After Su Hao and Han Wen finished talking about political affairs, they went to the back house to visit Han Qian as usual. Han Qian had heard about the marriage a long time ago, and was both happy and ashamed. Seeing Su Hao, she couldn't help but act coquettishly, act brazenly, and let off steam.
, these boudoir secrets cannot be described in detail in this book.
After settling the matter in Huai'an Mansion, Su Hao was still thinking about another matter. The next day, he took Xu Guangzu, Deng Kui, Chen Guanyu and several soldiers, drove his horses out of Huai'an City, and came to
It is located in front of a small village ten miles south of the city.
Looking around, there are about forty or fifty houses in this village. Most of the houses look very dilapidated and have been barely repaired with thatch, yellow mud and other materials. Who knows whether they can still serve as shelter from the rain during the rainy season.
There is an earth wall around Zhuangzi, which surrounds the entire Zhuangzi, leaving only a gate leading to the outside.
At the gate of Zhuangzi, stood two Ming soldiers wearing faded mandarin duck jackets. They were holding spears in one hand, with their feet shoulder-width apart, and they were in a serious posture of standing guard.
"Who is coming!"
Seeing Su Hao and others walking towards Zhuangzi, one of the soldiers straightened his spear, pointed in the direction of the coming people, and shouted loudly. Su Hao and his party were all wearing casual clothes, and the sentry could not tell their identities for a while.
"No way, in this peaceful and prosperous age, are they so serious about standing guard?" Su Hao muttered softly.
Chen Guanyu said from the side: "Proprietor, this is the Baihu Station under Zhang Yunlong's jurisdiction. I have inquired that in the entire Huai'an Guard, there are very few guard stations like theirs that have sentries deployed every day."
"Yes, there are too few soldiers who strictly adhere to their duties as soldiers like this." Su Hao said with emotion.
After saying this, Su Hao jumped off his horse, walked a few steps forward, came to the two sentries, and replied loudly: "Please tell Zhang Yunlong and Zhang Baihu that Su Hao from the survey camp is coming to visit."
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"Scout camp? Su Hao?" The two sentries looked at each other. One of them still pointed his spear at Su Hao and his party, while the other rushed into the village to report the news.
After a while, hurried footsteps sounded in the village, and Zhang Yunlong hurried out with a few people. Seeing the sentry pointing his spear at Su Hao and others, Zhang Yunlong shouted loudly: "You bastard, put down your spear quickly, this is
Su Qianhu from Kanyu Camp!"
When the sentry heard that the visitor was actually a Qianhu, he was so frightened that he quickly collected his spear and apologized. Zhang Yunlong ran to Su Hao, knelt down on one knee, cupped his fists and saluted, saying: "Zhang Yunlong, a hundred households south of the city of Huai'an Guard Zuo Qianhu, pays homage to Su Qianhu.
I didn't know Su Qianhu was coming, so I couldn't welcome him from afar, so please forgive me."
"Zhang Baihu, please get up quickly." Su Hao walked forward with a smile and held each other's hands, "You and I are brothers who have lived together through life and death, so there is no need to be formal."
"Thank you Su Qianhu." Zhang Yunlong then stood up. He greeted Deng Kui, Xu Guangzu and others, and then introduced the people behind him to Su Hao. It turned out that they were two people from his Hundred Household Office.
The general flag and several small flags. These general flags and small flags saluted Su Hao, Deng Kui and others respectively, and everyone was polite and ignored them.
After introducing each other, Zhang Yunlong looked at Su Hao and his entourage, and asked strangely: "Su Qianhu, did you pass by my office today on errands? Is there anything I can do for you, General?"
Su Hao shook his head and said: "I came here specifically to visit you today. To tell you the truth, I spent a lot of time trying to find out the location of your Baihu Office."
"Specially come to see me?" Zhang Yunlong was a little stunned, and his heart moved for no reason. He stretched out his hand to Zhuangzi and said: "In that case, please invite Su Qianhu, Deputy Deng Qianhu and everyone to come and sit in our office.
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Several general flags and small flags came over to hold the horses for Su Hao and others. Zhang Yunlong led Su Hao towards Zhuangzi, introducing the situation of Zhuangzi to Su Hao along the way.
The guards in the Ming Dynasty belonged to the local army. The soldiers in the guards usually made a living by farming, and they would be gathered together when fighting was needed. The guards were hereditary and were also called military households. The whole family lived in the guards.
When a veteran retires, his son will take his place. The regular number of soldiers in a guard station is 112, but the number of family members can be as high as hundreds. Over time, each guard station becomes a farm.
Walking into Zhuangzi, Su Hao saw a typical rural scene. There were young and strong men walking over with hoes, old people sitting at the door with squinted eyes basking in the sun, and children playing innocent games. From time to time there were people.
He stepped forward and smiled and saluted Su Hao and others. Su Hao looked at their faces and felt that they were familiar. Zhang Yunlong introduced that these people were soldiers who had participated in the battle against the Japanese pirates a few days ago, so they knew Su Hao and Deng.
Kui, know the identities of these people.
"The two who were standing guard stayed at the Hundred Households to look after the house that time and did not participate in the battle, so they did not recognize Su Qianhu's dignity. Please forgive Su Qianhu." Zhang Yunlong explained.
"It's nothing. They are loyal to their duties. What's wrong with them?" Su Hao said. He pointed to the people on the road and asked Zhang Yunlong: "Zhang Baihu, do these soldiers in your guard station practice on a regular basis?"
"Of course we will practice." Zhang Yunlong said, "I can't control what other guards do. The soldiers in my unit must participate in drills every day. All swords, spears, bows and crossbows must not be left unused."
"No wonder the people you led were able to deal with the Japanese pirates calmly. If you hadn't led the people behind the palace that day, how many people in the Huai'an Guards would have died," Su Hao said.
Zhang Yunlong looked a little sad and said: "Oh, what happened that day really made Su Qianhu laugh. I have more than 1,000 soldiers and horses in Huai'an Guard, plus more than a thousand people from Hedao Prefecture, but they were chased by hundreds of Japanese pirates.
He ran away. If he hadn't met Su Qianhu, I don't know what the outcome of this battle would have been."
"The abolition of our Ming Dynasty Guard is not just a matter of Huai'an Guard. It is rare for people like Zhang Baihu to persist in training soldiers." Su Hao said.
Zhang Yunlong said: "Since you have become a soldier, you should act like a soldier. How can you still be called a soldier if you don't even go to drills all day long? It makes people look down on you for no reason."
While they were talking, the group of people had arrived at Zhang Yunlong's Baihu Yamen. It was said to be a Baihu Yamen, but it was actually just a larger room, like an ancestral hall in the countryside. This Baihu Yamen was also the same as other houses in Zhuangzi.
, the walls on all four sides are damaged, and light from outside can be seen in several places.
"Su Qianhu, please sit down. This house has been in disrepair for a long time and is very crude. Su Qianhu is laughing." Zhang Yunlong said.
Su Hao was not polite and sat directly at the top. Xu Guangzu, Deng Kui and others took their seats one after another. Zhang Yunlong and his two general banners sat at the bottom.
"Without going there myself, I really can't imagine that a hundred-household house would be so dilapidated. Has it not been repaired for so many years?" Su Hao asked.
Zhang Yunlong smiled bitterly and said: "How can there be money for repairs? According to regulations, materials for repairing barracks must be allocated by the court. I remember that a barracks with earthen walls requires five stringers, fifty rafters, and one and a half bunches of reed wood.
, twenty-five nails, fifteen hundred kilograms of tiles, and five kilograms of lime. However, I have lived in this hundred-year household for more than ten years and have never seen even a single stringer. When the house cannot be sustained, it can only be
We spend our own money to buy materials for repairs. In the past few years, there have been constant natural disasters in Huai'an. The harvests from the fields of hundreds of households are not enough to feed hundreds of families. How can there be any money left to repair the barracks?"
"So, life in the health center is really difficult?" Su Hao asked.
"It's not the same." Zhang Yunlong said, "At least the health center does not have to pay taxes, which is better than farmers. However, the population in this health center is increasing, and this small amount of land cannot support so many people. We
I usually have to go out and do odd jobs to earn some money to support my family."
When Zhang Yunlong said this, the two commander-in-chiefs also had sad expressions on their faces, seeming to express support for Zhang Yunlong's words. Su Hao looked at them and suddenly asked with a smile: "Yunlong, do you want me to survey?"
Are you coming to the camp to feed the soldiers?"
Zhang Yunlong looked at Su Hao and asked, "What does Su Qianhu mean by this?"
Su Hao said: "My survey camp was originally a one-hundred-household camp. It was upgraded from the Ministry of War to a thousand-household camp before I came to Huai'an. Now my camp is extremely short of soldiers, especially those who can fight. The day before yesterday, we attacked the Japanese pirates.
During the battle, Zhang Baihu's martial arts and courage left a deep impression on Su. Su came today just to ask Zhang Baihu if he was interested in coming to my camp. I don't dare to say big words. It's been half a year.
Within this period, at least Zhang Baihu can be given the title of deputy Qianhu."
"But Yunlong is a member of the Huai'an Guards. If he wants to switch to Su Qianhu's survey camp, he will have to go through the Huai'an Guards, right?" Zhang Yunlong hesitated.
Xu Guangzu said: "It's simple. I just go and tell Li Shida about this. If I ask him for a hundred households, he has no reason to refuse."
Zhang Yunlong looked at his two general bannermen again and said: "Yunlong accepts Su Qianhu's kindness. However, Yunlong has been with these brothers since childhood, and he wants to leave them..."
Su Hao interrupted Zhang Yunlong's words and said: "Zhang Baihu, I haven't finished what I said. That day, in addition to Zhang Baihu, what left a deep impression on me was the soldiers under your command. The so-called
This is why a strong general has no weak soldiers. Su came here today to recruit soldiers from your Baihu Station. Zhang Baihu can bring along any soldiers he thinks are good. For the survey camp, the more the better.
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"This..." Zhang Yunlong was speechless. Su Hao's idea was so unexpected that he couldn't make a decision for a moment.
"By the way, I haven't asked Zhang Baihu yet, are you willing to come to my survey camp?" Su Hao asked.
Zhang Yunlong nodded and said: "To be honest with Su Qianhu, ever since he saw the beauty of Kanyu Camp that day, Yunlong has been filled with regrets and yearned for it. If he wants to be a soldier, he must join a team like Kanyu Camp.
Only then can you show your true qualities as a man."
"If that's the case, then why are you hesitating?" Su Hao said.
Zhang Yunlong's face turned red, and he said calmly after a while: "If Yunlong has no worries, he should follow Su Qianhu and make contributions on the battlefield. Unfortunately, Yunlong's family has a high family and a wife and children. When Yunlong leaves, his family's
My livelihood is a problem."
"What kind of trouble is this?" Su Hao laughed dumbly, "Serve as a soldier in my survey camp and you will get a monthly salary, which is no less than the money you earn from farming. Before joining the army, I will pay a one-time payment of money to settle down.
, ordinary soldiers are 10 taels each, general flags and small flags are 20 taels. If Zhang Baihu is willing to come, the settlement silver is 50 taels. Now you have a hundred households with more people and less land. If you leave some people, the burden will not be lighter.
Yet?"
"Old Zhang, how can a man hang around his wife and children all day long? With your martial arts skills, if you come to the survey camp, your future will be unlimited. If nothing else, let's go to pick up a few Japanese pirates' lairs together, and the court will reward them.
, can you lose the title of Thousand Households? You also know the situation of Huai'an Guards. If you stay here, you will be useless in your life." Deng Kui persuaded from the side.
It was Deng Kui and Zhang Yunlong who led the troops to encircle and suppress the Japanese pirates' lair that night. The two men forged a deep friendship during the battle. The idea of prying Zhang Yunlong into the survey camp was actually mainly proposed by Deng Kui.
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"Jin Hong, Kang Ning, what do you two think?" Zhang Yunlong cast his eyes on the two generals under him, asking for their opinions. The look on his face had revealed his inner thoughts, that is, he had decided to
He went to Kanyu Camp.
"We are willing to follow Zhang Baihu." The two generals replied in unison. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)