"It doesn't matter. d-m" Dong Ce took the dishes and chopsticks from his hand, reached out and grabbed two big steamed buns from the dustpan next to him, swept his eyes, and walked towards one place. The family members hurriedly followed, and Dong Ce said: "You guys should also eat separately, you are tired after a day, but you are all hungry." ”

At this time, a rush of footsteps came, Lu Shengwa walked out of the back kitchen quickly, and when she saw Dong Ce, she knelt down and said, "The little one has seen the adult." ”

Dong Ce smiled and groaned: "Get up, get up." ”

Lu Shengwa got up and cautiously followed him, Dong Ce smiled: "You have done a good job in this canteen, and the daily meals are very good, this official should thank you for these many soldiers!" ”

After receiving Dong Ce's praise, Lao Lu was a little flattered, and he was very happy, and hurriedly said: "What the villain does is what he should do." All this is your kindness, if it weren't for the amount of money that your lord set aside so much, where would you be able to eat so well? If you want me to say, thank you, sir. ”

As he spoke, he raised his voice at everyone: "Everyone, don't you say? Do we have to thank Master Dong for our good life? ”

"Yes!" Everyone brushed together.

He can talk and behave, Dong Ce nodded at him and didn't speak again.

Qian Yichuan was eating with his head down, and suddenly found that the eyes of the people around him were looking at him, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised, he turned around and looked, but saw Dong Ce holding a bowl of braised pork, holding two steamed buns in his hand and walking towards him.

He suddenly shuddered in his heart, and an extremely bold idea came to him: "My lord, my lord is not going to sit here with me, is he?" ”

This idea soon became a reality, Dong Ce was already standing in front of him, Qian Yichuan hurriedly got up and was about to salute, Dong Ce had already said: "Don't get up, don't get up, just sit." ”

He spoke very gently, Qian Yichuan hurriedly answered yes, sat down honestly, and then Dong Ce had already walked around and sat opposite him. Qian Yichuan cautiously glanced up at Dong Ce, and then quickly lowered his head.

Dong Ce smiled: "Why, are you so afraid of this official? ”

"No, no, my lord, I ......" Qian Yichuan hurriedly defended, but he didn't know what to say, so he muttered twice, and his voice gradually lowered, and finally disappeared.

His heart was beating wildly, his blood was accelerating, his face was flushed, he felt his face was hot, his head was staring in confusion, and he was almost fainting. There was only one voice echoing in my head: "I have eaten at the same table with Master Dong, and I have eaten at the same table with Lord Dong......"

He felt that this might be the biggest talk he could tell his children and grandchildren in the future.

Dong Ce took a piece of pork belly and put it on the steamed bun, and then took a big bite, only to feel a burst of sweet and soft blooming in the mouth, full of greasy fragrance, with the steamed bun that had just come out of the pot, it was really appetizing. Dong Ce chewed a few mouthfuls and swallowed, and praised: "This braised pork is well cooked, and it has a bit of skill!" ”

On the other hand, Lao Lu said with a smile: "It's good if adults like to eat." ”

Dong Ce saw that the soldier sitting opposite him was eating rice balls, so he added two pieces of meat and put them in his bowl, and said with a smile: "Come, taste it!" It tastes great! ”

"Huh?" Qian Yichuan looked at the braised pork in the bowl and was completely stupid. His nose suddenly became sore, and he couldn't hold back to keep himself from crying. He looked at Dong Ce, nodded heavily, and said, "Lord Xie!" ”

Stretched out the chopsticks to grab the piece of meat, but the hand couldn't stop shaking, the two chopsticks bumped against each other, and they couldn't hold it. He took a few breaths of air in a row, calmed down the emotions in his heart, and then picked it up and put it in his mouth and chewed it carefully, chewing for a long time, it seemed that he had been savoring.

Dong Ce ate a few bites and beckoned around: "Come, come here, sit with the official, let's eat and talk!" ”

"Yes!"

The surrounding soldiers had long been envious of Qian Yichuan, and when they heard this, they all hurriedly came over and sat with Dong Ce.

Dong Ce didn't put on a show, just smiled and chatted with everyone while eating.

Ask how you sleep, whether you are working hard, how you eat, whether you are fat or thin......

It's all short gossip from parents, but only in this way can these soldiers feel Dong Ce's approachability.

Mingling with his subordinates and getting close to the bottom, this trick has been tried and tested in any era.

And Dong Ce is also more aware that it is often the best work in these details that can really win people's hearts and make people work hard for it.

