The era of all the princes

Chapter 242 Two brothers of the Wei family.
Since the pirates invaded and the state was in chaos, there were only two good places, one pass and one Fuchuan. After many pirates landed, these two places quickly fell into the hands of two big thief groups.

One is the Xingba Pirates who were very popular some time ago, and the other is a new force that has returned from a distant country in the west, called the Whitebeard Pirates.

Two people, one person and one harbor city, are unshakable, which makes many pirates who come ashore very dissatisfied.

A few tried to fight for it, but the results were disastrous. They showed too much strength. It is said that there are also forces from the Huai'an Guangming Sect to support them. Not only are the soldiers strong and horses are strong, the food is sufficient, and there are many believers to support them. Don't dare to provoke easily.

After all, although the pirates are powerful, they are all divided small forces. Thousands of thieves under their command are the first-class forces. Even if some refugees are engulfed, most of them are at the level of tens of thousands, and those refugees do not even have decent weapons. And those two guys didn't know where they got the armor and cavalry, so most of the bandits didn't dare to provoke them.

After all, everyone is here to reap benefits, not to seek death, right?Don't look at it, are you not interested in those cities guarded by regular troops?

So like this, the reputation of the two places spread farther and farther, and some dubious people began to approach these two places cautiously, those who did not want to get involved in gangs.
After the two cousins ​​Wei Xiaoming and Wei Da were arranged to enlist in the army, they each received a brand new set of mail armor and sword shield.

This made Wei Xiaoming excited all afternoon. He planned to join the army from the very beginning. He had thick bones and was willing to grow in size since he was young. Since he was very young, he had the ambition to get famous immediately.

After the troubled times, the family was forced to come to Bingzhou to visit relatives, but they learned that their relatives had accidents long ago, so they could only become refugees. Brother Wei Da is dependent on each other.

Originally, he also wanted to gain a fortune in this troubled world, but he didn't expect to be kidnapped and boarded a thief ship at the very beginning of his dream, and he even helped the tyrant to do evil, living like a walking dead.

But he didn't expect that when he thought he was going to be condemned to death by the female general along with Huang San and those guys, he was taken under the army. Looking at the brand-new armor at this time, Wei Xiaoming suddenly felt reborn. Can't wait to show it right away.

In the temporarily assigned house, Wei Da glanced at his brother with disdain: "As for it? You've been touching all day, and you still sleep? You're not a woman, do you still want to touch all night?"

Wei Xiao took a look at his cousin, curled his lips and said, "What do you know? This is good armor. Look at how fine the iron buckles are. There are at least tens of thousands of iron buckles in this pair of armor. It is breathable and flexible to wear. I tried it with a knife just now, and it has top-notch protection, this is the armor only a general can wear!"

"Come on." Wei Da sneered and said, "I see that everyone here is well-dressed."

"So this army is not simple." Wei Xiaoming said in a low voice: "It is definitely not a bandit force. Look at what the regular soldiers who used to guard the Zijing Pass wore? Can it compare with ours? Those bandits recruit people. When you join the group, you can’t even wield a short knife, and you can use dung forks and wooden sticks as weapons, can it be the same as here?”

"That's true." Wei Da nodded, "and the food here is pretty good."

Thinking of the afternoon, everyone has such a big bowl of broth, and the dry goods in it are almost half a bowl, not to mention that the steamed buns are enough, even the private soldiers raised by those generals may not be able to eat so good!

I don't know how many meals I can eat such a good thing, but in this world, if I can live a few days like this, I can earn a few days.

"I think being here can fulfill my ambition!" Wei Xiaoming said with great ambition.

"Ambition? To be a general?" Wei Da said with a chuckle, "Don't talk about those girls who look like nightshades, they are those military men who had dinner together today. Can you see clearly? They are all full of tendons, and their aura is stronger than those of those thieves. It’s amazing, didn’t you see it in the practice field this afternoon? Any man can lift a stone lock of three hundred catties, I think we can do it here, at most we can be cooks.”

"You are the cook!" Wei Xiaoming blushed with anger, and angrily went to sleep on his own bed, as if he didn't want to talk to him.

Wei Da shook his head amusedly. This cousin of his family looks simple and honest, but in fact he is also clever, but he often doesn't recognize the reality clearly. Of course, the power here is not simple. Which one of those military men can take it out with The existence of a top ten?I'm afraid it will be difficult for this stupid brother of my family to get ahead here.

But it's still good to have a good meal, such thighs are not easy to find on weekdays.

On the second day, as Wei Da said, the two were assigned chores, and the task was to arrange centralized management of the newly arrived refugees.

Including arranging for the refugees to use the latrines uniformly, hot boiled water, centralized distribution of meals, etc. Obviously, it is the work of the cooks, even more difficult than the cooks, because the latrines need to be cleaned. There are too many people in the city and there are not enough Ye Xianglang. On the top of the able sergeant, they are newcomers, so they naturally have to do the dirty work.

So after sweeping the cesspit for two or three days, Wei Xiaoming's ambition was cooled down a lot.
However, Wei Da became more and more optimistic about this force. At first he thought that these refugees were gathered for human trafficking, but it turned out not to be the case. Generally, after only two or three days of concentration, they would start to assign jobs to the refugees, or go to the wharf to transport them. , or to reclaim the abandoned fields, or to transport grain to Huai'an, they are all used by ordinary people, and the treatment is much better than that of the imperial court.

The imperial court employed mostly free corvée, and had to bring their own dry food. Here, not only the food was paid, but also the wages were paid, and the daily payment was paid. This kind of treatment has never been heard in several dynasties.

The key is to be able to sustain it.

Wei Da came to two conclusions. The forces behind this scene not only have money, but also great ambitions.——
"General Liu is here?" A middle-aged man who was counting the newly shipped grain at the county government storehouse quickly saluted after seeing Liu Yan. The man was the former county magistrate of Guankou County: Li Wenshan.

"My lord, you don't need to be too polite." Liu Yan waved her hand, then looked at the granary: "How is it? Is there enough food?"

"Enough, enough. Another ten thousand refugees will be enough." Li Wenshan nodded again and again: "Thanks to you this time, we were able to establish such a sanctuary in troubled times. God's grace!"

Liu Yan smiled slightly, this guy is sensible, he knows that all this has nothing to do with the prince, unlike the other guy, who speaks and shuts the merits of the prince, obviously this person can see clearly
"How many people are there?" Liu Yan asked with concern.

This is their biggest mission here, and it cannot be ignored
(End of this chapter)