On the ninth day of March, the first group of one hundred Long Sword Army warriors arrived in Liang County.
They are lucky, because they already have a ready-made unit - released by the local powerful in Liang County.
Chang Can stood on the ridge of the field and saw his tribe for the first time: a native of Sanhuliang County, who was forced to seek refuge with the local powerful Li Li because of a disaster.
A part is a part, a slave is a slave, they are different.
Buqu were between free people and slaves. They could marry a good wife and keep their own property. Apart from personal dependence, there was no difference between them and free people.
Chang Can silently looked at the three households with a total of sixteen men and women: four male males, five female females, and seven children.
Among the four young men, only one is in his prime, and the other three are quite young, at least in their forties.
Why does this situation happen? It's nothing more than a war.
If war breaks out again in Luoyang, these four men might have to go into battle, and it's hard to say whether they can come back.
There is nothing much to say about the woman. Under the sun and rain, she is far inferior to the young ladies Chang Can saw in Chang'an - Chang Can had just gotten married, and his wife's family was a businessman in Chang'an City. The whole family was killed, only
She is the only one left.
The children were generally young, and the oldest boy was probably less than ten years old. They all looked at him timidly and subconsciously wanted to hide behind the adults.
Chang Can was thinking about what he should say and what kind of greeting he should give when meeting his own Buqu for the first time.
After holding it in for a long time, he just said: "My surname is Chang, and you will be part of my family from now on. It's the family at the east end of the village. It's easy to recognize."
After thinking about it, he imitated Shao Xun's tone and said seriously: "It's a good job to do things, don't cheat."
"Yes..." the people responded sparsely.
Chang Can was slightly annoyed and said, "I'm not a harsh master, what should I be afraid of?"
After saying that, he walked to the horse, took out a piece of hard biscuit from the saddle bag, broke it into several pieces, stuffed it into the hands of several children one by one, and said in a rough voice: "Take it, reward me."
You guys."
The child swallowed dryly, and someone took it with a "swish". Someone looked at the adult and saw that there was no objection, and then took it.
Chang Can laughed, took two steps closer, and wanted to touch a child's head.
However, he was an old thief and a desperado, and his weapons jingled, which was quite scary. When the child saw him, he burst into tears and ran away wiping his tears.
Chang Can's forced smile froze.
After a moment, he waved his hands in disappointment and said, "Let's all disperse."
"Yes." The musicians immediately dispersed.
The breeze blew, and Chang Can squatted down a little disappointed.
In his expectation - or fantasy - Bu Qu should be the kind of brave man who farmed in his spare time, went into battle during war, and shouted for fierce battle.
Now it seems that there is a bit of a gap.
They are dull, stupid, not good at speaking, and timid. With such a tribe, do you expect them to accompany you on the expedition? Most of them can only do chores such as washing horses, making fires and cooking. Or they may be gathered by the superiors to repair the camp.
Forget it, it’s good if you can do the job of auxiliary soldiers well, why do you want to do so much?
After returning home, my wife was tending to the vegetable patch.
Chang Can looked at her clumsy look and sighed secretly.
The women in the city are good-looking, but when it comes to work - well, it's really hard to describe.
But he doesn't regret it, as long as it looks good.
Sergeants have always been looked down upon by others, and it was impossible for them to marry a girl from Chang'an City.
Last time I heard an eunuch from Pan Yuan mention the incident of "recruiting ladies and gentlemen" during the Cao Wei period (the third year of Qinglong 235), he felt very sad.
Women from Binghu families were unwilling to marry Binghu families, which resulted in soldiers being unable to marry wives and affecting their morale. Therefore, the court investigated and arrested married women from Binghu families and forced them to remarry.
This kind of thing also happened during the reign of the first emperor of this dynasty (Sima Yan), and the scale far exceeded that of the Cao Wei period.
Both incidents were "positive events" that boosted morale for the soldiers, but Chang Can became very angry after hearing this.
Why can't a soldier who dares to fight and fight get a wife?
Why can they only marry women from military households?
I want to marry a woman from Chang'an City, even if she doesn't know how to do farm work, I'm happy with it!
There were some vegetables such as Chinese cabbage and leeks planted in the vegetable patch. Seeing his wife's clumsy appearance, Chang Can grabbed the wooden spoon, scooped out water to water the vegetables, and said, "Let's cook."
The wife responded, her face a little red.
Chang Can happily watered the vegetables and thought about her future life.
His wife had given birth to a child before, so he could have a child with him, and it would probably not be difficult to give birth, which made him feel relieved.
This small courtyard was owned by a farm manager of the powerful Li Li family in the county. It is not bad.
Bah! What are you in charge of? I just have slaves in my family.
