He stretched out his hand and pointed to the two dead bodies on the ground: "The present of the two of them is your tomorrow!" ”

Although Old Man Wang said that he was old, he was full of energy, and he spoke very loudly, and everyone could hear it clearly.

Wang Lao's prestige here is extremely high, and everyone is naturally convinced. Originally, the Su family was tyrannical and poisoned the people, they were already extremely dissatisfied and angry, but some people also had in their hearts: It is true that the tax and grain I paid were robbed, so it should be like this if I pay it again, and the sense of resistance in my heart is not very strong.

But now, the truth has been exposed by Old Man Wang, and everyone is suddenly fried, and their emotions are immediately mobilized.

The crowd was excited, and everyone was shouting, and they didn't know what they were talking about.

Old Man Wang didn't speak at this time, but just snorted coldly: "It's all good to think about it, where is there still a way to live now?" ”

Then let the men carry the body and prepare to transport it to the back of the village to be buried. When the half-grown son saw this scene, he couldn't care less about crying, so he quickly followed.

Where does the Wu family have any money to buy a coffin now? Once the straw mat is wrapped in the soil for peace, it is considered a merit! Who is called to be born in such a world? In all these years!

Seeing that Old Man Wang was leaving with people, everyone shouted and discussed in place for a while, and they all dispersed. There were only a few people who had a good relationship with the Wu family, and they followed up and took care of the half-grown son for a few words, and then went back.

Everyone sighed, a half-sized child, without a father or mother, I am afraid that he will starve to death soon.

Not far from Wu's house was a small mound with sparse trees, and a small river bypassed it, but now it was dry and there was no ice to be seen. On both sides of the river, it is the land that originally belonged to the Wu family and now belongs to the Su family.

After everyone dispersed, a figure flashed out from behind the tree, looking at the old man Wang and his party in the distance, and then at the young man who was crying while walking, his eyes were full of anger.

This person is tall and has long legs, a thin waist and a wide back, and he is actually Huang Ji. However, he didn't wear those satin clothes with good fabrics today, only a green cloth cotton jacket, which looked no different from ordinary villagers, but his spirit was much better.

He also carried a bulging cloth bag in his hand, which seemed to be not light, and a few of them looked like they were twenty or thirty pounds. Huang Ji hesitated for a moment, looked left and right, waited for about a cup of tea, and saw that everyone was almost gone, so he hurriedly walked into the village.

There are not many people in this village, but the area is not old, and the families are quite scattered, and some even have a small field around their homes.

Huang Ji entered the entrance of the village, walked east for a while, and then walked more than ten meters north to the door of a family.

This family is in the north of the village, the location is very remote, there are two big trees to the south of the door, and now only the branches are left, but the tree is thick, but it is enough to block the view from the south. Adobe walls, thatched roofs, dilapidated and rudimentary. The two doors were tightly shut, but a large crack on them could not be hidden.

Huang Ji looked left and right, then stepped forward and knocked lightly on the door.

There was no movement inside.

Huang Ji's hand was a little heavier, only to hear a cough from inside, and a voice full of vigilance sounded: "Which one?" ”

Huang Ji said in a low voice: "It's me, Lao Huang of Shilipu." ”

"Lao Huang?" The man inside muttered, and the back door opened with a creaking sound. Behind the door, a middle-aged man in his forties appeared, with a long dry and short stature, wearing a tattered black cotton jacket, the cotton inside had been turned out, and there were several holes. This man is quite obscene, with a pair of triangular eyes flashing, and he doesn't look like a good person.

When he saw Huang Ji, he was stunned, and looked him up and down for a while before saying, "Are you ...... Lao Huang? Yellow season? ”

Huang Ji laughed: "Why, I haven't seen each other for a few years, so you can't recognize me?" ”

As he spoke, he squeezed past him and squeezed through the door.

"If you don't say it, you really won't recognize it." The middle-aged man's shriveled face showed a hint of a smile, closed the door casually, and sighed twice: "What about Lao Huang, his complexion is very good, he looks like he is full of food and drink?" You used to be so thin, you didn't have the energy, you drank, and now you're fat, and I see that you've grown a lot of meat. ”

As he spoke, his expression was a little envious.

Huang Ji smiled faintly: "It's a long story, Lao Chu, you just let me stand outside?" ”

"Hey, I'm negligent, I'm negligent." The middle-aged man Lao Chu patted his head, pretended to be abrupt, and let Huang Ji in.

