Cheng Jichang did not go to the school grounds to collect his pay during the day, not because he did not want to collect it, but because he still acted like a brigade commander. In the past, when the army paid wages, it was the school captain who sent his own soldiers to deliver it. If he had gone to collect it in person,
Wouldn't it be a loss of dignity?
He sat on the mound in the room, chewing mint leaves in his mouth and listening to the sounds outside. In the past, when pay was paid, the captain's personal soldiers should have arrived at this time.
He knew about Zhao Lushui's misappropriation of salary. Although he admired Colonel Zhao's behavior, he was opposed to it in terms of interests. In order to raise money for the wives of his dead brothers to return home, Colonel Zhao,
He didn't hesitate to misappropriate the entire regiment's salary. If he did such a thing, the people of the 10th regiment would be in trouble first.
The Tenth Regiment also suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of Dial City, with more than thirty people left. They did not receive any pensions and rewards, and their efforts were in vain. The wives and children of the dead brothers were also left alone. Their brothers in the Tenth Regiment were
No need to accommodate them anymore?
Cheng Jichang didn't swear on the city wall, and he really couldn't do it until now.
The most annoying thing is that others are actually doing what he can't do, and they are also misappropriating their salaries. This is the conflict between the Sixth Regiment and the Tenth Regiment, even if they have already stirred things up together under the banner of the Eighth Regiment.
Three years later, the contradictions are still deepening.
Bang! Bang!
"Is Cheng Lushuai at home?"
He spit out the mint leaf residue from his mouth, turned to the lady sitting on the earth couch under the oil lamp and said: "Open the door!"
The lady put down her needlework, staggered to the door, opened it and quickly stepped aside.
"Madam, I'm fine." Li Siye glanced around the room, smiled at Cheng Jichang who was sitting on the mound, and said, "Did Brigadier Chen close his house so early?"
Cheng Jichang turned his head and stared blankly for a moment. He obviously did not expect that Li Siye would come in person to deliver the salary. He quickly stood up to greet him with his hands crossed on his chest: "I didn't expect that Lieutenant Li would come in person. I am ashamed of my humble position."
Li Siye walked in, placed a jar of wine and a leg of lamb wrapped in oil paper on the four-legged table, held Cheng Jichang's arms and asked him to sit down, and sat cross-legged opposite him.
Cheng Jichang understood and quickly told his mother-in-law: "Bring two bowls!"
The lady took out two black porcelain bowls from the rattan basket in the corner, lifted up her skirt, wiped them vigorously a few times, and brought them to the shore. Then with a smile on her face, she lifted the wine jar, removed the sealing mud, filled the wine bowls and whispered:
"Please have a drink slowly with the captain and Cheng Lang."
"Excuse me, madam." Li Siye nodded and smiled.
The lady knelt down and bowed, turned around and sat back on the earth couch to sew clothes by the oil lamp.
Li Siye held up the wine bowl with both hands and said to Cheng Jichang: "Cheng Lushuai, although Li Siye has just arrived, he dare not forget his responsibilities. Now that you and I are brought together, it is a fate. After drinking this bowl of wine, don't put yourself in trouble."
As an outsider, if you have any dissatisfaction in the future, you can go to me directly and ask. What I like most is a straightforward person."
Cheng Jichang also quickly picked up the wine bowl with both hands and said quickly: "The captain treated me and other brothers very well. He paid us salary just a few days after taking office. How can I be dissatisfied?"
Li Siye raised his head and drank a bowl of wine, stood up and told Kubani to put down the six guan of money. He clasped his fists and said to Cheng Jichang, "I still have something to do, so I won't stay with you."
Cheng Jichang hurriedly sent Li Siye to the door and said loudly: "Captain, go slowly!" This voice seemed to be heard by everyone.
After he turned back and entered the door, he grinned happily. He didn't know whether he was talking to the lady sitting on the couch or talking to himself: "Did you see that Captain Li still has to rely on me, so he personally
When I came to my door, not only did I get paid, but I also got wine and meat."
He picked up the wine bowl and was about to pour the wine. Suddenly, he saw that there was less than half a bowl of residual wine left in the wine bowl that Li Siye had drunk in front of him. He couldn't help but curled his lips with regret, brought it over and poured it into his own bowl.
He raised his head and drank it all in one gulp, then grabbed the leg of lamb and started to chew it wildly.
Li Siye carried another wine pot and a leg of lamb and came to Yuan Tao's adobe house. This man opened the door and sat at the door with a table. There was a bowl of cold water on the table. He looked up at the stars.
, seems to be expressing feelings to the moon.
At first glance, I saw that this person was a young man, different from a rough guy like Cheng Jichang who cared about vulgar interests.
