Chapter 11: The Merchant of the Army

The curtain of the tent was closed by the sound of the wind, and the light around it became dim.

Many people will have a short blank of mind or a short period of amnesia after experiencing stimulation, but these did not happen to Lu Zhe, he clearly remembers what happened throughout the day, including seven waves of nomads who were killed, about 3,000 people.

There was no muddy smell in the air, he was able to control the pace of his breathing, and the twitching of his stomach had stopped, but the feeling of nausea still lingered.

As the night grew darker, the torches outside the tent had been lit, and the figures of the soldiers could be seen through the gray cloth, and the footsteps were very frequent.

For Lu Zhe, everything today was too terrifying, and it was difficult for him to understand whether he was cultivating a straight path or building a Shura field. The only consolation now is that the people who are killed are all aliens, not the descendants of Huaxia who are difficult to accept in their hearts, otherwise the stimulation will definitely be more serious.

He knew that glutinous rice would be used in ancient buildings, such as the Forbidden City? Glutinous rice is a very sticky thing, which will increase the adhesion of stones and bricks, making the building strong enough.

"Why do you want to kill so many people in the straight?"

Will it be to increase the sturdiness of the road? Because human blood also has this effect, not to mention those flesh and organs.

The construction of large-scale projects required a very large amount of labor in the era of underdeveloped machinery, and in the process of labor, there would be deaths and injuries due to one reason or another, and the casualties caused by an accident were unimaginable.

Do you seem to remember which documentary in which dense bones were found in the broken section of the Great Wall? However, there is no record that large-scale bones were also found in the Great Qin Straight Road, so it is ruled out that the large-scale massacre was due to the need for the solidity of the building?

"Woo......"

The long horn sounded, and the horn of the meal made Lu Zhe have to get up, he tied his sword and the leather bag containing the cutlery to his waist, and bent slightly to lift the curtain of the tent.

Outside, smiling soldiers walked slowly, they did not hold spears, and the skins around their waists rattled as they walked. Some of the soldiers gestured to the robe next to them as they walked, looking very pleasant.

Lu Zhe, who got out of the tent, straightened his waist and straightened his waist, and listened to the soldiers, the soldiers were talking about the affairs of the Great Qin Border Army, and the conversation was a little fragmented and intermittent, but I listened to it a rough ......

Winter is approaching, the grassland will be covered by wind and snow, before this the Hu people in the border pass attacked almost all the frontiers of Great Qin in groups, but it is clear that in front of the elite Great Qin border army, no matter which clan the Hu people did not take advantage.

Unlike the Great Qin soldiers who were happy when they heard the battle, Lu Zhe was not a native of Qin, and he was not even a qualified ancient person. His mentality is still at the stage of "modern man", so when he heard these news, he hesitated, and he already knew that the Qin army where he was located was going to go to Shangjun at the end of the year, and it happened to be one of the border counties of Great Qin in the northwest at this time.

According to the "inevitability of history", Maodun would unify the Xiongnu, first defeat the Yueshi people, and then overthrow the Donghu tribes, and finally force Xianyang, the capital of Great Qin. Whether he wants to or not, Lu Zhe knows very well that the northwestern counties will be the areas with the most wars in the next few years!

On the road, when Lu Zhe walked by, the soldiers would automatically get out of the way. In the same way, when a more senior officer approached, Lu Zhe would also consciously get out of the way. This phenomenon he calls "military culture".

As we all know, the promotion of the Qin army relied on military merits, whether it was the military merits obtained by the elders before or by themselves.

If it is inherited from the elders, in this era of extreme reliance on hand-in-hand teaching, the elders will train the juniors to be very brave or familiar with military books, and those who have courage and means are not worthy of respect?

It is the military merits that you have obtained that are of course more respectable, there is no military school at this time, and if you want to become an officer, you do not rely on the results of the military academy, but on the battlefield to obtain the first rank.

The respect of subordinates for their superiors was emphasized extremely strictly in the Qin army, and the emphasis was on orders and prohibitions, which may have been one of the reasons for the Qin army's invincibility.

Of course, it is precisely because of the iron law of military discipline and orders and prohibitions that Lu Zhe may not have a chance to escape after thinking about it all day, and perhaps his subordinates will tie him up and escort him to a more senior officer as soon as he finds out that he wants to escape. Besides, even if he really succeeds in escaping, where can he go? The strict laws of the Qin state did not have a single place for deserters to survive.

As we got closer, the noise became clear, and unlike the serious quarters, a small or large area was occupied by a variety of military caravans or vendors, haggling with non-commissioned officers or officers with merchandise, mostly food, and some small arms such as daggers.

At present, the Qin army does not seem to have any plans to update the iron tools, the long sword and Changge that the uncle gave to Lu Zhe are bronze tools, and he has not seen the soldiers use iron tools, but he has seen that a thousand people will have an iron sword.

Judging from the fact that the assembled soldiers, including officers, brought their own weapons, many people would mistakenly think that the Qin State did not have weapons specially issued to the army, but in fact, this understanding is not correct. Of course, the Qin army has special standard weapons, and the earliest assembly line manufacturing is from the hands of the Qin State Forging Department, but it seems that they will only be issued in emergencies?

Most of the weapons sold by the military traders are small, and it seems that the iron tools of Zhilu Dao are not popular, and they are basically bronze-based, among which the bronze blade of the Ge spear is the most popular among the soldiers.

Passing through the garrison, the view became wider, where there were long queues, and the soldiers who wanted to add food after receiving their meals would run to the vendor area three miles away.

Lu Zhe looked down at the pot helmet (a type of pasta) on his left hand and the miscellaneous soup in the bamboo tube on his right hand, looked up at the lively vendor area, thought about it and walked over.

I don't understand why the strict Qin Jun would allow merchants and hawkers to follow the army, but these are not things to think about now, he just wants to find a vendor who sells wine, and after eating the food, give himself a little before going to bed, otherwise I am afraid it will be difficult to fall asleep.

The groggy state of his head is really not suitable for walking around in a noisy place, Lu Zhe endured the dizziness and looked for a long time, the vendors were very enthusiastic, but he never saw what he wanted.

Although he was able to speak Qin fluently after half a year of study, it was clear that the vendors were not all Qin. Among these vendors, some spoke soft and soft Chu Yin, some spoke sonorous Zhao Yuyan dialect, and some Qin dialect mixed with some nonsense, which made his head almost explode.

"Wine! Do you understand? It's wine! ”

God knows if the current era wine is called wine, and the vendors don't seem to understand what this somewhat confused officer is saying.

Of course, the vendors have their own signs, but Lu Zhe will say that it does not mean that he knows the words at this time, and he finally found an acquaintance when he was about to give up.

"Flails!"

The guy patted the leather bag with a smile on his face, and the sound of water inside was "banging", and his expression was a little satisfied.

"Do you know where to sell alcohol?" To increase his understanding, he used a serious tone: "It's mash!" ”

The flail immediately hugged the leather bag and raised his hand to point: "There!" ”

Lu Zhe looked in the direction, and there was a signboard hanging about a hundred meters away from him, but no matter how he looked at it, it didn't look like a "wine" word, and he wanted to ask again but found that the flail had disappeared.

When I got closer, the word on the signboard was indeed "wine", not the word Qin, not the word of the Six Kingdoms, but the ......

"Wine? I'm going to go, this is Oracle? ”

He seems to have seen a lot of signboards similar to this word just now? In other words, after looking for a long time, it turned out to be an alternative joke of "the lights are out"?