At this time, it was the time of spring ploughing, and the fields were full of busy farmers, and the healthy peasant girl carried a food basket to bring food to her family, running back and forth between the ridges, with a healthy flush on her face, wrapped in a coarse cloth skirt, and a group of four people rode slowly past, and could not help but slow down, and the rude man of Sharba was even more in the army, riding on a horse and whistling at the girls in the fields by the roadside.
Xia Ya laughed: "You brute cow, it seems that you are also Sichun."
You have to save your military pay for the next time, and don't run to Fat Powder Street and throw it into the pockets of those bitches as soon as you get the money. ” Sharpa didn't care, but shook his head: "We are soldiers, licking blood on the blade, and we are out fighting for twelve months a year, maybe one day a cold arrow will come from the battlefield, and we will be called by the grace of the Lord."
Where is there a girl from a good family who wants to marry someone like us" After a pause, the brute bull's face showed a hint of gloom: "Besides, even if you have a girl you like in your heart, you can't bear to harm others."
This perennial waits at home, looking forward to it all night and night, and is terrified every day, for fear that it is not his husband who is waiting to come back, and the herald in the army who delivers bad news, alas, look at Yulia" Speaking of his friend who died in battle, Char's expression was also gloomy, sighed, and looked at this man like a brute bull, seeing that Sharpa's face at the moment was not like the usual muddy appearance, with a faint hint of shallow loss in his eyes, Char asked in a low voice: "Hey, brute bull, you seem to be" Sharba smiled bitterly, and his eyes drifted to a few people walking on the ridge in the distance, one of them was a tall peasant girl, the peasant girl was wearing a thick skirt and a turban with a plaid pattern on her head, and along the way, several red-faced girls pointed at the four extraordinarily dressed people walking by the roadside, full of curiosity, and there was a faint sound of laughter.
Sharpa sighed, withdrew his eyes, a faint pain flashed in his expression, and then said in a low voice: "In my village, there is a girl named Lorna, back then, if I hadn't run out to join the army, I'm afraid I would have married her, and even the children are crawling all over the ground at this time." ” Char was stunned for a moment, suddenly laughed, and comforted: "Don't be a girl, this will go to Mor County, and there will be no big battles in the future, I'll give you a good errand when I go back, you save some money, go home and marry the girl named Lorna, and I'll give you a beautiful wedding."
He thought that this would appease Sharpa, but this brute shook his head and looked indifferent: "No need, I went back to visit my relatives two years ago, and she is already married." ” Char was speechless, looking at this man who was very smug and heartless, but suddenly he didn't know what words to use to comfort the other party, but he just sighed secretly.
As soon as they entered Mooreshire, the pace of the crowd slowed down.
Especially Char, when he went south from here before, he didn't pay much attention to the surrounding scenery, but when he came back this time, he saw along the way, that the farmland in the villages and towns would be his own jurisdiction in the future, so he couldn't help but leave a little more thought.
He has been in the army for a while, and naturally developed some habits, and the position he was awarded this time is the chief of armaments, so after walking through some mountains and rivers, he couldn't help but imagine in his mind: here can be camped, there is suitable for blocking, and there is a certain location is dangerous, besides, I can't help but feel a little more "look at my own territory" in my heart, seeing that Moore County is rich, if it is not located on the border, such a rich production area, I am afraid that it will not be my turn, and it will have been occupied by those warlord parties a long time ago.
Along the way, the more Char looked at it, the more proud she became, and she couldn't help but smile and make some emotion.
It's just something like "my territory", and the three companions next to him all chose to ignore it.
In fact, this kind of remark is quite inappropriate, after all, this place belongs to the empire, and Char is only serving as the chief of armaments, although he is in charge of the military affairs of a county, but the head of government affairs is not him, the empire has another administrative county guard consul here, but seeing that Char's mood is very high, the three people next to him are not good to break his good mood.
Passing by a village, here is still the implementation of the empire's hundred years of peasant and military system, there is also a land field at the entrance of the village, I think it is used to train the peasants and soldiers when the farm is slack, when passing through the village, Char finally played his identity, the captain of the village is naturally respectful, but Char proposed to need horses, but made the other party embarrassed: in this small village, there are horses for plowing land and pulling carts, but there are no war horses.
