Accompanied by Zhao Jianguo, Lu Hanqiang walked into the humble barracks, and as he walked, Lu Hanqiang frowned and asked, "General Zhao, why did the Yanmen soldiers mutiny?"
Zhao Jianguo sighed, "Lord Qincha, I wait for the border army, since the Apocalypse seven years ago, there is still a little money and food every month, although the officers deduct most of the money, but they can still drink a gruel in peacetime, and they can also mix food and clothing in wartime, but since the seventh year of the Apocalypse to the present, there has been no salary, my department has a quota of 10,000, and the monthly salary should be normally paid to each soldier one or two or five dollars, forty catties of food, meat and vegetables are not counted, but now these are nothing, everyone can still borrow to live, and then the businessmen have stayed away from us, and they are unwilling to help.
Everyone can only pawn swords, guns, armor, bows and arrows, but now even these are gone, the officials can also rely on the Yanmen Pass, collect some past businessmen to live, we soldiers can only sell children and daughters, or beg along the street, the original 10,000 soldiers, now deduct the vacancy of the officials, there are starvation to death every day, and now there are only 6,000 left, this is the end of October, the harsh winter is coming, even if the soldiers have a single coat to keep out the cold, but, no, nothing, how can we not mutiny if we go on like this" Lu Hanqiang nodded.
Most of the military salaries of the border army are supported by the households, and there is a reward for the internal funds, which is a fixed amount of money and food, during the apocalypse, Wei Zhongxian and can be scavenged to ensure that the income of the household is continuous, and the border army can still have intermittent salaries and silver support.
And the internal money is salt, iron, tea, silk, and the income of the Bo Si of Haimao City is not less than five million a year, so the New Year's Festival and the birthday of the emperor and queen are all rewarded.
But since Donglin came to power and implemented the "New Deal", which has made the household department empty and the internal funds dried up, all this is gone, what can you do with these border troops Especially Yang He, a bastard, in order to implement his blind appeasement policy, he also moved out the pitiful little military salary, and the situation of the border army was even more miserable.
Entering the camp, there were a group of soldiers standing sparsely waiting for Lu Hanqiang's review, but seeing these soldiers, Lu Hanqiang couldn't help but burst into tears, is this still the border army of Gancheng in the Ming Dynasty, or is this still a person Although these people are still in battle according to the army formation, they are all ragged and have no shoes on their feet, their faces are numb and miserable, there is no interest at all, and they are depressed, but during this period of time, people continue to collapse in the queue, but no one to help them collapse, so they shiver in the cold wind.
On the other side of this group of people, hundreds of people, unkempt, and children lying in front of their mother's shriveled chest, sucking and crying, and the mother just opened her blank eyes, not knowing where to focus, and let the child cry.
"Who are they," Lu Hanqiang asked with tears in his eyes.
"These are the families of the soldiers, and everyone brought them to the barracks, just to ask for death together."
Zhao Jianguo replied sadly.
"Why don't you see the old man," Lu Hanqiang asked again.
Zhao Jianguo had already whimpered, and said intermittently: "In order to leave a stutter for everyone, the old man has already quietly walked into the wilderness, seeking to fend for himself." ” Lu Hanqiang stood still, let his tears flow, then turned around and roared angrily: "Didn't Wang Weiguo sit down and collect donations, can't these let you eat a full meal, can't he still eat a group of old people and children to eat a meal of gruel?"
At the mention of Wang Weiguo, Zhao Jianguo's eyes immediately flashed with anger, and he couldn't wait to eat meat and bed, "He received the donation of the merchant Jia, and used his own soldiers, and all the proceeds went into his private pocket, not giving the soldier a penny, half a grain of rice, especially this month, but also on the grounds that the merchant was blocked by you and could not travel, and there was no input, and there was no grain of rice. ” Lu Hanqiang hated Wang Weiguo's teeth, good boy, you made a mutiny but put the dead basin on my head, you are looking for death.
To Wang Jiandao, the attendant who followed him: "Pull the steamed bun cart in first, remember, each person will only distribute one first, absolutely not more." ” Wang Jian's eyes were red and swollen from crying, and he finally got the order of his husband to run out immediately to carry it out.
Lu Hanqiang held back his tears and said to Zhao Jianguo: "I will now let my people escort food and silver into the camp, it is feasible" This must be allowed by Zhao Jianguo, or the army will escort the money and grain in, in case of misunderstanding, then everything will be wasted.
But when he asked this, Lu Hanqiang didn't ask about the life or death of Wang Weiguo, who was guarding the general.
Now Lu Hanqiang hates Wang Weiguo, you are a guard, I don't know how many businessmen you have received, don't you know how to take out some, even some to give to these soldiers, is your greed to the point of losing your conscience "Okay, I have an excuse not to kill Zhao Jianguo this time, so let's use you to kill the people to calm the morale of the army."
The steamed bun cart entered the camp, and the numb soldiers in the camp immediately became agitated, rushing towards the cart like a swarm, and even those women, children and children rushed over howling.
At this time, Zhao Jianguo climbed into a carriage with all his strength, opened his arms and shouted at the surging crowd: "Brothers, sisters, don't squeeze or rob, everyone has a share, don't kill people at this time." ” The crowd was crazy, but Zhao Jianguo's prestige was huge, and under his hoarse persuasion, people's emotions slowly quieted down, and they automatically lined up in front of more than fifty carts and began to receive each steamed bun in an orderly manner.
"Brothers and sisters, you can only eat one steamed bun first, if you don't eat too much, it will kill you, wait for an hour, our gruel is finished, everyone eats again, before dark, we will cook dry rice, and everyone will have enough to eat at that time."
Hua Shuliang of the Chinese army also stood in the car and loudly announced Lu Hanqiang's decision, which completely calmed the hearts of the soldiers and their families.
"General Zhao Jianguo."
Lu Hanqiang beckoned him.
"Please command."
After eating a steamed bun, Zhao Jianguo, who was slightly energetic, bowed forward.
"Hurry up and assign five hundred brothers to the surrounding wilderness to look for the undead fathers and elders to come back, and I will give money and food according to the standards of soldiers."
Zhao Jianguo looked at Lu Hanqiang trembling, then slowly knelt down, and knocked his head to the ground deeply, because his wife walked out of the camp last night and never came back, and Zhao Jianguo, who was tortured by that unforgettable suffering, almost collapsed.
As the news came out, there was a rare burst of cheers in the barracks, and all the soldiers who had parents left rushed out of the camp and disappeared into the wilderness, looking for their immediate relatives, hoping that there would be a possibility of family reunion. t1706231537: