Two days later, Sun Ba's troops returned to Xishoujiang City with swords and axes, a military fortress located dozens of miles north of the Yellow River. The armies were disbanded and they were given three days off. Sun Ba had something to do and asked Li Liang, the military envoy of Xicheng.
Report, especially on the Shannan party begging party members to rob military supplies.
Although the strength of the Tiande Army is relatively weak among the towns in the North, it cannot be bullied by just a few scattered party tribes. Sun Ba will definitely report this matter to his superiors, and then carry out an impressive revenge——
According to Lu Huaizhong's words, "skin them off."
Shao Shude had no time to care about this for the time being. The day after the holiday, he took his young followers Sanlang and Li Yixian to the homes of the fallen soldiers to express condolences. This was his personal habit, not the tradition of military leaders in this era. From later generations
He has never been able to fully adapt to the aloof attitude. Subconsciously he has always believed that the soldiers are not inferior to him, and that everyone is a person who sticks together to keep warm in this troubled world.
Liu Gou'er's home is near the south city wall. It has two huts with a mixed structure of brick and wood. It looks pretty good. I learned before I came here that Liu Gou'er's family moved from Xiazhou, and his parents got sick after arriving in Xicheng.
Therefore, the eldest brother once served in the army and died in the battle when the Uighurs invaded. Now Liu Gouer died at the hands of the Dangxiang people, leaving only two younger siblings. This family is really miserable.
When Shao Shude arrived, the brother and sister were sitting in the yard, looking sad. He sighed. It seemed that the military commander who had returned home yesterday had arrived, and the brother and sister already knew the unfortunate news. This solved his problem.
, because he really didn’t know how to speak when facing two underage children.
"You guys..." Shao Shude gestured for Li Yixian and Sanlang to come in while considering his words.
The brother and sister obviously knew him, who had been here many times, and their eyes became red again when they met.
"You are a liar!" the little girl said with tears: "When I took my second brother away, I said that he would come back. Liar!"
"Xiu Niang, don't talk nonsense!" the young man scolded, but the corners of his eyes turned red unconsciously.
Shao Shude was silent. He vaguely remembered that when he saw that Liu Gouer's family was poor, he could not finish a meal, and his two siblings were starving, so he recruited him into the army. General Sun Shi did not agree at first, but after Shao Shude tried his best to
After persuasion, I agreed. Now it seems that I don't know whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. Maybe without the food and silk brought home by Liu Gou'er from the army, the two siblings would have starved to death, but Liu Gou'er might be able to survive.
One life.
However, in today's world, it is not easy to survive in anything. Xicheng is very small, and there are not many people. There are less than a thousand households in the city who are reclaiming wasteland. There are not many big families in the city, and commercial consumption is pitiful, so what can be done
A job to support yourself and your family? In troubled times, the easiest thing to sell is not your own life! Liu Gouer sold himself in exchange for his siblings to live a decent life for three years. It was an extremely fair transaction.
Of course, others may think this way, but Shao Shude cannot. He comes from a later generation and has his own moral bottom line. It is impossible for him to talk about any deal with peace of mind after seeing Pao Ze, whom he had been with day and night, after his death. Even in troubled times, people are valuable.
, people must also have humanity, this world is wrong, very wrong!
Never like this moment, when facing the sad, reproachful and slightly frightened looks of young men and women, he strongly wanted to change the world. Not everyone is born a corrupt official, and not everyone is.
Taking pleasure in killing people, this shitty world has forced everyone to become neither human nor ghost, so that people who originally wanted to live quietly and spend their lives peacefully were forced to pick up swords and guns and fight each other.
The twisted world must be corrected!
"You haven't eaten yet? I brought you biscuits." After saying that, Shao Shude took a wicker basket from Li Yixian, took out a few biscuits, and said with a forced smile: "Eat it, it's still warm.
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The young man took the Hu cake, first handed one to his sister, then took one for himself, and ate it carefully.
"Don't worry, these Hu cakes are all yours." Shao Shude put the cake basket on the small table and said with a smile: "There is still some food and silk here. You should put it away and don't let outsiders see it."
As soon as he finished speaking, Sanlang, who was carrying many things, put down a big bag, while Li Yixian put the silk fabrics on the straw couch in the room.
"There are five buckets of noodles here, please put them away. Some silks are gifts and pensions from your elder brother. You can use them to exchange for some money and food in the future, but remember to hide them." Shao Shude said softly.
Wheat has been grown in Fengzhou since ancient times. It has good taste and quality. It has been a tribute to the imperial court until the middle Tang Dynasty. Since the Xi'an Rebellion, Fengzhou has suffered repeated military disasters and the farmland has been severely abandoned. Now, due to the lack of people to repair water conservancy facilities, Fengzhou is empty.
There is good land, water, and the climate is warm and humid, but it has never been able to develop large-scale agriculture, so that grass grows all over the ground and it becomes a paradise for cattle, sheep, and horses.
Five buckets of white flour can make a hundred biscuits. If you save some food, you can support it for a while. There were originally twenty-two pieces of silk, but the pension had not yet been paid out. Shao Shude first paid for it from his own pocket, and then added another
A few more horses were added, and thirty horses were collected. To be fair, this was not a small amount of money. It could support the two brothers and sisters for several years. By that time, the boy had almost grown up and could support himself. Liu Gouer was under great pressure.
You can also feel at ease.
However, it was impossible for a young man and woman to suddenly possess such a large amount of money without being coveted, so Shao Shude told them to put it away and not let anyone take it away. Of course, as long as they did not go on an expedition, he would come every now and then.
I will come to see the brother and sister. If some local gangsters nearby have their eyes on him, they probably won't come to test the speed of his sword.
