Back at the ancestral home and rushed to the lobby of the garrison office, the two old people invited by Ji Er from the village were specially helping the old people who were doing white things, and they were busy helping Zhang Qingyu's body shave his face, wipe his body, comb his braids, and put on clothes...... The six carpenters found by Jida were making coffins in the courtyard, and Wang Hedong and other brothers were squatting at the door to burn paper.

Han Xiufeng stood on the side and watched for a while, and was about to ask the monk and Taoist priest why he hadn't been invited yet, when Chen Hu and Li Xingsheng walked in from outside with a package.

"Fourth Master, these are all Qingyu's things."

"What's there?"

Chen Hu walked to the side of the public case and opened the package, took out a heavy money bag and said, "Just a hundred or ten pieces of silver, more than a thousand dollars and a few clothes." Then there is the futon under him, but when the coffin is ready to be closed, the mattress will be under his body, and the quilt will cover him, so it can't be counted. ”

They had a lifelong friendship with Zhang Qingyu, Han Xiufeng didn't think that they would be greedy for Zhang Qingyu's things, so he took the money bag and checked it, turned around and asked: "Brother Xi, a military attache like Mr. Zhang, how much pension money can relatives receive according to the rules?" ”

Xi Yi Bingleng was stunned, and hurriedly said: "Master Han, Zhang Jiang died of illness and was not killed in battle, according to the "Household Military Quartermaster Regulations", the family can receive a pension of thirty taels of silver. ”

"That's it?"

"Master Han, death is not comparable to death."

"It's just thirty taels of silver, nothing else?" Han Xiufeng asked.

"Yes." Xi Yibing thought for a while, and then said: "According to the rules, two taels of official silver can be issued to handle the funeral, and then if the bereaved family members of the head office of Zhang Jiang have no support, they can receive the first half of Zhang Jiang's life until he reaches adulthood." If there is a child who is disabled and unable to earn a living and stand on his own, he may report to the governor and governor for ascertainment, and retain half of the former half of the general manager for support. ”

Without waiting for Han Xiufeng to speak, Chen Hu said eagerly: "Fourth master, Qingyu has a younger brother. ”

"How old is his brother and what is his name?"

"It's called Qingfu, I can't remember how old I am, anyway, I'm not sixteen."

Han Xiufeng turned around and asked, "Brother Xi, have you checked Mr. Zhang's resume?" ”

"Master Han, the lower official has flipped through the roster and checked his resume. As Mr. Chen Qian said, Mr. Zhang always has a younger brother who is 14 years old this year. ”

"Prepare an official document, report to the department."

"Yes."

Xi Yibing just bowed down to receive the order, and Chen Hu said cautiously: "Fourth master, I have inquired with Master Xi and know that there are only two taels of silver to burn and bury, and if this funeral is simpler, two taels are barely enough." But people live for a lifetime, and they can't be so simple, so we plan to scrape together some money and invite more monks and Taoists to spend a good time. ”

Afraid that Han Xiufeng would not agree, Tian Gui said eagerly: "Fourth master, I didn't count in Hai'an and Yangzhou before, how many brothers died in the camp just after coming to Gu'an!" Especially those who died in the battle array, let alone ask the monks and Taoists to exceed, they didn't even have a decent coffin, so they were dragged to be buried like a dead dog, so we wanted to scrape together some money to overdo it. ”

Han Xiufeng groaned: "It should be excessive, but in this way, it is not just to help Qingyu with the funeral." ”

Xi Yibing knew very well that if he wanted to gain a firm foothold in Heying, he had to have a good relationship with these Qiu Ba in front of him, and hurriedly said: "Master Han, if you don't let the camp handle it, it just so happens that there is still some surplus in the heart of the camp office." ”

"Ask a monk and Taoist priest to run a water and land dojo for a few days?"

"It's going to take seven days." Chen Hu muttered.

