Chapter 15: Shyness in the Pocket
For several days in a row, it is a similar provincial activity, and many people are looking forward to it day by day, and every time they get disappointment, family affection is one thing, in fact, there are more ......
Many times, Lu Zhe came to the wooden fence around the barracks and looked out, the plants outside had gradually withered and yellowed, and the handover of green and yellow seemed to tell the withering of vitality, and the misty mountains in the distance seemed to express the same artistic conception as the loneliness.
Having relatives send clothes or goods and not having relatives to send them are two very different consequences, and the difference will inevitably become apparent over time.
After a week of good weather, troops began to assemble and march, and the vacated camp was soon filled with new troops.
Lu Zhe observed several times and learned that the newly stationed team was the so-called guard. Compared with the conscripted troops, he found a clear difference: the age group of the conscripts was between eighteen and thirty, and the majority of the soldiers were old and young.
Once the guards were being assembled, Lu Zhe was curious to watch.
The same robes and weapons, but he didn't see a shadow of rigor in this army. Not to mention the procrastination of the assembly, the appearance of the army was also chaotic, they walked without neat footsteps, and many young teenagers did not know what the military discipline was, and made wanton noise during the march.
Lu Zhe's eyes flashed, and he whispered: "I wonder if the county soldiers of Ludao County are also like this?" After thinking for a while, he suddenly said, "That's right, it is impossible for all the armies of a country to be elite, usually the border army and the Beijing division are the first level of the guards, and the rest are second." ”
After a few observations, as military orders were constantly issued, he had more things to be busy with.
Restrain the sergeants, pack up their personal belongings, check the weapons of everyone in the tun, and so on......
As a grassroots officer, Lu Zhe learned a lot in his busy work, and he knew that there would be many affairs in the Dao, which meant that the date of the promotion was getting closer and closer.
One day, the five hundred lords summoned subordinate officers, and Lu Zhe, who was the commander of the tun, was also a member of the participants.
When the five hundred lords told him that the queue would begin in three days, he said, "Those who want to prepare their winter utensils must hurry." Officers at all levels should also ensure that the non-commissioned officers are well armed. Speaking and adding very seriously: "From now on, you can't drink, if anyone is greedy for drinking and misleading, hum!" It doesn't take much to say.
This is the first time that Lu Zhe has heard of a ban on alcohol in the army, and it also shows that such an order will only be issued in a special period.
After the officers of the rank of commander communicated to his subordinates the deadline for the promotion, the soldiers began to make frequent trips to the vendors' areas, some of them buying clothing, some repairing damaged weapons, but very little food.
Lu Zhe naturally also needed to buy winter clothes, but as soon as he touched the remaining knife coins in his arms, his face instantly became bitter: "You shouldn't buy so much wine......
There are many kinds of clothing practices in this era, but there is a set of rules, all of which have the characteristics of the right collar, the collar and the tie, the collar is made of overlapping clothes, and the right collar refers to the direction of the collar overlap from right to left, that is, the so-called left placket of the wearer pressing the right placket.
Probably considering that the customers were military officers and soldiers, and the military merchants did not have silk or silk clothes, and the coarse clothes of fine linen cultivation and weaving were cheaper and widely accepted, and due to the rotation of the seasons, the winter long shirts were more Confucian (not Confucian).
After going around a few times, Lu Zhe was depressed to find that the remaining knife coins were not enough to buy what he wanted, but he also probably understood the purchasing power.
The knife coin and the ding coin are the currencies that are currently in circulation in the Qin State, among which the purchasing power of the ding coin is stronger than the knife coin, and he understood after a little thought: "The area of the ding coin is larger than the knife coin, and the Ding coin is heavier than the knife coin in comparison." In other words, the weight of copper represents value.
The Qin army does not have the saying that military salaries, whether it is a county soldier or a border army, they are all serving in the military, and if they want to have income, they rely on gains, so someone will find himself miserable!
When the deadline was approaching, Lu Zhe, who was forced to be unable to do so, could only selectively buy two or three feet of cloth, and then cut the cloth into the desired style with a sword in the tent, and hastily and simply made a few things, which were a scarf and a windbreaker without sleeves, and the remaining long strips of cloth were also considered to be used as leggings.
When the three-day deadline came, when he was ordered to assemble the team to assemble, Lu Zhe suffered another blow, it turned out that the Qin army did not interfere with the wearing of the battle robes, but strictly limited the appearance of the army as far as the eye could see, and the scarves and windbreakers he prepared were forced to take off in the reprimand of the hundred generals, but the leggings were in line with the Qin army's uniform and were not removed.
The Qin army's robes are all in the shape of a deep coat, with a right side, narrow cuffs, a belt, a top and a bottom, a knee-length skirt, narrow pants underneath, legs bound to the knees, boots or square mouth with pointed shoes, some with leggings, which looks lean and straight.
After completely restoring the "appearance of the Qin army", Lu Zhe, who was wearing an inner suit and a battle robe, only felt cold, compared to his "internal" mostly well-armed robe, he and many people who had not been able to buy warm clothes could feel the contemptuous gaze of the people around him.
Anyway, they set off.
Out of the barracks, Lu Zhe, who followed the march of the queue, saw the straight road to resume operations again, the laborers were still prisoners of war, but the number of them seemed scarce after too many deaths in the rainy season, and the guards had been replaced by pawns.
The march was extremely boring and tested foot strength and endurance, Lu Zhe was not used to long journeys like the rest, and his body gradually became a little unbearable under the lack of clothes and cold, so he was not in a hurry to go to the front line to participate in the battle, and he would be stationed after walking thirty miles every day, but it would not let his body collapse.
After being stationed one night, Lu Zhe, who couldn't stand the cold, simply twisted the scarf into rags, cut the windbreaker very cleverly, and then stuffed the two clothes together like sewing cotton clothes, and a shirt that was long and spanned was made.
Lu Zhe, who had done a good job, had already frozen his lips blue, trembling and putting on the makeshift clothes, and then putting on the battle robe, and before he had time to tie his belt, he hurriedly got out of the tent and ran to the bonfire outside.
The cold wind is blowing, and I don't know if it is a psychological effect, but he feels a little creaking when he bakes the fire and feels a little creaky.
Lu Zhe grinned at the soldier in charge of adding firewood and sat down. By the light of the fire, he could see the robes around the fire draped in blankets, lying or lying on their stomachs, most of them in a daze.
"What's your name?"
The soldier who added the firewood replied, "Hefu." He pointed to a sleeping man next to him, "My brother is shocked. ”
Lu Zheben also asked politely, and after listening to it, he lay down and bounced up like lightning: "What?" ”
The soldier named Heifu didn't seem to understand, and looked at Lu Zhe in a daze, as if he was frightened by Lu Zhe's actions.
Lu Zhe also had a stunned expression after asking, if he is not mistaken, there seems to be a record of these two brothers in a documentary called "The Great Qin Empire"?