Dong Ce has always had a lot of experience in this. However, he was not completely fake, at least compared to most of the other generals who did not bother to mess with these soldiers at all, he was much, much better.

He didn't look down on these fighting sweats, he fed them, clothed them, gave them shelter, gave them hope to live and a new path in life. Although he was also strict and brutally trained, in the minds of these soldiers, he was the best officer.

The cold wind was howling outside the door, and the air lamps had been lit one by one, the lights were dim, but there was a burst of laughter from the cafeteria from time to time.

The dim lights, the aroma of the food, and the laughter of the crowd are particularly warm in this cold night.

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Early in the morning of the second day, Dong Ce took his family to Zhenhe Fort.

This time he didn't bring anything else, except that he was carrying a thick stack of files in his arms—the files of the interrogation. These dossiers were actually concocted by him and Bai Zhongqi the day before yesterday, and they read them several times, and after making sure that there were no omissions, they were ready to take them out and hand them over to Liu Ruozai.

set off with Dong Ce, and there were twenty family members.

They were about to go to all the larger fortified towns within a radius of a hundred miles, with the Rock Fort as the center, and each of them had at least five notices on them, which they had posted at the most important intersections and conspicuous positions. And all the notices are the same, there is only one content on it, which is to recruit homeless people.

It is stamped with Dong Ce's big seal, and there is such a seal, so there is no need to worry about being torn off.

With the arrival of spring, there are more displaced people. For other local officials, they can't wait to exterminate all the displaced people in their territory, or to expel them if they can't do well. These displaced people are in the territory, have no livelihood, and beg all day long, which is a great factor of social instability. Once people can't survive, they will naturally become more courageous, and some people will naturally choose to take risks. Therefore, where the displaced people gather, the bad cases of robbery, murder, and rape are generally relatively high.

This is because some local officials often set up checkpoints at key intersections to block the entry of these displaced people, and once they find that there are displaced people, they will immediately expel them. As for the city, the homeless were not allowed to enter at all. I don't know how many times this has happened over the centuries. Even in the year of the great calamity.

But Dong Ce is different, he wishes there were more displaced people, more people.

For Dong Ce, the arrival of the displaced people means that a large number of young and middle-aged laborers, a large number of high-quality soldiers, diligent farmers, a large amount of land will be reclaimed, and the strength of Panshi Fort will also be continuously improved.

Anyway, there is some wasteland around Rock Fort, and no matter how many people come, it will not be able to be reclaimed.

The conditions promised in the proclamation were very generous - grain, farm implements, cattle, clothing...... Anyway, as long as you come to Rock Castle, you will be able to eat, drink and sleep well, and you will be able to live a good life if you work hard.

Living a stable and good life is really very attractive for the people who are not very demanding.

Of course, that's what the notice says, but it's a different story after it comes. Dong Ce, of course, will not go back - he has done even more and better than the first batch of displaced people to arrive. But he will sift through control, not everyone stays.

Just like it was done before.

As for whether the homeless people will not be able to read the notice because they are illiterate, there is no need to worry at all. The literacy rate of the Ming Dynasty was definitely not low compared with Europe at the same time, and there were many people who had studied literacy among the displaced people. Not to mention, around this kind of notice with the official seal, there will always be some poor people wandering around there, waiting to explain to the illiterate people to gain some superiority.

In addition, Dong Ce also carries a thick roster.

This is also to be handed over to Liu Ruozai.

Coming to Zhenhe Fort again, it is still prosperous, perhaps more precisely, it is more prosperous. The surrounding villages are obviously more numerous and denser. Even on the outskirts of Zhenhe Fort, there are villages, and the surrounding land is showing signs of development.

This is also thanks to Liu Ruozai.

Chongzhen came in the eighth year, and after the New Year, considering that Jiannu might still come to loot this year, Liu Ruozai issued an order to move some very remote, weak, and almost zero defense villages and military households to Zhenhe Fort, so that it is convenient for unified protection.

His intentions were good, after all, the land around Zhenhe Fort was not barren, and even if it was under such water and soil conditions, if it was easy to farm, it would be able to produce some output. And moved to Zhenhe Fort, where Huang Wan and his so-called thousands of troops were here, and safety was also guaranteed.

But in fact, this is just the wishful thinking of Liu Ruozai, a literati. After all, he had never been at the grassroots level, and he didn't understand what a huge disaster such a migration of tens of miles away and more than ten miles closer was for the people of this era. That's right, it's a disaster. It is all too common for the people of this era to never leave their hometown five miles away in their lives.

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