Chapter 21 Raising Military Remuner 3

With Yu Qiujin, I went to visit a rich man surnamed Li.

The Li family is not a local, but because he has served in Juzhang County for more than ten years, the whole family has moved from their hometown to Juzhang. In addition to the eldest son as an official in Huiji, the second son, who did not like meritorious deeds, abandoned literature and went into business with the help of his father's reputation in the officialdom and the people, so he also accumulated a lot of family wealth.

Although Li Zi is not the richest man in the city, because his family has contributed to helping refugees, I chose to visit his family first. First, I hope that he can take into account the overall situation again to support the army; second, I also want to understand the views of civilians and rich people on the whole situation through him.

The Li family is very considerate to us.

Li Hucao talked about gossip, but as soon as the topic turned to the matter of raising money, he began to show his face. He said that it is not a big problem for their family to pay some money, but their family is obviously willing but not enough to do this matter alone.

He gave us a trick to find a family surnamed Chen. Although this family is not the richest man in the sentence, and it looks very ordinary, it can make the rich family of the sentence be the first. As long as he is persuaded to come forward, there will definitely be no problem with the raising of money.

Although Li Hucao himself can also come forward, those rich people who have taken care of them when he was in office will naturally give him some face, but after all, Li Hucao later moved to a sentence. It's better to invite the locals to do this kind of thing. Li Hucao expressed his willingness to mediate for us.

Although the purpose of this trip has not been achieved, we also feel that this trip has not been in vain. First of all, Li Hucao took the initiative to ask us to coordinate, which is much better than asking us to pay for it ourselves. In addition, we also know the key people who do this. Therefore, Yu Qiujin and I stopped visiting the next family in the plan, but went straight back home.

A few days later, Li Hucao came to visit in person.

Things are much smoother than we thought. The family surnamed Chen listened to Li Hucao's instructions and immediately visited several major local rich families. At first, those rich people did not want to pay for the defenders. They thought that although the defenders guarded their hometown, as long as they had orders, they had to fight on the battlefield and were not allowed to choose.

Later, in the case of Li Hu Cao and the rich household surnamed Chen using Sun En to drive the city and use the court to give them a title to lure them, they finally agreed to help. In the end, it was agreed that the pay for 1,000 soldiers will be paid to the arsenal every month. In the future, the return of military money by the court after pacing Sun En's Rebellion will be guaranteed by Chen, Li Hu Cao and Liu Yu.

So, Cao Zuodong of Lihu held a banquet at home and invited me, Chen, and the rich families who contributed to participate. As soon as the contract was signed, the urgent need for military service was solved.

However, on the way back to the barracks from Li Hu Cao's house, I was worried.

The signing of this contract can guarantee the military service of the soldiers, so that they can defend the whole territory of Juzhang with all their strength. But the guarantee of the return of this contract is extremely tactual. After Sun En calms down, can I take this contract to the court to ask for an arrears? Even Liu Zhenzhi, who is in a high position, can't hire people to owe the money, but rely on seizing the hearts of the army. Where should I raise it?

However, things have priorities. Compared with light things, it is natural to deal with heavy things first; compared with things with tight time, it is natural to deal with urgent matters. The urgent need to be solved first, and then find a way to solve the moss disease on the back of the thigh.

Yu Qiujin also understood my heart, so the two had nothing to say all the way.

After saying goodbye to Yuqiu, I did not go back to my house, but climbed the wall, that is, Weng City, the newly built Xiaoxi City. After a tour, I sat in front of the tower and looked at the bright full moon in the sky. His eyes were blurred, as if they were the faces of his wife and daughter.

The sentence is thousands of miles away from Beijing. Although I have been farther away from home, I have never been away from home longer.

There will always be a period of time in your life outside the environment you are familiar with. It took me a lot of time to get familiar with it so that I don't have to suffer from homesickness anymore. And when you inadvertently feel homesick, you will suddenly find that no matter how familiar and used to the environment is, it is difficult to adapt. At this time, there will be a sense of despair and loneliness, and even sadness will come from it, making you can't help it.

Because of the war, I had a good opportunity to make contributions; however, it was also because of the war that made me suffer from this displacement and death.

"Liu Sima, it's late at night. Please leave the patrol to me. Go back home and have a rest." A Shichang came over and interrupted my wild thoughts.

"Hmm. You should be more careful when patrolling. Report anything in time." I gave a message.

"Yes."

I walked down the stairs and saw a soldier guarding the door standing there in a single dress, trembling. I put my cloak on him. He said, "Although the weather is warm, you should also pay attention to the cold spring." I patted him on the shoulder and didn't wait for him to speak.

