Borrow the day to change the day

The kid named Er Gouzi happily introduced the people of Phi Island to Lu Xiangsheng and others because the businessman promised to give him food. I saw the situation of catching fish at low tide on the beach.

Lu Xiangsheng and the others became more and more serious, and the situation was far more serious than he had imagined before.

Let’s just talk about catching fish at low tide on the beach, there are so many people there.If the residents of the island hadn't artificially set up many stone areas to keep more fish, it's hard to say whether the number of people seen now is so many.

Lu Xiangsheng gave Er Gouzi some rewards after watching a circle.Although the money was useless on the island, it was a kindness after all, and then returned to the General Military Mansion with Yan Yingyuan.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng secretly adjusted the order of his next things in his heart.

Originally, he planned to grasp it with several hands, that is, to do military and civil affairs together.

But judging from the current situation, if the civil affairs are not resolved so that the soldiers have no worries, the battle will inevitably be difficult to fight.

Just talking about the eldest brother of Er Gouzi, the soldiers ate very little for some reason, and he had to distribute some to his family, so that he would still have the strength to fight.Even if he was full during the war, he still worried about what his family would do if he died in battle, so he couldn't die.

After Lu Xiangsheng sat down in the back office, he sighed, and said to Yan Yingyuan who was on the side: "Liheng, it seems that the soldiers in Dongjiang Town, unless they are bachelors, have the determination to fight to the death."

Yan Yingyuan nodded, and said with a serious face: "You can't blame them. To be honest, if I were that Ergouzi brother, I wouldn't dare to die in battle!"

"You and I came to Denglai this time on the recommendation of the Marquis of Zhongxing. Some officials of the imperial court dare not neglect us. Even so, I don't have the confidence to build Denglai into a strong town with the little military pay and food on hand. "

When Lu Xiangsheng said this, he sighed and said: "I heard that someone impeached Mao Wenlong for dealing with foreign businessmen without permission and sent people to North Korea to secretly dig ginseng. I was a little bit critical of this before. How can I do such a thing in disregard of the court's laws? It’s not enough to enrich oneself. But now I can understand that this is all forced. If there are no merchants to trade, no things to exchange for some supplies, Dongjiang Town cannot exist.”

After hearing this, Yan Yingyuan echoed and said: "Yes, if the imperial court allocates enough food and money to help resettle the Han people in Liaodong, how can a general do these things at the risk of being impeached to make money! After all, these things he created Everyone knows about the matter and is envied by others, so there will be no good fruit in the long run."

Lu Xiangsheng didn't speak. He lowered his head and was silent for a while, then looked up at Yan Yingyuan and said, "Have you sent the letter to Marquis Zhongxing asking for money to build a ship?"

Yan Yingyuan shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Jiutai, you should know that the soldiers under my command have just started to be formed, and you haven't allocated all the personnel and ships to me. At least I want to know what I have on hand now. How can I write to him?"

After Yan Yingyuan finished speaking, he remembered something again, and continued: "Besides, I don't know if Marquis Zhongxing has returned to the capital, and it's useless to send the letter too early."

Lu Xiangsheng knew that what Yan Yingyuan said was reasonable, so he didn't speak, and began to think about things.

After a while, he stood up and said, "Originally, I thought about giving them some time and delaying the distribution of military pay and food for a day or two, but now I have changed my mind. Big Lu!"

Lu Da responded: "Yes, master."

"You can go and inform Chen Jisheng, the deputy commander of Pidao, that I will start patrolling the soldiers in half an hour and distribute the military pay and food." Lu Xiangsheng ordered.

When Yan Yingyuan heard this, without waiting for Lu Da to agree, he also stood up and said, "Jiutai and so on."

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Yan Yingyuan, not knowing what he wanted.

"Jiutai, you just took office. I'm afraid it won't be easy to change what you said just now. If the military order is changed day and night, I'm afraid it will damage your dignity." Yan Yingyuan reminded.

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head with a heavy expression and said: "Liheng, you have seen the situation. If it was released earlier, it is likely that some people could be saved. This shit is not considered a military order. It was originally intended to give them face and benefit the future. Commander. I can’t take care of it now, and I don’t expect them to dare to complain to me.”

As soon as Lu Da heard that the master had made up his mind, he cupped his fists and saluted, and went out to deliver the order.

Half an hour passed quickly, and Chen Jisheng took all the soldiers in Pidao to be inspected by the new governor in a panic.

Before, there was no food, no morale, so the soldiers had no training.

Although there are no old, weak or disabled in their troops, there are many people who are weak, sallow and emaciated.

Lu Xiangsheng saw that the soldiers in the front row looked better, and their weapons and equipment were much better than those in the back.He knew that these should be the servants of the generals, but the number was too small.

And the rows of soldiers in the back, with broken helmets and broken clothes, ragged clothes, standing without posture, and lifeless.

Lu Xiangsheng felt very heavy in his heart, but he was not interested in reprimanding the generals leading the troops.

He was wearing a scarlet gown, accompanied by guards with silver helmets and bright armor, walking in the ranks of these soldiers, looking a bit out of place.

Lu Xiangsheng saw that these soldiers looked at him with longing, envy, numbness, and some complicated eyes.Thinking about it in my heart, I walked to the middle of the thousands of people and stood still, and then said loudly: "I am Lu Xiangsheng, the new governor of Denglai."

As soon as Lu Xiangsheng's guards heard it, they sent a message to Mr. Zhongcheng in unison. Although there was a sea breeze whistling from time to time, it could reach everyone's ears.

"I know you are suffering, but please rest assured, as long as I, Lu, have a bite to eat, I will never let you go hungry again."

"As long as I, Lu, have clothes to wear, I will never let you suffer from the cold again."

"I will do my best to fight for food and wages from the imperial court, and make proper arrangements for your family."

"I only have one request. If I can do it, you should do it too. Follow me to kill and avenge the captives and restore Liaodong."

What Lu Xiangsheng said made all the soldiers a little surprised. Didn't all the officials who came here before call themselves their own officials, as if they were afraid that others would not know.Now the governor calls himself me and Lu, which is no different from what he usually says.

More importantly, the governor made a promise in front of everyone, which filled their hearts with hope, thinking that the new chief executive would be different and would probably lead them out of their current predicament.

Thinking about it this way, all the soldiers have visions for the future, and they are full of affection for the approachable Lu Xiangsheng.

Lu Xiangsheng didn't say anything more, and directly ordered to line up for payment.

Chen Jisheng looked at Lu Xiangsheng's tall back with complicated eyes, and was a little hard to understand his behavior. He felt that Lord Zhongcheng's attitude towards soldiers and generals was exactly the opposite of others.

Lu Xiangsheng saw that the guards he had brought were supervising and directing the soldiers on the island to receive their salaries and food, then he turned to ask Chen Jisheng and other generals behind him, "Are there still Liaodong refugees escaping here?"