Ma Cheng knew that ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty had two meals, and breakfast was sparse. Only laborers in the family could eat a dry meal in the afternoon, and other women and children could only eat a thin meal, so Ma Cheng guaranteed that they had three dry meals a day was too lethal.

Gu Xiying has been following Ma Cheng for a long time and didn't say anything along the way. Now that he heard Ma Cheng say this, he quickly whispered from the side: "Master, three meals a day have passed, even the border army only eats two food a day, how much money does it cost to eat three food a day!"

Ma Cheng glared at Gu Xiying and said sternly: "It's in the army now. If you want to follow the Second Master, don't talk. If you talk nonsense, go back!"

Gu Xiying was scolded by Ma Cheng and could not refute her. As long as she suppressed the tears in her eyes, Ma Cheng did not deliberately scold Gu Xiying. Ma Cheng wanted to maintain his position as a singular person in the army, so naturally there was no opposition.

After Ma Cheng finished coaching Gu Xiying, he said to Gu Changwei: "Gu San, you can prepare dinner for the evening later, three steamed buns per person, a bowl of porridge, and a slice of fat meat for each person! Remember that each slice of meat cannot be less than two taels of weight!"

Ma Cheng immediately finished speaking and cheered. After all, the most basic guarantee for a person is to have a full meal. Ma Cheng firmly tied the hearts of these hundred people with this meal.

After solving the problem of eating, we must solve the problem of living. Ma Cheng looked at everyone who had finished eating, and stood in the car and whispered loudly: "Now everyone has a full meal, and the next step is to build our house!"

Ma Cheng pointed to the rows of houses on the side of the schoolyard and said, "Did you see it? It's where you live. We will clean it out in the afternoon. We are not allowed to eat until we finish it!"

Ma Cheng found that not allowing food to be eaten in this era is the most severe punishment method. As expected, these guys were not allowed to eat at night when they heard that they would not finish their work, and they all promised to complete the task.

The work in the afternoon was very simple. Ma Cheng and his men sorted out several beds, and the roof leaks were repaired. At this time, Gu Changwei also bought the food he needed for the evening.

Gu Changwei learned this time, and the finished product he bought directly at noon would be more expensive. If he continued to eat like this, his 100 taels of silver would not last for a few days. So in the afternoon, Gu Changwei prepared the ingredients, five stones of flour, fifteen stones of brown rice, two fat pigs, the remaining cages, iron pots, etc., all of them were prepared. Even the chef Gu Changwei prepared it, but it was not a professional chef, but Ma Shun who went to find him and hired five big-footed wives from the wives of the craftsmen to prepare meals for these Qiuba.

Ma Cheng brought people to repair the house, Gu Changwei and five cooks began to prepare supper in another room. Soon the aroma of steamed meat came over. The hundred people did not expect that Mr. Ma really prepared meat for them, and they worked so hard that the roof was renovated soon.

With the experience of noon, these guys learned the rules and lined up in front of the kitchen door, waiting for the meal to start.

While waiting for the meal, Ma Cheng called Xu Dahu and eleven people over and said to them: "You eleven are the leaders of these hundred people now. Second Master knows that many of you have official positions, so it is indeed a bit incompetent to let you manage ten people, but don't worry, in the future, when the Second Master is developed, you will be the general, and the admiral can do it!"

Xu Dahu and others had already returned to Ma Cheng. After hearing what Ma Cheng said, they knelt on one knee and promised to train these farmers into elite soldiers.

Ma Cheng nodded and said, "Xu Dahu, you are the hundred households of this hundred people! The remaining ten people are small flags, each of whom is responsible for ten soldiers!" The military-style 10 households in the Ming Dynasty were under the jurisdiction of two general flags, each of which was under the jurisdiction of five small flags, and each small flag manages ten soldiers. Now there are small flags of a hundred households, and there are still two general flags.

Ma Cheng looked at the ten people, among which the original chief flag was Tian Boguang, whose original name was Tian Liu, and the other was Xu Dingguo. Ma Cheng looked at the two of them and said, "Tian Boguang, Xu Dingguo, you two temporarily serve as the chief flag. If you don't do well, you will be exempted!"

Among these eleven people, Xu Dahu has the highest official position, and everyone else is similar, so Xu Dahu has no objection to being a hundred households. Now Ma Cheng has made Tian Boguang and Xu Dingguo become the general banner, and Xie Guangkun, who is also the general banner, is quit.

Xie Guangkun stepped forward and bowed and asked, "Second Master, the last general is also the general banner. Why can the two of them be appointed equally? The last general is to be appointed as the small banner?"

Tian Boguang saw Xie Guangkun saying this and cursed: "Xie Si, what are you? You still farmed when I was a soldier in Guiyang! If you weren't lucky, could you be the general flag?"

Xu Dahu was the chief officer. When he saw his subordinates wanting to have internal conflicts, he immediately stood up and cursed: "What do you guys want to do? Do you want to make a fuss? What is the second master saying? Xie Si, do you have any objection?"

Xie Guangkun knelt down on one knee when he heard Xu Dahu say this, "Second Master, Mo Cheng dare not refute what you mean, but Mo Cheng thinks that his ability is stronger than Tian Boguang!"

