At this time, the strange hit rate of the musket always creates many myths.

Even in the Sishang army, there are some strange superstitions in the army, such as horseshoe nails that are used as talismans by cavalry.

All countries are no exception, sometimes the partners around you may die, and the people behind you make up for it wave after wave, but if you don't die, you will wonder if there is any truth in this.

The words of the veteran touched these recruits a lot, and when I think about it, it seems to be true.

Because Qi was usurped Jiang Qi, unlike the violent revolution of the Mohists and the redefinition of the law, Tian Qi also needed to use the old legal principles, so he came up with the theory of the reincarnation of the five virtues, which made the easy-to-understand theory of the five virtues widely spread in the army.

When the recruits thought about it, it was not the same reason, drowning in the water could be used to overcome the fire of the musket; And yellow is the color of fire, which can be grammed into gold, and maybe it really works.

Several people couldn't help but be nervous, thinking that it was useless to pee out at this time, in case it was not so yellow before the war started tomorrow, but what would they do?

After thinking about it, fortunately, there are still partners, and my heart is finally settled.

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Seven miles away, in the camp of the Mo family's forwards, the singing was loud.

At this time, the army that dares to sing when camping at night does not have to worry about the slightest sound at night causing the camp to roar.

Next to a bonfire in the 9th Company of the 3rd Brigade of the 8th Division, a pot of boiling water had not yet boiled, and several soldiers were holding their bamboo cups and anxiously waiting for the water to boil.

The cups contained the pre-war ration of cane sugar and the tea cakes rationed to the company, and the men of the soldiers' council were busy chatting nonsense.

The soldiers of the Eighth Division are mainly from the villages and communities that have been operating in Sishang for a long time, and half of them are some re-recruited retired veterans, so the task of eradicating illiteracy in the army is not much needed, and most of the soldiers have reached the simplest literacy standard.

As strikers, their dinner was not too good compared to usual, and they were served with pickled lard and dry cakes.

It was a little cold in the evening, and it was very comfortable to drink a little ration of tea.

Around the campfire, a re-drafted veteran was reading a book called "The Stars and the Survey and Mapping Examination" by the light of the fire.

It's not a very professional book, but it's not a very popular science textbook, but a slightly in-depth book.

The book was co-authored by two dukes, one named Gander and the other gentleman.

Although Sishang is disgusted with the Son of Heaven and in order to make those high-ranking titles popular, even though there are marquis everywhere, the meaning of the title itself has changed, it is just an honorary title, and the number of dukes is still very small.

Dukes are generally awarded when they are designated as "great merit for the benefit of the world" in some things, and it is more of an honorary title.

There are a lot of people in the Xuxu University Hall, and there are also many people in the army who have repeatedly performed miraculous feats, but they are mainly among scouts and light cavalry.

This book "The Year of the Stars and the Survey and Mapping Examination" mainly talks about some things that are relatively simple compared to the content studied in the Xuxu University, such as triangulation and mapping, latitude and longitude, and planetary retrograde.

This requires a certain mathematical foundation to understand, and the veteran who is reading is only twenty-three years old this year, and it is said that the veteran has actually completed his service before, which belongs to a special conscription under the order of the moment.

He watched it with relish, and he didn't realize that the half of the dry cake coated with lard that he had baked on the fire was already a little mushy.

The partner next to him whispered and joked with his comrades-in-arms: "Do you believe that I put the grass ash on now, Sima Qiong doesn't know?" ”

There are famous surnames in Si, and most of the ancestors are not nobles, most of them are surnames drawn by lot, but Sima Qiong is not.

After the joke was over, the partner grinned and grabbed a handful of grass and wood ash from the ground, lightly sprinkled it on the dry cake, took down the dry cake that was already a little mushy, patted Sima Qiong's shoulder and said, "Eh, it's mush, eat it quickly." ”

Sima Qiong said thank you, opened her mouth and smiled, took the cake and nibbled on it, not noticing the ash on it at all.

The army forced daily brushing of teeth, although a simple bristle toothbrush, salt and lime and soap mixed with simple tooth powder, but the teeth in the Sishang army are generally very good, at least this kind of burnt and crispy cake can be bitten.

The partners next to him all laughed, and Sima Qiong closed the book in a daze, and carefully put it in the backpack he carried, not knowing what was going on.

His father was a down-and-out taxi who came to Sishang in the early years, but did not join the Mo, but became a merchant in Sishang.

Speaking of their family's history, it is actually very immoral and disgraceful, and his father co-sold long-term labor in the South China Sea in the early years.

After making a fortune, he co-operated a horse farm in Huaishui, caught up with the expansion of the army in the previous years, made a lot of money, and invested the money in some traders in the South China Sea.

The chamber of commerce that invested the money at the beginning took advantage of the fact that some regulatory laws in Sishang were not sound to engage in a big scam, saying that gold mines had been discovered overseas in the South China Sea, which caused the chamber of commerce's shares to skyrocket.

His father thought he was going to make a fortune, but seeing that the money he invested was increasing every day, who would have thought that the matter would be exposed, and the price would plummet.

Fortunately, his father did not borrow money at that time, but only invested some of the money he earned, and he did not hang himself.

Since then, his daring father has gone from a rampant crab to a shrunken turtle, honestly returned to run a horse farm, and bought a house in Pengcheng.

Sima Qiong loved to watch the stars when she was a child, but it is not easy for a place like Pengcheng to be admitted to the Xuan Order, there are too many capable people, and in order to be as fair to the poor as possible, there is only one chance to take the exam.

