The front of the bandit army following closely behind was also severely affected.
Blocked below the mountain ridge, they fell into chaos.
Guo Zhenyue is worthy of being able to annex major forces and unify the overall situation in Hedong. His troops are quite organized.
Seeing the chaos at the front, the troops behind them immediately stopped their march.
Zhen Wu led his men to the entrance of the mountain pass, fired a burst of arrows, and then quickly retreated.
The bandits abandoned nearly a hundred corpses and injured many more.
After learning that a school captain had been beheaded, the troops in the rear were frightened.
They did not dare to attack rashly again, but reorganized their formation under the mountain road.
And, he spent a lot of effort to send the cart up the mountain in an attempt to restrain Zhen Wu's horses.
Zhen Wu stood behind a stone, bent his bow and knocked down one person, then said to Gai Yue: "These thieves are still very smart. It will be difficult to deal with them when they push the cart up."
Gai Yue nodded: "Let's see how the lord responds."
Grain depot.
Everyone has arrived.
There are two stones of rice piled at the feet of each person.
On the rice, there was a stack of copper coins.
On a normal day, these things would make these honest coolies cheer for joy.
But now, it is far from enough.
Even, they kind of want to laugh.
Now the bandits from Hedong are coming, and everyone's lives are in danger.
With such a small thing, the Sixth Prince wants them to fight for it?
You really treat an honest person as a fool!
Even Qian Hongxue frowned.
Not to mention such a small amount of money, even if it were doubled ten times, it would not be enough to make these most dedicated people work hard.
Looking at the group of people in front of him, Zhou Che smiled: "Do you think these are rewards to encourage you to work hard?"
"Isn't it..." someone said weakly.
"no!"
Zhou Che shook his head and said, "These are your salary!"
"Salary money?"
"yes!"
Zhou Che nodded and raised his voice: "Now, I want to talk to you about the treatment issue."
"Anyone who works as a regular worker in our salt factory will have their food and accommodation borne by the salt factory. In addition, they will be given a monthly salary of two stones per meter and a salary of five hundred yuan!"
"As long as you take sick leave and bereavement leave, you will receive your salary."
“If someone is disabled due to a work-related injury, the salt factory is responsible for providing him with old age care.”
“If someone dies in a salt factory and becomes disabled and becomes unable to serve, his or her official position can be passed on to the children of his family.”
"If anyone dies in the salt factory, my wife, children, and children will be raised by me!"
Um! ?
Qian Hongxue and the coolies in the field suddenly raised their heads - is there such a good thing? !
How can this kind of thing be called a coolie? !
After being shocked, someone asked in a trembling voice: "Your Highness... you are not lying to us, are you?"
Zhou Che stood still with his sword and shouted loudly: "Mang Mountain is at your feet. Zhou Che swears by this mountain and his identity as the prince! If you violate this oath, God will hate you!"
Big reward?
It can be.
But now he is facing two problems. First, there is insufficient cash on Yanshan Mountain, and it is impossible for the enemy to let him go home to withdraw money.
Second, in the face of strong men, these honest people don't have the courage to hold on to gold!
But some things, in the eyes of honest people, are more valuable than gold.
That is the end of the universe in Zhou Che's world - the establishment!
For honest people, gold cannot be kept.
But people are making this stuff up - and Zhou Che goes a step further, saying that if you die due to a work injury, this stuff can still be passed on to your family.
For those at the bottom who have difficulty filling their stomachs and whose families starve to death and freeze to death every winter, isn’t this more fragrant than gold?
Among the shouts, someone asked a very practical question: "Your Highness, how to become a formal worker?"
"Easy! Live until tomorrow morning!"
Zhou Che drew his sword and pointed at the door: "Throw rocks and trees, build deer antlers, deliver arrows, and carry the wounded."
"As long as you dare to go out and resist the thieves who are climbing mountains."
"It doesn't take long, as long as you can hold on until dawn."
"After dawn, we are defeated. Even if we hand over this salt factory to the Hedong thieves, you are still considered to be full-time workers."
"However, if you retreat and surrender before dawn, you will miss it for life."
"Now, anyone who dares to compete for a regular job can follow me out of the warehouse."
"Those who don't dare to fight, let them go!"
The crowd was in an uproar and talking a lot.
Time was running out and Zhou Che would not waste it with them.
After saying that, he led Qian Hongxue out.
This group of poor people living at the bottom of the class were all in trance when they saw Zhou Che walking out.
