it.
Qin Feng clearly felt the envy in the eyes of other people, but he did not recruit again, but deliberately ignored it and had people drive all the remaining strong men home, leaving only these 152 people.
When these one hundred and fifty-two strong men put on thick warm clothes and put on breastplates, they are even more "elite" than some field soldiers and government soldiers.
Qin Feng nodded with satisfaction: "You have one more chance to go home tonight. From tomorrow on, you will be under military management. All actions will be in accordance with the instructions of your superiors. You must not act rashly. Those who disobey orders will also be subject to military law." Disposal."
"Let's all go back and visit our families."
Following Qin Feng's order, the strong men at the scene left happily.
After all the strong men were gone, Qin Feng called the Jin Yiwei and ordered them to go down and collect the bodies of the 137 brothers who had died. Get ready, tomorrow morning, the burial ceremony will be held.
Although it is winter and the corpse is not easy to decay, it cannot be left alone forever. It is best to bury it for peace.
In the spring of next year, the coffins will be opened and the bodies of the brothers will be taken back to their hometown.
Since wood is also an important strategic reserve, in order to save wood, Qin Feng did not order the construction of a coffin, but simply wrapped the body in cloth, temporarily aggrieved his brothers.
After everything was dealt with, Qin Feng returned to the county government dragging his already overdrawn body.
As a result, as soon as I walked to the gate of the county government office, I felt that the world was spinning in front of my eyes, and I fell down, knowing nothing.
