At the end of Song Dynasty: I want to be the master of ZTE

Chapter 35 The Requirements Are Not High
"Don't worry, let me test the temperature." Zhao Shi took a sip of the medicinal soup and felt that the temperature was just right, so he handed it to Xie Li and said, "Just drink it."

"Your Majesty is so kind, but I have nothing to repay." Xie Li took the medicine bowl and drank it in one gulp.

Zhao Shi patted Xie Li and said, "Take a good rest. The guard camp is in urgent need of reconstruction. You must take care of it."

In the bloody battle in the morning, 34 of the [-] guards were killed on the spot, [-] died of serious injuries, [-] had mutilated limbs, and only [-] were able to return to the army.

Among the ten coaches, only Xie Li, the long-range shooter, survived by chance. Their coach Lu Wu was injured in eleven places. Although none of them were critical, the cumulative effect was not serious.

The other armies also suffered heavy losses.

The entire army that originally guarded the city gate was wiped out. The 800 people who came to support the city wall subsequently were killed, and more than 500 were killed. Among the [-] soldiers led by Zhao to reinforce the city wall, more than [-] were killed on the spot.

In total, the Yuan army killed more than 400 people in a surprise attack, which was a heavy loss.

The soldiers suffered many casualties, and so did the civilians.

In a short period of time, more than [-] people rushed into the battle, but only three people survived.

So Wenzhou was holding its breath and searching for Liu Shen all over the mountains and plains.

Fortunately, the senior generals did not die. Among them, Zhang Wangbei was the most seriously injured, but he could recover if the wound was not infected.

The reason for this situation can be summarized as discussing the importance of armor.

I consoled the wounded soldiers one by one, brought them medicine to those who wanted to take it, pulled the quilts to those who were asleep, and chatted with them while they had nothing to do, which moved the wounded soldiers to the point of being moved.

Finally, when he arrived in front of three common people, he saw a young man wiping his tears. Zhao Shi smiled and said, "I was fearless when I charged into the battle in the morning. Why am I crying now?"

The young man said: "I want to join the army, but now that I have lost a leg, I can't be a soldier."

Zhao Shi said: "I only lost one leg, but everything else is intact. After I recover from the injury, I will study and learn literacy with the pro-military camp. Even if I can't be a herdsman officer, I can still be a military secretary, which will also serve the court."

The mummy-wrapped uncle next to him smiled and said, "Monkey, thank you for the official's grace."

The young man said: "Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty."

"You will live up to me, and I will live up to you." Zhao Shi asked, "What is your name?"

The young man replied: "Wang Erlang, nicknamed Monkey."

The people were illiterate and mostly had surnames but no names, so they used rankings to distinguish people, regardless of whether they were rich or poor, high or low.

"I will give you a name." Zhao Shi pondered for a moment and said: "Prince, prince, prince will be a prince of your kind. I hope that one day you can be made a prince for your literary merits, what do you think?"

"Thank you, officials." The prince smiled happily.

Being given a name by the emperor is a great honor, enough to brag about for a lifetime, it is really worth selling a leg.

Zhao Shi patted the prince and asked him to rest in peace, then looked at the uncle next to him and asked, "What do you call uncle?"

"Old man, the officials would never dare to do this." The uncle said in fear: "The villain Wang Laowu, the little monkey Congshu."

Zhao Shi smiled and said: "You sacrificed your life to save me, how can you not be called an uncle? Now that you have a great life, you should enjoy the blessings."

"I'm already enjoying the blessings." Wang Laowu grinned and said, not knowing whether it was because of the wound. "The officials gave me ten acres of land, and they exempted me from taxes and labor. Once the summer harvest is over, life will be easy."

"How many people are there in the family?" Zhao Shi asked.

Wang Laowu replied: "The old man has two daughters and one son. The eldest daughter is married, and the second daughter and the youngest son are still young and live with their mother-in-law."

On average, ten acres of land can yield [-] shi of grain. After [-]% tax, [-] shi is left over, which is not enough for one person. The couple also has to work in textiles, and they can barely feed the whole family throughout the year.

