Before the twelfth lunar month, the gang’s new conference was held, and the effect was unexpectedly good, much better than expected. This made many people think about this matter like "this is the way it is, so it doesn't matter", or "it's going to be okay anyway" People with the mentality of "hey, you are the leader and you have the final say" are very surprised.

However, even Zhang Xing was actually shocked by the sergeant's enthusiasm, but he just didn't show it on his face.

After thinking about it, he could only guess that the situation in Hebei was too difficult in the past two years, and everyone was a little depressed. One obvious evidence is that the first group of people who were more enthusiastic about participating in this military camp sports meeting were these newly attached people. The Hebei Rebels not only participated, they even contributed many ideas and proposed many projects with Hebei characteristics. These people soon had a catfish effect, arousing the interest and sense of confrontation among several other groups.

And just when Zhang Xing officially added the article "pay attention to the spiritual life of soldiers" to his "Six Tao——Revision Opinions", some people appeared and further verified his guess.

"Who is that?"

Under the winter sunshine, Zhang Xing was originally watching a strange game called "Capture the Dragon" on a simple high platform in an outlying camp that was similar to rugby but the field was covered with plowed ridges. He suddenly turned his head and noticed We arrived at some strange people on the edge of the camp. "Are they the people nearby? Or the families of the rebels here in Hebei?"

"They are people from nearby, but there should also be local family members from Bohai and plains." Dou Lide only glanced at it and hurriedly explained. "It was there a few days ago, but in the past few days, we started to hold meetings and play "Capture the Dragon" before going there. Those who came forward... As for the other families of the newly arrived rebels, the current situation in Hebei is that there is no information and it is too cold. There is no definite explanation, so it is really difficult to go on the road."

Obviously, Dou Lide's focus was to explain why his group had not yet taken over their family members.

Zhang Xing nodded. He heard what Dou Lide meant, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he stood up and walked there. Not only Dou Lide, but also Cheng Zhili, Jia Yue, Zhou Xingfan, Wang Xiongdan, and Jia Runshi were on the side. The others, including Sun Anzong, Cao Chen and others who were following Dou Lide, had no choice but to abandon "Seizing Long" and get up to follow.

However, the arrival of Zhang Xing and his party immediately dispersed these people. They panicked and fled directly from the outskirts of the camp. It was obvious that most of them were children and women... but they did not disperse in a rush, but went to the same place. Go in the direction.

Zhang Dalongtou became more and more curious and continued to follow. Then he just turned a corner outside the camp and saw a row of wooden houses that were similar to wooden sheds, or more narrow and cramped. They were basically sandwiched between the city wall and the camp. In the gap, it just stands with its back against the frozen moat.

Seeing this, Zhang Xing immediately realized what was going on, so he turned around and asked, "When did it start?"

"It's been ten days, right?" Zhou Xingfan thought thoughtfully. "Ten days ago, I went to Lujiao Pass to pick up a batch of grain. When I was delivering it to the city, I happened to see someone building a wooden house... At that time, I was curious as to why this was erected. Is this a shabby house a toilet? But don’t you think it’s actually a military market where civilians gather spontaneously?”

"More than ten days." Cheng Zhili, who has always been careful, immediately corrected him. "I remember that it should have been there about seven or eight days after we returned to Yin County, and then it gradually increased, and maybe more than ten days ago.

too much."

Dou Lide seemed to sense that something was wrong in the atmosphere and seemed a little uneasy: "Don't you have these in the East?"

"Basically not." Cheng Zhili explained seriously to Dou Lide. "In the east, Longtou had the foresight. From the beginning of the uprising, he warned that no looting, no destruction, and the rule of surrender and temporary appointment of officials was implemented from the beginning.

To prevent chaos in the local area. Even in the Qijun and Lujun areas that were later captured, the village markets may have suffered losses, but everything in the city was fine, and after stabilization, the countryside quickly recovered...

In this way, the soldiers can go home during the holidays, or go directly to nearby markets or cities to play tricks."

"There are still some in Dengzhou, but it has become much more stable after the fields were replanted in the autumn, so don't worry about anything else." Zhang Xing interrupted and asked Cheng Zhili again. "How is your hometown? Will it be okay after moving back?"

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"Reporting back to the leader, every time I come back, basically half of the wealth of those who have it is lost." Cheng Zhili said. "But I can go back, everyone from top to bottom is very grateful for our help."

