In order to be able to hold on to the city, Zhang Guoqin did not intend to let any of the people in the city go.
As for the soldiers under his command, not to mention, the chief soldier was drinking "soldier blood" before.
Not even half a tael of silver is spared, and the geese are plucked every year, every month, and every day.
Now that the war situation has taken a turn for the worse, he will not be merciful to the soldiers.
After the latest military order was issued, each soldier had to eat two kilograms of rice every day.
This is real uncooked rice, and when cooked it will be a big pot full!
Although the soldiers were physically exhausted from fighting at the top of the city, they became hungry very quickly.
But when faced with having to eat a large pot of food a day, I was still quite frightened.
They have never received such generous treatment since they joined the army.
Not to mention wages and salaries, even the stipulated rice stipend cannot be received in full and on time.
In order to make ends meet, fishing, hunting, and even robbing people were commonplace.
If they didn't do this kind of thing, there would be no need to wait for the bandits to come, they would just starve to death.
When the court was in trouble, the generals were even asked to raise their own salaries and food. Doesn't this force them to rob the people?
The soldiers also knew the consequences of doing this, but if they didn't do this, they would be the first to starve to death.
The officers and soldiers robbed the people, turning them into rogues, and then the officers and soldiers turned around to fight against the rogues. This is the most typical vicious cycle!
This trend exists throughout Henan, and it has been fully demonstrated here in Nanyang Prefecture.
The rogue bandits were suppressed more and more, and in the end they were much more numerous than the official army.
In the past, it was the official army that surrounded and suppressed the bandits, but now it is the bandits that besieged the city.
Is there anything more ridiculous than this in the whole world?
The dignified officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were actually blocked in the city by a group of rogue bandits.
If it weren't for the high amount of food and salary, the defenders would have already planned to surrender to the opponent.
One meal is five to two meters, four meals a day, one meal every three hours.
General Rong really loves his soldiers as much as his sons!
Feeding my son like a pig...
Some people can eat half a catty of rice in one meal, but that is after it is cooked.
Could you try changing it to half a pound of uncooked rice?
I can’t hold you to death!
Zhang Guoqin seemed to have a premonition that his time was running out, so he began to treat his soldiers well. Even he himself did not believe such a kind act.
Each person has a dish and a bowl of rice for each meal.
Although it is not proportional, it can still fill the stomach.
Not only is it filling, it’s also filling to the point of bubbling.
"Eat it all for me, don't let it go to waste! Anyone who doesn't eat it all is looking down on me!"
During the meal, Zhang Guoqin also personally went to the city to inspect the dining situation of various ministries.
Although your own soldiers may not be able to match the elite rogue bandits in terms of combat power, they must surpass their opponents in terms of appetite!
It is necessary to put into practice the saying of the rogue bandits that "all officers and soldiers are nothing but drunkards and rice sacks"!
I can't beat you!
I just eat hard!
You'll die if you wait!
Even if I really can't kill you, I will still be angry to death!
We men have nothing but a lot of rice!
As long as you can still eat it, you can keep eating it!
In terms of food, Zhang Guoqin has issued an order to the entire army. There is no upper limit. Regardless of the position, the starting price is 50 taels of rice!
Rogue bandits have to climb mountains and ridges, and they are particularly capable of enduring hardships!
The officers and soldiers are struggling to survive, especially if they can eat!
In terms of gobbling up food, the officers and soldiers have never been afraid of anyone!
Now you no longer have to bear the charge of robbing the people. You can throw away your cheeks and shovel it into your mouth.
But the problem arises, that is, eating two meals a day is okay, but if it is doubled, it is really too much.
Especially after the meal, the soldiers almost lost their ability to move, causing the city's defense strength to plummet.
If the rebels come to attack the city at this time, they will find that none of the officers and soldiers can walk.
The dinner on the first day was 52 meters, and the night snack was still 52 meters.
The next morning, it was still five or two meters, and the officers and soldiers all looked stunned and their eyes were dull after eating...
What kind of world is this?
Are you going to let people live?
Either we don't pay food and wages, and everyone is so hungry that they are worried about each other!
Or suddenly a bunch of food and wages are handed out, which can scare people to death!
If Zhang Guoqin hadn't been commanding Bideng City every battle, everyone would have felt that the commander-in-chief wanted to push them to death before surrendering to the rogue bandits outside.
The good news is that the more you eat, the more you will poop.
The more frequently you eat, the more frequently you poop!
Zhang Zongrong's move is second only to making the soldiers eat soybeans and drink cold water...
Nanyang City became the first city in the entire Ming Dynasty to adopt scientific processes to achieve industrial production of gold juice!
The city produces more than 50,000 kilograms of gold juice every day!
However, the county magistrate Yao Yunxi did not intend to write such a "glorious" deed into the county history, mainly because it was too embarrassing.
"Master Jun~! You can't do it! That's the hope of the whole family! You can't do this!"
