The full name of the village is "Tuntian Baihu Station", and the highest officer is Baihu.
If there are foreign enemies nearby, several "tuns" can be combined into one "fort", which can be organized to jointly resist enemy attacks.
The later place names "So-and-So Tun" and "Such-and-Fort" evolved in this way. It was originally just a farming unit in the Ming Dynasty.
Kuai Laosan was placed in Wanghaitun, which is very close to the seaside. It takes six or seven miles to the northeast to reach Gaizhou Acropolis.
The local military officer fulfilled his promise, and three members of Kuai Laosan's family were actually allocated thirty acres of land. And it was all cultivated land. It was unknown whether it belonged to the officers or military households before, but it disappeared without a trace and became ownerless land.
There are twenty-nine households in Wanghaitun, with a total of seventy-four men, women, old and children.
Two days ago, officers came over to distribute cattle and seeds, and all the village elders shared one cattle. Moreover, it was given to them, unlike before, when the public cattle died and they had to be compensated.
Who would intentionally seek death?
Farmers who make a living by farming would like to offer their cattle as ancestors.
Wei Li also sent a scholar over. I heard that he was a student of Wang Shilang. He led them to set up the Laoshizi Agricultural Mutual Aid Group. It was a mutual aid group. Instead of just you helping me, I will help you. This is what people who own land used to do.
The scholar also brought corn and soybean seeds and said he would teach them how to grow corn.
Kuai Laosan had only heard about beans, but this was the first time he saw corn. He didn't know if it would work.
But the scholar was very kind, and after the snow melted, he led them to dig a canal. The canal was dug during the Yongle period, and many areas were no longer usable. Under the leadership of the scholar, the old and young men worked together, and it only took half a month.
Full recovery.
"Mr. Long, you are so knowledgeable, are you going to be a high official in the future?" With an expression of admiration on her face, Little Sister Kuai took the opportunity of delivering water and took the initiative to chat.
Long Danian smiled and said: "I am not a gentleman, I am just a scholar from Shuntian Prefecture. Once I teach you how to plant corn, I will rush back to the capital to review and prepare for the provincial examination."
Xiaomei Kuai asked again: "Will that delay your exam?"
Long Danian said: "No. Sir, as the saying goes, everything is knowledge, and the Tao is contained in all things. When I come to teach you how to farm, I am also practicing the Tao. It is much more interesting than staying in the capital and studying."
Although Xiaomei Kuai didn't understand what Dao was, she admired this scholar more and more and wished she could talk to him all day long.
Kuai Laosan knew what his sister was thinking, but what could he say? He only hoped that Mr. Long would take a fancy to his little sister, and even if he took her back to the capital as a concubine, she would have more hope than staying in Liaodong.
At this time, hundreds of households in the village thanked them and came with thirty or forty newcomers.
Those newcomers, mostly men, some were prisoners and some were refugees, were transported from the sea a few days ago. Many people were transported here, but when they were assigned to Wanghaitun, these were the only ones left.
"Walk faster, you're dragging your feet, you haven't eaten!" a flag officer cursed, occasionally kicking him.
But everyone is used to this, and even think that the officers here are really kind.
Try switching to another guard station, but the refugees can be repaid. The prisoners are miserable. When you first arrive at the place of exile, you must give the officers "meeting money". If you don't get the money, you will be killed. Some prisoners will be killed directly.
Beaten to death.
Xie Rang of Baihu, who was originally a fierce man, bowed immediately when he saw Long Danian: "Mr. Long, you have worked hard these days."
"It doesn't matter." Long Danian returned the favor with his hand.
After Wang Yuan came to Gaizhou, he wrote a letter back to the capital. He did not impose any requirements. He only asked the students to sign up to help. More than thirty people came at once, and Long Danian was one of them. He was in the eyes of Xiaomei Kuai.
Although he is tall and majestic, he is actually just a scholar who has failed many times.
But even if he is just a scholar, with the halo of Wang Yuan's disciple, he can still walk sideways in the Gaizhou Guard, and the commander Yuan Da is polite to them.
"Dang-dang-dang-dang!"
The bell rang in the village and everyone rushed over.
Xie Rang, a hundred households, said: "Before, there were not all the people, and there was no division between military households and villages. Now there are 118 people in this village. Among them, ten people will be selected as the regular army, and ten people will be selected as the remnants (reserves and wartime auxiliaries).