The thatched hut was low and small, poorly lit, dark and damp, and smelled strange. Since Dong Ce developed, Huang Jiqian has also had his status, and the house he lives in has improved, and he has not smelled such a smell for a long time. He frowned slightly, and Lao Chu kept observing his expression, and smiled: "Lao Huang, you are really developed, we used to live in such a dilapidated house, and now you are disgusted." ”

Huang Ji glared at him: "There are so many words, if you say one more thing, I won't give you anything here." ”

Lao Chu's eyes immediately nailed to the bag and couldn't move away, he swallowed heavily, his throat grunted, and said eagerly: "What is this?" ”

Huang Ji didn't answer, just walked to the edge of the kang and sat down, patting the side: "Come, Lao Chu, sit." Ask you something. ”

Lao Chu sat down, but his eyes were still staring at the bag, and he said with a smile: "Lao Huang, you are developed, there is grain here, right?" Isn't that right? After Master Dong died, our life will not be easy, and you have to guard the second Han, both of you are hungry and can't eat. What do you say you're for? How can you come up with so much food at once? Could it be that you have taken refuge in Master Sun? ”

"Why so much nonsense?"

Huang Ji's face immediately turned cold: "You don't know yet, do you?" Sun Ruhu has long since died, and Xu Ruyu is also dead. The second Han you said, your mother, you try to say it again, believe it or not, Lao Tzu broke your dog's leg? My second master has now become a big official, and the Rock Fort is guarded, and he is still in charge of the ten-mile shop. The commander of the four products! ”

"What?" Lao Chu was dumbfounded, looked at Huang Ji blankly, and twitched on his face: "Lao Huang, you can bluff people, how old is he, why did he become such a big official?" ”

"It's just that you haven't heard of it in this poor ravine, Dong Ce and Lord Dong's affairs, who doesn't know about the dozens of miles around, who doesn't know?" Huang Ji patted the edge of the kang: "Don't talk nonsense, Master Dong said, as long as you do something, the things here are yours, and you can have a good life in the future." ”

As he spoke, Huang Ji opened the bag, revealing the yellow corn inside.

Lao Chu couldn't take his eyes off when he saw it, and he stretched out his hand to grab it, but Huang Ji pulled his hand back and sneered: "What's the matter, you want to grab it?" ”

"How can that?" Old Chu smiled.

"That old man...... Lord Dong, did you really become a big official? Lao Chu asked again.

"Trick you into having a sac?" Huang Ji said impatiently: "Do you want to do it? If you don't do it, just wait to starve to death, and Lao Tzu will take the food and leave. ”

"That's right, I'll do it, I'll do it." Lao Chu has been hungry for two days, and it is the time when he is uncomfortable to die, and when he sees the corn, he can't just grab it and stuff it in his mouth, where can he bear it? Not to mention doing something, even if he slaughtered him with a knife after eating, he was willing.

Looking at Lao Chu, a trace of disgust flashed in Huang Ji's eyes.

It's just that there is really no better candidate than this guy.

This old Chu was originally a soldier of Shilipu, but he was not a soldier from a military household, but a recruit.

The Ming Dynasty implemented three types of military service systems: the world military system, the conscription system, and the conscription system.

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, when Emperor Hongwu of Yongle Emperor Hongle, there was no conscription system and conscription system, only the world military system. The sergeants of the world military system are established in the guard station, that is, the military household, and its main tasks are two: one is to guard the place, and the other is to produce in the tuntian. The defenders who guard the local city are called the defenders, and the tuntian production is called the tun army, and the tun army supplies itself and the defenders with the harvest of the tuntian production. The army as a whole is basically a self-sufficient armed group, with its own system and is not subject to civilian jurisdiction. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "I raise millions of soldiers, and it costs the people a grain of rice." ”

The fact that the world military system can be self-sufficient and reduce the consumption of the country is undoubtedly excellent, and in the feudal dynasty, no matter which dynasty, military expenditure is almost a considerable amount. This is especially true for those such as the Han and Tang dynasties, which have been at war with other power countries for many years. There are also the Song Dynasty, although they are reluctant to fight with others, but they can't stand everyone willing to fight him, in order to maintain a large standing army, redundant officers and soldiers, and the annual expenditure reaches 160 million guan.

In the Ming Dynasty, under the system of guards and military households, the military expenditure was very small, and it was during the Yongle Dynasty of the Hongwu Dynasty that hundreds of thousands of troops could be regularly organized to conquer the south and sweep the north, and run rampant all over the world.

However, the drawbacks of this system itself determined that the garrison would inevitably decline. The armed forces are an armed group that undertakes the task of maintaining stability in the world at home and resisting aggression by foreign enemies externally. However, the world military system itself is contradictory to the enhancement of combat effectiveness, because the world military system of officers and soldiers will inevitably make this army mix with young and old. In the Ming Dynasty, officers were generally able to take up positions from their fathers at the age of fifteen, and no longer served at the age of sixty. Although the officers who have passed the examination, they are inexperienced, and they have not been in battle, so it is difficult for them to lead the troops well, and it is even more difficult to lead the troops to fight. And those junior officers who are more than half a hundred years old and still serve do not meet the needs of combat. The duties of the officers are generally the same as those of the officers, and the juvenile soldiers and the elderly are mixed together, and the combat effectiveness is inevitably low. Not to mention that it has been too long, let's just say that after one or two generations, those fierce and elite veterans have become farmers who can only farm and not fight.

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