If this is about enjoying happiness, then it can only be said that the requirements of the people are really not high.Zhao Shi couldn't help but sigh: "The imperial court gave me too little, but you died to support me. I feel ashamed."

Wang Laowu said: "It's quite a lot. In the past, just a small amount of money could force people to death. Now that the officials are exempted, everyone can have one or two more children, so that they will not drown right after they are born.

As long as you work hard, you can eat meat during the New Year, what else is there to be dissatisfied about? "

"Meat can only be eaten during the New Year, and people's livelihood is very difficult. Zhao stood up and pulled off the quilt of the sleeping person next to him, and said: "I should be inspired and strive to make everyone have meat every day. "

"The officials are benevolent and righteous." If he hadn't been disemboweled, Wang Laowu would have jumped up and shouted long live the officials.

Eating meat every day and living a good life that even ordinary people dare to dream of?

"There is a long way to go. I will wait until you recover from your injuries and send your children to school in the county. In addition, your family's land will pay rent according to those who join the army."

After saying that, Zhao patted Wang Laowu's arm, stood up and left.

Hu Chunshan, the doctor not far away, saw everything and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

His disciple Lu Ming asked curiously: "Master, why are you sighing?"

Hu Chunshan said: "During the Warring States Period, Wu Qi sucked sores. His mother cried when she heard about it. Someone else asked about it and said, 'His father joined the army and sucked sores for him, so he died in the battle. Now that he has sucked sores, he will die!'

Now that the Supreme Being has personally tasted the medicine and talked to everyone, wouldn't he repay it with death?This means that the soldier is regarded as a baby, so he can go to the deep stream with him; he is regarded as a beloved son, so he can die with him. "

"But, Master." Lu Ming said: "They have already repaid him with death.

Looking at 500-[-] people killed in battle, only [-] or [-] remained fighting to the death, and only three of the [-]-[-] civilians survived. Master, can you dare to think?
Master, I plan to join the army. The officials are so benevolent that it is worth working for them! "

"Idiot!" Hu Chunshan slapped his apprentice. Seeing that there was no one around him, he lowered his voice and said, "You and I are doctors, no matter whether Song or Yuan is in power, we will always have no worries about our livelihood, so why bother to sacrifice our lives?"

Lu Ming said: "Today I am treating 200 people with my masters, but 2000 people are dead. If I were a general and reorganized Wenzhou's defense, I might be able to save a thousand more people. Wouldn't it be better than treating them afterwards?"
Furthermore, Master asked me to memorize prescriptions all day long, but never got started. Today I can only watch from the sidelines, which makes me feel really unhappy. "

Hu Chunshan said: "Disciple, memorizing prescriptions is nothing but hard work. If you don't memorize them well, how can you prescribe medicine and treat a doctor? I will kick you out today!"

Lu Ming was overjoyed and immediately knelt down and said, "Thank you so much, Master. I will never forget my beloved disciple."

Shaking and not wanting to speak, Hu Chunshan turned around and went to collect the medicinal materials. Lu Ming didn't care and followed him.

After packing up the medicinal materials, he would join the army, Lu Ming thought happily.

After leaving the wounded barracks, five hundred soldiers immediately surrounded him, protecting the little emperor.

When the war was settled, everyone's first thought was to strengthen the emperor's guards. Originally, 500 people from the first army were to be transferred, but Zhao thought it was too much, so he changed it to two battalions of 1000 people to take turns to guard.

Zhao Shi looked at Chen Nan who was accompanying him and asked, "How can we make the people have meat every day?"

Chen Nan was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "It's not enough to do light corvee and low tax."

Zhao shook his head and said nothing more.

The level of productivity is not enough, there are many people but little land. It is probably only possible to open the branch base to the Americas so that the people can eat meat every day.

In fact, the people's requirements are not high, just like Wang Laowu, who is willing to sell his life to support his family. If he can have food and clothing, then there is really no need to say anything, just go in the fire, go in the water.

Whether you call it ignorant or simple, it is really easy to win over people's hearts.

But most emperors were unwilling to do it or didn't know how to do it, so the Northern Song Dynasty was gone, and the Southern Song Dynasty was gone, leaving only the broken country to start over.

(End of this chapter)