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"It's not necessarily gratitude." Zhang Xing said disapprovingly. "The parties they came into contact with, whether it was us at the beginning, the Qi County government, or the Zhishi Army, all turned into gangs in the end... To them, we

It cannot be said that the total disaster caused their family property to be halved and they were forced to leave their hometown... In Dengzhou, Chief Bai said when he came a few days ago that the atmosphere was very bad."

Cheng Zhili quickly explained: "I'm not flattering the leader, it's really not like this. Don't forget that the leader had stayed in Hebei for a while, hiding in the salt-alkali marsh in Douzigang, and then went to the salt-alkali marsh for a while.

There are quite a few people in Hebei who have fled. What is most afraid of is comparison... Compared with this side of Hebei, the east is really peaceful... My fellow countrymen are really grateful."

Zhang Xing was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly... Sure enough, his happiness level increased when he was compared to others?

"Does it need to be expelled? After all, it affects military discipline." After being stunned for a while, Zhou Xingfan asked. "Only let the soldiers go to the city to mend and rest?"

When Dou Lide heard this, he wanted to speak.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xing also shook his head in reply. He originally wanted to go over and take a look in person, but after taking two steps and realizing the problem, he turned around and glanced around, then stared at Jia Runshi and Wang Xiongdan:

"Xiao Jia and Xiao Wang went to ask each other, and asked a few more companies what they could do for them and at what price? Then take a look at who was in the shack. After asking, don't come back in a hurry. Then go to the military camp to ask.

The sergeant who has been there can compare it and make sure it is correct."

Jia Runshi suddenly understood, and then left in a daze.

Wang Xiongdan also gave up and left.

After giving the instructions, Zhang Xing actually turned back to the sports field and continued to sit on the high platform outside the "Capture the Dragon" game. The leaders of the two competition camps below, namely Fan Dajuan and Xiahou Ningyuan, originally followed Zhang Dalong.

As soon as the group of people left, they started to fight off the court. But this time when they saw the people coming back, they honestly returned to their respective sides of the court to yell.

Of course, what they didn't know was that after sitting down this time, Mr. Zhang's mind was obviously no longer present.

To be honest, it was difficult for Zhang Xing himself to explain clearly how he felt after seeing the row of dilapidated wooden houses.

Logically speaking, it should be because the people's livelihood is so difficult, because unless the people are extremely poor and hungry, they are not willing to degenerate to participate in these "civilian military markets"... You must know that its trading objects are soldiers from the feudal era.

This means that the risk of trading is too great, the income is too unstable, and it is inevitable to be mentally prepared to do skin business and to pay for it with a low social status.

But in fact, at that moment, he was somewhat relieved.

Because since arriving in Hebei, the situation he has seen can basically be called Chidiganli. The entire territory is full of lifelessness, which is completely different from the east territory where various productions and cultural activities can obviously be maintained.

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Of course, there are basically military camps or military activities in the places where he hangs out. Considering the military discipline displayed by the Hejian Camp before, ordinary people do not need to be expelled. It is completely normal for the family to take the initiative to flee. In addition, the winter is getting worse and worse.

It was cold, and everyone was hiding in the settlements to survive because of the limited time.

Before, when the weather was still cold, I encountered passers-by from Pingyuan City on the edge of the battlefield, and I was still a little angry.

But something still isn't right.

The scene where once you go out, the entire plain is deserted, not even wild animals or grass, is really scary and unsettling.

Therefore, when this kind of "civilian military market" began to appear, for a moment, he was actually a little relieved - he could be regarded as seeing the people of Hebei who gathered spontaneously.

Zhang Xing did not deliberately hide his reaction. From the first time he met the person until now, he has been observed clearly by others. The entanglement at this time was even more obvious to others, and several people have been testing him.

"Third brother, what do you think?" Xiao Zhou relied on his personal relationship and asked in a serious manner without any pressure. "This kind of military market will affect morale. Our purpose of organizing the army is to improve combat effectiveness. Soldiers should be allowed to enter

It’s time for the city to do serious expenses.”

"It's not easy." Cheng Zhili suddenly interrupted. "It's also difficult for shops in the city, and there are some things, like mending clothes... It's not like we're in the East. If we can send them home or ask the locals in the group, it won't take a long time."

A little money, half a meal, here, even the locals in Hebei have nowhere to look for a home."

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Are you saying no?" Doulide sighed. "It's like the three thousand people I brought before the army was organized. They were standard Hebei people, but more than half of them were met on the road and they didn't know the details. Among the remaining people,

There are only one or two hundred people with children, but they are still in Gaojipo, and they are all old, weak, sick and disabled... The original wife was killed by the government. Last year, Lao Cao betrothed his sister to me in the swamp, and she became our

The hairy Mrs. Yazhai did not enjoy any blessings, but she had to take the lead in mending clothes, cooking, and fetching water and grass for hundreds of people every day."