"Seven days is seven days!" Han Xiufeng also didn't want the brothers to die too aggrieved, so he got up and said: "I'll go through the death list later, as long as the family is in the local area and there are relatives in the family, go and inform them all." If they want to come, they will come and kowtow, and if they don't want to, we won't be reluctant, but as long as they come, they will take care of the food, and if their homes are far away, let them live in the camp, and then go back when the water and land dojo is finished. ”

"Okay, the next official will go and prepare."

"Fourth Master Xie!" Chen Hu was so excited that he hurriedly bowed down to thank him.

"Don't thank you." Han Xiufeng pulled Chen Hu up, looked back at Zhang Qingyu's remains, and said, "Qingyu is not only your brother, but also my Han Xiufeng's brother." ”

The man didn't flick when he had tears, Chen Hu couldn't control it anymore, looked back at Zhang Qingyu's corpse and cried: "Lao Zhang, did you hear it on a dog day?" With Master Han's words, don't talk about you, even if I am asked to die at this time, I will be blind when I die! ”

"Brother Qingyu, if you put a hundred hearts, the money you left behind will not be less, and we will definitely help you bring it back to your hometown and bring it to your brother. Your brother is my brother, we will take care of it for you......" Tian Gui couldn't help but cry.

Han Xiufeng couldn't see the big man crying, touched his sour nose, and said solemnly: "You guys are busy first, I'll go back first, if there is anything to find me in the river hall." ”

"Congratulations to the fourth master." Chen Hu reacted and hurriedly wiped away his tears.

"Don't send it."

……

Han Xiufeng walked out of the garrison office, and just walked through the school field to the yamen of the river hall, Gao Yunfeng waited for the alternate officer to arrive with his family. He was born in a slightly better situation than others, and his wife at least had old clothes. The other three's families were miserable, and the mother-in-law and the baby were dressed in tatters, like a fleeing call for Hanako.

Because of this, wearing official uniforms on weekdays, looking at the glamorous Li Hui, Ding Huixian and Li Xiaosheng, they were ashamed to come forward to meet them, so they stood under the old locust tree at a loss, looking embarrassed.

Gao Yunfeng sighed secretly, handed over the luggage to his wife, trotted up to meet him, bowed down and said, "Master Han, Yunfeng...... Yun Feng was about to go to the village to find a place to settle down first, but he didn't expect to meet you again as soon as he came. ”

In the afternoon, I saw his name card at the door of the Provincial Affairs Department, Han Xiufeng knew his words, bowed back, looked at him and asked, "Brother Ji Yue, my sister-in-law is here, didn't you bring your son?" ”

"Master Han, when Yun Feng first went to the capital to wait for the big pick, he took two dogs and a little girl with him, and later he was forced to send them back to his hometown because of his livelihood. At that time, Yunfeng's brother was still alive, and with the help of his brother, the eldest had already started a family, the second brother passed on to a cousin, and the younger daughter also found a good family. ”

"Brother Ji Yue, so you don't have to worry about the babies anymore?"

"Don't be afraid of Master Han's jokes, this is also the only thing that Yun Feng is gratifying."

Han Xiufeng didn't want to go around in circles with these poor alternates anymore, beckoning to be embarrassed to come forward; Li Hui, Ding Huixian, and Li Xiaosheng shouted, and just stood at the entrance of the yamen and said bluntly: "The four of you should have heard of it, my South Bank Department is now only in charge of the river camp, and the river affairs and civil affairs on the south bank are not allowed to be interfered with. At present, the river battalion, together with the military attachés of the capital division, the garrison and the assistant garrison, as well as the general office, the assistant committee and the scribes of the battalion office, have a total of 213 people. In other words, my South Bank Hall is a Qingshui Yamen who has no errands, no people, and no money. ”

Gao Yunfeng and the four of them were stunned, and they didn't know how to answer for a while.

