Chapter 146: Boiling Ding
"The car is on the same track, the book is the same, and the line is the same......"
What Heifu said to Chen Ping that day left a deep impression on him.
Even though he is a big figure in history, Chen Ping at this time is still a young man in a small town who has traveled hundreds of miles without leaving home, and in addition to himself, he still has a home and a faint view of the country, but the view of the world has not yet been formed.
Therefore, Heifu's remarks about "the unification of the world and the unification of culture" had a certain impact on Chen Ping, but fortunately, he was smart and quickly digested this opinion, and at the same time, he also had greater doubts about Heifu.
"Should this be the insight that a Qin army Xiaotun chief should have?"
Not only that, Chen Ping also observed some unusual things about Heifu.
The soldiers of Hanoi County brought by Zhong Ming proudly showed the clothes on their bodies to Chen Ping, saying that they were newly made summer clothes.
The weather was cold when Qin soldiers were in service, so when everyone went on the road, they basically only brought two winter clothes, and now a few months have passed, the climate is getting hotter, and the heavy winter clothes can't be worn, and the money in their hands is also spent, not enough to buy cloth, many Qin soldiers suddenly became ants on the hot pot, only long clothes changed to short clothes.
At this time, it was Heifu who rescued everyone, he took out the yellow outside and seized it, and Yang Xiong rewarded him with cloth and silk to distribute to everyone, and asked the tailors in the township to make summer clothes for everyone.
Chen Ping thought thoughtfully: "Although because of the strict distinction between Qin Jun's titles, he can't eat with the soldiers, so he can be regarded as wearing the same clothes as the soldiers." ”
This was a method used by Wu Qi to buy people's hearts, but now it was used by a small commander, so the soldiers in the battalion were very grateful to Heifu, and were willing to obey those orders that Heifu had set in addition to military law.
For example, it is not allowed to drink raw water......
On the day Chen Ping first came to Qinying, he was shocked by this kind of living habit. That day, when he was thirsty after work, he directly took a scoop and planned to spoon water in the water tank to drink, but he was reprimanded by Bu Cheng, who was in charge of life, snatched the scoop in his hand, and handed Chen Ping a bowl of warm boiled water that had just been poured out of the kettle.
"You said that during the station, there were people drinking raw water in the camp, flogging them!"
Chen Ping thought about it for a long time and didn't understand why, because of a bitter background like him, he drank casually on weekdays. Whether it's river water, spring water, well water, or even rainwater, leaning down and opening your mouth can quench your thirst. Only in the cold winter wax moon, when everything is frosty, will the water be boiled at home and drunk.
At first, he understood this as a custom of the Qin State.
However, after he knocked on the side and inquired, he learned that this was not a custom of the Qin State, but a "quirk" of Heifu.
"Although we don't know the reason, we can only obey it."
The soldiers of the Qin State are simple, not as smart and sleek as the people of Han and Wei, rarely ask "why", and listen to orders when they have them, which is the character that has been domesticated by the law over the years.
Chen Ping was different, he wanted to find out the reason for everything, so after gradually getting acquainted, he finally couldn't help but ask Heifu this question.
By the fire pond, Heifu looked at the tripod found in the house in front of him and used to boil water, watched the clear water in it gradually boiling, and replied lightly: "You are a local, and you are used to drinking local river water and well water, so naturally there is nothing to do." However, the Qin soldiers are all from thousands of miles away, and the water and soil of the two places are very different, and if they drink too much raw water, they will inevitably have gastrointestinal discomfort and get sick. It is much better to boil the water before drinking, and at the turn of spring and summer, when diseases are breeding, no one in the camp is infected with the disease, which may be the benefit of drinking boiled water. ”
Heifu's "water and soil are not adapted, so drink boiling water" is fresh, Chen Ping thought about it, and it really makes sense.
Throughout the ages, there have indeed been many times when large armies have been dispatched, and as a result, when they were stationed in other places, they suddenly contracted an epidemic, resulting in a rout. The small camp in front of us is easy to solve, if tens of thousands, more than 100,000 troops gather together, the water source will definitely be easily polluted, or the enemy army will put in the carcasses of livestock, or the manure of their own people eating horses will not flow very well, and if the water is drunk without treatment, it will be fatal......
"His courage can dominate people, his benevolence can love soldiers, his wisdom is cautious, this wanderer, like the son of a general for generations, is not like the head of the Wushi Qian, who came out of the southern county of Qin......"
One day in mid-April, Heifu suddenly put three copies of the slips from Daliang and Yangwu in front of him at the same time.
"Translate all these three slips into the Wei language and copy them on wooden boards."
Chen Ping was slightly surprised, he usually wouldn't send so many slips that needed to be announced to the people of the township at the same time, so he hurriedly took a look, and the first piece surprised him slightly.
"Is it a wanted warrant? Wanted...... Zhou City? ”
……
"Do you know Zhou Shi?"
Heifu heard the strangeness in Chen Ping's words and turned back to ask.
Chen Ping hurriedly said: "I have only heard of his name, but I have never seen him." ”
Heifu became interested: "The five hundred lords over there in Yangwu said that this person has caused a lot of trouble to the Yangwu garrison, and you can tell me who is in the city this week." ”
Chen Ping had no choice but to answer truthfully: "Zhou City is a native of Huangchi County in the west, and he has been a military soldier of Wei for generations......
