Chapter 1165 Disaster Relief

Under the numb eyes of the hungry people, the giant ship slowly docked, and then a few small boats were put down on the battleship, and hundreds of sailors and Lu Yong sailed to the shore in landing craft.

Soon, hundreds of soldiers landed on the shore one by one, and a general like a general jumped onto the river bank, holding a flag and shouting: "We are the soldiers under the command of Yan Hou, and we are here to rescue you in the name of Yan Hou. You wait."

There was silence around, and the expected cheering scene did not appear, which made the general a little embarrassed.

Another slightly older general next to him smiled, stepped forward and patted the young general on the shoulder, and said, "Now, you have been recruited to build a port for us."

Seeing the numb eyes of the surrounding people, the senior general paused, and shouted with all his strength: "Take care of the food!"

Although the hungry people were a little agitated, they still didn't react too violently. They stared at the general with a pair of dull eyes, full of suspicion, but at the bottom, there was a hint of longing.

The general was not surprised by this scene, and waved to the soldiers behind him.

The subordinates immediately agreed, and there were more than a dozen large iron pots on the landing ship, and at the same time, two soldiers worked together to remove a large box.

Under the expectant eyes of the hungry people, the soldiers quickly built a simple stove, and then fetched water from the river to fill the iron pot.

Take out a piece of brick-like thing from the wooden box next to it, chop these "bricks" into small pieces with the weapon you carry with you, and put them into the iron pot.

From the perspective of chopping strength, the hardness of these "bricks" is definitely not inferior to real bricks!

Soon, the water boiled, and the pieces of the "bricks" also melted with the boiling of the water, and slowly a pot of water turned into a pot of porridge.

With the passage of time, there was even a faint smell of meat in the pot. As the aroma diffused, the hungry people around began to visibly become agitated. If it weren't for the hundreds of heavily armed soldiers next to them on guard, the hungry people would have died a long time ago. They swarmed over.

Seeing that the time was almost up, the older general signaled to the young general, who immediately understood and went out to shout: "Listen, everyone, we are under the command of Marquis Yan, and Marquis Yan can't bear to hear that Yangzhou is suffering from constant disasters and the people are displaced. , so I was sent to help you and others. However, our navy ships do not have a suitable port, and now we need your help to build the port. During the construction of the port, we will be responsible for your meals."

Everyone was taken aback for a moment, and then a dazzling brilliance burst into their eyes.

"Yanhou Rende, Yanhou long live!"

An old man fell to his knees with a plop, and shouted excitedly.

Under the leadership of the old man, the others also reacted and knelt down on the ground one after another, shouting long live the Marquis of Yan.

The two generals of the Shang Ji Army looked at each other with gratified smiles on their faces.

"Okay, we will definitely convey your wishes to Marquis Yan, and now please come forward to pick up the meal if you are interested in participating in the port construction."

The hungry people immediately swarmed forward when they heard the words, the general's expression changed when he saw the momentum, he shouted loudly, and the long knife cut out, drawing a crack on the ground that was three feet long and one foot wide.

"Be quiet, keep discipline, we have enough food, queue up to eat, and anyone who dares to make trouble will be punished!"

The other soldiers immediately bowed their bows and drew their knives out of their sheaths, looking at the hungry people with a murderous look. It was obvious that if they moved again, these troops would definitely not be relentless.

The senior general looked at this scene and nodded in relief.

Although he lacks experience and does not have a deep understanding of human nature, he is resolute and decisive in doing things, and still has the style of a general.

Intimidated by the generals, the hungry people used their last rationality to maintain order and lined up to get food.

During the period, there were naturally some guys with less spiritual brains, but they were all executed decisively by young generals. Although the team was a bit chaotic,

But the basic order has never been lost.

The generals and the others only brought more than a dozen pots, which was obviously not enough. But soon some hungry people spontaneously donated the pots they brought out when they fled, and many healthy women spontaneously came to cook and share porridge, and the order gradually returned to normal.

While distributing food, several giant ships sailed into the river one after another, and the troops who landed quickly broke through the 5,000 mark. A large amount of supplies were carried ashore, accompanied by hundreds of scribes and dozens of people in Confucian uniforms. A number of disciples of public losers in black robes.

Under their command and dispatch, the hungry people who had a full meal started to work one after another, the supplies were quickly distributed, and a simple port was erected at a speed visible to the naked eye.

A large amount of supplies were unloaded from the battleship, among which the most eye-catching ones were square wooden boxes about three feet in length, width and height. The boxes, large and small, were piled up in a pile, and fell out of a hill in a short time.

Looking at the mountain-like wooden boxes, the victims were so excited that they almost shed tears.

Under the intentional disclosure of the army, the contents of the wooden box are no longer a secret—it is exactly the special military rations one after another, that is, the thing that was just used to cook porridge.

The hungry people have seen with their own eyes that a few pieces of special military rations the size of bricks and stones can be put into boiling water, and a pot full of thick porridge can be boiled in a short time, enough for ten or twenty people to have a full meal.

A single wooden box can hold at least 500 pieces of special military rations, and thousands of boxes have been removed from the battleship in a short time, and more wooden boxes are still being carried down continuously. Seeing this scene, the hungry people I just feel infinite power springing up from my body, and I feel alive when I work.

Special military rations, this is just a nice way of saying it, its real name should be inferior military rations.

You can tell from the name that this is a substandard product. If the army is given substandard rations, the morale of the army will definitely drop, and it will take less than a month or two for mutiny and rebellion.

The smell of meat that the hungry people smelled just now is just an illusion of long-term hunger. The ingredients of the special military rations are relatively complicated. Made of sugar, etc., the cost is very low and the production is convenient. Different regions can also adjust the preparation of raw materials according to the actual situation of each locality.

For example, areas near the sea increase the proportion of fishmeal, and those close to livestock areas replace fishmeal with animal fat and offal.

However, no matter how it is adjusted, under the premise of reducing costs and improving efficiency, the taste can only be described in words. The porridge made always exudes a faint fishy smell, and only the hungry and skinny hungry people will regard this as the smell of meat.

Of course, although the taste is somewhat anti-human, but the nutrition is absolutely sufficient, and at the same time, it has the advantages of transportation, simple cooking, and easy storage.

Because of anticipating the disaster in Yangzhou in advance, Shang Ji mobilized the whole territory to produce special military rations. Currently, he has stockpiled 10 million boxes, and can produce more than 300,000 boxes a day. The confidence of Yangzhou's disaster.

While the hungry people were building a port full of hope, thousands of scouting horses and galloping horses galloped around, bringing the merchant army here and spreading the news of large-scale relief to the victims.