After a short walk, I fell to the house where I lived, but I didn't enter the door and kept walking south along the mountain road.

I walked to a cliff and stood against a huge stone. From time to time, a cold wind blew from the cottage, but my heart was warm because of waiting.

I stretched my arm and took a long breath. The air in the cottage is full of coldness, but I really need such a cold air, otherwise the fire in my chest will burn me.

The lights in the opposite mountain suddenly disappeared in the fog rising at night, just like a pair of sleepy but sleepy eyes.

Suddenly, I heard the sound of branches being trampled behind me. I turned around and a weak figure had come to me.

I said hello to the figure: "Are you here?"

"Hmm."

"It's still a little cold. Why are you wearing so little?"

The person who came is amaranth. But she was wearing a long dark dress. What color is it? It doesn't look real, but it can be seen that the texture of the skirt is not thick.

I approached her and looked at her carefully through the moonlight. Her dress is very different from the last time I saw her here.

Her hair is like an ordinary village girl, simply tied with a head rope, and her long hair flows from the top of her head to her waist. The hair was shrouded in a silver light, looking over from my perspective, adding a holy image. There is only one hairpin on his head. Through the moonlight, I saw the light makeup on her face, and I could see that there was a little powder to cover up the fatigue and haggardity that had not yet faded. The smiling eyes showed a consistent aura, and the lips showed the rosyness of the past.

It seems that she wears so little today, not that she doesn't know that it's cold outside, but a fitting dress she specially chose to see me. I can't help but feel very sad.

"It's such a cold day, you... alas." As I said, I took her hand coldly and immediately put her hand on my feverish face. As soon as her hand touched my face, she suddenly felt as if she were shocked and her body trembled.

The last time I saw her here, I held her in my arms. At that time, she only cried in my arms. This time she regained her senses and couldn't help adding a sense of shyness even if my hand was caught by me.

Just now, I gave my cloak to a soldier at the village gate. At this time, I saw that amaranth was thin but had no clothes for her. She had to take her hand to a hunch and sit side by side against the tree. I hesitated for a moment, leaned my hand over her shoulder and hugged her back.

Her body leaned over, but it trembled violently.

"Are you... cold?" I asked. Although there is some chill in the mountains, it doesn't seem to be heavy.

She shook her head and said, "It's not cold."

"Your body is trembling."

Is that right? But I'm not cold."

The body is shaking, but it's not cold? At this time, I couldn't figure out the truth anyway. When it comes to dealing with people and marching in war, I can understand the truths that many ordinary people can't figure out. However, I am like a child, and I can't understand many things.

When I was a teenager, my family was miserable. In addition to doing some work every day to support my family, I didn't have many ideas except for a group of unrealistic enthusiasm to restore the glory of my ancestors. Although I have made friends with a group of foxes and dog friends for several years as an adult, it is only limited to the things that young and strong descendants in ordinary villages and Qianmo often do. However, he is still ignorant.

Marrying a wife is just a logical marriage for a man. For me, in addition to **, it's nothing more than one more person in the family.

Although I love and respect my wife deeply, I never know that there is still a deep affection that I have never experienced in my heart. In the past, when I heard people talk about the relationship between men and women, when I said such words as "I want to know you, I want to live a long life, there are no mountains, rivers are exhausted, winter thunder shocks, summer rain and snow, heaven and earth, and I dare to fight with you." I always feel that my wife is exactly this kind of emotion.

When I first met amaranth, I only felt that amaranth was extraordinary. For me, such beauty is just like enjoying a beautiful scenery. It's okay to see it. And the next two talks with amaranth seemed to open another door in my heart. When I curiously glanced through the crack of the door, I couldn't stop closing the door and retreating.

From this, I knew that the stories and emotions told by those storytellers were completely different from what I understood.

From this, I knew that the real feelings for a woman were completely different from those for stepmother and aunt.

When I returned to the house from Zhainan, it was late at night. I expected to toss and turn on the bed this night. I probably didn't fall asleep until dawn.

The next day, the weather was fine, and the sky was clear. The mood is the same as this excellent weather. I drank some porridge, visited the city first, and then returned to the military palace to do business.

Because we are no longer worried about military benefits, the recruitment is going very smoothly. At first, in terms of military discipline, it was often open to new recruits. Now that I have no worries, I can use my previous ability to govern the army in Beijing and govern the army strictly. I think that although there are few defenders, if trained, they will inevitably sweep away the twilight of the officers and soldiers and become a heroic division like the Beifu Army under Xie Xuan!