The farmers didn't know Ming Dynasty copper coins at first, but they guessed that they were money, so they were very surprised, a little stunned, and didn't dare to accept them.
When did our own troops pay for their food?
Isn’t this a common practice that everyone knows well?
The soldiers of the Ming army then called local officials and asked them to translate, saying that the Ming army had regulations and could not take anything from the people.
All the needs of the Ming Dynasty's army are provided by the state and come from taxes paid by the people, so they can no longer take anything from the people.
If you take it for a reason, you must pay, otherwise it will be a violation of military discipline and you will be severely punished.
After hearing this, the local officials looked extremely shocked. It took them a while to react, and they stammered and told the local farmers what the Ming army meant.
The farmers were also very unaccustomed to accepting the copper coins given to them by the Ming army - although they were not national coins, the value of the physical coins was the coins themselves, regardless of who issued them.
Besides, as a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, it was only a matter of time before the Ming Dynasty coins became the common currency in the Kingdom of Western Karakhan.
After the farmers accepted the coins, they showed them to the experienced old people in the village. After the old people looked at them, they said they were copper coins. These copper coins were still enough and were worth more than all the grain they gave put together. .
The farmers were surprised and truly felt that the Ming army was unusual, and their stereotypes about the army were impacted.
They thought about it and felt uncomfortable, so they sent some strong men to work in the fields from the next day, and thanked the Ming army in person for their help.
Nothing bad happened in the tentative contact, and the Ming soldiers still did the same thing.
They did not carry any weapons, worked from sunrise to sunset, and did not violate the common people. They ate the food they brought, drank the water they brought, slept on the straw mats they brought, and used broken farm tools as compensation.
The local people gradually became accustomed to the presence of the Ming army and their help, and gradually relaxed their original guard against them.
Gradually, not only strong men, but also children and women dared to appear in front of Ming soldiers.
The Ming army still maintained the same military discipline as before and got along well with them. Gradually, they no longer just farmed the fields, but also helped the farmers with other things.
For example, they will help families who lack labor to carry water, chop firewood, and carry heavy objects. When they find that local people are short of food, they will also give part of their own rations to the people.
When someone fell ill in the countryside, the Ming army's military doctors organized themselves to go to the countryside with medicinal materials, diagnose and treat the farmers' illnesses for free, and decoction medicines to save lives.
When the army distributes benefits such as candies and fruits, the soldiers will also share these benefits with local children.
Children are the most innocent. After eating sweet candies, they become the most welcoming and fond of the Ming Army. They are very friendly to them and are no longer afraid of them.
Although there was a language barrier, the two parties were able to have some simple communication, including calling and gesticulating.
More than a month later, the rural areas in the Hezhong area basically accepted the presence of the Ming army.
They dared to work in the fields with the Ming army soldiers, and they dared to accept the Ming army soldiers into their houses to sit and drink water. They did not feel afraid when the Ming army soldiers entered their yards to help them dive into the water and chop wood.
The women and children in the family will no longer hide. Even when the Ming army soldiers lined up to work in the village in the morning, the children in the village would take the initiative to welcome them. The women also dared to take the initiative to bring food to the Ming army soldiers. Thanks for his help.
Of course, Ming army soldiers must pay as usual. If the farmers did not accept the money, the soldiers would not accept any food. So the farmers had no choice but to accept the money, and the soldiers accepted the food with a smile.
When the sun was too strong or it was windy or rainy, farmers would invite Ming soldiers to take shelter inside their houses.
The soldiers of the Ming army refused to enter, and they would force the soldiers to enter their houses to take shelter from the rain and wind. Some elderly people would wipe their bodies for them as if they were feeling sorry for their nephews, which was very considerate.
The two parties still cannot communicate verbally freely, but just by relying on some body language and calling sounds, the two parties can understand each other's meaning. The language barrier does not seem to prevent the two parties from being emotionally close.
The goodwill of the people was also understood by Su Haisheng and other high-ranking officials of the Ming army, so the Ming army would also organize some warm-hearted activities to care for widowed and lonely families, and regularly sent them meat, oil, rice and noodles to help them live a little easier.
In addition to farm work, what made the people more willing to accept the Ming army was that the Ming army struck hard at the bandits and robbers in this area, sweeping away all the bandit troubles that the kingdom's officers and soldiers could not or were unwilling to solve in the past.
After learning that bandits and bandits were causing serious trouble in rural areas, Su Haisheng asked local officials why they didn't deal with it.
The local officials stammered that they did not have the ability, while Su Haisheng sneered, mocking them not because they were incapable, but because they simply did not want to do what they considered a thankless task.
"People are already working very hard. If safety cannot be guaranteed and they have to bear the risks themselves, how can this situation be maintained for a long time?"
So Su Haisheng informed Masud and personally sent people to investigate the location and existence of the bandits in the river area. After that, he organized the Ming army many times to launch sweeping attacks against the bandits.
As long as the existence of bandits and bandits is discovered, they will definitely pursue them to the end and never let go. The Ming army's cavalry galloped across the battlefield, and it was even easier to deal with these bandits and bandits.
In one and a half months, the Ming army killed and captured more than 3,000 bandits and bandits, destroyed more than 30 of their lairs, and conducted public trials and executions on them to serve as a warning to others. It greatly improved the security problems in the Hezhong area. Improved people's sense of security.
As a result, not to mention the farmers in the countryside, even the businessmen and citizens in the city praised the Ming army, saying that they were worthy of being the "King's Master", and looked forward to further "bathing kings".
There is no human being who does not want good public security and a sense of security. Specifically speaking, businessmen who travel all over the world want good traffic conditions and a public security environment.
But even such a small request is something that most regimes cannot provide. The controllers of most regimes in the world just want to enjoy their rights without taking on responsibilities.
So after two months, Mas'ud, who didn't like to take responsibility, became a little bit impatient.
He was extremely shocked when he heard that the Ming army had actually developed to the point where they worked on the land with the local people, and were even invited into people's homes to take shelter from the rain and wind.
What does this mean?
As a ruler, Mas'ud knew very well that this meant that the people's hearts and minds had been won by the Ming army.
The Ming army could actually win the hearts and minds of people in foreign lands thousands of miles away!
Moreover, the languages of the two sides are different. Local officials described their communication as a combination of shouting and gestures, and they were unable to utter even a complete word during the whole process. However, despite this, they were accepted by the people and won the hearts of the people.
Farmers welcome them and are even willing to share their precious food with them.
City residents also welcomed them, because the Ming army helped them eliminate their inner enemies and wiped out more than 3,000 bandits and bandits, allowing them to live and do business in peace of mind.
As a result, the city residents also praised the Ming army, praised the "benevolence" of this new sovereign state, and looked forward to receiving more benefits.
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