Daqin Engineering Corps

"The engineer is still worried about the Chu army? When did the coward let me wait in danger?"

The craftsmen beside him also praised it one after another, and Hui also joked:

"There's only promotion again and again."

"I sent a letter from my family the day before yesterday, and my father-in-law also said that I was lying to him because of his old age. How could I be promoted to two ranks in less than a year!"

There was laughter all around.

Cang replied with a little embarrassment:

"But today is different from the past, our army has been surrounded by the Chu army this time..."

Shen Bing glared at Cang and interrupted him:

"Say less, or I won't be able to protect you!"

Cang hurriedly responded, and then retreated despondently.

This is the troublesome point of being a coward. He is no longer talking casually like the little soldier before, but should consider the impact on the whole.

Otherwise, if Shen Bing, a stingy man, is so flustered that he is at a loss what to do, how can the more than [-] people under his command still have the confidence to fight against the enemy?

Cang, an engineer, should do the same, but he doesn't seem to be used to it yet.

At this moment, there was a faint sound of "rumbling" horseshoes ahead, and then someone shouted:

"Chu Jun, Chu Jun is here!"

Looking in the direction of the sound, there was indeed a figure in the distance, getting closer and clearer.

Soon, a large banner with the word "Xiang" jumped into Shen Bing's eyes.

"item"?

Could it be Xiang Yan who defeated Qin Jun Li Xin?

That is Xiang Yu's grandfather?

It's another famous general, but Shen Bing bumped into them all.

First Li Mu, now Xiang Yan, and unfortunately they are both enemies.

The head of the city also discovered the enemy's situation here, and immediately sounded the war drum, and the soldiers of the Qin Army put down their work and picked up their weapons and stood in rows to meet the enemy.

Meng Liang was also fast, and he surrounded Shen Bing with his personal guards "hula".

After being silent for a while, Meng Liang asked Shen Bing in a low voice:

"Small man, should we go back to the city to avoid it?"

Shen Bing rejected the suggestion without even thinking about it.

Leave your subordinates and go back to the city alone?This makes him how can he be such a miser in the future!

Meng Liang secretly cried out in his heart:

One of the tasks the king gave him was to protect Shen Bing.

But now...

If Shen Bing wants to be on the battlefield, does he have to be on the battlefield?

Once or twice is enough, how many more times in the future?

Your Majesty's business is important, but no matter how important it is, it's not as important as your own life, isn't it?

When Meng Liang was anxious, a messenger rode out of the city and ran to Shen Bing and shouted:

"Working miserly, the general welcomes you!"

Shen Bing responded, and called the groom to prepare the carriage.

Meng Liang couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, Secret Road could finally go back to the city, this order came really timely.

I don't want Shen Bing to confess in the next sentence:

"Ms. Zuo, I leave this place to you."

"I'll come when I go!"

Meng Liang was in a hurry:

"Wait a minute...shouldn't this subordinate go with the stingy man?"

Shen Bing replied:

"The general only calls me, what are you going to do?"

"What's more, if you and I both go, who will command here?!"

Saying that, Shen Bing ignored him and stepped into the carriage by himself.

Meng Liang was speechless and could only watch Shen Bing's carriage drive away.

Looking at the Chu army on the other side, they are already dismounted and ready to fight. There is a black line on Meng Liang's face...

When Shen Bing climbed to the top of the city and saw Yang Duanhe, the Qin and Chu armies below the city began to fight.

This is just a small battle.

The Chu army was just testing the Qin army to know the strength and morale of the Qin army.

Yang Duanhe knew this, and Shen Bing also knew this, so they didn't take it too seriously.

Yang Duanhe was sitting on a folding stool, with a map on the desk in front of him.

Seeing Shen Bing coming up, he raised his head to signal him to sit down beside him.

Then without even looking at the battlefield under the city, he frowned and said:

"Not much food in the warehouse has been flooded, but most of the food in the hands of the people has been flooded. Does the stingy man have a good plan?"

Although Yang Duanhe didn't go into details, Shen Bing knew what it meant.