He was not admitted to the Xuan Order to learn astronomy and arithmetic, but he was enough to enter some other schools, especially those teachers who needed to stay in the village for several years.

But he had money in his family, so he naturally refused to go, and he didn't have to go without compulsory internal mobilization, so he didn't go to school, but went to serve step by step when he reached the age.

The military system in Sishang is a semi-conscripted compulsory military system, so there is no such thing as the rich paying taxes and exempting them from military service.

Merchants who have legal rights and interests in Si must have the status of Si Shang, and their obligations are equal, so their children must also serve in accordance with the regulations.

The Mo family has been operating well over the years, and there is no shortage of exempt money, and the cost of collection is too high.

Sima Qiong returned home after serving for many years, and his family's horse farm was already in operation, and he had crossed the process of needing to work at the beginning, and had reached the process of only investing capital to hire people to work, and his life was very comfortable.

Every day is to read books, and at his own expense, he goes to Xuxu to listen, and his family can also bear it.

After the war against Chu, the Sishang People's Law Assembly voted and passed a mobilization order for full mobilization, and all veterans who had been discharged within five years of retirement must go to the armed forces departments in various places to report, reorganize into the army, and begin to transfer from reserve to active duty training.

The group of faceless people in the Supervision and Inspection Department ruthlessly rectified a group of people who tried to evade service before the war, or people who wanted to use their connections to serve in the logistics department, and the high-level of the Mo family took the lead in sending their heirs to the front-line army.

Sima Qiong was not found out and re-served, he just respected the rules - if the vote failed at the People's Law Conference, then the general mobilization naturally did not need to be carried out, and since it was passed, it could only be obeyed.

There are a lot of veterans re-recruited by the Eighth Division, and there are actually many people like him who like to read, and many of them are still of a very high level, but they can't be regarded as the top who can't compete with those who enter the Xuan Order.

The war is going to start tomorrow, Sima Qiong, like most of the soldiers of the Eighth Division, does not have much fear or fear, the atmosphere in the army is like this, and this time it is the giant himself who leads the army, and some of the previous stories have become like mythical confidence, they are full of confidence.

The people of the Soldiers' Council had already conveyed the purpose of this operation, which was to quickly break through the resistance of the Qi people, so as to buy time for the encirclement of the princes' coalition forces.

Unlike in the Qi army, the soldiers in the Sishang army need to know what they are doing, even if it is a mission to send them to death, they will never be allowed to be deceived.

The bottom-up grassroots construction, and the Moshi organization, which also has the ambition to benefit the world, have made it possible for the Si Shang army to be like an arm, and every finger knows what the brain is going to do.

This is not a military secret, it has reached this point, and it has nothing to do with secrets.

Sima Qiong, who was teased by his partners and didn't know that he had just eaten a lot of grass and wood ashes, looked at his partners who were smiling evilly and asked, "What are you doing again?" ”

Several people laughed but didn't answer, and someone said: "Sima Qiong, you have books in your backpack, and there are nothing other than stars?" We want to hear about Solushen's westward journey, but you didn't? ”

Sima Qiong scratched his head and said, "I only like stars." I don't have that book. Haven't you seen the stones of the Seven Companies? He'd seen what Solu had turned over. His father was from the Confucian faction of the Lezheng clan back then, and he was engaged in word comparisons, so you want to hear the story and go to him. ”

Someone from the same company sighed: "It's a pity that you said that you have learned so much nine-number geometry." ”

Sima Qiongqi said: "What is a pity? ”

Lian Li's partner smiled: "You are a rich man, unlike us. Your dad can let you spend money to live in Pengcheng, but you don't need to learn arithmetic. ”

"If I had learned nine-count geometry and stargazing well, I would have gone to the chambers of commerce of the South China Sea trade to do things. There is a shortage of people who can read the stars and understand nine numbers, and if they do a good job and are lucky not to die at sea, then they will be rich. ”

"Eh, you say, are you a silverfish? Don't produce, but have money to spend? ”

Sima Qiong smiled awkwardly, not knowing how to answer, but his partner was just joking, and after laughing, he sighed: "When the battle is over and the service is retired, it is estimated that there will be no need to fight." When my son grows up, the world will be settled. That would be fine. ”

"yes, yes."

Many people echoed it, they grew up in the propaganda of synonymous justice, and they had experienced at least three or four wars since they were young, and they were full of illusions about the future after this battle that might completely settle the alliance of princes.

But most of the fantasies are focused on the generation of their children, most of their re-conscripted veterans are already twenty-three or four years old, have become families and have children, everything has been finalized, and there may be a lot of strange new things in this life, but after all, life is doomed, and they can only hope that they can create a stable and unified living environment for their children and grandchildren, and hope that their children will no longer need to be conscripted into service and experience such a cruel war.

Speaking of children, these married veterans suddenly had a common topic, leaving Sima Qiong and some recruits out in the cold, and it was difficult to form a circle.

Some lamented that their son was not qualified to learn to read and write, which led to him being fined; Some said that their daughter studied very well and had hope of being admitted to the Xuan Order; There are also those who say that they are preparing for their sons to grow up and let their eldest sons go to sea to earn a living, and that their younger sons will stay at home......

While the discussion was in full swing, the sleeping horn sounded in the camp, and the people who had been chattering and discussing just now quickly fell silent.

Sima Qiong looked at the bright stars in the sky in the late autumn and thought to herself, the difference between life and death is too small compared to the past and the present and the four directions.