As the saying goes, "When you are full and warm, you will think about sexual desire, but when you are hungry and cold, you will have the desire to steal!"
People will only think about those beautiful and wonderful things when they have enough to eat and drink. On the contrary, if they don't even have enough to eat, how can they think about other things?
These people in front of them are all soldiers at the bottom of the Ming Dynasty. No matter how gorgeous the words are, or the saint's teachings that have been passed down for thousands of years, at this moment, in the eyes of these soldiers, they are far less than a big bowl of hot food.
Huge broth, plus a few white flour steamed buns to make it more authentic!
"Brothers, have you finished eating?" Liu Ruyi walked up to them with a gentle smile on her lips.
"Thank you, Mr. Liu, for your kindness! We have all eaten!" A man in his early thirties wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and kowtowed heavily to Liu Ruyi.
"Haha, don't be formal!" Liu Ruyi smiled, helped him up, and asked softly: "What's your name? Is there anyone else in the family?"
"Little Zhao Sanhu, a native of Zhangjia Beizhuang in the south of the town. He also has my mother-in-law, mother-in-law and three children at home!" After the man finished speaking, he knelt down again and kowtowed heavily to Liu Ruyi, but there was something in his right hand.
He is holding a white flour steamed bun tightly.
When he saw Liu Ruyi saw the steamed bun in his hand, his face suddenly changed, and tears welled up in the corners of his eyes again, "Mr. Liu Qi, this is what I just saved. I want to take it home to my mother and baby."
Try it! My baby is thirteen years old, but he has never tasted the taste of white flour steamed buns! Mr. Liu, I am willing to accept all punishments. I implore Mr. Liu to make it happen this time!"
After he finished speaking, he kept kowtowing to Liu Ruyi like he was pounding garlic, and his thin body was trembling slightly.
In this era, hiding food and salary secretly is a serious crime, even if it means beheading, let alone the Shangguan paying for it himself!
When the soldiers nearby saw Zhao Sanhu like this, they all looked at him with pity. It would be fine if he could just eat and drink by himself. Why should he seek death and make himself unhappy?
Liu Ruyi looked at the man in front of her with a somewhat complicated look in her eyes!
A man should be upright, but now he is in trouble because of a white-faced steamed bun. It has to be said that it is a kind of sadness, and it is also a kind of deep helplessness!
"Get up! I can bypass you this time, or I can let you take this white-faced steamed bun home!" Liu Ruyi shook her head and said slowly.
"Thank you, Mr. Liu Qi, thank you, Mr. Liu Qi! In the next life, I am willing to work as a cow or a horse to repay Mr. Liu for his great kindness!" Zhao Sanhu was so happy when he heard this that his forehead bled.
"Don't be too happy too soon!" Liu Ruyi said in a cold voice, "Death penalty can be avoided, but living crime cannot be spared! You violated the military order and hid food and salary secretly. Since you are a first offender, I will punish you with twenty military sticks. Are you convinced?
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Zhao Sanhu's face darkened. He was the only strong laborer in the family and the only breadwinner for a family of six. Twenty military batons might not kill him, but in a short period of time, he would not be able to work to make money.
Then this family's life will probably get even worse!
But now that the matter was over, Zhao Sanhu also knew that he had made a mistake, so he bowed respectfully to Liu Ruyi and said, "I am convinced!"
Liu Ruyi nodded, sighed softly, and gestured to Xiao Liu'er and Huo Lang on the side!
The two understood and walked forward quickly. Huo Lang held down Zhao Sanhu's body, while Xiao Liuer took the fire stick that had just been carrying the big pot and slapped it on Zhao Sanhu's waist and buttocks.
Go down!
"Crack! Crack!"
"Crack! Crack!"
Every time the fire stick hit Zhao Sanhu's body, he would let out a low groan!
His face turned red, and his teeth clenched loudly. He was obviously in great pain!
Although it is winter now, these military households are in poverty. Few of them have any decent clothes. Most of them wear thin clothes. They resist this crazy cold winter purely by relying on will and luck!
Zhao Sanhu was wearing a worn-out cotton-padded jacket on his upper body, but only a thin pair of trousers on his lower body. After more than a dozen sticks were applied, there were already several deep blood marks on his buttocks, accompanied by the cold wind.
However, blood scars have formed!
"hiss---"
When the last military stick fell, Zhao Sanhu let out a fierce breath, and everyone on the side also put their hanging hearts into their stomachs!
This young commander-in-chief may seem weak, but he is really ruthless in his attacks!
At this time, with Zhao Sanhu's example, no one regarded Liu Ruyi as an ordinary young man anymore. Everyone's eyes were full of fear, fearing that they would hit Mr. Liu's gun again!
"Come here, go get the medicine for the wound!" After Liu Ruyi said that, he walked directly to Zhao Sanhu and carefully supported his body, "The ground is too cold here, don't leave any roots of disease!"
"Liu, Mr. Liu..." Zhao Sanhu looked at Liu Ruyi's sincere eyes and couldn't help but burst into tears!
In this era of clear hierarchy, military households are the domestic slaves of the officers, even worse than pigs and dogs. In Caishi Town, Li Lianyang, the official of the Hundred Households, has always been aloof and purely uses these military men as a tool to make money.