Bing). Whoever’s name is called, come here, Kuai Sanzhu!”
Kuai Laosan didn't know whether to cry or laugh, he was actually selected to be a soldier. Just be a soldier, it's better than being a farmer, at least you won't be ordered to death by an officer in a short period of time.
In the Ming Dynasty, the proportion of military units and military households in each military station was equal.
If you are on the front line, among a hundred military households, about 80 are soldiers and the remaining 20 are farming. If you are in the rear, the ratio is just the opposite. Ordinary guard posts, the kind that occasionally fight, military households and village households
About half and half.
Of course, this was a rule in the early Ming Dynasty, and today's military officers just do whatever they want.
After reading the names of the twenty regular soldiers, Xie Rang said again: "Come and get your armor! We agreed in advance that if you fail to pass the training, you have to give me your armor back!"
Kuai Laosan was at the front of the queue and was given a set of cotton armor, a pair of leather boots, a saber, a musket and ammunition pouches.
All ten regular soldiers received this set of equipment, and for the remaining ten soldiers, their sabers turned into waist knives, and their firecrackers turned into spears.
Kuai Laosan has no interest in weapons. He only loves cotton armor and boots. These clothes and shoes are so good that he never dreamed that he could own them.
Xie Rang continued: "Your Majesty wants to build the Shenxiao Camp with a full strength of five thousand people. It will be a team that can ride horses and shoot guns. If you train the fire guns well, you will be able to ride horses in two years. Send them all to Gaizhou.
Drill. Let me tell you, the food in Shenxiao Camp is very good and the military pay is much higher. Only the bravest soldiers can be selected! Give me a good drill. If none of you are selected, let me see.
How will I deal with you when I come back!"
A tall and thin Yu Jun asked: "Xie Baihu, I didn't receive the fire gun. Can I enter the Shenxiao camp in the future?"
Xie Rang replied: "If you practice well, you will be transferred from the remnant army to the regular army, and you will naturally receive fire guns. Similarly, if any regular army does not practice well, go back and get the spear! What is your name?"
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The man said: "My name is Xie Wang, my courtesy name is Guangmei, and I am from the same family as you."
"What did you commit and was exiled to Liaodong?" Xie Rang asked.
Xie Wang said nonchalantly: "Kill two people."
Xie Rang asked curiously: "You killed two people and you still don't want to kill them?"
Xie Wang explained: "I lost my father when I was five years old. My mother raised me up and worked for me to study. Just last year, my mother was raped and had two slings of money stolen while she was working for others."
"You just killed someone?" Xie Rang asked.
Xie Wang shook his head and said, "That evil bitch accused my mother of stealing money, deducted my mother's wages, and spread the word everywhere. She even went to the county school to take away my food. My mother hanged herself to prove her innocence.
He committed suicide, and I killed two people in a rage. I wanted to slaughter his whole family, but unfortunately I couldn't do it, so I was sent to see the official. The county magistrate took pity on my filial piety and was a junior in the county, so he only sentenced me to exile.
crime."
Xie Rang felt that he had found a treasure: "You are still a junior student! I happen to be short of documents, so don't be a soldier. Come to me and work as a document. You kill well, and you should be killed for insulting my mother!"
Xie Wang did not appreciate such a good thing. He held his head high and said, "I accept the kindness of hundreds of households. When a good man is reincarnated, if he cannot be named on the gold medal list, he will get the fame immediately."
"Hahaha, whatever you want," Xie Rang laughed, "How about this, you serve as a soldier during training, and you write paperwork for me in peacetime. By the way, you teach my son how to read. After a few days, my wife and children will come from the capital."
Xie Rang was rejoicing when suddenly a fast horse came running: "Xie Baihu, Wang Shilang has an order to set off with ten soldiers immediately and gather at Gaizhou City before tomorrow!"
Xie Rang said in surprise: "Is there going to be a war?"
The person who reported the news said: "There is a rebellion in Fuzhou, and Wang Shilang is going to suppress it personally!"
Liaodong Yuanma Temple and Yongningjian, these two horse breeding institutions, are both located in Yongningjian City near Fuzhou City. The largest official ranch in southern Liaoning is also located in Fuzhou!
Wang Yuan just asked Yuanma Temple to inspect the racecourse. As soon as the news got out, the Fuzhou Guards directly engaged in mutiny and killed more than ten officials at Qingzhang Racecourse.