Although this is inside the guardhouse, this square is the place where the guardhouse's grain is dried.
Even if the guards are training troops, they will never come here.
Who are these armies that suddenly appeared?
Everyone in the square stood up nervously, holding their rice bowls.
The middle-aged man walked to the front with a solemn expression and faced Duan Tianming on horseback: "Who are you? How dare you trespass into the Tuntian District of Longxi?"
Although this middle-aged man is dressed in civilian clothes at the moment, it is just for the convenience of working in the fields.
If there is a war, and the field soldiers go into battle wearing a shawl, he is also an out-and-out general bannerman of Baihusuo who leads fifty or sixty people.
Duan Tianming on horseback was startled.
Yes, this is also a place for military garrison. Although their thousand-household elders have become prisoners of Dongchang, these military households in charge of the garrison may not necessarily know about it.
He reached into his waist with his right hand, took out Dongchang's Plum Blossom Order, and raised it.
Although his main duty was to farm, he did not dare to miss any of the emperor's edicts that he should understand.
When I saw the dark plum blossom order, I immediately understood that the person in front of me was a person from Dongchang who came to Gongchang Mansion to take charge of disaster relief.
He was also the one who controlled the family members of the five hundred military households who were later added.
He hurriedly bent down, put the rice bowl in his hand on the ground, raised his fists and saluted Duan Tianming: "It turns out to be Mr. Dongchang. I wonder why you came to our grain drying field with your team?"
"It turns out that this is a grain drying ground. I thought it was the playground of the guard station." Duan Tianming put away the plum blossom order, "I dare to ask this military household, our Longxi Station lost a group of about 500 soldiers two years ago.
Where do their families live?"
Raising his right hand, the middle-aged man pointed westward: "Go straight along the official road and pass three big locust trees. They all live in the same place."
"Thank you." Duan Tianming nodded, turned the horse's head, and headed west.
"Wait." The middle-aged man suddenly stopped.
"busy?"
Duan Tianming stopped his horse and turned back to look at the middle-aged man in confusion.
"What are you going to do with those people?" the middle-aged man said, looking at Duan Tianming in the distance.
"Those people? You mean the family members of the soldiers who died?" Duan Tianming asked.
"Um."
"Disposal? Why should we dispose of them?" Duan Tianming was a little confused when he heard this.
The middle-aged man raised his head and pursed his lips in front of him: "Aren't the family members of those later military households in the north already sent by your Excellency to control them?"
"These are two different camps, and they are doing two completely different things. And the results they will face will be very different." Duan Tianming couldn't help but laugh, "This military household, it seems that you are right
Are these family members in the west very concerned?"
Holding his fists, the middle-aged man saluted again: "You don't know, after these five hundred soldiers were involved in the accident, there were countless orphans, widows, mothers, and elderly people left behind. As the mainstay of the family, without them, the family is almost empty."
That's it. If they have done bad things, the court will deal with them no matter what. But if they sacrifice their lives for the court, I hope you will take good care of them."
With a smile on his face, Duan Tianming rode his horse and took a few steps back: "From your point of view, they have done bad things or showed up for the court."
"The health center gave each of their households a pension of thirty taels of silver. They must have sacrificed their lives for the country." The man said solemnly.
"How much, thirty taels of pension?"
"Thirty taels of silver is quite a lot, but as a military household in the field, how long can this money last without the labor at home and living in vain? With this money, it would be more useful to them to exempt them from taxes."
Duan Tianming smiled bitterly and nodded several times.
The confession of Zhang Xing, the commander of Gong Changwei, stated that each household was given a pension of fifty taels of silver. How could this suddenly become thirty taels of silver in the hands of the family members?
What about the twenty taels of silver? Did it fly away out of thin air?
Is Zhang Xing lying, or is it that twenty taels of Gong Changwei's pension was deducted when it arrived at the Longxi Institute?
Have the regular imperial guardhouses become so dark now?
Not far away, the old man who had just left was holding two broken bowls with steaming noodle soup in his hands. Looking at the hundreds of people in front of him, the heavily armed and murderous team, he couldn't help but froze on the spot.
The three children's stomachs were already growling with hunger. When they saw the rice bowl, they couldn't wait to pounce on it and pour all the rice in the bowl into their stomachs.
But the cold eyes of the people in front of him, and the cold knife at his waist, made the child stay in place quietly, not daring to move.
The middle-aged man stepped forward, touched the child's head, and forced a smile on his face: "Grandpa has prepared a meal for you, go ahead."
The three children instantly hid behind the middle-aged man.
After a while, he secretly poked his head out and looked at Duan Tianming and others.
"Go, go to Grandpa's place for dinner. These adults are all good people, don't be afraid, don't be afraid." Turning around, the middle-aged man gently pushed the child in the direction of the old man.
Maybe it's hunger, maybe it's fear.
The three children ran towards the old man quickly.
The middle-aged man smiled bitterly and shook his head: "These children are the orphans of the dead soldiers. They have been wandering around here for nearly two years. They are only so tall now. How old were they two years ago? If
If we hadn't helped them one by one, I'm afraid they would have passed away long ago."
"There are many children like them. Not only are there children, but there are also many elderly people who have no one to support them, and there are countless people who have starved to death. If these soldiers really sacrificed their lives for the country, I hope you will report it to the Ming court and give them to you.
They have a way to survive."
As he said that, the middle-aged man actually knelt down in front of Duan Tianming with a "pop" in front of everyone, no longer caring about his own dignity.
Looking at the bare feet of the three children in the distance, Duan Tianming's face gradually darkened: "Are you sure that the pension given to them by the court is thirty taels."
"The villain is a military commander in Longxi, and he has many acquaintances there. After their deaths, the villain visited their families. The court did give them a pension of thirty taels of silver."
The middle-aged man said.
"Okay, I know, I know what to do." Duan Tianming turned the horse's head and headed west without looking back.
I used to work in Jinyiwei, but Jinyiwei didn't have anything to say about farming.
He did not expect that the life of the military households stationed in the guard station was no better than that of ordinary people.
Forget it, let’s take a closer look today to see how the life of the Weisuo family is going to be without the backbone of the family.
Half an hour later, three large locust trees with two people hugging each other appeared in front of Duan Tianming.
Not far behind the big locust tree is a cluster of low adobe buildings, extending for two or three miles.
"Slow down a little, don't disturb them." Duan Tianming shouted to the team behind him.
The entire team's forward speed slowed down instantly.
The dust in the sky behind him gradually disappeared as the horse's hooves slowed down.
Duan Tianming walked at the front of the team, heading towards the "village".
"Hey, Commander Duan, do these military households believe in Buddhism?" A captain next to him made a startled voice.
"Believe in Buddhism? Believe in those old bald donkeys who talk about putting down their butcher's knives and becoming Buddhas immediately?" Duan Tianming replied disdainfully.
The captain raised his right hand and pointed forward: "Look, is there a Buddha statue sitting at the door of that house?"
Duan Tianming raised his head and looked in the direction of the captain's finger.
There was actually a person sitting outside the door of a low adobe house.
With such a strong sun, there is no way to go on your own. Why don't you go inside to cool down and sit under the strong sun?
Duan Tianming clamped his legs on the horse's belly and walked forward quickly.
When they were only a hundred feet away, Duan Tianming finally saw it clearly.
Under the bright sun at the door, an old man in black cloth sat quietly on a stone.
His body is stooped and his face is full of wrinkles. At first glance, he looks extremely old.
Wouldn't such an octogenarian be afraid of something bad if he was exposed to the June sun?
Duan Tianming jumped off his horse and walked toward the old man on foot.
