Chapter 724: Contrast
Now Tian saw that Admiral Xiu was supervising the camp affairs, and he was also managing the heavy grain and grass, of course, Li Yan, Niu Jinxing and others were in charge of the specific miscellaneous matters. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info The camp is basically illiterate, and all kinds of food and grass cannot be managed without their central coordination.
The grain and grass that once broke into the camp was in charge of Li Chuang's second wife, Xing.
That Xing can be literate and martial, literate and hyphenation, can write and count, after his first wife Han Jin'er committed adultery with a ruffian, the adulterer ran away, Li Zicheng killed the adulteress in a fit of anger, and after losing his job and taking on the life lawsuit to join the tide of rebellion, Li Chuang was quite fond of Xing.
The money, food and material allocation in the camp were all under her management, but Xing committed adultery with Gao Jie again, and both ran away.
Li Zicheng remarried Gao Yingxiang's niece Gao as his wife, although the baggage in the camp was also handed over to her to manage, but after the literati took refuge one after another, the paperwork was processed and slowly handed over to them, especially now that Changyi Mansion was established and had a formalized appearance.
However, their unique style is the egalitarian supply system, "the plundered gold silk, rice millet, pearl shells and other things are all in charge, all the expenses are from the master, and if there is not enough food, it will be short", if the wartime ration system in later generations, compared with the empty salary in the Ming army, it is more fair to drink the blood of soldiers, and there are fewer opportunities for embezzlement of grain and grass, and there is less senseless waste.
In addition to the dissatisfaction of some foreign battalions with the differential treatment of elite soldiers and ordinary soldiers and horses, and some people among the generals of the Ming army, this egalitarian supply system is still effective at present.
After many Ming troops surrendered and surrendered, even if they were still bitter in the camp, they were treated the same as the soldiers, and everyone was bitter. Everyone is psychologically balanced, especially Li Chuang's own rough clothes and food, and he plays a leading role.
This is also one of the reasons why the camp is getting stronger and stronger, and they have been fighting for many years, and their combat effectiveness has improved rapidly.
Recently, the patrol camp has attracted the attention of the old battalion, this new soldier and horse has not long been in the group, but the performance is outstanding, the recent grain is very diligent, and today it has captured two villages, which is worthy of praise. It just so happened that General Tian Mihide was there. cordially received Lao Hu, the chief sentinel of the patrol battalion.
He also instructed him to work hard, and if he continued to develop like this, the people in the camp would hone it again, and it would be just around the corner to become an old battalion. In the end, Lao Hu was elated. Come back beaming.
At the same time, Lao Hu also brought back five days of grain and grass in the camp. Grain and grass are given every three or five days, especially for the outside camps. This is also one of the means by which the old battalion controls the outer battalion, and there is no grain and grass. It's too hard to make waves.
Because of the outstanding performance of the patrol camp, the old battalion rewarded the patrol camp with a batch of swords, guns, bows and arrows, some gold and silver, and fifty war horses, which made Lao Hu the happiest.
Before the camp broke into the military discipline, the wife can follow during the battle, but not other women, even so, there are quite drawbacks, after there are many prefectures and counties, these family members are settled in various places, the newly coerced disaster victims, those who have wives, of course, must follow the army.
When needed, they were incorporated into the battalion as young and strong, and the rest did some logistical work in the battalion.
When Lao Hu was elated, Kong San looked around coldly, and saw not only the inner camp, but also the far range of the outer camp, all of which were patrolling horses galloping, and the horsemen of the five battalions were all taking turns to rest, patrolling tightly, and the range of their patrol was two hundred miles from front to back and right.
Those who escaped escaped ten miles by luck, but could not escape a hundred miles, and those who dared to flee were all discouraged.
When I arrived at the camp camp, it was also by a small river that was about to dry up, densely covered with all kinds of tents, with different colors, just like a huge camping place, and the military discipline of the army was that they could not live in the city room when they crossed the city, and all lived in wild tents, which made the territory of Yexian County a sea of tents.
The return of the general post made the patrol battalion happy, and then the teams distributed food, grass and equipment, and it was lively.
In addition to the military regulations, each team also set up the main position, the head of the weapon, the grinding and other positions, respectively to manage the food and grass, equipment, food affairs of each team, and drive the children to work.
For the time being, the operations of each foreign battalion are in charge of their own affairs, not because the old battalion does not want to manage the grain, grass and equipment in their camp, but because they do not have the ability. The invading army is basically illiterate, there are too few literate and hyphenated people, and such a complicated matter as counting and distributing grain and grass is not within their ability.
The literati who have served are far from meeting the demand, and it is already good to be able to sort out the affairs of the internal camp, but the outer camp can only delegate power and cannot interfere deeply. If the imperial power of the past dynasties did not go to the countryside, the most important reason is the lack of talents.
Therefore, the old battalion only regularly inspected to see if the battalions were consistent with the inner battalions, and in general, the affairs of the battalions were very rough, and if there were any master documents in the battalion, it would be very messy.
