In the evening, Zhao Meng rode his beloved horse back to his home.
He had a proud smile on his face.
When his wife saw Zhao Meng coming back, she immediately came forward and asked with a smile: "Master, how are you doing? What did Zhao Qiang say?"
"Of course I chose it!" Zhao Meng raised his head triumphantly, looked at his wife, and giggled.
When his wife heard this, she immediately started dancing.
"Master, please give me extra food tonight!" She gritted her teeth and said with a heart: "I'll kill the chicken for you and make up for it!"
For my husband to join the army, this is a supreme honor in today's Han Dynasty, and it has real benefits!
Zhao's wife doesn't understand any big principles, and she doesn't know a single big Chinese character.
But she is very smart.
Every time the government put up a public notice, she would go to watch it and listen to the sermons given by the pavilion chief or the village soldiers.
Therefore, she knew that nowadays, the imperial court gives preferential treatment to soldiers.
During military service, they not only receive military pay, but also receive allowances.
Different subsidies will also be given depending on the service area.
For soldiers like Zaoyang who are isolated outside the Great Wall, there are three kinds of subsidies.
One is the so-called "frontier defense money" inherent to frontier fortress soldiers, who can get one hundred and twenty money a year.
In addition, the "brave money" enjoyed by the field troops except the county soldiers is 515 yuan a year.
Finally, there is the 'land defense money' that can only be enjoyed by troops outside the Guxuan Great Wall. This money is one thousand five hundred and fifty-five yuan per year.
Adding the three together, a regular soldier can earn more than 2,200 yuan per year in addition to military salary.
In addition, Zhao Meng is a cavalryman, and the cavalrymen enjoy an extra fifteen yuan of riding money per month.
In addition to the military salary of fifty-five yuan per month, a soldier in the field can earn about three to four thousand in a year.
Although this income is much higher than the annual income of ordinary Han people.
But it is not as good as Zhao Meng’s income from staying at home and grazing.
Zhao Meng has good skills in herding and raising livestock and has rich experience.
Last year, he earned nearly 20,000 yuan a year from grazing (selling cheese, wool, and one-tenth of the livestock, plus rewards from the emperor).
Otherwise, Zhao's wife would not have wanted to marry a naturalized Yi Di barbarian.
However, when you serve as a soldier, you cannot just count military pay and subsidies.
Nowadays, most of the good men who join the army do not go there for military pay and subsidies.
The bulk is still the distribution of rewards and spoils after the war.
As long as you win, it will be easy and your income will be doubled!
Not to mention, if you have military exploits, titles, livestock, pastures, land, houses, slaves, everything you need.
It is precisely because of this that Zhao's wife is proud, excited, and even excited that her man can be selected into the Han army.
However, Zhao Meng heard that his wife wanted to kill the chickens, and quickly tried to dissuade him, saying, "Xijun, why don't you kill the chickens? If you go to the army, are you afraid that you won't have chickens to eat? Let's keep those chickens to lay eggs...
If you lay eggs, you can exchange them for money..."
However, Zhao's wife insisted and said: "Master, listen to me!"
After saying that, she went to the chicken coop vigorously and resolutely, choosing left and right without hesitation. These chickens were all carefully raised by her with a handful of rice and a handful of chaff.
Each one is a valuable possession.
If she really wanted to kill him, she felt like her heart was aching.
"Xijun..." Zhao Meng shook his head, walked over, picked up his wife, and said: "It's better not to kill the chicken...I will stay in Jiaxiang for a while...Zhao Gui...Zhao Qiangfu
As you said, we have to stay here to train for more than half a year and wait for the emperor’s order!"
"No fighting for the time being?" Zhao's wife looked at her husband suspiciously, but her hands relaxed involuntarily.
The little calculation in her mind immediately started to change.
No fighting for the time being.
For her, there are joys and sorrows.
I am happy that my husband can stay with me at home for a while and see me and his son more.
However, what worries me is that her husband did not go to the front line, which means that he will have to stay in this village for more than half a year.
According to the system, which is what the pavilion chiefs say, the cavalrymen in this building have to count their own food and drink when they are not fighting.
Then, she sighed again.
For women, if the family suddenly loses a main labor force and has one more mouth to eat, the family's wealth will quickly disappear.
She immediately covered her precious hens like a hen and said: "Master, I'm not stingy. If I don't give you chickens, you won't eat them yourself! Also, don't hit my chickens in the future.
It’s my idea, I want to save the money from selling eggs for my son’s schooling in the future!”
Zhao's wife's eyes rolled wildly.
Her biggest wish in this life is to raise a son who can read and write.
In her opinion, only if you can read and write can you be considered successful!
Just like the chiefs of the pavilion, they are majestic and majestic!
The most important thing is that you don’t have to worry about getting a wife in the future!
Zhao Meng listened, touched his head, and giggled.
He knew that his wife's behavior was clearly stingy.
But he didn't know why, but he felt very happy.
He looked at his house. The solid bricks and tiles could shelter him from the wind and rain, and even if it snowed, he could still feel as warm as spring.
Looking at your own corral, every animal is the hope for the future.