"Who can blame this?" Cao Chen, his lieutenant general and uncle-in-law, couldn't help but chimed in and laughed. "If I don't marry you, it's as if she doesn't have to mend her clothes or fetch water."

The others also laughed.

After laughing, Zhang Xingfu asked frankly: "So, Xiao Zhou means to expel the troops, and to restrict the troops to only do business in the city? And what do you mean to keep them?"

"Yes." Zhou Xingfan responded simply. "Maintaining combat power comes first... At worst, we can ask the wealthy households in Qijun City across the street to come here and connect with each other to see if we can open some targeted stores, or release some craftsmen from the military camp, and then

We might as well invite some families of Dongjun sergeants to come and live in the city... I think the city is pretty empty."

Zhang Xing nodded, but said nothing. He only looked at the big leader Cheng Zhili standing next to him.

Cheng Zhili blurted out: "Longtou, what I mean is that the people in Hebei are quite pitiful, and the soldiers are inconvenient. We need to be more lenient and adapt measures to local conditions... After a while, the situation improved, and the camps were moved, and they naturally dispersed.

It’s necessary to be too entangled.”

Zhang Xing was still noncommittal, and looked at Dou Lide, the leader of the new Hebei rebel army who was very outstanding both in the previous war and in this army. This person was not very prominent in the Hebei rebel army before, but I don't know what happened.

, came to the gang, but almost stood out naturally like a cone in a bag.

"Longtou, it is really difficult here in Hebei. It is very different from the east. It is not a poverty in one place, nor is it a temporary problem." Dou Lide thought for a while and answered seriously. "So what I mean is

, not only should they not drive away, but they should also erect a fence to block them from the wind, and also set up rules for the soldiers to prevent them from bullying those women casually, and send people to patrol. "

Zhang Xing also nodded, but still didn't speak.

At this time, the competition below seemed to have entered a fierce stage. The two sides struggled into a ball, triggering a brawl that exceeded the limit. Before the person making the decision could say anything, the two camp leaders, Xia Hou Ningyuan and Fan Wang, rushed down first - but not

Fight for fun, but stop it quickly.

After a moment, the fight was stopped and the game continued.

Everyone withdrew their gaze and continued to look at Zhang Xing. It was obvious that Cheng Zhili and Xini had no hope, but Zhou Xingfan and Dou Lide were obviously opposed to each other. Both sides were eager for a clear answer from Zhang Xing, the person who could make the decision.

"Actually, it's very simple." Zhang Xing saw the two people's glaring eyes, but he smiled and answered frankly. "We will see the results of Xiao Wang and Xiao Jia's questioning later, and then make a decision.

"If there is still some order, and the prices are stable, and there are few people selling their bodies, or they are expensive, then drive them away, or move them to the city, because if you drive them away, they will not starve to death for a while.

"And if the prices are disordered and the money, grain, and silk are mixed, then leave them behind, collect them properly, and pay attention to public security, and prevent fire and theft. Just wait for us to move the camp and let it disperse. Because if this is the case, it can only mean that they

Every family has arrived, and the situation is extremely difficult. It is better to help the poor than to help the urgent.

"However, if the price is ridiculously low, and the actual market prices of grain, silk, and money are too high, then it will not only be a matter of setting up a fence, but I think we will also have to set a unified price for them. How much does laundry cost?

How much does it cost to mend clothes, how much does it cost to come into the camp to help cook meals, and if they do enough work, just give them a guaranteed ration... Good families, widows, you can also look for those skilled craftsmen in the camp to stay.

Soldiers in the field, be a sidekick... If possible, give the children who follow you a chance, and let them help with the work while trying to learn foundation building, literacy, and crafts... Because this is the real job.

, it means they can’t survive at all, and since we have come to Hebei and have become the local boss, if we don’t help, how can we pass it on to others?”

Zhou Xingfan and Dou Lide were a little confused, and Jia Yue, who had been silent, also began to think seriously.

"If that's the case." Cheng Zhili smiled. "Just

Set up a special camp, like the craftsman camp, and assign logistics management specifically."

"In terms of efficiency, this is what we should do." Zhang Xing responded sternly. "But you can't open this hole... Otherwise, who knows if someone will set up a prostitute camp in the future? Or maybe it will be like the officers and soldiers, who will do it every time."
To be continued...