Wei Wushu, is a professional soldier founded by Wu Qi, is the most elite and fierce representative of the heavy infantry in the Warring States Period, more than 100 years ago, once in Hexi set a record of one enemy ten, defeated the Qin army. After that, Qin Xiaogong shamed Qin's weakness and supported Shang Ying's reform.
As a professional soldier recruited by the state from the field and from the house, the number of military soldiers cannot be too much, and there were only 50,000 people during the heyday of King Wei Hui. After that, Wei fell into the attack of Qi and Qin, and its national strength gradually declined, and the military soldiers gradually withered, and the number became smaller and smaller. In the Battle of Yique and the Battle of Huayang, almost all the troops were wiped out, and although some of them were regained, they could only maintain the number of a few thousand men.
Over time, the nature of the warriors also changed. From the recruitment of fresh blood, to the generation of soldiers, because the Wei State gave the military soldiers are generally not recovered, but also give tax exemption benefits, so many families can not be raised in vain. Therefore, when all the soldiers of the previous generation died in battle, Wei simply asked the young and strong children of each family to inherit their father's business and continue to be military pawns, so that the country would not have to produce another farm house......
Zhou Shi was born in a family where three generations of people were martial soldiers.
"Zhou City, Huangchi people, generations of military soldiers. His ancestor once followed Xinling Jun to save Zhao and died in Handan; His father participated in the last Five Kingdoms Expedition to Qin and died in battle. Zhou City inherited the business of his ancestors and fathers, twelve years ago the Qin army attacked Wei, and also fought against Qin, after the war he was promoted to a military officer, and also came to Humu Township to garrison for a period of time, so I know his name......"
When the Qin army surrounded Daliang, Zhou Shi was a military official in Yangwu County, and Yang Wuling was persuaded by Zhang Bo to descend to Qin, while Zhou City took dozens of people to try to surround the county temple to prevent this. But he was repelled by Yang Wuling's doormen, and he fled out of the county with the remnants of more than ten people, and disappeared.
Chen Ping said that in the Wei State, the most loyal to Wei, in addition to those sons and grandsons, should be the family of military pawns who "received Wei En", and Zhou City was extremely hostile to the Qin people because of the blood feud with Qin for two generations.
"It's no wonder."
After listening to Zhou Shi's deeds, Heifu looked at the words on the slip and shook his head.
Zhang Wubai, the lord of Yangwu, angrily informed Heifu that the Wei people in Zhou City had gathered a group of Wei people who were dissatisfied with the rule of the Qin State in the Shuize forest area of Yangwu County, as many as more than 100. The day before yesterday, they attacked the grain wagon sent by Yangwu to Daliang, and although they were eventually repulsed, they still burned hundreds of stones of grain......
"It seems that not all Wei people are willing to give in, and the resistance still exists."
Heifu knew that although the Qin army nominally occupied Yangwu, the ruling power was only concentrated in the countryside, but it was beyond the reach of the vast wilderness and countryside. As a local, Zhou Shi could have taken those more than 100 people to wander around and lurk, but it was difficult for the Qin army to catch them.
Therefore, Zhang Wubai's wanted is probably of little use, and Heifu himself is careful not to let Hu Jiu also be attacked.
"This slip is translated into Wei characters, and it can be submitted to the husband and the three elders for inspection."
Chen Ping promised, after the transcription and translation were completed, the ink was dried and handed over to Heifu to see, and then he picked up the second piece of wood.
It is also a wanted warrant, which was issued by Waihuang County, and is wanted for Zhang Er, his wife and son......
"After Waihuang Ling broke out of Waihuang, some of his Wei disciples still did not give up, gathered around Waihuang, and continued to resist under the banner of opening their ears."
Heifu said with a smile: "Zhang Er is a hero of Wei Dong, and his reputation is very great, so those who can catch Zhang Er will be rewarded with 100 gold, and those who get his wife and children will be rewarded with 10 gold." It's just that if I were Zhang Er, I should run to the land of Qi and Chu in the east, so as not to come to Yangwu to die. ”
Chen Ping bowed his head to promise, but secretly thought in his heart: "You is a foreigner, so I don't know that Zhang Bo, the husband of the hometown, has also had some friendship with Huang Ling Zhang Er in recent years, and the two have even climbed relatives......"
But Chen Ping still hid his hand and didn't say what was in his heart, after all, this was already in the past.
After he finished transcribing this copy, he looked at the third piece of wood, which was sent from the camp outside Daliang City, and there was also the general seal of General Wang Ben on it.
It's not a wanted warrant, it's a ......
"Levy grain?"
Chen Ping's eyes widened, looking at the eye-catching number, and he lost his voice: "Two thousand stones!?" ”
"That's right, two thousand stones."
Heifu sighed: "I didn't expect that Daliang would ask Humu Township to come up with so much food. ”
Chen Ping's face had changed slightly, he stopped writing, looked at Heifu and said: "You, if you really take out so much food, the people of your hometown will have to be hungry before the summer harvest......"
Hefu didn't answer, but he knew it in his heart.
This grain urging order will make the friendship between Qin and Wei in Humu Township and the illusion of harmony between the military and the people no longer exist, and this place will become a big ding with boiling grievances!
Heifu couldn't help but scold: "General Xiao Wang, where are you urging the grain order, you are urging the order!" This is obviously to put our local garrison into the boiling water of Jinding to cook! ”