Chapter 254 Recruit young men and win over the people!
Liu Zi hesitated and asked:
"Brother Huang, there are still a lot of grains, vegetables, etc. prepared in the kitchen. What should I do with them?"
Huang An was slightly startled, and then ordered:
"There is plenty of food and other things in the Li family's mansion. Just leave those things in the martial arts hall and you can watch and eat them."
Hearing this, Liuzi nodded with great joy, "Thank you so much, Brother Huang!"
However, he then asked:
"There are a lot of vegetables and meat left in the kitchen and warehouse. We will definitely not be able to finish them all, and the weather can easily turn bad. How about we take them all to the Li family's residence tomorrow?"
Huang An thought about the food he saw in the kitchen and backyard warehouse yesterday and today, and frowned slightly.
What Liuzi said is reasonable. There is too much leftover meat and vegetables. If you don't finish it, it will definitely go bad.
Without refrigerators and cold storage, food preservation is an unsolvable problem.
It is shameful to waste food.
Even if Huang An is not short of money or food now, Huang An still cannot accept his extravagant and wasteful behavior.
As soon as his eyes flashed, he had an idea.
"Today, you should contact the cooks hired to cook in the martial arts hall again.
Cook all the remaining perishable food. In addition to eating it yourself, set up a soup kitchen in front of the martial arts hall and make soup. No matter who is in the city, as long as he comes to ask for a bite to eat,
Just give me a bowl. All beggars and homeless people can come here. I will write a notice later and post it at the gate of the martial arts hall tomorrow!"
When the six sons heard this, they were shocked in their hearts.
Giving porridge to charity?
"Brother Huang is really the most good man in the world!"
He forgot for a moment that in just half a day today, the number of people executed by Huang An's personal order exceeded forty.
Huang An is not a pure bad guy, but he is not close to a good guy either.
What he did was actually a purposeful act of kindness.
Reputation is an extremely important thing, and it is difficult to establish. But once you have a reputation, it will be much easier to do things.
As the saying goes, he who wins the hearts of the people wins the world. Although Huang An is self-aware, he does not covet the world.
But Huang An still understands that to establish power, one must take root among the local people.
Reputation is a kind of public opinion.
Huang An doesn't mind showing kindness within the scope of his ability.
Not long after he finished speaking, Meng Yun had already found the pen, ink and paper.
"You are very positive!"
Huang An laughed and cursed.
"My eldest brother is a very good person, and my brothers and I admire him very much!"
Meng Yun laughed and looked very happy.
Everyone around also laughed.
Before Huang An traveled through time, he had basically never been exposed to calligraphy.
But after staying in Youzhou for nearly a year, he is a warrior himself and has extremely strong control over his body.
So now his calligraphy is quite good.
This is the result of him not practicing deliberately.
It only took less than three minutes to finish writing it one stroke at a time.
Warriors can write much faster than ordinary people.
While the ink on the notice was drying, Huang An called Meng Yun over, and the two of them walked into an empty house, one behind the other.
The two talked alone.
"Refugees and beggars often don't follow the rules. This time, you should keep an eye on the porridge. If someone makes trouble, you can make the decision yourself! But remember not to mess around, let alone bully and ridicule the people. If someone does not follow the rules,
If you do evil here, you will also deal with it!"
While Huang An was speaking, he also took out a bulging money bag.
"Youzhou is located on the border, and there are a lot of refugees. The Li family's mansion needs manpower everywhere. You can choose the opportunity to recruit some young men from the refugees, beggars, or people in the city, and join them under your command to help you maintain order.
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Huang An said and handed the money bag to Meng Yun.
Then he took a deep look at Meng Yun and said seriously:
"The border is extremely chaotic, my master has just ascended to a high position, and he has no one he can use. Do you understand what I mean?"
When Meng Yun heard this, his face was full of surprise.
Does this mean you want to train him as one of your own?
After so long, he finally gained Huang An's approval.
He clasped his hands into fists and said respectfully to Huang An:
"Thank you, brother! I will live up to your expectations!"
Huang An nodded with satisfaction and encouraged him a few more words.
"By the way, at noon tomorrow, let the two brothers out of the cellar in the backyard. Have they eaten today?"
Huang An asked a lot.
Meng Yun's eyelids twitched, with a look of fear in his eyes. He hesitated for a moment, and then said:
"Brother, why don't you let them out?"
He actually started interceding for those two guys?
Huang An was surprised because the two people locked in the cellar were not from Xialin Village.
Why did Meng Yun plead for mercy on behalf of these two people?
Without waiting for Huang An to ask, Meng Yun whispered: "Brother, you don't know. Last night, the two of them were screaming. This morning, the sound was a little quieter. At noon, I heard that the two of them were already talking nonsense.
I'm afraid if we are locked up any longer, the two of us will lose our minds and go crazy!"
ah?
crazy?
Huang An looked shocked.
To start talking nonsense so quickly?
This resistance is lower than I expected!
Meng Yun's suggestion can be adopted. Two good people cannot be tortured to death.
