Fu Song

Chapter 659

In the past, Zhang Ren had a contemptuous attitude towards soldiers.

And not just him, but society as a whole.

It has become a consensus that a good man should not be a soldier.

Thieves with the army has become a synonym for soldiers.

However, Xiao Cheng's military recruitment method completely changed the composition of the army members.

It also makes people like Zhang Ren passively become a member of the army.

Zhang Ren is a very smart person.

So he survived.

But he still couldn't have a clear understanding of the composition of the army.

Until this time in the martial arts school.

The army that has always shown its sharp fangs outside is just an external manifestation of this system.

Whether he is weak or strong, there are too many things involved.

If any part is missing, it cannot be called a strong army.

For the first time, Zhang Ren saw the process of making weapons.

See how the heavy iron ingots are gradually turned into swords, guns, bows and crossbows held by soldiers in the hands of countless craftsmen.

Knowing that the most difficult thing to make among the feathered arrows is not the iron arrowhead, but the arrow shaft. Knowing that the cost of a feathered arrow needs to be about [-] Wen.

In this way, Zhang Ren felt a little distressed when he thought of the money needed for the overwhelming feather arrows shot by Song Jun every time he fought.You must know that as long as these arrows are shot, regardless of whether they hit or not, the value of recycling will not be great, especially the shafts of the arrows are basically scrapped.

I know that when I am marching or fighting, I soak a small piece of the petals I eat in a bowl, and it can expand into a bowl of marching rations in a blink of an eye. As well as some condiments, the cost is actually quite high.After a catty of grain is made into this kind of marching ration, there are at most two or three taels.

The more he learned about such things, the more Zhang Ren knew that it was not easy to form an army, and it was even more difficult to build it into a powerful army.

Therefore, this also makes the final summary of Shanzhang Yang Wanfu become loud and powerful.

That is, there must first be a wise leader before it is possible to have an invincible army.

The leader is the brain, and the army is the powerful limbs extending from the brain.

If there is a problem with the brain, no matter how strong the limbs are, they can only be a decoration.

And this, you can refer to the previous Song Dynasty.

Wasn't Da Song powerful at that time?

Not rich?

Is it not good to have a strong army?
But the result?
But he was driven straight in by the Liao people, and even the emperor became someone else's slave.

Therefore, the brain is the most important thing.

Regarding this point, Zhang Ren accepted it much faster than other generals.

The three-month martial arts training career was over, and Zhang Ren got a long vacation.

This is also a special care for him from the imperial court.

Zhang Ren got a full month's vacation.

The purpose, of course, is for Zhang Ren to return to his hometown in fine clothes, and to go back to his hometown so that he can live comfortably. A human being should be conscious of being human, so that everyone can see his current glory and pride.

Of course, the scenery and the many scars covered under the proud robe will not be shown to outsiders.

Like Zhou Quan, even if he is Zhang Ren's immediate superior, he does not have this honor. He must rush back to the army as quickly as possible.

After all the congratulatory guests and relatives and neighbors had left, in the inner room of the deep house, Zhang Lushi was shocked when he saw his son who had taken off his Chinese robe in front of him.

The girls in the room were also dumbfounded, and some even covered their mouths, for fear that they would scream out if they were not careful.

Zhang Ren's body didn't seem to have many good spots, with scars overlapping scars, new wounds covering old wounds, especially the wounds in the battle of Manaohe happened not long ago, and the new flesh that grew out was still tender and tender.

"My son!" Zhang Lu's trembling hands stroked these scars. The once smooth and delicate body was now bumpy and bumpy, and it was hard to imagine how much suffering this body had suffered. "Does it still hurt? Does it still hurt?"

Facing his mother's repeated inquiries, Zhang Ren said with a smile: "It doesn't hurt anymore, it didn't hurt a long time ago."

"We are not going to serve in the army anymore, and we will never go again. We have to work hard, and our family has also worked hard. Our family took the lead in paying the new tax, and your father went to fight for his life in the smoky place. Enough is enough, no matter how much it costs. , I’m out now, I’ll go find them, and we’ll never serve as soldiers again!” Zhang Lu’s number scoured.

Helping his mother to sit down, Zhang Ren half-kneeled and half-squatted in front of her, and said in a low voice: "Mother, the hardest time has passed. Compared with those who died in battle, my son is lucky! "

"We're not going to be soldiers! We're not going to fight!" Zhang Lu insisted: "If anyone says we are wrong, you can show them the scars on your body, what else do you want from us?"

"Mother, there is no turning back for our family now!" Zhang Ren shook his head. At this moment, he already understood that the policies and strategies of his family and the chief minister had been tied tightly together.

Just imagine, if the chief assistant is defeated and resigned, he would be able to find a quiet place to go fishing, and his own family might suffer disaster.

So, just move forward.

Now that it has become a part of this chariot, we must work hard to make this combat force move forward smoothly until it reaches its destination.

If I am like this, why is my father not like this!

I heard that my father was in Yunnan, so he rolled up his trousers and sleeves, went to the fields to mow grass, plow the fields, and carry loads of rice to the fertile fields!

"Why don't you take the Wu hook with you, and collect the fifty states in Guanshan. Please go to Lingyan Pavilion for a while, if you are a scholar, there will be tens of thousands of households!" Zhang Ren said with a smile: "This is the first poem given to me by the subtitle! I heard that I But it is the first one to receive such an honor. Mother, let's see that my son will be named Marquis immediately, and I will also give you a life."

"I don't want a good life, I just want my son to be good!" Rubbing the top of Zhang Ren's head, Zhang Lu said with tears.

"Mother, in this troubled world, what is it for us?" Zhang Ren said softly: "We are just a small boat in the turbulent waves, and it is absolutely impossible for us to survive alone with our own strength. Yes, we can only stay safe if we are attached to a big boat. Now that we are on board, there is no room for any regrets. Any hesitation and regret will make us doomed."

Although Zhang Lu is a woman, women from official families naturally have a deeper understanding of the deep meaning behind many ordinary things than women from ordinary families.

Although she was extremely unwilling in her heart, she also knew that this was not something she could change at all.

"Since my son is back this time, let's book a marriage before leaving!" Zhang Lu said: "In the past two months, I heard that you came back with a reputation, and there were many people who came to propose marriage. There are also many famous families, and there are also many high-ranking families. In the past, my mother only felt that these people were unattainable. It may not be a blessing for the daughters of these families to marry into the family. But now that my son is so scarred, I feel worthy of them It is more than enough. Tomorrow I will explain each of these families to you in detail, and let my son choose the one that is pleasing to the eye!"

Zhang Ren shook his head resolutely.

"Mother, there is something I want to tell you!"

"what's up?"

"My son didn't get permission from his parents, so he already agreed to someone else's marriage proposal!" Zhang Ren said.

"Ah?" Zhang Lushi was stunned, and said after a while: "Since it is my son's favorite, it must be very good. I don't know which family's girl it is? Tell mother to listen, and mother can invite someone to come to talk about it!"

Zhang Ren took a deep breath and said, "Mother, she is the daughter of my savior. He is dead."

Slowly telling Zhang Lushi his experience in the army for the past year, Zhang Ren said: "My life was given by the boss, otherwise what mother saw today would be a little boy with his son's ashes in it." The box is gone. I promised the old Shizhang to take care of their family."

Hearing that the woman his son is going to marry is actually far away in Guangxi, and more importantly, it is not a family of officials and scholars at all, but a real ordinary farmer's family, Zhang Lu immediately became unwilling.Not to mention that his son seems to have a bright future now, even in the past, it is absolutely impossible for his family to marry a peasant girl.

I'm afraid that woman doesn't even know a single big character.

"If you want to repay and take care of them, what can't you do? Money, land, whatever they want, we can give them!" Zhang Lu said: "But if you want to marry a woman from such a family, your mother will definitely not allow it." of."

Zhang Ren took a deep breath and said: "Mother, my son has made up his mind. No matter what, the son will do this. After resting in the house for two days, the son will go to Guangxi. The Shangguan wanted to send the ashes of the heroes who died in battle home, and secondly, he went to his house to clarify the meaning, and when the son came back, he brought the girl back."

