prosperous age

Chapter 10
Father Wei brought back all the hundreds of soldiers from the hundred households. In the evening, Wei Guangde's family would naturally have a good meal, which could be regarded as a cleansing for Father Wei.

In fact, this is also the first time Father Wei has received such a mission, and if he fails, he will really be sent to the battlefield.

Fortunately, it was just a false alarm in the end.

"Daddy, after you left, I was really worried that there would be fewer and fewer people on the road."

At the dinner table, Father Wei and Wei Wencai naturally had wine and food, but Wei Guangde was a little younger, so he didn't get wine to drink.

Although he is an official of a hundred households, in Wei Guangde's house, he usually does not drink alcohol.

Because the wine in this era is mainly rice wine.

Making rice wine requires a lot of food. Although the Ming Dynasty has been in peace for a long time, food is still an important material for an empire. It is used to make wine, and the price of wine is naturally not cheap.

Wei Guangde knew that some wine was sealed in the backyard, it was a local bottled wine, and it was a kind of well-known wine.

Although he was young, Wei Guangde was allowed to take a sip. It was sour and sweet, obviously not the baijiu he drank in later generations. Judging by the color, he guessed it was rice wine.

In later generations, rice wine is actually very rare, and what everyone drinks on the table is either beer or white wine.

The taste is light, but the taste is okay, at least not spicy.

No wonder he just opened a jar, and he can drink just this wine.

Of course, this was what Wei Guangde thought in his heart, but he didn't say it out loud.

Seeing Wei's father and elder brother pushing and changing glasses of wine until the glasses were dry, they drank very enthusiastically, and he could only curl his lips.

"What you said was actually what I was worried about at the beginning, but fortunately our boat stopped at Zhenjiang before entering the canal."

At this time, seeing that the family members were all there, Father Wei began to talk about their experience of going out this time.

"We set off overnight to Qianhusuo, and were taken to the pier to wait for the boat. When the boat arrived in the afternoon, we set off directly."

Father Wei took another sip of wine before speaking.

"It's so simple. I didn't hear that when you go out to fight, you have to pay the money, and you have to pay the previous military salary."

When Wei Wencai heard this, he interrupted suddenly.

"Listen to what Li Er said, there is such a rule."

Father Wei nodded, "I said at the time that the silver is in Yingtian Mansion, and it will be distributed when it arrives. We need to replenish weapons and armor. Our southern soldiers wear much less armor than the frontier army. We said that we need to replenish it from Yingtian Weapons Bureau. When the time comes The silver is also added."

"Will it be posted later?"

When Wei Wencai heard about Yin Zi, he naturally became energetic.

Father Wei didn't answer right now, but sighed, looked up at the roof at 45 degrees, and said after a long time: "Do you know why this expedition is in such a hurry?
I only found out when I was on the ship that the Nanjing Military Department had come, and it could almost be said that they were escorting the Commander to board the ship, and they didn't give us any delay at all.

When I got on the boat, I was scared to pee when I heard my uncle say this, so don't laugh. "

When Father Wei said this, everyone in the room laughed from ear to ear except himself.

"What's so funny about this? As for the news, I didn't dare to tell the people below. The top is so urgent, you can imagine what's going on in Beijing?"

Having said that, Father Wei shook his head again.

"What happened later? Did my brother freak out?"

When Wei Wu heard about his brother at this time, he immediately started joking too.

"He was already scared to pee before, but by then he had no desire to pee."

At this time, Father Wei also continued in a joking tone, "Later, after Yingtian, he didn't say anything about replenishing armor and weapons or distributing money. .

Did you know?This time we took the waterway without stopping the boat at night, and those who smeared and went forward also scared us enough.

Fortunately, I went ashore to repair it when I arrived in Zhenjiang. I distributed money there and added some weapons. I didn't see any of the armor that was agreed. "

"How much money was paid?"

Wei Wencai rushed to ask again.

"500 taels."

Father Wei stretched out a slap and said.

"Just like that?"

When Wei Wencai heard that only 500 taels of silver were issued, he immediately raised his voice and said that it was naturally too little.

"What's the matter, it's too little."

Father Wei naturally didn't like to hear what the eldest son said.

"My 500 taels is the most I got out of all the [-] households, because the people from my guard are all young and strong.

Those gentlemen from the Ministry of War were also very thieves. They checked on the spot at the Zhenjiang Wharf, and several hundred households were beaten at the Thousand Households Office of the Back Army.

If it wasn't for this dispatch, I wouldn't have imagined how the guards would be ruined by them.

On the side of the rear army and the left army, there were too many guards who fled, and they all dragged children in their thirteens and fourteens and old men in their fifties and sixties aboard, alas..."

"Why are those people dragged away? Aren't they sent to die?"

Wei Wushi also frowned at this moment.

In the Ming Dynasty, the average life expectancy was relatively low, and work and life were very tiring. Basically, when people approached their fifties, they had no more labor. It was really no different from dying when they were on the battlefield at the age of 60.

"It is said that our Jiujiang Guard is full of more than 5000 people. In this way, there are only more than 3000 on board, and there are only more than 2000 young and strong, less than half of the staff."

Having said that, Father Wei looked at his eldest son, "For things like this time, you have to remember, the military households below actually don't ask much, as long as they have a stutter.

With a little less, they can survive. Like what happened this time, even on the battlefield, the chances of saving their lives are higher, right? At least you still have people under your command. "

Wei Wencai nodded, and also understood why Father Wei had to give some food to the military households every year these years. The food could at least keep them from starving to death.

For them, what they gave out was nothing more than earning less money.

But at this time, Father Wei also pouted, looked at Wei Guangde again, and said earnestly: "Guangde, your brother is useless. Back then, Mrs. Sun said he was smart and had a chance to get a job. Hey."

"Father, okay, how did you get here?"

Wei Guangde was at a loss, he didn't know why his father suddenly brought the conversation to him, and why his brother was abolished, all right.

"Do you know that I have 500 taels of silver, how much is the signature and deposit?"

Father Wei didn't delay, and said directly: "The silver on the note is 200 taels, but I only got 500 taels, and there are fifty sets of battle armor. I haven't seen any of them."

"What? The seven hundred silver was eaten by them?"

Wei Wencai said in surprise at this moment, in the past, he could get 600% of the money, so it should be [-] taels of silver, "The battle armor was also eaten by them?"

"What do you think? Otherwise, why did I expect you to be able to stand out in the first place and come back with a successful examination?"

Father Wei said leisurely.

(End of this chapter)