Kong San is even busier now, he has to train troops, and he has to manage logistics, after all, he is the only literate person in the entire mountain patrol battalion.
In the evening, the smoke curled up, the camp was noisy, and in a tent, looking at the food served, Lao Hu frowned: "Damn, eat these rotten things again, Lao Tzu is really fed up!" ”
Lao Hu, Kong San, and Batiao sat around a small table, each with a rough nest head, and a bowl of wild vegetable soup with some oil flowers floating on it, and a bowl next to it, and a few pieces of what seemed to be fatty meat mixed in a bunch of wild vegetable grass roots.
But it was the old battalion that rewarded two pigs from the patrol camp, so he killed one and rewarded the whole battalion.
It's just a few thousand people in the whole camp, how can a pig be enough?
At this time, the pigs were not fatter than the later generations, and the pigs in the troubled times were thinner, so how could they not increase the "raw materials" in large quantities?
After all, Lao Hu and the others are the general sentinels, and there are a few enviable pieces of fat in the "raw materials", ordinary sergeants, it would be good to get a piece of shredded meat if they could dip some oil and water.
Looking at the food in front of him, Lao Hu had no appetite, he was very complicated in his heart now, he had led thousands of people, and he was very happy to be a high-ranking official who had achieved the fifth grade, although this official was a thief. However, when he returned to real life, he couldn't eat a piece of meat for a long time, which made him depressed and felt that it was meaningless to be an official.
I haven't been stained with oil and water for a long time, and I have eaten meat today, but look at the wild vegetables and grass roots mixed next to me, there is no meat smell, and when the official looks like this, there is really no taste.
Often, whenever he eats, Lao Hu misses the life of walking darts in Xuanfu Town and drinking in a big bowl. Eat meat in large pieces, choose all kinds of delicacies as you like, and then hug your little lady when you go home, and sometimes have a small cigarette roll.
Tsk, that day was comfortable......
Look at this again, alas, what is this called.
Thinking about the living standards of the middle and senior generals in the thief camp, they are not as good as the ordinary people in Xuanfu Town, Lao Hu Suan understands why everyone runs to Xuanfu Town, even if it is an ordinary family. Put it here. He is also a rich man.
Seeing Lao Hu sighing, Kong San said lightly: "Be content, it's already good to have food, look at how many people there are in Henan." I can't even eat this. ”
Old nonsense. only hatefully gnawed on his own nest head. Ate another piece of tasteless fatty meat, and continued to sigh, he was originally enthusiastic about being an official. But if the official is like this, it doesn't matter if the official is not appropriate.
Kong San gnawed on his wowotou unhurriedly, in fact, he also felt that this meal was really unpalatable, he volunteered to come out to do the task, it doesn't mean that he likes to live a shoddy life, wowotou bites quickly and almost chokes, and it is even more painful to relieve his big hand at that time.
Eating and eating, he also hated and scolded: "It's all to blame on the thieves, they don't produce, they only know how to loot, and the world is getting poorer and poorer." ”
"Yes."
Lao Hu said with deep understanding that he was a high-ranking official of the fifth grade, and he actually ate a nest, and this account should be counted on the head of the thief.
Bajo eats deliciously, especially this fatty meat, it's so delicious, Hu Ye and Kong Ye don't eat a piece each, and give him the rest to eat, so that Bajo is secretly grateful in his heart, the two masters really have nothing to say to themselves, and they must repay the kindness of the two masters.
Hachijo looks like a very strong young man, but he also has his own principles of being a man, when he was a swordsman and horse thief, he stipulated to himself that he would not eat people, not plunder the poor, and only rob the rich and unkind.
It's just that now the rich and unkind guys are deep in the high walls and deep villages, their fortresses, often a large number of rogues are helpless, and he has no wings, how can he go in and rob? I often live a hard life of being full and hungry, but I am very happy to be able to eat meat today.
Seeing that the two masters were eating listlessly, some didn't understand, thinking about how the two masters often told him about the life of Xuanfu Town, talking like heaven, he bit the fat in his mouth, and said vaguely: "Hu Ye, Kong Ye, the days of Xuanfu Town, are they really so good?" ”
Lao Hu raised his head fiercely: "That guy, it's really not blowing." Hachijo, let me tell you, have you ever eaten the fat noodles in Yongning City? Eat two big bowls of copper balls, it is really full of color and flavor, oily and watery, and then a little green onion on top...... Tsk, that taste...... You can't buy a bowl of silver for ten taels of silver in this place in Henan...... There's nowhere to buy ......."
