Now the Zhenbei Army needs to repair the border post, and the Ministry of Revenue is stuck with money and won't issue it.
And with winter coming, sergeants also need to buy winter clothes.
The army in Zhenbei is in short supply of food and pay!
Zhao Tingduo couldn't sit still and paced back and forth in Luo Baihu's study, thinking carefully.
I was only fourteen years old when the "Broken Gold Tragedy" occurred. It was the time when the tribe was transitioning to winter, so I did not return to Xia Shiguan and had no idea what happened that day.
But from then on, I was reminded by my father and brother not to show up casually in the Wu Dynasty, so I rarely returned to Zhenbei Mansion.
Nowadays, there are constant disputes in the court. Although the father and brother still hold the power, it is obviously not as good as before.
The eldest brother has even set his sights on the sand gold in Ruijin Town.
They sent people to build a camp here, firstly to guard the throat leading to the Mida River, and secondly, they wanted to find some gold sand to subsidize the army.
It's a pity that Luo Baihu and the others have been here for half a year and have searched the surrounding mountains and rivers, but they haven't found any gold mines.
Military household!
Zhao Tingduo's heart skipped a beat.
Although he did not serve in the army, he also knew that military households in the Wu Dynasty could directly supply food and grass to the army.
Most of the military households on the border of the Wu Dynasty were criminals exiled by the imperial court. These people traveled thousands of miles and were weak after being tortured. They had no farming experience, so it was good to support themselves.
Moreover, the criminal military households were sent by the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and even if there was a harvest, it was under the control of the local government.
If the Zhenbei Army could have a large number of military households dedicated to growing food, there would be no need to worry about food.
Unfortunately, the handsome father and his two elder brothers hold important positions and are watched by all the civil and military officials of the court. Every move they make will implicate the prince's cousin and the queen's aunt in the palace.
He had a special status and was unable to travel to the Wu Dynasty to relieve his father's worries. All he could do was to ask the tribe to provide cattle and sheep on time to improve the food for the army, which could not solve the most basic problem.
In the study, the third young master, Zhao Tingduo, was worried.
In the main hall of the barracks, Luo Baihu met the three brothers and sisters Song Liyun.
"Are you going to join the military household?"
Luo Baihu stared at Song Zhenping sharply, trying to find any clues on this thin and frail young man's face that he had a "bad mind" or "had other agendas."
The invisible murderous aura belonging to the soldiers immediately forced Song Zhenping to tremble, and said in a trembling voice: "Yes, they are civilians."
Song Liyun taught him the term "caomin", and he almost forgot it when he was shaking just now.
Seeing Song Zhenping's cowardice, Luo Baihu suddenly lost interest and almost wanted to drive out immediately.
Just not wanting to go back to the study to look at the accounts, Luo Baihu had no choice but to be patient and said in a serious voice: "Why do you want to join the military household? After joining the military household, you will become a member of the army. In case of war, every household must recruit soldiers and food.
Military orders are overwhelming, and there is no reason to refuse them."
Song Zhenping was forced to cry. The words he had thought of disappeared instantly, and he had no idea what to say: "We have no house, no land and no home. We just want to live! We have become a military household. You can't watch.
We starve to death!”
"Well!"
Luo Baihu was dumbfounded.
Looking at Song Zhenping's rags, he knew that he came from a poor family. He had come to serve as a corvee and had only eaten for a few days before he wanted to stay in the military camp.
I'm so worried that I can't find enough food to feed the idle people.
The soldier who led Song Zhenping's brother and sister in next to him was also dumbfounded.
Seeing the dark face of Lord Baihu, he was quite discerning and hurriedly pushed Song Zhenping out: "You have a good idea. Military households have to pay for food every year, but you, a refugee, still want to eat for free."
Song Zhenping was so anxious that his mouth was knotted: "We are not refugees. We can farm in the future... pay for the military rations."
Song Liyun took Xiao An's hand, bowed to Luo Baihu, took out a household book and handed it over: "Master Baihu, we have household registration.
Just because our family's land and house were usurped by our stepmother's uncle out of filial piety, we three brothers and sisters were driven into slavery.
Knowing that he would never escape oppression from now on, he voluntarily changed his registration and joined the military household, just to have a stable place to live.
We, brothers and sisters, are neither lazy nor greedy. Even if we are not in good health and cannot join the army, our annual military rations will not be short, and we will certainly do our best to stabilize the border."
Song Liyun's voice was neither fast nor slow, and he explained his situation clearly in a few words.
Luo Baihu was with him all the way here. Naturally, he had already met Song Liyun, the three brothers.
After listening to Song Liyun's brief explanation of his life experience, and then looking at the scrawny brothers, Luo Baihu began to think about it seriously.
The Song brothers and sisters are civilians with household registration certificates. They have a clean background. They are neither refugees nor foreign invaders. They are trustworthy.
Ruijin Town has less people and more land, and the conditions are better than those in the exile. It is also a good place to garrison troops, but there are no military households yet.
If we can keep a few families of our own, the brothers at the guard station will also be able to benefit from daily logistics.
As soon as he thought of this, Luo Baihu said: "Since you are willing to join the military household, I will make the decision to accept you.
According to the rules, military households must be divided into houses and land, with one house and ten acres of land.
All of Suijin Town now belongs to our camp. You can choose any house or land as you like. Just choose the camp and guard registration wherever you like.
In addition, military households were not required to perform corvee service.
From today on, you don’t have to move rocks. If you don’t have food, you can go to the civilians to eat for the time being, or come to the camp to borrow food, and return it to the army during the autumn harvest.”
House, land... Song Zhenping opened her mouth and was speechless.
He was stunned by this long list of benefits!
If he just agreed to join the military household, he would not have to do corvee service, he would get ten acres of land for free, and he could choose a house at will.
Song Liyun was also a little surprised. She thought she could only get a piece of land, but she didn't expect that this bearded officer was so generous and even gave away a house.
Luo Baihu is worthy of being a soldier, and he does things vigorously and resolutely. We just took over Song Zhenping's household name.
There, they arranged for the paperwork to go to the Qili County government office with a household registration copy to transfer their registration and create a military household.
He also called Xiaoqi and asked him to take Song Zhenping, the three brothers and his sister, to choose a house and land so that they could settle down as soon as possible.
Coincidentally, this Xiaoqi knew Song Liyun and Song Zhenping. It was Xiaoqi Xue Zhuang who agreed to let the brothers and sisters get on the bus on the way to the county town in Qingping Town.
Xue Xiaoqi has been at the guard station construction site since he was sent back to the civilian husband, and he never had time to wander around.
At this time, when he saw that Song Liyun, whom he had half-heartedly accepted, was actually in Ruijin Town, he suddenly became happy.
Especially when I heard that the Song brothers and sisters had joined the military household, I felt even more familiar. This familiarity was even more sticky than Song Dekui's.
He is extremely considerate and attentive when he introduces his brothers and sisters to which houses are good and which fields are fertile in Suijin Town.
If someone saw him, they would think he was choosing a home for himself.
It's just that Song Zhenping has been protective of his younger brother since he was a child, so now he naturally has a second sister.
The more affectionate Xue Zhuang showed, the more wary he became.
Without saying anything, he pulled Song Liyun and walked behind him.
Luo Baihu has done a good thing for the army, and he has enough confidence to go back to the study.
As soon as he entered the door, he happily turned around the exquisite partition and expressed his contribution to the third son, Zhao Tingduo.
At this time, Zhao Tingduo had already regained his composure. Hearing that the brother and sister really wanted to transfer their civilian status to military status, he raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Can you tell people clearly that you will have to pay military rations in the future?"