Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 5 Army and Soldiers

Huang Laifu took Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu to look around in Wuzhai Fort, and finally climbed up the wall of Wuzhai Fort with mixed feelings. Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu naturally followed closely Beside Huang Laifu.

At this time, some sergeants on the fort wall were shyly leaning on the fort wall and chatting, their expressions were relaxed. When they saw Huang Laifu and the other three coming, they hurriedly stopped and said in awe: "Master Huang!" He is a householder and does not have a military position now, but no sergeant dares to neglect Huang Laifu, and he is also worried that Huang Laifu will reprimand them for their slack.

Huang Laifu didn't bother to pay attention to them. He nodded and waved his hand to signal them to continue patrolling. He took Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu and walked slowly on the castle. Finally, Huang Laifu climbed to the turret and unconsciously fired at the front. Looking from the direction of Ludun.

It can be seen from here that it is about a few miles away. The surrounding terrain of Wuzhai Fort is high in the southeast and low in the northwest. As far as the eye can see, the three directions of the northwest and south of the fort are as large as flat within ten miles. They are either flat land or hills. In the distance are high mountains, which the locals call Kelan Mountain.To the north of Another Fort is a river, also known as Qinglian River by the locals. It can be seen that there are some fields on both sides of the river, which were originally the fields of military households in Wuzhai Fort, but now most of them are occupied by the Huang family.

After looking at it for a long time, naturally, Huodun in the distance has been quiet all the time, and there will be no movement because of Huang Laifu's arrival. In fact, since the Longqing peace talks, the large-scale invasion of the Mongols has basically stopped, except for some people in the border areas. Small Mongolian tribes have occasionally invaded the towns after disasters, and Nine Sides has remained largely calm.However, Huang Laifu knew that two years later, during the three major Wanli marches, the flames of war would be ignited here again, and what would he do?
Huang Laifu was thinking, feeling like an iron horse and glaciers in his heart, but Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu were peeking at Huang Laifu, both of them thought: "Master was not so quiet before, he was violent then, maybe it was a few days ago The impact of what happened on him."

Yang Xiaolu saw that Huang Laifu had been staring at him in a daze, so he came over and said softly, "Master, it's windy up the turret, let's go down!" Jiang Dazhong also hurriedly agreed.

Huang Laifu nodded, and led Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu down the turret. He was about to go down the fort wall, but he heard several soldiers guarding the city gathered nearby, discussing something with great interest.Huang Laifu's heart skipped a beat and he stopped to listen.Discussion came.

"...Do you know those battalion soldiers in Shanxi Town and Town? Oh dear, that Shu Tan, in addition to monthly rations, also has a monthly salary of one tael. This is the treatment that the former guard brothers received after they transferred the battalions!"

"Ask me how I know? Do you know Da Niu? We used to be from Wuzhaibao, who was good at wielding a long spear. Last year, he was selected to serve as an army soldier in the town. A few days ago, he came back with a message!"

"Daniu is really enviable. There is food and wages every month, which is much better than us having a little monthly food. Alas, my mother-in-law has never had a full meal since she followed me."

"Daniu is enviable, but he was drawn by the Guards, and he is a military member from generation to generation. The most enviable thing is that he was recruited from the battalion. The treatment is generous, and he is not hereditary. He is free to come and go. Listen It is said that after these people are recruited, they will give five taels of silver to the An family in one case, one tael and five taels of monthly salary for southern soldiers, and one tael for northern soldiers."

"It's nothing. The most enviable place is Liaodong Town. I heard that the recruits from the camp over there will give five taels of silver to An Jia, who has white hair, and put it in front of the old mother, wife and children. There are also three taels of silver for armor and equipment." , plus 15 taels of pommel horse fee, and monthly payment, tsk tsk, these days..."

"Those recruited soldiers are from civilian households, and they are also civilian households when they become soldiers. We are just some poor military households. How can we compare?"

Huang Laifu listened quietly. Next year, he will replace Qianhu in Wuzhai Fort. Naturally, he wants to know the thoughts of his soldiers. After all, they will be the foundation of his Wuzhai Fort in the future. It's terrible, and people's hearts are floating.This Wuzhai Fort really has a lot of problems.

Yang Xiaolu looked at Huang Laifu's face. He naturally heard what the soldiers said just now. He rushed forward and shouted: "You guys want to die, just say something to shake the morale of the soldiers here. Do you want to be subjected to military law?"

The sergeants realized that Huang Laifu and the other three were standing beside them. They were all shocked and knelt down and said, "I know my mistake, please forgive me!"

Although Huang Laifu has not been replaced yet, theoretically he has no power to dispose of them, but the sergeants all know that Huang Laifu's words actually represent the words of Qianhu adults. After all, Huang Sihao's doting on Huang Laifu is known to the whole Wuzhai Fort.

People go to high places, and the treatment of the battalion soldiers is better than that of the guards, so it is normal for these people to talk about envy. Forcibly suppressing it is not a good way. Manage the Wuzhai Fort well so that the soldiers will have no worries about food and clothing.

Huang Laifu said lightly: "Get up, I don't blame you, but I will not be an example." Although he is only 17 years old in this body, but in Wuzhai Fort, no one dares not to care about his words.

The sergeants rose with gratitude.

Huang Laifu led Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu down the fort wall, and the soldiers sent them off respectfully.

Discussions were heard from a distance: "My dear, I was frightened just now, do you all feel that the gloomy and silent appearance of this yellow tiger is more terrifying than when it was fierce before?"

"Yeah, yeah, I feel the same way..."

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When Huang Laifu walked down the fort wall, he was still thinking about what the soldiers said just now.In fact, after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the guards were destroyed, and the camp recruits rose.Because the battalion soldiers were paid better than the guards, and they didn't need to be hereditary, and they were free to come and go, so the guards voted as battalions one after another.

Of course, this has brought an impact on the normal operation of the guards. A large number of recruits from surplus troops will inevitably affect the clearing and replacement of the guards.The guard has become a de facto reserve team, constantly transporting the best of them for the battalion. It is not surprising that the more blood the guard loses, the weaker the weaker.The same is true for Wuzhai Fort. How should I change this situation?Without young and strong people, Wuzhai Fort would not want to develop.

With such thoughts in mind, Huang Laifu came in front of his horse, Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu came up together, Jiang Dazhong said honestly, "Master, where are you going now?"

Huang Laifu suddenly had a flash in his mind, he always felt strange that he came to this world, why did he come, and what happened when he came?He fainted when he was possessed by time travel that day, today he wanted to walk around the place where his accident happened to see what he would find.

Huang Laifu said: "Let's go out of the city!"

(End of this chapter)