It cannot be said that Pang Gang's mental endurance is too poor, nor can it be said that our Comrade Pang Gang's mental quality is not up to standard. He was really shocked by the news he just received.
Although he saw the "Ming" flag flying above the city before entering the city, he also vaguely guessed the current dynasty. Well, the Ming Dynasty will be the Ming Dynasty. As long as it is not the last few years of cheating, the situation will not be so bad.
It was too bad. But the reality was cruel. When he heard the words of Chongzhen eight years from the mouth of the young man Li Yuan, the little expectation he had in his heart was hit by a ruthless sledgehammer.
Have to be crushed.
For some reason, Pang Gang's history scores in college were pretty good. He clearly understood what kind of dynasty the Chongzhen period was at the end of the Ming Dynasty. This was an era when people had no means of livelihood and people exchanged their children for food.
There were corrupt officials inside and extortionate taxes, there were Manchu and Qing Tatars outside, and in the middle there was the famous rebel leader Li Zicheng who kept poaching the Ming Dynasty. This was also an era that made it almost impossible to survive.
Now, our Comrade Pang Gang suddenly finds that he has returned to such an era. You can imagine how depressed he is. Although Pang Gang has read many time-travel novels when he was hanging out on many websites such as Jagged Chinese and Qidian.
I also expressed my envy at the scene of the pig's trotters killing everyone after time travel, but once it was my turn, I was not so calm.
"Brother... this is the end of the Ming Dynasty, not the prosperous Tang Dynasty, nor the era of the Northern Song Dynasty when talented people emerged in large numbers. This era is very dangerous. Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Huang Taiji and Dorgon are not fuel-efficient.
The lights.
"Hey...Hey...what's wrong with you!" A voice shouted in Pang Gang's ear.
Pang Gang slowly woke up and saw a face that was somewhat yellow and thin due to years of malnutrition shaking in front of his eyes, and his stiff body slowly started to move.
"Are you okay? Just follow me if you're okay!" Looking at his companion who turned pale instantly, Li Yuan impatiently patted Pang Gang on the shoulder and motioned for him to follow him.
Next, Pang Gang followed the boy as if he was sleepwalking to a row of dilapidated thatched houses, opened the door and walked in first.
When Pang Gang followed him ignorantly into the dark room, a smell mixed with foot odor, sweat odor and some unknown smells hit his nostrils. This smell was so strong that he immediately felt
It made Pang Gang, who was still a little confused at first, roll his eyes.
On the contrary, Li Yuan, a young man, had long been accustomed to this smell. After entering the room and standing still, he turned to Pang Gang and said, "Okay, you will live here from now on, and you will follow these two."
Living."
Suffering from the suffocating smell, Pang Gang slowly adapted to the light in the room and then slowly looked around. This was a small house of only about ten square meters. There was only a long large pavilion in the house.
There was nothing else outside. Lying lazily on the Datong bunk, two men with dirty faces and shabby clothes looked at me curiously.
After listening to Li Yuan's words, Pang Gang asked curiously: "What about you? Don't you live here?"
"Me? Of course I want to go home to live? I can't get used to living in this hellish place!" Li Yuan shook his head disdainfully and said to the two men on the bunk: "Da Zhuang, Gou Sheng, this is our hundred households.
From now on, my new military household will be brothers who share the same pot with you, so you can take him with you."
"What? The new military household assigned here?" Two exclamations sounded at the same time, and the two men with dark and dirty skin who were originally lying lazily on the bunk exclaimed in unison.
"There are so many strange things these days that some people are willing to join the military. Isn't this really strange?" The man with disheveled hair sitting on the left shouted in surprise. "There are so many strange things these days. There are still people who are willing to join the military, and they are still like this.
A fair-faced scholar?"
Pang Gang looked at himself helplessly. Normally, his wheat-colored skin could not be said to be fair, but compared with these two...well, it was really "fair"!
The young man Li Yuan had no interest in staying here any longer, and said impatiently: "Okay, you guys get to know each other, I'm going home, and dad is still waiting for me at home!"
"Hey, don't you live here?" Pang Gang asked in confusion.
"My home is not far ahead, so of course I want to stay at home."
After speaking, Li Yuan opened the door and walked out quickly without looking back. It seemed that the smell in the room was still very lethal, and even this native boy couldn't stand it.
As soon as Li Yuan left, the two gentlemen who were sitting lazily on the bunk came over and curiously chatted with Pang Gang.
Relying on his eloquence gained through many years of experience, Pang Gang soon became familiar with these two relatively simple-minded young people. In less than half an hour, he revealed the situation in the guardhouse. Su Tong also knew about the situation.
We now have a general understanding of the situation at Lingshan Guard.
Lingshan Guard belongs to Qingzhou Prefecture, that is, Shandong. To its left is Qingdao, a famous port city in later generations. However, Qingdao at this time was just an unknown small fishing port. Lingshan Guard was built in the Zhengde period, initially for defense purposes.
It was established to fight pirates and Japanese pirates and has a history of more than 100 years.
There are main streets and lanes in the fort. In addition to residential buildings, the buildings in the fort also include temples, archways, wells and other living facilities. In addition, there are barracks, military storage granaries, racecourses and other important military facilities in the Lingshan Fort.
There is also a palace in the fort that is responsible for weapons - the Ordnance Bureau and the magic hangar "specialized in collecting firearms", and the Gunpowder Bureau. There is a training field for sergeants a few hundred meters outside the fort, where officers can sit and command.
and resting martial arts hall.
The guard consists of 13 officials, including one member from a thousand households, one member from a deputy 1,000 households, ten members from a hundred households, two members from the town and governor, and 1,120 flag troops. They have jurisdiction over nine surrounding forts and fire road piers.
At first glance, it sounds like the things in the guard station are quite neat, but in fact it is a mess. There are nominally 1,120 flag soldiers registered in the guard station, and there are 5,400 including family members.
There are many people, but military families have fled seriously in recent years, and the officers have adopted an indifferent attitude towards the fleeing military families in order to get free pay. At this time, the actual number of flag troops in the guard station is less than 500, including their family members.
There are more than 2,000 people. Since the officers in the guard station control all the military land, the military households in the guard station have actually become the officers' private tenants.
"So this barracks is only for people like us who don't have families or houses?"
Da Zhuang on the side smiled bitterly and said: "Of course, anyone who has some ideas will live here, and only those of us who have nothing will make do with it."
Pang Gang was speechless after hearing this. Can he still live like this?
"Okay, don't talk anymore, Gangzi. I see that you look so fair. Although your outfit is a bit weird, I guess it's not cheap. You must have never suffered anything. Now follow us to dig wild vegetables."
Come on, otherwise we will be hungry at night."
"What... dig wild vegetables?" Our Comrade Pang Gang was a little confused when he heard this, "Don't you care about the food?"
"In charge of the food?" Da Zhuang and Gou Sheng both sneered after hearing Pang Gang's words, "You are not He Qianhu's biological son, why should he feed you? If you want to eat, then find it yourself!"
"Damn it, isn't it natural for you to be a soldier and take care of your food? If you are a soldier, you have to eat your own food. It would be weird if this Ming Dynasty is immortal!" Pang Gang, who was already speechless, slandered again.
"Let's go!" Gou Sheng put a sickle into his hand, "Hurry up and dig, otherwise there will be nothing to eat at night."