His eyes sparkled: "And the roasted whole sheep in the town...... Brown and tender, then brush with some ginger powder in the sauce, tsk...... Lao Tzu used to be able to eat only one leg, but now Lao Tzu dares to say that a whole sheep can eat it. ”
Kong San smiled: "Kong is quite happy with the bacon of Chaigou Fort, as well as the noodles of Huai'an, and the white buffalo head meat in the town, which also makes people nostalgic." ”
Lao Hu said: "Speaking of Zhencheng, I like the white jade bee cake on South Street the most." ”
Kong San said: "There are also fried lambs, a nest of silk, and grapes...... There are too many, in the town, you can even eat the roast duck of Jingshi, Shandong stewed roast chicken, and everything you need. ”
As they spoke, they kept swallowing their saliva and reminiscing about their previous life in Xuanfu Town.
Now Xuanfu Town is rich and tranquil, famous, the rich families in the north have poured in, and it has become the world's food concentration, in addition to local food, many cuisines in the north and south of the river can be found to meet the needs of all kinds of classes and all kinds of people's tastes.
And Henan is now full of white bones, thieves are everywhere, most places have no talk of commerce, and occasionally there are villagers to communicate, all of them are back to the original state of barter, and there is no place to use silver.
So the peaceful life of ordinary people, ordinary food, in the eyes of the locals, are unimaginable delicacies.
Hachijo was also among them, and he listened to the two masters talking, and he was drooling as much as he listened, only imagining what Xuanfu Town was like.
He joined the team of intelligence officers, in addition to repaying the kindness of the two masters to him, he also often preached to him about the good life of Xuanfu Town, and after making meritorious contributions, he could go to the town to live a good life, which made him feel excited.
Look at the precarious situation of the people in the Central Plains, what kind of life they live, even if they enter the camp, it is not good. Look at Hu Ye, the five-grade master, the food and clothing, I heard that even the level of ordinary workers in Xuanfu Town can't be reached, what's the point, it's really better to go to Xuanfu Town to be an ordinary citizen.
Lao Hu and Kong San, you say a word, just look back on the past life, I don't feel it in the town, I don't think it is when I go out to compare, I know how difficult it is to live a rich and peaceful life, even if Xuanfu Town has shortcomings, it seems to be as cute now.
Kong Sansuan is an old man in the Intelligence Department, and he often goes out to do tasks, and every time he goes out, his belief in his heart becomes firmer.
He said in a deep voice: "Only the great general can let the people of the world live a good life, the general is the star descending to earth, and the saint came to the world to live a good life for the people." Under his rule, the desert became a paradise, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, rich and healthy, and everyone had enough to eat and meat. ”
Old Hu said: "That's it." ”
I remembered the good life of drinking wine in a big bowl and eating meat in a big bowl in Xuanfu Town, and I had relatives in my heart, and I thought that after returning to Xuanfu Town, I must order all the delicious food.
Then Kong San's face sank, and a cold light shot out of his eyes: "On the other hand, the thief, everywhere he goes, the anointed land has become corpse and bone waste, except for the high ability to harm the common people, there is nothing else, in comparison, he is not worthy of lifting shoes for the general!" ”
Lao Hu said: "That is, it is the ability to let the people live a good life." Making people worse and poorer is a scourge, a broom star. ”
He deeply agreed with Kong San's words, and woke up from the dream of reminiscing, seeing that his hand was just a nest, and next to it was wild vegetable soup, wouldn't he be annoyed? As a high-ranking official of the fifth grade, he eats all this kind of goods, and this thief is really not very good.
Even Li Chuang eats and wears the same as the soldiers, and is rough and common to everyone, in Lao Hu's opinion, he is also pretending, the level of respect and inferiority is there, the big official, he should have the style of a big official, and he is the same as a small soldier, what kind of system?
still eats wowotou every day, is this an official? If the palace is like a thatched house, and the marquis, earls and tenant farmers live in a nest of land, who wants to be the emperor and a high-ranking official, at least he Lao Hu is not willing.
has the ability, let everyone eat and dress well, let all the soldiers, everyone can be dressed and delicacious, if this is the case, you Li Chuang Tiantian Jiuchi Meat Lin I Lao Hu have no opinion. I can get poorer and poorer, and the life of each camp is getting worse and worse, and I Lao Hu did not come to the world to live a hard life.
The more he thought about it, the more Lao Hu was full of resentment, looking at the nest in his hand, the more he felt that the five-grade high-ranking officials who broke into the camp were worthless, and it was meaningless for him to work hard to climb up.
He thought about when the task was over, and when he returned to Xuanfu Town, he should be able to live a good life with his own merits, and then he would hold his mother in his right hand and his son in his left hand, watching the grain and rice warehouse, cattle and sheep everywhere, it was so cool.
It's best for Lord Hou to reward me with an official, a genuine official, not an unobtrusive official who breaks into the camp, well, when the time comes, what kind of official is it?
I'm afraid it's hard to defend the code, the township chief? The minimum security chief, if you don't do it, Lao Hu thought to himself.
When he was in the town, Zhou Baochang's moist life made Lao Hu very envious, and he lived a small life.
Hachijo agreed with Kong San's words, and he said: "Yes, look at the miserable situation in Henan, people who want to farm with peace of mind can't survive." (To be continued.) )