When Ma Cheng heard Xie Guangkun say this, he didn't explain anything, but asked with his eyes narrowed and said, "Xu Dahu, Second Master, I heard that there are 17 bans and fifty-four beheadings in the army. What is the crime of not ruling the order of the general?"

The military law of the Ming Dynasty adhered to the military law of the Qin Dynasty. Those who committed fifty-four beheadings were all the consequences. Xu Dahu heard Ma Cheng say this and quickly bowed his hands and said, "Sir, the fourth one of the fifty-four beheadings is: there are many complaints, angering the chief general, and not obeying the constraints, it is even more difficult to control. This is called forming an army, and those who violate it will kill him!" Xu Dahu was frightened by Ma Cheng's momentum, and unknowingly turned his name from the Second Master to the Lord.

Ma Cheng nodded: "Okay, Xie Si, you eleven of you were in Huaiyang Tower and swore to the sky to follow me. Now what should you do if you violate the military order?"

Xie Guangkun was sweating after hearing what Ma Cheng said. Although he was not afraid of Ma Cheng, he was afraid of Ma Cheng's son Ma Shiying. Xie Guangkun quickly knelt on his knees and begged for mercy: "Sir, I'm wrong!"

At this time, everyone could see that Ma Cheng was serious and knelt down to help Xie Guangkun plead with him. Even Tian Boguang, who was scolded by him just now, knelt down to plead with him.

Of course, Ma Cheng couldn't kill his subordinates on the first day. Today, Ma Cheng took this opportunity to establish his prestige. The army is the place where prestige is the most important. Without prestige, is it still called an army?

Ma Cheng looked at Xie Guangkun, who was sweating profusely, pretended to ponder for a while and said, "Since your robes are pleading for you, it is because you have made a mistake for the first time. Now you have changed the death penalty to whip three times, are you convinced?"

When Xie Guangkun heard that he didn't have to die, he quickly kowtowed and said, "I thank you for not killing me!"

The next step was simple. Xu Dahu took off Xie Guangkun's shirt and whipped three whips directly at the kitchen door. Everyone was in danger when they saw this and reminded themselves not to make mistakes.

Using Xie Guangkun's butt Ma Cheng established initial prestige in this small army. Seeing that all the soldiers' eyes were full of awe, Ma Cheng nodded secretly.

Later Taizu said that power came from the gun, and Ma Cheng deeply agreed with this sentence. Only by firmly grasping an army can one ensure his own safety. These hundred people now seem to have a bad morale, but if nothing unexpected happens, these hundred people will be the core of Ma Cheng's future army. If they can survive until Ma Cheng's success, they will definitely be senior generals in the army.

Ma Cheng must pass these people to master the army, so it is necessary to maintain a certain degree of majesty in their hearts, but it is necessary to be relaxed and relaxed. Don’t make things extreme and you will be rebellious in the end. In the end, it will be bad if you hate yourself. So the next step Ma Cheng needs to do is to show kindness.

At this time, the food was ready. The cooks carried a large bucket out of the kitchen, steaming steamed buns and fragrant fat slices, all seducing the greed in everyone's stomach.

If it was morning now, these guys would have rushed forward to snatch it, but Ma Cheng had just established his authority, and these people did not dare to move the place. They looked at Ma Cheng with their eyes waiting for instructions.

This effect is very good. Ma Cheng looked around and shouted, "Everyone sit down and wait for the meal to start!"

In front of the kitchen is a row of long stools and long tables, which are the fruits of afternoon labor. After hearing Ma Cheng's words, all the soldiers began to sit down under Xiaoqi's leadership.

After everyone sat down, the cook began to put the food on it. In fact, these meals were very simple. Each person had three steamed buns, a bowl of porridge, and then a piece of fat meat boiled in salt water. Gu Changwei strictly implemented Ma Cheng's order. Each piece of fat meat was one finger wide, and the belt had two taels of meat. Ma Cheng looked at it and was very satisfied.

The soldiers saw the fat and fat that was soaking, but no one dared to start eating first, and were waiting for Ma Cheng's order.

After the food was all set up, Ma Cheng said to the soldiers: "Okay, everyone can eat it! Different from noon, each person has three steamed buns, and the porridge is enough!" The stomachs of these guys have not adapted to it. Ma Cheng was afraid that they would eat too much at once and have to endure it, so there are some restrictions on steamed buns, but there are no restrictions on the porridge.

After receiving Ma Cheng's order, all the soldiers began to let go of their cheeks and swear heavily. For a moment, the entire school snoring sounds of drinking porridge came from the entire school.

Ma Cheng looked at the soldiers eating and said to Xu Dahu and eleven people, "Let's have dinner too!" After that, Ma Cheng first made it in front of a table, and then signaled the cook to serve him.

This made Xu Dahu and others stunned. In the Ming Dynasty, the military laws of the Qin Dynasty were adhered to, and all officers ate differently according to their official ranks. For example, Xu Dahu's households had a chicken for each meal according to the court's standards. Of course, the standards were the standards, and no one could implement them when implemented in the local area, but the officers ate better than soldiers. This is a regular rule.

Gu Changwei said anxiously from the side: "Second Master, can you eat this kind of vulgar food? Go and prepare it for you!" Gu Changwei said that, and he was going to make a new meal for Ma Cheng, but Ma Cheng was eating it for this stutter.
Chapter completed!