Li Siye smiled from a distance and said, "Why is Brigade Marshal Yuan so sad about the moon, but missing his relatives and friends back home?"
Yuan Tao turned his head and glanced at him, but ignored him and continued to look up at the moon. He naturally stayed away from people with bad moral character.
Li Siye came in uninvited, lowered his head and glanced at the clear water in the bowl, then picked up the bowl and poured it into the yard. Then he opened the seal of the wine jar in his hand and poured in the brown wine.
Yuan Tao looked down at the bowl of wine and said with a cold face to Li Siye: "We are not from the same group, so why do you have to come here to get in trouble."
Li Siye put down the wine jar and sat cross-legged across from him. He also looked at the crescent moon and said to himself: "If you are too virtuous, it is easy to be arrogant and aloof. We are in the army now, not in the Imperial Academy of the Saint. You
You can keep your share of pure morality deep in your heart, but don't use it to judge others."
"I am a person who only pays attention to results and does not stick to trivial matters."
Yuan Tao turned around and said in a cold voice: "Is that a trivial matter for you? Raising troops hundreds of miles away to rob, whether they are robbing cannibals or Tubo people, this is not what an official should do. If they follow suit in the future, the reputation of the Tang army will be ruined."
Let you be corrupted!"
Li Siye nodded in agreement: "Indeed, it needs to be noted that it is just a temporary expedient. Others must be strictly warned. Only I can do this kind of thing, and they must not do it."
Yuan Tao: "..."
Li Siye waved to Zhang Yong and ordered him to pour the money in the tray onto the table.
"Please take it away!"
Yuan Tao waved his hands repeatedly as if he had been stung by a scorpion: "This is ill-gotten wealth, and Yuan will definitely not accept it!"
"Haha," Li Siye laughed in a low voice: "I know you are of noble character, how dare I give you the money from selling stolen goods? Before I came to the Western Regions to join the army, my family had quite a bit of savings. Please rest assured, the money on the table is definitely
Clean."
Yuan Tao remained silent, still looking up at the bright moon.
Li Siye smiled knowingly, cupped his hands to Yuan Tao and said, "Commander Yuan, please rest early. I'm going back to the check-in room."
He waved his hand and led the two soldiers away. Yuan Tao turned his head and looked at the copper coins piled on the table, and sighed helplessly: "I'm starting to deceive myself too."
Lieutenant Li returned to the duty room and opened the partition papered with paper. There were many people kneeling inside. Each of the soldiers sat around mutton wrapped in oil paper. There was a table in the middle with a table on it.
A huge wine vat. Kubani, a young man who drinks Pantuo, is responsible for holding the wine vat and giving drinks to the soldiers.
The men were so drunk that their faces turned red and they turned to smile at Li Siye, like plates of sunflowers in the morning sun.
"Captain Li! I've been waiting for you!" Tian Zhen got up from the ground drunkenly, holding the wine bowl in both hands.
Li Siye took it with both hands, raised his head and downed the bowl of wine, and then handed the bowl back. Holding the partition, he took off his Liuhe boots, wearing only open-toe footbags, squeezed into the crowd and sat down. Kubani and Zhang Yong also
Squeeze into the crowd one by one.
The room is indeed a bit small, but this makes it look intimate. He is in the center, just like the stars holding the moon. He picked up the wine bowl and said to everyone: "Brothers have been tired these past two days. Li Siye is here to do it first as a courtesy."
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Everyone also raised their wine bowls with both hands and raised their heads to pour wine. The sound of drinking could be heard all around, which sounded very shocking.
After several rounds of drinking, even the whole jar of wine was poured out. Li Siye wanted to ask people to buy wine, but Tian Zhen and Fujimu stopped him. The swaying soldiers stood up and said goodbye to the captain.
They supported each other and left the room.
Li Siye sat cross-legged drunkenly, while Tian Zhen and Tengmu sent away the soldiers and returned. Tengmu sat cross-legged in front of him and said regretfully: "The gold you brought from Congling, and the money of more than 1.5 million
, it was all spent in just a few days, and the rest has to be distributed. Don’t you save a little for a rainy day?”
"What are you saving it for? If I want money, why come to Anxi?" He whispered to the two of them, leaning on the table: "The most important thing for people is to know what they want. Don't let money limit you.
Okay. Today’s team building was done well. We will do it more often in the future so that the team can have cohesiveness.”
"What is team building? Why do you always make up your own words?" Tian Zhen hummed from the side.
"Team building is just team building. Even if I tell you, you won't understand."
"Okay, don't mess with him. Let's pack up and leave."
The two helped Li Siye lie down, covered him with a quilt, then closed the partition and left.