"What, you are going to marry her this time?" Zhang Luren was furious.

"Of course not." Zhang Ren shook his head: "Old Shizhang just died in battle. I went this time just to get engaged to her, and then bring her back. Marriage or something will have to wait until three years later."

Looking at his son with a firm tone, Zhang Lu said anxiously: "Mother will not agree, and your father will definitely not agree."

But Zhang Ren laughed: "Father will definitely agree. If you don't believe me, mother, you can write and ask father!"

After resting at home for a few days, Zhang Ren also wanted to get in touch with friends from the past, have a good drink and talk.

But after the gathering, they were greatly disappointed.

Today, he is completely out of touch with everyone.

These friends from the past are basically still immersed in the past era and have not come out. They have just experienced a disappointing trip in the autumn exam.

The new Jinshi ceremony under the auspices of Chief Assistant Xiao Cheng is quite different from the previous Jinshi exams. Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, which were originally prosperous in culture and education, lost a lot in this big exam.

On the contrary, there are many scholars from Guangxi, Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places on the list.

In the Jiangsu-Zhejiang region, the people who used to be looked down upon by the people who love miscellaneous knowledge are all high school Jinshi. Doesn't this make these people feel more frustrated and resentful towards the court?
While drinking and listening to these people's eccentric words, looking at the faces filled with anger, Zhang Ren suddenly felt a little funny.

I used to be one of them too!

But after being on the battlefield, experiencing life and death, and looking back at these things, I feel completely opposite to these people.

If these people don't change their ways quickly, they are afraid that they will be rejected again in the autumn test three years later.

Do you want to wait for the fall of the first minister, and the court will go back to the old way?

I'm afraid it's impossible.

I think of the wolves and tigers in the army on the border, I think of the energetic students in the military academy, I think of the military's support for the capital, and I even think of the tens of thousands of people busy in the huge military workshops. Zhang Ren felt that the past is finally the past.

If you can't embrace the new era quickly, you can only become an outcast and be beaten to death on the beach by the waves of the new era.

He drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, laughed and left.

As the saying goes, different ways do not conspire with each other!
I asked my mother for two thousand coins.

Although his family is rich, two thousand coins is still a huge sum.I heard that it was his son who was going to Guangxi to give to his comrades who died in battle.

Because if it weren't for this robe, Zhang Ren would not have survived. Zhang Lu didn't hesitate to take out the savings accumulated over the years, and even gave an extra five hundred guan, especially stating that it was for the elder Shi's family.

Didn't the elder chief want to earn more dowry for his five daughters?Thinking about it, he can't earn five hundred guan.

Zhang Lushi didn't think that her husband would agree to her son marrying that peasant girl. She couldn't persuade her son, but his father would definitely stop her.

After hearing what her son wanted, Zhang Lu sent her capable domestic servants to rush to Yunnan to meet her husband, believing that her husband would definitely try to stop this matter.

But after all, he saved his son's life. Although he can't marry his daughter, he should give more money.

Regarding his mother's thoughts, Zhang Ren also laughed and gave up, just transported the money to the United Bank, exchanged the bank notes there, and prepared to join other colleagues.

Now the United Bank has finally fully rolled out in Jiangnan.

After the overwhelming victory of the Shoufu Department, the new law was fully rolled out. Loans such as the Young Crop Law were mainly carried out by joint banks. The old and famous banks in Jiangsu and Zhejiang can only struggle to support them now. up.The usury business, which was the most profitable in the past, is now dying.And what about some businesses that rely on the government to make money without losing money, where do they still have their share now?

The Union Bank ate them all.

These old banks either accept the integration of the United Bank and become part of the United Bank, or wait to close their doors and go out of business.

In Jiangsu and Zhejiang, United Bank launched their merger plan vigorously,

And in the Yunnan area of ​​Guangxi, it has already blossomed everywhere, and has penetrated into the folk fields.

On the first day of October, Zhang Ren and his colleagues who had escorted the ashes of Paozhe who died in battle gathered together, and several carriages headed south.

(End of this chapter)