Fu Song

The camp commander looked down on scholars very much.

When Zhang Ren and the others were assigned to this battalion, the battalion general looked at them with contempt.

He even complained to the officer who sent them in front of these people that these little boys should not be put in an elite army like theirs.

Where do I look like a little boy?

Zhang Ren was very annoyed.

But even these people respect a scholar like him very much.

He even arranged for people to help him with rough and dirty work.

And what they asked for was that after a day of training, Zhang Xing would tell them one or two stories from the book, and then teach them to recognize and write one or two characters.

They are so stupid!
It has been almost a month since I arrived here, and the one with the best grades, including the chief, can recognize twenty characters.

But Zhang Ren still forced himself to teach them every day.

Because of this, he didn't have to do things like clean the toilet, and he didn't have to get up in the middle of the night to stand guard.

Of course, if there is such a thing as patrolling on wheels, no one can escape.

However, these mud-legged and rude people in Zhang Ren's eyes all have a good fortune.

In their hometown, everyone has a house, a field, and livestock. On average, each family has dozens of acres of land, as well as mountains and forests. Like Shi Chang's family, there is even a small workshop.

There was nothing in these people's homes ten years ago!

But because of Xiao Cheng, because of Cen Zhong and others, they gradually had a house and fields, everyone was very satisfied, everyone was very satisfied with the current government.

Now Zhang Ren finally figured out why Xiao Cheng wanted them to be soldiers.

Because such a policy has been implemented in the southwest direction for many years.

People like Shi Chang, when they go to the battlefield, they can only fight bravely. If they live, they can get rewards.

But if they escape or betray, the family property will be deprived, and the family members will be reduced to nothing in an instant.

And in the Southwest, the guy who has nothing doesn't even have the chance to become a soldier and fight for a future.

Because the conscription in the Southwest now only needs the sons of good families.

Just like Zhang Ren, on the battlefield, would he dare to run?Does he dare to surrender?

dare not.

Because if he did it, his father would lose his official position in a blink of an eye, his elder brother would be deprived of his hard-earned fame, and the property accumulated slowly by his family's ancestors would be confiscated all at once.

So he can only fight bravely like his elder brother.

Fortunately, he only needs to survive for three years. After three years, if he is still alive, he can apply for retirement and go home.

But the nine members of his team were unwilling to retire and go home.

Because they think that the money will come soon after being a soldier!
The monthly pay is paid out on time. Once a war starts, as long as you win, rewards are indispensable. Of course, the biggest gain is actually the capture.

Soldiers do not have to hand in what they seize within the rules and regulations.

Shichang is already thirty-seven, and he plans to work until forty.

This is a hurdle.

If you can't be promoted to captain, you must retire at this age.

There is no hope for Shi Chang to be promoted to the captain, he is still far away from the captain!
So the reason why he continued to serve as a soldier was, of course, to make money.

There was only one boy in his family, but five girls.

Shi Chang wanted to earn a three-year dowry for his daughter, but with less dowry, it would be looked down upon by her in-laws.

But in Zhang Ren's view, these people have served in the army for a long time, and when they go home, they don't know what they can do.

Of course, judging from the speed at which they earn money, doing things at home is not as fast as they earn as soldiers.

The new recruiting law was only implemented this year.

But these people have been in the army for many years.

Like Shi Chang, he has been a soldier for almost eight years.

Entering the barracks, removing armor, cleaning, and tidying up the house, after finishing these, it will be dark.

The damn battalion will make them wear armor to walk on the muddy road, and then ask them to remove the armor and clean it, which consumes a lot of their time.

Even if a nail leaf is stained with mud, it will be punished.

The military judges in the barracks are all idiots who don't know how to adapt.

Even if they are all literate, in Zhang Ren's view, they are definitely not the same kind.

Let them catch, there is absolutely no chance of flexibility.

Datongpu, a large room for fifty people, naturally smells bad.

Even if everyone is strictly required to take a bath.