In terms of status, they were not as good as a military household. They only had five people and six people, and they even had a maid from the Li family as their wife. But their children were destined to remain slaves.
The government soldiers were different. They were exempted from corvee service and only performed military service. They were completely good family members - no, the good family members in the Han Dynasty were not as good as them.
I heard from Governor Chen that General Shao also has other benefits for the soldiers, such as getting an official position through meritorious service. This is getting an official position. There is no need to look at family background. All you have to do is kill the enemy and perform meritorious service. Is there such a good thing in the world?
Unfortunately, the general was unable to make the decision now, so he asked the court to reorganize the system, and nothing could be done with his words.
Damn it! Chang Can threw the wooden spoon into the bucket and thought silently, if one day, General Shao enters Luoyang Bingzheng, will their good days come?
Or even go one step further?
All the officials and palaces are ready-made! I heard that the queen has given birth to a child, so General Shao doesn't need to marry a wife, because even the queen is ready-made and can still give birth to a child.
If there were such a good time, I would be willing to risk my life to fight.
A fire was lit in the kitchen, and his wife was already cooking corn porridge. After Chang Can finished watering the vegetables, he took the horse to the small river outside the door and washed it himself.
The horse rubbed him affectionately.
The murderous Chang Can burst out laughing. He had just returned from Guangchengze, where there were still 300 brothers and a group of male laborers who herded horses all day long.
It was also at that time that Chang Can saw the grand scene of thousands of horses galloping for the first time.
Guangchengze is a good place, with good mountains, water and scenery. If it can be used for farming, it will definitely be able to harvest a lot of food.
There was a sound of horse hooves on the other side of the river.
A dozen knights greeted Chang Can from a distance and looked up at the Chang family courtyard to see if his bride had appeared in the courtyard.
Chang Can laughed and cursed a few words, then proudly puffed up his chest.
The women of Chang'an are indeed beautiful, but just work harder. Besides practicing martial arts, you can also help with some farm work. Isn't that how you live your life?
After bringing A Niang back from Yushanwu and having a few more children with the bride, life will be more secure.
You must have more boys!
In the future, you can choose the most outstanding one and teach him all your killing skills. When he grows up, he can go on an expedition with the general. Maybe he will achieve great achievements and have his own family business.
The Chang family also wants to spread its branches. Maybe it will become a big family in a hundred years?
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The wind rises at the end of Qingping.
Some things may seem ordinary at first, but not everyone can see the mystery behind them.
In the case of Li Li, a powerful man in Liang County, he only saw a corrupt and cruel military leader leading a group of desperadoes to snatch his land - even though he had also stolen these lands from others.
Then, the army leader distributed the captured land to the soldiers and invited them to buy military morale!
On the surface, it seems to be correct, it seems to be like this, and there is even a song for the first batch of one hundred and ten people.
One soldier and three families worked together to cultivate more than a hundred acres of land for the outlaws.
In addition, if there are livestock, they seem to help with grazing - these days, either because of insufficient development, lack of water conservancy projects, or lack of manpower, there are many grassy wastelands, which are good places for grazing.
, so strictly speaking, the income of the soldiers was not limited to the more than 100 acres of land.
"Alas!" Li Li kicked away a dead branch, feeling very depressed.
He is only thirty years old. He took over the family business three years ago, and his main focus is to be "brave and diligent".
He was embarrassed to take the land that others were embarrassed to take.
He dared to take the land that others dared not take.
There were several officials in the county who were close friends with him. When recruiting troops and collecting taxes, he kept those who silently cultivated their own land half to death, and then he came back to be a good person and accepted the land and tribes.
In fact, many people do this. The world is like this, and he doesn't think there is anything wrong. Do you allow your gentry to occupy the fields and prevent local tyrants like us from developing and growing? Troubled times are coming, with many fields, many tribes, and many grains.
, the high courtyard wall is the most reassuring thing.
This official and general will lie in a coffin sooner or later!
Well, I just dared to say this in my heart, because Li Li soon saw dozens of knights armed with heavy swords, crossbows and iron armor.
It just so happens that these people are not just show-offs, but real desperadoes who dare to kill people.
Don't ask Li Li why he knows, there are too many people like this in this world.
As the knights rode past, their armor leaves rustled and their weapons shone coldly in the sun.
If you cut off such a long and heavy sword, you would be stunned if you were wearing iron armor, let alone that their family couldn't get ten pairs of iron armor together.
These people! Li Li felt depressed. After hurriedly returning home, he thought over and over again and felt that this was something he could not change.
The best way is to contact more people, build momentum, and then send people to Luoyang to see if they can find a way to get Shao Xun away.
Or, maybe it would be okay to go to Yingchuan?
In short, we can't let Shao Xun continue to act like this.
Chapter completed!