Mine slave, as long as he can earn money, what does the life and death of these soldiers have to do with him? They are just a group of talking pigs and dogs!
All the soldiers around were also moved. They tightly gathered around the young flag officer in front of them. Although they didn't know what he was going to do, everyone's hearts were full of expectations!
After a moment, Uncle Fu quickly ran to Liu Ruyi with a small exquisite porcelain vase in his hand.
Liu Ruyi helped Zhao Sanhu to the stone bench aside, took off his pants with his own hands, and carefully sprinkled the wound medicine in the small porcelain bottle on Zhao Sanhu's wound!
These wound medicines were purchased by Xiao Zixin at a high price from a Nanyang merchant. They were refined from nearly ten kinds of precious medicinal materials such as badger oil, musk, and hemostatic grass. The effect of producing body fluids and stopping bleeding was very obvious. After a while, Zhao Sanhu's
The blood at the wound has stopped and formed shallow scars!
Liu Ruyi took some white silk and tied his wounds, then took off his cotton-padded jacket and put it on Zhao Sanhu's shoulders, "You are a good son and a good father. Although Liu doesn't want to be like this,
But the state has national laws, families have family rules, and etiquette is indispensable! Someone who has made merit will be rewarded, but someone who makes a mistake has to be punished! No one is exempt!"
Liu Ruyi's voice was cold, and his eyes swept across the eyes of all the soldiers present one by one. Everyone did not dare to look at him and lowered their heads one after another!
"There is some broken silver here, which can be regarded as a meeting gift for your mother and your children. You can go down and rest first. Later, I will prepare a mule for you so that you can go home and rest!" Liu Ruyi finished.
, handed a few pieces of broken silver, about three or four taels, to Zhao Sanhu's hand, and patted him heavily on the shoulder.
"The adults are like the reborn parents of the little ones. Even if the little ones die, they will never be able to repay the grace of rebirth!" Zhao Sanhu ignored his wounds, cried loudly and knelt on the ground, kowtowing to Liu Ruyi!
Liu Ruyi smiled and waved her hand, while Uncle Fu helped Zhao Sanhu up and walked towards the servant room on the side.
At this time, everyone in the venue looked at Zhao Sanhu's back, and couldn't tell whether they were envious or jealous!
I only received twenty military sticks, not only did General Liu Qi personally administer the medicine, but I also got these three or four taels of silver. If I had known, I would have been like this! Everyone felt regretful!
Liu Ruyi looked at everyone's expressions, but there was a faint smile on the corner of her mouth!
In order to win over the soldiers, the big-eared thief even dared to throw his own son to the ground. This little trick of his was really not good enough!
During World War II, the famous American President Roosevelt had a famous theory, "Carrot and stick!" This is the safest long-term solution!
Although there are thousands of treatments, in the end, people still need to treat them!
No matter how genius the idea or how great the idea is, in the end it still needs people to realize it and complete it!
"Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it!"
These poor soldiers may seem insignificant and their lives are as low as ants, but they are the foundation of his career and the basis for his mother and son to settle down and live a life. How could Liu Ruyi dare to be careless?
Throughout the ages, how many heroes have died at the hands of unknown villains?
Are there fewer incidents of boats capsizing in the gutter?
Liu Ruyi took a deep breath and tried to make his mind clearer. He coughed lightly and glanced at the people present one by one. After a moment, he slowly said: "Brothers, we have gathered together today.
Brothers, come here, I have something that I want to share with all my brothers!"
"General Liu Qi is a trustworthy person! We are willing to serve General Liu Qi!"
"The old man is willing to die for General Liu Qi!"
"I am willing to follow Mr. Liu Qi's command, and I am sure Mr. Liu will take him under his wing!"
Everyone responded one after another, eager to express their attitude!
Liu Ruyi smiled and waved his hand, signaling for everyone to be quiet, and then said: "This is not a big deal! From today on, a certain person will start military training! Each of you can have one person from each household, and a certain person only needs to be sixteen years old to
A young man between forty years old! If your family has extra labor and meets certain conditions, each family can have several more people depending on the situation! As for the treatment of these soldiers, I can decide now.
Food will be provided every day, and a family of one person will receive one tael of silver to support the family, and a family of two people will receive three taels of silver to support the family! Salary will be settled based on military merit!"
"General Liu Qi is benevolent and willing to serve General Liu Qi!"
"Willing to serve General Liu Qi!"
"Okay!" Liu Ruyi shouted loudly, "You are all my Qilu men, and you are all upright men. Liu will not talk nonsense here. For those who come today, each person will be given one tael of silver as settlement allowance in advance! We will wait for the selection tomorrow.
If selected, a certain association will issue the second batch of settlement allowance!"
After Liu Ruyi finished speaking, he took a bag of broken silver from Huolang's hand and distributed it to every soldier present one by one with his own hands.
Money may not be everything! But without money it is absolutely impossible!
Every soldier who received money would kowtow to Liu Ruyi to thank him, and Liu Ruyi naturally appeased him!
It wasn't until all the thirty or so people present had finished distributing money that Liu Ruyi walked up to the high platform in front and said to everyone: "As the sage said, there is no rule without rules! Since all the brothers think highly of Liu, he will also say some ugly things.