In their eyes, it was not only Zhou Che who walked out, but also the lives of their wives, children, and children, and their lifelong stability...
"Yeah!"
Someone slapped him on the face and scolded him: "You coward! If you dare to fight for such a good opportunity, are you going to be a slut for the rest of your life?!"
After cursing, he ran out and chased Zhou Che's back: "Your Highness, I'm willing to do it!"
boom--
The crowd came out in full force.
"I do too!"
Qian Hongxue looked back and saw a crowd of people.
This group of honest people who were scared out of their wits suddenly became inspired.
Morale is worlds apart.
Her unruly beautiful eyes were full of surprise: "Your Highness, you are so powerful, you can win people's hearts!"
"Honest people are only willing to fight for their interests if they touch them." Zhou Che said: "However, if you want to retreat from the enemy, they alone are not enough."
It is good to have morale, but morale is not enough to fight a war.
Putting aside combat capabilities, numbers, weapons, etc., doesn’t the opponent have morale?
In order to regain control of the salt factory, Guo Zhenyue will definitely promise heavy rewards to his subordinates!
"They are not enough, what else can be done?" Qian Hongxue asked.
Li He went, but so far there is no news.
The bandit army is still unscrupulous, which can fully explain: the cavalry camp has no action!
Zhou Che's eyes turned cold: "Seize the army!"
The bandit army has completed its reorganization.
With the cart, large shield, and spear in front, they slowly advanced.
In this way, relying on Baiqi alone has no effect at all.
When Zhen Wu was in power, Zhou Che came and returned with more than 2,000 coolies.
These people have completely changed their previous situation.
Following Zhou Che's order, everyone put themselves into their respective positions in accordance with the previous regulations.
He was carrying wood and rocks, then he lifted them angrily and threw them down!
"Brothers, kill them!"
"Fuck! Carry it until dawn, and you won't have to worry about it in this life!"
"My father is starving to death. As long as he can keep this job, my mother will not die of hunger and can even find a wife!"
Excited exchanges replace the usual shouting at work and encourage each other's morale.
The thieves changed their marching method, and the defense was tighter, but the speed was also slower.
The coolies who actively resisted caused wood and rocks to fall like rain on the mountains.
Some shields were smashed and people were killed.
Someone held a shield to hold it, and his body sank, trying to hold on.
Boom boom boom——
The trees and rocks above kept coming one after another, shocking people through the shields until they vomited blood.
Looking at the coolies who were dying of blood, Zhen Wu was dumbfounded: "Your Highness, what did you feed them?"
"It's nothing, I just created an iron rice bowl." Zhou Che said.
"Iron rice bowl?" Zhen Wu scratched his head in confusion.
"Is it possible to take them and hold on until dawn?" Zhou Che asked.
Zhen Wu gritted his teeth and nodded: "Okay!"
"Okay!" Zhou Che patted his shoulder and said seriously: "Before dawn, I will lead the army to fight back."
"Let this wave of thieves pay the price!"
Zhen Wu was surprised and asked: "Where is the army?"
Zhou Che sneered: "Grab it!"
Rob?
Can the army rob it? !
On the river boat, news of the war arrived.
"Captain Zuo was killed."
"The attack failed, and the coolies on Mang Mountain went into battle and resisted with wood and rocks."
"oh?"
Hearing these things, Guo Zhenyue was quite surprised, but he did not lose his composure. He was just surprised: "The salt factory has just opened, and the coolies have just been recruited. How can we persuade them to actively resist."
"As sir said, this sixth prince has his own tricks."
Jia Dao twirled his beard and frowned: "Since ancient times, as a ruler, the one who can win people's hearts is the strongest."
"Mr. Guo, if we can't kill him tonight, I'm afraid I might be trampled by him in the east of the river in the future!"
Guo Zhenyue's eyes suddenly shrank: "Sir's words are too much to look down on him!"
"Send an order to order two thousand crossbow battalions to dock immediately to support Mang Mountain."
"Within an hour, if Mang Mountain cannot be broken, the general will be killed and the deputy general will take over the command."
"In another hour, if Mang Mountain is still not broken, I will kill the deputy general and join the army to take over the command!"
Such a strict order shocked the ordering soldier and quickly responded: "Here!"
Guo Zhenyue looked at Mang Mountain from a distance and said softly: "A lion fights a rabbit with all his strength."
"Zhou Che, your struggle is meaningless!"