The food of the people in Daliang was flooded, which meant that the people would go hungry.

People may rebel if they are hungry.

If you don't want the people to rebel, you will get food...

But there are so many people, if the food is divided, the army food will be gone?

Let the people dry the grain in their hands?

Shen Bing looked at the gloomy sky... This weather is not for drying grains, but for them to germinate.

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After thinking about it, Shen Bing said:

"Extreme times require extraordinary measures!"

"The subordinates thought we should implement the rationing system!"

Yang Duanhe couldn't help but wonder:

"What is rationing?"

The rationing system has actually been used in many countries, but most of them are modern.

For example, Germany when supplies were in short supply during World War II and Britain when it was blocked by Germany both used it.

Shen Bing explained:

"In short, it is to collect all grains as state-owned and allocate them uniformly."

"That would keep as many people alive as possible."

This is obvious.

The amount of food stored in the hands of the people is different, some have more and some have less.

Secondly, the number of victims is also different.

If there is not much grain in stock and it is all flooded, it may take a few days for the grain to germinate and cannot be preserved.

Then wait to starve to death?Or watch the grain grow into wheat seedlings and then rot?

On the other side, there are people who store a lot of food and are unwilling to take it out for relief.

The result of this going on is obvious, there is still food, but people continue to starve to death, and there will even be many disputes, such as stealing food, grabbing food and the like.

The implementation of rationing can avoid this situation as much as possible.

Because everyone has no food in their hands, they are all waiting to be distributed.

More importantly...

"If rationing is implemented, then we can distribute the flooded food first."

"Or do something with it, like try drying it."

"The food that is not flooded is used later, which can increase the duration."

Yang Duanhe nodded and said:

"That's right, the rationing system should indeed be implemented!"

As soon as Yang Duanhe raised his head, he ordered to Li Yan who was standing beside him:

"Pass down the order. All people, regardless of their status or family background, must hand over all food and must not hide it privately."

"In the future, someone will provide food for them, so don't worry!"

Li Yan clapped his hands and went down to make arrangements.

It is not difficult to do this, because now the sword is in the hands of the Qin army, and the people of Wei State are worried about whether the Qin army will start a massacre. At this time, if they are ordered to hand over the food, they dare not resist, of course they have no way to resist.

However, this is still quite dangerous in the early stage.

Because this move will definitely cause panic among the people.

There is a saying that food is the most important thing for the people, and the people store food to survive the winter, and now that their food is searched away is almost killing them.

Although Qin Jun promised to ration them in the future, who knows whether what Qin Jun said is true or not?

What if they were lied to?

So if one is not careful, the people will be forced to rebel.

It would be even more bad if the people captured the prison again and released the 20 Wei soldiers.

But things will get better after a while.

Because they found that Qin Jun fulfilled his promise to distribute food to them...so they slowly let go of their guard.

Not long after Li Yan went down, he saw Wei Xing coming up in a hurry.

He rushed to Yang Duanhe and cupped his hands and said:

"General, I heard that the general wants to collect food, and my subordinates think it is absolutely impossible."

"If the people have no food in their hands, they may cause chaos. At this critical moment..."

Hearing what Wei Xing said, Yang Duanhe felt more at ease.

Yang Duanhe is not stupid, he knows that if Wei Wei surrendered in a false manner, he wouldn't care if the Qin army aroused public anger.

Even if the Qin army aroused the anger of the people, it would be just right. When Wei Xun raised his arms and called out to the people, they would listen to his orders.

But now that Wei Wei came to remind Yang Duanhe as soon as he knew about it, it was enough to prove that he had already considered the problem from the perspective of Qin Jun.

Yang Duanhe smiled, raised his head towards Shen Bing and said:

"That's what the coward meant."

Only then did Wei Xi see Shen Bing sitting beside him, and he couldn't help but look puzzled, as if he didn't believe that Shen Bing would come up with such a bad idea.

After Shen Bing explained, Wei Wei suddenly realized.

"The coward's words are justified, and the rationing system should indeed be implemented."

Shen Bing comforted Wei Xi and said: