Everybody has food, everybody has clothing, everybody has meat?

Such a good thing, who doesn't want to!

The crowd immediately stirred, and after a while, someone shouted: "We don't want such a good thing!" ”

"I knew you wanted to!"

Zhou Shixiang nodded, and then learned from a certain leader with a mustache in later generations, waved his right hand into the air, and shouted to the crowd: "But do you think such a good thing will fall on your heads?" ”

The crowd fell silent, yes, where such a good thing would befall them, and they could only think about it when they dreamed at night.

"Everyone has food, everyone has clothing, everyone has meat to eat, and we are not afraid of others bullying us, this thing sounds suspenseful, I know you don't believe it, but I tell you now, as long as you join our team, I guarantee that you will have food, clothing, and meat from now on! In the future, when we get rid of the Tartars, the court will divide the fields and build houses for you, so that you can all live a good life! ”

"This Army"

There was a middle-aged man in the crowd who didn't know how to call Zhou Shixiang and wanted to call him a military master, but it could be seen that he was dressed like a scholar, so he changed his words and said: "This Xiucai, although we are illiterate, we are not stupid, how can there be such a good thing in this world, you don't have to coax us." ”

When he said this, the crowd suddenly burst into an uproar, and the whispers of "buzzing" began to be discussed, and most of the people showed suspicion on their faces.

"Why, you don't believe what I say?" Zhou Shixiang didn't get angry, but said with a smile: "I'll coax you to do something, if you don't believe it, you can join our team first, see if I lied to you, if you find out that I am lying to you, you can leave the team immediately, I promise not to stop you, let alone let people hurt you!" ”

A white-haired old man saw Zhou Shixiang speaking kindly, so he boldly said: "Even if what you say is true, you only need to be young and strong, and you don't want us old people and children." ”

"Old man, what you said is wrong, I don't just want to be young and strong, I want everyone!" Zhou Shixiang's big hand swept in front of everyone's eyes, and said categorically: "No matter the old, weak, women and children, as long as they are willing to join our team, I want it!" In the future, I will not only take care of your food and housing, but also your life, old age, sickness and death, in a word, as long as it is our people, we will raise you when we are old, we will cure you when you are sick, and we will bury you when you die! ”

As soon as these words were said, all the people were stunned: Is there really such a team in the world?

Zhao Sihai and Peng Dazhu were even more dumbfounded: This show is too fucking bullshit, this is recruiting people to be soldiers, not recruiting people to be their fathers! You help the old and weak women and children to come in, how will we fight this battle, and what will we use to support them!

Peng Dazhu is anxious, and he is going to stop Zhou Shixiang right now, Zhao Sihai is quite calm, although he is also anxious, but so many people are watching, no matter what, they can't question Zhou Shixiang at this juncture, let alone lose his prestige, otherwise the people won't believe them even more.

But you can't let Zhou Shixiang come like this, if you really do what he says, the brothers will be busy in vain!

After Zhao Sihai and Peng Dazhu discussed in a low voice, the latter hurried to the Zhizhou Yamen to find Boss Hu and Song Xianggong.

Zhou Shixiang didn't know the actions of Zhao Sihai and Peng Dazhu, he still continued to agitate the people: "I can put my words here, as long as you go with us, if I Zhou Shixiang has a bite to eat, there will definitely be a bite for you!" ”

"You are serious, do you really want us people to eat?" The old man opened his mouth, for fear that Zhou Shixiang would give the opposite answer.

"Old man, as I just said, no matter who you are, whether you are male or female, whether young or old, as long as you are willing to do it with us, we want it!"

Zhou Shixiang once again affirmed what he said, and under the excited gaze of the old man, Ji'er said: "Of course, we are the army of the Ming Dynasty, and now the Manchurians have taken away our land, so we have to fight with them, so you must do what you can after joining our team, as for the young and strong, you still have to go to the battlefield with us to fight the Qing army." ”

When the old man heard this, he looked disappointed: "This is not the Ralph, asking the young man to work for you and send him to death?" ”

"No, it's not Raff, it's not sent to death! I can tell you unmistakably that we will never draw our husbands, and we will treat all those who join our ranks equally, and there are no regular soldiers or auxiliary soldiers in our army, and all of them are soldiers, and the difference is only the division of labor. ”

"What is the division of labor?"

Zhou Shixiang explained: "Old man, the meaning of this division of labor is that if you are too old to go into battle to kill the enemy, then do some cooking and chopping wood, help carry things, and no matter how many women can't go into battle to kill the enemy, then sew and mend for everyone, wash clothes, and take care of the wounded." In short, those who can wield swords cannot stay behind like old men, children, and women, and must go into battle with us to kill the enemy! ”

After hearing this, the old man couldn't help but nod his head: "That's the reason, we old bones can't eat and drink your for nothing, we have to do some strength." ”

Unconsciously, there were more and more people around the old man, and they were all listening attentively. Some of the young men had already quietly discussed it with his family. Not far away, some people who were not affected by the disaster saw that there were many people gathered here, and they also came to see the excitement.

"Is it the same as the one who goes into battle to kill the enemy and the one who stays behind?" A young man who had served as a master for the Qing army of Kong Guoliang asked a question.

This question is obviously a concern of many young people, they don't want to eat more than others, but think that if they can stutter more, they can save their wives and children to eat more. These days, nothing is more reassuring than not being able to eat.

"Those who go into battle to kill the enemy must eat a little more than those who can't go into battle, and if they don't eat, they won't have the strength to fight with the Qing army, and they can't protect the old and weak, women and children, everyone must understand this truth. But this is by no means that if they eat more, the elderly and children will eat less, and they will not let the elderly and children go hungry. ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Shixiang paused, "But if our food is really not enough, then I will be hungry with everyone!" ”

"We have set up a public treasury in our army, and all the money and grain seized in the army in the future will be put into the public treasury, and then distributed according to everyone's division of labor."

"As long as our team is still there, even if I die, our team will not abandon any of you, because you have been a member of our team since the moment you joined us, in the team, we are all a family, and we live for a common purpose, that is, to drive out the Manchurian Tartars, so that everyone has clothes to wear, and everyone has meat to eat!"

The concept of public treasury was temporarily borrowed by Zhou Shixiang from the "holy treasury" of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in later generations, but the word "holy treasury" could not be taken directly, otherwise all the materials seized in name would become the son of eternal heaven.

After answering a few more questions for the people, Zhou Shixiang found that no one was willing to sign up, so he couldn't help but say, "Don't you still believe me?" ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw the young man who had been a master for the Qing army, pulling his daughter-in-law who had just passed the door and squeezed out of the crowd.

"I believe in you, I'm willing to follow you!"