Just as Xue Rengui said, the next morning, when the squad leaders of the cooking class went to throw away the "leftovers" again, there were already hundreds of old, weak, sick and beggars waiting there.
However, facing the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, they were very well-behaved. After all, this era was not more than a thousand years later, and beggars would dare to be arrogant.
What's more, he is a beggar from Silla, not a beggar from the Tang Dynasty.
Yesterday's situation had been spread by word of mouth among the beggars, but when they opened the barrels today, these beggars were silent.
Because although there are still steamed buns, pickles and the like in the wooden barrel.
But many of those steamed buns are half or even whole buns. Although they are beggars, they are not stupid.
If the leftovers from yesterday's meal were thrown away because they belonged to the wealthy Tang Dynasty, then they would still be able to figure it out.
Like today, it is impossible for them to think that this thing is "leftovers" and needs to be thrown away.
You know, the remaining ones are not just a few. According to this number, it is estimated that there are hundreds of them, and no one can make half a steamed bun.
"Okay, everyone, let's eat. These are what we have left. If you don't want them, we will throw them away." The cooking squad leader who came to lead the team said with a relaxed expression.
In fact, they had done similar work in Datang, except that it was rescue, and this was rescue in another way.
"Thank you all, military masters." These beggars wanted to say something, but in the end they didn't say anything, they just said thank you.
"Hey, you're welcome. We have to thank you. After all, these are leftovers and we always have to deal with them." The cooking squad leader smiled and said, "Well, everyone will line up and try to ensure that everyone has something. ."
These beggars lined up silently, and some of the more vicious-looking beggars also lined up here honestly.
Everyone who received the steamed buns and pickles silently saw the buckets brought by these soldiers. They were different from the dirty-looking wooden buckets used to throw things on the first day. Although today's wooden buckets were a little older, they were But very clean.
Obviously these barrels are not used for dumping garbage at all.
There weren't many steamed buns, and everyone got almost half of them. In the end, there were a dozen or so left, and they were all given to the elderly and weak, and no one had any objections.
After distributing the steamed buns, these soldiers of the Tang Dynasty left. As for whether there would be disputes, robbery, etc., these were not their business.
In other words, they can't speak even if they want to, because it's an order.
But most of the beggars were very smart and ate them on the spot after getting the steamed buns, along with the pickles.
There are only a few left because they still have some old and weak people who need to be taken care of and can't even come here.
But at least they have no one to fight over here. As for whether there will be a fight after leaving here, no one will notice.
At noon, these beggars gathered here again, and this time at noon, the other party had no cover and only gave them the leftover food.
These beggars can only express gratitude.
On the third day, at the same time in the morning, the group of cooking class monitors came here again.
This time they had more steamed buns and pickles.
This time, there were even more beggars gathered. Even the cooking squad leaders saw some children ranging from seven or eight to eleven or twelve years old.
There had been some before, but the number was very small. Obviously they didn't dare to show up. The reason why they showed up this time was probably because they heard about what happened yesterday.
Looking at these skinny beggars, the cooking squad leaders felt uncomfortable, because there were such beggars all over the Tang Dynasty. Although the Tang Dynasty was much richer now, there was still a long way to go before the complete eradication of these beggars. There is a road to go.
"Everyone is here to eat." But the cooking squad leader didn't say anything and just asked them to come and line up.
But this time after they received the items, the cooking squad leader asked them to wait.
After distributing things to everyone, the cooking squad leader walked among the beggars and said, "Hello everyone, it's like this. Everyone knows that the things you eat are not actually things we want to throw away."
Hearing this, many beggars who had not finished eating stopped their movements and waited for the next step.
"It's like this. I don't know what the rules of Silla are, but since you have eaten our food from the Tang Dynasty, you must abide by the rules of the Tang Dynasty."
"Actually, the rules are very simple. There is no such thing as a free lunch. We can give you food, but you must also do what you can to help us."
"I know that your health is not very good, and you all even have disabilities."
"But I hope you can help us find some branches." The cooking squad leader took out a branch about 1.78 meters tall, relatively straight, and as thick as a finger.
"We will use these branches to build some walls. Because this will be the base where Datang will be stationed in the future, so I will trouble everyone." The cooking squad leader said with a smile.
"As for how much, there is no limit on the quantity. Just do what you can. If you are willing, you can just come to this place at noon."
After saying that, the squad leaders of these cooking classes all left.
The beggars were left with a look of astonishment on their faces. They were a lot worried at first when they heard that they had to follow the rules of the Tang Dynasty. But in the end, they found out that the other party just wanted some branches and didn't even have any other requirements. .
There was no requirement for how much, just asking them to help collect whatever they could.
There are forests in the mountains near Jincheng, and there are many woods not far from the dock. It is not difficult to find these branches.
Even the youngest beggar here can probably get a few back.
Basically, most of the beggars here have little communication, because in their daily life, many people snatch food and food from each other, and some of them know each other and even have feelings for each other.
But none of them would choose to communicate here.
There are so many beggars in this port wharf because there are many fishermen here, who can find some catches, or pick some by themselves on the beach. In addition, there are more merchants coming and going here.
How exactly they are going to do it, no one knows.
For ordinary people, no one pays attention to the things of these beggars, because they have more important things.
That is, the Tang army is recruiting workers today. They want to level up and expand the port, and also repair the camp here, so they need to hire a lot of workers!
