Wangping

Qin Sheng took the lead and led the troops to launch the final general attack.

After getting rid of the main force of Black Dragon Village, Qin Sheng handed over the remaining finishing work to Qin Zhao.

Qin Sheng took the map and looked at it for a while. After putting it down, he started to stay blank. Well, he had been out for several days and missed his wife a little.

After Zhou Da worked for a while, he got lazy and sneaked up to Qin Sheng.

"Sixth Master, this Black Dragon Village can't hold on for long. Where should we fight next?"

Qin Sheng glanced at him. They had just eaten a pheasant in their mouths, and they were already thinking about the next one. It was very good, very much like his style.

"Why don't we attack the Black Bear Village in Gaoxian County first?" I heard that the Black Bear Village is relatively wealthy. Thinking of this, Zhou Da was going crazy.

However, these bandits are really uneducated. Look, what are their names? Black Wind Village, Black Dragon Village, Black Bear Village! They are all black. They think they are domineering, but in fact they are bad! Black represents unlucky, and they are all extremely unlucky.

Isn't that destined to be eradicated?

Zhou Da thought with disgust.

"Don't attack Gao Xian." Qin Sheng lowered his head and looked at the map.

Can he tell them his wife's plan?

The daughter-in-law wants to build a road that can quickly connect Houcheng to Liaoxi County, and the route has been decided. It starts from Chen Village at the border of Wulu County and Liaoxi County, connects to Liaoyang, Wangping, and finally ends in Houcheng.

After connecting these official roads, they need to be widened and smoothed.

Therefore, she must take the lead in eradicating the mountain bandits in the four counties of Houcheng, Wangping, Liaoyang, and Wulu.

Zhou Da asked again, "Is that the Qixing Village that attacked Liaoyang?"

Qin Sheng shook his head, "No, this time we will attack the Skeleton Village in Wulu County."

The bandits also communicated with each other. They eradicated two mountain villages one after another. According to reports from scouts, the two mountain villages that were close to each other - Black Bear Village and Qixing Village - had strengthened their defenses.

Then let's attack in the east and attack in the west. Anyway, the Skeleton Village in Wulu County will also be uprooted, it's just a matter of order.

Zhou Da: "The Skull Village in Wulu County is fine too." No one can escape anyway!

After the Black Dragon Village was completely defeated, the cooks who came out with Qin Sheng and others called for dinner.

The rest of the work can be done after dinner.

All the bandits who were still alive were tied up in a big way. Qin Zhao and the others also arranged for people to guard them, and then all the troops lined up to get food.

There were so many people queuing up to eat that even the master chef stepped out to scoop vegetables for them.

Hu Guangcong arrived late. Seeing that there were few people queuing at the master's place, he had to walk over.

The master glanced at him. He was a tall man and gave him a spoonful of stew.

"Hey, master, don't shake your hands!" Hu Guangcong saw that a piece of meat was shaken out!

The master serving the dishes rolled his eyes at him. Everyone was treated equally, and all of them had mediocre spoonfuls. The spoonful of dishes given to him were all outstanding. Does he deserve it?

The master's nostrils turned upward, "Next!"

A thin soldier came forward and said shyly, "Master, give me a spoonful."

Hu Guangcong noticed that the dishes the master chef served this man were all outstanding. This was too different!

Sensing his gaze, the master said confidently, "I think he likes me. What's wrong with giving him more? Why, you're still not convinced?"

He knew this soldier. He was thin, but he was very brave in fighting.

Zhou Da and Ma Jin, who had been watching the show for a while, came over and grabbed Hu Guangcong, "Okay, don't feel wronged. Master Chen's cooking is delicious. Apart from being a little compassionate and pitying the weak, there is nothing wrong with him. Please be tolerant."

Hu Guangcong: What can we do if we are not tolerant? He cannot afford to offend him.

A few people found a seat and started cooking.

Although the food is one spoon per person, the wild vegetable steamed buns and Erhe noodle steamed buns are enough, and this spoonful of food is half a bowl, so there is no chance of not being full.

The soldiers were talking one by one while eating.

"It's delicious. It's nice to go out and work."

"This vegetable is very oily and makes you feel comfortable eating it!"

If Master Chen hears this, he will definitely snort. This pot of stew uses a fat pig for one meal. Can it not be oily?

"Although this steamed bun is mixed with wild vegetables, it is still delicious."

“The main thing is that Master Chen’s cooking skills are good.”

While Ma Jin was eating heavily, he was cursing in his heart, "Of course you are eating comfortably, and you don't even want to see who they came out with! Can the Sixth Lady starve them, the Sixth Master?"

After they come out, there must be at least one fat pig for every meal! There is also a large supply of various grains and vegetables.

Even Master Chen, the cook, was hired personally by the Sixth Madam.

This old man who cooks is very arrogant, and most people can't help him.

The Sixth Madam invited him here because she was afraid that their Sixth Master would not be able to eat well as he was working hard outside.

Speaking of road construction, the men who came to build the road are also preparing to eat.

April was the time of the lean season. Although they brought their own dry food, they had very little food to eat. During the month of corvee service, they had two meals a day. If they could eat five or six cents full from each meal, it would be considered good.

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Clang clang clang!

There was a sound of gongs.

Everyone looked towards the sound.

I saw their new mayor, Mr. Xue, standing at a slightly higher place with nearly ten wooden barrels in front of him.

He greeted everyone with a smile on his face, "We in Houcheng are starting to build roads today. Mr. Lu is grateful for everyone's hard work and has allocated money from the county government to purchase ingredients and provide everyone with two meals of soup every day."

"Now, everyone can bring a bowl to make soup! If each person has a bowl, the government will give it to him for free!"

Hearing this, the crowd started talking.

"Is the government treating us so well?"

"Let's go and have a bowl to try."

On the first day, they served kelp bone soup and seaweed egg drop soup.

"What is this?"

"I know this. I went to my aunt's house to eat it once before. It was called kombu. It was a bit fishy and not delicious."

"I heard from the commander that this is called seaweed."

"Don't tell me, the soup they make is quite delicious."

"Is this an egg?!"

"The people above are willing to give us eggs?"

"I got some meat!"

When Xue Xu, who was passing by, heard this, the smile in his eyes deepened. In fact, there were only two or three eggs cracked into this bucket of seaweed and egg drop soup. The bones are also valuable. But the effect of winning over people's hearts is really good.

During the next period of service, the soup provided by the government for every meal tasted very good and was eaten with dry food. This was the most anticipated thing for these men serving in the corvee.

These people obviously felt that this time they were serving more comfortably than before.

First of all, they were eating well. With an extra bowl of soup for each meal, they were more or less full.

And I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but I always feel that after drinking the soup, my body has endless strength.

In addition, there are herbal teas. Herbal teas are brewed with honeysuckle, money grass, isatis root and other herbs. Their main purpose is to quench thirst and warm up.

In the past, people in the government did not take care of anything except assigning tasks and supervising their work.

Secondly, the government assigned the heaviest work of road construction to the captured bandits. For example, the roadsides on both sides of the official road were edged with large stones. These stones were either dug from the river or from the mountains.

Picked.

This job is also the hardest. Now the bandits captured recently are responsible for this job.

Except for those bandits who actually had lives on their hands, who were extremely vicious and unrepentant, who were beheaded directly, the rest of them were sentenced according to the severity of the crime they committed. But without exception, they all had to do heavy work.

Living atonement.

In this way, everyone worked hard, and the progress of road construction was very fast.
Chapter completed!