Chapter 142: Cross-examination
"How many days do you practice?" Li Fang, who was on the side, saw that his partners were doing the most familiar things, and a feeling of excitement surged in his heart. He looked at a few Liaomin men www.biquge.info and said with a smile: "I practice every day, every day from morning to dark, and sometimes I will practice more in the middle of the night." β
"God...... Leopard's eyes were about to bulge and fall to the ground, he patted his legs vigorously and said: "This soldier can't be a soldier, can't be a soldier, it will tire people to death." β
The yellow-faced man said, "How much does this armor weigh?" β
"Armor and helmets, arm guards, shin guards, wrist guards, as well as armor skirts and robes, the weight of the whole body is at least 30 catties, and the heaviest is 70 catties, depending on the equipment of different combat missions."
"Good fellow, how many iron-clad soldiers are there like you, are they all here?"
"How could that be?" Li Fang said with a smile: "There are more than 3,600 people in our regiment, this is the number of soldiers, this is not a secret, but how many ironclad infantry, how many cavalry and artillery, how many gunners, this is a military secret, don't talk about you, even I don't know very well." β
"I'm willing to stay here, and I'm willing to endure some hardship." Huang's face moved, and he immediately said, "Brother Li, I don't know how to stay?" β
"Ask questions first, register, those who are willing to stay will be regarded as peasant soldiers, after receiving more than three months of peasant training and accepting peasant tasks, if the degree of completion is very good, they can be turned into soldiers according to their own wishes, and after half a year of service, they can pass all aspects of the assessment and can be soldiers. Soldiers are also divided into several arms, the easiest is the pikemen, who mainly practice physical strength and spear skills, and there are drill queues. Piercing armor or chain mail with cotton armor can be used, and the maximum weight is not more than 30 catties. If he is a gunner, he will only wear cotton armor or chain mail, and no more than 20 catties of armor. β
"I see...... yellow face nodded repeatedly, and the leopard eyes and short beard on one side showed a sneer.
At this time, when he finally approached the row house, an official with a black face and an official robe stood at the front of the crowd, two squads of armored soldiers stood on both sides, followed by a dozen people in official uniforms, and dozens of men in gray short robes, holding farm tools in their hands, looking at these newly arrived Liao people.
The black-faced big official took the lead in applauding and said loudly: "Welcome, welcome, everyone has fled all the way from all over Liaodong to Kuandian, this is the fearless act of the great hero, this official representative and the Yusheng Merchant Regiment Army stationed in Kuandian Twelfth Regiment, to all of you in place, express a warm welcome." β
The black-faced official spoke loudly while making hand gestures with his hands.
At this time, the Liao people saw that there was a drum group on the left side, and after seeing the order, this drum group began to beat gongs and drums.
"Don't deserve, don't ......"
The fugitives looked at each other, women must not come forward on such occasions, only one of the men is less than fifty years old, the eldest is said to be less than fifty, and the back is a little hunched, which is caused by a lack of calcium, and the hair is more than half white, this is a lack of nutrition from perennial labor, a middle-aged man in his forties, in the future may be able to play a little white face, but at this time there is already a little gray hair, drooping old feeling.
The white-headed man stepped forward and said some humble words as he knelt down.
The scene in front of them really made these fugitives feel too much...... My group is running for their lives for their families and their own lives, and they don't want the Tartars to be killed in vain, what is there to promote such an act? Is it worth sending an official to welcome you? The one in front of him, but wearing a serious official uniform of the imperial court, is not just a business house as Yusheng preached!
"Deserved, deserved." The black-faced official said: "You are not afraid of chasing and killing, fearless of death, and vowing not to live secretly under the rule of the Tartars, such an act can be called a righteous act, and you can be called a righteous people." This official is ordered to respect and take care of you and other righteous people, and we must take responsibility for your treatment and future arrangements! β
All the freshly baked "righteous people" were stunned, even the short beard and leopard eyes, who had different ambitions, felt moved and embarrassed by the boss, didn't they just run for their lives, why did they raise the height to such a point? Could it be that he is really a "righteous citizen"?
At this moment, all the men straightened their backs again, and a sense of solemnity and pride surged into their hearts at once.
"Now the official wants to make some simple questions to you, that is, to make a registration, nothing else. Then there will be a military medical officer to check your health, and then the quartermaster will give you clothes and provide food and lodging, if everything meets my requirements of Hutchison, you can stay, if you don't want to stay, you can also be helped by Hutchison, you can also send you to the place of Dongjiang Town, in short, come and go freely......"
This time, the short beard and the people's hearts were decided, and the leopard eyes whispered with some shame: "Hutchison is really generous, I'm really embarrassed to go." β
"I haven't heard that being a soldier has to practice every day, and being a peasant soldier has to be detained." Short beard said: "It's better to go to the Dongjiang River." β
Then the soldiers of Hutchison began to arrange for everyone to line up, and their faces were also kind smiles, and in an instant the drum band and the welcoming crowd dispersed, and in front of them were two rows of gray brick houses, and dozens of people were waiting in front of a row of big houses, almost making people feel that everything just now was an illusion.