After talking to the brother and sister for a while, and seeing that their moods were a little calmer, Shao Shude stood up and left. When he came to the door, he touched his arms, took out a small bag, and took the remaining twenty coins inside.
He came out, stuffed it into the young man's hand, and said, "Take care, I will come often."
"Can I join the army with you in the future?" the young man suddenly asked loudly.
"It's better not to do it." Shao Shude, who had just walked outside the gate, paused and said. After that, he walked away without looking back. Sanlang and Li Yixian looked at each other and disappeared in a flash.
Before coming here, I had made an agreement with a disabled veteran on the street and asked him to help take care of it. I also asked him to help with Liu Gouer's funeral. The old soldier was nice, but he pitied the situation of the two brothers and sisters.
So he agreed immediately, leaving Shao Shude with one thing off his mind.
After leaving Liu Gouer's home, Shao Shude went to the homes of the five soldiers who died in the battle one by one. After some comfort, they gave each family a few pieces of silk before returning to the military camp at Hejindu in the evening.
After a day full of negative energy, Shao Shude was not in the mood to do anything else. After hastily eating two cakes, he was ready to go to bed. Unexpectedly, Li Yanling came over again and saw that Shao Shude was ready to rest.
After hesitating for a long time, he said cautiously: "Team leader..."
"We are all old brothers in the same team. Why are we so different from each other? Come in and sit down. What do you want?"
"Leader of the team, you should be subsidizing the soldiers today. But..." Li Yanling thought for a while and said, "The expenses are still a bit high. The past two years have been uneven, and there has been a lot less business travel, so the money for the expenses has also increased.
The payout is less. After the team leader received the silk money and food today, there are only twelve bolts of silk and three coins left in the account. The team leader is young and has no family, so he doesn't care, but he has to think about the future.
This life is not easy!"
The so-called Shoujin (Note 1) money is actually a favor fee given by merchants traveling to and from the Yellow River Ferry. This is an unspoken rule, and dozens of people on and off the Hejin Ferry have a share. A few years ago, when business was still prosperous, a large number of Lingwu and Xia Sui
The merchants of this town crossed the Yellow River here, passed through the Langshan Chicken Crying Fortress, and headed north to return to the grassland for trade.
For example, the caravans of Li Zhengyi's family, a big businessman in Fengzhou, often pass through here. Every time they carry large cars and small cars, with piles of goods, they really make a lot of money. Naturally, the Morjin soldiers also got a lot of benefits,
Shao Shude is the leader of the team, and he gets much more than the average person. Therefore, this is actually a good position. General Sun Shi can give him this key position, which shows that he cares for him.
Shao Shude didn't have a family, and he didn't value money that much. Apart from the daily filial piety given to General Sun Shi, he really didn't have any expenses for food and accommodation in the military camp, so he kept the money in his account, making him the oldest and most stable in the team.
Li Yanling helps manage it.
A year ago, Shao Shude discussed with several fire chiefs in the team. Everyone spent part of their defense money to buy some food and meat for the soldiers, so that everyone could strengthen their training. Exercises once every five days were changed to once every three days. Everyone agreed.
Agreeing, Shao Shude took the lead and got the job done. It has been a year now and the results have been remarkable.
During the last army drill, Shao Shude and his team advanced and retreated in an orderly manner and gave consistent orders, which was praised by Defense History Li Yan. In the infantry shooting competition, Shao Shude wore armor and drew his bow from 60 steps away, and hit seven out of eight arrows. His skill was astonishing.
Four, winning the first place. According to rumors, Li Liang, the bright-faced soldier and horseman of Xicheng, has planned to promote Shao Shude as deputy general to encourage the soldiers to hone their skills.
Leaving aside Shao Shude, a weirdo with his own time-travel benefits, if others want to improve their own level, they still have to practice hard day after day. As the amount of training increases, nutrition will naturally have to keep up. This is Shao Shude and others.
People's original intention. If everyone contributes money together to train the soldiers, won't it be their own capital from now on?
"Leader of the team, please say something." Seeing that Shao Shude was a little absent-minded, Li Yanling suddenly became anxious. He was not interested in fighting. He had no choice but to join the army in order to make ends meet, but he was very good at things like money and food, so
Shao Shude entrusted him with many general tasks so that he could free himself from the complicated management work and concentrate on training soldiers.
"Isn't there still money in the account?" Shao Shude laughed, and then said seriously: "It is the right thing to support the soldiers. How long will the money and food from the hair be enough to feed their families? Famous generals in ancient times pay special attention to the military spirit. On weekdays,
If you stay indifferent, fool the soldiers, and don't help them solve their actual difficulties, they will fool you when it comes to fighting. I regard the fifty people in our team as brothers. If anyone is in trouble, I will speak to you.
Absolutely nothing. In the past few years, we have fought seven or eight battles, large and small. Lao Li, tell me, is there one brother who fled in the face of battle?"
"How can we generalize this matter..." Li Yanling was still about to persuade, but she heard a commotion outside the door.
"Grandma, we can't defeat the party beggars. Li Guochang and his son want to occupy the second town, and the court issued an edict to challenge it. Our Tiande Army will also be dispatched. It's really unlucky." Lu Huaizhong's loud voice rang out, making everyone's hearts tremble.
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Are we going to fight again?
Note 1: Shoujin, the Tang Dynasty system, Tianxiajinjizhouliang all have chief officials, the Yellow River ferry is a "Jin", and there is an order where there is a Jin, this order is the ninth grade. The Fengzhou Yellow River ferry is not registered in the imperial court
It is listed in the list, but the current situation is in chaos, and there are many private officials appointed by the commander-in-chief of the feudal town. This is an ordinary thing.