Char was such a big official for the first time, so he naturally had a little childish vanity, and he couldn't bear it, so he watched the peasant soldiers perform in the village In fact, this season, spring ploughing, the people in the village are busy farming, where is there any such performance, and the imperial peasant and military system has been carried out for a hundred years, and it is close to collapse, and many places have already existed in name only, and the peasants and soldiers in this village are not able to perform seven or eight times a year, and most of the so-called peasant soldiers are just sending a spear, Then the queue runs a few laps on the field and it is over, and as for the annual peak inspection, it is just to select a few sturdy ones, turn out a few sets of leather armor that are still in good condition in the warehouse of the village garrison point and put them on, pose a few poses in front of the officers who come down to inspect, and shout a few times to finish.
However, seeing that the big man's surname was very high, he did not dare to refuse, so he could only send people to the village to gather peasant soldiers.
Seeing these farmers dressed in coarse cloth clothes working in the fields, and even some people carrying farm tools such as fence hoes, legs full of mud, standing in a mess on the farm, Char stood aside and watched, and his brows furrowed.
He is a person who is accustomed to the elite troops of the Redria Cavalry Regiment, and even the army he has seen before is the Central Standing Corps, and he has a vague preconceived delusion in his heart, always thinking that the Byzantine army should be like that, but seeing this group of mud legs standing in front of him, he can't help but feel disappointed in his heart.
These people in front of them, the queue is chaotic, but it seems that there are old and young, the old ones are afraid that they are old enough to be Xia Ya's father, and a few small ones, when they look at the tender faces, they are afraid that they are not yet adults, and when they inquire later, they will find out that they have heard the convening order of the captain of the cantonment, and some families refuse to send the strong men in the family in order not to delay the farm work, and only indiscriminately crawl the young children who can't work in the fields to fill the number.
The captain of the garrison also sighed a little secretly in his heart, sweating on his forehead, and stood in front of Char with a stubborn head: "My lord, that, this is" Char shook his head, looking displeased: "How many people are here?"
"Uh, seventeen, eighteen."
The captain wiped his sweat.
"Well, you bully me for being young, don't you know the military system" Char shook his head and said with a dark face: "The imperial peasant and soldier military system, there are a hundred households in your village, according to the standard of one ding for two households, the peasant soldiers in your village should be a full infantry squad, that is, fifty people."
Why are there so many people standing here?"
"This adult, it's farming time, and most of the people go out to work, so they won't be notified for a while."
Char nodded, he thought about it slightly, changed a smile on his face, looked at the captain of the garrison, and said with a smile: "Okay, I'm not the kind of official who likes to pick thorns, I understand the suffering of ordinary people."
Well, I'll just ask you, how many peasant soldiers are there in your village?"
Speaking of this, Char's expression sank: "Tell the truth" The captain of the garrison hesitated, although he was reluctant in his heart, but after all, the other party was in front of him, in case the other party was more serious, he would count it in the village on the spot, then the lie would be exposed immediately, and he could only grit his teeth: "There are a total of thirty-three people." ” "Well, that's a third less."
Char frowned: "The population of your village is not scarce, why are you not satisfied?"
The captain of the cantonment was unhappy in his heart, and he scolded twice, but his face became more and more respectful, and he replied cautiously: "My lord, the establishment of this peasant army has always been not so strict, I took over as the captain of the cantonment here six years ago, and my term is quite good, if it is my predecessor, I am afraid that the number of people is less than half of the full number."
This is still a few days ago when I fought with the Odin, and the military headquarters of the war zone was located in our Moore County, and a group of peasant soldiers were hurriedly pulled together below, so the number of people increased, in previous years" "I see."
Char nodded, and there was no joy or anger on his face, but he said casually: "Are the other villages around here like this?"
The captain of the cantonment immediately patted his chest and said loudly: "My lord, I don't dare to brag, I am also a veteran from the regular corps."