But Zhang Ren is used to it now.

I remember when I was in boot camp, many people went to bed without taking a shower!Even he, Zhang Xing, has done such a thing.

Because it is too tiring.

He marched eighty miles a day in full armor.

Zhang Ren had read military books and knew that this marching speed was terrifying.

They took all the baggage, fully armed and put on the road.

Such a march can generally be qualified for thirty miles a day, and elites can be called fifty miles a day.
But they walked eighty miles.

Although he has not identified with the army so far, it does not prevent Zhang Ren from being secretly proud.

Of course, Chief Shi told him that the reason for walking so fast was that he was marching in the territory, he would not encounter enemies, and he did not need to think about fighting. If it was on the battlefield, no general would dare to do this.

Look at these men who fell asleep on the bed, they are all veterans, and they are all exhausted from being tossed.As a recruit, Zhang Ren was able to survive, which is very good.

Zhang Ren looked down on these soldiers.

But he is very smart and knows that if he wants to survive these three years smoothly, it is absolutely necessary to have a good relationship with these people.

Zhang Ren felt that if he were to go to the battlefield, without the help of these people, he might not be able to survive a big battle.

In the next three years, the war will definitely continue.

If you want these people to help you sincerely, then of course you have to win over these people.

So Zhang Ren generously took out all kinds of Jiangnan-style snacks sent by his mother every time and distributed them to everyone.

No matter how stupid these people are in learning to read, he is very patient.

The mother of the family often scolded the tenants and weavers behind their backs, but in front of these people, the mother always smiled and was very generous. , not to mention the habit of petty theft, which formed a sharp contrast with the servants of some other families.

Zhang Ren, who has watched these since he was a child, naturally learned these methods a lot.

When I went to the toilet earlier, I saw Ma Wei sweeping with a broom with a gloomy face.

Ma Wei and Zhang Ren's identities are similar, but Ma Wei's father has more officials than Zhang Ren's father, and Ma's father wears a red robe.

However, Ma Wei is far worse than Zhang Ren in the army.

Ma Wei really wanted to get in touch with Zhang Ren, but Zhang Ren didn't bother to talk to him.

Because Zhang Ren thinks this guy is stupid.

Sora has read books over the years.

This guy will definitely not survive three years.

After entering the army for a month, he has offended a guy who has been thoroughly offended. What is it worth spending his time trying to make friends with?
The smell in the room was heavy, but Zhang Ren was already soundly asleep.

In this so-called elite army, there is no such thing as easy talk.

In the words of veterans, they prefer to fight.

Because of fighting, they are more relaxed.

When there is no war, all kinds of training are really life-threatening.

Although he hadn't fought a war yet, Zhang Ren understood one thing at least. Compared with the training here, the training in the new barracks was nothing short of a play.

But without the months of training in the new barracks, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to survive a day here.

That battalion general didn't talk much, but sometimes it made sense to say a few words.

Sweat more in peacetime, and bleed less in wartime.

Looking at the pimples on his arms, and thinking that he doesn't feel tired at all wielding a horizontal knife that weighs seven or eight catties, Zhang Ren felt that the conclusion was very good.

Sing any song on that mountain.

In the past, in my hometown, everyone wrote poems and books, and compared who could write characters better, recite poems better, and who had more beautiful flowers on their heads. Now here, the competition is more about strength.

In the past month, Zhang taught the people in Shili how to read and they also taught him how to fight.

Compared with the rigid moves of famous martial artists that Zhang Hesha and How Lairen saw in the past, what everyone taught him is not at all pretty, but it is very practical.

The most important thing is that these studies are all carried out in the midst of fighting each other.

Zhang Ren suffered countless losses.

But now, he could fight back anyway.

The last time Shichang fought against him, he grabbed his lifeblood with a backhand, and then laughed at his little guy, which made him very annoyed.

It sounds like he's quite big, and it's not like everyone has urinated in the wild together!
Since I am young, I clearly urinate farther than him.