With a sad face, Liu Lei wanted to stop the officers and soldiers who broke into his backyard and took away his only remaining pig.
"Tsk, tsk! You are so inhumane, little old man! In the face of a powerful enemy, your pig is still not satisfied with a hundred taels of silver? Hurry! Act quickly!"
There is a shortage of food in the city, and this pig is just the right food for the brothers.
And it wasn't an open robbery, but the family was given a high price of one hundred taels of silver.
If the city was really captured by rogue bandits, the pig would still not survive, and besides, the rogue bandits would not offer such a high price.
A pig weighs three hundred pounds, which can be converted into one hundred chickens.
A live chicken is worth half a tael of silver, and the total price of a hundred chickens is only fifty taels.
This pig was used to reward the army, and its death was well worth it.
To put it more seriously, that is called "sacrifice one's life for one's country"!
"Master Jun! I'm planning to count on this pig to give birth next year!"
Liu Lei hurriedly came up with an excuse. No matter what, he didn't want to sell the pig.
Because the whole family still relies on this pig to produce golden juice. If the pig is sold, then the whole family will have to work hard together...
"Fart! Do you think I'm blind? You're obviously a boss!"
When the military master heard this, he immediately became unhappy. He showed his yellow teeth and scolded him sharply.
"...It's worthy! It's worthy!"
Liu Lei's expression froze, and he immediately gave a rather reluctant reason.
"What a fool! Wait until the bandits come in! Let your whole family go down and keep company with the pigs!"
Which is more important, pigs or fighting bandits?
If the bandits come in, neither humans nor pigs will survive!
Let the pigs take the road now, and the people might survive.
If we keep this pig, I'm afraid that neither the human nor the pig will survive!
The situation is like this. The military master is rough in words but not rough in reasoning.
"This...this...this...Master Jun, please don't scare me into waiting???"
Liu Lei was extremely afraid of rogue bandits attacking the city. If Nanyang City was destroyed, the people in the city would be unable to survive.
"There are no less than 70,000 to 80,000 bandits outside the city, all of them are eyeing Nanyang City. If the city defense hadn't been tight, how could I have followed the officials to catch the pigs?"
The soldiers were too lazy to do such a thankless task.
But Zhang Zongrong has already ordered that more meat and vegetables must be collected.
You cannot rob the gentry and the common people. You must first report it to the Ming government and buy it at twice the market price.
"...There are so many rogue bandits?"
Liu Lei was frightened by this astonishing amount and could not speak for a while.
But the city defense is tight, so the soldiers eat pigs?
While the front is tight, is the front still tighter? ? ?
No matter how you think about it, it doesn’t make sense?
"Of course! If you don't believe me, just ask the young man who climbed the city. I'm too lazy to lie to you! Why don't you get out of the way quickly? If you insist on losing, not to mention your pig, even your wife, will be harmed by the bandits! "
The military master immediately pushed the troublesome guy aside and forced two ingots of fifty taels of silver into his hand.
Then he ordered the brothers to tie up the fat pig in a hurry, carry the wooden pole with difficulty, and drove back happily.
"His dad! Our pig is gone... What will we do in the future???"
When Liu Lei's wife saw the situation in the backyard, she suddenly felt sad and simply sat on the ground and burst into tears.
This pig is the hope of the whole family. With this pig, the whole family does not need to worry about Jin Zhi.
Irresponsibly speaking, a pig can carry three or four people.
If the pig is gone, then you will have to find a way on your own.
"Crying too much? Can you make the pig come back by crying?"
Liu Lei tossed his sleeves angrily. If crying could solve the problem, he would have sat on the ground and cried.
"Dad! What... should we do?"
The eldest son Liu Ming was dumbfounded. He didn't know if he had to eat a pound of rice every day.
Although the Liu family is not considered a wealthy family, they can rely on the retail stores and live reasonably well.
However, after Nanyang Mansion was involved in the war, its income was much lower than before.
Now Nanyang City is surrounded by rogue bandits, and its future is unknown.
With the wealth accumulated over the years, he can survive for a while.
However, the new orders implemented by Nanyang prefect Wang Jiazhen and county magistrate Yao Yunxi made everyone in the city feel helpless.
Adults must pay two kilograms of gold juice every day, and children's portion is half.
It is dry food and cannot be mixed with water or other impurities.
Once discovered by the dung collector who came to buy it, he would immediately report it to the accompanying petty officials.
This is no joke. If you fail to pay the quota, or if you cheat, you will be fined.
Half a tael of silver at a time, that's 2 taels for a family of four.
He was fined 2 taels a day, which was as much as 60 taels a month!
Liu Ming knew that his father was reluctant to spend the money, so he could only rely on the pig at home.
As a result, the military master followed the clerk into his house today and forcibly bought the pig.
Although the price is not low, the value of this pig is far from being simply turned into pork.
"Watch your own toilet! Beware of outside thieves!"