Therefore, the garrison soldiers in my place, in the vicinity of seven or eight villages, are considered the best, at least when I select the peasant soldiers, I still choose the strong, and in some places, even the seventy or eighty people are pulled out to fill the number. ” "Oh veteran" Char smiled and looked at the captain of the garrison: "Which regiment did you belong to in the past?"
The captain of the "Sixth Corps" stood up: "I retired from the army six years ago, and my hometown is here, and after I came back with my severance pay, I was appointed as the captain of the cantonment here."
"Oh, General Ruhl's old men."
Char's face was a little more friendly, since he was an old subordinate of General Rabbit, he had a good impression in his heart, raised his hand, and said with a smile: "Okay, you let everyone disperse, I'm just looking at it on a whim, and it's nothing." ” The peasant soldiers below were ordered to disperse, and they couldn't help but be in an uproar, although they didn't dare to say anything in front of Char, but the people dispersed, among these people were originally busy at home, and when they heard that a chief had called for a review, they were reluctant to come over to respond to the scene, seeing that this "master" was young, and said two words, and didn't look at his eyes and let people disperse, he couldn't help but feel a little resentful, and quite a few of them whispered and scolded in the local language, and then dispersed in a hurry.
The captain of the garrison heard the scolding, his face was a little worried, and he sighed in his heart: Fortunately, this chief is new, but he doesn't know if he can't understand the local dialect here, Char grew up in Wildfire Town, not far from this Mor County, so he can understand the accent here, and he can hear the scolding words clearly below, but he deliberately pretends not to understand, and he doesn't break it.
He himself is from the bottom, and he naturally understands the minds of these rural grassroots people, and he also knows that if he is himself, he is busy with his work, and he is inevitably angry when he is so forcibly called and then sent away, and it is common to scold two sentences, so he is not angry.
It's just that this peasant and military system has collapsed to such a situation, which makes Char's original pride in taking office suddenly cool by three points.
Although he didn't have a clear idea in his heart, but faintly, what he saw in his life naturally affected a person's thoughts, he only saw that in the Rhodria Cavalry Regiment, General Adric was majestic and prohibited, and the whole corps was like an iron beaten, and although the fat man Ruhr was a little funny, the Sixth Corps brought out came and went like the wind, and Ruhl won the hearts of the army, and responded to it in the army.
He saw the appearance of these generals in his heart, and naturally had some expectations, only hoping that after he took charge alone, he could also lead an elite like those two, which would be majestic enough.
But now when I saw Xia Ya, I immediately suppressed the unhappiness in my heart, and by the way I looked at the warehouse of the garrison point, which was just two broken wooden houses, leaking wind in winter and rain in summer, but the walls were pasted with a layer of mud.
The storehouse was almost empty enough to run mice, but it was clean, and it was clear that someone had occupied it for people.
As for the weapons that should be stored in the treasury according to military law, there are a few broken spears in the corner of the warehouse, and there are three shields, the shields have rusted, and the skids inside are basically rotten, as for the bow and arrow, Char searched for a long time, and only found one arrow from behind the door, but it has been used as a latch.
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"That's all" Char's face became more and more ugly, turned around, stared at the captain of the garrison, and said with a straight face: "The number of people is insufficient, it is the busy time of farming, I accept your explanation."
Lack of training, that's the current military discipline is lax, and you can't manage these alone.
But where did the ordnance in this treasury go, did it grow wings and fly, or did you secretly take them and sell them, and you filled your pockets with greed?"
Don't get me wrong, this turtle doesn't really have any sense of responsibility, it's just that since he has become the military leader of a county, the military treasury of the whole county is regarded by him as his own prison Relying on someone who dares to embezzle their own things, Damn, I haven't had time to embezzle, it's too annoying But Char was annoyed, but the captain of the garrison was even more aggrieved, he shouted: "My lord, you can't wronged me, I have been the captain of the garrison here for six years, and I have never been greedy for a copper plate in the treasury This armory is empty, you can't ask me, you should ask the quartermaster department in the county to truthfully report the loss to me here every year, and ask to make up the number, but year after year, what year has someone paid attention to us is what you see, or when I fought with the Odin people last year, the quartermaster department really couldn't stand it, I barely sent down such a little bit of."