Zhang Ren, who sleeps like a fart and snores like a snorer, I'm afraid he didn't realize that he is getting closer to these people he despises. If he is now thrown back into the group of scholars in the past, I'm afraid he will become a An outlier will definitely be rejected by others.

Standing at the entrance of the village, Zhou Hong looked at the dozens of thatched houses in front of him, finally showing some smiles on his face.

Along the way, it really broke my heart.

Looking back, looking at the hundreds of people behind him, men and women, old and young, he waved his arms and shouted loudly: "Folks, this will be our home from now on. The imperial court has even built a house for us!"

These people were originally refugees.

Now, they are assigned here.

The government built simple thatched houses for them, and allocated ten acres of land to each of them, and settled them here.

Several officials came out of the village, had a brief handover with Zhou Hong, and then left.

Zhou Hong is the head of the village.

Zhou Hong was originally from Xiayi. More than a year ago, because Zhao Guo’s rule was too cruel and he couldn’t survive, he pushed his old lady and brought his mother-in-law and baby, and fled all the way to the Song Army’s control area. Qiao County settled down.

There are many people like Zhou Hong, all living in the refugee area, relying on relief and doing odd jobs to make ends meet.

When things turn around, it is thanks to Mrs. Zhou Hong's can of fish sauce.

It is said that he was praised by a certain official, so he left the refugee camp. With the help of the local government, he opened a small store and began to produce and sell this fish sauce.

Days got better all of a sudden.

But for a big man like him, it's not a big deal to help his wife all day long!And his self-esteem did not allow him to eat such a soft meal.

So when the imperial court was preparing to resettle the refugees and needed to recruit some people who had families and property and knew how to farm as leaders, Zhou Hong immediately signed up.

He too was elected immediately.

People like Zhou Hong are exactly what the government wants most.

They have a family, a mouth and a business here, and when they go to those places that have just been occupied, they will definitely try to turn these places into the most solid foundation for their own.

Village officials like Zhou Hong were recruited by the government as officials.

There is also a salary to get, although it is not much, but this status is also very rare.

What's more, what is different now from the past is that officials can also be directly promoted to officials because of their outstanding work ability and good performance.

Zhou Hong and his mother-in-law are still very flexible in their minds.

Maybe this is an opportunity to change the fate of their family!

So Zhou Hong was very serious and caring.

The houses of each household were quickly allocated, and then some young and strong people started to cook in the public housing, and then began to plan how to allocate these fields with the number of acres given to him by the local officials. Go to every house.

This is not an easy job.

There are always some good fields, some medium ones, and some poor ones. Some are close to the water source, and some are far from the water source. How to distribute them is a test.

Don't look at the people who came with me, they are all honest farmers, but when it comes to the fundamentals of these farmers, they are all very shrewd.Moreover, there are always some cunning people who want to take advantage of it.

Along the way, the image of fairness and justice that I have established must be maintained in order to do the following things well.

There must be public land in the village.

Must have large livestock,
There had to be a mill or something, too.

Each household cannot be equipped with these things, and they can only be owned by the public.

The resettlement fee was allocated by the superiors, but how to use it is very particular, and in Zhou Hong's view, no matter how frugal it is, it is not enough.

It seems that loans are necessary to get through this spring plowing and the following lean period smoothly.

[-]% interest is not expensive.

Compared with the [-]% or even [-]% interest in the past, this is almost tantamount to giving away for nothing.

The most important thing is to finish the current spring plowing as soon as possible, and the spring time has already been delayed. As a farmer, Zhou Hong, doesn't he know that you missed the land for a while, and the land missed you for a year?

But if you want to complete the spring plowing as quickly as possible, you must need a large animal, and this large animal is the most lacking.

How good is this?

Zhou Hong almost scratched his head and didn't come up with any good ideas. In the end, he set his sights on a military camp not far from their village.

Or maybe go beg them?