Liu Lei heard that "shit thieves" had appeared in the city, which really made his hair stand on end!
"……ah???"
Liu Ming was a little stunned when he heard this. Are there still caretakers here?
"My father has already heard that someone in the city is stealing gold juice at night!"
Liu Lei hurriedly gave the reason to prevent his two sons from taking it seriously.
"Is there such a bizarre thing?"
The second son Liu Liang couldn't believe it. Someone had stolen this thing. Doesn't it smell bad?
"Two kilograms is half a tael, and twenty kilograms is five taels! Even my father thinks it's ridiculous, but now in the city, you can definitely buy two kilograms of gold juice for half a tael of silver?"
Considering the current situation, Liu Lei felt that all the gold juice in Nanyang City was priceless at this time.
Let alone half a tael of silver, you may not be able to buy even one tael of silver.
Every family has to pay, unless the family is particularly rich or can pay for it with livestock excrement.
Ordinary people at most raise some chickens, ducks, geese, dogs, etc. at home and let them eat more rice. It is really a waste of food.
But if there is no other way, this is the only way.
The Liu family belongs to those who are not as good as those above, but more than enough than those below.
But asking Liu Lei to spend sixty taels of silver a month to pay Shenzi's "gold juice fee" is really comparable to the death of a pig!
"Father, it seems like there's a lot of noise outside the city again?"
Liu Ming suddenly heard a roaring noise, which seemed familiar to him, and he thought it was time.
"Could it be that the rogues are attacking the city again?"
Liu Lei was really frightened. As soon as the pigs were gone, the bandits came. Don't let that military commander fool you.
"kill!"
"Brothers, charge!"
"The dog officers and soldiers can't stand it any longer!"
"It takes three days to destroy the city before sealing it!"
Spurred by the excitement of being able to loot the city for three days, and hearing that tens of thousands of friendly troops came to help, Sergeant Zhang was even more excited than yesterday when he attacked the city.
Grab money!
Grab food!
Steal women!
As long as there is something in the city, they will rob it!
The dog officers and soldiers relied on the protection of the city wall and acted like a coward.
Then there was the extremely disgusting gold juice. The rebels did not believe that the defenders could produce so much gold juice every day.
Putting aside everything else, after the city is broken, the general who ordered the gold juice to be poured on him should be cut into pieces first, so that he can relieve his anger.
Like some masked thieves, the rebel soldiers also wore masks this time.
Then block your nostrils and breathe only through your mouth to prevent the stench from entering the nasal cavity and affecting your combat effectiveness.
There is nothing that can be done about it. No one, even the second general, is standing under the city.
There is no need to fight, as long as you stand in the stench for a quarter of an hour, you will be dizzy.
Once you vomit a few more times, your mental state and physical strength will plummet.
It can be said that the flowing high-temperature golden juice is far more lethal to the rebels than the flying bullets and arrows.
This thing can both burn and smoke people, and it makes the rebels very difficult to guard against.
Bullets can be dodged and arrows can be blocked.
But this foul smell is unavoidable.
Dog officers and soldiers are so wicked. If you can't attack them, they will dare to do this to you.
"ah……"
The rebel soldiers who ran underground to the city root and were waiting to climb up the ladder were scalded by streaks of golden, high-temperature liquid.
The number of injured people is no less than a thousand, and they are still flowing downwards. The situation is as spectacular as waterfalls.
This is really evil!
Everyone in the rebel army was very puzzled. Are all these dog officers and soldiers stupid?
Besides eating, it’s all about diarrhea!
So much golden juice was just thrown out yesterday, and so much is produced today.
Unbelievable? ? ?
Could it be that the dog officers and soldiers here took out all the gold juice they had accumulated for half a year?
That would be too appalling!
How much will be the total amount accumulated in half a year?
No one can figure it out for a while!
But there are still a lot of them!
You can eat it for a month.
No Rebel soldier wanted this.
This battle was so depressing!
The dog officers and soldiers didn't go out to fight, they just hid behind the female wall and kept pouring the golden juice!
It really pisses everyone off!
When the capital is conquered, the corpse of the Dog Emperor Chongzhen must be filled with gold juice to relieve his hatred!
Immediately under the city, an ugly monster that was burnt by the golden juice and turned beyond recognition appeared.
Even if the rebel soldiers used a large number of shields as cover, they could not completely prevent this tragic thing from happening.
The nearly boiling golden juice is poured down from a high place, and when it splashes, it will cause great damage.
The gold juice splashed almost ten feet away, and it was impossible to predict where it would land, making it almost impossible for the rebel soldiers to guard against it.
Soon, the situation on the ground became extremely bad. After the golden juice cooled, it immediately mixed with the mud.
It made everyone feel as if they were fighting in a cesspit, and as soon as they stepped on it, half of their feet would be covered in feces and urine.
What made the rebel soldiers even more angry was that they could still hear someone shouting from the top of the city.
"Keep pouring! Don't stop..."