As he spoke, the captain of the garrison pointed to his shirt full of pudding: "I'm going to really be corrupt, as for being so miserable?"
After speaking, he shouted with red eyes: "When I took over this place, there was only a bundle of rotten wooden arrows in the storehouse, and two short spears that even the tips of the spears were rusty, and now there are more things in the storehouse than when I took office, this is all considered a rarity, you go elsewhere to see, where the storehouse can be more than mine, I will screw off my head and kick you as a ball."
After speaking, he stirred up the surname, tore his shirt, exposed his chest, and there was a scar on his chest, and said loudly: "I am also the person who has worked in the Sixth Corps of the Empire, and the most hated thing is those rats who embezzle ordnance, I fought with the Odin people back then, I was injured, and I also cut off the heads of the Odin people, if you think I can't do it, just remove me, this aggrieved captain of the garrison, I don't want to do it for a long time, I don't want to do it every year, I hold the roster, and urge the strong men to fill the army from door to door, I don't know how many white eyes I have suffered."
This person was excited, and he really deserved to be a man who had worked in the Sixth Corps, his face was red, although he was in front of Char's top boss, he was not afraid, and even the spitting stars sprayed on Char's face.
When Char heard this, he frowned tightly, stared at the other party's eyes, and said in a deep voice: "You really have no corruption" "Lao Tzu swears with his life that if I tell a word of falsehood, I will not die a good death, and after I die, my eggs will be bitten by Odin dogs."
Char looked at the man and made sure that the other party didn't seem to be lying, so he nodded: "Okay, I'm wrong to blame you."
I'll check this matter well when I go back, and let those quartermasters send you to make up for the shortcomings. ” The captain of the garrison heard this, but he didn't think so, thinking that these officials and old men said beautifully, Lao Tzu has been working here for six years, and he has heard hundreds of words about this kind of promise, which time has it been fulfilled I don't believe it in my heart, this kind of rough people in the countryside will not be fake, and I can't help but show it on my face.
When Char saw it, he frowned and said, "Why, if you don't believe me, I am the commander of the armaments of a county, and I will issue a personal order, so naturally I will not lie."
The captain looked at Char, hesitated, and closed his mouth.
Char is a straight intestine, seeing that the other party wants to speak and stops, he is even more curious in his heart: "What are you worried about, you might as well say it" After speaking, he also straightened his chest and shouted: "I'm not afraid to tell you, Lao Tzu is from the 13th Corps, he used to be General Adric's personal soldier, and we are from the Rhodellia Corps, you won't believe it, your General Ruhr of the Sixth Corps is my good friend."
The captain of the garrison finally hesitated, this time his expression was much more respectful, his eyes were more sincere, and he said slowly: "My lord, since you are from the Thirteenth Corps, you are also a good man, I might as well say it directly, I believe that you are sincere, but when it comes to issuing ordnance, I think it is difficult."
"Yi" Char frowned: "I am the chief of armaments, these are all within my authority, what's so difficult" "My lord, there are a total of four cities, six towns and twenty-one villages in Moore County, in addition to the garrison army stationed in the city, there are also some military appearances, although the armory is also empty, but at least the face is passable, but I am afraid of the peasant and soldier cantonments in other villages and towns, and the warehouse is the same as me here, and the empty can run mice."
The captain of the garrison smiled bitterly and said: "It's easy for you to send me a place here, but once you open the mouth, I send it here, and you can't make up for the treasury elsewhere If you make up for it, hehe, the peasants and soldiers in the whole county have six or seven thousand people on the books, and the weapons and equipment of six or seven thousand people will be sent out at once, and this cost, I'm afraid that the county's military expenses for a year will not be enough." ” After a pause, the captain of the garrison looked at Char's ugly face and continued: "If you have issued weapons, you naturally want everyone to train, so since you want to train, you must rectify these mud legs, my lord, you have brought them in the army, this training has to spend money on food, clothing, and housing, it's all money."