Then he looked at his wife's appearance, and the cute little girl on her back with her eyes open and confused.
Such a wife, such a family, such a life...
It's worth all his efforts to protect and defend!
"Thank you, Holy Emperor!" He held it in for a long time and could only say this.
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Two days later, Zhao Meng took the cheese, kumiss, dry food and sauces prepared by his wife, and carried a few hard-boiled eggs. Under the leadership of the chief of the pavilion, he rode on a horse, carrying a bow and saber.
, set foot on the way to the military camp in Shipi County, located south of Zaoyang County.
Zaoyang is a unique place.
At first, it was only a hundred miles in radius.
However, after the Battle of Mayi, the Huns shrank their power.
The tribes outside the Shanggu border fortress shrank by hundreds of miles to the north.
General Loufan Guan He immediately beat snakes and followed them with sticks, extending the area controlled by Zaoyang for more than fifty miles to the north, making the area controlled by Zaoyang reach the standard for establishing a county.
So, I reported it to the Prime Minister for approval.
Shanggu County has an additional county named Zaoyang.
However, this county was established too short ago and does not have a city, so its military camp is still in Shipi County.
In addition, General Loufan's traveling headquarters is also in great shape.
When Zhao Meng followed the team and came here, the place was already bustling with people.
The naturalized Hu people from the entire Zaoyang area gathered here under the leadership of Han officials.
It's not just the buildings that are annoying.
There are also people from the Zahu tribe who used to guard the sun and herd cattle for the Han family.
However, these miscellaneous soldiers are just that.
Even the movements of riding horses are a bit unfamiliar to them.
Moreover, the number of people is also very small, only about a hundred people in total.
But the presence of other people made Zhao Meng and other people in the building watch with full vigor.
Zhao Meng's intuition told him that these people were very difficult to mess with.
Their skin color and appearance are completely different not only from the Han people, but also from Lou Fanren and the Huns.
Their eye sockets are deeper, their noses are taller and straighter, and their eyes are brown.
More importantly, their riding and horse arching skills are even better than Lou Fanren's.
After just a few glances, a long-lost word emerged from Zhao Meng's heart: Wusun people!
"It turns out that the legend that the Han Dynasty took in the Wusun people is true..." Many Loufan cavalrymen whispered.
At that time, they went south under the pretext of asking the Han Dynasty to hand over the remnants of Wusun.
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General Guan He of the Han Tower, together with his subordinates, stood on the archery tower of the military camp and looked at the dense crowd of recruits outside the military camp.
Guan He nodded. There were a total of five thousand cavalry from all races recruited here, plus the four thousand cavalry subordinate to General Loufan himself, this was the strength of nine thousand cavalry.
He seemed to see Guan's martial arts revived in his hands.
When Ying Yinhou's fame once again shocked the world.
"That's right, that's right!" Guan He said with a smile: "It seems that the second and third sons have been busy for more than a year and have made great contributions to conquering these barbarians for me! When I return to Beijing, I will definitely report it to the emperor.
Please give me credit!"
Everyone on the left and right bowed and said, "I don't dare. The emperor's virtues are limited. We are just keeping our duties!"
"Do your duty and don't fail, you will be rewarded!" Guan He was in a good mood!
In fact, the past year or so has been the happiest moment in his life.
First, he was appointed as General Loufan, and he led his troops to suppress and reconcile, and taught the Loufan tribe, Wusun and other tribes.
It doesn’t matter whether Lou Fan is a person or a Wusun person.
The old nobles of these tribes were defeated steadily by the methods of him and his loyal tribes.
He effortlessly completed the task assigned to him by the emperor to eliminate the barbarians and transform Xia.
That is, completely eliminate the control and influence of the old Loufan nobles and Wusun nobles on their tribes!
Today, the Loufan cavalry may still bow their heads in fear when they see those nobles of the past.
However, they will no longer obey their orders and commands.
What's more, whether those old nobles can still see their former tribes is a question!
Guan He used a very simple method to send them to Shanggu, letting them fall into a sea of old papers and words.
You can't even think of it in ten or eight years.
Even if he comes out, he will be a completely Chinese-styled aristocrat who probably can't even ride a horse.
Guan He, although I don’t know how to release military power over a glass of wine.
But this kind of behavior of using chicken feathers as arrows does not need to be deliberately learned and imitated.
However, the success of this policy not only made Guan He's name appear countless times in front of the emperor and the three ministers.
It also allowed him to revive Naifu's reputation.
Many former subordinates and officials have returned to the banner of Yingyinhou.
A large number of Loufanqi Captain and Loufan Colonel felt that the Lao Guan family was interesting enough and took revenge on them.
Repay kindness with kindness and repay evil with kindness.
This is the traditional virtue of a Northland husband.
So, after more than 20 years of decline, the Yingyinhou family, once a stronghold of the Han army, revived again!
Just wait until these cavalrymen from various tribes are mixed with Han cavalry, trained into an iron army, perform meritorious service on the battlefield the next day, and return to the capital to receive rewards, then the banner of Yingyinhou will return again! (To be continued.)
