Daming: From the end of Hongwu

Chapter 52 052 - Sending the Dead Soldiers Home
The army entered the grassland in March, and it was already May when they returned.

The vegetation around Beiping began to show its full green color, and without the wind from the prairie, people no longer felt cold. Instead, they would sweat after walking for a long time.

Winter looks forward to spring, summer looks forward to autumn.

In the north, there are spring and autumn seasons, which are more pleasant.

After Zhen Wu and others disbanded, the soldiers from each guard station returned to their respective guard posts in mighty numbers, and the road from Gubeikou to Beiping was full of soldiers everywhere.

The Guards of the King of Yan, because they were stationed in Beiping, didn't need to go back to their own camp. They either lived in Beiping city or in the surrounding Tuntian Zhuangzi, and they just went home.

But Zhen Wu couldn't go home yet.

He needs to go to Xiaoling Village and send the ashes and pensions of his soldiers who died in battle.

Most of his soldiers lived in Xiaolingzhuang, so everyone traveled together, and because everyone knew the people who died in the battle, the atmosphere along the way was somewhat dull.

On the Zhenwu road, it was difficult to calm down, and the memory of his father being sent home inexplicably flashed in his mind.

That day, Zhang Yuqing wailed loudly, as if he had given half his life to go underground to accompany his father.

Thinking about this all the way, when he arrived at Xiaoling Village, Zhen Wu hesitated a bit.

But in the end, he gritted his teeth and strode in without showing anything on his face.

Zhen Wu asked Xue Lu and others to accompany him. The first one gave him a talented young man who dared to fight on the battlefield, but it was a pity that he was dispersed later and did not keep up with the team.

The family realized something when they saw Zhen Wu and the others coming in. The old mother covered her mouth, trying to suppress her crying, but she couldn't, and felt even more desolate and sad.

Zhen Wu took a deep breath and said nothing.

After Xue Lu handed over the ashes and pension to the family, after a few comforting words, he sighed and was speechless.

The pain is always not on me, no matter how much it is said, it seems empty.

Then, the second house, the third house, all the way to the fifth house.

The fifth family was a man in his 30s, who followed them and killed several enemies in a row. Unfortunately, he was exhausted in the end, and others couldn't rescue him, so he died in the end.

He has a child, who is only fifteen this year. In the future, this fifteen-year-old child will become the comrade-in-arms of Zhen Wu and others, and will set foot on the battlefield together again, to fight for life and death.

And when Zhen Wu and others were about to come out from this house.

The child ran out, held his head up, and asked Zhen Wu with tears in his eyes.

"Has my father ever been afraid on the battlefield?"

Zhen Wu shook his head, and said seriously to the child: "No, your father is so brave that many enemies ran away after him."

"I knew it. My father told me that if I become a soldier, I won't be afraid of death." The child said proudly, and the tears in his eyes became more and more. He wiped them vigorously, as if he wanted to wipe away the sadness.

"I heard people say that you are a hundred households, and I want to serve as a soldier with you in the future, so I want to tell you that I am not afraid of death."

"What's your name?" Zhen Wu asked.

"Cao Xiaoman."

"I believe you."

After finishing speaking, Zhen Wu turned around and walked out of the yard first.

With the return of young and middle-aged men in the army, Xiaoling Village at this time has gradually become lively, but this excitement is somewhat pitiful.

Zhen Wu sighed and looked around the whole village.

How many villages like this exist in this world, for Daming, but also for our Han people, the blood of several generations is shed, but how has this world treated them well.

In the early days of the Ming Dynasty, it was fine, but in the later period, it became more and more miserable. Even in the later period, hundreds of military officers regarded these hopeless military households as their own private slaves and dispatched them arbitrarily.

How unfair this is to the military households of the Ming Dynasty.

On the other hand, the Manchus treated their hereditary soldiers of the Eight Banners so favorably.

Zhen Wu thought to himself, if he comes to Daming, if he has the opportunity, he will always do something for these military households, otherwise he will feel uneasy.

After thinking about it, a man in his 40s came over and shouted at Zhen Wu with a smile: "Zhen Baihu?"

Zhen Wu came back to his senses, turned around and saw the person coming, and said, "Uncle Jin, you don't have to be polite to me, you are older than my father, you can just call me Zhen Wu or Zhen Da."

Uncle Jin shook his head solemnly: "That can't be done, etiquette cannot be discarded. When my boy came back, he told me that I would be happy for you if you were promoted to a hundred households. You said that if your father is still here, he will Knowing this, maybe we old guys will have a drink."

After hearing this, Zhen Wu was still in a dull mood, but suddenly he got better, and said with a smile: "Uncle Jin, you don't have to go around, who doesn't know that you always ask my father for a drink, if you have anything to say, just tell me Just do it."

Uncle Jin also laughed happily: "Then I'll just say it, that's it. A few days ago I went to Fangshan, and many military households in Yongqingwei were digging medicines and selling them for money. I wondered if we could do the same. "

amount.

Zhen Wu was a little embarrassed, he was the one who picked this matter.

He thought for a while and said, "The problem is that there isn't much to dig near Xiaolingzhuang."

Uncle Jin glanced at Zhen Wu, and said a little anxiously: "To be honest, there is nothing good around our Beiping. If you want to talk about good things, it has to be in Liaodong. Do you think we can organize a group of people to go to Liaodong?" Get something back? We Xiaoling Village are all living in a panic, if we can go there, we can definitely earn a lot of money."

"Liaodong? If you don't know the place where you live, where should you go?"

"I know you well." Uncle Jin said seriously, "I have lived in Liaodong for more than ten years."

Zhen Wu pondered.

a long time.

"You let me think about this matter again. If I can turn around, I will come to you again."

Uncle Jin was not surprised when he heard this, and said with a smile, "Okay, you can write this down." After finishing speaking, he took his leave and left.

When Zhen Wu went back, he was still thinking about this matter. To be honest, it was quite reliable. There were a lot of idlers in the military households. In addition, Liaodong ginseng, leather, and various medicinal materials were all valuable things. I'm afraid it's not easy to get it.

Moreover, getting through in the Ming Dynasty was always a problem. If he wanted to make this trip, he might need to make connections.

After thinking about it, I arrived at Beiping City.

Zhen Wu still didn't go home first, but went to the dental shop first, thinking to settle the matter of the house, so that he could go home with the key and the deed as a gift to the family.

Zhang Yuqing has been worrying about the housing problem for a long time, if she sees it solved, it should make her happy for a while.

And the group of younger brothers and sisters in the family, if they know that they can live in a spacious new home, I'm afraid they don't know how excited they will be.

Afterwards, Zhen Wu went straight to Yaxing.

The people in Yahang were anxious to wait, and some military households returned home early this day, but they couldn't see Zhen Wu for a long time, so they couldn't help being upset.

The moment he saw Zhen Wu, he was so excited that he almost jumped up.

After finishing all the procedures quickly, these talents are at ease. After all, there are not many people buying houses in this era, and they can earn a lot of commissions if they can make a deal.

After Zhen Wu got the house deed and the key, he also laughed.

It has been a year since I came to this world, and I have earned a house and a job with a hundred households.

The momentum of development is good after all!
Well, go home!
(End of this chapter)