Xia Wei originally thought that he could meet Zhan Chengyin, but it turned out that it was only General Song Duo under his command who came to negotiate.
At first, he didn't want to accept farming.
A dignified general brought soldiers to Zhenguan to farm? Isn't this humiliating him?
He wanted to become Zhan Chengyin's personal soldier.
It is rumored that his soldiers have invulnerable armor.
The food, clothing and daily necessities are the best and highest standards in the six countries military camps.
He brought his troops to surrender, but he couldn't even see anyone.This is not what he wants.
Xia Wei is still a little arrogant.
If Zhan Chengyin doesn't show up, he still wants to take the team back...
At this time, Wei Guang brought a group of people and drove a tricycle over.
Each car has three large barrels filled with boiled rice porridge, which exudes the aroma of meat and eggs.
A layer of green leaves is spread on the rice porridge.
From a distance, they could smell the fragrance before the tricycle even reached them.
All of them had shining eyes and kept swallowing saliva.
When Wei Guang asked people to bring down the porridge bucket, they could not walk anymore.
They said they were leaving, but their feet seemed to be welded to the ground.
They could not move anymore.
Wei Guang asked someone to bring the porridge to them and greeted them warmly, "Even if you want to leave, eat first. The general won't mind treating everyone to a meal."
Fifty thousand people were invited to eat thick rice porridge with minced meat and eggs.
Who could bear this?
The whole team stayed and lined up to get porridge.
On the large porcelain bowl, there was thick and fragrant porridge. They could not bear it anymore and started to wolf down the porridge before it cooled down.
Seeing this, Wei Guang laughed and said, "Eat slowly until you are full. There is more..."
"The general is the most generous. If one bowl is not enough, then two bowls. If two bowls are not enough, then three bowls..."
Wei Guang was making porridge for the soldiers, and Wu Li was not idle either, delivering buckets of water to the horses.
They have 50,000 people, and 20,000 horses.
The horses were so hungry that they were skinny. When they saw the clean water, they stood up and drank it.
They didn't know how long they were thirsty, but several horses finished drinking the 180-liter bucket.
Wu Li didn't mind at all, and continued to feed the horses as if the water was free.
Until the horses stopped drinking and their stomachs were round.
Is that enough?
No, then he served the horses fine feed.
Corn kernels, soybean meal, wheat bran, bran... mixed into fine feed.
God~!
Even the rich merchants of Yan State can't eat such good food.
The Zhan family army actually used it to feed horses.
Feeding horses!
It's a waste of resources.
The horses had the best food in half a year, and they all cried while eating.
Seeing Xia Wei staring at the horse feed in a daze, Song Duo said, "This is fine feed, and there is also coarse green feed. The horses in our town take turns eating them."
"Your horse has been hungry for too long, so I only give you fine feed!"
"General, the general has received a secret letter from the king of Yan, asking you to kill all of you."
"But the general didn't do it, and still hopes that everyone can stay."
"For the first three months, you will have two meals of white porridge cooked with minced meat every day, unlimited water supply every day, and you will help feed the horses."
"But everyone has to help work and farm. If you have to leave after three months, the general will not keep you."
"By the way!"
Song Duo posted the poster posted by Zhan Chengyin, one pound of rice for one acre of land.
Two acres of land will be rewarded with a bar of soap.
Three acres of land will be rewarded with a towel.
Five acres of land will be given away with farm tools.
Fifty acres of land can also build a house for free.
"These rewards count for everyone. If you are willing to stay, I will take you to the tents right away!"
The soldiers all gathered around and stared at the rewards.
They couldn't see the rest. They could only see the reward for the top ranking.
"As long as you cultivate one acre of land, you will be rewarded with one pound of broken rice?"
"Yes! The rewards can be accumulated. If you cultivate fifty acres, you can get fifty pounds of broken rice!"
Song Duo's guards brought up the broken rice.
A white bag, inside was clean and pure white broken rice without stones or impurities.
The porridge they ate was all made from this broken rice.
"We have cultivated enough land. After three months, can we take the broken rice away?"
"Sure. If you want to bring it to your family and relatives, this general suggests that you bring your family to Zhenguan. Zhenguan will provide you with white porridge!"
When the soldiers heard this, their eyes lit up and they stared at Song Duo closely.
"Really? We can bring our family to Zhenguan, and Zhenguan will also provide us with water and rice?"
"Yes, there are 50,000 Chu people in Zhenguan, including 8,000 Chu soldiers and more than 40,000 family members. They have formed a village and settled down by the Zhenguan River, living and working in peace and contentment!"
"Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you that the new recruits joining the Zhan Family Army..."
Song Duo took out another notice.
"New soldiers can receive eight kilograms of broken rice, four kilograms of flour, a bag of noodles, a small bag of salt, a cup of oil..."
"If you bring your family with you, you can get an extra roll of cloth!"
Song Duo unfolded the notice, with Zhan Chengyin's seal below as proof.
"If you are willing to join the Zhan Family Army, you will have all the benefits that the Zhan Family Army has."
Now, everyone is getting excited.
Eight kilograms of rice and four kilograms of flour...
These are enough for a small family to get through a month.
If they work harder in farming, plus the food from the generals, they can feed their families anyway.
And there are 50,000 Chu people in Zhenguan.
The Chu State has fought a siege battle with the Zhan Family Army, and they can accept it...
Why can't these Yan soldiers stay?
Song Duo saw everyone's concerns, "The general said that because of the secret letter from the Emperor of Yan, he can't take you into the city immediately. You can only work on the border for three months. If you still want to stay after three months, you can join the Zhan Family Army."
"If you want to bring your family to Zhenguan, the Zhan Family Army will give you 12 kilograms of food in advance for the first month."
This sentence made all the Yan soldiers waver.
They came, but their families were still in dire straits.
They all wanted their families to survive, otherwise they would not follow the general out of the city to find a way out.
Immediately, another soldier said, "I am willing to stay!"
"I am willing too!"
"The Zhan Family Army is very good. They gave us food and water without meeting us, and they can also give our families a way to survive. If we don't stay in Zhenguan, I'm afraid there will be no place for us in the world!"
The soldiers were also persuading Xia Wei.
Xia Wei was in his thirties and had been stationed at the border for more than ten years.
He was a famous general in Xia.
It was not his intention to rebel against Xia.
But everyone was going to have trouble surviving, and he didn't want to see the soldiers who had followed him for more than ten years and lived with him day and night starve to death.
Coming to Zhenguan was just a chance.
He originally thought that if Zhan Chengyin could accept the Chu people, why wouldn't he accept his Yan generals and soldiers.
It turned out that the King of Yan handed a secret letter to Zhan Chengyin.
If Zhan Chengyin didn't want to offend the King of Yan, he would just kill them.
But he didn't do that, but persuaded everyone to stay.
Now, all the soldiers are looking at Xia Wei, hoping that he can stay.
Some soldiers even knelt down because they missed their families and wanted their families to survive.
Therefore, they must stay in Zhenguan.
If they don't want to stay, they can leave with rice after three months.
Xia Wei frowned and finally nodded.
"Okay, we'll stay!"
Song Duo smiled and said loudly: "Everyone, the Zhan Family Army welcomes everyone!"