In the south of Liangzhou City, a large number of young men were tied up with hemp ropes around their ankles and both feet.
Under the escort of supervisors sent by various ministries and families, they prepared to open Liangzhou City and began to participate in the task of repairing Liangzhou City Defense.
Opposite to the hemp ropes that bound them were numb faces.
Some of these numb faces are yellow, some are dark brown, and each of them has some kind of dirt on them.
Mud that dries quickly, the remaining shells left after applying certain greases in winter, and even small pieces of livestock dung.
As for the head, it was a mess, with all kinds of grass clippings all over the head. There were ravines on the face and hands, and it was just short of being engraved with the word "suffering".
Most, no! It should be said that no one had any shoes, and their huge black feet were just stepping on the ground.
The fat and muscular overseer crackled his whip, driving Ding Zhuang forward.
The numbness on Ding Zhuang's face comes from the complete despair of life. At this time, the heads of various tribes and clans will be sent to build the city wall, even in the Ammo Liugu tribe, which has been very difficult. Among the people, they also belong to the lowest level.
This can be seen from their physical condition. It is already the end of September, which is the harvest season of the year. Logically speaking, it should be the rare time of the year when they can eat enough, but they still look like they have yellow faces and muscles.
With such physical conditions, it is foreseeable that a large number of young people will die from heavy labor that exceeds their physical load during the repair of the city wall.
Death from exhaustion is a very common way to die in this era. In fact, it was the Republic of China in later generations. When Zhang Zhao was a child, he also saw a man who tired himself out and vomited blood in order to make more money in his hometown coal mine.
'Snapped! The sound of the whip sounded crisply. Zhang Zhao looked at the Zhaowu Gate at the south gate of Liangzhou. He saw a staggering Ding Zhuang. He fell to the ground for some reason, and then brought all the Ding Zhuang around him down. .
The person fell on his back, and the supervisor raised his whip and started beating him blindly. However, those who were beaten just got up quickly, and no one cried out in pain.
Something called habit and resignation, along with the sound of whips in the air, quickly created ripples in Zhang Zhao's heart.
'call! Zhang Zhao took a long breath, and Ding Zhuang, who caused the chaos in the team, was pulled out of the crowd by the supervisor.
This time he was not beaten by a horse whip, but punched and kicked by the overseer. He was soon knocked to the ground, causing only dust to fly.
Zhang Zhao looked around, and everyone at the south gate turned a blind eye to this. No matter whether it was Guo Tiance, Wu Yuan'er, or people like Shan Zhu'er and Dunzhu who were born in poverty, they didn't think there was any problem with this. It was obviously this era. Something that everyone takes for granted.
'call! Zhang Zhao took another breath. He still couldn't turn a blind eye. In these aspects, he might never be able to integrate.
"Dunzhu, go and tell the dog to stop fighting. This is mine to build the city wall. If it's injured and killed, tell him to come and repair it for me!"
Perhaps in the Central Plains, Zhang Zhao would introduce the principle of a benevolent couple loving each other. Unfortunately, this is Hexi. People who can calculate two-digit addition and subtraction clearly and recognize a hundred or ten characters are educated people. If you tell them this, they will understand it at all. No.
"Stop the fire and cook. Don't eat too much meat for the first meal. Just make more pancakes and meat sauce. Let each of them wash themselves off for me. Yin Yaozi, you are in charge here."
Zhang Zhao suddenly left in a daze, his desire to see how cities were built in this era suddenly diminished a lot.
Zhang Zhao never imagined that after he left, the young men, who had not resisted much despite being beaten, would cause a huge fuss over being asked to take a bath.
These poor young men thought that this was the master of Liangzhou City again, and they didn't know how to punish them, so there were crying and struggling people everywhere.
Yin Yaozi sneered a few times, then waved his hand, and the cooks drawn from the Guiyi Army immediately increased their power and started working.
After a while, smoke began to rise, and the aroma of food drifted in.
The snow-white steamed buns are steaming hot, soft, glutinous and sweet. Taking a bite is like going to heaven.
The crispy sesame cake is dotted with a lot of sesame seeds and tastes extremely crispy.
The miso soup with salt, pepper, soy sauce and daikon is even more delicious.
"If you want to eat, you have to wash yourself damn well. If you don't wash yourself clean, if so many people live together, what will happen if the Karmapa says... well, it will spread serious diseases anyway!
Not only do you have to wash your body, but your hair is also cut short. Who the hell dares to say no? I don’t recognize anyone with my long knife! "
Zhang Zhao just wanted to give these young men a bath to get rid of insects, so as to avoid causing large-scale infectious diseases.