Han Xiufeng didn't bother to care what they thought, and continued: "I can see that your life is hard, and it stands to reason that you should spare some money to help you." But the food and salary in the river camp are not much, if you take out a little to help you, those Qiu Ba will not only not agree, maybe they will also make trouble, if it is really because of the food and salary to provoke a mutiny, Xiufeng don't say whether he can keep this black gauze hat, I'm afraid he can't even keep his head. ”

"The lower official is ashamed, and it makes Master Han embarrassed." Gao Yunfeng hurriedly said with a bitter face.

"Brother Ji Yue, don't say that, who will not have any difficulties when you go out?" Han Xiufeng asked rhetorically, and continued: "No matter how hard it is, this day will have to go on, I helped a few people think of a way, but I don't know if you can endure that hardship." ”

"What's the solution, please ask Master Han to make it clear!" Li Hui's life really can't go on, don't look at the restaurant at the entrance of the Provincial Department every day, in fact, he just goes to rub a bowl of tea, and he has never eaten there.

Han Xiufeng looked at him full of anticipation, and explained with a smile: "The river camp is the same as the green camp, and you should have heard about how much food and salary the green camp can receive. As a battalion officer, I naturally can't watch my subordinates' garrisons, thousands of generals, and generals can't even feed their mothers-in-law, so I rent dozens of acres of silt land from the North Shore Hall.

Speaking of silting, the four of them really came early rather than coincidentally, the predecessor of my river battalion, Si Yongxiang, was transferred to the infantry army to lead the yamen's guerrilla, and the previous thousands of generals were also transferred to the monk king, and led the troops to Shandong to quell the chaos. The dozens of acres of land I had rented for them before were just vacant, and the four of them could continue to rent if they wanted. ”

"Farming?" Li Xiaosheng asked with a smile and a smile.

"What's wrong with farming, I rented five acres of land." Han Xiufeng stared at him and said lightly: "If the four of you are willing to continue to rent seeds, then half of the harvest in the first half of the year will have to be given to Yongxiang and them, after all, the seeds are bought by others, the fertilizer is applied by others, and the grass is hoeed by others. ”

Gao Yunfeng had planted the land when he was in his hometown, thinking that the wheat had grown so tall, and he would be able to harvest it in two months, and half of the harvest would be picked up for nothing, so he hurriedly bowed down and said: "Master Xie Han takes care of it, Yunfeng is not afraid of hardship, and Yunfeng is willing to rent seeds." ”

The alternate acquaintances from the people who raised their backgrounds all said so, and Li Hui and the others, who were not from a good background and dragged their families, could only bow down and thank them.

Han Xiufeng motioned for them to get up, and said with a smile: "The original soldiers in the camp were either transferred to the capital and incorporated into the Yamen, the commander of the infantry army, or they were transferred to Shandong to quell the chaos, and the barracks were vacant a lot. If the four of them are willing, Xiufeng can lend a few rooms to the four of them for temporary living. ”

"Willing, willing, willing, Master Xie Han is compassionate."

"Don't thank you, it's not easy to go out, you should help each other." Han Xiufeng smiled, and then said: "It's the turn of spring and summer, and if the four of them don't have much surplus food, Xiufeng can help the four of them say hello to Mr. Qian in the camp, go and borrow some rice and noodles from Mr. Qian, and then return them when there is a harvest in the field." ”

Ding Huixian didn't have the last meal, and he was worried about how to feed his mother-in-law, how could he miss this opportunity, and subconsciously asked: "Dare to ask Master Han, which Qian general manager will go to borrow from the lower officials?" ”

"You can go to Chen Hu, the head of the left camp, or you can go to Wang Hedong, the head of the right camp. The rice, flour, grain, and oil in the camp are distributed to each battalion and outpost, so if you want to borrow it, you can only go to them. Han Xiufeng paused, then turned back and said, "Don't panic, Chen don't panic, send the four masters to the camp to settle down first." ”

Not only did the school recruit an additional foreign commissioner, but also became Chen Bufu, who was personally accompanied by the old man, and was secretly laughing at Gao Yunfeng and the others as officials It is better to stay in their hometown and farm like this, hearing Han Xiufeng's words, he hurriedly bowed down and said: "Obey!" ”