After pondering for a moment, he nodded and said:
"Okay, you can release them two later and let them rest today. From now on, they will stay here and help you!"
"yes, Sir!"
Meng Yun naturally had no objection.
Then the two of them walked out of the side room.
The conversation lasted only three minutes. After leaving Meng Yun and Liu Zi behind, Huang An led the team and drove the carriage directly to the Li family's residence.
In the days to come, I will most likely stay at the Li family's mansion.
After the Li family's people are dealt with, the name of the Li family's mansion should also be changed.
Meng Yun, Liu Zi, and some old people who stayed in the martial arts gym personally took Huang An to the road outside the entrance of the martial arts gym.
It wasn't until Huang An's figure completely disappeared from the street that Meng Yun took everyone back.
Next, he will follow Huang An's orders to recruit troops and win over the people!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "My eldest brother has given me such an important task, so I must do it well and never let down my eldest brother's expectations!"
At this time, Meng Yun's whole body was filled with cleanliness.
Huang An is a very purposeful person, and he is also a proactive person.
Since he wants to develop his own power, Huang An will naturally take the initiative.
Fighting alone would not work in the Ming Dynasty.
This is a conclusion that Huang An has fully demonstrated and is unanimously recognized by Chao Mu and others.
What was the situation inside the Ming Empire?
Just looking at Youzhou and Feng'an City, you can see that they are riddled with holes.
There is bound to be chaos in the future.
When a speck of dust from the times falls on everyone, it is like a mountain.
Even if Huang An is cheating, he is still a speck of dust before he grows up.
The power of the Ming Dynasty cannot be matched by the power of an individual.
The rolling wheel of the times cannot be stopped by one person.
He needs to prepare in advance, otherwise once something happens, he will be finished if he tries to prepare again.
He doesn't want to be one of those protagonists who only gets upset when something happens, regrets it, and then learns from the experience!
From the moment Huang An became the fourth head of Xialin Village, he had already begun to actively prepare to establish and develop his own power.
Youzhou, located on the border, has a large number of refugees, some of whom are fugitives, but most of them are landless people who cannot stand the exploitation of landlords and the persecution of local officials and have fled.
Even though Feng'an City is located in a remote area, there are still a lot of refugees.
If this is the case, then take the initiative and recruit these young and strong refugees.
The destruction of the Li family, as well as the destruction of other families in the city in the future, is a certainty.
In the process, Huang An will get a lot of farmland.
These refugees, whether young or old, women or children, are all the people Huang An wants to win over in the future.
Population itself is an essential and valuable resource.
Of course, now he just needs to win over Qingzhuang.
Take it step by step and don't rush.
At 7:30 in the evening, the Li family residence.
The sky has darkened, and the heat of the day has finally faded away a bit.
Inside and outside the mansion, in the closed area, there were nearly fifty courtyards with flickering fires and rising smoke.
These yards are divided into temporary kitchens to provide meals for everyone in the cordoned off area.
The courtyard was brightly lit, and the lighted torches flickered, illuminating the entire courtyard.
Shadows of people kept coming and going, and a group of servants who had been temporarily recruited were now acting as cooks cooking vegetables, or children adding firewood to the fire.
A group of women were washing and chopping vegetables, and a group of men were carrying food and water. It was very lively.
These servants who can move freely in the kitchen are specially selected.
Their hatred for the Li family is written on their faces.
They had already heard that Mr. Huang and City Lord Zhao Yan, who had tied up the adults of the Li family, had promised them that they would be able to move freely within three days at the latest.
Now they can have a full meal soon, and there is meat in the meal, so they are naturally happy.
In fact, the people at the bottom of the Li family's mansion are very shallow.
It can even be said that they have no city government.
Emotions such as love, hate, resentment, etc. for the Li family are all written directly on their faces.
So it is very easy to pick out suitable servants who can help in the kitchen.
As for Huang An and his subordinates, they were naturally on duty as supervisors in the kitchen.
In one hospital, there were fifteen servants assigned to cook.
There are two people responsible for supervision.
These guards maintain order in the kitchen and prevent ulterior servants from tampering with the food.
Or even organize trouble or run away.
Although the chance is very small, it must be guarded against.
Not everyone can get poison. In Huang An's hometown, where productivity is extremely developed, it is difficult to get some poison.
After all, it is a controlled substance.
And in the Ming Empire, where productivity was extremely backward, it was even less so.
Although poisons are not controlled, they are available in medicine shops.
But the toxicity of most medicinal materials is not strong.
Moreover, warriors are extremely resistant to the toxicity of poisons.
Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, the development of poisons was very backward.
In Feng'an City, servants who are illiterate can obtain poison in the closed area, under layer-by-layer surveillance, and under the control of warriors, and the poison must have no abnormal taste or color.
Moreover, they can successfully put the poison into the food, and the probability of success is lower than the probability of winning the first prize in lottery tickets.
The conditions are really too harsh.
As for all the members of the Li family who had their hands and feet tied, they were now gathered in the open space outside the mansion.
Later, after their names and other basic information are collected, everyone in the Li family outside the mansion will be transferred into the mansion.