He laughed in a low voice: "I have calculated an account myself, if I really want to fill in all these holes, according to the weapons and equipment of a human head three silver coins to calculate a set of barely passable leather armor, plus long contradictory cards, and military clothing, the food cost of six or seven thousand people, how can it be calculated with three or four thousand gold coins."
But I heard that the military expenditure of our county in Moore County is only 2,000 gold coins a year, and these 2,000 gold coins are not enough for the garrison in those places, so where is there any surplus money for us peasants and soldiers."
Char froze.
The three people who have been following Char's side, Tatara is a layman in the army, so naturally he doesn't intervene, and Sharpa is a rude surname and doesn't know much about these things.
It was Philip, who listened to it for a long time, his expression changed a little, and when he heard this, he suddenly laughed: "Lord Char, what this captain said makes sense, but this account is not calculated like this." ” "Oh, you said I didn't calculate correctly, then you calculate" The captain of the garrison also had a surname today, so he simply stared at his neck and shouted.
"Well, I didn't say you were wrong, but it wasn't that expensive."
After all, Philip is also a figure who has led a samurai regiment of hundreds of people by himself, and he is the leader of the hundreds of people who eat and drink, so he is naturally experienced.
"In fact, in this money, the weapon armor is the big head, but this weapon armor is a surname investment, after making up, as long as a set of weapons does not fight, just training and using in peacetime, only need to do some maintenance in peacetime, and it can be used for three or five years without changing."
Philip said slowly: "Therefore, the real annual expenses are only the food and drink of the soldiers.
The peasants did not have to pay their salaries, they only had to bear the burden of food and drink.
Therefore, as long as we find a way to solve the problem of ordnance, then the annual expenditure in the future is actually not large. ” "That's right."
Char smiled bitterly: "How come I don't know, but even if it's an expenditure with a surname, you have to have money."
I'm afraid that there is no surplus in the county's annual military spending at all, and it will be difficult for me to throw out thousands of gold coins at once."
There is still a word in his stomach that has not been spoken: unless Uncle Ben pays for it himself.
But this sentence, the turtle will never say it, when he comes out to be an official, he is already enough to be wronged if he is not corrupt and intercepted, and he is reluctant to let him pay out of his own pocket to subsidize the public What kind of joke is the turtle "Heh, it's not too hard."
Philip said slowly: "You don't have to do things in a hurry, since you have this heart, you can go slowly, first see how much military spending is left, then select some elite peasant soldiers to supplement first, anyway, there is no war at the moment, make up a little this year, make up a little next year." ” Char was silent, noncommittal.
Then everyone returned to the field, the captain of the garrison sent someone to bring the horses of Char and others, the horses had already been fed, Char said goodbye to the captain, and did not say anything, just turned over and got on the horse, and left the village with the people, all the way to the north.
Xia Ya and the others left, and the captain looked at the back in the distance and sighed: "It's a pity that it sounds good, it seems that he is another king of nonsense who is full of wind, what should Lao Tzu do, alas, I am also evil today, why did I accidentally tell such a big truth."
Left the village all the way, and on the way, Tatara and the other three saw that Char was in a bad mood, but they didn't know what to say to comfort the old man for a while.
It was Char, riding on a horse, pondering things all the way, after running for a long time, he suddenly pulled the reins and stopped directly in the middle of the road, and the three people next to him didn't expect him to stop suddenly, and after running a few steps, he quickly grabbed the reins and turned the horse's head and ran back to him.
"That Char, you," Tatara said tentatively.
Char's expression was strange, his eyes flashed, as if he had finally made up his mind, he looked up at the three of them, and hesitated: "This account, no matter how I calculate, I feel that I am too much to those peasant soldiers, even if I am issued a weapon, what use can I put on those mud legs, you have also seen it, old and old, small and small, how can these people who throw down their hoes and come to that sword become good soldiers Even if I gritted my teeth and sent the ordnance down, the peasant and military system below was already collapsed, and the things that were sent were also thrown in the warehouse and rotten, and I met some guys with bad hearts, I'm afraid it will quietly embezzle and sell it to make money."
The three of them looked at each other, not knowing what Char meant.
Finally, the turtle raised his head with a strange expression: "You say, why don't I abolish the peasant and military system in this Mor County?"
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