But Yin Yaozi didn't believe it. He thought that Zhang Zhao did this specifically to rectify these young men and to give them a warning to facilitate future management.
Therefore, he went one step further than Zhang Zhao. The lice and other things are all in the hair and beard. They are directly shaped like a bhikshuni and shaved off for you.
This will also give these young men a more powerful start and make them easier to manage.
Lime was mixed with boiling water, and the big scissors were applied directly to the head. Suddenly, people howled like a slaughtered pig outside the south gate of Liangzhou.
The more than 2,000 young men who arrived earlier were left crying and wailing as they were manipulated and 'served' by Yin Yaozi.
A large number of residents of Liangzhou City who had nothing to do also gathered around the South City Gate, laughing and watching. When the young men saw that there were people watching, they howled louder.
"Why are you crying? This is an order from the military envoy. This old man is a Buddhist Dharma King. He may be shaving your ordination and blessing you!" A soldier from the Guiyi Army holding a pair of scissors shouted dissatisfied.
The crowd watched and laughed with laughter until the white flour steamed pancakes, sesame pancakes and miso soup were served, and the situation immediately changed.
These are white flour steamed cakes and fine flax cakes. Even people in Liangzhou City rarely get to eat them except during the holidays.
They were immediately greedy, and they went from laughing to shouting with envy, jealousy, and hatred.
Ding Zhuang outside the south gate had a mouthful of steamed white flour cakes and a sip of miso soup. They didn't expect such treatment at all. While they were overjoyed, they didn't forget the ridicule the Liangzhou people had just given them.
For some people who are born to escape, after eating a good meal, the other side of their souls finally breaks away from obedience and numbness and jumps out.
They held steamed cakes and flax cakes and sang and danced, which made the Liangzhou people watching the excitement so angry that they really wanted to rush up and give them a good beating.
The two sides were playing monkeys, singing and dancing inside and outside the South Gate. The atmosphere was extremely lively, but both sides felt that the other was a monkey and they were humans.
Yuesaonu sniffed loudly. Unlike the others, Yuesaonu was chosen to build the city because his father died young, his family was in decline and he was bullied by his second uncle.
When his father was still alive and his mother had not remarried and disappeared, Yue Sao Nu could always eat white flour steamed cakes once or twice a month.
The other Dingzhuangs may have smelled the fragrance, but they didn't know what it was or how delicious it was. Yue Saonu knew.
"Grab it!" His hair was cut off and his body was reddened by lime and boiling water, but Yue Saonu only tied a piece of cloth around his crotch for a moment, then howled and rushed over.
This is a white flour steamed cake. It will be gone if you leave it too late. In the Ministry of Agriculture, no matter what, as long as it is a material that can be used to survive, grabbing it is the most direct and effective way.
'winter! Yuesao Nu, who ran over, felt like he had been hit hard on the head. The stick must have been thicker, and his head was buzzing.
But this does not affect his speed, because he has experienced this level of stick attacks countless times since he was a child.
So much so that when he was hit on the head, he had no concept of pain. He only felt that the stick that hit him should be very thick.
Guo Guangcheng was stunned. He had clearly hit the guy on the head with the stick in his hand. Why didn't he react at all?
This is a stick! Guo Guangcheng suddenly realized that he hit his head hard with the stick in his hand.
'winter! '
'Ouch! '
He screamed in pain! how could be? It hurts to hit someone!
Yue Sao Nu still couldn't grab the white flour steamed cake, because as he screamed, "Grab it!" ' Shouting, a large circle of Dingzhuang around him exploded, and countless people followed him, rushing to grab it.
However, Dunzup had endured hardships and was much more experienced than Guo Guangcheng, the son of a Nestorian sage.
Under his leadership, hundreds of people were already waiting. They didn't use sticks because they didn't dare to use force with this thing. They just used leather whips, which was painful and didn't require tension.
This is a good beating! The situation was finally stabilized.
He didn't eat the white flour steamed cakes and was beaten. Yuesaonu and the dozens of Dingzhuang who initially ran over to grab them were driven away by Dunzhu.
When they see others eating deliciously, they feel greedy in their hearts! It's worse than a whip.
"The Bodhisattva, the military envoy, is kind-hearted, even if he is doing corvee service, he has ordered that no matter what, you will be fed.
No matter how many people come, how many people go back, the sick are treated, and the work is done well, and there is still meat.
But, you dog slaves, remember the rules for me! You must abide by Lao Tzu's rules and do whatever you are told. Those who make trouble are setting an example! "
Dunzhu was shouting, but Yue Saonu couldn't hear anything clearly. There was only a voice yelling in his head, steamed cakes! White flour steamed cake! There are white flour steamed cakes to eat here!