Pulsatilla was the first to enter, and he was a little nervous.
"Don't be afraid." The black-faced official sat in the middle and said gently: "This official Zhao Lide is specially responsible for asking you questions, that is, chatting a few words, to see what the situation is on your side, and then record it and use it as a reference for the people above." In this way, whether you continue to save people or counterattack in the future, it is a useful thing, and it has nothing to do with yourself, you are all righteous people. β
"Oh, I see." The white-headed man was relieved, and hurriedly said: "Lord Zhao, please ask, the villain must know how much to say!" β
"Okay." Zhao Lide had another encouraging smile on his face, the ink in front of him had been studied, and Zhang Han was the same, Zhao Lide now likes to use a hard pen, so he didn't use a brush to write with ink, but used a goose feather hard pen, stained with a special potion, and said with a smile on his face: "First tell me the name, place of origin, and where you lived before escaping, and then tell me the name of the Beiyu and Niu Lu Zhangjing that you are directly in charge of, and the real name of Ezhen, it is best to tell me how many family members they have, what they usually do, and how much they know and how much to say." Even if you don't know anything, you always know what your neighbor's surname is? How many Han people, how many Han soldiers, how many bannermen, how many coats? How many acres of land, what is the harvest? Are there any paddy fields, and where do the official roads lead? β
The white-headed man was almost smashed by Zhao Lide's series of questions, most of the peasants at that time were illiterate and did not go out much, received little information and did not read, resulting in a very lack of language skills, just like the mountain people of later generations, if there is no information channel, it may not be better than the people of hundreds of years ago, if you meet an impatient person, your face is dark, it is estimated that the person who answers will stumble and stumble half loudly and can't say that you are ugly, fortunately, Zhao Lide has always been kind and pleasant, and there is no official's driver, and the question is really a chatty style, After about a quarter of an hour of painful memories and answers, all the information of the white-headed man was recorded, including his wife and children who had been walking with him.
After the white head came out, the rest of the people went in one by one, and it was the same as before, Zhao Lide asked some very random questions, and then recorded them one by one.
More than 40 people, women and children, each man questioned for a long and short time, but it took nearly an hour to finish the matter.
After Zhao Lide came out, he said apologetically: "Okay, everyone has been delayed for a long time, and it was all hard work to escape, and the bottom is the matter of the military doctors and quartermasters, so the officer will not bother." If you have any difficulties here, you can go to the Military Intelligence Division of the 12th Regiment to find this officer, and this officer will definitely not shirk it. β
Many Liao people want to kneel down and thank you, it is the first time they have seen such a humble and friendly official, this group of Liao people has no way to distinguish the difference between the civil and military officials' supplements, and there is no way to see how many grades Zhao Lide is, but at this moment, they are looking forward to Zhao Lide's official position as big as possible, which will give them a stronger sense of glory, and a few bold ones have simply inquired about Zhao Lide's official position with the merchants and soldiers around them.
A knowledgeable soldier replied: "This is Lord Zhao of the Military Intelligence Department, the experience of the Datong Left Guard Experience Division, and the civilian official of the Liupinwei Institute." β
Zhao Lide was originally a hundred households of Jinyiwei, and his status was much stronger than that of ordinary military attachΓ©s of the guard, although it was a martial six, but with the inheritance of the Ming Jinyiwei, the hundred households may be able to reach the heavens, and to the five products and thousands of generals, they are likely to be promoted to the head of the Jinyi Guard, and one step to the sky, becoming one of the most powerful groups of people in this huge empire, and even in the early Ming Dynasty, the thousands of households of Jinyiwei can also arrest civil officials and ordinary businessmen, leaving a great reputation.
In the Wanli period, the prestige of the Jinyi Wei officials was not as good as that year, but Zhao Lide gave up the Jinyi Wei Shi job, switched to Hutchison, and then became a branch official after the meritorious service, and was promoted to the Datong side of the Wei experience, became a civilian and miscellaneous official, this experience is really legendary, of course, if only from the official position of the Ming Dynasty, Zhao Lide must be a loss, and the experience can not be hereditary, the old Zhao family's Jin Yi Wei Shi Shi began to be inherited in the Yongle years, and Zhao Lide's generation is considered to have lost the world position.
After Zhao Lide left, a middle-aged medical officer surnamed Huang came, and the Liao people saw that the soldiers and peasants here respected this person very much, and they had the name of an old immortal, and they were all in awe.
Running away, it was a difficult journey, the dozen and a half children in the team were more or less sick, the Huang Army medical officer was diagnosing and prescribing medicine, and many Liao people were looking at it with a worried face.
"Old fairy help." This time the white-headed man knelt down resolutely, his eldest son was twelve years old, and he had run all the way for more than a thousand miles, his body was weak for the past two days, and he had been having a low-grade fever, and the husband and wife were holding up the team with their children, and at this time it was diagnosed as small typhoid fever, and the husband and wife were scared on the spot, if it was just a cold fever or a fever from exertion, it would be fine, but if it was a small typhoid, it would be light or heavy, not a joke.